SMG
Weapon · WeaponAssaultRifle4★SMG is an early weapon: 59th of 70 by attack, so treat it as a stepping stone, at 227 against the 15,000 of Charge Rifle.
Nothing is crafted from it — it is an end product, so anything you make is meant to be used rather than banked as a component.
Details
At 15 weight each it eats carry capacity fast, so bring a mount or park a chest nearby. At 63,550 gold it is worth real money to a merchant.
SMG Crafting Recipe
Refined Ingot
Polymer×12
Ancient Civilization PartsCrafting it takes 66 materials across 3 types, and the bottleneck is almost always the 50× requirement — line that up first and the rest follows.
Where to Find SMG
SMG is not something you find lying around — you craft it, and the recipe is below.
Ammunition SMG Uses
SMG fires Handgun Ammo, and nothing else — running dry mid-fight is the usual way this weapon lets you down, so keep the recipe unlocked before you rely on it.
| Ammo | Yield | Craft cost |
|---|---|---|
 Handgun Ammo | ×20 | Ingot ×1, Gunpowder ×1 |
Schematics That Unlock SMG
SMG is not learned from the Technology tree — you need a schematic for it. One schematic grants the recipe, and they are world loot — chests, boss Pals and the late-game pools — rather than anything you research. Higher-rarity copies of the same schematic raise the quality of what you end up crafting.
| Schematic | Rarity | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
 SMG Schematic 4 | 4★ | Forest, Desert, Crates on the large oil rig +6 more (grade 3/4/5/6) · Supply drops in the Forest (0.04%) · Beakon (3%) |
Alternatives and Upgrades
Step up from here and you get Makeshift Assault Rifle at 229 attack; step down and it is Makeshift Assault Rifle at 204. That gap is the honest measure of whether an upgrade is worth the materials right now.
Other weapons at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:
