Alloy Plate

"Carbon steel plates used to reinforce Grineer armor."

- In-Game Description

Alloy Plate is an uncommon component that can be found on Venus, Jupiter, Sedna, Ceres, and Pluto. It is usually found in quantities of 50 to 150. Before Update 8 it was more rare (used to drop in stacks no greater than 25).

Blueprints Requiring Alloy Plate
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Market
"By purchasing this item you can directly exchange 30 for 1500 Alloy Plate."

- In-Game Description

Beginning in Update 9 materials could be purchased directly from the market for.

Gathering Tips
''These are based on opinions and may not be true. These should be viewed as advice for finding the materials until better facts are proven.''
 * (Mobile) Defense missions are good places to gather materials. While it is unknown whether defense missions have higher drop rates, they do spawn more enemies on average, making the chances for anything to drop higher. Levels underlined  are the standard for team farming.
 * Kiliken  and Venera on Venus.
 * Kappa, Berehynia, Hydra , Graeae, Camenae, and Vodyanoi on Sedna.
 * Casta, Kiste, and Varro  on Ceres.
 * Bosses always have higher frequency drops on rarer materials:
 * The Jackal on Fossa, Venus (Level 5-14)
 * Kela De Thaym on Merrow, Sedna (Level 18-28)
 * Lieutenant Lech Kril on Exta, Ceres (Level 25-35)
 * A high ranked Thief's Wit mod can assist in finding materials and marking them for your teamates after you've picked them up.