Before you queue a crafter, set it next to a C4. Both take the same pair of tech trash, and tech trash cannot be crafted at all. The fully unfolded view prices it in scrap and HQM at a Level 3 step, but that step does not exist in the game: every piece comes from a crate, the recycler or a trade.
So a crafter is a choice the group makes, not something one player queues because the box looks full. It pays off in a base where frags already arrive on conveyors faster than anyone spends them. Until that line exists, keep the tech trash.
The high quality metal barely registers. Learn the blueprint once the hopper and the conveyors already run: the crafter closes that line, it doesn't open it. And think twice before you take one down, because the recycler gives back only one of the two pieces.
Questions
Industrial Crafter ×10: how many resources?
High Quality Metal ×30, Tech Trash ×20.
Which workbench does Industrial Crafter need?
Workbench level 2.
How long does Industrial Crafter take to craft?
25 s for one, every step included.
How much scrap does researching Industrial Crafter take?
