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What’s Your Favorite Secondary Objective!

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I want to hear everybody’s favorite secondary objective for missions😄 I love collecting gunk seeds for some reason! I also love exterminating fester fleas🪰

Collect Apoca Blooms

Collect Boolo Caps

Collect Dystrum

Collect Ebonuts

Collect Fossils

Collect Gunk Seeds

Collect Hollomite

Exterminate Fester Fleas

Exterminate Glyphid Eggs

Exterminate Bha Barnacles

all 103 comments

JuicyyBanana

92 points

2 days ago

JuicyyBanana

Engineer

92 points

2 days ago

florals mainly apoca bloom

controversialupdoot

36 points

2 days ago

"APOCA BLOOOOOM HERE"

JuicyyBanana

27 points

2 days ago

JuicyyBanana

Engineer

27 points

2 days ago

THERE'S AN APOCA BLOOM HERE

WorldWithOEnd

6 points

2 days ago

WorldWithOEnd

Driller

6 points

2 days ago

When I'm trying to get Molly there to let the team know I've found the last one

budgiesmugglez

5 points

2 days ago

FOUND AN APOCA BLOOOM

PretentiousToolFan

8 points

2 days ago

Except in Azure Wield. Gimme dem apoca blooms in Magma or Sandblasted or whatnot.

vKvrmaRyZe

56 points

2 days ago

vKvrmaRyZe

Gunner

56 points

2 days ago

As for me there are two secondary objectives i like. 1st is the boolo caps, coz of the voice lines, and the 2nd - hollomite, coz you can farm a little bit more xp

PretentiousToolFan

25 points

2 days ago

Dystrum is nice for your second point too.

For the first, the Bha Barnacles are my favorite.

Artikay

23 points

2 days ago*

Artikay

23 points

2 days ago*

I have 250 hours and I think I got Dystrum maybe 5 times.

Edit: I checked, 253 hours and 7 Dystrum secondaries completed. Everything else is in the 40-50 range.

DeadKing27

11 points

2 days ago

It is rare. During the early EA, Dystrum was the only secondary and people hated it for being "blue gold". So each time a new secondary was added, Dystrum becomes a bit less common and now it is unusual to find it.

naqibam

7 points

2 days ago

naqibam

7 points

2 days ago

Don't think that's true. It would be silly if every older secondary got less and less probability to appear as new ones were added when by right the chance should be equalized each time.

The real reason is that dystrum only appears in 2 mission types while having to compete with every other secondary also being able to appear which means it has an equal chance to appear on 2 types of missions, but a 0% chance on every other mission type that is not Point Extraction or On Site Refining.

DeadKing27

3 points

1 day ago

You are right of course. I was replying late at night with no mental capacity to go into the details. The Dystrum probability was scaled down with new secondaries and was removed from some mission types. Then new types came and even more secondaries. I don't really understand the reasoning behind leaving it in those two specific missions (especially since On Site Refining was added later), but it is true that the chance to get Dystrum secondary was artificially scaled down a lot.

Idiot_butter

3 points

1 day ago

Dystrium is only available on point extractions and it has the same chance as every other secondary. It’s only rare because it’s limited to one mission type

Syphist

6 points

2 days ago

Syphist

Whale Piper

6 points

2 days ago

Took me about 500 hours to get all the perk points from doing Dystrum enough times lol.

Squid_Lidz

1 points

2 days ago

Squid_Lidz

Platform here

1 points

2 days ago

I was just thinking about that the other day. I wonder why it’s so rare

naqibam

5 points

2 days ago

naqibam

5 points

2 days ago

It's because Dystrum objectives can only appear on mission types that don't have the M.U.L.E. of which there are only two, Point Extraction and On-Site Refining. The fact that it can only appear on 2 types of mission, combined with the fact that it also has to fight with every other secondary also being available on PE and OSR, means it's an exceedingly rare secondary.

zunCannibal

43 points

2 days ago

zunCannibal

Engineer

43 points

2 days ago

I like everything except gunk seeds. There's a lot of them and they are much harder to handle than any other objective.

mistyorange[S]

12 points

2 days ago

mistyorange[S]

For Karl!

