Quote Originally Posted by Rhode View Post
I've been doing crafting and making collectables is fairly simple, you use one buff.

Though for gathering there seems to be a lot more going on with more abilities. Is it difficult to learn how to do this?
It's easy. The favor system is totally different from collectables. Collectables are things you turn in for scrips. You can get unlimited blue scrips but only the standard 9 red scrips like in crafting. Favors give you the base material needed to make one of 4 special mats that make up end game crafting (ada ingot, astral lumber, astral silk, aurum ingot, and griff leather.) It takes two gathering scrips -- you need 10 of a special item from bot and mining -- to turn in with a red crafting scrip (three scrips total.)

To make gathering collectables, you put the glove and use your mad skillz. Think of it like crafting. Each collectable has 3 durability that you can't go over, like in crafting. Your goal is to increase the collectability. The first and easiest rotation is dis eye -> meth app times 3. That'll net you 2 collectables. Each node has blue and red scrip collectables that give only a tiny amount but are good for practice. It's the best rotation when you're starting out on ada ore without much gear.

You trade in a red gathering scrip, go to the map in question, and deplete 4 nodes until they have 1 thing left in them. What spawns the concealed nodes is finishing a regular node so you're priming them. These 4 nodes can only be for two different groups. If you try to deplete the three group then it resets them. So you deplete then use the favor and start mining. You'll get a message of 'a concealed node as popped up' and you go mine there. You can only get ONE of the special items there, regardless of buffs. Ignore the clusters too, since they aren't worth the special items.

You just do that until your soul has been sucked out of your body or you have 10 items. Whichever is first.