With the first season of the Dystopia Rising: Live rule set nearly over, it’s time to remind you of a forthcoming deadline that was mentioned earlier this year: all undated scrap leftover from 2.X and 3.0 will be expiring on February 1st, 2026.

Since we aren’t likely to have an in-person event in 2026 until April, this means any scrap that doesn’t get used up soon will be expired when we return for our 11th season. That said, you do have several options available to you… but first you have to make it to an event:

Attend our season closer/Halloween event at Camp Tumbleson Lake (tickets on sale here)! We will have time available in the mornings of this event for crafting unlikely to be interrupted by nasty threats. Can't make it on Friday night? Come up on Saturday with a day game ticket, or get a Standard or Limited Casting ticket and spend the night!
Visit another chapter that is holding events prior to February 1st by going to their websites and/or visiting the DR database’s event calendar.
Join some of the DR:CO players and staff members at Downfall 2025 on November 13th - 16th, 2025 in Washington state!

Once you make it to an event, you have lots of options for dealing with your scrap including:

Sell it, trade it, or give it away to other PCs or certain NPCs (some of whom might be in a similar boat as you… oh no!).
Craft your scrap into weapons, armor, gizmos, vehicles, or other items, utilizing the town Blueprint Library. Don’t know Basic Artisan or higher? Surely there will be folks there who can teach you how to do it.
You can also use Basic Artisan to craft 3 Basic Scrap into 1 Uncommon Scrap, or 3 Uncommon Scrap into 1 Rare Scrap; the new scrap cards will have an expiration date of one (1) year from creation.
Alternatively, use Basic Artisan to turn 6 Basic Scrap into any 1 Metal, expiring one (1) year from creation.
You can also use your scrap to make certain mechanical crafting components (gizmos) commonly used in vehicles, which last a year.
Any of the items that you craft — including other scrap — can be added to your character’s online inventory for use at a future virtual event (You cannot, however, just deposit the old scrap into the inventory).

Of course, if you still have scrap leftover after our event and you’re unable to make it to any additional events prior to the Great Breakening date, the option to work with your crews and friends is always there.

And if you miss your opportunity to use up all your scrap before it expires, there are many ways to gain scrap at future events through various skills such as Salvaging, Foraging, and Travel. Going forward those materials will have an expiration of one (1) year for scrap, trade resources, and metals and six (6) months for natural resources. Refer to the Guide’s Guide pp. 92-96 for more details on those items.

In addition, with the updated DR: Live Blueprints (which you can look at on the database), chances are good that you won’t need as much scrap as you used to as many skill-augmenting items are cheaper and easier to make, and last longer, than in previous rules editions.