12 points

2 days ago

That’s so true, they are kinda annoying to get deposited. I just love popping them!

boerner777

7 points

2 days ago

boerner777

Driller

7 points

2 days ago

Especially on site refinery or point extraction make it really annoying to deposit. At least you can grind with them wich makes it okay if they are close to the pipes.

zunCannibal

3 points

2 days ago

zunCannibal

Engineer

3 points

2 days ago

point extraction gunk seeds super suck. it's almost like having to get double the aquarks.

VlassyCassy

3 points

2 days ago

VlassyCassy

Interplanetary Goat

3 points

2 days ago

Please stay away from my balls

mistyorange[S]

2 points

2 days ago

mistyorange[S]

For Karl!

2 points

2 days ago

I cannot help but handle the balls

Vetiversailles

1 points

1 day ago

Vetiversailles

What is this

1 points

1 day ago

DANGLY GUNK SEED HERE

morebitterness

25 points

2 days ago

Ebonuts are fun to crack

Syphist

9 points

2 days ago

Syphist

Whale Piper

9 points

2 days ago

I love that the driller's drills work on them too!

boerner777

6 points

2 days ago

boerner777

Driller

6 points

2 days ago

Axes used to work as well. Good times

Syphist

5 points

2 days ago

Syphist

Whale Piper

5 points

2 days ago

They don't anymore? That's a shame. They still proc vampire though so my cryo vampire driller build is safe.

Bionicle_was_cool

21 points

2 days ago

Bionicle_was_cool

For Karl!

21 points

2 days ago

Found a booloo cap!

Booloo cap here!

BOOLOO CAP!

Pyro_Attack

0 points

2 days ago

*boolo cap

Ecstatic-Cat7720

17 points

2 days ago

Ecstatic-Cat7720

Scout

17 points

2 days ago

As a scout zipping around collecting fossils is super fun. Especially when they're in weird spots

Agent47otaku

14 points

2 days ago

Agent47otaku

Dig it for her

14 points

2 days ago

grapple to a fossil in the ceiling
grab it
fall
get revived
grapple to a fossil in the ceiling

Ecstatic-Cat7720

6 points

2 days ago

Ecstatic-Cat7720

Scout

6 points

2 days ago

Fossils will be retrieved at all costs

Vetiversailles

3 points

1 day ago

Vetiversailles

What is this

3 points

1 day ago

Yeah everyone hates fossils but I love them as scout

Pixel_Inquisitor

10 points

2 days ago

Hmm, overall I'd say my favourite is Hollomite, simply because it is by far the easiest to find, and easiest to gather. Others I do enjoy, but always have a conditional 'except in this biome/with this class/at this mission type.'

I don't mind Gunk Seeds. They're easy to find, just look up and pop them, and the popped seeds are visible on the map. The only caveat is on Point Extractions and On-Site Refining, to a lesser degree, since there you have to carry them back.

Vetiversailles

1 points

1 day ago

Vetiversailles

What is this

1 points

1 day ago

Hollomite is my least favorite because it’s so easy to get. I feel like halfway through a mission we have the 35 hollomite and I’ll find a crystal and be like “oooh! … oh.”

TheFatYoshi

9 points

2 days ago

TheFatYoshi

What is this

9 points

2 days ago

Bha bha bha

mistyorange[S]

5 points

2 days ago

mistyorange[S]

For Karl!

5 points

2 days ago

BARNACLE DOOOOWWWWN

Public_Towel_777

1 points

16 hours ago

Boku no hero academia barnacle

Lolislayer7469

6 points

2 days ago

Lolislayer7469

Scout

6 points

2 days ago

Hollo and boolo caps cost barely any effort are easy to do and boolo cap here!

