Material Collector is a limited-time Gadget used to collect materials for creating robots in Genshin Impact's Core of the Apparatus Event. Check out how to get Material Collector, how to use it in Freestyle Creations, and a list of material sources here!

Core of the Apparatus Event Guide
Full Event Guide	Robot Recipes	Gadget Tutorial
Day 1 Guide	Day 2 Guide	Day 3 Guide

How to Get Material Collector

Get from Core of the Apparatus Event

Material Collector is a limited-time gadget that has its main use in the Core of the Apparatus! You can get this after talking to Bertrand when you start the A-Toymaking We Shall Go quest chain in the event!

Core of the Apparatus Event Guide

Gadget Expires Once the Event Ends

The Material Collector Gadget will expire as the event ends on July 11, 2022. So, create all the robots and claim vouchers while the event is still live!

Freestyle Creations Guide

How to Use Material Collector

The material collector collects materials to create toy robots you can put in the Serenitea Pot. The materials you collect will have three steps to it:

1. Source Material Collection
2. Elemental Charge
3. Core Activation

List of Robots in Core of Apparatus

List of Robot Types
Traveling Triped	Flowfire Triped	Thundering Triped
Mirrorpool Triped	Traveling Horned Owl	Flowfire Horned Owl
Thundering Horned Owl	Mirrorpool Horned Owl

List of Robot Products and Vouchers

Used for Source Material Collection Process

During the Source Material Collection part of the Core of the Apparatus event, players need to equip the Material Collector gadget and collect items such as ores, flowers, and fruits.

Source Material Collection Guide

Used for Elemental Charge Process

For the second process, you'll have to apply elements to yourself to charge it up to 100%. Only Pyro, Hydro, and Electro are affected by it, and the resulting voucher depends on the specific element you applied!

How to Apply Elements

Used for Core Activation Process

For the last process, you have to defeat specific enemies to obtain portions of the propultion. Again, the type of enemy you defeat matters to get a specific robot type!

How to Collect Portions of Core Propulsion

List of Material Sources

List of Ores, Flowers, and Fruits

List of Ores to Collect in the Wild
List of Fruits to Collect in the Wild
List of Flowers to Collect in the Wild

List of Pyro, Electro, Hydro Status Sources

Element	Elemental Charge Sources
Hydro	◆ Barbara's Elemental Skill. ◆ Hydro Enemies like Slimes, Specters, and more! ◆ Standing on Large Bodies of Water like Lakes, Shores, Waterfalls and more. ◆ Rain in the Open World.
Pyro	◆ Standing on Top or near Torches. ◆ Going too near a Random Cooking Pot in the Open World. ◆ Bennett's Elemental Burst ◆ Standing on a Burnishing Grass ◆ Pyro Enemies like Slimes, Specters, and more! ◆ Standing near a Flaming Flower.
Electro	◆ Standing near Electro Crystals. ◆ Use Beidou's Elemental Skill repeatedly! ◆ Use an Electrograna. ◆ Use the Thunderwoods near Tatarasuna! ◆ Fight Electro Enemies like Slimes or Whopperflowers or Specters, and more!

How to Mix Elements in Elemental Charge

If you want to increase your chances of getting either the Traveling Horned Owl or Traveling Triped, it's best to mix two or all three elements for the elemental charge.

For example, you can use Beidou's Elemental Skill once then head use Bennett's skill to set grass on fire, then immediately head to a body of water before Material Collector Counts everything as 15 seconds!

List of Enemies for Motive Force

List of Slimes as Source for Motive Force
List of Specters as Source for Motive Force
List of Bosses/Elite Enemies as Source for Motive Force

How to Mix Enemies in Core Propulsion

Like with the elements and collected materials, you can have two or more enemies as sources of Core Activation! You always need to defeat either a slime or a specter first and put the bosses last.

The bosses will fill the core up immediately, so it's best to put them last. You also need to be careful not to defeat too many specters or slimes in the process, the meter doesn't fill up too fast!

Material Collector Effects and Basic Information

Material Collector Inventory Details

Material Collector	Rarity	4
	Type	Gadgets
	Effect	None

A collection device created by Bertrand, a manufacturer of machines. It can sequentially collect materials required for creating other products. When hooked up to the Great Machine, it will pour the source materials into the latter and start the process of creating robotic furnishings.

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Core of the Apparatus Event Guide

Core of the Apparatus Gameplay Guides

Important Core of the Apparatus Guides
Material Collector Gadget	Robot Recipes

Core of the Apparatus Stage Guides

Stage Guides & Unlock Date
Day 1: Source Material Collection	Day 2: Elemental Charge	Day 3: Core Activation

Core of the Apparatus Quest Guides

Core of the Apparatus Furnishings

Core of the Apparatus Robot Toy Furnishings
Mirrorpool Horned Owl	Thundering Horned Owl	Flowfire Horned Owl	Traveling Horned Owl
Mirrorpool Triped	Thundering Triped	Flowfire Triped	Traveling Triped

All Genshin Impact Events

List of Events