Armor and Weapons tree

Tier 4

Advanced Alloy takes all the best parts of its components and combines them together into one metal. While its weapons and armor tend to be rather bulky, they are fantastic when put to test in combat.

Requires	Protocite Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree), Penumbrite Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree), Zerchesium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	2800x Research 5x Advanced Alloy

Tier 5

You've learned to work with the potent crystal Aegisalt to create fantastic weapons and armor.

Requires	Durasteel (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	3400x Research 10x Refined Aegisalt

Tier 7

Though you only recently discovered what you've dubbed 'Aetherium' alloy, you've already set about weaponizing it in the creation of the literal best weapons and armor known to man, Floran, and everything in between. You'd have to make a pact with an eldritch god to do better than this.

Requires	Densinium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree), Pyreite Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree), Isogen Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree), Xithricite Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	14400x Research 1x Aetherium Alloy

Tier 4

You've gotten very good at shaping organic materials, and can now forge hard amber into a variety of bee and honey-themed armors and weapons. (Not by hand, of course!)

Requires	Basic Training (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	3000x Research 5x Amber Chunk

Tier 4

By applying your knowledge of biology to weapon creation, you've made a variety of weapons that don't just seem to be alive, but are definitely living, breathing murder devices. Though dubiously legal, they are excellent for killing stuff.

Requires	Quietus Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	2000x Research 50x Flesh Strand

Tier 1

Fashioning weapons and armor out of bone is pretty simple, at least compared to metalworking. You can now carve a variety of useful bone-based equipment by hand [C]. They might be primitive compared to metal, but they sure beat sticks and stones.

Requires	Basic Training (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	50x Research 3x Bone

Tier 3

When worked properly, Carbon is extremely durable, resistant to elements and very lightweight. You've learned to apply it to the creation of powerful armors. As your skill with weaponmaking grows, Carbon Plating will be the basis of many weapons and armor down the line. It pairs especially well with Zerchesium ore, forming a solid and nearly indestructible cutting edge.

Requires	Titanium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1100x Research 5x Carbon Plate

Tier 2

You've learned how to best apply cotton and plastic polymers in the creation of comfortable and useful armor that will be quite helpful when you're in atmosphere.

Requires	Weapons and Armor Forging (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	800x Research 3x Cotton Wool

Tier 5

Now that you've learned to alloy Aegisalt, Violium and Ferozium, you can put that alloy to work in armor and weapons that surpass its component crystals by a wide margin. Though very heavy, Dense Alloy equipment is among the best.

Requires	Violium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree), Ferozium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree), Aegisalt Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	6200x Research 5x Dense Alloy

Tier 6

As the heaviest and most generally indestructible metal found naturally, the only thing harder than finding veins of Densinium is forging it. Nonetheless, you've succeeded at this Herculean feat, creating nigh-indestructible and unbelievably powerful armor and weapons.

Requires	Solarium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	11200x Research 10x Densinium Bar

Tier 4

Durasteel is known to be tailor-made for use in a vacuum because of its amazing ability to smooth dents and cuts, assuming anything is strong enough to scratch it. Unsurprisingly, it is a great metal to make armor and weapons out of - something you now have the skill to do after much painstaking practice with 'easier' metals.

Requires	Titanium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	4000x Research 10x Durasteel Bar

Tier 5

Effigium is strange and hard to forge because of its tendency to phase in and out of existence, but it is one of the few sources of the deadly Shadow element. With your skill, you can handle it with ease, putting it to use in some quite fearsome weaponry.

Requires	Dense Alloy Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	4200x Research 10x Effigium Bar

Tier 2

The Elduu race use crystals for most everything. Gleaming and beautiful. You've learned to mimic that style and can make such weapons on your own.

Requires	Lunari Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	400x Research 5x Emera Crystal

Tier 5

Now that you've learned to enrich isotopes, you can put them to use in useful weapons. Ever gotten shot by a depleted uranium bullet? I wouldn't recommend it.

Requires	Irradium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1700x Research 3x Enriched Uranium Rod 3x Enriched Plutonium Rod

Tier 2

You've learned make better EPPs which improve on the basic breathing model or do other useful things like resisting elements or improving your combat capability.

