Basic Upgrade

A Basic Upgrade increases crafting efficiency based on tiers. There are various tiers of Basic Upgrades. For later tier professions, see Advanced and Modern upgrade.

Any Basic Upgrade 4 can be turned into a slightly better Specialty Upgrade, after being crafted into one by a master of the related Specialty. These all have a 50% resource cost and craft time modifier.

Basic Upgrade 1

Decreases resource cost for the table work orders by 10%.
Decreases craft time for the table work orders by 10%.

Basic Upgrade 1
Upgrade
Description
Basic Upgrade that increases crafting efficiency.
General
Created at:	Carpentry Table
Used at:	Masonry Table
Carried in:	Backpack
Weight:	0.001kg
Stack limit:	100
IDs
Item ID:	BasicUpgradeLvl1Item
ID Number:	1543
Tags
Upgrade, Basic Upgrade, Ingredient, Product,

Crafting Recipes

Crafting Station	Item				Materials				Level Needed	Crafting Time (mins)	Labour Cost	XP Gained

Used in Recipes

Crafting Station	Item				Materials				Level Needed	Crafting Time (mins)	Labour Cost	XP Gained

Basic Upgrade 2

Decreases resource cost for the table work orders by 25%.
Decreases craft time for the table work orders by 25%.

Basic Upgrade 2
Upgrade
Description
Basic Upgrade that increases crafting efficiency.
General
Created at:	Masonry Table
Used at:	Carpentry Table
Carried in:	Backpack
Weight:	0.001kg
Stack limit:	100
IDs
Item ID:	BasicUpgradeLvl2Item
ID Number:	2660
Tags
Upgrade, Basic Upgrade, Product, Ingredient,

Crafting Recipes

Crafting Station	Item				Materials				Level Needed	Crafting Time (mins)	Labour Cost	XP Gained

Used in Recipes

Crafting Station	Item				Materials				Level Needed	Crafting Time (mins)	Labour Cost	XP Gained

Basic Upgrade 3

Decreases resource cost for the table work orders by 40%.
Decreases craft time for the table work orders by 40%.

Basic Upgrade 3
Upgrade
Description
Basic Upgrade that increases crafting efficiency.
General
Created at:	Carpentry Table
Used at:	Wainwright Table
Carried in:	Backpack
Weight:	0.001kg
Stack limit:	100
IDs
Item ID:	BasicUpgradeLvl3Item
ID Number:	1466
Tags
Upgrade, Basic Upgrade, Product, Ingredient,

Crafting Recipes

Crafting Station	Item				Materials				Level Needed	Crafting Time (mins)	Labour Cost	XP Gained

Used in Recipes

Crafting Station	Item				Materials				Level Needed	Crafting Time (mins)	Labour Cost	XP Gained

Basic Upgrade 4

Decreases resource cost for the table work orders by 45%.
Decreases craft time for the table work orders by 45%.

Basic Upgrade 4
Upgrade
Description
Basic Upgrade that increases crafting efficiency.
General
Created at:	Wainwright Table
Used at:	Butchery Table, Campfire, Carpentry Table, Farmers Table, Masonry Table, Rocker Box, Tailoring Table, Wainwright Table
Carried in:	Backpack
Weight:	0.001kg
Stack limit:	100
IDs
Item ID:	BasicUpgradeLvl4Item
ID Number:	2531
Tags
Upgrade, Basic Upgrade, Product, Ingredient,

Crafting Recipes

Crafting Station	Item				Materials				Level Needed	Crafting Time (mins)	Labour Cost	XP Gained

Used in Recipes

Crafting Station	Item				Materials				Level Needed	Crafting Time (mins)	Labour Cost	XP Gained
Wainwright Table	Basic Engineering Upgrade x1				Basic Upgrade 4 x1				Basic Engineering Level 7	2	3000	4
Butchery Table	Butchery Upgrade x1				Basic Upgrade 4 x1				Butchery Level 7	10	3000	4
Campfire	Campfire Cooking Upgrade x1				Basic Upgrade 4 x1				Campfire Cooking Level 7	10	3000	4
Carpentry Table	Carpentry Basic Upgrade x1				Basic Upgrade 4 x1				Carpentry Level 7	10	3000	4
Farmers Table	Farming Upgrade x1				Basic Upgrade 4 x1				Farming Level 7	10	3000	4
Farmers Table	Fertilizers Upgrade x1				Basic Upgrade 4 x1				Fertilizers Level 7	15	6000	4
Carpentry Table	Logging Basic Upgrade x1				Basic Upgrade 4 x1				Logging Level 7	10	3000	4
Masonry Table	Masonry Basic Upgrade x1				Basic Upgrade 4 x1				Masonry Level 7	10	3000	4
Rocker Box	Mining Basic Upgrade x1				Basic Upgrade 4 x1				Mining Level 7	10	3000	4
Carpentry Table	Paper Milling Upgrade x1				Basic Upgrade 4 x1				Paper Milling Level 7	15	6000	4

Notes

• The price reduction, while being essential to any profession, only applies to things that can be reduced to 1 item, without rounding of the % reduction. This means that a Basic Upgrade 4 will not reduce the price of 2 of the same item in a recipe, but will reduce the price of 3. Multiple repetitions of the same recipe count toward this, so crafting in bulk can take full advantage of the price reduction.
  • The Specialty Upgrades can somewhat mitigate this effect by simply cutting the price of anything in half.
• Every Upgrade recipe in the game is designed in such a way that multiple players will collaborate in order to make these in a reasonable amount of time. This assumes "No Collaboration" isn't active.
• Upgrades will apply their bonuses to crafts of upgrades. Players can use this mechanic to great effect as to greatly reduce the price of upgrade crafting. Note that the quantity of upgrades needed in the crafts will not be affected.
• Upgrades are one of the most valued items in the game, due to their usage.

Strategy

• Most players will decide to begin selling their goods only after having procured themselves an Upgrade. This strategy generally improves the efficiency of any business.
• Using the Barter Currency, which is exclusive to the store it's used in, players can create "automatic stores" in which players provide the exact materials needed for the craft. The storeowner can make a significant profit by using Basic Upgrades on the related crafting stations.
  • Players can source materials (including Basic Upgrades) from anywhere - this includes other stores made by the automatic store's owner.
  • Such stores are usually named along the lines of "Automatic BU1 -> BU2". They may not always be in stock, since the stock is created by other players' provisions of materials.