Loot Mechanics Explained. Farm materials better! (from reddit)

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The mechanics are as follows: Any lootable object, be it chests, dressers, or ground pickups, refresh on a global timer. This timer starts at midnight(12:00am) EST, and resets every 4 hours.

If you loot anything, at anytime, during the 4 hour window, it will be refreshed as soon as the global timer resets. This means you can target farm the same location at specific times of day, and loot everything twice with no effort.

The trick: After the 4 hour loot reset, all you have to do is re-log into the game (Exiting and restarting, or exiting to main menu). Once you load back into the game, any chests that were looted BEFORE the reset will be lootable again. Anything looted after the refresh will stay looted until the next refresh.

Thus, the strategy is: run your favorite loop for looting just before the reset. Then, after the reset, relog and run the loop again!
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source: https://www.reddit.com/r/OnceHumanOfficial/comments/1e62wq1/loot_mechanics_explained_farm_materials_better/
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Another option is hopping worlds, you could combine hopping worlds with the timed reset even I'd guess.

A few users have also begun to understand exactly what comes from what objects, this can lead to perfect target farming for example metallic fiber coming from military vests, and such.

It would be interesting to know if any of you have specific world items that give specific loot that is hard to come by or more rare than the other stuff, for example the above. Any item is good for later reference, but especially later or mid game materials probably would be the most useful

If possible please try to use this format to make it easier to find stuff you want from this thread:
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Item | world item it comes from | map location
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examples V
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Fireproof plastic | animal statue, baking pan, tires | iron river
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Military Fiber | Leather shoes, wetsuit, roll of fabric, camouflage clothing, bulletproof vest, boxing gloves, military protective gear | Chalk Peak (Furnace Lair) - thanks Asura and Lordpickleboy
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[bowser]

what game is this?

[Gonzo the Great]

Weeeell.... What game forum is this here? xD

BTW: you necroed a pretty old threat