Greetings Guardians!
So we've been hitting Destiny hard for the past Month now and if you've played even half as much as me I'm sure you're decked out in Legendaries and probably even have an alt starting up or are starting to clear Hard modes. What does that mean? [b]Lots of gear to level![/b]
One key component of upgrading your legendaries are [b]materials found in the open world[/b]. The only way to farm these materials is by farming their respective planets for those resources!
Well I've been farming this stuff for way too long, already have a few gear sets as well as a full alt, and from public opinion as well as personal opinion and extensive comparison testing - I am confident [i]these are the four fastest ways to farm the four respective materials on each planet[/i].
Not only that, but I'm also confident that these guides won't distract you from what [u]really matters here[/u] - the farming routes themselves! Lately there's been an abundance of [b]bulky guide videos that take 15 minutes to deliver 2 minutes of content[/b], so I tried to simplify the format for material farming route guides. (See NOTE below)
[url=http://youtu.be/Nh5xH3GTkIs]First, [u][b]Spinmetal![/b][/u] Earth's silvery shiney bundle of metallic foliage![/url]
- This spinmetal run features the Rocketyard chest run, it simply cannot be beaten on Spinmetal/Hour anywhere else on Earth!
[url=http://youtu.be/8z_oHLTE_40]Now, here comes my favorite farm spot, [u][b]Helium Coils![/b][/u] This NEW Moon chest run has yet to be popularized so hit it hard while you can![/url]
- This Moon run is an nJoi Gaming-found run that features a TON of chest coverage across a large area that respawns quickly by the time you're looping back around and I've seen tons of lucky double-spawns!
[url=http://youtu.be/9OayFBhos0A]And then there was [u][b]Spirit Bloom[/b][/u], the easiest sh!t to farm since the Loot Cave - this stuff is everywhere but here's the fastest run out there featuring the well-known Ember Caves[/url]
- This popular run is by far the fastest Spirit bloom farming route out there, so I did a quick showing of how the run works and how quick and easy it is to max out on Spirit Blooms.
- Some redditors pointed out that I missed a cave, I commented on the video to explain where it is and also put it in the description! But it's right above and to the right of where I go under the bridge past some Gregs to the Beaver Captain
[url=http://youtu.be/-Q4YaUBChK4]Last, let's talk [u][b]Relic Iron![/b][/u] My very own NEW run! Get to Mars and get this run going, you won't regret it![/url]
- This run took a popular but *small* chest run on Mars and expands upon it to create what I've found to be the fastest Relic Iron farming in the game, it doubles the number of chest spawns it covers from its original, smaller version and adds a ton of raw Relic Iron spawns as well.
[b]NOTE:[/b] Each video is broken down into three, well mostly two, [i]distinct parts[/i]. The [u]first[/u] is where I run the route [i]without gathering nodes and hunting through caves[/i], just trying to show you the fastest route you'll be running [b]without any distractions or disorienting movements.[/b] The [u]second[/u] part is the route in [b]full detail[/b] as if I were farming it myself. I've commented timestamps on each video to skip forward to these parts, the intro is similar for each video so feel free to skip it once you've heard it![u][/u]
[url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/73147133/0/0]Check out my new Hard Mode Templar strategy for a great way to get gear that you'll need to upgrade![/url]
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A very well done informative post. Thank you! Like a breath of fresh air around here. :)
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Much appreciate, very thank, wow!
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Sweet, thanks
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That music in the first video completely reminds me of LittleBigPlanet and/or Bully.
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Anyone wanna help me farm
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thanks a lot for the guide, it s been super helpful
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Thanks for the guides will use them for sure
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And it wont be long until someone comes in here yelling EXPLOIT EXPLOIT!!!!
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Hey man, saw your post on reddit and like it there and youtube so why not here as well. Really appreciate the time you took to do this and also you showing your routes to others. I will sound like an idiot here but I have never really checked out the caves before just assuming they were empty holes where the mobs spawned. Did a few loops of mars last night and now have a healthy stash of relic iron and various other bits. Thanks again!
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Unless you're a mostly solo player and pretty much punished for not having lots of friends on the PS4 and really have no access to many of the ways to get the materials you need or even do a weekly or raid.
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Wish we could buy materials with motes of light. Like 1 mote for 10 matieral or soemthing
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Exploooooits! Nerf it bungieee!!! #sarcasm
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Looks good. I'll try these routes later
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Good post, I use 3/4 of those. I'll try the helium. The Iron run is the one I have using for a couple weeks and honestly it's great! So easy and fast. Spin is by far the worse to farm. I won't lie there is a good cave farm near by... Not the fallen one either... Hello hive... Hello quick respond..
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Uhhh.....Nerf? #Sarcasm
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This is awesome, thanks for making these! I did the Spinmetal one and found a chest with a rare ship schematic in the first 15 min! Awesome!!
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Watch out, the Bungie Fun Police will nerf all the things.
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"Thanks for contributing ideas for the next hotfix." -Bungie
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thanks nJoi! yeah, love the background music too. :)
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Awesome post! Thanks for the help.
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You call it farming i call it cheating, you will say it isn't cheating because your ashamed.
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I definitely posted a lot, for any who may remember, about the cave being an exploit and cheating. My argument was simple and was that if players can stand in one spot and reap more rewards than players putting forth real effort then something was seriously wrong with the map design, and I doubted the intent of Bungie to have the pinnacle of their game being a staring contest into a black hole. The topic had some complexity, as I argued how this game faired with other games. However if you honestly think "running" or "farming" is cheating then I must admit you're a complete idiot, though hear me out. First off, the argument about the loot cave wasn't about farming but was about farming in a specific spot abusing the spawn box. Please understand the difference, many of you hated me for my view on the matter, but I wonder now how many agreed and had such reasons that now players claim to have in this thread about "runs". It is absurd to think that moving your character through explorable terrain in a specific pattern is cheating. What is being exploited? The spawn times? Do you not spend a bit longer in a map to have a chance to participate in a Public Event, and if not, are players who lazy around a few extra minutes to get that chance cheaters? Let's not forget the effort required to move your character, and the intention of games with treasure chests, or role playing type games, or even massively multiplayer games, or even shared world shooters: it's really simple and most likely (because of how common the aspect of "running" or "chest farming " is in other games) was the intent of Bungie. I mean do I have to go into detail. It's almost mind boggling that anyone would think doing "chest farming" or "spinmetal farming " is cheating. If you think it's cheating, and will post over and over about it then nice to meet you - am gonna post just as often about your silly ideas.
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I'm all about improving my Ascendant Materials farming. Open world Materials come easy enough.
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Nice, thanks for the info. If only I could stay awake long enough to make farming worth it. It just bores me to sleep.
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I love you. I can finally upgrade all my stuff
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And so soon after its release Destiny becomes an arcade game on the order of the revered Mario.