Crafting (ES2)

For crafting in Everspace, see Crafting.

Crafting is a mechanic in Everspace 2 which is unlocked by equipping a Cargo Unit for the first time. Crafting provides a use for weapons and modules that can be considered as bad, useless, or outdated, with the ability to turn them into better gear which can replace outdated equipment or avoid some grinding for or buying that item.

Crafting can be accessed by holding down the Menu Action 2 button on an empty inventory slot, which is 'R' by default on a keyboard. If there is no empty slot, crafting is not available (modification still is however).

Mechanics[]

In order to start crafting and modifying after equipping a cargo unit, equipment needs to be dismantled which will give rarity-specific parts and add blueprint unlock progress where applicable. Blueprints of each type of equipment at each rarity (up to superior) must either be looted directly or discovered by dismantling 3 items of that type and rarity (variants contribute progress toward their base type when dismantled). Once its blueprint is unlocked, that type/rarity combination can then be crafted at the player's current level with parts, increasing in cost as the rarity increases.

Regardless of blueprint progress, there is always an option to improvise as well, crafting a primary weapon, secondary weapon, or module at the player's current level with a specific rarity but a random type. Though most equipment variants can be improvised as long as their minimum rarity requirement is met, this crafting method cannot be used to obtain set items or mission equipment (e.g. the Exorcist Missiles used in Detoxification).

Existing equipment can also be modified in five different ways as long as the player's level is not more than 2 levels below that of the equipment being targeted for modification:

Increase rarity:
Increases the rarity by one tier, preserving any Prototype prefixes intrinsic to the item.
- This modification can be performed multiple times on a specific item; however, superior and legendary items are already at or above the highest craftable rarity and cannot have it improved any further.
Increase level:
Increases the level of the item by one. This can only be done once and can't go above the player's level.
Remove level restriction:
Allows the player to equip a higher-level item without increasing their own level first (equivalent in effect to an Intuitive prefix, but does not require a prefix slot).
Install catalyst:
Installs a catalyst onto the item, adding a prefix, overwriting the existing prefix, or otherwise changing its performance. Only one catalyst may be installed at a time --- installing another catalyst will overwrite the previous one's effects. However, if a weapon has an existing prefix that was not added via a catalyst, one of the damage catalysts or the mining catalyst can be installed without removing the prefix.
Re-roll bonus attributes:
Replaces all bonus modifiers of an item with new ones while making sure at least one modifier is a different one than before. Legendary items cannot be rerolled.

Crafted items are marked with an "Improvised" tag (a white gear tab below the rarity tab) which means it cannot be modified further, but can still be dismantled.

Dismantling yields[]

Common items: 1 circuitry, 1 spare part.
Uncommon items: 2 circuitry, 2 spare parts, 1 power coupling
Rare items: 3 circuitry, 3 spare parts, 2 power couplings, 1 quantum processor
Superior items: 4 circuitry, 4 spare parts, 3 power couplings, 2 quantum processors, 1 starcharged conduit
Legendary items: 5 circuitry, 5 spare parts, 4 power couplings, 3 quantum processors, 2 starcharged conduit, 1 organic deepspace semiconductor

Crafting costs[]

Common: 4 circuitry, 4 spare parts
Uncommon: 10 circuitry, 10 spare parts, and 4 power couplings
Rare: 15 circuitry, 15 spare parts, 10 power couplings, and 4 quantum processors
Superior: 20 circuitry, 20 spare parts,, 15 power couplings, 10 quantum processors, and 4 starcharged conduits

Modification costs[]

All modifications increase in cost based on the rarity like crafting and dismantling.

Increasing level or removing level restriction:
- Common: 3 circuitry, 3 spare parts
- Uncommon: 5 circuitry, 5 spare parts, and 3 power couplings
- Rare: 8 circuitry, 8 spare parts, 5 power couplings, and 3 quantum processors
- Superior: 12 circuitry, 12 spare parts, 8 power couplings, 5 quantum processors, and 3 starcharged conduits
Increasing rarity:
- Common to Uncommon: 6 circuitry, 6 spare parts, and 3 power couplings
- Uncommon to Rare: 9 circuitry, 9 spare parts, 6 power couplings, and 3 quantum processors.
- Rare to Superior: 12 circuitry, 12 spare parts, 9 power couplings, 6 quantum processors, and 3 starcharged conduits
Re-rolling bonus attributes:
- Uncommon: 8 Spare Parts, 8 Circuitry, 3 Power Coupling
- Rare: 12 Spare Parts, 12 Circuitry, 8 Power Coupling, 3 Quantum Processor
- Superior: 16 Spare Parts, 16 Circuitry, 12 Power Coupling, 8 Quantum Processor, 3 Starcharged Conduit

