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I play on Aus & trading is borked there too lol
can get a couple runs in then everything just runs out
might just be an aus server thing lol
when im on the aus server im not having stock issue
can get 1 or 2 Laranite/Med supply runs then it's slim pickings
well yeah those two are always out of stock lol
ive been running titanium without stock issue
Should I purchase a ROC and mine with that, or should I rent a Prospector and mine with that?
what are the profit margins on titanium?
hold on lemme pull it up
I remember trying some other lower tier stuff & thought it wasn't worth the time
price is really bad for it
its supposed to have a base price of 7.1 and a base sell of 8.9
but ive seen it as high as 7.8 rn
TDD
Area 18 TDD to sell refined Quantainium
theres multiple tdd
any rly
is orison good to sell?
Area 18 has a higher purchase rate
i think?
because right now I can only fiind mining in shubin interstellar at microtech
its such a hassle to go there and back bringing with me the modules
the refinery stations sell modules too
and the reststop refineries dont have them though
when i look in the misc section i can't see the modules or the mining headss.
you have to scroll on the inventory list. it goes sideways as well
pretty bad design
lol
how do I scroll sideways???
lmao get Star Citizen'd
easter egg type crap
whaaaa
Im so confused
are there other terminals like this???
oh my
i mean you can scroll sideways if you rotate your mouse sideways 
ahh
there are worse
have fun with trade terminals

yeah, dumper's depo. in zone 2.
anyone else having issues selling raw in a refinery
haven't done that in ages, which terminal are you using?
does the quant timer start from when you crack the rock to purple or only when you extract it?
timer starts when the quant enters ur ship
yep, as soon as you start scooping. so prepare the rock first, get all the frags broken, have QD destination set, and know which frags you want then start collecting.
Does anyone know for sure if mining gives more profit per hour than bounty hunting? Not counting time to refine of course...
i'm trying out a cutlass black and just bought a cargo hold full of food, but i go to the ship and there's no cargo there. do i need to load it somehow?
mining has rng tied to it sometimes you'll make heaps per hour sometimes you'll be coming across nothing but 2-5% Quant rocks
having said that with how buggy bounties are this patch I generally make more mining than in combat
Alright thanks for the info
how long does it take for stores to want to buy more cargo?
is there quant on yela?
Hello there!
i have some question about quantanium after refinery, is it dangerous to deliver it? have we some timer there?
sorry for dumb questions, never did it before
After refining it, quantainium is stable
thank you, so that russians deceived me
So if I find cargo in salvaged ships and whatnot, outside loading the stuff directly into my ship what all do I need to do to sell it?
Take it to GrimHex and sell it
Do I have to find a way to load it into the cargo or is it good enough just sitting in the ship?
I reccomend placing each box, just to be extra safe, but most of the time, so long as their in your ship, you should be able to sell them
Cool. Thank you!
Nw bud, happy looting
Lol hopefully it's worth doing.
If there's any scrap, be prepaired to just chuck them out in the middle of quantum, because you cant sell that rn
Got my ship blasted out from under me last time and my buddy had to come pick me up in space lol.
I wish more wrecks had billowing fire and smoke like the crashed satellite mission does, and that thrusters would directly affect the smoke
So I tried cargo running filled my ship with tons of cargo flew to grimhex to sell and grimhex wouldn’t buy it all so is there something that calculated all that I tried the trade tool to get a good route that made the money but I don’t think it takes into account the sell point not being able to buy it all in one sell
SC Trade Tools is pretty good at telling you what can be bought and sold where, but dont alwasy trust the numbers
That’s wat I used but it took awhile to sell everything at the port it said to sell because I had to wait for it to refresh
Yh, it's not alwasy abotu the profits you can make with a full ship, it's about how quickly you can sell your cargo. I tend to stick to places that have alrge stock when I'm selling, so I can sell it all in one go
Well that’s what I’m asking is there something that tells you how much stock a place will have that you can sell to in one load
My default answer can and will always be...Lorvil CBD
I see no significant difference of charge rate/power between the Helix II and Lancet MH2. The Helix is either broken or very much overpriced.
tried both on a 6k+ rock with fairly low resistance, 60m away. The Helix didn't raise the charge any better than the lancet.
Helix does output mroe power, and has a further opitmal distance from the rock, meaning it's technically safer. The Lancet has built in optimal charging modifiers, making it the better laser for quant
Is smuggling drugs worth it if you have a titan or don't bother ? .
I need 1.2million more for my ship I I saving for and trying to get a lot of money fast
I am*
Smuggling is defo worth it in the long run. * SCU of drugs multiple times? Your gonna be rich pretty quickly
not sure if 5m is really significant in this case. The lancet is definitely better for quantainium stability but in terms of just trying a break a rock, I'm not seeing any advantage in the Helix II... which is what I bought it for.
