Farming Spots
Start with the bottleneck you actually have: ore runs for early industry, rare crystal routes for progression, or oil and World Tree loops when your endgame factories come online. Each page pairs a ranked route with the relevant work path, adding a crew shortlist where the game data supports one.
These routes cover the materials that keep early and mid-game industry moving. Start with the resource your next unlock actually consumes, then bring the matching mining crew from its guide.
Paldium Crystal
Mining · Main
Paldium Fragments are the early capture-and-equipment bottleneck: craft Pal Spheres first, then keep a reserve for Pal Gear, shields, saddles, and exploration tools.
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Ore
Mining · Main
Ore is the universal smelting input: turn it into Ingots, Refined Ingots, Pal Metal Ingots, and Plasteel as your production tier climbs.
Main
Coal
Mining · Main
Coal is a mid-game bottleneck: it combines with Ore for Refined Ingots, then keeps Carbon Fiber and the Coal Mine on your progression path.
Main
Sulfur
Mining · Main
Sulfur is the ammunition gate: it feeds Gunpowder for firearms and explosives, so run a dense volcanic or desert cluster for a refill or switch to the Sulfur Mine once that Ancient technology is unlocked.
Main
Pure Quartz
Mining · Main
Pure Quartz is the electronics gate: it feeds Circuit Boards, then higher-end Pal Metal and Soralite ingot lines, so its runs usually follow your next machine or weapon unlock.
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These are progression-gated routes: Crude Oil needs a powered extractor on an oil field, while Paloxite and Soralite belong to the World Tree and Sunreach endgame loop.
Paloxite
World TreeMining · World Tree
Paloxite is the World Tree endgame gate: bring protection that keeps nodes from vanishing, then mine the densest cluster for Corrosive Mist Masks and Paloxite Ingots.
World Tree
Soralite
Mining · Main
Soralite is Sunreach's endgame ore: bring the Plasma Multicutter, then stock the densest sky-island cluster for Soralite Ingots and the Paloxite Ingot chain.
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Crude Oil
Oil Extraction · Main
Crude Oil is a powered-base bottleneck: place an Extractor on an oil field, then route the output into Plasteel and Flamethrower Fuel before late-game ammo and flight gear.
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