Weapon crafting, introduced with The Witch Queen expansion, allows Guardians to forge and customize specific weapons with desired perks. This system revolves around 'Deepsight Resonance' weapons.
Deepsight Resonance Weapons:
These are weapons with a red border around their icon. Using them in combat fills a progress bar. Once filled, you can 'extract' the Deepsight Resonance, which grants crafting materials and unlocks the weapon's pattern for crafting (if it's a craftable weapon).
The Enclave (Mars):
This is where you craft and reshape weapons. Once a weapon's pattern is unlocked, you can craft a base version of it. As you level up the crafted weapon, you unlock more perk options, including enhanced perks.
Crafting Materials:
- Resonant Alloys: Obtained from dismantling Legendary weapons.
- Neutral Element: Obtained from Deepsight Resonance extractions.
- Specific Elements: (e.g., Ruinous Element, Adroit Element) obtained from Deepsight Resonance extractions of specific weapon types.
- Ascendant Alloys: Rare material used for enhancing Exotic weapons and high-tier crafted weapon perks.
Crafting is an excellent way to guarantee 'God Rolls' for certain weapons, eliminating the randomness of drops.