Reminder: EPPs in Frackin' Universe are much different than vanilla! There's no one EPP that is perfect for all situations, and the kind of EPP you choose should be tailored to the planet you want to explore.

Requires	Tungsten Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1200x Research

Tier 3

You can make even better EPPs which serve more functions and perform existing roles better than before.

Requires	Improved EPPs (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	3100x Research

Tier 4

You can make extremely good EPPs which can completely neutralize hostile atmospheres and provide even more utility.

Requires	Advanced EPPs (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	6000x Research

Tier 6

You've mastered the art of EPP creation and can make the best EPPs around.

Requires	Superior EPPs (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	12000x Research

Tier 5

You've learned to work with the potent crystal Ferozium to create fantastic weapons and armor.

Requires	Durasteel (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	3400x Research 10x Refined Ferozium

Tier 1

You've learned the basics of making weapons and armor. You can now create an Armorworks at your Machining Table where you can create a huge variety of EPPs, armor, and weapons out of many materials. There, you can now make a variety of basic armor and equipment out of simple metals like iron.

Note: While the old Anvil is still available, it has essentially been superseded by the Armorworks in function. You no longer really have a reason to make one.

Requires	Basic Training (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	240x Research 3x Iron Bar 2x Copper Bar 1x Leather

Tier 4

Not only is Irradium far more durable than common isotopes, but its radiation can, uniquely, be contained to an extent. When treated correctly, Irradium will only undergo its deadly radioactive decay when pressure is applied to it, allowing for the creation of weapons that 'discharge' when striking foes but won't slowly fizzle out when stored. It's all around a great way to give your foes cancer in their last moments before death.

Requires	Durasteel (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1500x Research 10x Irradium Bar

Tier 6

The fact that Isogen ceaseslessly devours all heat, and somehow remains just above absolute zero, presents an interesting dilemma: how do you forge and work with something like that? Well, you've figured it out with your smart blacksmith brain, and can create the coldest weapons and armor in existence. Not only will they freeze your foes solid, but Isogen armor will let you dive into an ocean of lava and come out no worse for wear.

Requires	Solarium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	11200x Research 10x Isogen Bar

Tier 2

You've learned the Kirhos style of weaponmaking - raw power over all else is their philosophy. Kirhos energy guns are very powerful, but prone to overheating.

Requires	Telebrium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree), Tungsten Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	400x Research 5x Carbon Dioxide

Tier 2

Now that you can forge Lunari into a usuable form, you can weaponize it. You can now create a large amount of Lunari-based gear.

Requires	Weapons and Armor Forging (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	600x Research 3x Lunari Crystal

Tier 4

Your skill in weaving is matched by few. You can make the best non-metallic armors available and have also learned to work with monster plating to create powerful organic armor.

Requires	Silk-based Armors (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	2000x Research

Tier 3

Penumbrite is a potent metal that holds a sharp edge better than Titanium, making it ideal in many weapons. It alloys with Silver especially well, creating a unique style of weapon that deals damage that is resisted by only a few creatures.

Requires	Titanium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	800x Research 10x Penumbrite Shard

Tier 4

Favored by lovers of all things cute for its sparkly, neon appearance, Prisilite is nontheless a very handy crystal in making combat equipment. The sparkling might even be a bonus if you're so inclined!

Requires	Durasteel (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1500x Research 10x Prisilite Star

Tier 3

Although Protocite conducts energy well, it is a bit too soft to make melee weapons. Still, it is fantastic as a compliment to ranged weapons and certain armors, which you can now create.

Requires	Titanium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	800x Research 10x Protocite Bar

Tier 6

Famed for its tendency to be blazingly hot at all times, Pyreite is as much a danger to its user as it is to foes... were that user anyone but you. With your skill, you can create the hottest weapons and armor in existence, which will not only fry the competition to a crisp but protect you from the worst cold the galaxy has to offer.

Requires	Solarium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	11200x Research 10x Pyreite Bar

Tier 4

Quietus metal is a strange, highly poisonous substance that almost seems to be alive, somehow. Few metals hold a sharp edge like Quietus, making it great in melee weapons. It's also quite potent in armors and ballistic weapons.

Requires	Durasteel (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	3200x Research 10x Quietus Bar

Tier 3

Using your knowledge of complex weaving, you can create more powerful textile-based armors that are both practical and fashionable using silk and similar-quality fibres.

