The mechanical crown jewel of Ara: History Untold is its deep “crafting system” – in essence, a city-builder-style production system that allows you to take basic resources and refine them into amenities for your cities and materials to deploy armies. If you’re used to the simpler economies present in other turn-based strategy games, that bit of complexity may catch you off guard when first starting up Ara. It takes a bit of learning to get a grip of all the options this system affords you. Putting theory into practice is the next step – the right plan and a bit of foresight will allow you to maximize the potential of your economy and fuel whichever playstyle you prefer. Learn how to use the crafting system in Ara: History Untold below. Like in the real world, some locations are more abundant than others when it comes to certain types of resources. Each region in Ara: History Untold provides a base yield of Food, Timber, Materials, and Wealth, which is added to your total at the end of each turn, even if yo