Crafting

Crafting in  will allow you to create powerful equipment for your crew and ships. Each crafted item requires components salvaged from similar equipment of the same quality tier.

Salvaging
Crafting requires the disassembly of items you find in your travels. When salvaging, you learn about the items you are disassembling and eventually, you earn a schematic so you can craft that item.

Salvaging: Process items found in your travels into component parts for crafting.
 * You must mark items in your inventories (CTRL-Click - General/Stash/Cargo Hold).
 * Once items are marked, you can access the salvage toolbox from the inventory menu via a new icon above the general inventory.
 * Junk items generate finishing materials used in the crafting finish process.
 * Weapons, armor and other items that can be equipped generate primary crafting components.
 * Salvaged items are placed in a separate infinite inventory. This inventory feeds the crafting bench and parts are automatically placed on the crafting table.
 * As you salvage items, you will earn experience towards unlocking a schematic for that item. At times you may even gain experience towards the next tier schematic.

Crafting
Once you unlock a schematic, you can craft the item. All schematics come in various quality tiers that need to be unlocked. Schematics are also a very rare drop from loot crates, cargo containers, enemy packs, and lockers.

Crafting requires a number of items:
 * (Required) Base item components of the same quality tier salvaged from a similar item
 * (Required in cargo hold or station storage) Refined ore. You can mine ore and refine the ore, or purchase from the Trade-Net
 * (Optional in cargo hold or station storage) Rare earth minerals to clear conditions. You can mine ore or purchase from the Trade-Net
 * (Optional in cargo hold or station storage) Finishing items salvaged from junk and rewarded during salvaging of equipment

Rare earth minerals and finishing items are optional, however, they are very important and you could end up with a sub-par item if you do not have any on hand when crafting.

To craft an item:
 * 1) Travel to any trade station and look for a crafting station. Crafting stations have a unique icon on the radar and map.
 * 2) Select the crew member you want to craft and select the crafting station. The crafting table will be shown.
 * 3) On the top left is a list of unlocked schematics (if any are unlocked). Choose one.
 * 4) You may need to adjust a few initial values before you start crafting. For example, when crafting a weapon, make sure to set the correct weapon skill level before selecting the begin crafting button. When crafting an item for your ship, make sure the correct ship is selected.
 * 5) All items except for weapons can be “re-rolled” That is, you can re-roll a number of base equipment stats.
 * 6) When you are ready, select the processing button and start crafting.

Processing:
 * 1) Each process step will expend AP
 * 2) If successful, the quality of the item will improve.
 * 3) At various stages, negative and positive “conditions” may arise. You can select a condition to expend a single unit of rare earth for that step to clear negative conditions and activate positive conditions.

Finishing:
 * 1) Once all AP is expended, the item is ready for finishing.
 * 2) Select your finishing options if any. The higher the quality, the more options.
 * 3) Select the “Finish Crafting” button and the item will be placed in your inventory or cargo hold.

About progression:
 * Primary crafting components cannot be purchased. They can only be gained by salvaging equipment.
 * Occasionally you are rewarded crafting components for next tier items when salvaging as a bonus
 * The higher your skill in salvaging, the more components you get when salvaging an item. In some cases, you may be able to salvage enough components to build several items of a similar type.
 * The value of crafted items of high quality exceeds the value of any similar items you might loot.
 * Occasionally you are rewarded experience towards the next tier schematic when salvaging a lower tier item
 * Higher tier schematics require more disassembly than lower-tier schematics. Bonus experience offsets the number of items you need to disassemble to unlock that next tier.
 * You can find schematics when looting ship containers and gear in ground missions. These are extremely rare.
 * You are rewarded experience regardless of failures when salvaging.
 * Schematic experience is rewarded for every component that is disassembled. It is best to use the third salvaging option initially that rewards additional schematic unlock EXP.