Complete Guide to Crafting in Killing Floor 3

Killing Floor 3 isn’t just a simple zombie horde shooting game; there’s a ton of customizations available on your weapons and loadouts. Farming all those resources is just as important as leveling up because crafting gives you so much power in the game.

Here’s a complete guide to everything related to crafting mods and the resources you need to get those upgrades in Killing Floor 3.

All Types of Crafting Materials, What They Are Used For, and Where to Get Them in Killing Floor 3

You can see some trends in the crafting materials listed above. Most Zeds or bioengineered zombies drop Bio Sample, Bio Steel, Scrap Metal, and others, while Mire entities drop Chemical Agents and others.

Overall, if you play enough games, you’ll receive way more than you need for your upgrades, and you won’t have to focus on farming for the sake of it. However, if you keep switching perks and weapons, you’ll definitely lack more crafting materials to upgrade your weapons. It takes a few hundred materials to fully max out a weapon because there are three mod levels, and there are multiple mods available for each weapon.

From experience, you’ll run out of Zed Tech and Ichor more than the other materials when you are focusing on just upgrading one weapon throughout. You’ll also run out of Scrap Metal and Electrical Parts easily if you ignore destroying your surroundings, like cameras, speakers, and wall screens.

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Which Weapon Mod Upgrades Should You Prioritize in Killing Floor 3?

Some weapon mod stats give better stats when upgraded compared to other parts on the same weapon.

For example, when you are upgrading a Ninja’s Katana, it is best to upgrade the guard and the blade mods first because they generally offer more power. For guns, it is the magazine, the ammo, and sometimes the underbarrel attachments that typically give you more power.

Rounds, Ammo, Arrows, and Coating mods prioritize getting damage types more than stats. However, some offer decent stat bonuses, such as increased damage depending on the weapon and perk.

Eventually, you’ll want to name your loadout or weapon builds based on the damage type so you can easily filter out your loadouts when doing challenging missions or mutations. Most missions offer significant advantages to players who use the right damage type.

How Many Crafting Resources Do You Get Back from Recycling Mods in Killing Floor 3?

When you are short on crafting materials and you really want to upgrade a different weapon, you have the option of recycling weapon mods. Go to the specific weapon and select a specific weapon mod. On the weapon mod screen, select the mod again and hold the recycle button.

Recycling weapon mods gives you 66% of your resources back. So, if you crafted a weapon mod for 15 and 6 crafting materials (basic level one upgrade cost), you’ll get 10 and 4 crafting materials back, respectively.

It doesn’t make sense to recycle weapon mods unless you are at the very end.

Are All Bonus Abilities on Weapon Mods the Same in Killing Floor 3?

Why do people even want to recycle mods? Well, the main reason is because of the “Bonus Ability” stat that rolls on one of the mods.

The bonus ability is random, and you won’t know what bonus ability you’ll get unless you craft it first. Each weapon mod has a bonus ability, and if you are looking for a specific build archetype, you’ll want the perfect bonus ability on each weapon mod slot for a specific weapon or weapons.

This is where you’ll use most of your crafting materials once you have everything maxed out. You’ll craft mods until you get the bonus ability, recycle unwanted ones, and burn 33% or a third of the materials with each retry.

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