Crafting Blueprints[]

Primary Weapons[]

Blueprints at all standard rarities are available for the base versions of all primary weapons. Variants of these base forms can only be crafted by improvising at their minimum rarity or higher.

Secondary Weapons[]

Homing Missiles (Common+, with the exception of Scorpion Missiles, Uncommon+)
EMP Missiles (Common+)
Shieldbreaker Missiles (Uncommon+)
Armorbreaker Missiles (Uncommon+)
Destabilizer Missiles (Uncommon+)
Web Missiles (Uncommon+)
Corrosion Missiles (Uncommon+)
Cruise Missiles (Rare/Superior)
Rockets (Common+)
Mines (Common+)
Corrosion Mines (Uncommon+)
Web Mines (Uncommon+)

Modules[]

Blueprints at all standard rarities are available for the base versions of all modules. Variants of these base forms can only be crafted by improvising at their minimum rarity or higher.

Energy Core - direct crafting always produces the balanced version.
Shield
Platings
- Plating
- Phase Plating
- Meson Plating
- Nano Plating
Sensor
Booster
Cargo Unit

Items other than equipment can also be crafted using non-part items.

Consumables[]

Crafting a consumable from parts and components always produces a full stack. Blueprints for consumables can be unlocked at random by looting blueprint items.

For further details on consumables and their crafting costs, see the main consumables page.

Common	Uncommon	Rare	Superior
Energy Injector	Damage Booster	Nanobots Large	Device Charger
Nanobots Small	Nanobots Medium	Nano Injector	Energy Shield
Damage Limiter	Sticky Turret	Nano Repair Kit	Combat Drone
	Peacemaker	Cloak Field Generator	ULT Recharger
	System Recovery Routine	Radial Repulsor	Armor Repair Kit
	Musk Ejector	Smoke Screen	Secondaries Resupply

Components[]

Components are items which are used to unlock perks, craft consumables and catalysts. Component blueprints are always available to the player which allow for crafting using ores, crystals or basic resources obtained from non-mining sources.

For further details on components and their crafting costs, see the main components page.

Common	Uncommon	Rare	Superior
Supra Gel	Cooling Unit	Quantum Conductor	Fission Controller
Power Cell	Power Unit HX-1	Pulse Mutator	Echo Canceller
Crystal Diode	Heat Detector	Proton Capacitor	Tachyon Emitter
Wiring Kit	Neutron Membrane	Bio Processor	Gauss Receptor
Power Casing	Hadron Buffers	Particle Modulator	Resistor Array
Charge Compensator	Fusion Core	Signal Circulator	Multiphase Propellant
		Memory Recalibrator
		Organic Conduit

Catalysts[]

Catalysts are items, crafted from components, which are used to add prefixes to eligible equipment (increasing their sell value by 5% if a prefix was not already present) or otherwise improve their performance. They are installed via the modification menu. While blueprints for common catalysts are always available to the player, other catalyst blueprints must first be unlocked by clearing High-risk Areas.

For further details on catalysts and their crafting costs, see the main Catalysts page.

Common	Uncommon	Rare	Superior	Legendary
Calibrated	Kinetic Damage	Kinetic Damage	Optimized	Flawless
High-capacity	Repair Protocol	Energy Damage	Rapid	Peripheral
Accelerated	Efficient	Powerful	Barrage	Chaos
	Marksman	Swift	Evolution	Sovereign
	High-velocity	Overcharged	Auto-Dismantler - Rare	Stormchaser
	Eco	EMP Charges	Shield Strike	Blightmonger
	Tuned	Homing	Solo	Tides of Siren's Sea
	Primed	Auto-Collector		Redemption
	Mining	Auto-Dismantler - Uncommon		Commander
	Restore Protocol	Overpenetration		Together We Stand
		Attribute Amplification		Symbiosis