Weapon Parts

[caddy]

I need weapon parts to upgrade my shotgun. I cannot find anywhere to craft weapon parts. I rarely find weapon parts in crates. I am in my 110th day & only have collected 3 weapon parts. Anyone have any ideas?

[DanGerous]

I believe that the only way to aquire weapon parts, currently, is from locked crates and hunters. Maybe in the future it will be possible to craft them.

[MonsterCat Man]

Hey the more rarer items are the better. Everything has more value that way. Plus its better for all the ppl who have stacks on stacks of stuff.

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by caddy10:

I need weapon parts to upgrade my shotgun. I cannot find anywhere to craft weapon parts. I rarely find weapon parts in crates. I am in my 110th day & only have collected 3 weapon parts. Anyone have any ideas?

Give it some time, eventually you'll be feeding stacks of weapon parts into the recycler and still have hundreds.

[KickAssDesigner]

LOCKED CRATES IS WERE YOU FIND THEM BUDDY

[ColdGames]

Currently they can only be found in locked crates, on dead hunters, and in hunter bases.

I hadn't considered their rarity when hunters are disabled. I'll put some thought into ways to address this.

Cheers

[caddy]

Thank you ColdGames & to the other guys for their comments.

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by ColdGames:

Currently they can only be found in locked crates, on dead hunters, and in hunter bases.

I hadn't considered their rarity when hunters are disabled. I'll put some thought into ways to address this.

Cheers

Even before hunters I had enough weapons parts from locked crates. Until I made it part of my routine to always have a lockpick on me I was obviously short on them but I just consider now having lockpicks in my inventory as part of the balanced gameplay as having med kits, bandages, and splints in my inventory...or ammo for that matter. Just don't go out unprepared, and if you want weapons parts pre-hunter then being prepared includes spending the time to make and carry lockpicks and replace them after you use them.

[ice_freezer]

Originally posted by ColdGames:

Currently they can only be found in locked crates, on dead hunters, and in hunter bases.

I hadn't considered their rarity when hunters are disabled. I'll put some thought into ways to address this.

Cheers

Well, I play without hunters and I craft lockpicks and search for locked crates every other day. I can't say I'm swimming in weapon parts but I've got enough.

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by ice_freezer:

Originally posted by ColdGames:

Currently they can only be found in locked crates, on dead hunters, and in hunter bases.

I hadn't considered their rarity when hunters are disabled. I'll put some thought into ways to address this.

Cheers

Well, I play without hunters and I craft lockpicks and search for locked crates every other day. I can't say I'm swimming in weapon parts but I've got enough.

Yeah, before hunters it took me a while to get my weapons upgraded, but that's part of the slow progression which keeps the game going longer.

[Ammo7]

Originally posted by ColdGames:

Currently they can only be found in locked crates, on dead hunters, and in hunter bases.

I hadn't considered their rarity when hunters are disabled. I'll put some thought into ways to address this.

Cheers

have you come up with any ideas to this ? it is very hard to find weapon parts and the locked chest,

[budubadar]

I played first 100+ days with Hunters turned off, and did not have any problems finding adequate Weapons Parts for weapons upgrades without Hunters, there was enough just from Locked Crates. I don't suggest making them more common... just my humble input.

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by budubadar:

I played first 100+ days with Hunters turned off, and did not have any problems finding adequate Weapons Parts for weapons upgrades without Hunters, there was enough just from Locked Crates. I don't suggest making them more common... just my humble input.

I agree. Even with hunters turned off I had more than enough. It just takes a little longer but once your weapons are all upgraded there is no use for them but the recycler.

[Solid Snake]

thanks i was looking for these too
i activated the hunters but found 5 weaponparts
but weren't succesful in finding weapon parts in locked crates.
i have seen that there are 2 kinds of locked crates according yo the preview
on some official screenshots of this game

[Growler Guy]

Originally posted by ColdGames:

Currently they can only be found in locked crates, on dead hunters, and in hunter bases.

I hadn't considered their rarity when hunters are disabled. I'll put some thought into ways to address this.

Cheers

I always play solo no hunters, I have opened 27 crates and found only 2 that had weapon parts, total being less than 15 weapons parts.

[Fins]

Originally posted by caddy:

I need weapon parts to upgrade my shotgun. I cannot find anywhere to craft weapon parts. I rarely find weapon parts in crates. I am in my 110th day & only have collected 3 weapon parts. Anyone have any ideas?

Why yes, i do.

The idea here is not to upgrade your shotgun. Instead, use basic bow with premium arrows to hunt big game.

Basic bow does 75 damage per premium arrow. First arrow hit should be done vs non-moving target, easy to do. Second hit should be done when the target is running directly towards you, also easy to do. Third hit should be done when the target is about to hit you, can't miss it. Result: 225 damage without any need to kite or use any other tricks, target dropped then and there.

Of course, you can also use non-upgraded shotgun for the last shot whenever beneficial. Without upgrades, up to 120 damage per shell is doable, but all pellets (there are 20 pellets, 6 damage each) must hit for full damage. Still, for most targets, you can do with something like 1 premium arrow shot and then 1 shotgun blast, which would be 195 damage - enough to drop many big-game targets.

Good luck!