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Comment by RedAntisocial

Once you've learned all the items these prototypes can teach you, it looks like the only purpose for these is to pull them apart for even more parts.

Comment by Seaxneat

If you try using this and nothing happens, it's because you have another item in your inventory that is also called a prototype.

The wording makes it sound like you can only have one "Unrecognizable Prototype" but it also includes things like "Prototype: Tinker: Earthen Delivery Drill"

So if you type "proto" in your inventory search it should highlight this object and any more you have hiding in there. You will have to use the other object before you can actually use the Unrecognizable Prototype.

Comment by FlexoAdapt

These are made by engineers using the Scour Through Scrap recipe which costs 5 Piles of Rusted Scrap. Scouring can be done anywhere. More often than not, it creates junk items that can be sold for a few silver or gold.

This Unrecognizable Prototype can be used anywhere -- no need to be at a crafting table.

You can carry as many of these as you want. However, when used it will create a "prototype" item and place it in your inventory. You can only have one prototype item in your inventory -- including your bank -- at a time.

Do not hesitate to use the prototypes even if it wastes the item. As an example, you might get say Prototype: Wormhole Generator: Khaz Algar. When used it will create a useable wormhole for all of the places that have been explored in the new expansion. And you can use that wormhole if needed. However, the primary purpose it to teach the recipe Wormhole Generator: Khaz Algar which will now be in listed on the recipe tab of your engineering profession.

Here is a partial list of the prototypes:

Defective Escape Pod
Wormhole Generator: Khaz Alagar
Tinker: Heartseeking Health Injector -- can't use at full health
Filmless Camera
Portable Profession Possibility Projector
Tinker: Earthen Delivery Drill -- must be in warmode or pvp combat to use
Potion Bomb of Speed -- potion bombs have a 5 minute cooldown
Potion Bomb of Recovery
Barrel of Fireworks
Irresistible Red Button
Pausing Pylon

I'll add more when I get a chance and links to what they create.

Once again, the development team has gone out of their way to make things confusing and/or frustrating rather than intuitive.

Comment by Qoko

If you want to max your Pile of Rusted Scrap yield, keep at least one invention unlearned! (so anything marked 'Invention' in the Engineering window). This includes prototypes and those learned from Comprehensibly Organized Ideas. For details, see the spoiler tag.

Once you learn all inventions, they no longer drop from Scour Through Scrap. This sort of makes sense, but Disassemble Invention also gives about 15 Pile of Rusted Scrap on average so you lose out on a lot of scrap (which in turn give parts to use or sell). Disassemble Invention takes exactly two minutes a stack at Crafting Speed 75%, so in the long run this is definitely worth it. Scour Through Scrap will give some leftover scrap (and notes in case you still miss patterns from Comprehensibly Organized Ideas) instead of inventions but this pales in comparison to the thousands you get from disassembling.

I can now first hand confirm this: wanting to max out my knowledge from First Crafts the only pattern I'm now missing is Defective Escape Pod: Invent and Scour Through Scrap give me Prototype: Defective Escape Pod consistently. If you go down to just one invention just bank it to prevent learning it by accident. Every other invention will now be Unrecognizable Prototype that you can Disassemble Invention at will.

I'm not sure if this effective nerf is intended but it seems to be, considering the 'leftover' from scouring after you learn all inventions.

Comment by Aisenfaire

1. Use Invent each day (daily CD) to make a Unrecognizable Prototype.
2. Click on Disassemble Invention in your engineering spells and in the selection box, choose the prototypes you have in your bags. Disassemble them.
3. Right click all the Hastily Scrawled Notes in your bags so that they become Comprehensibly Organized Ideas.
4. Right click each Comprehensibly Organized Ideas to use and learn something new.

P. S. You can also use Scour Through Scrap to potentially find more Unrecognizable Prototype.

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Unrecognizable Prototype

Item Level 1
Binds when picked up

Use: Take a moment to reflect upon an old idea to identify the purpose of this machinery.

Can be disassembled for Legibly Scrawled Notes. You can only have one identified Prototype in your possession at a time. (3 Sec Cooldown)
Requires Khaz Algar Engineering (1)

Max Stack: 200

Sell Price: 1

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