lone lichen
For the first Noble, prioritise the 
until you have all the meta si30's and si40's and are fully caught up then switch over to 
to catch up on Engravings. For newbies DO NOT LOCK IN DUST 
, just wait until you're far enough in campaign to access the then lock those in. The other two options aren't even worth mentioning as you get flooded with them eventually.
For the second Noble, prioritise the 
until you have Resonance level 18 for pets (reso 18), then switch to 
until you have 4 of your Elder Tree's branches capped out and have the 5th at lvl 47. At this point you can switch to 
, and work on duping furniture for your heroes. DO NOT LOCK IN SHARDS 
NO MATTER HOW DESPERATE. As unlikely as it seems for the first year or two you do actually get flooded with them without focusing them, so it's much better to speedrun the other resources first.