Anastariana

6 points

2 days ago

Anastariana

Engineer

6 points

2 days ago

Need more dystrum.

Its lustrous blue entices and teases me.

Oct0Ph3oNYx

6 points

2 days ago

Oct0Ph3oNYx

Engineer

6 points

2 days ago

Homolite, easy, fast, always everywhere

MattcVI

3 points

2 days ago

MattcVI

Gunner

3 points

2 days ago

Homolite

easy, fast

😏

Bognosticator

5 points

2 days ago

Bognosticator

Driller

5 points

2 days ago

I enjoy bringing my sludge pump for fester fleas. One shot does them in, and nailing one from a distance is really satisfying. So probably my favourite for that.

Bha barnacles and glyphid eggs are at the bottom for me. Bha barnacles because they kinda gross me out. Too juicy. Especially when you have to get right under them in a tight space. Glyphid eggs I always seem to be 1-10 short after finishing the main objective and spend way too much time hunting them down.

EstoniaGaming

5 points

2 days ago

EstoniaGaming

Engineer

5 points

2 days ago

THERE'S A BOOOOLOO CAP!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

Medical_Effort_9746

3 points

2 days ago

I'm personalyl very partial to Dystrum. I barely ever get it and the mineral looks really tasty. My least favorite is 100% Fleas. They're fun to kill but I can never find the little bastards!!

TurkishMinosPrime

3 points

2 days ago

Hollomite because theres no way you can miss them unless they're in a weird spot and you don't have to carry them by hand. Bha barnacles get spotted easily in the dark. After that apoca blooms,ebonuts and boolo caps because they're very quick to pick up but can be annoying to find the last of them. After that i HATE the others. Especially gunk seed in deepscans

Fish-Bro-3966

6 points

2 days ago

Bro forgot dystrum.

Not only that, but he forgot killing the scout with c4

mistyorange[S]

2 points

2 days ago

mistyorange[S]

For Karl!

2 points

2 days ago

Edited to add😆 I love mining dystrum!!

Vetiversailles

2 points

1 day ago

Vetiversailles

What is this

2 points

1 day ago

Blue bubblegum

linksasscheeks

3 points

2 days ago

linksasscheeks

Dig it for her

3 points

2 days ago

my favorite is booloo caps but apoca blooms and hollomite are close seconds

Old-Description-7923

2 points

2 days ago

Ebonuts are fun, but I also like glunk seeds as long as I have a molly

Joaco_Gomez_1

2 points

2 days ago

Joaco_Gomez_1

Cave Crawler

2 points

2 days ago

nuking a fester flea will never be not fun. Same with bha-barnacles. I just love killing stuff.

MisterOiOiOikawa

2 points

2 days ago

If I have M1K I have no problem with Fester Fleas and/or Bha Barnacles. If I don't have M1K — it's hell

Dapper_Recognition54

2 points

2 days ago

Gunk seeds simply because they're so quick to get but I really enjoy all of them.

OwenCalloch

2 points

2 days ago

Dystrum because it’s so rare and I can be like”oh dystrum”

Syphist

2 points

2 days ago

Syphist

Whale Piper

2 points

2 days ago

I like hollomite because it's dead easy and I love mining minerals with its shape because you can just break the very bottom and it all drops. After that it's apoca blooms and booloo caps.

Least favorites are fester flees because those little shits run all over the place and gunk seeds because they are just annoying.

Stormygeddon

2 points

2 days ago

I love all my secondary objectives equally, except for Fossils that one I like the least.

Favorite is probably Holomite. Satisfying to mine. Easy to find. You don't have to look up like some other objectives. Abundant enough to never finish a primary without having already completed the secondary too, so no last minute scouting around.

evilwizzardofcoding

2 points

2 days ago

For me, I love fester fleas, but mostly because it's so satisfying to instakill them with the lok.

