Scrap

Information
"Various pieces of broken hull and debris"

Scrap is the prerequisite material for generating processed scrap - a material used in the Component Upgrader or the Item Upgrader to upgrade the various systems, weapons, and equipment of both the ship and the crew. Scrap is not usable until it has been manually processed.

Processing Mechanic
In order to be able to use the scrap you collect, the player needs to physically find it in the Engineering Cargo area(s) of the ship. Once located, the player is given the prompt to start the scrapping process. This will instantly start a minigame where the objective is to release the interaction key (default: R) on the center line as the wave reaches it. The minigame lasts 1.5 to 2.5 seconds and the player must hold the interaction key for half the minigame time. The held time for success is a random range from 0.685 to 1.315 seconds, with only 0.065 seconds of error time allowed.

If you are successful, the scrap (ranging from +1 to +5) will be processed and added to the processed scrap pool. If you fail, then one of the tries will be used up (represented by the [-] icon turning red). Each player has three tries per sector and if depleted, will have to wait until the ship warps to another sector.

Acquisition
Players can acquire raw scrap by picking up blue, glowing debris found after a ship explodes or floating in Graveyards. It can also be directly purchased from a Scrapyard or taken from a captured ship using the Extractor. Processed scrap can be generated during warp either with installed Scrapper Processors or the High Rollers fragment. These do not automatically process scrap in the cargo hold, rather they add processed scrap directly as a bonus.