

If you do a full rotation of all your available shops, you will find every data disk you need for your build.

You can find data disks in the wild, you can visit many shops that refresh, there are lairs full of bookbinder and data disk shops to find in the wild, that refresh their stock. If you say you can find any artifact you like, then tinkering still gives you more opportunities to find loot. All of these instruments require you getting the right data disk and the right tinkering bits, though - which may not actually be more likely to happen than just finding or buying the relevant artifact. It is the most versatile skill tree in the game. Like freeze grenades, teleport devices, force wall walking, weight reduction items, weapons, armor, resistances etc. You can build some very valuable survival instruments for builds that have no other means to get those powerfull abiilities. Originally posted by Brother PaciFist:Tinkering is totally worth it. Still, even at lower levels you can use the basic tinkering skills just to scavenge, disassemble and tinker up ammo, grenades and item mods. However, tinkering doesn't give you anything that you would not be able to find through luck and persistence. * Luck when scavenging trash, luck with finding artifacts in the wild, or a lot of trade value to buy materials and data disks with. This lets you get better results from disassembly. Basic toolboxes are dirt cheap and easy to get, advanced ones require power and cost around 500 drams. * High intelligence (25 for reverse engineering, 19/23/29 for Tinkering I/II/III) * You can disassemble heavy artifacts and reassemble them later when you need them. * Tinkering materials are weightless, so you can carry a lot of trade value at no encumbrance. * You can build equipment you need on the fly especially grenades and ammunition.

Tinkering is extremely useful, though it costs a lot of skill points and requires a high intelligence attribute for its higher-end skills.
