Processors are the material you ignore until an MK3 kit or pink augment demands a stack you don't have. Stop looting randomly. Hit the right rooms, and 8–15 Processors per run becomes the floor, not the ceiling.

This is the route. No filler.

• Why Processors Actually Matter
• Best Farming Locations Ranked
• The Stella Montis Route (Main Method)
• Route Overview
• Assembly: Your Opening Move
• Medical Research: The Reliable Second Stop
• Control Rooms: Optional Extension
• Cultural Archives: Greedy Route Finisher
• Fast Route vs Full Greed Route
• Items to Save for Recycling
• Vendor Backup: Celeste
• Backup Farm: Spaceport
• Backup Farm: Dam Battlegrounds
• Loadout: Keep It Light
• 8 Rules for Better Yield
• Expected Yield by Run Quality
• Mistakes Killing Your Yield
• FAQ
• What's the fastest way to farm Processors?
• Where's the single best Processor location?
• Can I just buy Processors instead of farming?
• What should I recycle for Processors?
• How many Processors should one run get me?
• Summary

↖ Why Processors Actually Matter

They gate high-grade gear, pink augments, and MK3 kits. If you're not prioritizing them, you're stalling your own progression.

Key point: Processors also come from recycling. Stop chasing a single item. Start farming a whole loot category — servers, cabinets, breach lockers, electronics.

↖ Best Farming Locations Ranked

Bottom line: Stella Montis is the primary farm. Spaceport and Dam are for when Stella's contested.

↖ The Stella Montis Route (Main Method)

Spawn dictates start point:

• Spawn near Assembly? Start there.
• Spawn near Medical Research? Reverse it.

Two minutes of dead running kills your efficiency. Don't force a bad spawn.

↖ Route Overview

↖ Assembly: Your Opening Move

Hit breachable lockers, server racks, cabinets, carts, computers in that order. In a clean lobby, 5 Processors in the first minute is realistic.

Lockers already open? Don't panic — check servers and cabinets anyway. Most players grab the shiny loot and skip the boring tech containers. That's your advantage.

↖ Medical Research: The Reliable Second Stop

Another squad already ran through? Still check everything. Players loot fast and leave recyclables behind.

Assembly + Medical Research alone = 8–12 direct Processors on a clean run.

↖ Control Rooms: Optional Extension

Push into A3 and A1 if your bag isn't full and the lobby's quiet. Lower density than Assembly, but it stabilizes your average.

⚠️ Warning: ARC enemies guarding the area? Decide fast. A dead raider extracts zero Processors. Ten in the bag beats fifteen you never bring home.

↖ Cultural Archives: Greedy Route Finisher

Open server clusters, side-room tech, breachable panels. Check what other players skip — boring containers pay the bills here.

↖ Fast Route vs Full Greed Route

Need a quick top-up? Fast route. Building a stockpile? Go full greed.

↖ Items to Save for Recycling

Don't scrap these. They feed Processor chains.

10 direct Processors on paper can turn into 16+ after you recycle everything else you dragged home.

↖ Vendor Backup: Celeste

Celeste trades seeds for roughly 5 Processors per reset. Not a farming replacement — a gap-filler when you're one craft short.

Short a few? Check Celeste first. Need a stack? Go farm.

↖ Backup Farm: Spaceport

Departure Building is the target — first-floor processing rooms, third-floor computer areas, server cases.

Less streamlined than Stella. More spread out, more exposure. Departure already stripped? Pivot immediately. Don't burn five minutes on scraps.

↖ Backup Farm: Dam Battlegrounds

Research and Admin are the zones. Not your first choice for pure Processor farming, but solid if you're already running Dam objectives.

↖ Loadout: Keep It Light

You don't need a full kit to farm tech rooms.

Spawned far from the good zones with nothing but a pistol? Sometimes resetting beats forcing it.

↖ 8 Rules for Better Yield

1. Hit breach lockers first — best direct Processor source.

2. Never skip servers — most players do. Don't be most players.

3. Open every cabinet — wires and sensors hide here too.

4. Check computers/carts — small containers, real value.

5. Keep recyclable electronics — your final count depends on it.

6. Extract when the bag's good — greed kills more runs than RNG.

7. Reverse route by spawn — don't force a dead-run start.

8. Recheck looted rooms — other players leave more than you'd think.

↖ Expected Yield by Run Quality

Clean spawn, untouched containers, full recycling — 40+ Processor value in a single run is achievable. Not guaranteed. But it's the real ceiling.

↖ Mistakes Killing Your Yield

↖ FAQ

↖ What's the fastest way to farm Processors?

Stella Montis — Assembly and Medical Research. Loot breach lockers, servers, computers, and cabinets. Extract after those two zones for a fast, reliable run.

↖ Where's the single best Processor location?

Assembly, Stella Montis. Highest container density on the map. Medical Research, Control Rooms A1/A3, and Cultural Archives extend the route if you have time.

↖ Can I just buy Processors instead of farming?

Yes, from Celeste, roughly 5 per reset for seeds. Good for topping off a craft. Won't replace an actual farming run.

↖ What should I recycle for Processors?

Exodus Modules, Broken Guidance Systems, Telemetry Transceivers, Geiger Counters, Spectrum Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Ion Splitters, Rotary Encoders. Keep all of it.

↖ How many Processors should one run get me?

6–12 direct on a fast Assembly + Medical Research run. 18–30+ with Control Rooms and recycling. 40+ on an excellent full-map run with clean spawns.

↖ Summary

Stop treating Processors as random loot — they're targeted loot. Run Stella Montis: Assembly → Medical Research → Control Rooms → Cultural Archives. Prioritize servers, breach lockers, cabinets, computers. Keep every recyclable electronic. Use Celeste for small gaps. Fall back to Spaceport or Dam when Stella's hot.

Extract before greed turns a good run into nothing.