Crafting Page

Figure N. Crafting Page layout. Station and Inventory → Gear maximize are the same page. World-mat names on this still are superseded by Figures C1–C5.

Core Loop

1. Gather crafting materials from the world (nodes, enemies, chests, mission rewards).
1. Break down (salvage) a weapon or armor piece.
1. Breakdown yields: that item’s typed Weapon Frame OR Armor Blueprint (unlocked for this character) + additional crafting materials. Augmented / Rare weapons also unlock each installed part variant (Family × Socket × Variant).
1. Open Crafting Page → Forge an unlocked Frame/Blueprint recipe, or Refit an Augmented / Rare weapon’s parts. Spend large material costs. The Frame/Blueprint/part key itself is not consumed.
1. Output: crafted weapon/armor, upgrades, sockets, Phonon Chords, gem upgrades, etc.

Frames & Blueprints (Required Keys)

Weapon Frame — first breakdown of that gun/melee family + frame + rarity unlocks it on the Crafting Page.
Armor Blueprint — first breakdown of that armor type + rarity unlocks it on the Crafting Page.
Once an item is broken down, that Frame or Blueprint is always accessible. Crafting does not consume it, hide it, or require salvaging another copy of the same key.
You cannot craft a Frame or Blueprint you have never broken down.
Frames/Blueprints are NOT world drops as finished keys — they come from breaking down gear.
Higher-quality / elite / exotic breakdowns unlock better Frames/Blueprints and yield more mats.
Breaking down is a meaningful choice: you destroy the item to unlock crafting identity.

World materials catalog

Item type picks the families. Item rarity picks the stamp. An Adaptive Auto Rare and an Adaptive Hand Cannon Rare both spend Rare Ferrospine + Rare Weldalloy + Rare Optic Lens + Rare Sealant Mesh. The unlocked Frame is what makes them different recipes.

Eight shared body families. Not one mat per gun. Frames and Blueprints carry identity. Each family × rarity is its own Crafting stack. Exact stack sizes per recipe stay TBD — recipes stay expensive.

Family	SKU	Used for
Metals	Ferrospine	Kinetic mass. Barrels, melee heads, heavy plate, Physical Shields.
Alloys	Weldalloy	Receivers, maul cores, Heavy Gun braces, Energy Shield frames.
Lenses	Optic Lens	ADS glass, sniper scopes, visor inserts, charge windows.
Prisms	Helion Prism	Fusion / Trace emitters, Barrier fields, rings / amulets, helm visors.
Composites	Sealant Mesh	Stocks, grips, hafts, Light underarmor, belts, gloves.
Coils	Capacitor Coil	Fusion / Linear / Trace guts, Energy Shield projectors, powered melee cores.
Payloads	Warhead Compound	Grenade Launchers, Rockets. Not ammo bricks — craft reagent only.
Filaments	Limb Filament	Bow limbs and strings. Almost never on guns.

Nanite Residue is a ninth reagent for Legendary, Unique, and Apex crafts. It is not stamped Common through Rare, and it is not a rarity of Ferrospine. Raid / story sink.

Already locked — keep out of this list: Dual Stack Cells, Kha-Shards, typed Frames / Blueprints, weapon parts (unlock catalog, not bag tiles), Phonons, Gems, Jewels, Artifacts, ammo bricks. Dual Stack Cells are a power tax on recipes (one pile, no rarity stamp). Kha-Shards stay repair / unsocket.

Figure C1. Eight world-mat families, Dual Stack Cells, Nanite Residue, and seven rarity stamps.

Figure C1. Eight world-mat families. Dual Stack Cells are the power tax. Nanite Residue is Legendary / Unique / Apex only. Same SKU + different rarity do not stack.

