Sutpid question on dark matter.

[wolfwing]

Is it possible to get them for lower ranks by gathering? I'm currently level 43+ for all my gathering but I still need dark matter 1-3 for various repairs and such, is it possible to get it? Or do you have to get decent exp from a source to be able too? Mainly asking because I was fishing for a hour near docks and didn't get a single dark matter 3 anywhere.

[zerrith]

You can buy all ranks of dark matter from the DoL vendors in the various cities. Also, the vendors at the starting camps (Bentbranch etc) also sell them.

[Mikita]

I've gotten Dark Matter from mining.
You seem to get the same grade of Dark Matter as the mining node, i.e. a Grade 2 node gives Grade 2 Dark Matter.

Dark Matter comes the same way shards and crystals do -- they are rewarded randomly, and the message appears in your General chat log, not the pop-up box displaying what you gathered.

[wolfwing]

I know how to get them to drop, I'm just wondering if they are like some things where they don't drop if your too high a rank.

[Eruantien]

as far as im aware you can, but I might be wrong