An Introduction to Equipment Crafting in Undawn

Recently, Undawn entered a new phase of testing, giving players temporary access to all parts of the early game for the first time. This includes all the different survival stats and weather types in the wilderness, as well as a large number of limited-edition events and multiplayer modes. During this time, a lot of players have been trying out the weapon crafting system and saying how much they enjoy it. To give our players a better understanding of what this aspect of the game is all about, I'll be introducing the current version's weapons system for you here.

**1. How to Craft Equipment**

In order to craft equipment, you need to use the workbench, which will be gifted to you and placed in your homestead during one of the starter missions. Simply approach the workbench and tap the craft button to open the crafting screen. You can then look for the piece of equipment you need, and insert the materials to craft it.

New players may run into a problem of not being able to interact with structures in the homestead. This is usually because they aren't in their "main" homestead, which is set using the homestead sign. During the game, you can also get a camp homestead and an outpost homestead. You need to make sure you're in the main homestead if you want to use the workbench.

Randomized quality is a unique feature of the equipment system in Undawn, allowing you to randomly obtain different grades of equipment when crafting. The rarer the quality, the more phrases the equipment will have, and the better attributes. Take the HK416, for example. The lowest quality you can craft for this one is "rare", with about 83 base damage and 2–4 additional stats. The "legendary" version, however, which is the highest grade, has a base damage of 104 and can be given 3–6 additional stats. This improvement will make a big difference in late-game combat.

That said, higher quality equipment also has a lower chance of being crafted. So once you enter the late game, it'll be important to put some time into improving your weapons. After all, weapons aren't used up in Undawn, so a powerful weapon will be with you for a long time. It's also well worth working toward a high-quality weapon for the intense battles which come later.

The materials needed for the early-game blueprints that are currently available are only slightly rarer than average, and can be gathered normally from a map of an equal level. To get iron ore, for example, you just have to do some mining in the Redwood Forest. However, there is a limit to how many raw materials you can combine into new materials each day, so it's well worth putting the effort in to get some good weapons in the mid-to-late game. If you're ever struggling to find a material, then just tap its name on the map and places to obtain it will appear.

It's worth noting that in-game NPCs will also give you tips for gathering, allowing you to gather more quickly and efficiently.

In the current version, weapon crafting doesn't have any particular costs, so the main thing you'll be spending to craft weapons is your time. The early game goes by pretty fast, so there's not much point in striving for higher quality weapons until later. Instead, just find a weapon that works for you, rather than spending a lot of time improving one.

Overall, crafting equipment in Undawn is simple, easy to learn, and great fun to play around with. So long as you have the XP, you can be crafting weapons all day, and once you start getting different quality levels, it can be hard to stop. You can choose a variety of weapons to craft as well. That way, you'll have a weapon for every situation, making you a true weapons master!