Crafting is a big part of Days Gone. Players will find themselves opening the crafting section of the Survival Wheel at some point during most encounters. It is a fast way to make meds and distractors, repair a melee weapon, and build all sorts of other items necessary to survive in Days Gone.
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There are 33 crafting recipes available in Days Gone, and this list will show players which ones will be the most helpful during their journey through this world.
15 Attractor Bomb
- How to craft: 1 can, 1 gunpowder, 1 spark igniter, 1 car alarm or alarm clock, 1 scrap
- How to unlock: Complete 71% of the Ambush Camp Hunter storyline
The attractor bomb is a great way to catch the Freakers' attention for a few seconds before it explodes and takes some of them down and weakens those that remain alive. Players will unlock the recipe once they have completed 71 percent of the Ambush Camp Hunter storyline.
Acquiring gunpowder will be very important when it comes to crafting most explosive items in the game, so it's best to know where exactly to get it. Gunpower respawns, and it's found in locations, so gamers should check home, gas stations, and any other sort of abandoned building or landmark. Its best spawning and farming location is at Spruce Lake Nero Checkpoint in the Crater Lake region.
14 Molotov Cocktail
- How to craft: 1 beer bottle, 1 rag, 1 kerosene
- How to unlock: Play through the prologue
The Molotov Cocktail is probably the recipe that players will resort to the most throughout their playthrough. It is a great way to take down a large group of opponents, and it's easy to craft. It can be difficult to find kerosene in Days Gone, so be sure to always craft as many as possible so that Deacon always has space in his inventory for more.
The recipe for Molotov Cocktails is unlocked during the prologue at the start of the game. Boozer will teach Deacon how to make a Molotov while inside the dark tunnel.
13 Residue Bolt
- How to craft: 1 cedar sapling, 1 scrap, 1 nest residue
- How to unlock: Complete 7% of the Finding NERO storyline
The residue bolt is a type of crossbow ammo in Days Gone. If the player shoots an enemy with a residue bolt, the enemy will attack allies. With this knowledge, gamers can get creative in fights with humans and Freakers. If players scout an enemy camp before attacking, they can even plan who they want to target with a residue bolt. For example, snipers are particularly effective due to their powerful weapons, so gamers use the residue bolt on them and take advantage of their weapon indirectly.
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Clearing nests is the only way to get nest residue in Days Gone. Even though nests don't respawn, the residue that they leave behind once they're burned the nest will always reappear at these locations.
Players can skip time in Days Gone to get materials to respawn faster.
12 Focus Cocktail
- How to craft: 1 rag, 1 mushroom, 1 sterilizer
- How to unlock: Complete 36% of the Ambush Camp Hunter storyline
Taking down a horde in Dyas Gone canbe extremely difficult to pull off, especially once players unlock the harshest regions of the map, such as the Highway 97, which harbors some of the most difficult hordes in the game. It is in these areas that players will really have to start using up their items, such as cocktails.
The focus cocktail is able to restore some of Deacon St. John's focus, and then slowly regenerate it for a period of time. This is quite helpful during the early stages of a horde fight because it allows players to enter focus mode for longer and gives them more time to aim their shots.
11 Attractor
- How to craft: 1 can, 1 car alarm or alarm clock, 1 scrap
- How to unlock: Complete the Do You Have My Back? Mission
Attractors are a great way to get the attention of enemies. They will allow players to easily sneak by enemy or gather them up before tossing a Molotov and watching them burn.
Gamers will have to put in some hours into Days Gone before unlocking this recipe; it only becomes available once they finish the mission "Do You Have My Back," which means Deacon will have to help Iron Mike retrieve some maps and visit the courthouse with him.
10 Smoke Bomb
- How to craft: 1 can, 1 rag, 1 gunpoweder, 1 scrap
- How to unlock: Complete 21% of the Ambush Camp Hunter storyline
The smoke bomb is a mandatory item for players who prefer to take a stealth approach to combat in games. It can also get the player out of some tricky situations, especially in the early game when Deacon doesn't have access to as many powerful weapons and might have to resort to his boot knife.
The smoke bomb recipe is unlocked once the player completes 21 percent of the Ambush Camp Hunter storyline. Besides the smoke bomb, unlocking suppressors at gun merchants is another must for those who prefer stealth gameplay.
9 Health Cocktail
- How to craft: 1 rag, 1 mayweed, 1 sterilizer
- How to unlock: Complete the A War We Can Win mission
A health cocktail can be more useful than bandages and medkits in certain situations; not only will it immediately heal a portion of Deacon's health, but it will also keep healing him over time at a slower rate.
This is especially helpful if players are fighting a lot of enemies and being hit constantly. To get access to the health cocktail recipe, players must complete the mission A War We Can Win.
8 Baseball Bat Axe
- How to craft: 1 baseball bat, 1 saw blade, 1 scrap
- How to unlock: Complete 29% of the Ambush Camp Hunter storyline
The Baseball Bat Axe is one of the strongest melee weapons in Days Gone. Though the Superior Mace and the Superior Metal Axe are more powerful, they can't actually be crafted, unlike the Baseball Bat Axe.
Players will unlock the Baseball Bat Axe recipe once they have completed 29 percent of the Ambush Camp Hunter storyline. The reason why the Baseball Bat Axe is among the best crafting recipes is because its components can all easily be found throughout the map. As players progress through the story, they'll unlock better variants of this melee weapon, but they'll require materials that are much harder to come by.
7 Crossbow Bolt
- How to craft: 1 cedar sapling, 1 scrap
- How to unlock: Finish the prologue
Although it's not for everyone's playstyle, the Crossbow is perhaps the best weapon to keep on Deacon at all times. Players can actually craft its ammo, so it can be very reliable compared to regular weapons, its a silent weapon, allowing gamers to remain undercover after shooting it, and it's even possible to retrieve its bolt and reuse them.
Its recipe is unlocked once the prologue is completed and Deacon retrieves the Crossbow from the Weapon Locker at the O'Leary Mountain safehouse.
6 Remote Bomb
- How to craft: 1 airbag, 1 spark igniter, 1 box of nails, 1 scrap
- How to unlock: Complete the We Couldn't Take the Risk mission
Defeating hordes and clearing infestation zones is much easier once players get access to remote bombs. As the name indicates, these are bombs that are remotely activated. Thus, they have to be placed in order for the player to denote them.
They can be set up strategically, and if they're placed in a good location, gamers can maximize the number of Freakers that they take down with a single remote bomb. To do this, gamers have to place a remote bomb near locations where Freakers will funnel through, such as cave entrances, near explosives, or near windows.