Alloy Steel
Alloy Steel feels worth the slot when a real craft, upgrade, or sale plan is already waiting for it after extraction.
Threads starts paying off only when the run still needs textile crafting, trade, or research progress more than one more profit slot.
Threads is not the kind of pickup you keep on reflex. It earns bag space only when the crew still needs textile material for crafting, research, or a trade target. When that need is live, Threads has real progression value. When it is not, the item is competing against fuel, meds, ammo, and higher-payout loot that helps the current run more immediately.
Found through specialized boxes.
Alloy Steel feels worth the slot when a real craft, upgrade, or sale plan is already waiting for it after extraction.
Coral Chunk feels useful early because you keep finding places to spend it instead of watching it rot in storage.
Coral Dust starts feeling good the moment you realize it is not random filler and actually feeds ammo people want to craft.
Fabric matters when the next recipe has already moved past scraps, so it wins the slot only if a higher-grade textile input is actually waiting.
Fabric Scraps only deserve cargo space when a live recipe still accepts scraps; otherwise they lose to fuel, heals, and ammo fast.
Gunpowder is a keep-or-drop material, and it wins the slot only when ammo or explosive crafting is already part of the plan.
High-Grade Gunpowder earns cargo space only when a real craft or trade plan already needs it more than the survival stacks competing for the same slot.
Leviathan Meat is the easier Leviathan material to justify, because Food Crates drop it and each stack still sells for 14 Crowns per piece at the pawn shop.
Threads starts paying off when it is actively feeding the next crafting, trade, or research step. That is when its low headline value turns into real progression.
It falls off when there is no live use for it. If the crew is choosing between Threads and fuel, meds, ammo, or stronger loot, those run-saving items usually win.
It is worth hanging onto while the crew still needs textile material for crafting, trade, or research progress.
Most runs pull Threads out of specialized boxes.