Crafting
Lifeskills
Idle resource production via Salvaging, Bioforaging, and Signal Tapping — talk to Syl at The Wreck.
What Are Lifeskills?
Lifeskills are passive resource-production systems that run even while you fight, explore, or close the app. Visit Syl the Surveyor at The Wreck to get started. Three gathering lifeskills are available: Salvaging (produces Alloy), Bioforaging (produces Biostock), and Signal Tapping (produces Signal Data).
Work Orders
Select a lifeskill, pick an action (e.g. "Salvage Iron" or "Forage Root"), and start a work order. Your work order runs continuously, accumulating materials, skill XP, and mastery XP cycle by cycle. Come back and tap Collect whenever you like — rewards accumulate for up to 12 hours.
Focus
Every 30 minutes, you can activate Focus on your active work order. Focused cycles produce significantly more materials and have a chance to trigger a Discovery — a bonus reward ranging from extra resources to rare consumable buffs.
Leveling
Each lifeskill levels from 1 to 50. Higher levels unlock higher-tier actions: Tier 1 at level 1, Tier 2 at level 5, all the way up to Tier 8 at level 47. Gathering resource nodes in the wilderness also grants lifeskill XP for the matching skill.
More in Crafting
Crafting Disciplines
Four crafting disciplines — Alloycraft, Biosynth, Signal Etching, and Crystallography.
Resource Gathering
Harvesting materials from resource deposits scattered across The Wastes.
Recipes & Materials
Material types, recipe gating, and what you can craft.
Alloycraft & Tiers
Craft any tiered equipment using alloy from the matching zone.
Pheromone Lures
Craftable consumables that increase monster spawn rates for a limited time.
Action Mastery
Per-action mastery tracks with milestone bonuses at 25, 50, 75, and 99.