Where do I find materials in Loftia?
At gathering spots in Loftia City, the Hanging Gardens and the Gridfall. Each spot needs a particular tool, from bare hands up to Hammer Lv.3 or Pruners Lv.3; the three tables above list every one.
Loftia Materials
Loftia materials come from gathering spots in three districts, and your tools decide which spots you can open.
Where to find Loftia materials
The four that players get stuck on most:
- Copper Scraps: break Rusty Tools spots in the Hanging Gardens' Village with your basic Hammer. You do not need Hammer Lv.2 for copper.
- Tires: break Piles of Tires at Loftia City's Solar Farm with the Hammer.
- Vines: cut Overgrown Vines in the Gridfall's Historical Quarter with Pruners.
- Resin: break Pine Trees in the Hanging Gardens' Overgrowth with Hammer Lv.2.
For the rest of our Loftia guides, start at the Loftia guide hub.
Loftia material facts at a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Where materials come from | Gathering spots in Loftia City, the Hanging Gardens and the Gridfall, plus Crate Spots, group spots and a few fishing spots. Source: Game files. |
| Tools | Your hands, the Hammer (levels 1 to 3), the Pruners (levels 1 to 3), the Locator and repairs. Source: Game files. |
| Copper Scraps | Rusty Tools spots with the basic Hammer; Mineral Nodes with Hammer Lv.2. Source: Game files. |
| Crate Spots | No tool needed; a short minigame; back after about 20 minutes. Source: Game files. |
| Cooking ingredients | Butter, Milk, Egg, Cooking Oil and Sugar from Kun's Recipe Shop, 5 Dew each. Source: Game files. |
| Refined materials | Made at the Refining Station from gathered ones. Source: Game files. |
Which tool each Loftia gathering spot needs
Every gathering spot asks for one of these:
- By hand: grass, clay, bottles, buckets of screws, wire piles, berry bushes, algae, rope, small plants and sand.
- Hammer: crates, washing machines, tires, microwaves, rattan baskets and rusty tools.
- Hammer Lv.2: abandoned cars, Mineral Nodes, Pine Trees, ovens, old computers, drill machines and old servers.
- Hammer Lv.3: Lockbox Hammers and the Pile of Cars.
- Pruners: rattan trees, flax, cumin, mushrooms and Overgrown Vines.
- Pruners Lv.2: bamboo, cinnamon, Bioluminescent Ivy, clothes piles and cardboard waste.
- Pruners Lv.3: Lockbox Pruners and the Pile of Cables.
- Locator: artifact spots in the Gridfall.
- Repair: leaking pipes, lamp posts and hydroponic machines in the Gridfall. The game's tip: "Some repairs might require other items like Repair Kits. These items must be in your inventory".
Hammer Lv.2 and Pruners Lv.2 come from the Central Lake Research Station, and their level 3 versions from the Museum Research Station. Our Loftia hammer upgrade guide has the Hammer Lv.2 recipe, and our research station recipe list shows where every other tool upgrade comes from.
Loftia City materials
The Location column is the location each item lists in the game. Times are how long a spot takes to come back.
