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Emmvee

Emmvee
Ok I've ran the quest 3 times and each time ED has frozen
1. I came in to shallow to land and had to use escape vector, that froze and had to restart at carrier.......hey ho
2. the first 5 pylons and went to to find 6th and it froze. It restarted me back at the ruins but no pylons charging.......grrrrrrrrr
3. Same as above 😡😡 grrrrrrrrrrr

Gone back to the carrier now and will try again tomorrow

Once again thanks for all your comments. o7
 

Emmvee

Emmvee
yah-ta-hey said:
hope this article can help:

Guardian Material Farming - Simplified™​

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So, you want to fight Thargoids? Or that juicy FSD Booster module? Or maybe just max out all your Guardian materials, you know, just in case? Look no further! I have created some some visual and textual aid which is not a 20-minute video guide with dubstep intros or endless streams of "Hit that like button and subscribe!".

Disclaimer: Despite the title saying it's 'simplified', this guide is still relatively long. But that is the nature of farming these materials, so that everything is clear. I am also well aware of multiple guides having been written out already, but in this particular one I will be focusing on two aspects: friendliness to new(er) players, speed, and safety.

First things first.
  • Your ship: any ship will do, as long as it has two things: an SRV bay with an SRV, and a point defence in the utility slot. Do bear in mind this location is around 1000Ly from the bubble, so obviously higher jump range and a fuel scoop are recommended.
  • The location: planet B 3 at system Synuefe NL-N C23-4, a single guardian structure (so not the 3 instances of ruins). You should try to land close to the structure, preferably a bit higher than the ground level of the structure. This way, the point defence can shoot down the missiles from the Sentinels that spawn around the map.

There are a few things to acquire from this site. I made a comprehensive map which you can find here. Note, this map is mostly used for later farming purposes, so it doesn't include the location of every tower with destructible panels (there are 4 of them), or the separate single destructible panels around the site (ignore these save for one mentioned later).
  • Guardian Module Blueprint Fragments, acquired from the final data vault at the top of the site.
  • 5 different Obelisk Patterns: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon. Acquired from scanning the obelisks with a data link scanner.
  • Guardian Power Cells, Guardian Power Conduits, and Guardian Technology Components: mostly dropped from the 'towers' with 3 destructible panels, and on occasion by Sentinels.
  • Guardian Sentinel Weapons Parts and Wreckage Components: dropped from only Sentinels.

The Module Blueprint Fragments are required by a grand total of 6 blueprints, so 6 full runs of the instance should be enough to never need them ever again. A very in-depth guide to running this site can be found here, however the condensed version without an exorbitant number of screenshots is this:
  1. After landing, make your way to the top of the structure where the data vault is. If you take a direct center path from bottom to top, you will not run into any Sentinels to begin with. If you can, make a detour to one of the pylons that rise from the ground and shoot the glowin assembly on top, and pick up the relic that drops from it. You will need this later.
  2. One of the power pylons will appear from the ground, this is the first one you need to trigger so the others can be triggered to actually come out of the ground afterwards. Shoot the blue glowing orb repeatedly until it plays a sound reminiscent of the THX sound, and move on to the next one according to the map I linked earlier. If you're smart about the Sentinel trigger zones, you will face minimal resistance while doing so.
  3. Once you have all 6 pylons charged, you can head on to the data vault again. Eject the relic you picked up earlier in the glowing area right in front of it, and the data vault will trigger. Give it a few seconds to open, target it, and scan it with the data link scanner. Warning: Sentinels will spawn, although they spawn in the farther reaches of the site, but considering their AI is very stupid, you can largely cheese them from a distance or peek from behind cover to take potshots at them. Your point defense will take care of any missiles, or most of them. When engaging sentinels, keep 4 pips in WEP and 2 in SYS. You don't need a lot of speed since you will mostly be peeking.
  4. Target the data vault, scan it, and you will have a blueprint fragment.
  5. Go just outside the site, relog, and repeat until you have your desired number of Module Blueprint Fragments.

While running this, if you take small detours to both the obelisks as well as the material drop towers, you will most probably max out everything but the tech components and obelisk scan data. This is where the next part comes in.

Guardian Tech Components: the green circles represent guaranteed drop locations for them. The top one is a destructible panel, the tower right under it has 1 panel which drops them, and the last tower has two more. You can drive a route while evading the red Sentinel spawn zones, relog, and repeat the same route backwards until you max them out.

Obelisk Scan Data: this is a bit more tricky considering the drop rate seems rather random. Follow the blue route on the map between all 5 obelisks, the route takes care of evading the sentinels already. Rinse and repeat a forward-backward route with every relog, just like with the tech components. You will most likely max out one of the scan data first, which means that if it drops again, you won't get anything.
Alternative: you can do this entirely risk free at the actual ruins found on some planets too, check the last entry in the credits for this. Reason for this being that I focused on sticking just to this particulat location, as you can get everything here too with quite a similar efficiency.

