Weaponsmith

WEAPONSMITH​

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SUMMARY​

Weaponsmiths will always be in high demand. One of the keystone professions of the game, a talented Weaponsmith will enable combatants to excel at their tasks and wreak havoc amongst the galaxy. Due to weapon durability and condition loss, weapons will also need to be repaired and eventually replaced.

The key to this profession is locating a wide variety of very specific resources with a very high quality. The actual quantity of resource is low and the sub-component management aspect is not particularly overwhelming. Past that, locating key loot to enhance your weapon may be the next biggest challenge.

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Skill Tree​

• Novice Weaponsmith (General Crafting XP, Engineering IV required)
• Melee Weapons Crafting - Melee Weapons
• Firearms Weapons Crafting - Ranged Weapons
• Munitions Crafting - Sub-components & Heavy Weapons
• Weapon Crafting Techniques - Assembly & Experimentation
• Master Weaponsmith

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Primary Products​

• Melee Weapons
• Ranged Weapons
• Heavy Weapons (Commando)
• Grenades
• Weapon Repairs

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Requirements & Grinding​

Novice Weaponsmith requires Engineering IV in the Artisan tree to advance.

The Weaponsmith grind is considered one of the longer grinds and will likely take 4-5 hours with all materials.

• Projectile Pistol Barrels (Steel)
• Option to do Chemical Warheads at xx2x, however requires very specific resource (Thoranium Steel, Polymer, Copper, Amorphous Gemstone)

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Key Resources​

One of the aspects of Weaponsmith is that very specific resources are needed for almost every component. And not only that - they also have to have extremely high quality to maximize damage output.

Quality & Experimentation​

• OQ/CD - Most important combination and used for Cores as well as Gas Cartridges to maximize damage
• OQ/SR - Second most important combination used for many weapon sub-components to maximize damage

Specific Named Resources​

Weaponsmiths use by far the most variety of named resources as each weapon skin can have it's own specific resource. As such, there are too many to list here effectively, but a few to get started:

• Advanced Weapon Stocks - Corellian Deciduous Wood***, Link-Steel Aluminum, Duralloy Steel
• Advanced Barrels - Rhodium Steel, Duralloy Steel, Duranium Steel, Ryll Amorphous Gemstone
• Advanced Scope - Chromium Aluminum, Polymer, Link-Steel Aluminum, Green Diamond Crystalline Gemstone, Polysteel Copper
• Tibanna Gas Cartridges - Polymer, Diatium Copper, Ostrine Carbonate Ore, Phirik Aluminum, Irolumn Reactive Gas
• Advanced Melee Weapon Cores - Polymer Desh Copper, Duralloy Steel, Bronzium Iron
• Advanced Ranged Weapon Cores - Polymer, Polysteel Copper, Carbonite Steel, Crystalline Gemstone

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HOW IT WORKS​

Restoration III uses the NGE 'Core' system in which a vast majority of the stats for a weapon are created in the weapon core and placed into a wide variety of skins. As opposed to the pre-CU whereas each weapon had different bonuses, here you can have most any skin you like with the same qualities.

Cores & Combat Levels​

While experimenting on the Weapon Core a slider appears at the bottom of the window in which you may select the Combat Level of the Weapon.

• Basic Cores are CL6-20
• Standard Cores are CL21-40
• Advanced Cores are CL41-54

Experimentation Window:

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Basic Weapons​

The most basic weapons will require a Weapon Core with associated sub-components that boost damage output. For a basic Ranged Weapon, for example, you will likely want:

• Tibanna Gas Cartridge
• Ranged Weapon Core
• Barrel
• Stock
• Scope

A Very Basic Melee Weapon Example:

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Advanced Weapons​

For a high-end Weapon you will want to consider adding:

• Elemental Chamber for elemental damage
• A looted Augmentation for Health or Action (225 max)
• A looted Enhancement for Critical Chance (25 max)
• A Weapon Power Bit from a Reverse Engineer (i.e. Ranged General)
• A looted Weapon Enhancement such as a Gorax Shard (Ranged Speed) or Acklay Bone (Melee Damage)

A Fully Decked Out Ranged Weapon Example:

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Grenades​

Grenades are consumables used by Commandos.

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Weapon Repairs​

• Weaponsmiths use a Weapon Repair Kit to repair weapons. Assembly and Opportune Chance contribute to the success of the repair. As a general rule Weapons should be repaired before they reach 30% condition to ensure a high probability of success. As the weapon's condition lowers the effectiveness of the repair will go down and may end up losing significant condition or even damage output.

LOOTED ENHANCEMENTS​

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ADVANCED TECHNIQUES​

Smuggler Pairing​

• Pairs well with Smuggler profession due to slicing capabilities. That or find a good friend who is a Smuggler!

Crafting Suit​

• SEA's are a necessity for advanced Weaponsmiths and utilize both Experimentation and Assembly

Sockets​

• At least 151 Weaponsmith Assembly is required to guarantee a socket on a weapon crafted or pulled from a crate(1.2.1).

Power-Ups​

• Reverse Engineers can craft Weapon Assembly power-ups to aid with weapon repair successes

SEA Bake-ins​

• Note that you may 'bake-in' an SEA (for example, Ranged General, by crafting a Weapon Power Bit from a Reverse Engineered Power Bit and Modifier Bit.

Weapon Deconstruction​

Go through the quest Pehbon's Request to deconstruct reward and quest weapons into a new schematic to be used by a Weaponsmith.

Note that deconstructing no trade and no trade shared weapons will bio-link the crafted version to the character who initially deconstructed it.

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WEAPON SKINS​

Standard Ranged Weapons​

Pistols​

Special Pistols

Carbines​

Special Carbines

Rifles​

Special Rifles

Commando / Heavy Weapon​

Special Heavy Weapons

Standard Melee Weapons​

Unarmed / TKA​

Special Unarmed

Fencer / 1H​

Special 1-Handed

Swordsman / 2H​

Special 2-Handed

Pikeman / Polearm​

Special Polearm

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-SoloWest July 2022

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ARCHIVE​

(neehi, March 2022)

The absolute basics to grinding out Weaponsmithing.

The only prerequisite to Weaponsmithing is Engineering IV in the Artisan tree, a general crafting tool, and a weapon, droid, and general tool. Later on you will need a crafting droid or crafting station to make some items. You can make melee and ranged weapons (of course), as well as mines, grenades, and heavy weapons such as Launcher Pistols, which Commandos need for heavy weapon experience to start.

Grinding out Surveying IV first helps you find the materials you need faster and has the added bonus of gathering materials for your crafting grind later. When surveying, get the materials you will need later such as steel (lots), iron, fiberplast, polymer, gems, copper, etc. When grinding, quality doesn't matter.

Now, on to the grind...

Visit a cantina before you start. Practice mode and Entertainer buffs will significantly improve the xp earned per item crafted. Make general crafting tools in practice mode until you have Engineering IV and Novice Weaponsmith.

Train Novice Weaponsmith and find something to grind without having to make multiple components to make an item. That is, make one item over and over in practice mode until you're Master.

Pick one of the following and go either Intermediate Melee, Ranged, or Munitions I. Take that tree all the way to IV to increase your xp cap for weapon crafting and unlock components that provide more xp.

Every time you go to the next tier, change to a new recipe for better xp. Once you are at IV, make an item from that level to grind out the rest of your xp, all the way to Master. Now you have to find quality materials to make quality weapons; but that's another guide.