If you’re looking for the best farming locations for all materials in The First Descendant, you’ve come to the right place. In this guide, we’re going to round up every material and where to collect them so you can progress just that little bit faster.

Before we move on though, The First Descendant released a huge patch yesterday that dropped a number of spooky shenanigans in your favourite looter shooter. Albion’s all dressed up, there are new cosmetics to collect, and Ultimate Freyna is finally available.

Now, let’s take a look at those farming locations.

Gold and Kuiper

The best farming location for Gold and Kuiper is in Echo Swamp. Visit the Abandoned Zone and take part in Abandoned Refinery Unit.

Balanced Plasma Battery

Head to the Quarantine Zone (Normal) in Fortress and farm the Elite enemy within the circle.

Heat Plasma Battery

To farm the Heat Plasma Battery most efficiently, visit Hagios and repeat the Old Mystery quest. You get this drop from the Elite enemies.

Divided Plasma Battery

Head to the Agna Desert (Normal) and participate in The Asylum. Divided Plasma Batteries drop from Elite enemies, so keep battling them.

Polyatomic Ion Particle

For this material, head to Frozen Valley in Fortress and repeat Command Relay to get it from the Elite enemies.

Positive Ion Particle

Visit Miragestone in Agna Desert and repeat Commanding Ground to collect this material by the bucketload.

Anode Ion Particle

To grab the Anode Ion Particle, visit Hagios, Forward Base and repeat Broadband Fleet Beacon.

Advanced Neural Circuit

Head to the Mountaintops in White Gulch and repeat Borderline of Truth to get the Advanced Neural Circuit.

Encrypted Neural Circuit

We go to the Abandoned Zone in Echo Swamp to farm the Encrypted Neural Circuit.

Data Processing Neural Circuit

The Lumber Yard in Vespers is your friend for this material. You want to repeat Frontline Base to get it.

A character in The First Descendant surveying a scene.
Materials are dotted throughout the entire world. (Picture: Steam)

Complex Carbon Activator

Repeat Seed Vault in Echo Swamp to grab the Complex Carbon Activator from the Elite enemies.

Common Carbon Activator

We head back to Vespers and repeat Sepulcher, getting the Common Carbon Activator from the first Elite enemy.

Murky Energy Residue

The Forgottense boss (Normal) in Sterile Land provides you with Murky Energy Residue.

Artificial Biometal

Head to Rockfall in Sterile Land to repeat Anticipated Ambush Point for Artificial Biometal.

Insulated Metallic Foil

Kill elite enmies in Magister Lab in Kingston to get the Insulated Metallic Foil.

Organic Biogel

Lastly, repeat the Kingston Surveillance Radar in the Grand Square of Kingston for Organic Biogel.

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