Crafting Stations are vital hubs in Control Ultimate Edition, allowing Jesse Faden to transform raw materials into powerful upgrades for her Service Weapon and personal enhancements. These stations are scattered throughout the Oldest House, serving as essential points for progression and customization. Mastering their use is key to overcoming the Hiss.
Locating Crafting Stations
Crafting Stations are visually distinct, often appearing as illuminated workbenches or specialized rooms. They are typically found near Control Points, making them convenient places to stop and craft. Keep an eye out for them as you explore the various sectors of the Bureau. Activating a Control Point often reveals nearby crafting stations on your map.
What You Can Craft
At a Crafting Station, you can create two main types of items:
- Service Weapon Mods: These mods directly enhance your Service Weapon, affecting its damage, accuracy, reload speed, fire rate, and even unlocking new firing modes. Each Service Weapon form can equip a limited number of mods.
- Personal Mods: These mods provide passive buffs to Jesse herself, influencing her health, shield regeneration, ability cooldowns, energy regeneration, and more. Jesse can equip a limited number of Personal Mods.
Crafting Materials
To craft items, you'll need specific crafting materials. These are found throughout the Oldest House by:
- Destroying Objects: Many environmental objects, especially those corrupted by the Hiss, will drop crafting materials when destroyed.
- Opening Chests: Supply crates and hidden caches often contain valuable materials.
- Completing Missions: Both main story missions and side quests often reward you with crafting materials.
- Defeating Enemies: Certain Hiss variants may drop materials upon defeat.
Crafting Strategy
It's recommended to visit a Crafting Station whenever you have accumulated a good amount of materials and have unlocked new crafting recipes. Prioritize crafting mods that address your current weaknesses or enhance your preferred playstyle. For example, if you're struggling with survivability, focus on health and shield regeneration Personal Mods. If your Service Weapon feels underpowered, prioritize damage and accuracy mods.
Research & Development Missions
Some side missions, specifically those from Research & Development, will reward you with new crafting recipes. Completing these missions is crucial for unlocking the full potential of the crafting system.
Utilizing Crafting Stations effectively allows you to tailor Jesse's loadout to the specific challenges you face, making them an indispensable part of your journey through the Oldest House.