If you killed the elf at the start and need the gaunlets, there will be a second magister, cast the spore ability on the second to get the gauntlets here. The magister at X: 742, Y: 181 will have the chest piece, and you can obtain it from them however you wish. With that completed, we’re once again going to the spore area in the Black Pits for the chest piece, and gauntlets if you’re yet to make them. You’ll then have three pieces from her corpse. This is the route I usually go, as it’s the most hilarious. Or, if she’s still alive, you can ignore her lore dump and just murder her after she’s yapped on about the armor, and you’ll get all the pieces that she’s made thus far. If you don’t have the spore ability, head to the black pits spore node to learn it – it’s at X: 716, Y: 164. If she’s already dead, you can cast the spore ability on the magister nearby, or murder one of your companions and create the gauntlets that way.
She’ll give you a bit of a lore dump on how she makes the armor, and tell you to follow up at the Black Pits. If you haven’t killed the elf, you can run into her again in reapers coast at: X: 437, Y: 319. If you kill everyone including the elf, you’ll get the Greaves and Boots of the set. The coordinates for the boat are Regardless of the outcome of this fight, you can still progress the quest. Alongside the turtle beach there is another wrecked ship, with an elf fighting off a group of magisters. The first opportunity to progress the Seed of Power quest line is straight of the boat in Fort Joy. Whilst I’m going to begin the guide for obtaining the set at Fort Joy, you can really pick it up anywhere along the way. If you’re in Arx, but want to explode stuff, fear not, because you haven’t missed out. The point I’m making about the quest line being available up until the very end of the game, is to let you know that you wont miss out on this set if you haven’t completed specific events leading up to the final chapter. This technically can be completed at any point before ‘the point of no return’ at the end of the game, but the pieces can be picked up along the way of your playthrough. The first step in becoming a master-exploder is finishing the Seed of Power quest-line so that you can obtain the Contamination Armour Set.