ProgressionProgression¶

The tech tree is closed. I've had to become rather more interested in the things I find, and rather less confident that a pile of Scrap will settle the matter.The tech tree is closed. I've had to become rather more interested in the things I find, and rather less confident that a pile of Scrap will settle the matter.

Blueprints and researchBlueprints and research¶

Blueprints come through loot, eligible research, publications and rewards. A weapon you find can be used before you know how to make another. A learned recipe and a native blueprint are separate kinds of knowledge; read what a book actually grants.Blueprints come through loot, eligible research, publications and rewards. A weapon you find can be used before you know how to make another. A learned recipe and a native blueprint are separate kinds of knowledge; read what a book actually grants.

Research tables reject some targets, including Research tables reject some targets, including tier-three researchtier-three research. A rejected table research does not consume the target or Scrap. Tier-three blueprint items can still come through eligible loot and reward paths. . A rejected table research does not consume the target or Scrap. Tier-three blueprint items can still come through eligible loot and reward paths. Improvised repairImprovised repair can keep a sufficiently worn firearm useful while its blueprint remains unknown. can keep a sufficiently worn firearm useful while its blueprint remains unknown.

Offline ResearchOffline Research¶

Before logging out, I leave Scrap in a research table with its target slot empty and no other research job occupying it. One selected table works for each offline owner; dividing Scrap among several tables does not buy simultaneous attempts.Before logging out, I leave Scrap in a research table with its target slot empty and no other research job occupying it. One selected table works for each offline owner; dividing Scrap among several tables does not buy simultaneous attempts.

A successful experiment produces an eligible unknown blueprint to collect andA successful experiment produces an eligible unknown blueprint to collect and costs more than ordinary item research. With no affordable unknown candidate, an attempt can lose a little Scrap. Technical skips and unavailable services do not charge for a failed attempt. A saved notice on the next login tells me about success, but the physical blueprint still waits at the table. The progression guide covers the other routes to learning.

Use: Feed it ample scrap before stepping away; return to inspect the result.

Cost: Research inputs and the risk of failure

The selected table stays bound for that offline session. Emptying, occupying or destroying it does not switch work to another table.

Learning a blueprint elsewhere can change what is still eligible when a generated blueprint is collected.

Preparing an offline research table

Requirement or outcome	Current rule
Owner	Offline; at most one active table per owner
Preparation	Empty target slot and Scrap; not open, locked or already researching
Timing	Every 2 real hours on shared UTC boundaries
Possible discovery	An affordable unknown eligible Tier 0, 1 or 2 blueprint; no Tier 3
Success cost	2 times ordinary research cost, reduced by your research-cost skill
No affordable unknown target	Possible small Scrap loss from unsuccessful tinkering
Technical/provider skip	No Scrap loss
Collection	An ordinary physical blueprint is left in the table; a successful-research notice appears on login

Three kinds of progressThree kinds of progress¶

Both kinds of skill reset with the monthly map wipe. Achievements and lifetime play time have different retention rules. Check Both kinds of skill reset with the monthly map wipe. Achievements and lifetime play time have different retention rules. Check Wipes and PersistenceWipes and Persistence before the next move. before the next move.

Find a use for the findFind a use for the find¶

A book can make an ordinary ingredient worth saving. A better rod opens another fishing project; underwater light makes a wreck easier to search; workshop machinery can shorten the routine at home. Follow the publication links beside A book can make an ordinary ingredient worth saving. A better rod opens another fishing project; underwater light makes a wreck easier to search; workshop machinery can shorten the routine at home. Follow the publication links beside recipesrecipes and and skillsskills when you want to learn the next useful thing. when you want to learn the next useful thing.

The The Reading RoomReading Room preserves discovered publications for later consultation. You can reread a known work without keeping every physical copy, though rereading does not award its lesson again. preserves discovered publications for later consultation. You can reread a known work without keeping every physical copy, though rereading does not award its lesson again.

Choose a goal that suits youChoose a goal that suits you¶

A reliable pantry, a collection of fish, a well-supplied shop and a completed operation are all perfectly good projects. I tend to choose the one for which I already have half the materials. It leaves more of the eveningA reliable pantry, a collection of fish, a well-supplied shop and a completed operation are all perfectly good projects. I tend to choose the one for which I already have half the materials. It leaves more of the evening for the interesting half.

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