| Material | Location | Gathering spots |
|---|---|---|
 Clay | Construction Site | Clay Mound (hand, about 3 min) |
 Plant Fiber | The Hills | Tall Grass (hand, about 3 min) |
 Wild Berries | The Hills | Berry Bush (hand, about 3 min) |
 Plastic Discards | Scrap Quarter | Plastic Bottles (hand, about 3 min) |
 Screws | Scrap Quarter | Bucket of Screws (hand, about 3 min); Oven in the Gridfall (Hammer Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Scrap Wood | Construction Site | Wooden Crates (Hammer, about 5 min); Abandoned Car (Hammer Lv.2, about 20 min) |
 Metal Scraps | Scrap Quarter | Washing Machine (Hammer, about 5 min); Abandoned Car (Hammer Lv.2, about 20 min); Oven in the Gridfall (Hammer Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Tire | Solar Farm | Pile of Tires (Hammer, about 5 min) |
 Glass Cullets | Scrap Quarter | Old Microwave (Hammer, about 5 min); Abandoned Car (Hammer Lv.2, about 20 min); Oven in the Gridfall (Hammer Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Scrap Wire | Solar Farm | Wire Pile (hand, about 3 min); Old Microwave (Hammer, about 5 min); Abandoned Car (Hammer Lv.2, about 20 min); Oven in the Gridfall (Hammer Lv.2, about 5 min) |
Hanging Gardens materials
| Material | Location | Gathering spots |
|---|---|---|
 Jute | The Grove | Scrap Rope (hand, about 3 min); Rattan Basket (Hammer, about 3 min) |
 Algae | Central Lake | Algae (hand, about 5 min); also most fishing spots |
 Rattan | The Village | Rattan Tree (Pruners, about 5 min) |
 Flax | The Overgrowth | Flax (Pruners, about 3 min) |
 Cumin | The Overgrowth | Cumin (Pruners, about 5 min) |
 Oyster Mushrooms | The Overgrowth | Oyster Mushroom (Pruners, about 5 min) |
 Enoki Mushrooms | The Overgrowth | Enoki Mushroom (Pruners, about 5 min) |
 Portobello Mushrooms | The Hills (item details) | Portobello, in the Hanging Gardens (Pruners, about 5 min) |
 Copper Scraps | The Village | Rusty Tools (Hammer, about 3 min); Mineral Node (Hammer Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Bauxite Ore | Caves | Mineral Node (Hammer Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Salt | Caves | Mineral Node (Hammer Lv.2, about 5 min); cave fishing spots |
 Resin | The Overgrowth | Pine Tree (Hammer Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Bamboo | Bamboo Forest | Bamboo (Pruners Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Cinnamon | The Overgrowth | Cinnamon (Pruners Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Bioluminescent Ivy | The Overgrowth | Bioluminescent Ivy (Pruners Lv.2, about 5 min) |
Portobello Mushrooms list Loftia City's Hills in their item details, but the only Portobello spot in the game files is in the Hanging Gardens. What each Hanging Gardens place holds besides materials is on our guide to the Hanging Gardens' places.
Gridfall materials
| Material | Location | Gathering spots |
|---|---|---|
 Wild Greens | Historical Quarter | Small Plants (hand, about 3 min) |
 Vines | Historical Quarter | Overgrown Vines (Pruners, about 3 min) |
 Sand | The Underground | Sand Piles (hand, about 3 min) |
 Electronic Scraps | Historical Quarter | Old Computer (Hammer Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Gears | The Underground | Drill Machine (Hammer Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Magnets | Urbex | Old Servers (Hammer Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Rusted Metal | Historical Quarter | Leaking Pipe and Repairable Lamp Post (repair, about 5 min) |
 Cardboard | Patchwork Plaza | Cardboard Waste (Pruners Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Fabric Scraps | Urbex | Clothes Pile (Pruners Lv.2, about 5 min) |
 Carbon Fiber | Concrete Jungle | Lockbox Hammer (Hammer Lv.3, about 20 min) |
 Power Cable | Concrete Jungle | Lockbox Pruner (Pruners Lv.3, about 20 min) |
Most of these spots also appear inside the Gridfall's Urbex rooms, and the Locator's artifact spots give Sand, Electronic Scraps, Gears, Magnets, Fabric Scraps, Rusted Metal, Cardboard, Carbon Fiber and Power Cable as well. How to reach the Concrete Jungle and open the Urbex doors is on our Loftia Gridfall guide.
Hard-to-find Loftia materials
Copper Scraps
You do not need Hammer Lv.2 for Copper Scraps. Rusty Tools spots in the Hanging Gardens' Village give them to the basic Hammer, and come back after about 3 minutes. Mineral Nodes also give Copper Scraps, with Bauxite Ore and Salt, but they need Hammer Lv.2. You also find Copper Scraps in Hanging Gardens Crate Spots and at the ore fishing spots in the caves; our guide to rare fish and the caves covers those. Gather plenty: the Hammer Lv.2 recipe alone takes 10.
Tires and Glass Cullets
Tires come from Piles of Tires at Loftia City's Solar Farm (Hammer) and from Loftia City Crate Spots. Glass Cullets come from Old Microwaves in the Scrap Quarter (Hammer), the abandoned cars and the Gridfall's ovens (both Hammer Lv.2).
Vines
Vines grow on Overgrown Vines in the Gridfall's Historical Quarter; cut them with the basic Pruners. Gridfall Crate Spots sometimes add them, and the Pile of Cables gives them too. The Museum Research Station's Nurturing Nature set needs one.
