Just noticed S, E, P, A, I, C, L symbols on the craftable weapons list in the new weapons room. Tried crafting a weapon according to symbol (Weapon with "I" symbol crafted by high Intelligence dweller) but it did not reduce craft time.


Does this mean certain weapons are more effectively handled by certain dwellers? Has anyone tried?

I've been wondering this myself.

It makes a huge difference. If you choose a weapon/outfit that needs I (intelligence) to craft, and you have room with people maxed out on I, but all wearing say strength gear, for a high end legendary weapon, that will take over five days to craft. If you switch everybody out to +5 I Advanced Lab Coats it will cut that time down to a little under two days.

If you have 6 dwellers with +7 special stat which matches the item you are crafting, you can reduce production time to 6-7 hours depending on the item.

ah so you need 6 dwellers. Been using only one to craft. Will try, thanks!

Wow, the +7 makes that big of a difference, might have to sacrifice making Bittercup and Autumn outfits, and focus on all the Heavy gear.

First outfits I created was Commander +7 S, since most of the weapons and outfits most important to craft will be based on the S stat. It really cut my production time down to create more in less time.


(It also helped I had collected and kept five of them prior to this update, so in total I now have 12 so I can make two S items in 6-7 hours)

Six maxed dwellers in jumpsuits were 7 hours for the institute rifle - switched them all into battle armor and got 5 hours - into lab coats and it cut it down to 2 hours 6 minutes.