Meteorite

Meteroites fall from the sky with a crash. Their impact twists the time-space continuum to the point that a few portals into the Dungeon Dimension open and drop a collection of aggravated Creatures.

Meteorites are encountered on Rugged or higher-level Worlds, and are levelled. Once all the Creatures that drop from the rifts opened by the Meteorite are defeated, the Meteorite itself may be mined for its Meteor Core, which contains oodles of goodies.

Sometimes one might encounter a Meteorite that fell and was never defeated. After some time, the Meteorite will become a Dormant Meteorite, in which case the goodies are definitely oodle-reduced.

Meteorites are made of Warp Conduits, which can be mined.

Hunting
One of the most efficient means of gathering the creature based materials in Boundless is meteor hunting. On Tier 3 Worlds and above you will occasionally see meteors in the sky. Some meteors are generated on a timer, others are triggered by players entering a region that was previously unoccupied. Following the meteor to its impact site will initiate a battle. Larger player counts in the region where the meteor spawns gives higher tier meteors with scaled rewards. The loot boxes from meteors, like the creature drops, are instanced so you do not need to worry about stealing from others.

You will earn one *Meteor Life* as you come into range of an active meteor after the first creature is killed, whether you killed it or not, and a few portals will open in the air. Creatures will begin to drop in from these portals. It is important to note that all the portal spawned creatures (even Wildstock, which are usually docile elsewhere) will aggressively hunt the player. The battle is completed either by all the players being defeated and losing their Meteor Life buff or all the creatures being defeated. This is another reason to hunt with multiple players, as it requires more players to be defeated before the meteor is abandoned. The health bar on the meteor displays an indication of the fight remaining, allowing players to gauge how far into the fight they are. Abandoned meteors will still yield a fraction of the rewards, so are worth looting. Meteors will yield a random assortment of loot including:, Gems, Fossils, Ancient Technology, and Metal Ores. Additionally Tier 5 and 6 Worlds have a rare prestige crop, (matching the planet’s native gleam color), included in the drop table, and on Tier 7 there is a chance of getting Lucent Ores. Watch the universal chat channels in game, and the boundless discord channels for information on when and where hunting groups assemble.