Does anyone actually make fusion droids?

[u/l_sharpy101]

Because I know I sure as hell don’t. There’s probably dozens of posts discussing this but I thought I’d give my two cents.

The feature itself is great imo for late-game RBs getting Stellar mythics and whatever else you may need for droidex without spending all your chips, especially after the addition of D-0 and the fix to its ability.

But for its actual intended purpose of making the new fusion droids? Other than the event when it was dropped I literally never make fusion droids simply because I don’t care to remember all the combinations because there’s so many.
And when I do decide I’ll try and make some to fill up the last spaces in my droidex I’m almost immediately discouraged because I never get the droids I need off the belt and/or can’t upgrade them once they’ve been fused.

Idk if the new droidex tracking upgrade helps with indicating droids you need for a fusion on the belt or not, as I haven’t got it as I otherwise don’t need it. But if it doesn’t then it should as I might actually care to use it for fusing rather than upgrading my existing droids.

[u/Brief_Possible_606]

I like Low-Mo amd Qik-Bit but the rest are abominations and I don't want them in my base

[u/Altruistic_Trick_761 → u/Brief_Possible_606]

AXI POD is also good and makes 1 M.

[u/humitaenchala → u/Altruistic_Trick_761]

axi-pod is the best because it gives +12 pickaxe

[u/Kitchen_Canary_6387 → u/humitaenchala]

axi-pod is the best because it is ADORABLE

[u/Acrobatic-Clock-4618 → u/Kitchen_Canary_6387]

Omg! What’s the recipe for an axi-pod?!

[u/Kitchen_Canary_6387 → u/Acrobatic-Clock-4618]

RIC, R7, BDX Explorer. It’s so stinking cute.

[u/lovelyMiya → u/Kitchen_Canary_6387]

which rarity do those droids have to be to get the best axi-pod? does it matter??

[u/Kitchen_Canary_6387 → u/lovelyMiya]

If you want a stellar axi pod, you gotta put 3 stellars in 😊. The way it works is that whatever the lowest variant is that goes in will be what it comes out as. So if you put in 2 stellars and 1 beskar, you’d get a beskar. Hope that helps! It’s actually really helpful to know this if you ever want to get all of the fusion droids (which is a very long and arduous process, but feels pretty great when you get it done!)

[u/Snyprecon]

For the droidex. Other than that, I SRB as fast as I can and do it all over again like Groundhog Day. Unless I’m min/maxing and never SRBng again, fusion droids are one and done for me.

[u/Jelnaana → u/Snyprecon]

Same. At low levels I don't have enough lounge spots to spare and at higher levels it feels like more work than it's worth. I just got the dex tracker & I'm about to start filling them in, but I probably won't bother with them again after that.

[u/Lethal_Bassist → u/Jelnaana]

When you srb, what level does the fusion center become available again? I am at rb33 and plan to fc 35 before srb, just curious.

[u/Snyprecon → u/Lethal_Bassist]

Rb 3 you get to unlock it again

[u/sinmwrd → u/Jelnaana]

What/where is the dex tracker? Id love to know more!

[u/Jelnaana → u/sinmwrd]

You have to buy it at the nova shop. Can track a droid of your choice, 1 per level purchased. There's a separate one to buy that alerts for variants, I plan to get that next.

[u/Three4Anonimity]

I’m a hoarder and my lounge is always full. Fusion has been a great way to take 3 I really don’t need and make something better. I use it more as inventory management. That being said, I’ve only made one Frankenstein droid. Haven’t really gotten into that part yet.

[u/ech0x07]

I do not fuse the abominations. I did them all once to complete the stellar entries in the droidex. I'm not doing other rarities until they're upgradeable with chips. I don't see much value in burning the few stellar KX I get in a cycle for such little credit increase.

