Weaponsmith Archive

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Cyclonus- wrote:

Hi Everyone,

I am currently a novice weaponsmith with the hopes of becomming a master weaponsmith asap.

I have a few questions about making grenades (mainly imp/thermal dets) in factories that I couldn't find the answers to in any of the stickies or by searching. Everything I have read pertains to those that have at least a basic knowledge of weaponsmithing and factories...and that doesn't include me. One thing I have picked up from this forum is that I'll want 3 to 4 factories once I get to that point.

Here are my quetions, written in very simple terms mainly for my own benefit:

- Do I need to purchase my own factories? (I ask this because as a combat profession, I have been near randomfactories and gotten the "you dont have a draft schematic for use in this factory" message).

No, someone else can place them for you and give you administrative rights to them.

- Is there any particular type of factory I need to buy? For example do I need a weapons factory? A grenade factory (my goal is to make imp/thermal dets)?

You need an Equipment Factory.

- Is there an average grenade making factory cost, or at least a ballpark number?

30Kish, dependent on your server.

- If I need to buy these factories, where do I buy them? From a vendor that sells deeds?

Yes, find an architect vendor or become friends with an architect.

- Canone maketheir own grenade factories? If yes, what skills do you need?

Yes, you can make factories, but you'd need to be an architect, forget what skills specifically.

- Do factories require energy to run, much as a personal mineral extractor requires wind energy?

Yes, you need power to run factories.

- If yes, what type of energy does a grenade factory require?

You can use solar, wind, or fusion.

- If the grenade factory requires energy, is it better for me to get a harverstor to harvest this energy, or just to buy it on the bazaar?

Your call, if you can survey yourself and afford the lots for harvestors, you would probably get off cheaper harvesting the power yourself.

- If I need to buy factories, can I put them down anywhere where there is room more or less (like housing) or are there restricted areas that they have to go in?

Factories are slightly more restrictive for terrain than houses, but just about anywhere you can place a medium harvestor, you can get a factory placed.

Regarding schematics:

I do know how to make a schematic and I know it goes in my datapad when it is finished. With that said:

- When making a schematic does one always want to use the best resources available?

Only if you want the best product (aside from the master artisan components that really don't matter in our line of work)

- Once I make a schematic with certain quality resources, do I need to use the exact same resources in the future when using that schematic? For example if I make a schematic using "type-a steel" and "type-b iron" can I use that same schematic later but with resources such as "type-b steel" and "type-c iron?"

Yes, you need to use the SPECIFIC resources you used to make the schematic, type-a steel and type-b iron only.

That's it for now. If I can think of more questions I will post them here. Hopefully this can also help anyone new to crafting as well.

It would be VERY beneficial to get even a few of these questions answered.

Thanks everyone!!!

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