@glacial dagger so what should I be buying slam?
Quant miners almost alwasy have at least 1 lancet on their ship
absolutely, it's what I use the most. I'm saying the Helix II is a scam
I havn't done much hardcore drug running, but I believe Slam and not-widow are the better two. Stay away from Widow, places usually only buy like, 5-6 units at a time
Alright I will buy some slam when I get home and fill my titan I believe 800 units is max so hopefully I can make the last million somewhat fast
I just never did trade so
Check SC Trade tools. It's not the msot accurate, but it can give you a rough idea on what to expect
Alright yeah I tried to go on YouTube but a lot of outdated stuff
Just becareful of capacity, refresh rates and potential trade on other servers
Hi, what's the how much money do I need to start hauling cargo where I get sensible profit?
I am currently just doing bounty hunting to build up my cash, but would love to get back into my C2 for some good ol' hauling
I reccomend having at least 200k in your account, never commit more than 50% of your wallet and dont try any fancy flying when coming in to land
So 200k to commit to a haul? (400 in the bank)? Or would you say that commiting 100k to a haul can be profitable enough?
On of my usual routes cost me 139k to fill the C2, And I sell it for about 180k
Why is trading so unprofitable and risky
@bitter flame u can look up the profits from this site https://sc-trade.tools/trade-routes?q=%257B%2522ship%2522:%2522C2%2520Hercules%2522,%2522investment%2522:1600000,%2522itemNames%2522:%255B%2522Laranite%2522%255D,%2522itemNamesType%2522:%2522whitelist%2522,%2522locationTypesType%2522:%2522whitelist%2522,%2522locationNames%2522:%255B%2522Stanton%2520%253E%2520Crusader%2520%253E%2520Cellin%2522%255D%257D
That sounds pretty decent, I'll keep hunting till I hit around 200 then 🙂 Thanks!
There is certainly profit to be made, and so long as you stay in the seat of your ship, 30ks will no longer yoink your money out of your hands
Yeah I have been religiously on sc-trade.tools, but I just feel that the routes I get suggested are low stock all the time :/
Laranite is good in terms of Profit margins, but because everyone is doing it rn, stock is almost always being kept low
@bitter flame the stocks are always low.. cuz its shared with all servers.. if u lucky u get the full stock
I know - I was just hoping it had gotten better over the past couple of patches
@bitter flamei tryd some rouths with the c2 but made a priffit of 100k with 600k(i think) and about 40minutes.. so i still use my mole to get my bank
Will we get more complex cargo, like volatile materials, or ones that require modifications to your ship to accommodate?
@gritty solar What's the best way to get started with Mining? ROC Mining until I can afford a prospector?
@marble skiffyes.. the cargo will change alot when the hull C is relased.. hope it will change for the better
@bitter flamei would recomend renting a prospector ASAP and there way to change its loadout. so u can go for quant with a rented prospector..
How much is it to rent a Prospector?
And you won't be able to rent a prospector again
@bitter flamei make like 200-400k with 1 trip.. about 15-25minutes.. with the mole
im not sure cuz i used real cash to buy the mole.. but there are guuids.. i dont know about the prospector not be renteble after u change the load out?! but if thats true u should not change the laser and just go for the other minerals
@bitter flameif u want u can rent it and i can show u the ropes.. or u can tag along on my mole
Hmm, I guess I will see how much I can save up ROC Mining the next couple of weeks and perhaps consider giving myself a late Christmas present when my paycheck rolls in 🙃
You can rent it after you modify it, it just doesn't have hardpoints on everything you changed
So if you changed the laser, it simply won't have a laser when you rent it again
Thanks for the offer @gritty solar ! Sadly I am short on time so I can't do too much for the next couple of weeks
Atleast, that's what happened to me
@bitter flamewell my offer stands, when ever u feel like it hit me up..
@marble skiffwell then u just take the laser off before the time is up and re equip it after u rent it again
15-25??? you lying
@tame apexwhy would i?
there a way to tell if its quant rock from 5km away without scanning it
How?
@tame apexu mine a lot?
I need the tips incase I find someone with mole haha, need to save up like 700k more
No
Hey I'm down to tag along on the mining trip sometime around 2:30AM UTC if you're flying then
Look for red veins on the rock
It’s easier to tell if it’s an obsidian deposit
@bitter flame do not rent a prospector. i'd save up for one.
i can send ya some guides to help ya get into mining that i've made for 3.15
@tame apex i dont think he's lying i average about 600k mining run every 25 minutes.
@thin escarp trying to solo mine in a MOLE. Is it best to go to the asteroid belt or planet side like on Lyria?
ahh in that case i'd probably go asteroid
cru l3 and hur l3 pretty ez to navigate solo not as massive as the halo
Thanks!