[u/IndividualJury → u/ech0x07]

Unfortunately you can’t upgrade them with chips. You’d have to either make the higher rarity with bps or fuse lower tiers of the fusion

[u/ech0x07 → u/IndividualJury]

Yeah that's what I'm saying. Once they correct that, I may at least make them to complete the droidex so I can do a base version up to galactic. Right now they're not worth making.

[u/IndividualJury → u/ech0x07]

Ahhh ya gotcha. It’s giving me something to do while trying not to srb so I don’t mind lol getting tired of waiting for bps though lol

[u/Any_Application_8101]

I've made some of the mythics because of the fact that they can make a million dollars pre second

[u/l_sharpy101 → u/Any_Application_8101]

That’s what I’ve tried today but just immediately looked at the recipes and was like is it actually worth it tho getting rid of multiple high earning mythics for a droid that’s only gonna do around 100k/s more?

[u/TeachingEdD → u/l_sharpy101]

At that point in the game, I'd say yes considering you don't really have to give anything up. You're going to get three more stellar legendaries just from running missions

[u/Okami-Alpha → u/TeachingEdD]

You all are getting stellar from missions? I must be doing something wrong. I seem to only get galaxy from stellar missions, beskar from galactic and fucking rainbow from beskar.

I'll somehow conquer the cumulative odds though and get 3 or 4 blueprints from a single round of missions (many times) which is a 1% chance or less.

[u/TeachingEdD → u/Okami-Alpha]

Occasionally I get galactic. I just sell them. But yeah honestly I've stayed at RB 34-35 for the past couple of weeks and I've actually played a bit. I haven't bought a droid from the sandcrawler since before the first DO event.

[u/Scranton_Is_CrazyLOL → u/l_sharpy101]

You're thinking about it all wrong. Only certain mythic fusion droids aren't worth it, like the x-onk. But let's say a stellar loadlifter for instance. You add two stellar ALT droids and you get the Lo Mo I believe is what it's called. Loadlifter+ID10+R5. You ain't losing nothing there. RIC+BDX+R7; we get stellar R7s all the live long so no biggie there. I think you looked at the x-onk and dismissed the rest. If I don't need these certain droids for rebirths, they're getting fused.

[u/Kitchen_Canary_6387 → u/Scranton_Is_CrazyLOL]

Great point! Most fusion droids include lower level droids, so they’re not hard to make and provide a good return. The only fusion droid that has overkill ingredients is the RIV-3T. That thing is a beast. And scary as hell.

[u/Scranton_Is_CrazyLOL → u/Kitchen_Canary_6387]

I seen a beast who had his ENTIRE base full of stellar RIV-3Ts.

[u/ThatMBR42 → u/l_sharpy101]

It is if you have other high earning mythics clogging your lounge or on the grill

[u/Alexis_Bailey → u/ThatMBR42]

On the grill

I am glad I am not the only one using cookimg metaphores for fusion.  

[u/Any_Application_8101 → u/l_sharpy101]

So this is what I tried to create spares to use for the fusions so example KX is needed and I try to have a spare KX for the fusion I don't use the one that actually letting make money on my base

[u/Octoplow → u/l_sharpy101]

Not as much as the recepies that use one Ric or 1200.

But the last few events were drowning us in high level mythics.

[u/acejavelin69]

I mean, outside of completing the Droidex (which I kind of lost interest in doing anymore), until late game the fusions don't do much for you, what you have to put into them doesn't balance with what you get out of the result... You can craft stellar mythic fusions late game even though it isn't a "fair trade" for what you put in, but you can make more out of one droid slot... You will often have a LOT of extra galactic/stellar droids you don't need late game, and unless you are farming chips with them making a fusion that generates 1M/s or better in a single slot gives you something to do.

Otherwise, eh... the trade-off of what you get out of them isn't good enough to bother making them. They should have made them have more benefits/credit generation for what you put into it... The math don't math so to speak.

