Crafting & Research

Crafting is gated behind the Research Laboratory: you spend gathered resources on Research Projects to unlock blueprints, then use the Weapon, Spacesuit and Industrial workbenches to install weapon mods, spacesuit/pack mods and armor upgrades. Resources come from mining, looting, buying or automated outpost extraction, which is why outpost and skill investment feed directly into gear quality. In 2026, Terran Armada added X-Tech as a scavengeable high-end resource used to craft legendary Superior and Exceptional effects onto weapons and gear within the base game.