Crafting: research, fabricators and missing recipes

Patch 1.5.15.0 reports a fix for incorrect multiplayer crafting-progress time and adds shelter requirements to placeable information cards in the expanded building menu. It also limits the Landsraad tool vendor to five Mk5 Powerpacks per refresh. Use the current recipe and vendor display; the notes do not publish a refresh interval or new recipe quantities.

Hotfix 1.5.3.5 reports a fix for fabricators and refineries failing to recognize water available in base storage, plus incorrect multiplayer crafting-time progress. Check the installed version and the actual machine requirements before collecting duplicate supplies. This does not establish a new storage radius, recipe amount or tested fix for every blocked craft.

This is a diagnostic order based on the cited PC guides, not a tested fix for every crafting failure.

Rory Norris's June 2025 account says the unlocked mode makes research available earlier while retaining the story tutorials and later Intel-investment gates. It does not provide free materials or the station needed to make an item. If your current game offers this choice, the quest-guided mode gives a new player a clearer learning order.

Kingy's suggested routine keeps the unlock, station and materials checks together. Exact recipe inputs, yields and Xbox menu paths still need current-build evidence.

1. Choose the item you need for your next objective.
2. Check its research requirement and named crafting station before spending Intel.
3. Read the ingredient amounts in the current recipe, compare them with your supplies, and gather the shortfall.

Use the in-game recipe and check the relevant patch notes. Funcom's 1.4.0.0 notes changed Spice-Infused Fuel Cell ingredient costs and Recycler capacity, so an older list can be out of date. That patch is historical evidence of a change; this page does not claim its values are a complete current recipe database.