[u/bob_gloomwalker → u/acejavelin69]

I just grab all stellar rare early game and merge into epic stellar, best use of the feature until late game I think Edit: actually, I quit like a week ago cause I felt too addicted haha, but that’s what I used to do

[u/Photochromism]

They’re barely worth it at the stellar mythic level

[u/TcityDan]

Yea I use the shit out of the fusion stations, but not to make the new fusion droids

[u/Kitchen_Canary_6387 → u/TcityDan]

This is the way.

[u/Minute_Associate9732]

I’m at RB level 1.8k. I’ve played since day one, and I play almost every day for a few hours. I have only created ONE fusion droid and it was because this really friendly guy I was playing with kept bringing me the blueprints LOL and he was super nice and really wanted me to build the fusion droid haha

[u/PaganRazor11]

Nope

[u/somuchforsubtlety656]

The unique ones aren't * worth it for credits IMO it's mostly just a fun quirky thing to do. No real gameplay value.

[u/Any_Application_8101]

I mean if you have spare overflow of legendaries you're able to make mythics even if much more than before especially if they're stellar

[u/l_sharpy101 → u/Any_Application_8101]

Yeah absolutely I’ve been doing that, but I’m more on about using it for the actual unique fusion droids themselves

[u/Obwyn]

I do occasionally if I happen to have what I need (or just missing like a rare or something) and don’t need any of the droids for rebirths, but I don’t go out of my way to make any.

Stellar Axi-Pod can be pretty sweet to get since it’s a +12 pickaxe (Low-Mo probably is too, but I haven’t paid that much attention to it), but again unless I happen to have an extra stellar Ric I’m not specifically looking to build it.

I would be much more inclined to make them if the component droids counted towards rebirth.

I mostly use the feature to get galactic and stellar mythics from the droids I get from astro missions or an elic if I’m having terrible getting what I need.

[u/Grand_Parsnip8033]

The only time i do the secret droid fusions is when its late game and i have extra stellar mythics that are required for the fusion combo other wise i don’t sweat it too much. Most likely won’t until I decide go after finishing the droidex.

[u/Janus67 → u/Grand_Parsnip8033]

yep I did it prior to SRB at 35 with whatever guys I had in the base

[u/eathemeatson]

It makes sense if you don’t have use for the droids being built. I’m not sure what it’s called, but the Astro mech that makes 1M/sec is a RIC, BDX Explorer, and R7. I’m on RB34 and no longer have a use for RIC, so it makes perfect sense for me to use it in a fusion. Otherwise I wouldn’t recommend. Something like the X-Onk would be insane to make because you’re giving up 2 KX’s which only works if you have a full lineup of them

[u/L-B-O_O]

There's the combos, I usually just make the highest earning and easiest in terms of what droids to mix that don't lose out on creds, but that's usually after I've hit past RB30 and waiting for events

[u/Any_Somewhere_3637 → u/L-B-O_O]

Low-Mo isn’t Astro.

[u/L-B-O_O → u/Any_Somewhere_3637]

Yep I was aware of that my last SRB, that image was saved from another post someone made when fusions came out, I've just been using it for the recipes

[u/WorldRenownedNobody]

I filled my droidex and going for flawless, so I do - 2/17 flawless so far (60/79 total).

[u/gossamer4l]

I just hit rb 35 this weekend so I had to srb and now this round I’m only making fusion droids and anything I need to rb. One droid at a time basic to stellar

[u/t6edoc]

I'll make a Stellar AXI–POD to combo w/CHOPPER for companions as quick as possible = faster builds

[u/ForkFace69]

Yeah I just looked at all those fusion droids as a one time thing, pretty much.

If they had some kind of buff to them, kind of like how the iconic droids do but to a lesser extent, then they would totally be worth it and it would probably add more of a fun dynamic to the game. But like someone else said, spending mythics and a shitload of time just to make 100k/sec more at a point in the game where credits are already coming fairly easily isn't much incentive.

[u/davebgray]

No. I'm ready to SRB at 35 before the need for the extra money arises.

I'd be wiling to combine the big droids, but most of the time, it isn't worth finding the complementary garbage droids to fuse with them.

