GUNC Stars Reach Field Guide
Stars Reach: Crafting stations & recipes
Each station handles a different set of recipes. Start with the item you want to make, then follow its ingredients and any parts you need to craft first.
Cooking, medicine, refining, engineering, building, and clothing work are split across different stations. A recipe might name Amethyst, ask for a Common Gemstone, or allow any Gemstone, Alloy, Ore, or Gas.
Start with the item you want
Check the station, output amount, ingredients, and the PQRV effects shown for that item.
Decide whether durability, battery use, damage, or another displayed property matters most, then note its PQRV letter.
A routine replacement may not need your rarest materials. Save them for an item where the extra PQRV will matter.
If a repair will cover the next trip, you can gather the new parts without rushing the craft.
List every part before gathering
A recipe may name Amethyst, ask for a Common Gemstone, or allow any Gemstone. Read every ingredient before gathering.
Work backward until the list reaches resources you can gather, trade for, or already have.
A chain can move through several stations, so plan where each part is made.
Some recipes make a batch. Count the output as well as the ingredients before repeating a component.
One player can gather while another refines or crafts. Agree on who is making each part before everyone collects the same thing.
Sand to Glass Blocks
This loop used Sand, Silica Ore, Glass, and Block: Glass in the previous station layout.
Use the in-game recipe list to confirm the current stations, ingredient quantities, and output amounts before starting the loop.
Work from Sand through the intermediate materials until you reach Block: Glass.
The point of this repeatable loop is to gain Crafting XP quickly.
Exact items and material groups
If an ingredient slot names one item, use that item. If it names a group, anything matching every part of the label works. Common Gemstone means it has to be common and a gemstone.
Rarity does not tell you which PQRV letter will help the finished item. Try an unfamiliar chain with ordinary materials before spending a hard-to-replace find.
Cooking and Crafting level separately. More involved recipes can give more practice, but make something you or your group will actually use.
Inspect each craft before moving on
Put them away from GovBot donations, sale stock, repairs, and other builds.
Check the selected recipe, ingredients, and output before using the materials.
Check its name, quantity, PQRV, and visible properties before feeding it into another recipe.
Check its durability, effects, abilities, and controls somewhere safe before relying on it.
Check the item and payment on both sides, return agreed leftovers, and say if the result differs from what was requested.
Optional recipe and material lookups
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