Rufous

{
  "post": {
    "title": "What happened to the Crafting perk tree and where do I find components?",
    "selftext": "I recently started Cyberpunk again after Dlc and now the crafting confuses me. Are there no perks and where do I find Crafting Components? Nobody seems to sell them unlike the previous version I played.",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/16vbzcw/what_happened_to_the_crafting_perk_tree_and_where/"
  },
  "comments": [
    {
      "body": "Crafting is now accessible to all; you can find it and the upgrade option in the character screen (to the right of cyberware) - here you can craft items and upgrade your iconic weapons.  Components are gained from dismantling items.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "You learn something everyday. I’ve just been selling everything, and then I met Nix and spent so much money for my netrunner, plus updating cyberware. I’m gonna have to start breaking stuff down at some point."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "body": "Crafting is now available to all builds, regardless of your chosen skills. And Components are a bit harder to come by now. you'll have to dismantle clothing and weapons you find.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "Is there any way to get them in large amounts? Do any vendors sell any?",
          "replies": [
            {
              "body": "EDIT: Ignore the below. Looks like I was on a glitching save. Disassembling weapons direct should be the most cost-effective. \n\n——\nThe best way to get large amounts is to sell the weapons you find, buy clothes, and then break down the clothes (and also fill out your wardrobe as a bonus).",
              "replies": [
                {
                  "body": "Why sell weapons to buy clothes? The weapons are selling for like 800-2k. But buying a shirt or pants costs 2-3.5k and only give 1 crafting mat upon disassemble. The weapons themself give like 5 crafting mats.",
                  "replies": [
                    {
                      "body": "At level 55, I'm selling guns for 4-6k and buying clothes for 1-2k.",
                      "replies": [
                        {
                          "body": "So assuming guns still disassemble to 5 mats, that means the avg cost per mat with disassembling a gun is about 1000 creds per mat and if you buy clothes to disassemble it's about 1500 creds per mat. Still seems better to just disassemble the gun outright.",
                          "replies": [
                            {
                              "body": "Whoop, I see what you’re saying now. My game must have been glitched: I was getting just 1 material per weapon. Loaded my back-up after a save corruption issue today and now I’m getting 5-7 per weapon.",
                              "replies": [
                                {
                                  "body": "Ok, that makes more sense. If you were only getting 1 component per weapon that would make you not want to dismantle the weapon."
                                }
                              ]
                            }
                          ]
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "body": "Crafting items are now just called components, and they go by Tier. They are dropped by mobs you kill and containers you open."
    }
  ]
}