crafting Tech Comparison
Advanced Recipes vs Precision Nanofacture
Comparing the Advanced Recipes (Tier 3) and Precision Nanofacture (Tier 4), both crafting technologies in Starforge MMO. Use this to decide which to queue first when your research lab can only run one project at a time.
Research Comparison
| Attribute | Advanced Recipes | Precision Nanofacture |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | T3 | T4 |
| Research time | 18▼ | 60 |
| metal cost | 30,000▼ | 90,000 |
| crystal cost | 16,000▼ | 45,000 |
| gas cost | 4,000▼ | — |
| antimatter cost | — | 400▼ |
| dark matter cost | — | 300▼ |
| Effect | unlocks tier3 recipes: true; +20% -craft time | unlocks tier5 recipes: true; +10% quality upgrade chance |
▼ marks the lower resource / time cost. Cheaper isn't always better — weigh it against the effect each tech unlocks.
Advanced Recipes
Reverse-engineering and recipe research unlock tier III component blueprints and cut all crafting times by 20%.
Unlocks buildings: recipe lab
Requires: crafting 1
Precision Nanofacture
Atom-scale assembly unlocks tier IV–V component recipes and grants a 10% chance to craft a higher-quality variant of any module for free.
Unlocks buildings: nanofacture core
Requires: crafting 2, crafting 3, science 4
Which Should You Research First?
The Advanced Recipes is the lower-tier prerequisite step and typically comes first in the crafting branch, opening the path toward Precision Nanofacture.