Dust

Dust, or Element Dust, is the fine form of Element first added with Extinction and present in ASA and ASE. Its main value is crafting Unstable Element, which later spoils into usable Element, so it is a steady path to Tek power.

How to get it

• Creatures: kill and harvest Enforcers, Defense Units and Tek creatures.
• Sanctuary: break lampposts, benches and tables in the city, for example with a Doedicurus.
• Other: defending Element Nodes in the Wasteland, picking up a Ferox, and Gacha crystals.

What it is used for

• Unstable Element: crafts Unstable Element and Unstable Element Shards once you know those engrams.
• Power: fuels the Scout and feeds Enforcers.
• Conversion: at a City Terminal or Tek Replicator you can break 1 Element into 200 Dust, or 1 Element Shard into 2 Dust, though Element loses value this way.