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As you progress further inLike a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, you’ll eventually unlock Julie’s Gearworks, where you cancraft new cannons for the Goromaru, Rings for Majima, as well as a few other items. For many of these, there are three core crafting materials you’ll need that are harder to track down than you’re regular Components Quality Components, and Superb Components.
These materials are Ethereal Egesta, Sharkstone, And Squid Tentacles, and you’ll need them to create some of the more humourous cannons in the game, as well as three rings. Here’s what you need to know. All three items can mostly be found in the same way, though Ethereal Egesta has another, less pleasant, way in which to find some.
Gunpowder Bill’s Cart
The best way to farm all three items is to shop atGunpowder Bill’s Cart in Little Japan. He’s a wandering NPC but tends to be found in theenclosed field area just east of the Shrine.
Getting involved in a fistfight near him will cause him to flee and eventually despawn.
It israndom which of the three item he has availablein his cart, and there’s a slim chance he’ll have none of the items available. Heonly ever stocks one Sharkstone, Squid Tentacles, or Ethereal Egesta at a time, if he has any at all. He also stocks five Components, three Quality Components, and three Superb Components at a time, if you need more of these.
$500
$700
$10
$30
Superb Components
$80
Gunpowder Bill’s is thebest way to farm all three items, as fast travelling to theShrine (Drop-Off Only) taxi pointis only a short distance away, and by fast-travelling you reset the NPCs. You can purchase from Bill until he sells out, thenchoose this taxi point again, purchase again, rinse and repeat.
Pick Up Driftage
The most natural way you’ll come across these materials issimply by picking up debris drifting in the oceanwhile sailing the Goromaru. Driftage are the items floating on the surface of the water, and the ones with theblue glow are items(the ones you want), while the gold ones are money.
You’ll probablyrack up a fair few items this way by playing naturally, but it’s not the most reliable way to track down the remaining few you need at any given time.
You can also use Material Nets on the Goromaru to pick up different materials. While we personally haven’t received one of these three items from this method, it’s entirely plausible that it’s possible.
Sea Merchant Ships
Merchant ships arefound in safe areas near lighthouseswhen sailing. There are two types of civillian ship:
It appearsmostlyrandom which merchant and wares will appear at different lighthouses, and the game itself states"Depending on where and when you spot them, their item lineups may change".
We personally found theWest Hawaii lighthouse tended to have a merchant with Squid Tentacles, but this wasn’t always the case. Presumably, other merchants can also offer Ethereal Egesta and Sharkstone too. Additionally, the civilization vessels may propose a trade that gives you one items you need, and we personallyfound one that offered Squid Tentacles.
Because of the random nature of these, this is far from the best way to farm these items.
If you happen to be in the area, it’s always worth checking their wares and proposed trades, but Gunpowder Bill is the best way to get all three items quickly.
Toilets (Ethereal Egesta Only)
Ethereal Egesta is the exception to these crafting materials, in that it has one extra way to obtain it -searching toilets. When you search toilets in restrooms, you havea good chance of getting an Ethereal Egesta. After some time, toilets do replenish as well, so you can later re-use them.
We havea full guide on all toilet locations and the other possible items you can earn this way here.
*Only becomes available once you have crafted the Egesta Cannon
