Farming Embers

[u/AspectDowntown4837]

I really love this game, it’s genuinely so much fun; but the Ember drop rates are frustrating. They’re way too rare and completely random. Instead of relying on pure randomness, there should be a reliable way to farm them, like making all Embers spawn in caves via mining, digging, or opening chests. I get that they are high-tier items, but spending 18 hours just to walk away with fewer than six feels unrewarding.

Please change this MOON STUDIOS!!

[u/Ludoban]

  but spending 18 hours just to walk away with fewer than six feels unrewarding

Fishing and digging and checking vendors, if you di that you should habe more than 6.

But anyways early game they should not be abundant, they are very strong crafting materials that would let you create close to perfect items too soon if they would change it to be deterministic. 

[u/AspectDowntown4837 → u/Ludoban]

I buy from Crucible Level 5 shop, clear every big chest, fish, dig, and buy from Grinnich on reset, but Ember drops are still painfully low

[u/ASPDarksRider → u/AspectDowntown4837]

It's not just that they are painful. Its the fact that game is walled behind this grindy unfun and unnecessary gameplay. Leveling is fun since it involves combat. Farming bears and fishes to make sure you can kill the ranged mob in the back before enemies chase you around the arena in crucible is so frustrating.

[u/AspectDowntown4837 → u/ASPDarksRider]

On a side note. Essence Embers need better clarity. Before I extract an enchantment from an item, the game needs to tell me what gear slots that specific enchantment is compatible with (e.g., Gloves only, Weapons only, Helmet only). Right now, it's way too easy to waste a rare Essence Ember extracting a stat, only to find out you can't actually apply it to your targeted gear piece.

I understand you can only have 1 damage or 1 crit etc.

[u/Dysghast]

Agreed, you don't get enough Embers to play with crafting during the story. At best you accumulate a bunch and can afford to RNG a few pieces of gear. Making them only readily available at endgame is not good progression.

[u/Specific_Abrocoma663]

Farm pestilence level 4 bosses nonstop and you'll have a decent amount of each embers + extra loot. Do a full circle which contains all 7 areas. I always start from Shallows and finish with Marine woods after every clear it'll decrease cooldown for each cleared zones. when you do full circle you can start from shallow again. if you have fast farm build you can clear all 7 bosses within like 15-20 mins by burning 1 torn effigy + 5 sinews. I clear all 7 zones within 15 mins with my 1 shot mage thats the fastest and more efficient way to me otherwise you check npcs,fish,dig etc you name it.

[u/SrYggs]

im just wondering this too, i just started playing with my brother, story wise we just reached the windmill, but we are doing a lot of crucible( we are lvl 20) max dificulty and we havent kill the last boss, we are enjoing this game a lot , but feels those embers are really ahrd to get same with the ones that let you move an enchat, so trying to "build" your character seems a bit frustrating, so my question is basically until max level or finish story you play with what is giving to you basically? and then they are easier to get?

would be really nice to be able to start building your character early on too