The locked chests that have to be opened with dynamite in Deadman's Gulch also occasionally drop them.įrankly, the percentage chance on chests is low enough that its more of a 'Hey, cool, it finally dropped,' than anything that can be reliably farmed, however, so this isn't the best way to go about finding rare crafting ingredients. In particular, I've had success finding Tainted Brain Matter after defeating The Master Of Flesh and opening the chests labeled as The Master's Trove at the end of Ashes of Malmouth. Farming specific aetherials and aether corruptionsĪll of the rare crafting materials such as Tainted Brain Matter, Blood Of Ch'thon, and Ancient Hearts (very) occasionally drop from heroic chests, end boss chests, and one shot chests.There are three main ways to acquire Tainted Brain Matter, which we'll cover in depth below:
Tainted Brain Matter is one rare material that players have trouble finding, especially as they level up and outpace the starting normal mode difficulty.
