Farming Plastids

[FatalionPanic-EGT-]

Hi there, you're probably wondering about the Plastids drop rate or are trying to find a good way to farm Plastids.

If you need Plastids you're in for a grindfest.

 

My farming spree of 5778 Plastids is now over and I'd like to share my records here.

 

Saturn - Cassini (61 runs)

About 4 runs per hour, that is about 16h of farming.

 

Run # / Plastids amount:

1 / 185

2 / 101

3 / 99

4 / 106

5 / 56

6 / 24

7 / 98

8 / 116

9 / 65

10 / 188

11 / 234

12 / 91

13 / 0

14 / 134

15 / 42

16 / 104

17 / 99

18 / 55

19 / 139

20 / 44

21 / 17

22 / 34

23 / 67

24 / 121

25 / 115

26 / 60

27 / 75

28 / 119

29 / 52

30 / 80

31 / 139

32 / 120

33 / 122

34 / 111

35 / 120

36 / 102

37 / ~132

38 / ~132

39 / 111

40 / 141

41 / 64

42 / 62

43 / 139

44 / 89

45 / 0

46 / 60

47 / 61

48 / 173

49 / 156

50 / 96

51 / 79

52 / 111

53 / 22

54 / 69

55 / 98

56 / 121

57 / 138

58 / 96

59 / 59

60 / 59

61 / 76

 

two times zero drop

highest drop: 234 Plastids

lowest drop: 17 Plastids

average drop per run: 90 Plastids

~360 Plastids per hour

 

I killed and looted everything there was, even farmed the re-spawn.

Also I tried to just scoop up the yellow dots on my radar (Thiefs Wit) and speed-run it, it's 2 runs more per hour but nets you about 20-25% less Plastids per hour in my book.

 

That's it, I'd say all you need to farm Plastids is time.

 

It's a grind, do you think it's OK as it is?

Thanks for reading :)

[iPrevenge]

This is exactly why I don't ever record what I'm getting and where.  It's depressing, just to look at.

[Mudriski]

Is Cassini a good place for plastids, I've heard Uranus's is better.Not sure though.

[FatalionPanic-EGT-]

Is Cassini a good place for plastids, I've heard Uranus's is better.Not sure though.

I've tried different maps before writing down what i get, there is no "good" place you pretty much just pick a fast mission and go with it.

Also I chose Cassini because it has a good amount of rooms that provide many containers.

Well it's random on every map so ... not really a good point.

Droprate to me seems to be the same on those Planets/Missions I've tested.

 

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong :)

[Aishi]

Was with with or without Master Thief?

[FatalionPanic-EGT-]

Was with with or without Master Thief?

Both. After a good dozen of runs I just got the Master Thief mod (EDIT: Not from Cassini), maxed it, tried it for another dozen runs and found it to not be worth it and "scrapped" that mod.

 

That lockers dropped about 1-2 materials (not even Plastids) per run ... welll for too many runs there was no material drop from unlocked lockers at all hence I "scrapped" it.

Edited July 3, 2013 by FatalionPanic

[Aishi]

Both. After a good dozen of runs I just got the Master Thief mod (EDIT: Not from Cassini), maxed it, tried it for another dozen runs and found it to not be worth it and "scrapped" that mod.

 

That lockers dropped about 1-2 materials (not even Plastids) per run ... welll for too many runs there was no material drop from unlocked lockers at all hence I "scrapped" it.

Definitely not my experience with Master Thief, even if it's only 40 more or so it's worth keeping on, what else are you gonna use to farm, technically, it's not like you're in harm's way. I barely shoot and my sentinel kills everything.

I'm farming for plastids at the moment as well, getting a good 80+ each run on Uranus - Ariel at 10 minutes a run. Still not very efficient compared to other resources but it'll do.