Bendy and the Ink Machine Wrench: Location and Uses

Where Is the Wrench in Bendy and the Ink Machine?

The Bendy and the Ink Machine wrench is sticking out of the dead Boris clone’s chest in Chapter 1’s dissection room, next to the break room. You need it because it is one of six ritual items Henry must collect to activate the Ink Machine. If you’re searching desks and chairs for the Bendy and the Ink Machine wrench, those alternate locations belong to earlier versions of the game.

That distinction saves a lot of wandering. In the full game, head for the room containing the Boris clone on the operating table and inspect his chest. The wrench is part of that unsettling scene, making it easy to overlook while you’re taking in everything else.

Detail	Chapter 1 location
Chapter name	Moving Pictures
Room	Dissection room
Nearby landmark	Break room
Exact pickup location	Sticking out of the dead Boris clone’s chest
Purpose	One of six items needed for the Ink Machine ritual

How to Find and Collect It

Use the room’s central scene as your landmark:

1. Find the dissection room next to the break room.
2. Approach the operating table holding the dead Boris clone.
3. Look directly at the clone’s chest.
4. Interact with the wrench to collect it.

Focus your search on the body rather than the furniture around it. The exact placement matters: entering the correct room is only part of the search, and scanning shelves can pull your attention away from the item.

The wrench has a light-colored body and open, crescent-shaped ends. Its design resembles a conventional double-ended spanner. Look for that narrow tool shape when examining the chest.

For the full-game Chapter 1 puzzle, this is the location to prioritize. Save the alternate desk, hallway, and chair checks for an older build that uses randomized item placement.

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How to Use the Wrench in the Ink Machine Puzzle

The Bendy and the Ink Machine wrench belongs to the six-item collection puzzle in Moving Pictures. Its role is to complete the ritual collection required for activating the machine.

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After collecting it, return to the room containing the item pedestals and place it with the other required objects. Keep working through the remaining collectibles until all six have been collected and placed.

The wrench is only one part of that objective. Finding it resolves the wrench search, but you still need the rest of the set.

Required item	What to keep on your checklist
Bendy doll	Collect and place with the ritual items
Book	Collect and place with the ritual items
Gear	Collect and place with the ritual items
Inkwell	Collect and place with the ritual items
Record	Collect and place with the ritual items
Wrench	Collect from the Boris clone’s chest and place with the ritual items

Keep the six objects separate in your mental checklist. A shelf full of props or a room containing several interesting objects can make it difficult to remember what you actually picked up.

Use a simple collection checklist while exploring:

• Bendy doll
• Book
• Gear
• Inkwell
• Record
• Wrench

Mark an object when you collect it, then check the pedestal room before moving on from the collection objective. That keeps the search focused on the items still outstanding.

The Achievement Connected to the Wrench

Picking Up the Pieces is the achievement associated with collecting the Chapter 1 ritual items. Work toward it by collecting the complete set and placing the objects on their pedestals.

The Bendy and the Ink Machine wrench contributes to that objective alongside the other five items. Keep the whole collection in mind if you’re playing for achievements, rather than treating the wrench pickup as a separate completion goal.

There is also a useful distinction between collecting an item and finishing the broader machine objective. Once the collection is complete, continue following the chapter’s objectives to activate the Ink Machine.

Wrench Locations in Older Demos and Early Versions

Earlier versions of Chapter 1 used randomized wrench placement. That system remained part of the game’s development history until the release of Chapter 4: Colossal Wonders.

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As a result, the Bendy and the Ink Machine wrench could appear somewhere other than the Boris room in those builds. If you’re playing an old demo, searching only the full-game location can leave you stuck.

Use the following locations as an older-build checklist. These are historical spawn locations, so keep them separate from the full game’s fixed Boris-chest placement.

Older location	Where to look
Henry Stein’s desk	Leaning against the wall in front of the Bendy cutout
Ink Machine room	On the chair beside the Ink Machine
Office hallway	Beside the chair on the left
Boris room	Inside the dead Boris clone’s chest
“Dreams come true” area in the demo	On a chair or leaning against a door
Old animation desk area in the demo	Leaning against the nearby door

How to Search an Older Build Efficiently

Check the Boris room, then work through the other possible locations without repeatedly revisiting the same furniture. Examine each chair and the floor or wall immediately beside it before moving on.