Resin, Cinnamon and Bioluminescent Ivy
All three are in the Overgrowth and all three need an upgraded tool: Resin comes from Pine Trees with Hammer Lv.2, and Cinnamon and Bioluminescent Ivy need Pruners Lv.2. If a spot won't open, your tool is one level short.
Rattan
Rattan grows on Rattan Trees in the Hanging Gardens' Village; cut them with the Pruners. You need 5 for the Collector Rod and 10 for Hammer Lv.2.
Loftia Scrap Wire
Scrap Wire is easiest by hand from Wire Piles at Loftia City's Solar Farm. Old Microwaves, the abandoned cars, the Gridfall's ovens and the Pile of Cables give it too.
Loftia Carbon Fiber and Power Cable
Both come from Lockboxes in the Gridfall's Concrete Jungle, which need level 3 tools: Lockbox Hammer (Hammer Lv.3) for Carbon Fiber and Lockbox Pruner (Pruners Lv.3) for Power Cable. Lockboxes come back after about 20 minutes. The Pile of Cars gives Carbon Fiber, the Pile of Cables gives Power Cable, and Gridfall artifact spots give both.
Crate Spots and group spots
Crate Spots are in every district. They need no tool, start a short minigame and come back after about 20 minutes. Each gives materials from its own district, and some openings give a bigger haul with extra materials:
- Loftia City crates: Plastic Discards, Screws and Tires; a bigger haul adds Scrap Wood, Metal Scraps, Scrap Wire and Glass Cullets.
- Hanging Gardens crates: Jute, Flax and Copper Scraps; a bigger haul adds Salt, Cinnamon and the three mushrooms, so a crate can give you Cinnamon before you have Pruners Lv.2.
- Gridfall crates: Sand, Cardboard and Electronic Scraps; a bigger haul adds Vines, Gears, Magnets and Rusted Metal.
Group spots are big shared piles: the Pile of Cars (Hammer Lv.3) and the Pile of Cables (Pruners Lv.3). Starting one costs 1 battery charge, it stays open for about a minute, and the more players gather at it, the better the reward tier: one player gets the basic tier, three the good tier and five the best.
Any gathering can also drop extra items: Scrambled Coordinates for the treasure hunt, outfit pieces and, while a pet rescue quest is active, pet pieces. Our guide to getting Scrambled Coordinates explains the treasure hunt.
Refined and shop materials
Loftia Sugar and other cooking ingredients
You can't gather Sugar. Kun's Recipe Shop sells Butter, Milk, Egg, Cooking Oil and Sugar for 5 Dew each, once you finish the quest The First Sprout.
Loftia Lignin
Lignin is a refined material: the Refining Station turns 5 Bioluminescent Ivy into Lignin at level 2, so you need Pruners Lv.2 for the ivy first.
Every other refined material, from Planks to Copper Bars, is made at the Refining Station from the gathered materials above. Our Loftia recipes table lists each one's ingredients and time.
Version notes and limits
Three points are open. The game files list what each spot can drop but not how many you get per gather, so this page gives no amounts. The extra drops inside the Gridfall's Urbex rooms are not in the files we read. And the files do not say how many Repair Kits each repair uses. We will reread the gathering spots when the next Early Access build changes them.
Loftia materials FAQ
Do I need Hammer Lv.2 to get Copper Scraps?
No. Rusty Tools spots in the Hanging Gardens' Village give Copper Scraps to the basic Hammer. Only Mineral Nodes need Hammer Lv.2.
Where do I find Vines?
On Overgrown Vines in the Gridfall's Historical Quarter. Cut them with the basic Pruners.
Where do I find Tires?
At Piles of Tires at Loftia City's Solar Farm. Break them with the Hammer.
Where do I get Resin?
From Pine Trees in the Hanging Gardens' Overgrowth. They need Hammer Lv.2.
Why can't I gather Cinnamon or Bioluminescent Ivy?
Both need Pruners Lv.2. The recipe is the Murky Waters set's reward at the Central Lake Research Station.
Where do I buy Sugar?
At Kun's Recipe Shop, for 5 Dew, along with Butter, Milk, Egg and Cooking Oil.
Sources and version history for this guide: Loftia sources and versions.
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