Key perks to know about...given premium on things like food, brass and ammunition overall, I went through and noted some of the perks that we should be aware of who has and who doesn't so when we have a choice, let whoever has the perk harvest/loot/craft on your behalf.
The bonus to both speed and crafting cost makes a big difference in maximizing what we get out of our materials and how much time it takes to craft (and also as a result how much time we need to spend gathering/scavenging too); Optimizing brass in particular seems to be of high import -- so make sure you have maxed out Advanced Engineering for instance before you click out any casings! Similar to any other craft recipe, leverage someone who has maxed out the appropriate perk if you can before crafting it yourself.
I've put in parenthesis who I think has some of these, will update accordingly (or will build a tracking sheet *sigh*). Note: I didn't list the armor and weapons crafting perks in here as we seem to have been able to rely on what we scavenge up to now.
Perception:
Animal Tracker (?) -- tracked animals on your map
Lucky Looter (Arsilon) -- better loot when you open containers and treasure map location narrowed
Salvage Operation (Dophus) -- Wrench recipe unlocks and more yield with wrenches
Strength:
Master Chef (Vllad) -- Cooking recipe unlocks
Miner 69'er (Slamz) -- Tools recipe unlocks
Mother Lode (Slamz) -- Harvest (trees/ore/dirt) yield
Fortitude:
The Huntsman (Vllad) -- Harvest (animals) yield
Living off the Land (Vllad) -- Harvest (seeds) yield and seed recipe unlocks
Agility:
None (see note on armor/weapons perk above)
Intellect:
Better Barter (Arsilon) -- Improved trader prices and rare item availability
Advanced Engineering (Arsilon) -- Craft 'bench' speed bonus (forge, bench, saw, mixer, etc); Craft bench and Electrical item recipe unlocks; Forge/Electrical recipe cost reduction
Grease Monkey (Dophus) -- Vehicle parts recipe unlocks (and craft cost reduction)
Yeah, Science! (Arsilon) -- Chemistry station recipe unlocks (medical supplies, gunpowder, glue, etc.); Chemistry station craft speed and cost reduction
The bonus to both speed and crafting cost makes a big difference in maximizing what we get out of our materials and how much time it takes to craft (and also as a result how much time we need to spend gathering/scavenging too); Optimizing brass in particular seems to be of high import -- so make sure you have maxed out Advanced Engineering for instance before you click out any casings! Similar to any other craft recipe, leverage someone who has maxed out the appropriate perk if you can before crafting it yourself.
I've put in parenthesis who I think has some of these, will update accordingly (or will build a tracking sheet *sigh*). Note: I didn't list the armor and weapons crafting perks in here as we seem to have been able to rely on what we scavenge up to now.
Perception:
Animal Tracker (?) -- tracked animals on your map
Lucky Looter (Arsilon) -- better loot when you open containers and treasure map location narrowed
Salvage Operation (Dophus) -- Wrench recipe unlocks and more yield with wrenches
Strength:
Master Chef (Vllad) -- Cooking recipe unlocks
Miner 69'er (Slamz) -- Tools recipe unlocks
Mother Lode (Slamz) -- Harvest (trees/ore/dirt) yield
Fortitude:
The Huntsman (Vllad) -- Harvest (animals) yield
Living off the Land (Vllad) -- Harvest (seeds) yield and seed recipe unlocks
Agility:
None (see note on armor/weapons perk above)
Intellect:
Better Barter (Arsilon) -- Improved trader prices and rare item availability
Advanced Engineering (Arsilon) -- Craft 'bench' speed bonus (forge, bench, saw, mixer, etc); Craft bench and Electrical item recipe unlocks; Forge/Electrical recipe cost reduction
Grease Monkey (Dophus) -- Vehicle parts recipe unlocks (and craft cost reduction)
Yeah, Science! (Arsilon) -- Chemistry station recipe unlocks (medical supplies, gunpowder, glue, etc.); Chemistry station craft speed and cost reduction
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