Rarity stamps

Item rarity	Craftable	Bag tiles you spend	Note
Common	Yes	Common versions of the 8 families	White Earth kit. No affix reagents.
Uncommon	Yes	Uncommon versions of the same 8	Green Earth kit. Affix reagents default off.
Augmented	Yes	Augmented versions of the same 8	1 prefix / 1 suffix. Stamp + Coda.
Rare	Yes	Rare versions of the same 8	Up to 3+3. One Stamp / Coda per rolled slot.
Legendary	Yes	Legendary versions of the same 8 + Nanite Residue	Designer package. Same affix slot count as Unique. Never a Set piece. No Stamp / Coda.
Unique	Yes	Unique versions of the same 8 + Nanite Residue	Designer package. Same affix slot count as Legendary. May be a Set piece. No Stamp / Coda. Unique salvage does not pay Legendary recipes.
Apex	Yes (`InvokeEligible = false` if crafted)	Apex versions of the same 8 + Nanite Residue	Designer package. Invoke is world-found only.

Optional 3:1 rarity upconvert (for example 3× Common Ferrospine → 1× Uncommon + Cell tax) is off. If it ever turns on, it must not skip into Legendary, Unique, or Apex.

Salvage returns a slice of the same families at that item’s rarity — never a full refund. Fraction TBD; must stay a sink. First salvage also unlocks the Frame or Blueprint, and on Augmented / Rare weapons each installed part variant.

Recipe map by item type

Primary is the bulk of the recipe. Secondary is required. Spice is a small gate so snipers still want glass and jewelry still wants prisms. Light / Medium / Heavy do not invent new SKUs — they slide Metals / Alloys / Composites. Helm always adds Lenses + Prisms. Underarmor size does not change when plates get thicker.

Item type	Unlock key	Primary	Secondary	Spice
Auto / Pulse / Scout / SMG / Hand Cannon / Sidearm	Gun Frame	Metals	Alloys + Composites	Lenses
Sniper	Gun Frame	Metals	Lenses	Alloys + Composites
Shotgun / Machine Gun / Heavy Gun	Gun Frame	Metals	Alloys	Composites
Fusion / Linear Fusion / Trace	Gun Frame	Prisms + Coils	Lenses	Alloys
Grenade Launcher / Rocket	Gun Frame	Payloads	Metals + Alloys	Composites
Bow	Gun Frame	Filaments	Composites	Alloys + Lenses
Blades / Axes / Polearms / Spears / Dirks / Claws / Glaives	Melee Frame	Metals	Alloys	Composites
Mauls	Melee Frame	Alloys	Metals	Composites
Staves / Scepters	Melee Frame	Prisms	Composites + Coils	Metals
Wrist Melee	Melee Frame	Metals	Composites	Alloys
Helm (any weight)	Armor Blueprint	Composites	Alloys	Lenses + Prisms
Chest / Gloves / Belt / Boots — Light	Armor Blueprint	Composites	Alloys	Metals
Chest / Gloves / Belt / Boots — Medium	Armor Blueprint	Alloys	Composites + Metals	—
Chest / Gloves / Belt / Boots — Heavy	Armor Blueprint	Metals	Alloys	Composites
Physical Shield	Armor Blueprint (slot, no weight)	Metals	Alloys	Composites
Energy Shield (Barrier)	Armor Blueprint (slot, no weight)	Prisms + Coils	Alloys	—
Ring 1 / Ring 2 / Amulet	Armor Blueprint (slot, no weight)	Prisms	Metals	Lenses

Figure C2. Recipe map by item type — primary, secondary, and spice families.

Figure C2. Recipe map by item type. Item type picks families. Item rarity picks the stamp. Unlocked Frame or Blueprint is never consumed.

