The Front: How to Assemble and Deploy a Custom Combat Vehicle

Gather the parts through exploration and combat

The July 2025 Vehicle Assembly release describes more than forty available parts, obtained through exploration and combat. That count is the launch description, not a claim to be the current total after later additions. Start by collecting the parts needed for the intended build from the game’s exploration and combat loop. [1]

Steps

1. Collect vehicle-assembly parts through exploration and combat. [1]

Combine the chassis, engine and combat modules

Use the Assembly Platform to combine the chassis, engine, weapons and armor modules. The publisher describes this platform as the location where the custom vehicle is assembled. It does not provide a universal component recipe or one optimal vehicle for every enemy. [1]

Steps

1. Combine the collected vehicle components on the Assembly Platform. [1]

Balance weight, power use and mounting points

The system imposes weight capacity, power-consumption and mounting-point constraints. Check the build against all three rather than assuming that collecting more weapons makes them all compatible with one chassis. [1]

These limits are deliberate assembly trade-offs in the developer’s description. If the intended combination exceeds a limit, revise the component selection rather than treating unlimited stacking as an expected feature. [1]

Evaluate what each component changes

Compare the build’s speed, firepower and defense as parts change. The release description connects different parts to those core attributes and notes that even small adjustments can change the combat experience. Choose the trade-off for the intended use instead of relying on an unsupported best-build recipe. [1]

Deploy the completed vehicle

Once the vehicle is assembled, it can be deployed immediately. The release introduces Black Sun Obelisk zones as late-game combat environments, including Vehicle Monsters, but does not make completing one a stated prerequisite for the platform’s immediate-deployment step. [1]

The named Vehicle Monsters provide one of the release’s combat-testing contexts for custom war machines. [1]

Steps

1. Deploy the vehicle once assembly is complete. [1]