Solving Every Crafting Recipe in Atomfall: A Complete Guide

In Atomfall, crafting allows you to create the gear you need quickly. Although the process takes time and the game world keeps moving while you’re in the menu, finding a safe spot is essential. When you urgently require a bandage or a bomb, being able to make one on the spot can be a game-changer.

At the beginning of the game, you’ll start with just one crafting recipe. The rest will appear as you explore the Quarantine Zone. Numerous copies of most recipes are scattered throughout the game, and this guide outlines the simplest ways to find each one.

Crafting in Atomfall

Once you discover a crafting recipe, use it from your inventory or interact with it in the game world. After using it, the recipe will disappear, but you can now craft the associated item as long as you have the required materials.

To create an item, simply open the crafting menu, choose what you want to make, and hold the button until the progress bar completes. The item will automatically be added to your backpack. However, if your backpack is full, you won’t be able to craft it.

You can get the Crafting Manual from the Hardware Store in Wyndham Village, which includes a skill to significantly speed up crafting.

Complete Crafting Recipes in Atomfall

You’ll come across other copies of crafting recipes during your journey; feel free to leave them for trading. Once you’ve learned a recipe, additional copies won’t have any value.

Item	Recipe	Effect	Location
Antidote	Chemicals x3, Herbs x5, Cloth x4, Glass x3.	Cures Poison and boosts Poison Resistance.	Purchase from Mother Jago in Casterfell Woods.
Bandage	Alcohol x1, Cloth x4.	Heals wounds, stops Bleeding, and provides Bleed Resistance.	Given by the wounded scientist at the game’s start.
Burn Salve	Cloth x4, Iodine x1, Water x5, Glass x3.	Treats Burns and enhances Burn Resistance.	On the desk in the back left room of Wyndham Village Hall, near June’s Lockbox.
Combat Stim	Herbs x4, Water x3, Glass x3, Chemicals x2.	Temporarily increases melee damage.	In Bunker L9, the upper level has toxic gas. Use a Signal Redirector to power the ventilation system or consume an Antidote to dodge through. Enter through the window in the gas-filled office; above in the catwalk area, you’ll find a skeleton with a briefcase that holds the Combat Stim recipe.
Explosive Lure	Poison x4, Scrap x2, Spores x2, Gunpowder x2.	Timed explosive that attracts swarms before detonating.	Located inside the large wicker effigy in Casterfell Woods at 20.4E, 89.2N.
Makeshift Grenade	Gunpowder x4, Scrap x6, Glue x1, String x2.	Timed explosive; less powerful than military-grade grenades.	For sale from Reg Stansfield in the Slate Mine Caves.
Molotov Cocktail	Cloth x3, Alcohol x6, Glass x4.	Explodes on impact; causes Burn to affected targets and generates fire.	Buy the Metal Detector from Reg Stansfield, return to the starting bunker, and use it to find the recipe in the main area.
Nail Bomb	Scrap x10, Gunpowder x2, Gun Oil x1, String x5.	Timed explosive; causes Bleed to any targets caught in the explosion.	Can be found in Ilya’s hideout beneath Brinsop Manor on Skethermoor.
Painkillers	Iodine x1, Water x1, Glass x3, Herbs x4.	Offers temporary damage resistance boost.	Available from Morris at the Hardware Store in Wyndham Village.
Poison Bomb	Cloth x2, Poison x2, Glass x4, Spores x2.	Explodes on impact, releasing toxic gas that damages and causes Poison.	Found in the room with the lever to release prisoners in Skethermoor Prison. Check the case on the desk to the left.
Radiation Resistance	Iodine x3, Alcohol x2, Glass x3, Poison x1.	Boosts resistance to Radiation Fields.	Next to the body in the back left room of the Vehicle Depot Bunker in Skethermoor.
Shiv	Scrap x2, String x1	A weak melee weapon that causes Bleed.	Available from Molly Jowett in Slatten Dale.
Sticky Bomb	Gunpowder x3, Glue x6, Scrap x4.	Timed explosive that sticks to the first surface it hits after being thrown.	Obtain Agravaine’s Key from the helicopter wreck east of the starting bunker, and use it to open the box inside the Railyard Depot in Slatten Dale.
Strange Tonic	Spores x4, Chemicals x1, Glass x3, Herbs x5.	Temporarily enhances Infection Resistance.	On the apothecary workbench in the Druids’ Castle, in the same room as Mother Jago’s Book.

While it’s not necessary to learn every recipe, discovering ten will unlock the Homemade Achievement/Trophy. Prioritize crafting items that prevent status effects, like the Strange Tonic and Antidote, and have a couple of explosive options ready for those challenging moments.