Loot with a return plan

Surface loot can support crafting and future equipment. A failed trip can cost the items you carried.

Check your in-game map and extraction options. Keep an alternative route in mind, and avoid committing to a fight simply because you hear one. This is planning advice, not a live extraction tracker.

Dynamic Loot Zones can make the same area more or less valuable between raids. They do not change the area’s underlying loot category. Our advice: use the map to plan alternatives, not to promise a fixed rare item from a familiar route.

Embark · Frozen Trail 2.0 · Embark · update 2.2.0, PvE test ended

The 2.0 update moves higher-tier Queen and Matriarch leg loot from the armour plates to the protected leg pieces. Plates can still contain some loot. A broken plate is not a guarantee that you have recovered the valuable parts underneath it.

Embark · Frozen Trail 2.0 · Embark · update 2.2.0, PvE test ended