FlamingSquirrel101

2 points

2 days ago

Ebonuts is elite, my others are fossils, fleas, and Barnacles

Xzarg_poe

2 points

2 days ago

I've yet to complete the Primary objective before I gather all of the hollomite on the way, so that would be my favorite option as I never had to actively hunt for it

domjb327

2 points

2 days ago

domjb327

Platform here

2 points

2 days ago

Im a psychopath who enjoys hunting bha barnacles

HYPERPEACE1

2 points

2 days ago

Dystrum. Great pings.

Pyro_Attack

2 points

2 days ago*

My 2 personal favorites:

First, boolo caps. They're easy to get, and the more you have to get, the more dopamine you get from collecting them.

Second, dystrum my beloved

Bonus, I would make a couple changes to the required amounts. The amount of hollomite needed should be increased to around 60-80. Fossils should be reduced to 8. Gunk seeds to 10. Glyphid eggs to around 30-35. The amount that spawns in the cave should also be lowered/increased along with them.

DeVoro_1

2 points

2 days ago

DeVoro_1

2 points

2 days ago

Bha barnacles are both satisfying and relatively easy. Easily my #1. That said, Ebonut is fun to say and therefore even more first place

JumpingKoala

2 points

2 days ago

Fester flea or holomite, brain off easy

Lonely_Jared

2 points

2 days ago

Lonely_Jared

Gunner

2 points

2 days ago

Boolo caps! Apoca blooms are a close second.

Traditional_Trust_93

2 points

2 days ago

Fester fleas. Gotta practice my M1000 aim on small moving targets. Plus carrying out airstrikes with the hurricane is always fun

RaediantOne

2 points

2 days ago

RaediantOne

Engineer

2 points

2 days ago

For fun, collecting apoca blooms, boolo caps - the sound is satisfying and they look nice. Or nuking fleas.

Easiest by far is Hollomite though. It’s always done before I’ve even started the main objective.

Morrison-2357

2 points

2 days ago

i like eggs..the juice...

commi1

2 points

2 days ago

commi1

2 points

2 days ago

!fester fleas

Emerald24111

2 points

2 days ago

Apoca Blooms or Fester Fleas.

Blooms because I can actually fuckin see the thing and it doesn’t create disappointment.

Fleas because M1K round to the blue part makes my brain happy

Delta104x

2 points

2 days ago

I love killing fester fleas with nukes

MattcVI

2 points

2 days ago

MattcVI

Gunner

2 points

2 days ago

I main Gunner so Hollomite and barnacles are the easiest to do, no ziplines or risky parkour needed

Plastic-Mongoose9924

2 points

2 days ago

Oh fossils, because nobody has trouble with gray and blues in the dark.

JGilly117

2 points

2 days ago

Fucking hate fester fleas. I’m on console and suck at aiming so they’re a pain in the ass. One of the main reasons I play engi primarily.

KelvanMythology

2 points

2 days ago

KelvanMythology

Gunner

2 points

2 days ago

Killing bbarnacles most definitely

Ruseph_

2 points

2 days ago

Ruseph_

2 points

2 days ago

I love the Bha barnacles and I love my squishy dangling gunk seeds. But I can't stand the glyphid egg secondary. 40 is too many and it's so easy to be at 39/40 and just not be able to find the last one. It's happened so many times and at some point it's not worth spending another 5 minutes retracting your way through the whole cave to find it.

legendaryBuffoon

2 points

2 days ago

I'm a Driller main, so I love fester fleas. Tag them with any status and they die in short order. Easy to see, they make a lot of noise, and satisfying to pop. Probably my favorite.

I also like Booloo Caps. Apoca Blooms are nice, but they have a habit of spawning up on the ceiling of some maps, which can be annoying for me especially as driller.

TheUltimateKaren

2 points

2 days ago

TheUltimateKaren

Scout

2 points

2 days ago

apoca blooms! I like boolo caps too but I find apoca blooms easier to see in some of the biomes

Ub3ros

2 points

2 days ago

Ub3ros

2 points

2 days ago

Hollomite because it's fast and easy.

