Handcraft
Hand crafting is used to quickly craft basic tools and items while in the wild.
For a list of what can be handcrafted, see the Handcraftables category.
Handcrafting
Hand crafting can done anywhere using the Handcraft window. The window is part of the Gear Window, which is opened by either pressing F4 or the little backpack icon on your menu bar. Once inside the Gear (F4) window, you find the "handcrafting" icon on top of it. It looks like a hand sewing a rope.
The dropdown-box contains all recipes available for handcrafting. Some items may have multiple entries if it can be made using different components. For example: Hammers can be made using log, lumber or stone.
The first box lists all the components that will be consumed when crafting the item, the second box list all the tools that are required. All components and tools must be present in the inventory. Note that tools do take durability damage when used!
The "Make" button will be grayed out if any components or tools are missing.
Factory Handcrafting
While standing on the plot of a factory building, it is possible to handcraft any item the factory can manufacture. All recipes cost ten times less than when produced by the factory. The only real limit on what can and cannot be made this way, is a question of whether all the components can fit in the inventory together.
All handcrafting recipes only produce one of the item. This includes minting cronodollars, which only yield 1¢.
How to Handcraft a Flag
One of the first goals of a new emperor is to make a flag, in order to establish the first city. The environment of a habitable world contains all of the raw materials needed to handcraft a flag.
Two things are needed to handcraft a flag, a sewing needle and a piece of textile.
The textile needs to first be made using either leather or plant fiber.
Leather can be obtained from the animal carcass of dead animals, and plant fiber can be foraged from plants.
Once all the items have been gathered, you click on the little handcrafting icon, which should now no longer be grayed out. After some seconds, the flag will be done and appears in your inventory.