Pay attention to the wording of each location. “On the chair” and “beside the chair” point to different places, even when they describe the same small area. Likewise, a wrench leaning against a wall can blend into the studio’s vertical lines more easily than an object sitting flat on a seat.

Use visible landmarks to organize the search:

• The Ink Machine identifies the machine-room chair.
• Henry’s animation desk identifies the desk-area checks.
• The “Dreams come true” message identifies the demo’s nearby chair and door checks.
• The dead Boris clone identifies the chest location.

Keep your game version in mind throughout this search. An early demo and the full game can share familiar rooms while placing a quest item differently. The useful question is which placement system your build uses.

What to Check If You Cannot Find or Collect the Wrench

Start by identifying your chapter. The collectible ritual wrench belongs to Chapter 1, while Chapter 3 contains wrench props that you cannot pick up.

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Next, narrow the problem to either location or interaction. Searching the wrong room calls for a different response than finding a visible wrench that belongs to the scenery.

What you’re encountering	What to check
Empty chairs in full-game Chapter 1	Search the Boris clone’s chest in the dissection room
No wrench at the expected spot in an old demo	Check the historical spawn locations
A wrench in Boris’ Chapter 3 safehouse	This wrench is an unobtainable prop
A wrench on a Level 11 lunch-room table	This is another unobtainable Chapter 3 prop
Confusion between the wrench and pipe wrench	Treat them as separate items

For the full-game Bendy and the Ink Machine wrench, return to the operating table and inspect the chest closely. Use the exact pickup location before expanding your search to unrelated rooms.

For an older demo, finish the alternate-location checklist before circling back. Rechecking one empty chair repeatedly will not help you cover the other possible spawns.

For Chapter 3, continue with that chapter’s objectives. The visible wrench props do not become Chapter 1 ritual pickups simply because they use the same familiar tool design.

Keep Troubleshooting Focused on the Item

Separate a missing collectible from a noncollectible object. A wrench sitting in Chapter 3 scenery requires no further pickup attempts; a Chapter 1 search requires checking the correct location for your build.

Also separate this tool from the pipe wrench. The ritual item has its own purpose and appearance. Mixing those names together can send your search toward weapon information when you need the Chapter 1 quest object.

Chapter 3 Wrenches and the Pipe Wrench Explained

You can spot a wrench again in Chapter 3: Rise and Fall. One appears inside a box in Boris’ safehouse, and another rests on a round table in the Level 11 lunch room.

Both are unobtainable. They serve as environmental objects rather than additional ritual items for Henry to collect.

This matters when you recognize the Bendy and the Ink Machine wrench after completing Chapter 1. Familiar appearance does not mean the later object has the same gameplay role. Use the chapter and location together to distinguish a quest pickup from scenery.

Wrench Versus Pipe Wrench

The Chapter 1 wrench is a double-ended working tool used as a quest item. The pipe wrench is a separate weapon.

Keep those identities straight when planning your next objective. For the six-item ritual, you want the wrench in the Boris clone’s chest. For weapon-related questions, the pipe wrench belongs to a different item category.

The distinction also explains why inspecting every tool-shaped prop is unnecessary. The game contains objects with similar practical uses, but the ritual puzzle asks for a specific collectible.

Once you have collected the Chapter 1 wrench and placed it with the ritual objects, focus on the remaining items. Later wrench props are separate appearances, so there is no reason to keep a running collection of every wrench you see.

FAQ

Where is the Bendy and the Ink Machine wrench in Chapter 1?

In the full game, it is sticking out of the dead Boris clone’s chest in the dissection room next to the break room. Approach the operating table and interact with the wrench.

Is the wrench location random?

It was randomized in earlier versions before the Chapter 4 release. Historical locations include Henry’s desk area, a chair beside the Ink Machine, the office hallway, and the Boris clone’s chest. The full-game Chapter 1 location is the chest.

Can you pick up the wrench in Chapter 3?

No. The wrench inside the box in Boris’ safehouse and the wrench on a round table in the Level 11 lunch room are unobtainable props.

What do you do with the wrench after collecting it?

Place it on a pedestal with the other Chapter 1 ritual items. The complete collection consists of the wrench, Bendy doll, book, gear, inkwell, and record, which Henry needs for the Ink Machine activation objective.