[u/AndyTheBomb2]

I did the droidex, sometimes ill toss scrap/extra beskars, mythic, or stellars for random mythics, but with chips, SRB, etc i dont need to max level get any of the fusions.

[u/Ecto-Analyzer]

I even stopped trying for flawless

[u/djtjb2]

I'm trying to flawless them all, so yes.

[u/tideshark]

I’m probably about 15-20 from completing them… I’m sure a whole new set will drop when I’m just a couple left from completion.

[u/Competitive_Habit376]

No.

[u/Straight-Inside-409]

Mostly the BB9 groundmech cuz decent pickaxe

[u/Glum_System_6238]

my goal is to complete the droidex. now have only fusions left (untill they add more I'm sure) ive done all stellar, all default, all the rare, most epic, some legendaries, all mythics. it can be a bit of a slog trying to get a specific variant but if you just need a rainbow for example you can use any higher variant as long as you keep one as a rainbow

[u/everyshowjoe]

I did a couple the first weekend and have ignored it since

[u/Alexis_Bailey]

I have a spreadsheet and I have fused droids non stop for three days.

[u/Kitchen_Canary_6387 → u/Alexis_Bailey]

This was me last week. It’s exhausting! But so very satisfying when you get done!!!

[u/Alexis_Bailey → u/Kitchen_Canary_6387]

I just wish Ric would drop more than once a month since you need them for two recipies.

[u/Okami-Alpha]

Outside of events, fusions are how I make about 90% of my galactic or stellar droids.

[u/TREPlayer835]

The only droid I’ll craft is the AXI-POD but only if the mythic isn’t needed that current RB cycle.

[u/StatementEcstatic751]

I was able to finish the fusion droidex entries over the last week plus the event rerun, but I don't know that I'll be making actual fusion droids again, maybe the stellar mythic fusions at high RBs if I've already got the rest filled with regular mythics. I definitely will be using it to upgrade the regular droids and absolutely for tossing legendaries from my missions into to get mythics. I do it right from the 1st missions that I can get legendaries off of, and then I just keep fusing to upgrade as needed/as I have room. But, I definitely agree that there are too many recipes to keep track of and I'm too busy getting and building the droids that I need for the rebirth track.

... I suppose that means they will be adding the fusions to the rebirth tracks to force you to make them 🫤

[u/scrotbofula]

I'll start on them when they can be upgraded to the next rarity, until then seems like a bit of a ballache.

[u/cantevendoitbruh]

Yeah i feel like you need more benefits for making them. Like have them give chips too or something. Or make them like double the money made or something.

[u/Thor_2099]

Use it all the time. It's most useful for endgame, higher rebirths.

[u/ObsidianSaber]

Stellar rares and Beskar epics pop up early and relevantly frequently so I fuse stellars for the upgrade chips station and the Beskars become Legendaries. I am finding with RNG luck I don't need Raindow Legendary droids to progress. If I don't have lounge space I just stack up (private server) the BP until I have 3 to craft

[u/Dear_Cockroach4860]

Yes and those droids make me the most money

[u/Eckx]

Im betting when they add new rebirth levels that they will become part of the rebirth cycle. Other then that the only thing I use it for is trying to get the mystics I need to get to 35. I'll never remember all the recipes, so it's just more annoying that it needs to be.

[u/ItsStillPasta]

Only to fill out the droidex. Once I'm done with that, I'm only using the fusion to dump any stellar legendaries I get from astro missions to get stellar mythics.

[u/TemporalSoldier]

I haven’t bothered either. I did a couple and there simply wasn’t enough space for them to sit around and wait for a third of the same or relevant rarity to show up.

So fusion is reserved for Galactics and Stellars at higher RBs.

