Crafting challenges
10 challenges in the Basics tab of the challenges screen. Redeeming them all gives the group reward.
Read a Magazine
Read magazines to increase your crafting skill on that topic.
Crafting Skill Magazines come in a wide range of topics. Reading them will increase your Crafting Skill which increases the Quality and/or Technology Tier of the item being crafted. You can track your Crafting Skill progression in the Skills Window and selecting the Hammer icon in the category header.
Crafting Skill Magazines can be found in various loot containers such as Mailboxes, for sale at Traders, or given as a Quest Reward.
Hint: Open the inventory [Inventory][Inventory] and read any Crafting Skill Magazine.
- Use Magazine
Reward: 500 XP
Scrap Items
Scrap some items to recover resources.
Select an Item, then use the Scrap Quick Action to irreversibly destroy it, gaining some of its crafting cost back in resources.
Scrapping items that can be smelted into the Forge only recovers 75% of the total crafting cost.
- 5× Scrap Items
Reward: 500 XP
Place Forge
Place a Forge to begin crafting with Iron.
A Forge is a Workstation used to craft advanced recipes using smelted metals and other resources.
Forges can be placed and rotated like normal Blocks.
Hold [Activate][Activate] to pick up Forges and other Workstations within your Land Claim area.
- Place Forge
Reward: 1,000 XP
Craft Forged Iron
Craft some Forged Iron in the Forge.
To use the Forge, Smelt resources like Iron and Clay by placing them into the Forge smelting slots, adding Fuel to the fuel slot, then selecting Turn On.
Once resources have been Smelted into the Forge they will be available for use in recipes there.
Installing an Anvil or Bellows will increase performance, while adding a Crucible allows you to craft Steel items.
- Craft 100×
Forged Iron
Reward: 2,000 XP
Place Workbench
Craft a Workbench for advanced crafting.
Workbenches are used to craft Weapons, Armor, Vehicles and other advanced recipes.
You can queue crafting in the Workbench and your Inventory at the same time.
For recipes at the Workbench, crafting materials must be in your Inventory.
Hold [Activate][Activate] to pick up Workstations within your Land Claim area.
- Place Workbench
Reward: 2,000 XP
Craft Pipe Bombs
Craft 20 Pipe Bombs.
Pipe Bombs are a type of thrown Explosive with a timed fuse.
To throw fused Explosives, use [Secondary] to light the fuse, and hold [Primary] to charge the Green Power Meter. Your throw distance is based on how full the meter is, so adjust your aim.
Don't forget to throw your Explosives before it goes off in your hand.
Some Explosives detonate on contact.
- Craft 20×
Pipe Bomb (Ammo)
Reward: 2,500 XP
Place Cement Mixer
Place a Cement Mixer for Concrete crafting.
The Cement Mixer is used to craft Concrete Mix to make stronger Concrete Blocks. It can also mill Small Stones into Sand.
Recipes at the Cement Mixer require ingredients from your Inventory.
Hold [Activate][Activate] to pick up Workstations within your Land Claim area.
- Place Cement Mixer
Reward: 2,500 XP
Craft Concrete Mix
Craft 100 Concrete Mix.
Concrete Mix is used to repair Concrete Blocks and upgrade Cobblestone Blocks to Concrete.
It can also be used to craft Concrete Helper Blocks which can be formed into a variety of shapes to build with.
- Craft 100×
Concrete Mix
Reward: 2,500 XP
Place Chemistry Station
Place a Chemistry Station.
Some advanced recipes can only be made at a Chemistry Station, while other Chemistry and Medical recipes are more efficient when crafted in one.
Crafting at a Chemistry Station requires all materials to be in your inventory.
Hold [Activate][Activate] to pick up Workstations within your Land Claim area.
- Place Chemistry Station
Reward: 5,000 XP
Craft Gas Cans
Gas Cans are primarily used to fuel Vehicles and some Tools, but are also a material in some recipes and as Fuel for Workstations in a pinch.
Craft some Gas Cans.
- Craft 100×
Gas Can
Reward: 5,000 XP
Reward loot groups
A loot reward that names several groups picks one of them at random, then rolls one item from it at the quest's loot stage. The chance of each item per roll comes from 4,000 rolls of the game's loot tables; the count is the usual stack size.
Skill Magazines
24 possible items: Knife Guy, Pack Rat Magazine, Explosive Magazine, Southern Farming…
| Item | Stage 1 | Count |
|---|---|---|
 Knife Guy | 4.8% | 2 |
 Pack Rat Magazine | 4.8% | 2 |
 Explosive Magazine | 4.5% | 2 |
 Southern Farming | 4.5% | 2 |
 Wiring 101 | 4.5% | 2 |
 Furious Fists | 4.4% | 2 |
 Get Hammered | 4.4% | 2 |
 Handy Land | 4.4% | 2 |
 Shotgun Weekly | 4.3% | 2 |
 Electrical Traps | 4.2% | 2 |
 Scrapping 4 Fun | 4.2% | 2 |
 Handgun Magazine | 4.1% | 2 |
 Rifle World | 4.1% | 2 |
 Tactical Warfare | 4.1% | 2 |
 Tools Digest | 4.1% | 2 |
 Vehicle Adventures | 4.1% | 2 |
 Armored Up | 4% | 2 |
 Home Cooking Weekly | 4% | 2 |
 Bow Hunters | 3.9% | 2 |
 Sharp Sticks | 3.9% | 2 |
 Tech Planet | 3.9% | 2 |
 Big Hitters | 3.8% | 2 |
 Medical Journal | 3.7% | 2 |
 Forge Ahead | 3.6% | 2 |
