To survive in the world of Days Gone Remastered, gamers will have to gather materials. Some resources can be sold for Credits, which can be used to improve Deacon's bike or his arsenal, but others are exclusively useful when it comes to crafting. Players will need to craft healing items, distractions, cocktails that boost their stats, powerful explosives, bolts, and melee weapons.

Days Gone: 10 Melee Skills You Need To Unlock As Soon As Possible

There are 15 melee skills in Days Gone and some of them are worth unlocking as quickly as players can.

Players won't get access to all the crafting recipes as soon as they start the game, but they will unlock most of them as they continue to progress through it. This guide tells players how they can get every crafting recipe in Days Gone Remastered, so they know which storylines to prioritize to get access to the best items as soon as possible.

How to Craft in Days Gone

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As gamers unlock crafting recipes in Days Gone, they will be added to their Survival Wheel. The Survival Wheel has eight categories, some of which feature acquired crafting recipes. To craft in Days Gone, players must open the Survival Wheel, select a category, pick the item they want to craft, and then select Craft. From distractions to brutal melee weapons and special crossbow bolts, there is a wide variety of crafting recipes in Days Gone Remastered.

In order to craft, gamers need enough materials. As they select a recipe, the required resources will appear in the center of the Survival Wheel. The number of necessary materials will appear on the left, and the number of materials in the player's inventory will appear on the right. If they do not have enough materials to craft a recipe, the material that the player lacks will appear in red.

Players will find materials all over the world in Days Gone. If they're having a hard time locating them, then they can activate Focus to highlight resources in the environment. There are a few skills that can make it easier for players to get resources and keep the craftables in their inventory at maximum capacity:

  • Survival Skills I - Eye for Detail: Increases the time that icons display in Survival Vision
  • Survival Skills I - Hawkeyed: Plants are displayed on the mini-map
  • Survival Skills II - Eagle-Eyed: Increases the range of Survival Vision
  • Survival Skills II - Green Thumb: Ability to gather double the plants when collecting them
  • Survival Skills IV - Carry That Weight: Increases inventory space for crafting components, traps, and throwables

The Field Repairs skill is also great if players tend to resort to craftable melee weapons often. It grants gamers the ability to repair melee weapons with scrap, which saves materials by giving players the chance to repair them before they break completely and have to be built once again.

All Crafting Recipes in Days Gone

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There are 33 crafting recipes in Days Gone Remastered. However, three of them can only be obtained the NG+. Regardless, here is how players can unlock each recipe in Days Gone:

Crafting Recipe

How to Unlock

Materials Required

Bandage
  • Play through the Prologue

  • 1 Rag
  • 1 Steriliser

Health Cocktail
  • Complete the A War We Can Win mission

  • 1 Rag
  • 1 Steriliser
  • 1 Herb

Stamina Cocktail
  • Complete 14% of the Ambush Camp Hunter Storyline

  • 1 Rag
  • 1 Steriliser
  • 1 Berry

Focus Cocktail
  • Complete 36% of the Ambush Camp Hunter Storyline

  • 1 Rag
  • 1 Steriliser
  • 1 Mushroom

Molotov
  • Play through the Prologue

  • 1 Beer Bottle
  • 1 Rag
  • 1 Kerosene

Napalm Molotov
  • 1 Growler
  • 1 Rag
  • 1 Kerosene
  • 1 Polystyrene

Pipe Bomb
  • Complete the They Will Never Stop mission

  • 1 Small Pipe
  • 1 Gun Powder
  • 1 Box of Nails
  • 1 Scrap

Smoke Bomb
  • Complete 21% of the Ambush Camp Hunter Storyline

  • 1 Can
  • 1 Rag
  • 1 Gun Powder
  • 1 Scrap

Attractor
  • Complete the Do You Have My Back? Mission

  • 1 Can
  • 1 Clock or Car Alarm
  • 1 Scrap

Attractor Bomb
  • Complete 71% of the Ambush Camp Hunter Storyline

  • 1 Can
  • 1 Clock or Car Alarm
  • 1 Gun Powder
  • 1 Spark Igniter
  • 1 Scrap

