Since there is a lot of Grind invloved and it can become time consuming and boring,
here are some suggestions to reduce frustration and increase efficiency.

This guide is not meant for early game.
I will describe what is needed but it is up to the individual to reach the requirements.

If something is missing, wrong, outdated or unclear, feel free to ask and discuss.
Missing information will be added, if requested.

Prestige Levels are required for unlocking Skill Points in the Character Skill Trees
and for unlocking various Runes and Skills.
Minor Soulstones are a Common Currency to unlock Characters, Weapons and Skill Tree Perks.

The Boni for Minor Soulstones and Prestige will max out at Curse Intensity 36.
To achieve the max Boni, minium Curse Intensity for each Curse Tier has to be reached.

• +365% Minor Soulstones
  
• +600% Prestige

Curse Intensity is freely customizeable,
as long as the minimum Curse Intensity per Curse Tier is met.
IMPORTANT
Curse Intensity above minimum requirements will NOT yield any additional Boni.

In direct comparison, considering both Runs went into Loop 4.

~ 16.5k Minor Soulstones per Minute
~ 43.3k Prestige per Minute
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~ 14.6k Minor Soulstones per Minute
~ 88.9k Prestige per Minute
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While there is a minor loss for Minor Soulstones in Overlord compared to Endless,
the amount of Prestige is far more superior.
The decision is up to the indivudal, my personal choice would be Overlord.

Major Soulstones are needed for the Skill Trees, for crafting Weapons and for unlocking Characters.

• Lord Spawns can be increased with House of Lords (Curse III, IV, V)
  and are maxed out at 4 per Wave.
  
• Lord Kill Speed can be increased with Council of Lords (Curse III, IV, V),
  which will allow all 4 Lords to spawn simultaneously.

Total Curse Intensity - 12
House of Lords x3 (6) +3 Lords
Council of Lords x3 (6) 4 Lords spawn at the same time

Since Major Soulstones are dropping from Lord's of the Void, Overlord is the way to go.
Easy way if done on lowest possible Curse Intensity.
Major Soulstones should only be farmed, if desperatly needed.
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IMPORTANT
At low Curse Intensity and with a moderate Build, Overlord 6 is easy farmable.
But at Overlord 7 the Enemy HP Scaling will jump from 52k to over 500k,
which then will take significant longer and may become unefficient.

The various Materials are needed for crafting Weapons.
For every Material Tier a certain Curse Tier is requiered.
If you want to farm a specific Material, you only need the respective Curse Tier.
E.g. if you want Legendary Materials, you only need Curse V (6/6).

• Curse 0 - Common (White), Uncommon (Green)
  
• Curse I (4/4) - +20% Common (White)
  
• Curse II (4/4) - +20% Common (White), +20% Uncommon (Green)
  
• Curse III (5/5) - Rare (Blue), +20% Uncommon (Green)
  
• Curse IV (5/5) - Epic (Purple)
  
• Curse V (6/6) - Legendary (Yellow)
  
• Curse VI (6/6) - +20% Common (White), Void Essences (Yellow)

Two Runes are required to get the most out if this method.

Material Harvest - Legionnaire Skill Tree - 41 Prestige Points (Prestige Level: 61)

Major Soulstones are turned into random Materials based on Curse level.

Efficient Extraction - Arcane Weaver Skill Tree - 21 Prestige Points (Prestige Level: 41)

+50% Material amount on collection.

When the Lords die, it is important to IGNORE the dropped Major Soulstones.
The amount of Materials harvested from them scales with Kill Progression.

Starting in any corner of a map, simply killing enemies as fast as possible, until the Lords spawn.
Since pathways of enemies are shorter, when they spawn in corners, the whole kill process runs alot faster.

After they are dead, moving to another corner is adviced, to not accidently picking up a Major Soulstone, while dodging or running around like a headless chicken.

Repeating this process for the next three Lord Waves.

The final Wave can be killed anywhere. All Major Soulstones will be collected automatically after the round ends and turned into tons of Materials.

I like to mention, the impact of material gains for Unommon and Legendary Gems is very minor and seems more RNG based.Void Essences Droprate is one per Lord.

Not picking ANY Major Soulstone until the end VS picking Major Soulstones instantly.
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The Numbers speak for themselves.
The amount per Material Node scales with kill progression.
This rule also applies to the material gain via Material Marvest and can be further increased with Efficient Extraction.
So all Major Soulstones turned into materials after the round ends, will be scaled based on the final kill progression.

Feel free to discuss and comment.

If you have any suggestions, feedback or questions, don't hestitate to post here.

Cheers!