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How to Craft Weapons & Armor | Crafting Guide

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Outriders - How To Craft Weapons & Armor | Crafting Guide
This is a guide to crafting in the game Outriders. To learn more about the process of crafting better equipment and weaponry, read on.

What is Crafting

Crafting is the process of creating higher grade equipment and gear out of your dismantled low tier equipment. If you are unfamiliar with Dismantling Gear and Equipment, here's a quick guide.

How to Dismantle Equipment

Crafting Resources

Resource Description
Leather IconLeather Animal hide
Used for crafting armor.
Iron IconIron Rare ore
Used in crafting Rare equipment and gear.
Titanium IconTitanium Rare ore
Used in upgrading equipment to Epic and Legendary tier.
Shards IconAnomaly Shard Crafting material
Used in raising weapon and armor attributes

How to Unlock Crafting

Outriders Crafting Guide - How to Unlock Crafting

The crafting system becomes available after rescuing Dr. Zahedi and reuniting at the end of Salvation.

Crafting is locked in the Outriders Demo. Purchase the full-game to unlock this feature.

How to Craft

Crafting Menu

Outriders Crafting Guide - Crafting Menu
The Crafting Menu displays all weapons and gear currently in your inventory.

Crafting options include Leveling, Improving Rarity, Exchanging Mods, Swapping Variants, and Raising Attributes.

Leveling Up

Outriders Crafting Guide - Levelling Up
Leveling up increases the primary parameter (Firepower or Armor) of a given item. You can't raise the level of your equipment beyond the wearable item level cap indicated by your highest World Tier available.

Improving Rarity

Outriders Crafting Guide - Improving Rarity
Improving rarity also increases the primary parameter (Firepower or Armor) of a given item. You can only use it on Unusual and Rare equipment.

Exchanging Mods

Outriders Crafting Guide - Exchanging Mods
Exchanging mods is the very heart of crafting. Only one slot can be modded and mods of the same name do not stack. To unlock a mod, dismantle a piece of equipment with that specific mod.

Rare equipment have 1 mod slot, while Epic and Legendary items have 2 mod slots.

List of Mods

Swapping Variants

Outriders Crafting Guide - Swapping Variant
Swapping weapon variants affects how your particular weapon may behave. You can turn your assault rifle from a fully-automatic to a semi-automatic or a single-shot variant. Weapon variants will be unlocked as your character's level progresses.

Raising Attributes

Outriders Crafting Guide - Raising Attributes
The Anomaly Shards you get from dismantling equipment are responsible for the attributes of your weapons. Think of them as bonuses for that affect a variety of factors from Additional Health, Additional Firepower, Increased Critical Hit Chance, etc.

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Beginner's Guide: Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks
Cross-Play Multiplayer (Co-Op) Guide How to Level Up Fast | EXP Farming Guide
How to Save Your Progress Guide World Tier Guide | How to Change Difficulty
How to Get Class Points How to Fast Travel
How to Farm Legendary Items Controls and Best Settings
Stats Explanation Status Effects (Debuff) Explanation
How to Interrupt Enemy Attacks and Skills Dismantling Equipment
Endgame Farming Guide Expeditions Guide (Raids) | How to Unlock the Eye of the Storm
How Long is Outriders? Combat Tips and Techniques
Status Resistance and Resistance Piercing Character Creation and Customization Guide
How to Obtain Locked Items How to Fix Stuck on Signed In Issue
How to Get Free Legendary Items How to Use Shards
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