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Comment by Moetwarr

This dropped for me off the Recycling Requisition from Junkwatt Depo turn in.

As of writing this comment you can currently abandon the quest after summoning the elite and then pick it up from the item to summon an infinite amount of times, which is very helpful if you're farming for the Blueprint: Holographic Digitalization Relay.

Comment by Thelinnia

It is possible to get another one while already having one in the bag.

Seems to only be available during the Quest: Discs of Norgannon.

Comment by Sipder2

I got Rust Covered Disc from Strange Recycling Requisition after complete More Recycling.
confirmation video: https://youtu.be/nuSlMnb4Pzk

The Discs of Norgannon daily allows players to summon a Data Anomaly.

There are ten types of Data Anomaly. You can stand by the location of the Data Anomaly after you've completed the quest and keep killing more in hopes of getting the rare loot. You can only kill each different Data Anomaly once per day.

Alternatively, you can farm Scorched Data Disc, Rust Covered Disc, Large Storage Fragment and use it to summon more Data Anomalies.

Here are some of the rewards that you can farm:

Vinyl: Battle of Gnomeregan for Junkyard Melomaniac. You have to unlock the gramophone first by getting Blueprint: Rustbolt Gramophone from the rare Steel Singer Freza. Afterwards the first tune "Ode to Tinkertown" will be already available and you can begin collecting the others.
Blueprint: Blue Spraybot for Junkyard Architect
Blueprint: Holographic Digitalization Relay for Junkyard Architect
Metal Detector

Video guide: https://youtu.be/RwfVg5ScZ3g

Comment by guardofnumenor

I was able to get one off the regular green recycling requisition.

Comment by nattylife

anyone know if this drops on days when Discs of Norgannon isnt available?

Comment by Tyrsenus

As Dragonkin451 discovered here, this item will spawn either the rare Baron Kazum or Crowd Pummler 9-60 Data Anomaly.

Data Anomaly rares are spawned by turning in one of four items that drop from NPCs around the island:

Cracked Numeric Cylinder spawns Hogger or Razorclaw the Butcher.
Large Storage Fragment spawns Balnazzar or Captain Kromcrush.
Rust Covered Disc spawns Baron Kazum or Crowd Pummler 9-60.
Scorched Data Disc spawns Baron Geddon.

Turning in one of these items will spawn one of the associated rare elites.* Like other rares, you will only receive loot on the first kill of each day, however this "lockout" is shared between the two elites for each item/group. If you've looted one rare elite, you can't loot the other one in the same group on the same day. For example, if you've looted Hogger today, Razorclaw won't drop loot.

Use this macro to determine which rare elites you can still loot today. "True" means you have already looted one of the NPCs in that group, and neither will drop more loot today. "False" means you can still loot either one of the listed NPCs.
/run for k, v in pairs({ Hogger_OR_Razorclaw = 57385, Balnazzar_OR_CaptainKromcrush = 57387, BaronKazum_OR_CrowdPummler960 = 57388, BaronGeddon = 57389}) do print(format("%s: %s", k, C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(v) and "true" or "false")) end

*Except Scorched Data Disc always spawns Baron Geddon.

Comment by Friendish

Something to point out that'll save you plenty of time of farming for these things, is that these items will NEVER drop unless you complete the FIRST normal quest which is: Discs of Norgannon

Once you complete this quest you are able to farm these four quest items VERY easily, they drop after the first few kills, really. I been farming for these items for around two months before I gave it a try to actually hand-in the first Discs quest and then try to farm and it seemed to work.

I usually never write here but I thought to point that out so people don't waste their time for no reason farming this endlessly only to find out it won't ever drop in the first place.

EDIT:
Friendly tip is that you can keep the items after you summon the Data Anomaly. You don't have to turn in the quest, just abandon it as soon as Anomaly dies, that way you can do this on a daily-basis until you get your blueprint or whatever item you're aiming to farm.

Comment by lqqkout

If you're farming data anomalies daily, accepting and abandoning quests can be a pain, here are some macros:

Using the items without digging through your bags (Spam this to use all of the items and accept the quests)

/click QuestFrameAcceptButton
/use item:169591 -- (Cracked Numeric Cylinder)
/use item:169593 -- (Large Storage Fragment)
/use item:169594 -- (Rust Covered Disc)
/use item:169595 -- (Scorched Data Disc)

Drop all of the disk quests:
/run for k, v in pairs({ Cracked = 56421, Large = 56423, Rust = 56424, Scorched = 56425}) do q = C_QuestLog.SetSelectedQuest(v); C_QuestLog.SetAbandonQuest(q); C_QuestLog.AbandonQuest(); end

Comment by Soraweczka

I've got one form my 5th bag, and recived another item straight form mobs. Around an hour of grind in Yard with some competition form another faction.
Played prot pally for chainpulling as much mobs as possible for a quick burn.

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Rust Covered Disc

Item Level 50
Binds when picked up
This Item Begins a Quest

"Covered in rust, but still functional."

Dropped by: Paol Pondwader

Drop Chance: 0.07%

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