How to obtain 4 Star Lenses for gear.

[JJ, Professional Fool]

I just bought 3 lenses for 80 plat to realize they are only 3 star, granting 4.25% when there are ones that are a tier higher I cannot paywall. So how do I obtain a 4 star variant?

Thank you in advance.

[The Big Brzezinski]

Lua disruption, I wanna say? They're called Lua lenses.

[Spirit]

why ditching out platinum when you can also purchase them from bird in sanctum anatomica at rank 5 ?

[JJ, Professional Fool]

I know nothing on these things. That is why I ask.

[Mindset]

Yup, Lua Disruption missions.
Kinda rare, though, so prepare for the GRIND!!!! (tm)
(actual drop-rates can be found on the wiki)

[JJ, Professional Fool]

This might be dumb, Can I buy from sales people in trading? Is it a trade item?

I assume the price will be high but I just need 2. Outside that, I can get plat easier than item drops.

[Moby The Duck]

Honestly, after they increased the focus gain, you really don't need anything past a greater lens.

Playing circuit or zariman will give you a bunch just for picking the nodes and killing the thrax.

[The Big Brzezinski]

You get the normal lens from free roam bounties. Then you turn them into greater lenses with blueprints you buy from the market for credits, greaters into eidolons with blueprints from Cetus bounties (and a few other places), and finally eidolons into Lua lenses using the blueprint from Lua disruption.

[JJ, Professional Fool]

It feels good to leave this thread open, for anyone who might use the search tab, or inquire on a similar curiosity. Thank you all for helping make sense of that for me.

[Wandering Flare]

Originally posted by Spirit:

why ditching out platinum when you can also purchase them from bird in sanctum anatomica at rank 5 ?

Those are Rank 3 lenses, but they are indeed a fast track to making the Rank 4 ones.