So, another access card question...

[beaver201]

I've looked here and through Google, but everything seems to be almost a year out of date on this topic:

Do wrecks still drop more access cards than you need as of 1.410 or not?

Every wreck I've had lately only has enough access cards to open its vault room, no more. I have two extras from much earlier in the game (earlier versions) but not enough for the 5-key door up north.

At this point, I'm just going to give up and take keys from wrecks without opening the vaults since I don't really need the mats.

Just ♥♥♥♥♥ luck or am I missing hidden rooms or something?

[Zep Tepi]

From the latest patch on Feb. 11:
"Added Access Cards to rare loot of procedural wrecks to have chance to get some spare ones"

It says it's rare though. Doesn't say how rare. Would probably be faster to leave the vaults unopened if you don't really need them.

[beaver201]

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

From the latest patch on Feb. 11:
"Added Access Cards to rare loot of procedural wrecks to have chance to get some spare ones"

It says it's rare though. Doesn't say how rare. Would probably be faster to leave the vaults unopened if you don't really need them.

Yup, missed that one. *sigh*

I'm going to take it as pretty rare at this rate.

Thanks.

[Chale]

In my current play through I've done between 20-30 portal runs and have 5 extra sitting in a chest right now, so about 1 every 5-6 runs but idk if that's good or bad luck. and I do remember getting 2 of those 5 on a low rarity low difficulty run with 3 smallish wrecks.

[BigSilverHotdog]

I'm about 80% through my current run and have cleared all major wrecks but have not found a single extra access card. Not one.

[Percale]

Tipping point may have been the "5 key door" out in the finger lakes/rainbow caves: five keys needed early in the game and the procedural wrecks became limited to only the ones needed for that wreck - so you had a choice between the wreck in hand or guess how many keys can be collected for the extra five keys suddenly needed.
Good choice by the dev's. It was always a snafu to have no answer to the five extra keys needed. Dev's are perfect but they do listen when an imbalance is palpable. (and do usually note it prior to fixes).

[Zep Tepi]

I found two in normal chests inside a portal today, in addition to the regular one in a microchip chest. So they're definitely there.

[BigSilverHotdog]

I was talking about non-portal wrecks. I've found plenty of extras in portal wrecks.

[flint74]

Originally posted by BigSilverHotdog:

I was talking about non-portal wrecks. I've found plenty of extras in portal wrecks.

They might not show up as loot in the crashed spaceships, but you might occasionally find an extra Access Card or two in the couple of non-portal procedural wrecks on Prime, though there probably won't be enough to unlock the door to Ikhlas' last base.