Farming Materials

[iddqd]

What's your favorite level/mission for farming certian materials? i find myself always running short of steel, chromium, lithium, rubber or pins and springs of diferent qualities, but i don't know for sure what particular gathering mission (or any other for that matter) will yield the most out of them, or if the bonus materials you get for finishing a mission will match the ones i need.

If someone has a particular level/mission that makes it quick to get certain materials and strategies to get them fast, it would be nice to share ir in here.

[DieBuster]

any level that takes place in the skyscraper area is good for chromium. There are a few chests here and there that always drop it and there is a chance of the turrets droping them too.

[Zukabazuka]

Would also install the biomod called Hoarder. Helps a lot finding those normal ones and the rare still drops. Bosses might be another problem though.

[DieBuster]

if you are just hunting materials in general, equip Hoarder and Lucky Penny (in that order, it's important) and the Medicine Proficiency.

[iddqd]

Originally posted by EvilSteve:

if you are just hunting materials in general, equip Hoarder and Lucky Penny (in that order, it's important) and the Medicine Proficiency.

Why in that order? Didn't know the order of mods affect their efficency

[Eels]

thanks for the tips

[Zacoras]

In the skyscrapper area (if you want suicide moment) you can get Iron Muzzle at the button of the risk

[DieBuster]

the order counts because of the medicine proficiency. It nullifies a side effect, but it will nullify only the first side effect. Assuming you want to get materials, you will want to nullify the 'jinx' side effect from Hoarder. Unless you don't really care about the rare materials, in which case you can switch them around for more mission completion money.

[iddqd]

Originally posted by EvilSteve:

the order counts because of the medicine proficiency. It nullifies a side effect, but it will nullify only the first side effect. Assuming you want to get materials, you will want to nullify the 'jinx' side effect from Hoarder. Unless you don't really care about the rare materials, in which case you can switch them around for more mission completion money.

Haven't thought of that. Very clever! Thank you.

[Hextator]

Chromium - Automated Arsenal, comes in boxes. Wear Sprinter+x2 or use LP and Sprinter+ to get it from turrets more. I recommend double Sprinter+ and focusing on the boxes.
Qualtiy Fabric - Violence Kings. Put on Hoarder and Cold Feet, then farm the witches in the bottom left path.
Regular Pin - Left of start in The Guard Dog.
Quality Pin - Right of start in System Shutdown.
Adamantite - Obviously from Material Recovery, but also drops quite a bit from the final boss (30 seconds to kill, can drop 4, also gives 15000$)
Feather - The Biologist. You'll be running this mission for the guaranteed Scarlet Pelt at the end anyway, so get 2 feathers as a mission reward while you're at it.
Platinum Coin - Bottom left or bottom right of Violence Kings. Just go past the witches and then call Miss Zero/Bobby.
Imperial Alloy - Human Subjects. Second box from the left behind the 2nd C4-able door from the top in the rooms branching off from the vertical room left of start. You know, where the chompers on the conveyor belts are.
Boss drops - Don't worry about drop rate. Focus on fast kills. More kills over time is a higher drop rate anyway, and speed running will give more consistent kill times and less frustration. Put on double Kage and knife them with Freeman Dagger. Don't forget your shock bombs. Call a 4th if you have to. Remember to do a short hop into the air to cut enemies from the air, even if they are short and close to the ground. You knife 16% faster while in the air and, while it's hard to do against Metal Woof, it's worth it to try.

Pretty much everything else can be obtained in droves from playing normally or wearing Hoarder where appropriate. Lucky Penny is fairly useless.

Source: Every item unlocked