This should cover everything you can get from this site. If you keep running into Sentinels more often, look where they spawn, and adjust your route accordingly, since their spawn radius on my map is at best an approximate one. Now, if you need the Weapon Blueprint Fragments or Vessel Blueprint Fragments, there are other sites that cover this, but the general tactics remain the same, and at that point, you don't have to worry about any other materials so you can freely just run the 6 pylons and get those only.

If I missed anything please let me know in the comments. I've had great success running things like this, so I hope this helps some people
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I've just got the blueprint from the orb......I now need to scan the obelisks ?

What do you mean when you say "relog" ?
 

CMDR SleepyDelegate

CMDR SleepyDelegate
Emmvee said:
I've just got the blueprint from the orb......I now need to scan the obelisks ?

What do you mean when you say "relog" ?
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Log out of the game and log back in... You can start collecting the materials and scans again and again and again... If you only do it once, you will not have enough guardian materials to get the FSD booster...

Do you have an account on Inara.cz? If not, create one, link your elite account and then you can see what materials you need for what component and it will also show you what materials you already have... Like this:

You see, for Guardian FSD booster, I need 1 Guardian Module Blueprint Fragment (the blue 1 before the description) and I do have exactly one (the 1 in brackets - the red arrow is pointing at)

I also need 21 Guardina Power Cells and I have 85 in my cargo...

You get the idea.. :)


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Here is the link to the Techbroker page on Inara, so that you do not need to wander around too long, it can be overwhelming for a new member:

inara.cz

INARA

The community site for Elite: Dangerous, Starfield, Kingdom Come: Deliverance with the game databases, information, gaming news and other handy content...
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Emmvee

Emmvee
It's all gone belly up.
I've lost my srv because those sentinels are beasts plus for some reason my turret gun would not fire. It would target but not fire, I was in combat mode, the ammo was full but it wouldn't fire. My TPD on ship did absolutely nothing to stop missiles and therefore the ship shields went offline so I hi tailed it back but got battered by sentinels.
I respawned in my ship and went back to a safe distance.

So Angry 😡😡😡
 

[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos

[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos
Emmvee said:
It's all gone belly up.
I've lost my srv because those sentinels are beasts plus for some reason my turret gun would not fire. It would target but not fire, I was in combat mode, the ammo was full but it wouldn't fire. My TPD on ship did absolutely nothing to stop missiles and therefore the ship shields went offline so I hi tailed it back but got battered by sentinels.
I respawned in my ship and went back to a safe distance.

So Angry 😡😡😡
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1. Go see if any of those carriers sell SRVs

2. Weapons, did you have pips to weapons?

3. Whilst on one of those carriers in the system, in outfitting, move the Point Defence thing to a different part of the ship. It would help if it was mounted on the top.
 

Orvidius

Orvidius
Also check the firing angle. If you were aimed too low (such as if the nose of the SRV was aimed upward due to a slope in the ground, forcing the turret to aim "downward"), it might not fire for that reason. It can only shoot downward a little bit, so the angle might have just been bad.

Otherwise make sure the turret isn't disabled in your power settings, check that you're in combat mode instead of analysis mode, pips to weapons, still have ammo, using the right trigger, and that the correct trigger is enabled in the firing group, and that you're using that firing group (instead of one that maybe only has the scanners).
 

CMDR SleepyDelegate

CMDR SleepyDelegate
Semtinels are really easy... I told you to manufacture premium ammo and also repair the SRV with premium repair stuff and they cant even scratch your paint... All pips to shields and one pip to weapon and you will wipe the floor with them...
 

[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos

[PS4] Lorenzo Waringos
Emmvee said:
How do I do that ?
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Right hand panel, tab across to modules. Scroll down to one of the lasers. Click. Should now open a window that has some info on the laser. Go down and you should see three tabs, the first one says basic, you want the one on the other end. It synthesises extra damage weapons. You need to have collected the right mats. It will tell you if you can do it.
 

Emmvee

Emmvee
Lorenzo Waringos said:
Right hand panel, tab across to modules. Scroll down to one of the lasers. Click. Should now open a window that has some info on the laser. Go down and you should see three tabs, the first one says basic, you want the one on the other end. It synthesises extra damage weapons. You need to have collected the right mats. It will tell you if you can do it.
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Everything is reded out from basic to advanced.

Got an SRV, going back to try again

Sorry about this Cmdrs
 

yah-ta-hey

yah-ta-hey
Hey cmdr.... do not give up the ship.... my alt ego: sahara sam in onsite and although he has a lot of experience,, he just lost one of his SRV while it was sitting under his cobra. He now faces fuel allotment... down to 53% and uable to manufacture more. May have to go find a carrier to refuel. Now you can understand why you want a buddy system.. killing those guardians ARE not easy once they star firing those missiles. To those who can do it easily.... I tip my hat to you but for those who are just starting... they are a nightmare...... Play hide and seek and ambush when ever you can... look for me, I will drive with you.
 
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