The Craftsman is a prepper, delivery recipient of Sam's, and a craftsman of various tools and weapons.
Story[]
Background[]
The Craftsman grew up a prepper in the Central Region where he spent his time making tools between his workshop in Middle Knot City and his bunker outside the city, and relied on Fragile Express to receive supplies. Leading up to the destruction of Middle Knot City, he noticed that terrorists disguised as Fragile Express had begun delivering weapons capable of killing people (thus increasing the risk of voidouts) across the Central Region, and determined that it was vital to design nonlethal weapons to deal with threats such as MULEs and the terrorists.[1]
At some point later, terrorists posed as Fragile Express take a nuke to Middle Knot City, causing an explosion who destroy the city and him to lose his source of supplies and his workshop. He later befriend an older guy, who’d always talk about how the good ol’ days were before the Stranding.
Sam's Westward Expedition[]
Sam made contact with him during his westward expedition to get him to join the UCA and the chiral network. Initially hesitant as he blamed Fragile Express for the destruction of Middle Knot City, he sent Sam on a mission to recover some of his specialized tools from his workshop in the now ruins of Middle Knot City in order to test Bridges' motives.
After Sam successfully retrieved the tools, the Craftsman joined the UCA and the chiral network, and provided the UCA with designs for a bola gun and his own custom hematic grenades, which do not have the same regulators that the standard grenades have, allowing more of Sam's blood to be used.[2] The Craftsman, thank's to the info and tech received from Bridges began to start producing hematic grenades in bulk and supplying so other porters with hematic grenades, which they use efficiently.[3] He later see, amazed by the fact, the same porter formed a team with another one, one to keep watch for BTs and another to manage the cargo, even if neither of ‘em’s got DOOMS.
The Craftman later is concerned about the shortage of hematic grenades he can supply to the porter team, who are starting to make a name for themselves and are being used by both Lake Knot City and two nearby preppers, due to the limited availability of Sam's blood.
Connection rewards[]
| Initial Unlock | Rank 1 | Rank 2 | Rank 3 | Rank 4 | Rank 5 |
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| N/A | N/A | Bola gun Lv 1 |
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| Order Unlock | Token of Appreciation | ||||
| N/A | Experimental Hematic Grenade |
Miscellanea[]
Mails[]
- Porters Getting It Done
- MULEs: Heroes or Villains?
- Porters Coming Through Again!
- All-New Hematic Grenades!
- You Beat the MULEs – WITHOUT Killing Anyone!?
- Porters in a Pinch!
- The Age of Printed Nukes
Notes[]
- He is portrayed by Hermen Hulst, the current head of PlayStation Worldwide Studios. He is also the managing director and co-founder of Guerrilla Games.
- All the Holograms unlocked through the game came from Guerrilla Games Horizon Zero Dawn, who share the same game engine with Death Stranding, the Decima.