Hardened Iron - How To Get

[Kodiak412]

I have searched extensively but still cannot find a definitive way to get hardened iron to drop.

I have all the armor upgraded to +15 and the boss weapons upgraded to +7 and they are equipped. I rerolled the campaign and started again on Earth but I have not seen any drop.

1 - It was on Normal does that matter?
2 - Does it have to on Hard level?
3 - Did I just get unlucky with the drops and need to just keep going.

Any explanation would be greatly appreciated.

[𝒶מƚ𝑒]

That girl you helped at the reaction "Ward 17" sells new materials
after every time you enter a new zone.

http://www.gamersheroes.com/game-guides/where-to-find-all-types-of-iron-in-remnant-from-the-ashes/
Whether you find a certain type of Iron or not, is not depending on where you are. It’s actually dependent on your item levels. You will only find Iron until you have at least a +5 item. Once one of your items is a +5, you will find Forged Iron. Once an item reaches the next tier, you will find a new type of Iron. Below is a list of the tiers so you know when and where you can start finding advanced forms of Iron.
Iron – Equipment Level 0-5
Forged Iron – Equipment Level 5-10
Galvanized Iron – Equipment Level 10-15
Hardened Iron – Equipment Level 15-20
It’s that simple. Simply upgrade your gear and once you require higher level metals, you will begin to find them.

[jackhickman999]

It area checks your gear level and it weight it up and if it's high enough it might spawn but I only really got it to spawn at everything at level 15 . It still spawns as regularly as the others would of done for you.

[Huh?]

Iirc, first time i saw hardened was on Hard difficulty.

[JackBaldy]

Originally posted by Kodiak412:

I have searched extensively but still cannot find a definitive way to get hardened iron to drop.

I have all the armor upgraded to +15 and the boss weapons upgraded to +7 and they are equipped. I rerolled the campaign and started again on Earth but I have not seen any drop.

1 - It was on Normal does that matter?
2 - Does it have to on Hard level?
3 - Did I just get unlucky with the drops and need to just keep going.

Any explanation would be greatly appreciated.

Do you have any melee weapon/long gun/hand gun upgraded to +15? A +7 boss weapon is the equivalent of a +14 regular weapon. You should start getting hardened iron once you have at least one +15 in every slot. Meaning having at least all of the following in your inventory (Unequipped or equipped, doesn't matter): +15 hand gun, +15 long gun, +15 melee weapon, +15 helmet, +15 body armor, and +15 leg armor.

Difficulty does not matter by the way. I'd also like to add that this gear check is done when you first enter an area. You can check your Rating vs Zone in the advanced statistics of your character page.

[Optyk]

You'll see it drop *very commonly* on Yaesha once you have gear that requires it to upgrade.

It will *rarely drop* on the other worlds prior to that, so be picky on what you upgrade.

My 1st play was on normal, my 2nd is on hard (which really isnt hard as long as your gear is leveled up).

[JackBaldy]

Originally posted by Neyreyan_Youtube:

It's about difficulty, for the hardend you have to play at least hard but it doesnt drop so often. I rerolled on normal and finished again with no hardened iron to be seen

This is wrong. Difficulty doesn't matter. You can get Hardened Iron on the Normal difficulty setting.

[Kodiak412]

Originally posted by JackBaldy:

Originally posted by Neyreyan_Youtube:

It's about difficulty, for the hardend you have to play at least hard but it doesnt drop so often. I rerolled on normal and finished again with no hardened iron to be seen

This is wrong. Difficulty doesn't matter. You can get Hardened Iron on the Normal difficulty setting.

Thanks Jack! I was able to upgrade every slot to a +15 and rerolled. I rerolled on Normal and started out. It was slow going but I did start to find Hardened Iron. It must have been those boss weapons at +7 that was shorting me.

It looks like a +15 for each slot and even if you are on Normal, it will work.

[Praesi]

It will spawn at some point in the game, alot.

[AdApt*]

Originally posted by JackBaldy:

You should start getting hardened iron once you have at least one +15 in every slot. Meaning having at least all of the following in your inventory (Unequipped or equipped, doesn't matter): +15 hand gun, +15 long gun, +15 melee weapon, +15 helmet, +15 body armor, and +15 leg armor.

Not everything needs to be level 15.
On NG+ both weapons and equipped armor at +15, melee at +5.
Still getting hardened iron drops in the first zone.

[JackBaldy]

Originally posted by AdApt*:

Not everything needs to be level 15.
On NG+ both weapons and equipped armor at +15, melee at +5.
Still getting hardened iron drops in the first zone.

That's probably correct now (Perhaps then as well) but if I recall correctly, the higher tier items you have overall across all slots, the better the drop rate of higher tier materials vs lower tier materials.

[Wisp Cat]

You can see your gear score when you pick your character.

If I understand how the calculation works (and I have not reached gear score 15 yet), your highest ranked weapon and armor in any slot (even if not equipped) is most of your gear score. The other two slots will make a difference only if their highest upgraded item is a lot lower than 15 (if one is too low, that will drag your gear score down).

This, and boss weapons count for twice their ranked number.