What every recipe spends

When	Cost	Rule
Always	Unlocked Frame or Blueprint at that rarity	First salvage of that typed key. Never consumed.
Always	Dual Stack Cells	One pile. No rarity stamp. Power tax.
By output rarity	Matching rarity stamp on those families	Rare spends Rare Ferrospine. Unique spends Unique. No mixing.
Augmented / Rare only	Forge Stamp per prefix slot	Same rarity as the item. One Stamp per prefix.
Augmented / Rare only	Telemetry Coda per suffix slot	Same rarity. One Coda per suffix.
Channel affixes	Matching Gem	Thermal spends Ruby, and so on. Do not invent a second channel pile.
Legendary / Unique / Apex	Nanite Residue	Extra reagent. Not a rarity of Ferrospine.
Legendary / Unique / Apex	No Stamp / Coda	Package is designer-locked. Reprints do not roll affixes.
Never here	Phonons / Gems / Jewels / Artifacts	Socketables. Returned on salvage. (Gems are spent only when a Channel affix is guided or rolled onto Augmented / Rare.)
Never here	Kha-Shards	Repair / unsocket only.
Augmented / Rare weapons	Owned part variants (or empty)	Forge: pick or roll cheaper. Empty sockets legal. Not bag tiles.
Refit	Socket family tax + Dual Stack Cells	Finish-only C1–C5 costs Cells only. Frame / affixes / cadence unchanged.
Never here	Ammo bricks	Visor reserve. Not a craft reagent.
Never here	Weapon parts as bag tiles	Unlock catalog, like Frames.

Worked example — Rare Adaptive Auto (counts not locked): unlocked Auto Adaptive Rare Frame + Dual Stack Cells + Rare Ferrospine + Rare Weldalloy + Rare Optic Lens + Rare Sealant Mesh. Salvaging that Auto refunds a cut of those four Rare piles and (first time) unlocks the Frame. Common Ferrospine cannot pay this recipe.

Prefix and suffix reagents

Augmented and Rare items are prefix + suffix rolls. Crafting those qualities needs reagents for the stamps, not a unique pile per bible name. Terminal vs Razor is the same Kinetic Output group — you pay more Forge Stamps for the higher band, not a new SKU.

Random vs guided. Random: Stamp / Coda only, loot-table roll, cheaper. Guided: add a group sigil so you pick the family (Kinetic Output, of Torque’s Attribute cluster, …). Sigils are not rarity-stamped. Same affix group cannot double.

Figure C3. Forge Stamp prefix reagents and Telemetry Coda suffix reagents, plus Channel gems.

Figure C3. Affix reagents. Forge Stamp per prefix. Telemetry Coda per suffix. Guided crafts add a sigil. Channel groups also spend the matching Gem. Legendary / Unique / Apex spend none.

Prefix sigils (guided Forge Stamps)

Sigil	Affix groups	Notes
Combat	Targeting Lock, Kinetic Output, Combat Grade	Guns / melee. Not Staves or Scepters.
Channel	Thermal / Cryo / Arc / Toxin / Isotopic / Fission / Plasma / Void damage prefixes	Spend this sigil + the matching Gem (Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, Emerald, Gammitite, Nucleite, Helion, Nullite).
Bane	Damage vs Aberrants, Damage vs Revenants	Tag hunters.
Plating	Enhanced Defense % (Plating)	Armor / helm / shield / belt / boot / glove.
Envelope	Underlayer, Sealant, Servo Bundle	Former armor modules.
Cell	Power Cell, Energy Pool	Energy pool and regen stamps.
Sensor	Sensor Pack, Illumination	Helms, amulets, optics bloom.
Trauma	Trauma Weave	Life / sustain stamps.
Resist	Eight channel resists + Spectrum All Resist	Channel resist + matching Gem. Spectrum costs more Stamps, no extra Gem.
Order	Fist / Magus / Hidden skill stamps and tree-tab stamps	One sigil; recipe picks the Order.
Utility	Utility Prefixes	Catch-all leftover prefixes.

