diff --git a/.gitlab/CI/check.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/CI/check.gitlab-ci.yml
index 60f0e8425f..51f306d8e8 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CI/check.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/CI/check.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ code-quality:
   script:
     - ln -s /dockercache/target target
     - rm -r target/debug/incremental/* || echo "all good" # TMP FIX FOR 2021-03-22-nightly
-    - cargo clippy --all-targets --locked  --features="bin_csv,bin_bot,asset_tweak" -- -D warnings
+    - cargo clippy --all-targets --locked  --features="bin_csv,bin_graphviz,bin_bot,asset_tweak" -- -D warnings
     - cargo fmt --all -- --check
 
 security:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 145b1f4fee..d6f4c1a325 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5796,6 +5796,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-derive",
  "num-traits",
  "ordered-float 2.5.1",
+ "petgraph 0.5.1",
  "rand 0.8.3",
  "rayon",
  "ron",
diff --git a/common/Cargo.toml b/common/Cargo.toml
index 0d9f72e846..7a58d607c5 100644
--- a/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ no-assets = []
 tracy = ["common-base/tracy"]
 simd = ["vek/platform_intrinsics"]
 bin_csv = ["ron", "csv", "structopt"]
+bin_graphviz = ["petgraph"]
 
 default = ["simd"]
 
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ ron = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, optional = true }
 # csv export
 csv = { version = "1.1.3", optional = true }
 structopt = { version = "0.3.13", optional = true }
+# graphviz exporters
+petgraph = { version = "0.5.1", optional = true }
 
 # Data structures
 hashbrown = { version = "0.11", features = ["rayon", "serde", "nightly"] }
@@ -88,3 +91,7 @@ required-features = ["bin_csv"]
 [[bin]]
 name = "csv_import"
 required-features = ["bin_csv"]
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "recipe_graphviz"
+required-features = ["bin_graphviz"]
diff --git a/common/src/bin/recipe_graphviz.rs b/common/src/bin/recipe_graphviz.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7fb176207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/bin/recipe_graphviz.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+use hashbrown::HashMap;
+use petgraph::{
+    dot::{Config, Dot},
+    Graph,
+};
+use std::{fs::File, io::Write};
+use veloren_common::{
+    assets::AssetExt,
+    comp::item::ItemDesc,
+    recipe::{RecipeBook, RecipeInput},
+};
+
+fn main() {
+    let recipes = RecipeBook::load_expect_cloned("common.recipe_book");
+    let mut graph = Graph::new();
+    let mut nodes = HashMap::new();
+    let mut add_node = |graph: &mut Graph<_, _>, node: &str| {
+        *nodes
+            .entry(node.to_owned())
+            .or_insert_with(|| graph.add_node(node.to_owned()))
+    };
+    for (_, recipe) in recipes.iter() {
+        let output = recipe.output.0.item_definition_id();
+        let inputs = recipe
+            .inputs
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(i, _)| i)
+            .filter_map(|input| {
+                if let RecipeInput::Item(item) = input {
+                    Some(item.item_definition_id())
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let out_node = add_node(&mut graph, output);
+        for input in inputs.iter() {
+            let in_node = add_node(&mut graph, input);
+            graph.add_edge(in_node, out_node, ());
+        }
+    }
+    // you can render the dot file as a png with `dot -Tpng recipe_graph.dot >
+    // recipe_graph.png` or interactively view it with `xdot recipe_graph.dot`
+    let mut f = File::create("recipe_graph.dot").unwrap();
+    writeln!(f, "digraph {{").unwrap();
+    writeln!(f, "rankdir = \"LR\"").unwrap();
+    writeln!(
+        f,
+        "{:#?}",
+        Dot::with_attr_getters(
+            &graph,
+            &[Config::EdgeNoLabel, Config::GraphContentOnly],
+            &|_, _| "".to_owned(),
+            &|_, _| { "constraint=false".to_owned() }
+        )
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    writeln!(f, "}}").unwrap();
+}