Blueprints are one way. Are they the cheapest? That depends on the trading valuation of your desired paint. We have listed blueprint crafting costs for each painted variation in the pricing section so you can compare those blueprint costs to the trading valuation. Let’s give 2 examples based on current prices in November 2022. Remember, the prices above may have fluctuated since. The titanium white Air Strike costs 2,500 credits to craft but it is valued at a trading price of 2,500-2700 RL credits. This means crafting the blueprint might be the cheaper option as you may not be able to purvey a cheaper alternative. However, let’s take the example of the default Air Strike. It’s blueprint cost is 2,000 credits but its current trading value is 1300-1400 credits. This means you would be overpaying by using its blueprint as you should be able to find it cheaper elsewhere.

Secondly, another way is to trade in 5 of your unwanted exotic items to receive 1 black market item in return. This does not guarantee which black market item you will be rewarded, but you will have a small chance.

A different method is to trade, using the valuations in the pricing section. You will obviously need that amount of credits. You may already have the required amount, but you could sell any valuable items in your inventory or purchase cheaper credits than in-game from Aoeah (see links above). This is the cheapest method if method 2 (trade-ins) does not work.