Refining is one process you will need to be aware of. Many of the higher quality components/commodities can be incredibly difficult if not impossible to find in the wastelands on a general basis. These higher quality components are usually required in the crafting of a high-value item. Instead of waiting for long periods of time hoping someone has it available or finding it yourself, you can just refine the lower-quality component in your existing inventory instead. The component has to be of the same type (Nuts and Bolts do not refine into Wiring for instance), and you can only refine into a higher-quality component, not the other way around. Refineries are located in the starter cities and a few places here and there. There is a cost involved, but it’s generally affordable, and worth it to create some of the cooler items in the Auto Assault.

That’s the very basics of crafting in a nutshell. (Nutshells not included and probably not available from post-apocalyptic trees.) We’ve just scratched the surface of crafting in Auto Assault; later on we’ll discuss Experimentation (using certain commodities in the crafting process in an attempt to improve the item), and Tinkering (adding Gadgets to the item after crafting).

Crafting is expansive in Auto Assault and the best part is the ability to construct and recreate items that are unique. You could be the only person on your server to know how to make a particular item with a particular set of stats. If you manage to construct something that literally blows the competition away, you’re on to a nice little earner as other players come to you with clink, scrip and bar burning a hole in their pockets.

Get rich or die crafting.