Meadgard how to craft weapons starts with scrap: you break crates in the forest during the day expedition, hand the scrap to Ernst the Carpenter in the village, and he builds the station you craft at. Weapons are made at village stations, and the stations themselves are paid for in materials you bring home.

Meadgard how to craft weapons: the station chain

  1. Smash crates on the day trip. "You should be able to find some loot in the crates out in the forest" — this is where scrap comes from.
  2. Carry the scrap home. It rides back on the longship along with everything else.
  3. Hand it to Ernst the Carpenter. His quest is "Find Ernst - The Carpenter", and he says: "Bring me some Scraps and I'll have the station built before you can say 'splinter!'"
  4. Use the station. Once it exists, the crafting area is a work bench with hand tools laid out and an axe on a stump nearby.
  5. Take the weapon with you. Each character carries one weapon, so what you craft is what you take into the forest.
A daytime objective in the Meadgard wilds: the tracker in the top right reads Full Bellies - Gather scraps 12 / 15, while the party fights a boar beside a smashed cart in the forest.
Gathering scrap in the forest before handing it to Ernst.

Crafting is a village activity

The bench, the tavern, the garden and the quest givers all sit in the same village, so crafting happens between shifts rather than during a hunt. Combat itself is item-based: you pick up what you are holding — a mug, the fish, a frying pan, a mace — and then press the attack button, and the controls guide has the full prompt list.

The weapon set

The set is deliberately comic rather than martial. The fish is your starting weapon and shows up as the weapon icon in the HUD during the forest phase; pans and maces come later, and the release notes describe you going out "brandishing pans, maces, and worryingly moist fish".

Because each character carries one weapon, what to take is part of the preparation rather than a decision you make in the field. In co-op the party divides the set between itself, and the co-op roles guide covers how a group splits the work.

You can also buy weapons

Sven the Travelling Merchant sells weapons along with food and materials, with the price shown next to your coin total and a PURCHASE button. That is the shortcut if you would rather spend gold than craft, and the recruiting townsfolk guide covers how Sven ends up in your village in the first place.