Light
How to unlock light farming?
Upon reaching level 25, having finished first two quests in Pagos, and having a finished Anemos Weapon, Gerolt will offer a quest, which will reward you with a kettle to collect so called Light in the instance. Underneath your Duty Information, where you can see how long your timer lasts, you now can find a bar, representative for how much Light you have already collected. On the right side you can see an example, how this might look.
Light is awarded at a fixed rate as FATE rewards or randomly from enemies. You have a higher change of getting light from enemies the more EXP you get, which means targetting mobs of a higher level than you and stacking experience buffs is recommended, e.g. Pagos Elemental (Fairy Buff) and Potion of Harmony.
| The amount of light you get is random. It's basically connected to the "experience gain", and it's its quantity multiplier is described by the messages you see on the screen. From lowest to the highest multiplier, it goes:
Feeble light Gentle light Bright light Brilliant light Blinding light Newborn star Exploding star The lowest amount of light you can get is just few percentages of your light bar, while the highest is full 9 bars from exploding star. |
The kettle can hold a maximum of 9 Light at a time. You can see a small number above your light bar, which indicates how much Light is currently accumulated in the kettle. Once the kettle reaches 9 Light, you will not be able to collect any more. In order to empty your kettle and to turn the Light into Frosted Protean Crystals you want to visit the forge, which is located at Test Cavern 1-P X: 6.1 Y:21.4. The easiest way to go there is teleporting to Geothermal Studies, then heading south and taking the west drop down the ledge. While you make your way along the edge of the cliff you dropped onto, you want to be careful and use walking rather than running in order to avoid the Frozen Void Dragon guarding the cave.
When you are inside the cave, simply interact with the forge and all your collected Light will be exchanged for Froste Protean Crystals and you can continue collecting more Light.
Light Farming Options While Leveling
Light farming options while leveling mainly consists of:
- Light farm via FATEs
- Light farm via Mutations (example, Anubyses)
- Light farm via Monsters that spawn FATEs
Light Farm via FATEs
One of the easier but slower ways is to farm Light while simply following a Fate train around. Upon completion of the fate you will be rewarded with a fixed amount of Light in combination with EXP and Pagos Crystals.
Light Farm via Mutations
The best way to farm light is to target any higher level enemy that mutates (or adapts, though mutations give more light on average). Depending on your level, you'll want to target different enemies.
A decent choice for farming high level enemies without the need of syncing down with fates are anubyses, that can mutate under any weather and any time of the day. They are located south of the Gravitational Studies Aetheryte at Corse Rise X: 25.5 Y:23.6 behind the Horus Cave. Any enemies that mutate can drop cold warped lockboxes as well.
Anubyses are an easy choice because of lenient weather conditions, but their mutation rate can be low at times. We recommend checking the bestiary to find enemies that suit your current level and weather conditions best.
Light Farm via Monsters that spawn FATEs
Nowadays the best method to farm light is to target mobs, which can also spawn FATEs, specifically level 40 Ameretats which can spawn the FATE Cassie and the Copycats around The Barren Arena X:22.3 Y:14.2 or level 40 Val Corpses which can spawn the FATE Louhi on Ice at Icebloom Cavern X: 36.2 Y:18.4.
For both of these having a small party (~5 people) is a bonus. The morbols are available at all times and their Bad Breath Cast has to be either stunned or dodged by staying behind them. With enough people you can kill them fast enough to avoid the cast all together. However, the FATE only pops during Blizzard, but for Light farming that is just a bonus.
You must be in a group that's actually pulling enemies to get the light though, so if needed, spread few groups around the Cassie arena to pull more morbols.
Light Farming Options at Max Level
Max level light farming options mainly consists of:
- Light farm via Frozen Void Dragons
- Light farm using North Bunny FATE
- Lockbox Farming
Light Farm via Frozen Void Dragons
This method is only advised, if you have a full party, or a small party with decent elemental gear. You can use any spot in Eureka Pagos where two Frozen Void Dragons are close to each other. First pull one, then the other and keep going like that. Since the dragons are level 40, so 5 levels above the max level in pagos of 35, the chance of getting light is pretty high, and the chance of the dragons adapting makes it even higher.
At the forge there is another viable dragon as well, however, you might want to keep the chain going with the Corpse Flowers inside the cave and kill the dragons on Chain Breakpoints like 5/10/15/20/25/30 for the bonus.
Light Farm using Bunny Fates
Bunny Fates in Pagos are mostly considered useless, which means they are almost always up to exploit the level syncing feature within the fate area.
When using the Southern Bunny Fate, you will get synced to level 23. You want to pull monsters at your original level around the fate area. Once they are about to die, you sync down with the Fates Level Sync Feature and you will be rewarded the EXP and therefore Light Chance as if you were level 23. This method is sometimes annoying with managing low levels of enemies (and trying to not kill them too quickly). As South bunny is often being done, this FATE also can be difficult to use for this purpose.
The Northern Bunny Fate can be used in a similar fashion, however it will sync you to level 34. It is harder to pull off, but during fog the snakes around can mutate, during night there are ashkin soldiers which can adapt and during blizzards there are sprites which can adapt. Gobbues have a chance to mutate at any weather during night as well. Light gain here can be quite exceptional, if you can handle it correctly. Almost nobody ever does this FATE either, so it should be available.
If you have a larger group, you might want to use one mounted person, pulling the nearby Frozen Void Dragon (sleeping towards Igloo FATE) on every chain bonus at 5/10/15/20/25/30 for a chance of a light boost.
If you are still leveling, you can ignore this method since there are far efficient ways to farm light while also leveling at the same time. However, you can use these fates as a last resort.
Lockbox Farming
You can use these method for any level, provided you find enemies that are mutating and that are higher level than you/your group.
Popular enemies for this method are Val Anubyses (mutate under all weathers, albeit rarely) and Escaped Tyrannosaurs (mutating during night). However, you can use our bestiary to find the best option for your level and weather. Because of the mutations, enemies will ocasionally be dropping cold-warped lockboxes (for the rare /shiver emote) as well as light.
The higher the enemies' level, the higher the chance you get a cold-warped lockbox and the amount of light.
Best options for the highest amount of cold-warped lockboxes as well as light are:
- Val Griffins behind Cassie arena as well as Louhi Cave during Fair Skies
- Val Chimeras inside Louhi Cave during Blizzards
- Escaped Tyrannosaurs during Night
- Greater Amphiphtres during Thunder