Crafting
Crafting is the act of using crafting materials to create items. It plays a major role in the FOnline 3 economy.
It is also one of the skills. Many players create crafter alts: characters optimized specifically for crafting.
Investing your hard-earned skill points into Crafting progressively unlocks new crafting recipes.
Also, the higher your Crafting skill, the higher the initial amount of equipment experience points (Gear XP) your crafted items receive on average.
Items crafted in batches of 80+ have their armor/weapon perks upgraded by one rank. This bonus is separate from item luck.
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Crafted Gear XP formula
Initial Gear XP calculation is a three-step process.
Step 1: Calculating the base amount of experience points (Base XP).
This is done via a random chance roll with a large spread, whose value is then multiplied by how many items you are creating and double the tier of the items.
Base XP = Random(10000, 200000) * the number of items being crafted * item tier * 2
For example, if you bulk-craft 100 tier II items, the Base XP will be a random value between 4,000,000 and 80,000,000.
Step 2: Calculating the character-specific XP increases (Bonus XP).
The following bonuses are added on top of the Base XP:
- The value of your Crafting skill multiplied by 1000
- 50,000 XP if you're using Cutters;
- 100,000 XP if you're using MacGyver Set;
- 10,000 XP for each point of Luck that you have;
- 1,000 XP for each point of Intelligence that you have;
- 5,000 XP extra for each point of Intelligence that you have if you have the Alien Class Perk.
Step 3: The final calculation.
The total amount of experience points on your crafted gear (Crafted Gear XP) is determined by the following calculation:
Crafted Gear XP = Base XP + Bonus XP
Example
Let's assume that your Crafting skill is 100%, your INT is 5, your LK is 5, you're crafting 100 tier II items, you're not using any tools, and you're not an Alien.
In step 1, your Base XP will be calculated as Random(10000, 200000) * 100 * 2 * 2 = Random(4000000, 80000000).
In step 2, your Bonus XP will be calculated as 100 * 1000 + 5 * 10000 + 5 * 1000 = 155,000.
In step 3, your Crafted Gear XP will be calculated as Random (4000000, 80000000) + 155,000 which means it can be any integer between 4,155,000 and 80,155,000.
Crafting requirements
Low-tier items require only the proper crafting materials and can be crafted by any character.
As you move up the tier list, however, the requirements escalate: higher-tier items demand higher character levels, a higher Crafting skill, and a specific workbench that matches their tier:
- Workbench (T2)
- Advanced Workbench (T3/T4)
- High Tech Workbench (T5)
A small number of items have their own dedicated legacy crafting machines:
- Cigarettes can be crafted using the #Cigarette Maker
- Nuka-Cola can be crafted using the #Nuka-Cola Cart
- Rot Gut can be crafted using the #Still
Blueprints
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Blueprints (BP/BPs) are item-specific components required to craft all T3 and above items.
They drop mostly from dungeon and patrol NPCs, see the loot table for details.
Blueprints are color-coded by tier: T3 blueprints are blue; T4 blueprints are green; T5 blueprints are purple.
Blueprints are consumed during the crafting process, which means they allow you to use their associated crafting recipe only once.
Workbench
Regular (T2) Workbenches can be found in most guarded towns, but a much more efficient solution is to add one to your base.
Advanced Workbench
Advanced Workbenches can be found in most unguarded towns, but a much more efficient, and safer, solution is to add one to your base.
High Tech Workbench
Crafting tier 5 items requires a High Tech Workbench.
There is currently only one High Tech Workbench in the game, located at 39:41 (Nellis Base).
