Advanced Resource Farming
As you progress through Aida, efficient resource farming becomes paramount for optimizing your Simulacra, Weapons, and Gear. This advanced guide will detail strategies for maximizing your gains, focusing on high-yield locations and repeatable methods beyond daily limits.
Gold (Dark Gold) Farming
Gold is a foundational currency, essential for almost every upgrade. While daily bounties and Joint Operations provide a steady stream, dedicated farming can alleviate bottlenecks.
- Joint Operations (Hard/Heroic): These are your primary source for significant Gold. Focus on the highest difficulty you can comfortably clear. Each run rewards a substantial amount, alongside valuable gear and matrices.
- World Bosses: Defeating World Bosses like Robarg, Apophis, or Sobek provides a one-time weekly reward chest containing a large sum of Gold. Coordinate with your crew or other players to take these down quickly.
- Ruins (Hard Mode): Re-clearing Ruins on Hard difficulty, especially those with high enemy density, can yield decent Gold from enemy drops and chest rewards. This is a good option when other daily content is exhausted.
- Supply Pods: While not a "farming" method in the traditional sense, consistently opening all accessible Supply Pods (Type I, II, and III) across all regions (Astra, Banges, Crown, Warren, Vera, etc.) will accumulate a surprising amount of Gold over time. Use interactive maps to track unopened pods.
Weapon Upgrade Materials (Weapon Batteries, Booster Modules)
Keeping your weapons leveled is crucial for combat effectiveness. Prioritize these methods:
- Interstellar Exploration: This daily activity is your most consistent source of Weapon Batteries and Booster Modules. Always aim for the highest difficulty available to maximize rewards.
- Dimensional Trials: Similar to Interstellar Exploration, Dimensional Trials offer a good supply of weapon upgrade materials. Utilize your daily attempts here.
- Omnium Beacon: Deploying Omnium Beacons in high-traffic areas can net you additional Weapon Batteries when other players interact with them. Consider placing them in areas like the Banges Tech Industrial Zone or near Hykros for higher visibility.
- World Exploration Rewards: Unlocking exploration points, completing challenges, and opening Supply Pods in new regions (especially Vera and Innars) often grant large caches of weapon upgrade materials as one-time rewards.
Matrix Upgrade Materials (Data Packs, Matrix Data Packs)
Matrices significantly boost your weapon's capabilities. Efficiently farming their upgrade materials is vital.
- Joint Operations (Hard/Heroic): Beyond Gold, Joint Operations are the best source for Data Packs and Matrix Data Packs, especially when targeting specific Matrix sets.
- Frontier Clash: This weekly challenge provides a substantial amount of Matrix Data Packs, along with other valuable rewards. Prioritize clearing the highest difficulty you can manage.
- Bounties: Daily bounties often reward Data Packs. Always complete your daily bounty quota.
- World Boss Drops: While primarily for Matrices themselves, World Bosses also drop a decent amount of Matrix Data Packs upon defeat.
Relic Shard Farming
Relics offer powerful utility and combat advantages. Collecting their shards for upgrades is a long-term goal.
- Ruins (Normal/Hard Mode): Many Relic Shards are obtained by clearing Ruins for the first time. Revisit any uncompleted Ruins.
- World Exploration: Specific Relic Shards are often hidden behind exploration puzzles, challenging enemies, or as rewards for completing side quests in regions like Crown Mines or Warren Snowfield. Consult interactive maps for precise locations.
- Password Chests: Certain Password Chests (Type II and III) can contain Relic Shards. Always open these when you encounter them.
Specialized Material Farming (Elemental Cores, Specific Food Ingredients)
Some materials are needed for specific recipes or elemental weapon advancements.
- Elemental Cores (Firecore, Icecore, etc.): These are primarily found by defeating elemental enemies in their respective regions.
- Firecore: Found in volcanic areas like Crown Mines near the Mining Area or Southern Mountains. Look for Fire-elemental enemies.
- Icecore: Abundant in Warren Snowfield, particularly around the Saag Passage and Aarniel Fortress. Target Ice-elemental foes.
- Voltcore: Common in areas with high technological presence or stormy weather, such as the Banges Industrial Zone or Raincaller Island.
- Greencore: Found in lush, overgrown areas like Astra's Ring of Echoes or Navia Bay.
- Specific Food Ingredients: For cooking high-tier meals that grant significant buffs, you'll need to know where to find rare ingredients.
- Fiddlehead: Found in abundance in Astra, particularly around the Astra Shelter and Ring of Echoes.
- Dandelion: Look for these in Astra and Banges. Hit the Dandelion with an attack to release its seeds, then collect the Dandelion Seed.
- Strawberries: Common in Navia, especially around the Cetus Island area.
- Lake Bass: Fish in freshwater bodies in Navia or Crown.
- Portunid: Found along the coastlines of Banges and Crown.
Daily and Weekly Reset Optimization
Always be mindful of daily and weekly resets. Prioritize content that refreshes to ensure continuous resource generation.
- Daily: Bounties, Interstellar Exploration, Dimensional Trials, World Boss (first clear bonus).
- Weekly: Frontier Clash, Joint Operations (weekly rewards), World Boss (weekly chest).