Having a big problem with resources

[chaosonex]

Especially mid zone ones. Without mid zone teleport out options, I'm just not able to gather the sheerly insane amount of marsh eggs and coral needed for anything. Even when I reroll a zone for them to appear, they just... don't spawn.

Add onto that running into an issue with parts wearing out and I'm having issues with keeping any resources needed. I need short runs, not these long ass hauls that end up dragging me through all the damage types.

I just want the repair bay T-T Relistically I know it wont help my issue, as fragile and rusty keeps just tearing apart my resources. Hell, one run everything developed a white flaw immediately. I don't even know what the hell happened, I'd just refitted the entire car because the damage was so severe the last time.

[loddite]

getting obvious stuff out of the way first:

marsh eggs are pretty much exclusively found in the mires, if you're in the scorch you're not gonna find any

if the route is too long try taking the highway, they're usually quicker to get through. I can get to the mires in two hops. Junction bypass helps with this a lot also. If you don't know what I mean when I say the highway, look for junctions that have a highway shield symbol on them. Once you've jumped out of there you'll unlock a highway route to that location.

Resource scanner is also pretty vital for finding this stuff. I usually find at least 1-2 grottos whenever I'm in a mires location cause of that, and one grotto is usually good for 80 or so eggs

repair bay is a late-game upgrade so it's not something you'll really get from one or two trips unless you're stupid lucky.

if you already know all of this and it hasn't helped you, you're just unlucky looks like. Make sure not to play the lottery.

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What do you mean by this?

Originally posted by chaosonex:

Without mid zone teleport out options

And are you checking for abundance of resources as well, not just type? Because if abundance is low, chances are there will be only one or two nodes that are easy to miss.

The resource radar was a great help for me in general, use it if you don't already.

I don't know about the escalating damage situation, never had such severe issues myself.

[chaosonex]

Originally posted by Deterbeest:

What do you mean by this?

Originally posted by chaosonex:

Without mid zone teleport out options

And are you checking for abundance of resources as well, not just type? Because if abundance is low, chances are there will be only one or two nodes that are easy to miss.

The resource radar was a great help for me in general, use it if you don't already.

I don't know about the escalating damage situation, never had such severe issues myself.

Yeah, I just learned recently to check that, but I keep getting high resource density versions of the big loop one that's just a valley.

As for the damage, I have no clue about that. I keep debating swapping between corrosive or radiation because mid zone likes to throw either of those as anchor reactions, and it seems like every time I park a good distance it just throws egg everywhere lol.

That damage was after moderate damage from storm and corrosive downpour, so the parts took damage, but they shouldn't have gone to fragile/unreliable instantly like that. they were brand new. Even the interior ones did, which is just crazy to me. About the only thing to survive was the tires lol

[Honorable_D]

Use the Thermal Hand Vac on the eggs/coral/tree candy, makes gathering them way easier and may even give you more resources cause I hear using upgraded tools grants more resources when you gather.

[Bane882266]

A way you can waste resource is is trying to repair crude and steel components it's far cheaper just to replace them. Grind them down in the matter deconstructor and you have most of the resources to make a new panel. You should be using the matter regenerator it can fully repair about a third of your car. When fully upgraded it can repair most of your car.

[chaosonex]

Originally posted by Honorable_D:

Use the Thermal Hand Vac on the eggs/coral/tree candy, makes gathering them way easier and may even give you more resources cause I hear using upgraded tools grants more resources when you gather.

Using wrong tool (it will say if it needs upgrade) does give less resources. I think in the case of swamp coral its actually that some of the polyps close if you get too close, so you need the longer range to actually get them.

I know how to get them, my problem is they just aren't showing up, or in the case of plasma, I really need to make short runs. I don't need to go all the way to zone 3/ far sides of zone 2 sometimes. Sometimes I just need to do a small run for plastic

Originally posted by Bane882266:

A way you can waste resource is is trying to repair crude and steel components it's far cheaper just to replace them. Grind them down in the matter deconstructor and you have most of the resources to make a new panel. You should be using the matter regenerator it can fully repair about a third of your car. When fully upgraded it can repair most of your car.

I havent had crude or steel in so long

Hell, I'm down to making runs in them just to try to mad dash for plasma

[chaosonex]

I will add, Armored is also a trap for reasources, and I am aware of that. Frankly the only armored piece I use is the back door because most of its damage is either from the floating explody bois or me backing into it. Likewise my limpulse emitter is back there because it is the most robust bumper, but I REAAAALLLY don't need it shorting out from electric damage

[Honorable_D]

You probably already know this but If you want to do a short run just gather all the anchors for LIM energy and make a gateway soon as you've got enough.

The route you choose at the projector zone map is just a suggestion, you don't have to follow it.

[SMJSMOK]

Originally posted by Honorable_D:

and may even give you more resources cause I hear using upgraded tools grants more resources when you gather.

This is definitely true for the scrapper and hammer, but I'm not sure how this works with the vacuum. Sure, it absolutely gathers stuff quicker and from longer distance, but I'm not sure if it actually spawns more items, which the other tools do.

[chaosonex]

Originally posted by SMJSMOK:

Originally posted by Honorable_D:

and may even give you more resources cause I hear using upgraded tools grants more resources when you gather.

This is definitely true for the scrapper and hammer, but I'm not sure how this works with the vacuum. Sure, it absolutely gathers stuff quicker and from longer distance, but I'm not sure if it actually spawns more items, which the other tools do.

In the case of swamp coral (only one I've seen requiring thermal) it actually lets you gather the more timid polyps. THey close when you get close (within normal range)

[chaosonex]

Originally posted by Honorable_D:

You probably already know this but If you want to do a short run just gather all the anchors for LIM energy and make a gateway soon as you've got enough.

The route you choose at the projector zone map is just a suggestion, you don't have to follow it.

I'm out of close range portals. Closest location with gateways open is 3-4 nodes away

[StarChaser]

Originally posted by chaosonex:

Originally posted by SMJSMOK:

This is definitely true for the scrapper and hammer, but I'm not sure how this works with the vacuum. Sure, it absolutely gathers stuff quicker and from longer distance, but I'm not sure if it actually spawns more items, which the other tools do.

In the case of swamp coral (only one I've seen requiring thermal) it actually lets you gather the more timid polyps. THey close when you get close (within normal range)

It's actually the light. The thermal vacuum has a light on it, the other does not. You can substitute other light sources, like drop a lit flare at your feet, or point the car's headlights at it.
Lighting them up keeps them open / slurpable. You may have to move the source around if it's not the vacuum.