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# 5. Crafting

The fifth button we are going to explore is the Crafting button which looks like this:

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Selecting this button will summon the Crafting Screen, as pictured here:

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When you have the materials, you can craft all kinds of things. Some are useful and some are just pretty. As an example, you can collect 3 Iron Ore from Exploration Mode, then you can craft an Iron Anchor that is needed to launch the Ambush Traders quest.