Workbench | Tips Dead Space 3 Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Supplies

Tungsten

Semiconductor

Scrap Metal

Somatic Gel

Transducer

Ration Seals

Weapon Crafting - A system which allows you to create a weapon from scratch, using available resources - both collected during the game and created from other resources.

Blueprints - These allows you to craft a weapon based on "recipes" collected in the game.

Weapon Upgrades - Allows you to increase weapon damage, decrease reloading time, increase ammo clip capacity and rate of fire. Depending on the frame you use, you can unlock up to 4 slots for tools (upper/lower). Unlocking the slot costs 20 tungsten.

Craft Items - There are several basic items which can be crafted - in pure survival mode you can only get supplies by crafting them.

Small Med Pack: 40x somatic gel;
Ammo Clip: 100x scrap metal;
Medium Med Pack: 100x somatic gel;
Large Med Pack: 240x somatic gel;
Tungsten Torque Bar: 20x tungsten + 100x scrap metal;
Stasis Pack: 35x transducer;

Safe - Holds up to 25 items - suitable for storage of extra ammo or med kits which will be definitely useful when playing in survival modes.

Weapon crafting

Frame - It is the basis of any weapon - Workbench | Tips - Tips - Dead Space 3 Game Guide

Frame - It is the basis of any weapon. Defines how many upgrades can be attached to the weapon as well as whether the weapon has one or two modes of fire.

Upper Tool - The basic fire mode, each weapon has an upper tool.

Lower Tool - Alternate fire mode - depends on frame.

Upper/Lower Tool Tip - Defines the style of the various modes of fire, resulting in the increase of selected statistics.

Attachment 1/2 - Allow attaching to the weapon such things like sight, additional damage from acid/electricity, auto-reload and many more, including those which affect your partner in co-op mode.

Upgrade Circuits - Upgrades have an impact on one or two factors which allow increasing damage, decrease reloading time, increasing ammo clip capacity or rate of fire; some upgrades have a positive impact on one factor but a negative impact on another; the cost of purchasing new slot is 20 tungsten.

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