Where to find Ferrium Ore in Arknights: Endfield beta

Ferrium Ore is a critical yet seemingly scarce material for upgrading your character’s gear and evolving your AIC base in Arknights: Endfield. By the time you need it, you might be unsure where to find it, so here’s everything you need to know to secure this resource for your♑🌄 Factory.

How to get Ferrium Ore in Arknights: Endfield

Ferrium Ore is not as plentiful or accessible as the easily obtained Originium Ore, found in almost every region in Arknights: Endfield. That’s because Ferrium is a high-tier resource, required for you to produce Blue Rarity gear and many other important crafts, and their importance isn’t that aren’t apparent until later.

As mentioned, you’ll probably need Ferrium Ore long before you actually run across it, which is certainly a problem. Fortunately, the solution to this is to follow the Main Story until you unlock the Originium Science Park region. This is where you will find your fiಌrst Ferrium Ore nodes which you can harvest like any other ore.

However, if you plan to collect Ferrium Ore in large amounts, simply hitting the nodes won’t cut it. You’ll need to place an Electric Mining Drill Rig Mk II on a Ferrium Mining location. You r𓂃ead that correctly: a no🐭rmal Electric Mining Drill will not work for Ferrium Ore.

Additionally, you’re going to need to have an active Power Grid in the Originium Science Park region to power the drill, which means you’ll need a sub-AIC base set up. How do you set up a sub-AIC base in the region? The answer, once again, is to follow the Main Story. You’ll eventually be prompted, toward the end of the Originium Science Park region’s story, to set up an outpost base, and thus, a useable Power Grid.

How to get an Electric Mining Drill Rig MK II in Arknights: Endfield

Electric Mining Drill Rig MK IIs are craftable at any AIC Unit (Main or Sub). In order to gain access to the schematic, you must first research and unlock Mining III in the Basic AIC Plan menu. Once you do, the schematic will appear in the Construction option at any AIC Unit.

To craft an Electric Mining Drill RIG MK II, you’ll need the following materials:

• 1x Portable Originium Rig
• 10x Ferrium Parts

Ferrium Ore Locations

Even af🔴ter reaching Originium Science Park, Ferrium Ore is still quite a sparse resource to find just by looking around. To make things💙 easier for you, here is where you can find the nodes in the region.

West of Transport Nexus

This is likely the first set of nodes you’ll come across in the region, as you enter it through Route 5. You’ll need to do some Relay footwork to get to mining the nodes.

Northwest of Infra-Station

This node is located directly across from your sub-AIC base in the region, separated by a massive valley. Fortunately, Zip🌞line (Pylons or Towers) technology makes accessing this no꧅de quick and effortless for future visits.

Northeast of Cliffside Trail

This is the third and last node location, but it is, unfortunately, off-limits to you thanks to a Blight wall blocking the path. You’ll need to progress the Main Story further to be able to reach this one, but when you do, you can add even more nodes to your Ferrium Ore mining operation.

Once you get one or two of these nodes on lockdown, you’ll have more than enough Ferrium Ore flowing in to do whatever you need to with it.

What is Ferrium Ore used for?

Ferrium Ore has a lot of uses in Arknights: Endfield, so here’s everything you can do with the resource, for your reference.

• Blue Rarity Gear – Provides a stark power increase over the Green Rarity scraps you’ve probably been making do with. You’ll be required to convert Ferrium Ore into Ferrium Components, which requires a bit of effort, but is well worth the expense.
• Outposts – Some of your outposts require you to mass-produce Ferrium-related materials.
• Ferrium – The hallmark resource of the ore, Ferrium is made by dumping Ferrium Ore into a Refining Unit. You must convert Ferrium Ore into Ferrium for the next items on this list.
• Ferrium Powder – Used in conjunction with other materials to produce Condensed versions. Crafted by inputting Ferrium into a Grinding Unit.
• Ferrium Components – Used primarily for crafting gear, as mentioned above. It is crafted by combining Ferrium with Origocrust in a Gearing Unit.
• Ferrium Parts – Used to create advanced structures and items. It is crafted by inputting Ferrium into a Fitting Unit.
• Ferrium Bottle – Used in the creation of various consumable items. It is crafted by inputting Ferrium into a Moulding Unit.