@verbal cargo i can send you a copy of my guide if ya want
has tons of tips tricks how toos where toos bug fixes to mining
lol 600k takes me 6-4 hours
andI need 700k so I guess you can tell
i can show ya the way man @tame apex
Sure, Ill be on later if you still on
I'd love that. Always looking for tips to improve
gotchu
@verbal cargo It's really easy to get popped if you solo mine in the mole so its best to find places where people won't/can't easily find you
Can someone remind me about the rented Prospector exploit
anyone wanna ROC mine?
@thin escarp would be much appreciated
Anyone need Mole pilots?
What is the stock refresh rate for outposts on ariel?
When im mining in the mole and aiming at rocks my scanner is aiming higher than my cursor..... I have to aim way lower than the rock to actually scan the contents. Anyone kno a workaround?
@thin escarp Can you send me your guides as well please
Sure thing
Laranite supposedly refreshes at a rate of 1,389/min, released in batch every 10 mins or so (seems like)
i have a mole?
I just bought a Mole and a second account - making insane cash but to be efficient you need the second account to multibox
got disconnected with a hold full of refined ore, but the ship in storage
let's see if i'm lucky
answer: yes!
full MSR of quant saved
whew
So there's talk of 3.16 coming soon and to not stack refinery orders. Any idea if it's true? was going to do a couple mining runs
well 3.16 ptu is coming soon, so I doupt we'll see the ptu going live for a few days at least.
Usually happens right before they go on their holiday break.
ahh nice yeah sounds like a few days at least still. thanks!
so when mining quant, does it always jump up and down randomly like that? or did I just get a shitty one?
That's normal for Quantanium and why the Lancet Mining Head is the favoured tool -75% instability
yeah, raw pure quant has 10 instability, so it's unstable as !@#$.
Me and a buddy are mining in a mole and want to be able to break big rocks on lyria. What combination of lasers should we use?
Lancet is best
You can break that
it's more that I left so much behind
@native plank With 8k mass rocks and high % me and buddy with both lancets cannot break rock
49%, 24% & a 35%
It's a pity you can't drop a private beacon for stuff like that
@wild nacelle Hopefully in the future
Weird, have you tried using surge module to get it near green then both going to 100% with Lancet?
Both at 100% cant get it even close to optimum
Surges work but looking for a solution without modules
Ive heard of people mismatching lasers to help
Any good passive setups for the Prospector (Quant, of course!)
Focus 3 & Torrent 3 with a Lancet head lets me crack rocks up to 5.5T but I still use a Surge just to speed up the initial crack
bad thing with that setup is if you get a bug and need to claim your Prospector, you lose those modules and they're expensive
I was running 2x Riger 3 and a Focus 3 and felt it was harder to crack the rocks than with no modules
lancet is so stable not sure why you would need a Rieger
just making it harder to deal with having more resistance
I thought the bigger optimum window would help. I should look into the Torrent, from the sounds of it
Lancets. All lancets. One of you sits on 0%, the other drives the power. You may need some percentage on the 0% depending on size, but they shouldn't drive the power.
and really, REALLY, don't have multiple people trying to control the power, you'll get pilot induced oscillations pretty damn quick.
@astral granite did u guys put size 2 lancet on the mole or size 1
Size 2
2 lancets should def break a high quant rock
Its just me and one other buddy and we cant seem to make it happen
We both at full blast and it wasnt working
Couldve just been a buggy rock
what was the size of the rock?
and did it actually scan, or were you just pew pewing at something with no guidance? 😄
8k mass rock 47%
Me and my buddy figured out a solid solution. Just running one lancet and one helix
will work orders in refiners disappear when 3.16 hits? if it they are done/not done?
anyone know if the cluster trick on halo is still work?
Have they said if they are going to fix ROC ping ever?
This usually happens, yes.
if you mean sight spotting Quant clusters from 10km+ then that's gone
Ouchy. I have spend like 2h flying like idiot
How long will refined stuff stay in the refinery?
As far as I can tell, they tend to stick around until collected or there is a wipe
The PTU is already here
I'm sure you're long gone, but do you have any pointers on how to find those in 3.15?
sure the pointer is luck lmao. also when you get to around 4km from the ping you'll see the asteroid shapes appear & just gotta hope you see tight clusters
Yep. Knew about the tight clusters from the visual scanning days. Why did CIG have to remove that! More questions: Do you just ignore anything else except tight clusters and not even scan? How fast to you fly through the field usually? Do you just randomly wander or is there a method to how you search? I assume that was somewhere in Aaron Halo. Do you find any location better than another?
no real method while scanning is borked
tight clusters usually a good indication still though yep
What's the current scanner borkedness?
Also, I usually just spam the tab key and deployed mining head for scanning, should I be using the v key (if I recall correctly) scanning which you can use with any ship?
yep v key normally
They both work but "V" works at greater distances.