Suffix sigils (guided Telemetry Codas)

Sigil	Affix groups	Notes
Attribute	Strength, Dexterity, Energy Attunement	of Torque, of Aim, of Charge, …
Vital	Life / Vitality Pool	of Pulse, of Fortress, …
Hurt	Minimum Damage, Maximum Damage	Flat damage suffixes.
Channel	Eight channel damage suffixes	Same Gem rule as prefix Channel.
Siphon	Life Steal, Energy Steal, Life Regeneration	of Extract and cousins.
Tempo	IAS, FCR, FRW, FHR	Speed windows.
Guard	Block, flat DR, Channel Damage Reduced	Shields and sustain.
Yield	Credits / Gold Find, Yield suffix	Economy suffixes.
Envelope	Plating / Underlayer / Sealant / Power Cell / Sensor / Servo / Trauma Weave suffixes	Armor-module coda side.
Special	Special Combat Suffixes	Indestructible, replenish, antiheal, …

Worked example — Rare Pulse, guided ED + leech (counts not locked): unlocked Pulse Adaptive Rare Frame + Dual Stack Cells + Rare body mats (Ferrospine, Weldalloy, Optic Lens, Sealant Mesh) + 3 Rare Forge Stamps + 3 Rare Telemetry Codas. Guided slots: Combat sigil (Kinetic Output) + Siphon sigil (Life Steal). Other four slots random. You cannot add a second Kinetic Output group.

Weapon parts — Forge and Refit

Materials pay. Parts are the installed modules. They are not the same bag. Two catalogs meet on one station: the Crafting Page. Character I Inspect shows the kit. It does not swap parts.

Figure C4. Crafting Page modes — Forge a new item or Refit an Augmented / Rare weapon.

Figure C4. Forge crafts a new item. Refit swaps sockets on an existing Augmented / Rare weapon. Parts unlock like Frames. C1–C5 is paint. Parts are not bag tiles.

Parts unlock like Frames, not like Phonons. First salvage of an Augmented or Rare weapon unlocks each installed part variant for this character: Family × Socket × Variant. Later Forge and Refit spend materials only. You cannot install a variant you have never salvaged. Trade or mail of finished gear does not grant the part. Invoke break is not salvage: no part unlock.

Field	Example	Notes
Family	Auto, Fusion, Combat Blades	Must match the Frame’s family. Auto Barrel does not fit Pulse.
Socket	Barrel, Cell, Head	Locked maps: Gun Receiver Parts / Melee Family Parts.
Variant	Named catalog row (TBD)	Owns the numeric band. Not a new SKU per corp.
Host rarity gate	Augmented vs Rare	Rare variants do not install on Augmented. Common / Uncommon have no part sockets.
Corp finish	C1–C5	Paint. Same variant, five looks. Mixed-corp kits allowed.

Forge (Augmented / Rare weapons): unlocked Frame + Dual Stack Cells + rarity-stamped body mats + Stamps / Codas as usual. Then fill that family’s sockets from owned variants, or roll them cheaper (random). Empty sockets stay legal — family baseline still fires. Augmented typically 1–2 meaningful parts. Rare fills more. Guided Forge lets you pick the sockets you own. Armor Forge has no part pickers. Legendary / Unique / Apex Forge reprints the designer package — no part pickers, no Refit.

Refit: park an Augmented or Rare gun or melee. Each socket shows the installed variant vs the owned catalog. Swapping a variant spends a materials tax for that socket’s family mix at the item’s rarity, plus Dual Stack Cells. The old variant is not returned as a bag tile — it stays unlocked. Frame, cadence, affixes, and Phonons / Gems / Jewels do not change. Finish-only swap (same variant, new C1–C5) costs Dual Stack Cells only.

Refit tax by socket (counts TBD). Dual Stack Cells on every Refit. Parts never write RPM, charge ms, draw ms, or burst count — cadence stays on the Frame.