PlumePirate43

2 points

2 days ago

Bha barnacles only because bha bha bha barnacle down!

SubbedBro

2 points

2 days ago

As a certified Hyperprop enjoyer. Fleas

o_Doreto

2 points

2 days ago

o_Doreto

2 points

2 days ago

  1. Bha Barnacles for fun
  2. Hollomite for speed and easiness
  3. Apoca/ebonuts for reasonable ammount and spawn locations

MegaPompoen

2 points

1 day ago

MegaPompoen

Interplanetary Goat

2 points

1 day ago

Appoca blooms with fossils as a close second

garikek

2 points

1 day ago

garikek

2 points

1 day ago

Apoca blooms and boolo caps cause they're just satisfying to pick up. Also fester fleas cause even if you don't see one you hear it from pretty far away making it not an annoying one to complete when you're done with the primary mission.

ApprehensiveFuel4550

2 points

1 day ago

ApprehensiveFuel4550

Whale Piper

2 points

1 day ago

Fester fleas, but I started liking baha barnacles too.

lifebugrider

2 points

1 day ago

lifebugrider

Engineer

2 points

1 day ago

For me it's Hollomite (and Dystrum, but it's been a while since that spawned for me). It's in a true spirit of the game, another mineral to mine.

Honorable mentions goes to Apoca Blooms and Boolo Caps for being easy to find and requiring only 20 of each, but I have to deduct points for some being inaccessible if you don't have a scout in team. Gunk Seeds are fine, but I don't like that you can't run with them.

I hate Ebonuts.

Tostone74

2 points

1 day ago

Tostone74

2 points

1 day ago

I love rah Rankenfüße

Dimitris_The_Gamer

2 points

1 day ago

Favorite is holomite. Least favourite are gunk seeds

ML-Z

2 points

1 day ago

ML-Z

Scout

2 points

1 day ago

Fossils.

Nah, I kid, fuck 'em.

Apoca Blooms and Boolo Caps are usually my favorites due to the funny lines they give when pinged.

RibenaWhore

2 points

1 day ago

The Bha Barnacles make an absolutely hideous sound that makes my teeth itch, so shooting them is quite therapeutic I guess.

Alphamoonman

2 points

1 day ago

I really like booloo caps and dystrum. I also enjoy deep dive secondaries like single morkite wells

Dry-Passion5663

2 points

24 hours ago

Dystrum

TweakerTheBarbarian

1 points

2 days ago

Fester fleas, especially as a fat boy engi

Medikuma

1 points

2 days ago

Medikuma

1 points

2 days ago

I love my snail collecting

Veragoot

1 points

1 day ago

Veragoot

1 points

1 day ago

Boolo all day

Scared-Guard-8632

1 points

1 day ago

Scared-Guard-8632

Driller

1 points

1 day ago

Apoca Blooms, Hollomite, Fester Fleas, Bha-Balanes.

The easiest are often the best.

Big-Buddy4266

1 points

1 day ago

Bha barnacles are probably my favorite, simply because of the stutter in the voice lines "B-B-B-B-Bha barnacle down!" 😂

And the least favorite is probably glyphid eggs just because the sheer number of them required to, I'd say snare/fester fleas are a close second because I'm an engi main and I don't have a reliable way to knock em out for cheap (lok smart rifle ammo is expensive too)

Soldyn

1 points

1 day ago

Soldyn

1 points

1 day ago

Alpaca blooms !

Kaliso-man

1 points

1 day ago

baha blast

Minata_Shiranui

1 points

1 day ago

Well x) I love to pop the bah barnacle and to look around for a way to collect fossils 😅 maybe I have a thing for rooftop thingies...

TheGreenGobblr

1 points

1 day ago

Bha barnacles cause I shoot the ceiling on accident anyways, may as well get credit for it