- Empty shells fired from movecraft vehicles will be collected in the ammunition storage chest or the inventory of a piloted user and can be collected later.
- Firearms have a 75% chance of depositing empty casings into a player's inventory when fired.
- Magazines for automatic weapons and pistols will deposit their empty magazines in the player's inventory when fired.

These empty shells/casings/magazines can be recycled/reused in the following possible ways.

A. They can be broken down into raw materials needed for reproducing the ammunition they were from, without the gunpowder.
B. Shells and bullet crafting recipes are separated into two different categories; bullets and casings. You craft them separately and then craft them together to make a complete round.