Socket	Fits	Refit tax family
Barrel	Most kinetics, Shotgun, Sniper, GL, MG, Heavy Gun	Ferrospine
Magazine / Cylinder / Tube / Drum / Box	Most guns (alias per family)	Weldalloy
Optic / Sight	Most guns + Bow Sight	Optic Lens
Stock / Shoulder Brace	Long guns. Brace only on Hand Cannon + Sidearm	Sealant Mesh
Grip / Bipod-Grip	Most guns. Linear uses Grip, not Brace	Sealant Mesh
Accelerator Coil / Rail	Fusion / Linear	Capacitor Coil + Helion Prism
Emitter Lens	Trace	Helion Prism + Optic Lens
Cell	Fusion / Linear / Trace	Capacitor Coil
Tube	Rocket	Ferrospine
Warhead Rack	Rocket	Warhead Compound
Limbs	Bow	Limb Filament
String	Bow	Limb Filament
Quiver	Bow	Sealant Mesh
Bipod	MG / Heavy / Sniper	Weldalloy
Head / Blade / Bit / Tip / Talons / Cap	All melee. Maul heads lean Weldalloy	Ferrospine (Mauls: Weldalloy)
Guard / Collar / Knuckle Plate	All melee	Weldalloy
Haft / Grip / Shaft	All melee	Sealant Mesh
Weight / Pommel / Brace	All melee. Glaive Brace is melee-only Weight	Ferrospine + Weldalloy
Core / Cell / Servo	All melee. Staves / scepters lean energy	Capacitor Coil + Helion Prism on staves; Metals on edge

Figure C5. Refit tax by socket — materials pay, parts are modules.

Figure C5. Refit tax by socket. Dual Stack Cells on every Refit. Finish-only C1–C5 costs Cells only. Auto Barrel does not fit Pulse. Parts never write cadence.

Worked example — Rare Auto Refit (counts not locked): park a Rare Adaptive Auto. Swap Barrel to another owned Auto Barrel variant. Pay Rare Ferrospine + Dual Stack Cells. RPM stays 600. Prefixes stay. You cannot drop in a Pulse barrel.

What the Crafting Page Can Do

Forge weapons (needs that Weapon Frame unlocked + heavy mats; on Augmented / Rare, owned part variants or random rolls + optional Phonon Shards/jewels/gems).
Refit Augmented / Rare weapons (swap part variants or C1–C5 finish; socket tax + Dual Stack Cells; Inspect, not a park well).
Craft armor (needs that Armor Blueprint unlocked + heavy mats).
Assemble Phonon Chords into socketed bases (Shards in exact order + Chord recipe cost).
Upgrade gem tiers / Phonon Shard tiers (3:1 plus material tax).
Socketing services (random or guided) with material sinks.
Socket / unsocket Artifacts (Unique / Apex paper-doll items only; one Artifact slot each). Legendary never.
Repair / recharge / unsocket (Kha-Shard costs).
Blood/Caster-style crafts — still need that Frame/Blueprint unlocked where applicable.

Apex crafting

Socket Sources (Updated)

Natural drop sockets on gear.
Quest specialist (Larzuk-analogue) may still max-socket with a fee.
Crafting Page socket recipes — expensive, gated by an unlocked Blueprint/Frame + mats.
Max sockets gated by base type + item level.

Economy Intent

Lots of materials required → world exploration stays valuable.
Breakdown gate → loot remains relevant; crafting cannot ignore drops. First salvage unlocks the key; mats stay the sink.
Frames/Blueprints and part variants create chase layers on top of finished gear — chase the first breakdown of each identity.
Anti-FOMO cosmetics stay separate and are priced in LUMENAR; power crafting is grind-honest, not shop-gated. Play-earned Credits buy the same looks.

Leave out of this catalog until called: grenade Ordnance crafts, tentacle grafts, Phonon Chord assembly (already Shards + tax), gem 3:1 upgrades, named part variant lists (sockets are locked; names/bands are data sheets), and corp-specific finishes as extra mats (C1–C5 are visual).

Figure 5. Crafting Page — world mats + breakdown Frames/Blueprints + heavy costs.