Nightstar Sand

Material · MaterialOre0★

Sand that surfaces in the desert only after dark; certain accessories and other recipes call for it.

Nightstar Sand feeds 21 different recipes, which is why it is worth farming past the point you think you need it.

Details

Gold Value1000

Weight1

Max Stack9999

It stacks up to 9,999.

Where to Find Nightstar Sand

Nightstar Sand comes out of the ground: there are 271 nightstar sand nodes on the Palpagos Islands, and each one grows back a while after you break it, so a good cluster is worth remembering.

2 Pals drop Nightstar Sand when defeated or captured, which is usually the faster route if you are already out hunting — the drop list below is sorted by how reliably each one gives it up.

Despite the MaterialOre tag, none of these nodes are a rock you swing at. They appear as small glowing patches lying on the sand and you pick them up with the interact key — no pickaxe, no Mining Pal, no ore drill. The 271 node count is the total across the desert, but the patches only materialise after dark: ride out at midday and the same ground is bare.

The Desiccated Desert is the whole hunting ground. Two landmarks concentrate it: the ground behind the PIDF Tower, which is the cheapest circuit because the tower entrance is a fast travel point you can hop to the moment night falls, and the open arena where Paladius and Necromus patrol, which is dense enough to be worth the trip on its own.

How	Where	Details
Mining and gathering	Palpagos Islands — 271 nightstar sand nodes	Respawns after you break it

Show every nightstar sand node on the interactive map →

How to Get Nightstar Sand — Dropped By 2 Pals

Starryon Primo100% · 1–2

Wistella100% · 1–2

Using Nightstar Sand Well

You do not have to fight anything for the arena patches. Paladius and Necromus only engage once you close on them, so hug the edges of the basin, grab the glow, and leave — the sand is a pickup, not a drop, and nothing about the fight gates it.

What Nightstar Sand Is For

Nightstar Sand is what the quest "Sparkly and Smooth" asks you to bring — that is the reason it exists, and why holding on to one is worth more than selling it.