Valor Mortis Catalyst Farming: Earn and Spend Wisely

Earn Catalysts by defeating ordinary enemies, then rest at a nearby Lantern to respawn them; the Marketplace barn and the battlefield beyond Onslaught Arch offer repeatable encounters. Equip Surplus for extra Catalysts from kills, and spend your earnings at Lanterns on survival and upgrades that suit your weapon.

Rekindle your chosen Lantern so it becomes your respawn point. Resting restores Health and Nephtoglobin and brings ordinary enemies back, making another clear possible. Bosses and Enraged enemies with glowing red eyes stay defeated, so leave those encounters out of a repeatable farming loop.

Choose a stretch you can clear reliably and return from comfortably. Start with nearby enemies before extending the route into unfamiliar ground. Compare how safely you finish each attempt, rather than choosing a route only because it contains tougher targets.

At Fallen Village > Marketplace, the barn directly in front of the Lantern triggers a group of five villagers. Its doorway lets you gather them together for attacks that hit a crowd. Keep this encounter as your whole loop while you learn to handle the group.

A level 6 Blunderbuss with Collateral Damage can kill all five villagers with a single shot. Fire Transmutation also lets you apply Ignite to enemies gathered together. Finish any survivors before returning, and use whichever approach you can repeat comfortably.

The Battlefield > Onslaught Arch is another option for fighting human enemies along a familiar path. The Pistol or Musket can be used for headshots through the battlefield area. Try this route if you prefer aiming at individual targets to handling the barn crowd.

Surplus increases the Catalysts you receive from enemy kills. Equip it through the Levelling menu at a Lantern before farming. Its copy near Caverns > Old Mine is reached through the mine-cart tunnels, using the shortcut ladder and moving box as landmarks.

Dying drops every Catalyst you carry, and you respawn at the last Lantern you Rekindled. Return to recover the dropped Catalysts before another death, which permanently removes them. Make recovery your immediate goal instead of continuing the farm with earnings still on the ground.

Remnant's Return absorbs Catalysts lost on death without requiring a trip back to their location. Sands of Time returns you to the last visited Lantern with your Catalysts preserved, while resetting the world. Fading Light also returns you to a Lantern, but drops your held Catalysts where you use it.

Catalysts pay for both levels at Lanterns and purchases from merchants. Choose your next improvement before starting another loop, so you have a reason to stop and spend. Prefer the finite upgrades that fit your weapon before putting earnings into repeatable upgrades.

You can reset the skill tree by spending Catalysts, so your early choices do not lock you into a build. Check the displayed reset cost before confirming. Use a reset when you have settled on a different weapon or farming method, then direct your upgrades toward that approach.

Using a Catalyst Clot adds its value to your carried Catalysts, which can then be dropped on death. Use Clots at a Lantern when you are ready to buy a level. Buying a Clot costs double the Catalysts it provides, so purchasing them will reduce your earnings.

If you completed An Unheard Farewell by telling the truth, rest at a Lantern and return to the carriage for an Epic Catalyst Clot. That Clot provides 700 Catalysts when used. Treat it as a quest reward to supplement your levels, and use enemy loops when you need repeatable income.