Changes: Crafting

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CraftingMenu — The Survival Crafting Menu

Crafting is a major gameplay mechanic in Outward which allows the player to create items ranging from Equipment to Food, Drinks, Imbues and many other items.

Overview

To craft items, the player can either select a known recipe, or manually craft a new one through trial and error or by knowing the recipe in advance.

The Survival Crafting menu is accessible at any time, and requires no station to craft items. For Cooking and Alchemy, the player will need the required station to see their recipes or attempt any crafting.

Failed Recipes

For Cooking and Alchemy when experimenting with manual recipes, it is possible to lose ingredients if the recipe is invalid. For Cooking you will receive Food Waste in this situation, but with alchemy the items are destroyed and you receive nothing.

This does not apply to Survival Crafting, so you can safely experiment with any Survival Crafting manual recipes and not worry about losing ingredients (unless you make a recipe you did not expect to).

Recipes

A Recipe refers to the knowledge of how to craft an item (ie. which ingredients it has, and which station). Once the player crafts the recipe the first time, it will be learned and added to the list of known recipes, which are displayed in the relevant Crafting menu. Certain items may have more than one recipe.

There are currently

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recipes defined on the Outward Wiki.

Survival Crafting Recipes - accessible from the player's survival crafting menu, this kind of crafting requires no station.
Alchemy Recipes - using an Alchemy Kit, the player can craft various magical items and potions.
Cooking Recipes - the player can cook food either directly on a campfire, or with a Cooking Pot or Kitchen.

Other types of Recipes defined on the Outward Wiki include:

Blacksmiths - these NPCs can craft armor sets and weapons for the player if they bring them the appropriate materials, though the player does not craft these themselves.
Decrafting - from the survival crafting menu, players can decraft certain items into base materials.

Recipe Scrolls

Recipe scrolls can be found in the world or bought from merchants. Reading a recipe scroll for an item gives the player the recipe. However, this is not necessary — a player can simply place the correct items in the Manual Recipe section to achieve the same result, as well as unlocking the recipe for future crafting.

Not all recipes have an associated scroll. In this case, the recipe can only be discovered through trial and error, or by knowing the recipe in advance.

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 == Overview ==
-To craft items, the player can either select a known [[Recipes|recipe]], or manually craft a new one either through trial and error, or by knowing the recipe in advance.
+To craft items, the player can either select a known '''recipe''', or manually craft a new one through trial and error or by knowing the recipe in advance.
-The Crafting menu accessible at any time covers Survival Crafting only. The player must use an appropriate '''crafting station''' such as a Kitchen, Cooking Pot, Alchemy Kit etc., in order to see the recipes for those stations.
+The ''Survival Crafting'' menu is accessible at any time, and requires no station to craft items. For Cooking and Alchemy, the player will need the required station to see their recipes or attempt any crafting.
+===Failed Recipes===
-In any crafting menu the player can select up to 4 ingredients (apart from campfire cooking, which only allows 1) and combine them to produce new items. They can also deconstruct some items into raw materials, or refuel lanterns.
+For [[Cooking]] and [[Alchemy]] when experimenting with <b>manual recipes</b>, it is possible to lose ingredients if the recipe is invalid. For Cooking you will receive [[Food Waste]] in this situation, but with alchemy the items are destroyed and you receive nothing.
+This does <b>not</b> apply to Survival Crafting, so you can safely experiment with any Survival Crafting manual recipes and not worry about losing ingredients (unless you make a recipe you did not expect to).
 ==Recipes==
-All craftable items have an associated '''[[Recipes|recipe]]''' - knowledge of how to create an item with various crafting systems. Learned recipes will be listed in the appropriate crafting menu, and recipes will be learned automatically once the player crafts them for the first time, regardless of whether or not they own the associated [[recipe scroll]].
+A '''Recipe''' refers to the knowledge of how to craft an item (ie. which ingredients it has, and which station). Once the player crafts the recipe the first time, it will be learned and added to the list of known recipes, which are displayed in the relevant Crafting menu. Certain items may have more than one recipe.
-[[Recipes]] can be learned several different ways:
-*Through trial and error with a '''manual recipe''' (or by knowing the recipe in advance)
-*Purchasing the scroll from a [[Vendors|vendor]]
-*Finding the recipe scroll as loot, either from [[enemies]], [[loot containers]], or [[quests]].
-However, not all recipes have an associated scroll, so the only way to discover them is to use trial and error (or the [[recipes]] page).
-=== List of All Recipes ===
-All recipes can be found on the Recipes page:
+There are currently '''{{count|Recipes}}''' recipes defined on the [[Outward Wiki]].
-* '''[[Recipes]]'''
+* '''[[Crafting/Survival|Survival Crafting Recipes]]''' - accessible from the player's survival crafting menu, this kind of crafting requires no station.
-== Types of Crafting ==
+* '''[[Alchemy|Alchemy Recipes]]''' - using an [[Alchemy Kit]], the player can craft various magical items and potions.
+* '''[[Cooking|Cooking Recipes]]''' - the player can cook food either directly on a [[campfire]], or with a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Kitchen]].
+Other types of ''Recipes'' defined on the Outward Wiki include:
-* [[Recipes#Survival Crafting|Survival Crafting]]: Accessible from the player's crafting menu, this kind of crafting requires no station.
+* [[Blacksmiths]] - these NPCs can craft armor sets and weapons for the player if they bring them the appropriate materials, though the player does not craft these themselves.
-** [[Decrafting]]: also from the crafting menu, players can decraft certain items into base materials.
+* [[Decrafting]] - from the survival crafting menu, players can decraft certain items into base materials.
-* [[Cooking]]: the player can cook food either directly on a campfire, or with a [[Cooking Pot]] or Kitchen.
-* [[Alchemy]]: using an [[Alchemy Kit]], the player can craft various magical items and potions.
-* [[Blacksmiths]] can craft armor sets and weapons for the player if they bring them the appropriate materials, though the player does not craft these themselves.
+===Recipe Scrolls===
-The categories above cover all types of crafting, however there are some niche cases which are worth mentioning:
+[[Recipe scroll|Recipe scrolls]] can be found in the world or bought from [[merchants]]. Reading a recipe scroll for an item gives the player the recipe. However, this is not necessary — a player can simply place the correct items in the Manual Recipe section to achieve the same result, as well as unlocking the recipe for future crafting.
+Not all recipes have an associated scroll. In this case, the recipe can only be discovered through trial and error, or by knowing the recipe in advance.
-* The player can refuel their lantern by placing the lantern and the appropriate fuel ([[Thick Oil]] or [[Power Coil]]) in a manual recipe.
 ==See also==
-*[[Recipes]]
 * [[Alchemy]]
 * [[Cooking]]