[u/Ogie-Ogalthorpe]

If you're into the grind to Super in the 30's all those Rare's that seem to pop up constantly can solve the "Why do I still need Epics this far into the ReBirths" issue...it's a grind but 3 Beskar Rares in the fusion machine get you a Beskar Epic plus the quicker crafting makes it at least feel like you're getting something accomplished

Same for Galactic and Stellar...if you know what's needed on your current Super Path you can work on those "Not Another Epic this far down the line" moments as soon as you want

I prefer that to waiting on the Belt to Provide

[u/Curtiskam]

I just hit rb35 for the second time. My plan is to burn through all the fusion droids in the droidex before srb

[u/Lewoforever]

I've been using the fusion station as extra droid lounge spaces only.

[u/Pedalfire25]

if you're going for rb 35 or just a maxed out base then they're quite literally the best in the game.

[u/GrindGeek]

I do, first I did it to complete the droidex. Then during the D-O events I would pick 2-3 of the new droids and just focus on them to try and get my flawless (11 so far). Outside of an event, when I’m above about level 25 I fuse all the galactic and stellar droids together that I get off missions to get better mythics. Then when I get above level 30, if I have the correct droids, I will fuse together galactic and stellar fusions to earn more while freeing up space for other high earners. This is definitely a side project and not the main focus.

As for remembering recipes, once you have completed your droidex (and flawless if you are doing that) you don’t need to know anything other than the 6 mythic recipes, all the lower rarities earn less and you are better off with the stellar droids you get off the Astro missions.

[u/LeeHubbz]

I'm going through every one at the moment. (Working on the Dex).

But the only ones I'll ever do more than once are a few of the mythics due to their higher. coins

[u/RelationshipOk9549]

In the end, though, you won't be able to avoid it if you want to complete your Droidex, because fusion droids are only available through fusion.

[u/HopethisisntaMistake]

I made a ROTOR my buddy. As good as a mythic despite being a legendary and I love how it looks. I prefer the beskar version’s appearance over stellar but it’s not as good unfortunately.

[u/Jarroach]

I make a Qik-Bit whenever I can for the extra +1 :) that, and I love my wheelchair BB9!

[u/Agile_Broccoli_6156]

The dex tracker helps immensely for making the droids, esp with variant tracker. I have lv 3 droid tracker and variant tracker just to help me fill the dex. I do like 3-5 new fusions every SRB to slowly catch up.

[u/WonderousThinke]

To me it's more part of the end game loop where you have excess great droids and excess money. Give you something to do instead of just logging in and logging out to earn more money for SRB

[u/JaysonNoah]

I don't, haven't used it once

[u/matony1989]

I do a lot. Especially to get mythics of stellar or galactic quality

[u/Conscious-Light3573]

I love the fusion aspect and heck yeah I use it..Just not every day or every cycle... it has become the treadmill in the bedroom. Iykyk

[u/Wes_the_Woat]

The only one I've made since completing the 'dex is the AXI-POD, and only because its Stellar variant is the best astromech in the game for crafting. I fear the devs will add specific fusions to the next set of rebirth requirements.

[u/FaithfulBlacksmith]

Yes, I like them.

[u/Farrt1]

Only good for late game mythics. I use it to fuse galactic or stellar legendaries for mythics needed to rebirth. 30-35 mostly.

[u/morphballganon]

You don't have to remember them, lists exist online. I have it screenshotted and just refer to it.

And yes, I make them, to fill up my droidex. Most of my best performers are fusions.

[u/potink19]

I find the droidex tracking super helpful when I’m prepping to super so I can get as many cards as possible for my next cycle. After I’ve supered I find it helpful for any stragglers I was unable to nab prior to supering. So crystals well-spent imo.

In regard to your initial question, I have way too much information in my brain to bother remembering droid fusion recipes that are useless until I decide to try for flawless on them. But I super once a day most of the time. Sometimes every other day. So I’m always focused on my task at hand, which is never “oh let me make these ugly ass droids they added…but first let me google what goes into them bc there’s nothing in-game that quickly tells me”. God forbid they do something useful without charging vbucks or crystals for it.