Remote Bomb
  • Complete the We Couldn't Take the Risk mission

  • 1 Airbag
  • 1 Spark Igniter
  • 1 Box of Nails
  • 1 Scrap

Proximity Bomb
  • Complete 50% of the Ambush Camp Hunter Storyline

  • 1 Can
  • 1 Spark Igniter
  • 1 Gun Powder
  • 1 Box of Nails
  • 1 Scrap

Spiked Stool Leg
  • Complete the No Starving Patriots mission

  • 1 Stool Leg
  • 1 Box of Nails
  • 3 Scrap

Stool Leg Axe
  • Complete the No Starving Patriots mission

  • 1 Stool Leg
  • 1 Sawblade
  • 5 Scrap

Spiked Fence Post
  • Complete the No Starving Patriots mission

  • 1 Fence Post
  • 1 Box of Nails
  • 3 Scrap

Fence Post Axe
  • Complete the No Starving Patriots mission

  • 1 Fence Post
  • 1 Sawblade
  • 5 Scrap

Spiked 2x4
  • Complete the No Starving Patriots mission

  • 1 2x4
  • 1 Box of Nails
  • 3 Scrap

2x4 Axe
  • Complete the No Starving Patriots mission

  • 1 2x4
  • 1 Sawblade
  • 5 Scrap

Spiked Bat
  • Complete 7% of the Ambush Camp Hunter Storyline

  • 1 Wood Baseball Bat
  • 1 Box of Nails
  • 3 Scrap

Baseball Bat Axe
  • Complete 29% of the Ambush Camp Hunter Storyline

  • 1 Wood Baseball Bat
  • 1 Sawblade
  • 5 Scrap

Superior Club
  • Complete 43% of the Ambush Camp Hunter Storyline

  • Wood Baseball Bat
  • 1 Small Pipe
  • 5 Scrap

Ripper Club
  • Complete the They Will Never Stop mission

  • 1 Wood Baseball Bat
  • 1 Small Pipe
  • 5 Scrap

Ripper Blade
  • Complete the They Will Never Stop mission

  • 1 Stool Leg
  • 1 Sawblade
  • 5 Scrap

Ripper Axe
  • Complete 79% of the Ripped Apart Storyline

  • 1 2x4
  • 1 Box of Nails
  • 5 Scrap

Crossbow Bolt
  • Acquire the Crossbow

  • 1 Cedar Sapling
  • 1 Scrap

Poison Bolt
  • Complete the I've Got a Plan mission

  • 1 Cedar Sapling
  • 1 Poison
  • 1 Scrap

Residue Bolt
  • Complete 7% of the Finding NERO Storyline

  • 1 Cedar Sapling
  • 1 Nest Residue
  • 1 Scrap

Explosive Bolt
  • Complete 86% of the Ambush Camp Hunter Storyline

  • 1 Cedar Sapling
  • 1 Spark Igniter
  • 1 Gun Powder
  • 1 Scrap

Incendiary Bolt
  • Complete 57% of the Ambush Camp Hunter Storyline

  • 1 Cedar Sapling
  • 1 Rag
  • 1 Kerosene
  • 1 Scrap

IPCA Stun Gun
  • Complete 100% of the Finding NERO Storyline

  • 18 IPCA Tech

Explosive Dart
  • NG+ only
  • Acquire the BND-150

  • 1 Gun Powder
  • 2 Scrap

Gas Dart
  • NG+ only
  • Acquire the BND-150

  • 1 Poison
  • 2 Scrap

EDT Dart
  • NG+ only
  • Acquire the BND-150

  • 1 Spark Igniter
  • 2 Scrap

Many of these recipes are unlocked by progressing through the various Storylines in Days Gone. If gamers are curious how close they are to unlocking a certain recipe, they can check their storyline progress in the Story menu.

While some storylines include missions that aren't mandatory for players who just want to complete the main story of Days Gone, progressing through them is the only way to acquire certain recipes, so they're still worth players' time.

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M For Mature: Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language
Developer(s)
Bend Studio
Publisher(s)
PlayStation Studios
Number of Players
Single-player
Steam Deck Compatibility
Verified
PS5 Release Date
April 25, 2025
Genre(s)
Action, Adventure
Platform(s)
PlayStation 5
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