Astral Observatory

You spawn at Northern Expedition, run past the camp selling the Avalanche Rod and Pickaxe, and jump up three tiers of stone platforms. At the top stands a wiry guy with a telescope — Meteor Maniac Matthew, the quest marker above his head reading Anomaly Investigation: SPACE CANDY. The name sounds silly. The items behind it are not. This questline ends with the Meteoric Rod, one of the more interesting rods added in the Astral Observatory update. ...

You dock at the oil rig off Rosslit Bay, climb the metal stairs to the top floor, and turn right into the Laboratory. A scientist named Dr. Crookspine is hunched over a bench, and instead of asking for something rare or expensive, he wants junk. Two Silver Rusty Bolts, five Scrap Metal, one Lunar String. Bring him the trash he asked for and he hands over the Scavenger Rod. It sounds almost too easy, and for once, it is. The Scavenger Rod is the cheapest and least painful of the three new Astral Observatory rods, and its passive makes it one of the better mid-game money rods you can grab in under an hour. ...