Crafting

Overview

Crafting is one of the five professions in Starsand Island, mentored by Zerine at the General Store. It is the first profession you unlock (Crafter is mandatory before the others) and it underpins everything else: tools, furniture, processing stations, and vehicles all come from crafting. The profession has five certification tiers (Apprentice through Expert), each unlocking new blueprints and crafting stations.

Instant vs. timed crafting

Starsand Island splits crafting into two categories:

• Instant crafting: tools, furniture, equipment, and crafting stations are built immediately at the Worktable. Select the recipe, confirm you have the materials, and the item appears in your inventory.

• Timed crafting: refining raw materials into processed materials (smelting ores into ingots, making charcoal, weaving thread into cloth) takes real in-game time at processing stations like the Furnace, Charcoal Kiln, and Separator. The station runs on its own while you do other things.

The practical consequence is that processing stations bottleneck your output. A single Furnace smelting copper ingots takes time, and you need those ingots for the next recipe. Building multiple copies of processing stations is the standard solution. Three Furnaces running in parallel produce ingots three times as fast.

Crafting stations

Starter stations

You receive a free Equipment Blueprint Pack from Zerine's General Store at the start of the game. It contains blueprints for the five foundational stations:

Textile stations

Purchased separately from Zerine's store:

Upgraded and advanced stations

Worktable, Furnace, and Cutter upgrades are done in-place: approach the existing station, open the menu, and select the upgrade option. This is more efficient than building a new station from scratch.

Certification tiers

Zerine certifies your progression through five tiers. Each tier unlocks new blueprints at her store and more powerful Workpedia skills.

Apprentice Crafter

Go to the Bulletin Board outside the Community Center and accept Stella's request called "Light Up the Night!" Gather materials and repair a street light near the Panda House. Return to Zerine for your Apprentice certificate.

Junior Crafter

Zerine asks you to craft a pair of rollerblades called Verdant Breeze. The material chain is involved:

• Smelt Copper Ingots at the Furnace (4 Copper + 1 Charcoal each)

• Make Copper Sheets (1 Copper Ingot + 1 Copper each)

• Build an Ore Analyzer (2 Copper Sheets + 8 Hardwood)

• Mine 5 Common Ore Chunks from the Moonlit Forest

• Analyze them into 5 Ancient Gear Parts

• Craft Bronze (1 Charcoal + 1 Tin Ingot + 1 Copper Ingot each, need 2)

• Craft Radiant Cores (1 Charcoal + 4 Fluorite each, need 3)

• Final assembly: 2 Bronze + 3 Radiant Core + 5 Ancient Gear Parts

Rewards: 1,000 Coins, 70 Starsand Points, 50 Zerine Affection, the Verdant Breeze rollerblades, and new blueprints unlocked at the General Store.

Intermediate Crafter

Zerine asks you to collect Spirit Cube Fragments by decomposing Uncommon or Rare Ore Chunks. Purchase the Energy Converter blueprint from the General Store, then craft an Energy Converter for Delphin at the AquaBlue Outpost. Materials include Alloy (Gold + Copper + Iron + Coal at Furnace II), Magnets (Magnetite + Coal), and Starflare Cores (Primorite + Coal). Deliver to Delphin, then return to Zerine.

Senior Crafter

Craft a new vehicle: the Waverider. This uses the skateboard you crafted earlier, plus Spirit Cube II components, Flamecore Ingots, and a Solid-State Battery (made on the Energy Converter). Deliver the Waverider to Zerine.

Expert Crafter

Zerine sends you to Graminova at the Happiness Seed Shop, who asks you to craft two Realm Boxes. This is the final tier and unlocks the most advanced blueprints.

Blueprint unlocks at Zerine's store

Early tiers

• Storage Box II and III

• Furnace II

• Worktable II

• Request Bulletin

• Quick Shipping Box

Late tiers

• Electric Drill

• Chainsaw

• Mining Robot

• Logging Robot

• Teleporter

Workpedia skills

The Workpedia app lets you spend Starsand Points on crafting-specific perks:

Tips

• Build multiple copies of timed processing stations (Furnaces, Charcoal Kilns, Cutters). One of each is never enough.

• Keep a Charcoal Kiln running at all times. Charcoal is the fuel for Furnaces, and you will always need more.

• Upgrade stations in-place rather than building new ones. Open the existing station's menu and select the upgrade option.

• The Junior Crafter trial has a long material chain. Start gathering Copper and Fluorite from the Moonlit Forest early.

• Craft is mandatory as the first profession. You cannot start Farming, Fishing, Ranching, or Exploration until you complete Apprentice Crafter.

• The Ore Analyzer is easy to overlook. Build one early for Ancient Gear Parts, which you need for multiple recipes.

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