Figuring out the workbench locations in Sniper Elite 5 can be an arduous task, requiring a lot of back-tracking and exploration. We’ve made it simple for you to find every workbench (24 in total) there is to find in Sniper Elite 5.
Simply locating the workbenches isn’t enough. The Tinkerer trophy/achievement requires you to interact with every workbench there is in Sniper Elite 5. At the very least, you’ll need to browse the options available at each workbench in order for the trophy/achievement to pop. Below you’ll find a walkthrough to every workbench location in all Sniper Elite 5 missions.
Mission 1: The Atlantic Wall
Rifle Workbench
Located inside the closed armory building in the north-west corner of the map. You may either use satchel charges to blast open the doors or steal the armory key from the neighboring general.
SMG Workbench
Located on the top floor of the building where you take on the main objective named “Find Marcel.” You must utilize the vines to climb up the side of the home. It’s in the same chamber where Marcel is located.
Pistol Workbench
Located inside the closed armory building in the north-west corner of the map. You may either use satchel charges to blast open the doors or steal the armory key from the neighboring general.
Mission 2: Occupied Residence
Rifle Workbench
Located beneath the Chateau castle, in the cellar. You may get there by walking down a ramp from the castle’s inner courtyard’s south-east corner.
SMG Workbench
Located upstairs in a building west of the Chateau castle. To get to it, you must first climb up the building wall via the vines that hang alongside it.
Pistol Workbench
Located at the map’s north-east boundary, inside the “Waffenkammer” building. The workbench is inside the weapon chamber room, which is locked. You may either steal the key from the nearby officer or use a satchel charge (found in the huts near this building) to blow it open.
Mission 3: Spy Academy
Rifle Workbench
Located in the far north of the town, on the castle walls. There are two routes that you can use to get there. The first route is from outside the castle. Climb up the vines on the castle walls up to the north. The second route requires you to use armor-piercing ammunition to break open the padlocked door on the castle wall east of the workbench.
SMG Workbench
Located on the ground floor of a building. There are two methods to enter the building. The first method requires you to climb up the roadside east of the workbench. The second method requires you to use armor-piercing ammunition to break open the padlocked door south of the workbench.
Pistol Workbench
Located inside the inside of the “Waffenkammer” (weapon chamber) building. You may either use a satchel charge to blow open the door or steal the key from one of the nearby officers.
Mission 4: War Factory
Rifle Workbench
Located upstairs in an industrial building, there is a door that can be lock-picked. A chamber with a ladder leading down to the workbench is hidden behind the door.
SMG Workbench
The building north of the yellow main objective “Search the Logistics Office” is where you’ll find the workbench. To reach upstairs, you must climb the ladder on the north side of the building. Up there, you’ll come across a closed door leading to the workshop. You may either use a Satchel Charge to unlock it or steal the key from the officer next to the building.
Pistol Workbench
The Smelting Vat building is where you’ll find the workbench, close to the yellow main objective. A locked door on the bottom floor may be blown through with a satchel charge or the key can be looted from the highly armored officer upstairs. The workstation is hidden behind the locked door.
Mission 5: Festung Guernsey
Rifle Workbench
You may climb up the vines on the side of the church from the church tower in order to get to the workbench.
SMG Workbench
Located in the basement of a building. You can crawl beneath a table on the left after entering the building and then head down the ladder on the other side.
Pistol Workbench
Located in the trenches near an anti-air gun.
Mission 6: Liberation
Rifle Workbench
There’s a building to the right in the north of the map with the workbench on the top floor, where you’ll also find the yellow main objective to set an explosive on the road.
SMG Workbench
Located in the middle of the map, in a riverside building. You may break apart some floorboards on the ground floor of the building, and then descend to the basement to reach the workbench.
Pistol Workbench
Located near the yellow main objective circle, towards the south. It requires you to go upstairs in a tower, stepping out onto the roof from the top level, then dropping through a broken section of the roof into a secret area containing the workbench.
Mission 7: Secret Weapons
Rifle Workbench
Located inside the armory building, in the north-west corner of the map. You can either steal the key to the front door from the nearby officer or blast through it with a satchel charge. Alternatively, you may climb up the stairwell adjacent to the and climb through the window, and then destroy the floorboards in order to drop down.
SMG Workbench
Located near the yellow major objective named “Locate Krakens War Room” within the spherical dome building. Go to the end of the hallway in the cellar, and then head up the spiral staircase to the next story. There, you’ll find two soldiers and a closed door. The workstation is located behind the door, and the key can be stolen from one of them.
Pistol Workbench
Located in a cave near to a waterfall in the south-west corner of the map. On the map “Resistance Cache,” it’s denoted with a blue eye symbol. The wooden planks blocking the cave entrance must be dismantled first, after which you’ll find the workbench further ahead into the cave.
Mission 8: Rubble And Ruin
Rifle Workbench
Located to the left of the Armory, where you come across a pair of soldiers. The workbench is found inside the Sewers behind a door. The key to the door can be stolen from the two officers guarding it. Alternatively, a key may also be found in the chest in front of the armory.
SMG Workbench
Located in the west of the map, within the attic of the building across from the town hall. You’ll need to jump across to a climbable wall on the top floor and vault your way up.
Pistol Workbench
This workbench may be found in the north-west corner of the church, accessible through a hole in the floor.
Mission 10: Wolf Mountain
Rifle Workbench
Located inside a small home on the southwest side of the map. You’ll need a Satchel Charge or a key to get in, which you may steal from the nearby soldier in the large house nearby. The workbench is located at the bottom of the stairs.
SMG Workbench
Located in the basement of a house. You can obtain the key by stealing it from an officer who guards an anti-air gun near the house, or you may walk around the back and crawl in.
Pistol Workbench
The workbench is located in the basement behind a door inside the main house in the armory. It may be obtained by blowing up a Satchel Charge or by stealing the key from one of the house’s guards.
