How to earn 250+ Credits Per Hour (OUTDATED)

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Simple guide to earn anywhere from 250-350+ Credits per hour, plus tips to increase that.

Step 1: Start the Strange Harvest: Bio-Research Mission

As shown below.

Step 2: Follow the run path shown

Follow the run path shown. No weapons/Armor/Food is needed, just start running. Listen carefully for any bears/wolves, and give them a wide berth.



Objective 1:


Objective 2:


Objective 3:

Step 3: Run to Dropship, Finish.

You should be able to finish it solo in around ~9-11 minutes, gaining you 50 credits.

Quicker with a team of 2, I've managed just under 7 minutes on a good run where the dropship has landed closer to Objective 3.

Tips and Tricks:

Tips and tricks for faster runs:

• Don't get to close to the plant when you harvest it. If you go to close, it will poison you.
  
• Do it with a friend and have the host go to the first Objective. Have 2nd person run to First and Third objective. You can get this down to under 7-8 minutes.
  
• Get the Swift Survivor skill (Exploration Tree) for additional speed. 10% extra speed
  
• Get the Bow Agility skill (Bow Tree), and soon as you drop, make and equip a bow (No ammo needed) 10% extra speed
  
• Unlock any Workshop bow, so that you start with one instead of having to make one for the above tip.
  
• x2 Mass Dampener Modules in the Workshop (You will need atleast a Xigo "Duo" S5 Envirosuit that has 2 suit module slots). When you are dropping each time, use that time to equip the Mass Dampener Modules. 10% extra speed (5% per Dampener)

• Optionally if solo, get the Fleet Footed skill from the Solo tree. 10% extra speed.
  
• If you are having trouble hearing the Bears, consider upgrading your headset and adjusting your ingame audio. I highly recommend the HyperX Cloud II's or Logitech G432's.

Overall extra move speed: 30% (40% if solo)

[Klawful]

THIS GUIDE IS NOW OUT OF DATE

(Tho, it was literally amazing when it wasn't)

They changed the mission name, and rewards. Good luck.

[Reaper]

Do an exploration mission. Bring 2 exotic drills, fuel, and a radar. each node can give from 200 - 400 exotics. usually 3 per mission. a single node can be harvested in 20 minutes. Do the math kids. You can get 600 - 1200 exotics total in the mission, and each sells for 5 currency. up to 6000 in one run, and you guys are talking about spending an hour to get 250.

[Schmetterhand]

not up to date since they nerfed the reward and changed the mission e.g. kill an infected bear

[StoneTiger]

Lol i just do the first mission Beachhead set to Hard and hardcore mode. you will get a lot more faster land in pod then launch back up. No need to do any objectives but landing on planet

[Maddog088]

How do you deal with the infected bears and the million boars and big birdy thing that want to kill you on sight that are right there on the target location

[FluffyTail]

@Winter it's always been 50 credits. read the guide. it takes 9-11 minutes to beat and gives 50 credits. meaning you get around 250 an hour.

[Winter]

No longer works, they have nerfed the the reward amount.

[zereties]

my game crashes when i try playing that mission

[Kobura]

Alternatively, enjoy the game fairly naturally... There isn't enough content to be this joylessly intense about speedrunning.

[Bussy]

Unlock Dust up: Food, Flint arrows, Longbows -> run to sandworm, kill then glitch in cave to the north back to drop pod. 1:30 solo less with more people