Question about materials drop

[Ultra Morgan]

Hi! I'm new to the server. I have some experience with the game from my time playing on the Dreamcast.
Reading about materials and the most efficient and effective way to use them, I saw that the wiki says they mostly drop on normal difficulty. For example, my character has the Viridian ID, and the wiki says that to get POW materials, I can only do so in the Episode 2 VR on normal difficulty. Is this correct, or am I missing something?

 

[Nikki]

Specific materials represented on the drop charts are just the set drops for those mobs in that difficulty. Materials of all kinds drop from all mobs.

 

[Lilyzavoqth]

I made a spreadsheet for Material drop rates in all areas.

PSOBB Ephinea Material Drop Rates

docs.google.com

 

[Ultra Morgan]

Thank you so much for your prompt responses! Now I understand the matter a little better.
I still have so much to learn, so much it's almost overwhelming

 

[ProjectK777]

Thank you so much for your prompt responses! Now I understand the matter a little better.
I still have so much to learn, so much it's almost overwhelming

I feel the same way, used to play since Dreamcast during my childhood and still hardly know anything about how the game works

 

[DM 경호]

What you want to be looking at is the tools drop table. When you look at the availability in a Material page, these drops are to be understood as rare drops. Rare drops are specifically assigned to a monster based on difficulty, that's why you only see them appear from normal to vhard difficulty, because no monster drops materials as rare drops on Ultimate. But if you watch the tools drop table, you will see that Ultimate is still the best place to farm Materials.

 

[Ultra Morgan]

What you want to be looking at is the tools drop table. When you look at the availability in a Material page, these drops are to be understood as rare drops. Rare drops are specifically assigned to a monster based on difficulty, that's why you only see them appear from normal to vhard difficulty, because no monster drops materials as rare drops on Ultimate. But if you watch the tools drop table, you will see that Ultimate is still the best place to farm Materials.

Ohhh. Now I understand my confusion. Thank you!