Work Orders

Two things have to be true before Wade will put a customer's property in front of you: Welding level 5, and his own say-so. Once both hold, he offers you 10,001 Hours at Rusk Recovery. Accept it, and the board is yours for good — you do not need to turn the job in first. Turning it in afterward is just Wade looking at the finished work; the board keeps working the whole time either way. See Missions for where this sits in the wider job chain.

The board always shows three jobs at once. You can only have one underway at a time, so pick whichever one you want and leave the other two — they will still be posted when you are free to look again.

Taking a job hands over its materials right away — Refined Ferrite, and sometimes a Power Cell or two — straight out of your Inventory. Make sure you are carrying everything it asks for before you accept, because the materials do not come back once you have. There is no way to abandon a job either: once it is on the bench, finishing it is the only way it leaves.

Accepting a job does not start the clock — it just puts the work on Wade's Workbench, waiting. Head over and start it yourself, the same way you would start a practice weld. If an unfinished practice weld is already sitting on the bench, you will need to finish that first — the bench only holds one piece of work at a time.

Finish a job and it pays out immediately — real Credits, plus Welding XP for every section you completed. The moment it is done, a new job takes its place on the board, so there are always three to choose from.