Hi Hytaler,
Chapter I added seven goblin gadgets, and most of them change how you get around or how you mine. Here's what each one does according to the official notes, plus the crafting details the hotfixes added. Where the notes don't say something (exact recipes, mostly), I'm leaving it open. Better a gap than made-up numbers.
The seven gadgets
Scrap Drill. A mining tool that breaks a 2×2 patch of blocks at once, and it can also break and loot metal blocks. If you're digging tunnels or clearing space for a build, this is the one you want first.
Scrap Glider. Lets you glide, dive and climb while keeping your momentum. Watch your Stamina though. The official notes literally warn that the landing "gets interesting" if you run out.
Rocket Boots. Footwear with a double jump. Simple, and once you have it you won't want to go back.
Hookshot. Hooks onto Hook Anchors so you can zip between points in the world. It only works where there are anchors, so it isn't a free grappling hook for every wall.
Spyglass. Zooms in on distant areas. Good for scouting a hunt site or a Breach before you walk into it.
Bangstick. A craftable throwable, in the notes' own words "a stick that goes bang".
Goblin Repair Kit. Repairs items without lowering their maximum durability. That's the real difference from normal repairs, and it matters more now that durability went up a lot (Iron weapons 120 → 250, Adamantite pickaxes and hatchets 400 → 1000).
Crafting: what we actually know
The Chapter I notes don't list gadget recipes. The hotfixes add a few concrete crafting details around the goblin tech:
- There's a Goblin Tinkerer's Workbench, and at least one recipe there needs the Compressor repaired first.
- Since 0.7.2, Backpack Upgrade II is crafted there: 150 Scraps, 10 Spider Silk and 1 Voidtaken Grizzly Hide. It no longer needs 100 restored memories.
- Since 0.7.1, both Forgotten Temple teleporters cost 25 Scraps and a Dubious Assembly to repair. Before, the two had different costs.
So Scraps are clearly the currency of the goblin side of Chapter I. If you've found where each gadget's recipe unlocks, post it below and I'll add it here with credit.
On a server
The patch notes don't mention any server settings for gadgets. A couple of server-side things still matter:
- Run 0.7.2. It fixes a world crash that disconnected everyone when an old Update 6 goblin spawn beacon loaded in a cave chunk. Worlds from before Chapter I are exactly where that happens.
- Since 0.7.1 you no longer disconnect when you go through a portal while an arrow or kunai is still in the air.
More on the server side: Update 7 for server owners.
Which gadget did you craft first, and was it worth it? And if you know the recipes, share them. That's the missing piece of this guide.
Sources: Chapter I: Out of the Breach, Hotfixes: Update 7.
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