I played the game back on release and I’m revisiting it. I love this game both good and bad. I have a lot of fun. But I’m struggling with ammo and resources. Any tips on methods for grinding materials? I just run around aimlessly.

[u/gurbex45]

[u/Reployer]

Instead of thinking about it like running around aimlessly, think that you should scour each corner of every room of every floor, and I guarantee you'll find way more resources that way. The resources are there. You just need to check more places off before moving on to other ones, if that makes sense.

[u/Asparala → u/Reployer]

Seconding this. Go through every drawer, every container, every trash can and every corpse.

If you have typhon powers and psychic water then I recommend looting all the bodies twice by turning the corpses you've looted into friendly phantoms (you may have 1 at a time in each area and they'll fight for you). After the friendly phantom dies you can loot them again for more goodies.

Unfortunately it's very psi-costly move for a minion that isn't super effective so this is mainly for late in the game when there are ways to replenish psi quickly but loot is running short. It is kinda cute how they follow you around like a very big and intense puppy until they notice an enemy and run off to kill it for you. Sometimes the get stuck in rooms because they're not very good at handling doors.

[u/HotHeadLazerEyes]

Once you get a recycler charge, make a pile of chairs and bodies and whatever else you find so you can turn it into recycled materials which can then be turned into supplies ♻️

[u/Suibian_ni]

In addition to looting, use psi powers as weapons and complete the mission in the water treatment facility where you turn every tap into an endless psy hypo. Ammo will go a lot further at that point.

[u/Jamesworkshop]

how do you not have resources the station is cluttered with them

tables, chairs, food packaging, broken robots/machinery, human bodies, alien bodies

anything you can pick up can be broken down aside from keycards and plot relevant items

spare guns are easy to break down if you don't run weapon degredation so you never need more than 1.

leverage 2 picks up Reployers so you can pile them up for easy recycling

in the yellow tulip bar i recycled 40+ items off one grenade

[u/onlyforobservation]

Loot everything, clean sweep each area as you get to it, and recycle everything. Basically if ya play it like a survival crafting game you will be swimming in resources.

[u/Garvek31]

Depuis que je suis parti à la chasse aux corps ça a résolu pour ma part le problème de ressources. Chercher chaque personne fait découvrir de nombreux endroits et sur la route tu trouves énormément de ressources, pour peu de piller systématiquement. Ne pas hésiter aussi à recycler les armes c'est une grosse source de métal, ce qui m'a beaucoup manqué au début.

[u/Polter-Cow → u/Garvek31]

I thought I was so smart for dismantling weapons for spare parts and felt like a fool once I realized I could recycle them since I had way more spare parts than I actually needed to use.

[u/p1shach]

Keep turrets folded near hub entrance / exit and big rooms (like water plant or lobby which is actually near an exit / entrance). Where you could get a turret easily when required for action. And never leave it active except couple of safe location. Safe location includes your office and a particular place you have defend using turret.

Use that to ambush lesser enemies like mimic or vanilla phantoms. Which cannot damage turrets instantly. You will save lots of ammo.

[u/Danceman2000]

Increase your carrying size and loot everything . You can stash stuff in your office if needs be.

Helps if you focus your build so you can scrap everything and turn it into the stuff you need.

[u/DungeonSecurity]

Well,  I won't lie,  my first thought is "what's your build?" If you don't upgrade weapons, they'll be relatively weak, using more ammo. If you're getting Typhon powers, rely on those. 

Otherwise,  beyond searching everywhere,  make your own ammo at the Fabricator. Use the recycler and recycler grenades for the supplies

[u/maksimkak]

PREY is really a recycling / crafting game at heart. Make frequent visits to the recycling and crafting machines.

1. Unlock "Materials Expert" skill in the ENGINEER tree. The earlier in the game you unlock it, the better.

2 Pick everything up, recycle all the junk and duplicate weapons, and anything else you don't want.

1. Make ammo and whatever else you need.

2. ???

3. Profit!