Hello everyone, this topic is for tips on gathering planetary materials, focusing on the exotic sword quest step that requires the 10 rare materials. Quest details: A step will require you to gather 10 rare materials, found randomly when gathering the raw material that matches your sword's quest (spinmetal/helium/iron for arc/solar/void respectively). Chests will not drop these and based on me and my friends' results, I'll guess the chance of getting a rare material is 10% or less, so expect to go through at least 100 nodes. Getting Started: If you have a ghost that detects the corresponding material, put it on. This is the most essential step as it will mark all chests and nodes. I've kept even my low attack ghosts just to always have one for each planet. Arrival: I'm not 100% sure on how this next bit works, but it seems right based on my experiences. Ever gotten to your farming area back in year one, but the first few caves/spots never had chests? [b]Nodes and chests will not start spawning until there is a guardian in the area. [/b] What this means is, if you're the first one to arrive in that area, you'll have to wait a bit for them to start spawning. Go through your inventory and delete junk, maybe do a patrol mission or afk for a min or two. If there is someone else there already, you can skip to the next step. Reconnaissance: This is the next important bit. When you come near a chest or node with the proper ghost shell on, it will mark it on your map and also your screen for nodes. [b]If you zoom in with a sniper, it will show every node in that area without you having to come into proximity! [/b] Now you can aim in and find the locations and go straight to them. Repeating the Cycle: Once you've got them all, you have two options: Either go back to step 2 and wait in that area for more to spawn, or move to another area and hope there are already people there and that the materials have already started spawning. I did this for about 2 hours to finish that part of the quest. I harvested nodes only, not chests and ended up with about 150-160 relic iron from zero.