Where to Find Scrap in Tides of Tomorrow and Completing Challenges

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Although Tides of Tomorrow is mostly straightforward when exploring, you’ll still need to talk to many non-player characters (NPCs). Since the game takes place after a disaster, regular money has no value here. Instead, most transactions involve scrap, an item you can find all over the islands.

Having enough scrap is crucial for survival, as you’ll need it to trade and get other resources like ozen. Because scrap tends to accumulate slowly, it’s important to keep collecting it regularly.

Best Ways to Collect Scrap

Explore Every Corner
While wandering through different areas, look carefully in secluded spots that lead to dead ends. These hidden places often contain piles of scrap or trash cans filled with scrap. Each time, you’ll typically find between 1 and 10 scrap, but collecting these small amounts adds up quickly and forms your main scrap source.

Collect Scrap from Water Piles
When traveling by boat, watch for shiny yellow-glowing patches on the water—they’re scrap piles. You can run over these to gather scrap swiftly. Sometimes, these piles are hidden behind narrow pathways or behind obstacles, so stay alert when cruising.

Search for Chests
After exploring a few islands, you’ll come across chests located at specific spots. These chests may contain scrap or ozen, provided the player you follow hasn’t already taken them. You can tell what’s inside by checking the bottom of your screen when selecting a character. Chests are a quick way to get a large amount of scrap when you’re running low.

Where to Use Scrap

The primary purpose of scrap is to purchase ozen from vendors. In the early stages of the game, ozen is quite cheap. However, in later stages, it can cost between 80 and 100 scrap per bottle. It’s wise to save enough scrap to buy at least two bottles, as most players use ozen found in chests during the late game.

You can also deposit scrap into a merchant’s scrap pot, which reduces the cost for the next player who wants to buy ozen by offering a discount.

Knowing when and where to spend your scrap is key, especially since in the early game, you might find yourself with hundreds of scrap but no immediate use for it. Save your resources for important purchases, like ozen, and don’t waste them recklessly.