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Item Quality

Quality grades from Common to Legendary for weapons, clothing and tools from Tier 4, added in Alpha 4.

Recipe

What goes into Item Quality and where it’s made.

NeedsAmountSource
Workbench Crafted atn/aAlpha 4 Steam post: Alpha 4 Patch Notes (opens in a new tab)

Where to find

Where Item Quality comes from.

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Jobs Dropped by
Outpost Vendors Sold by
World Events Dropped by

All from Alpha 4 Steam post: Alpha 4 Patch Notes (opens in a new tab)

Facts

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Patch history

4 versions

Every fact about Item Quality by game version, newest first.

VersionWhat we know
Planned
  • An item quality system was planned, starting with weapons.
  • Designers are building quality tiers so guns can be uncommon, rare, epic or legendary, focused on endgame.
  • Quality work is almost fully on weapons right now; tools and armor are planned to follow, so armor will change.
  • Quality also aims to make world event rewards worth the time, such as the Outlaw Crate, Contraband and caravan defense.
  • Item upgrades will not be sold through microtransactions.
  • Quality upgrades will not change a gun's look; named unique items like Iron Bison and albino fur coat get special looks.
Dev build
  • Higher-quality versions of weapons start appearing at Tier 4, e.g. uncommon or rare shotguns.
  • Gold and bucks economy was retuned and item quality was added; itemization is still being redone.
  • Uncommon color is not strong enough yet; the UI pass has not happened.
Alpha 5
  • In Alpha 5 upgrade recipes are gone; you find higher-quality recipes directly.
  • In Alpha 5 higher-quality recipes drop directly and there is no upgrade path from common to uncommon.
Alpha 4
  • Added in Alpha 4 for certain items from Tier 4 onward.
  • Higher-quality items are found as loot or made by upgrading existing items.
  • Applies to Weapons, Clothing and Tools, with a few exceptions.
  • Qualities from low to high: Common (White), Uncommon (Green), Rare (Blue), Epic (Purple), Legendary (Orange).
  • Tools and clothing generally improve with quality.
  • Weapons gain a large damage boost and extra mod slots at higher quality.
  • Quality upgrades need an upgrade recipe and are done in the Upgrade tab of the workbench.
  • Higher-quality gear comes from Tier 4 activities.
  • World Events can reward higher-quality gear.
  • Jobs rarely reward higher-quality gear.
  • Normal and special vendors rarely sell higher-quality gear.
  • In Alpha 4 a white recipe was raised to higher quality with separate upgrade recipes.
  • In Alpha 4 you upgraded a white weapon such as a bolt action rifle to a higher quality with an upgrade recipe.
  • Item quality system introduced in Alpha 4; items go up to Epic quality.

Sources

7

Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.

SourceDateUsed
Dev Livestream: End Game Doomsday Bunker (opens in a new tab) VideoNov 11, 20262
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (October) (opens in a new tab) VideoOct 17, 20262
Alpha 4 Patch Notes (opens in a new tab) Steam postSep 16, 202615
Alpha 4 Dev Update - The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) VideoSep 16, 20261
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) (opens in a new tab) VideoAug 15, 20263
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (July) (opens in a new tab) VideoJul 18, 20265
Dev Update: Peak California (opens in a new tab) Steam postJun 18, 20261

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