How to unlock tools in Outbound: Tips for the Axe, Pickaxe, and other downloads

Outbound makes it obvious from the beginning that signal towers are your main resource for unlocking additional recipes and blueprints, but what's not clear is how the game decides which set of new craftables to put in front of you. Sometimes it seems like it's all left up to RNG, while other encounters may lead you to believe they're all ordained by specific triggers.

It gets especially frustrating when you're worried about how to unlock new tools in Outbound, since those items are often...