Work Sol Your Way
You do not choose a permanent class in Wayward Sun. What you do is shaped by the ship you bring, how you fit it, who you crew it with, where you operate, and what you decide is worth your time.
What kind of work sounds good?
Each profession is shaped by a different mix of equipment, geography, risk, logistics, outputs, and downstream uses. The guides below dig into the relevant screens, ship choices, Crew contributions, and career loops.
Mining
Extract solid mineral resources from local deposits. Location, targeting, extraction hardware, cargo, Crew, and endurance all shape what a mining run becomes.
Ice Harvesting
Collect volatile-rich ice from environments where frozen material is practical to recover. Different bodies support different resource fingerprints.
Gas Harvesting
Operate in atmospheric and gaseous environments to collect resources that are difficult or impossible to source from ordinary mineral sites.
Salvage
Process wreckage for useful material and recovered hardware. The history of a location changes the kinds of debris worth finding there.
Derelict Recovery
Recover identifiable equipment and intact objects from abandoned or disabled infrastructure rather than simply breaking wreckage down for bulk salvage.
Exploration
Survey regions, collect location-bound data, correlate leads, and turn what you learn into access to temporary opportunities and better sites.
Science
Collect evidence from real environments, study it at research facilities, and turn local observations into materials that can improve technology.
Combat & Patrol
Take on patrols and hostile sites where fitting, weapons, ammunition, power allocation, Crew readiness, damage, and withdrawal decisions all matter.
Trade & Hauling
Move goods between places where they are produced, processed, demanded, or scarce. Your cargo plan and route can be as important as the goods themselves.
You are building capability, not picking a class.
A profession becomes stronger as your Captain, Crew, hull, fittings, logistics, and knowledge improve together. Changing careers can mean refitting the same ship, moving a veteran Crew, buying a specialist hull, or simply operating somewhere new.