Resonance stems not dropping (Destiny)

by Malagate , Sea of Tranquility, Friday, June 08, 2018, 08:49 (2149 days ago) @ Claude Errera

Radiolarian Cultures mostly drop in Public Events (any planet, if you actively need them). Paradox Amplifiers drop in Strikes, and Crucible. Hermaion Blossoms drop in Strikes (including Nightfalls) and Trials matches.

Right, sorry I wasn't clear. I play a fair amount of Crucible, but they hadn't seemed to drop for me prior to starting Lost Prophecies. Seemed strange (or at least like I'd activated some modifier to the loot pool) to see advanced mats drop IMMEDIATELY after the first match in CRU.

But that's not really the problem Crazymoose117 was having; I'm a little fuzzy, but I seem to remember if you've got the Nascent Dawn quest started, you have to get to a certain step for Stems to drop. (I have a vague recollection that when I started working on my second character, I skipped something - might have been something else, Nascent Dawn is just a guess - and I wasn't getting any stems for the first few public events I did, before I noticed.)

Wait... I think it might have been the story? I think you have to finish the story before they start to drop in other places. (The 3 he's got might have come from the story missions he DID do.)

Yeah, I believe this is exactly right. They don't seem to drop for my alts outside of Mars, as they haven't finished the campaign.

Damn, I wish the trap were still steel. :(

Haha, don't sell yourself short. Little Brill-o and you're good.

~M