Where can I find Alien Alloys?
I rushed Magnetic Weapons research, and to my dismay found that I can't actually build any magnetic weapons in engineering because I don't have any alien alloys.
I know in the first game that shooting down UFOs was a good source of them, but near as I can tell I'm not doing any UFO blasting in this game. Not yet anyway.
Is there anything I can do to hunt down alloys (like choosing certain mission types), or am I just kind of screwed for rushing Magnetic Weapons too early?
Best Answer
There are several ways I know of to acquire Alien Alloys.
UFO Missions - one of the possible mission types is intercepting a landed or downed UFO. Like the original game, after the mission Alien Alloys can be claimed from the craft.
Alien Machinery - There are 3 types of rooms in the avenger. One of them is "Alien Machinery", and clearing this room type will give a small amount of Alien Alloys.
Supply Raid Missions - Supply Raid missions (Advent Trains) can result in Alien Alloys.
Black Market - The Black market will occasionally offer Alien Alloys. You must buy these lump sump for intel, and they aren't always available.
See also Philipp's answer, above.
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Where can I find alien alloys in XCOM?
3 Answers- Cleaning rooms - The rooms on the lower levels of the Avenger will reward you with some units of alloy when cleaned out.
- Black market - The black market will often offer you alloys in exchange for intel.
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Once the cube is close to them, start shooting. The cube will suck up those resources \u2014 it'll even move around a little to seek them out. After it sucks up enough, it'll explode and leave behind that precious Alien Alloy.Journey To The Savage Planet All Alien Alloy Locations - The $600 Man Trophy / Achievement Guide
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You can also acquire alien alloys as a hack reward (albeit, with a low probability, dependent on your squad member's tech score) upon a successful hack, seen in the screenshot below:
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