How to farm Energy Link in Once Human

Energy Links are a vital currency in Once Human that’s used from purchasing stock from vending machines to trading with merchant by way of unlocking memetics, teleporting, and in all manner of crafting recipes. It’s safe to say you’ll be chomping through quite a bit of the stuff and you’ll invariably hit a point where you’ll be running low. In this guide, you’ll find a breakdown of the most efficient Energy Link farms in Once Human.

The best way to farm Energy Link is to craft and sell items. Here are the crafted items that command the highest Energy Link selling price with vendors, traders, and merchants across the map:

• Gold and Silver Ingots
• Combo Chipsets
• Digby Boys and Spare Ores
• Buzzy Bees and Deviated Crops
• Cooked food and dishes
• Morphic Crates

Gold and Silver Ingots

Gold and silver ore nodes spring up fairly regularly across the map, especially in higher level regions like Red Sands and Chalk Peak. Mine these then smelt them into ingots, which you can sell to traders. You’ll get 12k for gold ingots and 6k Energy Link for silver ingots.

Combo Chipsets

If the RNG gods are feeling kind, you can unlock the Combo Chipset memetic specialization, which lets you craft these chipsets then sell them for a huge Energy Link haul. This is one of the best Energy Link farming techniques in Once Human because you’re mainly using readily available parts that you likely already have stored anyway in abundance in your base. Every Combo Chipset will earn you 12k Energy Links each. To craft one at a Supplies Workbench, you’ll need the following materials. These are very common disassembly items so are very easy to come by:

• 30x Electronic Parts
• 20x Metal Scraps
• 12x Special Parts

Digby Boys and Steel Ingots

Digby Boys are hard-working Deviants that mine ore for you. The better their skill is, the more often they’ll come back with higher-grade ores like iron and even silver. You can then convert all of your spare ores into ingots and sell them. Tungsten Ingots sell for 50 Energy Link, Steel Ingots for 15 Energy Link, Aluminum Ingots for 40 Energy Link, and Bronze Ingots for 10 Energy Link. We recommend prioritising Steel Ingots. Producing them at an Electric Smelter doesn’t cost acid or charcoal. The need for the Steel Ingots tails off drastically the deeper you get into the game so you won’t be wasting precious resources.

Buzzy Bees and Deviated Crops

Farming is a reliable way to make Energy Link but you can make it even more lucrative by using Buzzy Bee Deviants unleashing Buzzy Bees to turn produce Deviated Crops, which sell for higher prices at traders. Additionally, you can cook these special crops to create high-value dishes to sell. For example, a single Deviated Saffron will earn you 1k Energy Link. Deviated Crops occasionally grow out in the wilds, especially in Red Sands and Chalk Peak.

Fruit Tea and cooked food

Blue quality meals, Fruit Tea, steak, and other dishes are easy to make and have very basic material requirements. Though they won’t earn you huge amounts of Energy Link, it’s all about volume. Every region spawns flowers, especially near rivers, including the starter Dayton Wetlands region. Head to a waterway and farm as many flowers as you can. Craft them into Fruit Tea. Each Fruit Tea stack sells for 4500 Energy Link. It’s hands down the best early game farming method. Later on, you can also unlock more advanced recipes, specifically the Crated Canned Lunch, which only requires meat and x2 Aluminium Ingots, and is sold for a cool 200 Energy Link.

Morphic Crates

You’ll find Morphic Crates in set locations across all regions. Though you can only loot each one once, they are guaranteed to contain Energy Link. They are hidden but you can track them down by monitoring the round light gauge on the your characters backpack. When it starts to pulse, you’re near a Morphic Crate. Press Q to check for anomalies and reveal the crate. Defeat it to get access to the loot it’s holding.

The amount of Energy Link you’ll from a Morphic Crate depends on its region:

• Dayton Wetlands – 60 Energy Links
• Iron River / Broken Delta – 160 Energy Links
• Chalk Peak – 240 Energy Links
• Red Sands – 300 Energy Links

Other ways to farm Energy Link

If crafting feels too involved, there are other ways to secure a steady supply of the currency:

• Complete points of interest and Securement Silo dungeons
• Complete Journey challenges
• Complete Weekly Commissions
• Complete World Tasks

The Energy Link returns aren’t quite as lucrative but you’ll side step the finicky process of farming for materials and crafting them into items you can sell.