Instead of crafting a weapon, you will find one in the temple ruins of an old civilization.

Instead of a crafting system, all character progression will be through exploration and discovery.

We will not have a crafting system since we feel that would take a lot of focus away from the core gameplay features (survive, explore, discover) instead of reinforcing them. However, we feel crafting is not, and should not be part of what's unique about Boundless. With that said, I do think it's possible to make a crafting system that's intuitive and both easy and fun to use. The only way to solve this is to alt+tab out of the game and visit a Wiki-page every time you find a new crafting material to see if it's useful to you or not. for example, my inventory always ends up stuffed with crafting materials in most crafting games, and I spend more time reorganizing my inventory than playing the actual game. Some of my favorite games are very crafting-intense, but I do see many problems with crafting in games. We do realise that a crafting system would be expected from a game such as Boundless, but on the other hand, this project is all about breaking design rules and making something unique. The last 10 years however, crafting seems to have made its way to most RPGs for some reason. Survival, exploration and discovery has always been central to Boundless from the beginning.

Boundless game item sorting system