As an action survival game,Atomfalluses a similar crafting system to the ones you expect to see in the genre. In a post-nuclear-winter world similar toFalloutbut unique in its own ways, you’ll rely on the things you can find and craft to survive in the new and harsh world that’s left behind.
Atomfall’s gameplay and storyare a mix of exploration, investigation, and combat, and you’ll need to keep your wits about you to successfully navigate the rules of post-apocalyptic London. Since crafting is a vital part of surviving in post-apocalyptic London,knowing some recipes to craft useful items, such as a Bandage or an Antidote, could save your life. Other key items, such as a Nail Bomb, could help you take down tougher foes when you’re in a sticky situation.
How Crafting Works In Atomfall
Craft On The Go, No Table Necessary
ManyRPGs that include craftingtie the action to some station, forcing you to wait to craft until you reach the checkpoint or can return to whatever base camp the game features, butAtomfallallows you to craft straight from the menu.There’s also a danger to this, however, as the game doesn’t pause when you enter this menu, meaning you need to be supremely confident you’re safe or skilled enough to avoid danger while you craft.
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To make something, you’ll need to have found its recipe in your exploration first.Once you’ve gotten the recipe and have the required materials, enter the crafting menu, select the recipe you want to make, and hold the button down as it crafts. This takes a bit early on in the game, but you can upgrade your crafting skills to speed up the crafting time as you progress.
The item you craft will be added to your inventory automatically, but you won’t be able to craft if your inventory is full.
Every Crafting Recipe & How To Get Them
Explore Atomfall’s Nooks And Crannies For Them All
There are 14recipes in Atomfall, and they can be found across the game’s wide-open map. Some appear in multiple places, which is helpful if you’ve missed some but don’t want to traverse back. The recipes in chaches are randomized, but recipes found in the overworld should always be in the same location. Here are the 14 recipes along with their locations and materials needed:
Bandage
Heals you and cures Bleed, while also temporarily providing some Bleed Resistance.
Slatten Dale:The hurt scientist at the beginning of the game will give it to you.
A weaker grenade that detonates shortly after being thrown.
Slatten Dale:Buy from Reg Stansfield in the Slate Mine Caves.
Casterfell Woods:In the Remote Bunker, find a note pinned to a bulletin board across from the sleeping bag.
Skethermoor:By the Greenhouses, dig the recipe up from the cache in the bushes.
The Interchange:Dig the recipe up from the cache outside the Site Office near Slatten Dale’s entrance.
Sticky Bomb
Sticks to a surface it lands on, then explodes after a short time.
Slatten Dale:Grab Agravaine’s Key from the helicopter crash east of the bunker you start in, then use it to unlock the box at the Railyard.
Casterfell Woods:In the Garden Centre’s cellar, there’s a desk with the recipe.
Cures Poison while also temporarily providing Poison Resistance.
Casterfell Woods:Purchased from Mother Jago in the Old Mine.
Skethermoor:Once you have the Signal Redirector, find the recipe in the Protocol Field Station, past the electronic lock, and next to the BARD crate.
The Interchange:In Data Store Bravo, the recipe is pinned to a cabinet.
Deals damage and inflicts Bleed.
Slatten Dale:Buy from Molly Jowett, who can be found in the Trader Camp.
Cures Burn while also temporarily increasing Burn Resistance.
Wyndham Village:On the desk in the back left room of Wyndham Village Hall, next to where Captain Sims stands.
Wyndham Village:In the cache buried by the steps leading up the hill by the Sewer Tunnels.
Casterfell Woods:On the bulletin board in the dam’s Control Room.
Casterfell Woods:In the cache buried by the derelict shack on the way to the bridge from Bunker L9.
Increases your melee damage temporarily.
Wyndham Village:Using the Church Cellar key from Medical in The Interchange, enter the Forgotten Cellar under St. Katherine’s Church. There will be a gap between a pillar and a stack of boxes, through which you can find a case containing the recipe.
Skethermoor:In the Protocol Workshop, find it on a desk in the maintenance bay.
The Interchange:Inside Data Store C Storage, which can be accessed using the keycard from a nearby body. On the four pillars, press 5, 7, 4, and 2 to access the recipe.
Explosive Lure
Lures in enemies when it lands, then explodes after a short time.
Casterfell Woods:Near the Druid’s Castle, there’s a wicker man on the hill. You can find this recipe up the ladder.
The Interchange:At the Slatten Dale entryway, look in the case on the Site Office desk.
Molotov Cocktail
Shatters and explodes on impact, Burning enemies and catching the surrounding area on fire.
Slatten Dale:Look at the bulletin board in the Outlaw Camp’s vehicle depot to find the recipe pinned.
Wyndham Village:Look at the bulletin board in the Brewery Cellar for the recipe.
Casterfell Woods:In Watermill Cellar, look at the wall to the right of the BARD crate to find the recipe pinned.
Nail Bomb
Explodes after a short time, then inflicts Bleed on affected enemies.
Wyndham Village:In the cache buried behind the boarded-up house on the right side of the village as you enter from Slatten Dale.
Poison Bomb
Explodes on impact, releasing Poisonous gas that also deals damage in the area.
Casterfell Woods:Can be purchased from Billy Gorse in the Trader Camp.
Skethermoor:In the room with the lever to free the prisoners in Skethermoor Prison, in a briefcase on the desk to the left.
Temporarily increases resistance to Radiation Fields.
Skethermoor:By the body in the back left-hand room of the Vehicle Depot Bunker, between a bench and some shelves.
The Interchange:On the desk in the offices by the Slatten Dale entrance.
Temporarily increases Infection Resistance.
Casterfell Woods:On the apothecary workbench in the Druid Castle Ruins, in the same room as Mother Jago’s Book. You’ll need the Castle Key that you find in the kitchen to get it.
As you can see, each recipe, save for a few, can be found in multiple places. Some are easier to get to than others, somake sure to grab the most useful ones early on. Stuff like the antidote and makeshift grenades can make your early game easier, and this sort of quality-of-life crafting is what I prioritize generally whileplaying survival games. Having extra resistance and supplementary weapons like grenades gave me time to get ahold of the exploration and learn what to expect, which was super nice.
Atomfallgives you a few chances to grab the more helpful crafting recipes, but which ones you can use will be limited by what materials you have. As you explore, ensure you’re looking for recipes and the bits and bobs you’ll need to make these items when you need them most.
Atomfall
Set in an alternate 1960s Britain,Atomfallimmerses players in a post-nuclear disaster landscape following the Windscale incident. As an amnesiac protagonist, players navigate the quarantined Lake District, confronting mutated creatures, cultists, and rogue agents.
