The Manufacturing Sector as a Career

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Core Exiles has a multitude of careers to choose from, but the best aspect of the game is the ability to pick up and change careers on a dime. With careful thought, you can earn or purchase IP resets to change your skill levels. The choice we're focused on for this article is Manufacturing and Crafting, since that is my field.

Purchasing factories to produce goods can be profitable, but you absolutely need to know the market. For instance, as a beginner, I lucked out and chose well. Ready meals are cheap to make requiring only rice, water and cereal; all very inexpensive resources. They are also in moderate, yet constant, demand due to several NPC missions. Other good choices, for the same reason, are commercial brews, frozen meats, and things like games, sports goods and children's goods. These are all NPC items of good value. Before you buy your factory, spend some time doing these missions with an eye toward the goods you intend to manufacture.

Crafting can be at once risky and profitable. The risk involves the cost of the materials like biogenetic goods or refined metal. Once you buy them, you're going to have to make something you can sell on the player market to other players. Schematics also cost a pretty penny.

My advice is to specialize. All players need EBKs, so that's a good place to start. These are found under the heading engineering and repair your ship after a fight. It's a consumable. Find out what's used most. Make that. There will be stops and starts. You can expect to make things that don't sell right at that moment. Just move to the next thing, something will sell.

The final thing to remember is that if you don't like making commodities or crafting, stop. There are tons of other professions for a Core Exiles player, and it's all about the fun.