After the Crafting Update, Mini War lets you spend materials and existing buildings to craft stronger factories, statues, cases, and support buildings. Queue a recipe on a Crafting Building, wait out the timer, and collect the upgrade when it finishes.
Unlock research first, place the building, then farm what the recipe asks for. Early cash still helps research and tier unlocks, so active Mini War codes can free up money before you sink it into long crafts.
How to unlock crafting and use the Crafting Building
Crafting does not start on your plot by default. Research opens the feature, then you buy and place the building.
- Research Crafting in the Research Tree for $250K.
- Buy the Crafting Building from Special Items.
- Place it on your plot.
- Open the craft menu with F on PC (follow the on-screen prompt if your device shows a different control).
The menu shows each recipe's craft time, resource costs, required buildings or items, and effect text. Starting a craft fills a crafting slot until the timer ends. Launch-day guides also describe offline crafting, so a timer can keep running while you are away. Exact AFK rules stay in the live client.
Two research upgrades expand the system after the first unlock. +1 Crafting Building costs $25M and lets you place another Crafting Building for more slot capacity. Fast Crafter costs $5B and makes crafts 10% faster.
Tier access is bought inside the craft menu with cash. Tier 1 is free and open by default. Tier 2 costs $10M. Tier 3 costs $25B. Higher tiers lean on late factories and materials such as Uranium Ore, Data Cubes, Stable Uranium, Dark Matter, Antimatter, Supernova Charge, and Quantum Cores. You can start Tier 1 with early Iron, Cement, Gold, and a spare Worker Statue or Bank without farming the full late tree first.
Every Mini War crafting recipe by tier
Times, costs, and effects below follow launch-day Crafting Update guides. Double-check the live craft menu after patches, because balance can move a number.
Tier 1
| Recipe | Craft time | Requirements | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upgraded Worker Statue | 5 minutes | 1K Iron; 1K Cement; 1 Worker Statue | Bonus to worker output |
| Infantry Statue | 10 minutes | 2.5K Iron; 2.5K Cement; 1 Worker Statue | +10% infantry health |
| Vehicle Statue | 15 minutes | 4K Iron; 4K Cement; 1 Worker Statue | +5% vehicle health |
| Capital Bank | 15 minutes | 5K Cement; 2.5K Gold; 1 Bank | 3× better than a normal Bank |
| Veteran Case | 6 hours | 10K Gold; 10K Coin Bags | Special reward case |
Tier 2
Unlock Tier 2 for $10M in the craft menu, then these recipes open.
| Recipe | Craft time | Requirements | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fusion Reactor | 1 hour | 10K Uranium Ore; 1 Nuclear Reactor | 2× better than Nuclear Reactor |
| Super Computer | 3 hours | 25K Data Cubes; 1 Data Center | 2× better than Data Center |
| Prototype Statue | 6 hours | 50K Stable Uranium; 25K Data Cubes | +15% vehicle health |
| Blackhawk Statue | 9 hours | 50K Stable Uranium; 25K Data Cubes | +15% air unit health |
| Prototype Case | 12 hours | 50K Data Cubes; 75K Stable Uranium | Prototype-era case |
| Shield Generator | 12 hours | 500K Dark Matter | Intercepts rockets for 5 minutes |
| Advanced Antimatter Reactor | 18 hours | 50K Dark Matter; 25K Antimatter; 1 Antimatter Reactor | 2× better than Antimatter Reactor |
Tier 3
Unlock Tier 3 for $25B, then the longest crafts show up.
| Recipe | Craft time | Requirements | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmic Accelerator | 24 hours | 25K Supernova Charge; 1 Supernova Accelerator | 2× better than Supernova Accelerator |
| Communication Center | 24 hours | 75K Quantum Cores; 50K Supernova Charge | Summons regular military units |
| Spider Mech Statue | 36 hours | 50K Supernova Charge | +20% vehicle and air unit health |
| Upgraded Gamma Ray Generator | 48 hours | 25K Supernova Charge; 1 Gamma Ray Generator | 2× better than Gamma Ray Generator |
| Random Chest | 24 hours | $1T | Chance at one of four different chests |
Early economy usually leans Capital Bank and Upgraded Worker Statue once you can spare a Bank or Worker Statue. Mid and late factory crafts replace base buildings with stronger versions: Fusion Reactor, Super Computer, Advanced Antimatter Reactor, Cosmic Accelerator, and Upgraded Gamma Ray Generator. Combat support sits on the statues, Shield Generator, and Communication Center. Cases and Random Chest are long timers for loot, not guaranteed power spikes.
Veteran Case and Prototype Case also show up as reward types outside crafting in older Mini War content, so crafting is one path, not always the only one. If a material name looks slightly different in your client, trust the craft menu label first.
