
Harvesting is collecting crafting resources found throughout Northern Bastion to craft weapons, gears, components, and sigils.
Usually, embers can also be harvested along with crafting resources as a by-product. The type of Ember obtained is random.
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Organics
Plants
- There are 3 Organic compounds which can be harvested by interacting or destroying. Organic compounds which can be harvested, provide Chimeric Compound. They also occasionally provide Embers.
Found mostly in open
grassy areas |
Found mostly in caves
and dark places |
Found mostly in regions
with open water |
Ice Flower
- Ice Flowers when harvested provide Ice flower sap, which can be used as coolant. It can only be harvested inside Shaper bubbles (also called Shaper Globes) during Icetide. Ice Flowers sap can be harvested only during Ice Flower Frenzy.
Ice Flower plant in a Shaper Bubble |
Minerals
Mineral Nodes
- There are 3 minerals which can be harvested by interacting or destroying. The mineral nodes which can be harvested, provide Chimeric Alloy. They occasionally provide Embers.
Found in open areas | Found inside caves
and dark areas |
Found underwater or
near shallow water in caves |
Corium
- Corium is a special mineral formed inside a Titan when it dies. They can also be found inside Luminaries who obtain these rare minerals from fallen titans. Corium can only be harvested when there is a need for it, such as Crafting the Dawn Shield.
Corium inside Fort Trasis Enclave |
Crystals

Crystals are formed when there are extreme shaper anomalies in Coda. They form all across Northern Bastion when cataclysms occur.
Crystals are considered very valuable and come in small and large varieties, and both can be harvested. The small variety can be found anywhere, whereas the large variety can only be found around Storm Clouds or inside conjunctions.
If there is no intense shaper activity, crystals only provide embers. Crystals are said to resonate like embers according to cortex entires, which means they can be used to make powerful seals.
Abandoned Javelins
Often times, lancers will have to abandon their javelins when severely damaged. These javelins still contain valuable Javelin Parts which can be harvested for parts. Most, if not almost all abandoned javelins are either Ranger or Colossus as these two are the most popular types.
Interceptor haven't been found abandoned for now as they are either used for diplomatic missions by corvus or specialized Freelancers. Storm javelins are not found either because they are mostly used by Dominion or specialized Freelancers.
Abandoned Colossus | Abandoned Ranger |
Salvage Boxes
There several camps where people store items and forget them. These items can be salvaged for weapon parts, chimeric compounds, and chimeric alloys.
In active camps, these do not indicate whether they can be salvaged or not, but they have a health bar and glow. These are destructible boxes and their contents can only be obtained by breaking them apart.
The rusted boxes found under water cannot be destroyed.
New Box which can be
destroyed or interacted with |
Rusted Box which must be
destroyed to harvest |
Treasure Chests
All treasure chests are designed to provide Embers other than loot. Some can even provide Chimeric Alloy, Chimeric Compound, Weapon Parts and javelin parts, especially in early game.
A closed Treasure Chest |