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Harvesting surface deposits
By aVehicle and 1 collaborators
Besides Thumping, surface deposits is another way to gain metals, an important resource in crafting.
   
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Category: Crafting, Gameplay Basics
Languages: English
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22 Jul, 2014 @ 2:18pm
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Sonic detonators or scan hammers 
Seismic activity (watch out!) 
Addons 
See also 
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Sonic detonators or scan hammers
Surface deposits are found throughout the world and contain various metals depending on the level of your zone. It is an alternative to Thumping.

Open your calldowns menu and either a plant Sonic Detonator or activate your Scan Hammer on the deposit.

Tip: Sonic Detonators yield twice the amount of resources when used on surface deposits compared to Scan Hammer. They are, however, consumables.

You get the Sonic Detonators from either drops, purchasing them off the market, or crafting. Recharable Sonic Detonators do exist.
Seismic activity (watch out!)
If you notice "seismic activity" on a particular surface deposit, dropping a sonic detonator or scan hammer on it will trigger a mini-boss fight with a modest reward.
Addons
AutoDetonator[forums.firefallthegame.com] automatically selects a sonic detonator when looking towards a surface deposite (for harvesting metals).
See also
  • New player guide — Written to you get you on your feet and on your way to being Pro ASAP.
  • Resources — Covers the different resources, and how they're used.
  • Thumping — Metals, an important resource in Firefall, is primarily collected by Thumping.
  • Calldowns — an important UI feature you might have missed.
4 Comments
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No gods, no masters. 16 Jun, 2015 @ 6:15am 
Vendors mate
GamerPlaya 15 Jun, 2015 @ 11:55pm 
how do i get the scan hammer again? i had it on my old account
aVehicle  [author] 22 Jul, 2014 @ 2:19pm 
Good call. :)
xuton 22 Jul, 2014 @ 9:23am 
also worthy of note is the appearence of surface deposits with a "seismic interference"(or whatever those were called). destroying these triggers a mini boss fight, raising a named mob out of the ground for you to fight. defeating it gives off some nice rewards, but it might not be very easy.