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Recipe & Crafting Guide

Essential crafting recipes, materials, and progression tips for Once Human.

Crafting Basics

  • 1Crafting in Once Human requires a workbench or specialized crafting station in your territory.
  • 2Recipes are unlocked through the Memetics (tech tree) system as you progress.
  • 3Basic materials like wood, stone, and fiber are gathered from the open world.
  • 4Advanced materials require processing -- smelt ores into ingots, process fiber into cloth.
  • 5Always keep a stockpile of basic materials in storage for quick crafting.
  • 6Some recipes require rare materials dropped from Stardust events and elite enemies.

Weapon Crafting

  • 1Weapon crafting unlocks at Memetics tier 2 -- prioritize unlocking it early.
  • 2Each weapon requires a combination of metal ingots, mechanical parts, and weapon-specific components.
  • 3Higher-tier weapons require rare Stardust Crystals found in high-level zones.
  • 4Weapon mods (scopes, grips, magazines) are crafted separately and attached at the workbench.
  • 5Ammunition crafting is essential -- keep multiple ammo types stocked for different weapons.
  • 6Salvage unwanted weapons for parts to use in crafting better equipment.

Armor & Gear

  • 1Armor provides damage reduction and environmental protection (heat, cold, radiation).
  • 2Light armor offers mobility and stealth bonuses, heavy armor maximizes damage reduction.
  • 3Armor sets provide set bonuses when wearing matching pieces -- aim for complete sets.
  • 4Backpacks increase inventory capacity -- craft a larger backpack as soon as possible.
  • 5Helmets provide headshot damage reduction, which is critical in PvP encounters.
  • 6Repair kits can be crafted to restore armor durability in the field.

Food & Consumables

  • 1Cooked food provides buffs to health regeneration, stamina, and combat stats.
  • 2Raw food can cause debuffs -- always cook meat and purify water before consuming.
  • 3Medical supplies (bandages, medkits, antidotes) are essential for survival.
  • 4Stim shots provide temporary combat buffs -- craft them before difficult encounters.
  • 5Food spoils over time -- cook only what you need or build a refrigerator.
  • 6Some recipes require rare herbs found only in specific biomes.

Building Materials

  • 1Wood structures are the cheapest but weakest -- upgrade to stone and metal as soon as possible.
  • 2Concrete requires cement, sand, and gravel -- set up a concrete mixer in your base.
  • 3Metal walls and doors are the strongest -- prioritize crafting metal building components.
  • 4Glass panels are crafted from sand at a furnace -- used for windows and greenhouses.
  • 5Electrical components require copper wire and circuit boards -- essential for powered structures.
  • 6Decorative items improve territory comfort rating and are crafted at the decoration workbench.

Advanced Crafting Tips

  • 1Unlock the Advanced Workbench through Memetics tier 3 for access to endgame recipes.
  • 2Material processing chains: ore to ingot to component -- set up assembly lines for efficiency.
  • 3Some recipes have multiple tiers -- tier 3 versions are significantly stronger than tier 1.
  • 4Blueprints found in the world unlock exclusive recipes not available in the Memetics tree.
  • 5Trading with other players can fill gaps in your material collection.
  • 6Deviant-enhanced crafting stations provide bonus yield -- place utility Deviants nearby.