Weapons & Tools Guide — All Constructs in Grain Rot (Confirmed Facts)

Your vessel has basic capabilities on its own — you can smash furniture, dropkick enemies (confirmed!), and interact with the world. But the real arsenal is constructs: weapons, tools, and utilities you unlock and bring into runs. This guide covers everything confirmed about constructs — and honestly flags what isn't known yet.

The Construct System (Confirmed)

From the publisher's demo announcement and the official Steam page:

The demo contains 20+ unlockable constructs; the full release's total construct count is not officially documented.
Constructs are unlocked via progression (the Outpost) and brought into runs.
They cover the roles you'd expect: the demo announcement groups them as weapons, utilities, and wardrobe/cosmetic upgrades.
"Tactical carpentry with interactive furniture" is an official feature — furniture isn't just loot; it's part of the building/utility gameplay.
The Grinder is confirmed: a machine that converts items into gold.

What's unverified: every construct name, stat, unlock cost, and slot limit. The names and numbers circulating online ("Splinter-Bow," "Barricade Kit," "Reinforced Mallet," etc.) are unverified — some appear in community coverage, none are officially documented. This page will become a full database as verified post-launch data becomes available.

The Confirmed Tools (The Grinder Family)

The one construct class with official documentation is the Grinder:

Feed items into it, get gold out. Confirmed by official copy: "Smash furniture for resources or feed them into the Grinder for gold."
Grinders solve the game's core inventory problem: gold is compact, junk isn't.
Where Grinders spawn, whether portable versions exist, and the conversion rates are unverified.

Evaluating Weapons & Tools (No Stats Needed)

Until verified data exists, evaluate every construct you encounter on these axes:

Axis	Question	Why It Matters
------	----------	----------------
Purpose	Does it solve a problem I have?	Damage, distance, conversion, distraction, escape
Noise	Is it loud?	The Corrupted react to sound — silent tools are premium
Cost	What does unlocking it cost?	Opportunity cost against other unlocks
Stack	Does it work with my vessel?	Fragile vessel wants distance; slow vessel wants speed
Run value	How often will I actually use it?	A tool you never bring is an unlock you didn't need

Weapon & Tool Archetypes to Expect

These are likely categories based on the game's confirmed mechanics — clearly speculative:

Melee smashing tools — furniture destruction is the game's core verb; expect tools that speed it up.
Ranged options — the Corrupted and other vessels exist at distance; some ranged tool is near-certain.
Distraction devices — the sound model begs for noise-makers; use them to pull patrols.
Utility/carry tools — the extraction economy rewards capacity and conversion.
Corruption tools — the Rot is the soft timer; anything that manages it would fit the design.

Treat the above as hypotheses, not facts.

The Cosmetics Category

"Questionable cosmetics" are a confirmed feature (along with hats in demo coverage). Cosmetics:

Have no gameplay impact (as far as is confirmed).
Are the game's long-term collectible chase.
Should not be your early spending priority — constructs and stats fund survival; cosmetics fund vibes.

Construct Strategy (As of This Writing)

Play the demo or the full game and unlock broadly. The 20+ demo constructs are free to explore, and 1.0 adds more. Try every unlock you can afford — personal testing beats any unverified list.
Prioritize by problem, not by hype. The best construct for you is the one that fixes your specific failure: dying to enemies, overfilling your bag, or losing the route.
Silence is power. With the confirmed sound model, quiet tools are likely to punch above their stat weight.
Don't trust named tier lists. No verified construct names exist. Any list ranking named items is fabricated.

Next Steps

We are building this page into a verified weapons & tools database: names, stats, unlock requirements, and use cases for every construct — as post-launch data becomes available. Until then, the demo and the full game are your laboratory and the confirmed principles above are your guide.

Best Vessels & Loadouts Guide — how to combine tools into loadouts
Crafting & Resources Guide — the Grinder economy
Demo Guide — where to test the 20+ constructs
Stealth & Sound Guide — why silence matters