Requires	Cotton-based Armors (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1500x Research 4x Silk

Tier 2

The Skath were almost rendered extinct thanks to a long-forgotten enemy, and it has shaped their culture ever since. Skath are quite adept with weaponry, especially plasma.

Requires	Tungsten Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	400x Research 5x Reinforced Glass

Tier 2

It might seem pretty gross, but with some clever engineering you could form solid slime capable of being used as weapons or armor. Don't argue. Just accept.

Some recipes require the Biochemist Table. Research it in the Geology tree.

Requires	Basic Training (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	500x Research 5x Slime Blob

Tier 4

It might seem pretty gross, but with some clever engineering you could form solid slime capable of being used as weapons or armor. Don't argue. Just accept.

Requires	Slime Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1000x Research 5x Endomorphic Jelly

Tier 5

It might seem pretty gross, but with some clever engineering you could form solid slime capable of being used as weapons or armor. Don't argue. Just accept.

Requires	Slime Equipment II (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1500x Research 5x Putrid Slime

Tier 6

Solarium is one of the few things known to the galaxy that is more radioactive than Irradium, and it's extremely heat-resistant to boot. Despite these barriers to working with Solarium, your incredible skill has made weaponizing it downright easy. You can make fantastic, lethal weapons and armor out of Solarium.

Requires	Dense Alloy Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	9000x Research 10x Solarium Star

Tier 1

Your training, thanks to four years in the Protectorate Academy, provides you with basic survival skills to keep you alive for extended periods in the event of a crash.

Tier 2

You've learned how best to utilize Telebrium in the creation of lightweight, poison-themed weapons and armor.

Requires	Weapons and Armor Forging (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	450x Research 3x Telebrium Bar

Tier 3

Not too heavy and very resistant to damage, Titanium sees use in all sorts of weapons and armor which are now available for your creation. You can make a variety of weapons and armor that are better than Tungsten.

Requires	Tungsten Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1440x Research 10x Titanium Bar

Tier 4

The natural tendency of Trianglium to form into triangles no matter the circumstance means that it can be used in some very pointy implements. It is also a critical material in handling atomic and subatomic particles, so it's great in energy weapons as well.

Requires	Durasteel (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1500x Research 10x Trianglium Pyramid

Tier 5

Even more durable than its constituent Durasteel, Tritanium is very light, very durable, and very resistant to hostile environments. Armor made from Tritanium is among the most readily available source of protection from the lethal pressure within gas giants, while its weapons are reliable and very destructive.

Requires	Irradium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree), Trianglium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree), Prisilite Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	3300x Research 5x Tritanium Bar

Tier 2

You've learned to work Tungsten like steel in the creation of more advanced forged weapons, armors, and the especially useful Breathing EPP. Besides being generally quite durable when forged correctly, Tungsten also has the heat tolerance to start making useful energy weapons.

Requires	Weapons and Armor Forging (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1000x Research 4x Tungsten Bar

Tier 2

The Vel'uuish race alloys gold with Duskiline crystals, creating heavy but surprisingly durable weaponry. You've learned to mimic that style and can make such weapons on your own.

Requires	Lunari Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	400x Research 5x Duskiline Crystal

Tier 5

You've learned to work with the potent crystal Violium to create fantastic weapons and armor.

Requires	Durasteel (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	3400x Research 10x Refined Violium

Tier 3

You've learned to make potent equipment out of junk - a helpful skill to know if you're ever marooned on a post-apocalyptic planet. If you've a fondness for rusty nails and scrap metal, these are the weapons for you.

Requires	Titanium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	500x Research 10x Brittle Junk 2x Spare Parts

Tier 6

Xithricite is the only known crystal which naturally radiates Cosmic energy. It can be used in the creation of many absurdly deadly weapons and amazingly durable armors now that you have the know-how and skill to do so.

Requires	Effigium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree), Solarium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	12000x Research 10x Xithricite

Tier 3

In terms of weaponmaking, Zerchesium takes the best parts of Tungsten and takes them to the extreme. Durable and super heat resistant, it can be used in the creation of a huge amount of potent weapons and armor.

Requires	Titanium Equipment (Armor and Weapons tree)
Price	1100x Research 10x Zerchesium Bar