Saw your question five minutes ago, answering in-depth now Logical Sful:

Monster Scales are found by using Avikan Hunting Weapons on Tier 2 planets. Easy difficulty planets, which include Deserts and Forests to be specific. They have a 35% chance to drop. An Avikan Hunting Guide is confirmed to be in the next hotfix-update which will provide a quick and easy codex reference on their locations, no ETA as-of yet.

Do you know where i can find Centensian Liquid for the quest, i've found several of the little towers with the light orbs and chests but no liquid.

@Arazyl: There's one or two Centensian random encounters which spawn with Centensian Liquid in it. It's a purple, glowing liquid - you'll know it when you see it. Unfortunately, that's the only place to obtain the liquid at this time, so you'll have to do some more exploring (unless you prefer to spawn it in, of course). Centensian random encounters can be found on almost any planet, with the exception of ocean, toxic, magma, barren and moon-type planets. There's no specific planet type where it spawns more frequently, so you can explore whichever planets you like.

I still cant find sandspitters D: do they spawn in the new desert planet biome as well?

Sandspitters are only found in the new sub-biome (Desert Wetlands), actually. You can easily tell when you're in one of these biomes, as it's the only place where you'll find quicksand.

How do I get superb kavanite plates? I see I can buy Kavanite plates in the starfarers refuge, but I don't know how to get the superb version.

Superb Kavanite Plates are crafted at the Avikan Forge with Solarium Ore. If you are playing as a non-Elithian race, head over to the Drifter's Emporium to aquire the recipe for it.

where is the drifters emporium?

On one of my characters I lost the key to get into the shooting range at the nomada fleet location, is there a way I can buy it or "re-earn" it or spawn it in?

Originally posted by hope xd:

where is the drifters emporium?

The Drifter's Emporium is found in a secluded area of the Starfarer's Refuge on the highest levels. Look for a hatch to jump up into, though a morph ball tech, preferably the spike ball, is required.

Originally posted by FlyingTaurus523:

On one of my characters I lost the key to get into the shooting range at the nomada fleet location, is there a way I can buy it or "re-earn" it or spawn it in?

Look for a merchant on the floor level above and to the left of the the Token of Merit redeem and cashing stations operated by the two Drodens. That merchant can sell "lost", but literally in your case, unique items, such as the Vanguard Pass, Keffrider's Spear, and Elithian vanity items from quest rewards.

Actually, the security passes are currently sold by the Drifter, not the Lost and Found merchant (who only sells armour pieces that you got as quest rewards). It would make more sense for the Lost and Found merchant to sell these items, though... I'll see if I can switch those around in the next update.

Hey! I have a little issue.
I was in a Novakid settlement when I looked at a map and received a bounty, which mentioned looking for a criminal at a fort. Thing is, there is no fort on this planet's surface and the quest marker/arrow doesn't show up at all when I'm down on the planet.
Can you help me out?

How do I get to the Drifter's Emporium?

@PeterComputer: Generated quests like those can malfunction sometimes, but it sounds like a vanilla issue, not one related to Elithian Races. No way to be certain without a log, though... If you ever run into a similar issue again, be sure to grab your starbound.log and upload it to pastebin, that way I can take a look at what's happening behind the scenes.

@Chippy: In the Starfarer's Refuge, head to the dark corridor on the top floor. Above the stack of crates, there's a hatch that can be opened. Use any Sphere Morph tech (Spike Sphere is highly recommended, though) and head into the pipelines. It's a bit of a maze in there, but keep to the right, and you'll find the Drifter's Emporium soon enough.

Hello! So it looks like I might have hit a dugeon bug of some kind. This was at the temple in the desert, and in the mob room which spawned some robots. However, I died on the first wave, and upon respawning, there seems to be invisible blocks in my way of getting back to the room. As you can see from the screenshot here: http://imgur.com/JYLQvTZ, many of my items are still in the room and I'm afraid I might lose them. I'm not sure if the invisible blocks are a bug or not.