Where to find Ferrium Ore in Arknights Endfield

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. If you’re just starting out your adventures, you might not have much use for it. However, the demand for Ferrium Ore goes up once you begin to seriously expand 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 its 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 first 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 read that correctly: a normal 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 usable 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 after 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, Zipline (Pylons or Towers) technology makes accessing this node 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.

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The finale in the Woolhaven DLC of Cult in the Lamb requires you to make a hard decision about whether you want to embrace the Rot or purge it for once and all.

The ultimate decision has to be made by you, which will also decide the final outcome. This guide will provide you with information about both outcomes so that you can be well-informed when the time comes.

What happens if you embrace the Rot in Cult of the Lamb

To reach the point where you have to decide, you’ll need to clear most of the Woolhaven content. Once you return Sariel’s spirit to Woolhaven, you’ll have completed filling all the graves around Yngya. The first choice is to embrace the Rot.

If you choose to go for this outcome, you’ll gain Faith daily if there’s a Rotten Follower in your cult. Rotten followers are similar to normal ones, but they survive for longer periods. The number of Rotten followers you have doesn’t matter; having one is sufficient.

What happens if you purge the Rot in Cult of the Lamb

If you choose to go with this outcome, you’ll gain Faith whenever a Rotten follower gets killed.

There’s no wrong decision, and you can continue your playthrough irrespective of whether you embrace or purge the Rot. However, I personally went with embracing it for two simple reasons.

• Rotten followers don’t consume any resources, which is extremely useful. If they die, you get Rotburn, which is immensely helpful to keep your base warm during the winters.
• Rotten followers are a core part of the new Woolhaven DLC. Lore-wise, keeping them alive made sense to me. Garnering sufficient Faith at the endgame stage has never been an issue, either in the base version or in the expansion.

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