Are those mining gadgets in the 3.16 ptu yet? anyone play around with them?
is there a screen to buy mining head and modules in Hur L2? I see the head on wall but can't seem to find a panel or something
I only have clothing in the service zone panel
hover over the tabs at the top of the shop screen and scroll down.
wow that's tricky! thx for the help 😉
Im courier level runner so level 2
but at what time do i get more earning missions?
When i have runner at full level?
first quant mining. Must I store the ship at refinery or do I go straight to the panel?
basically as a bounty hunter each tier earns u a bit extra with an added percent bonus due to reputation with said faction
Not bounty hunter 🙂
so vhrt will earn 40k + 20% bonus if hurston sec likes me the numebrs are wrong but u ge thte poinyt
i know but im explaining the whole process
Right but i though even for delivering packages higher missions were going to unlock
Ye I’m asking do they
@pliant matrix store the ship before you go to refinery
storing the ship will stop the timer
@frail pivot might get better answers in #flight-combat-racing
Tony try going to a different planet
No I was asking a question like bounty missions what other mission types have tiers that pay more and more the more missions u do
Thx I'd be short in time if I went straight to refinery. What process is better for maximum profit?
i'll dm you my mining guide for 3.15
i generally use ferron exhange. cause i dont like the wait
but
sure thx a lot
dinyx solventation is the cheapest
for high yield
but thats 5 days.
the max for ferron exchange is 1 day 18 hours i think
so if a patch is coming. or you dont wanna wait
ferron is best
Patches don't delete refinery deals, as far as I can tell
Well, yh, the last major patch was a wipe
3.16 is a bit bigger
I want to start mining but no clue where to start any help?
Finding a good write up or YouTube video is the best way to learn since it’s quite involved
Probably better to ask here: can the 315p run a mining laser?
No. And later, doubtful. It does have a nice utility slot, but I'm not sure a mining laser would be something that could go there. If we go by current mining ships, they have specific types of cargo areas for the material to be deposited to, and the 315p doesn't have that.
We'll probably get something else than can go there eventually other than a tractor beam. We just don't know what other utility items will be yet.
In jail.
It's intended to be a very basic beginner way of making money.
Alrighty. I more or less assumed based on the low barrier to entry. Are there ANY mining setups that don't cost over a hundred bucks or 5 million uec to start?
There are only two mining ships in the game right now. The Prospector costs a tad over 2m in game. The Mole is over 5.
$155 and $315 real money.
There are two other known mining ships coming, but they're both far larger and far more expensive. Both are in concept though.
if u subscribe to rsi the ship of the month is an argo mole that u can customizse unlike a rental
really good deal for only $10
How would someone in a mole make during a day's rental if they played for 4 or so hours? Assume an hour to figure out bullshit.
ground vehicle mining
i amke about 2 mill running quant in 4-5 hours ez goto lyria if it a cluster its guaranteed to have quantanium in it
Yeah I don't even know how to carry a vehicle in a ship yet.
IMO moles aren't all that viable yet as there aren't places to mine that benefit it. While it can be fun to multicrew mining, you're better off in a prospector or ground vehicle
then don't carry it in a ship, just drive from the garage out and mine with it. no ship..
Oh I didn't even think about that. Are there nodes close enough to be worth doing that?
if ur gonna go for ground mining buy a pembroke armor set or ull cook alive
i'm not sure as i haven't done it but i believe so
Also how does insurance work on vehicles and ships bought in game?
I like prospector mining myself. i leave from CRU-L1 and QT to HUR-L3 to mine asteroids. Then back to CRU-L1 to refine. Then periodically load my cargo ship with the refined material and go sell at Lorvell
But people make lots vechile mining from what i'vev seen too
Insurance currently isn't implemented. It does nothing. At launch I'm not sure if they fully disclosed exactly how it'll work that I know of. I've always imagined it being some system that when you claim a lost ship, you don't pay the claim fee if insured. But who knows if that's right and further, what the prices will even be. Plus it's a long ways out. PErhaps someone else here has better info then I though
So if I buy a prospector in game and it blows up then it's just gone?
I generally buy all my ships with 10 year or LTI just because they allow it. I figure why not if you can? Whether it ends up being beneficial and how much remains to be seen
no, currently you run back to a terminal and "claim" it. You then wait a period of time and then can spawn it again. At no cost unless you want to accelerate the period of time in which case you pay a small fee
if your gonna buy a ship with irl money check out star hangar
Oh okay!
if you buy a ship with real money, you never lose it. If you buy a ship with ingame money, you could lose it the next time they wipe which is very uncommon these days. in both cases you can just recall the ship at a terminal
i often use my prospector to mine, and my nomad to transport my refined material. it's pretty well suited for cargo runs of this size/sort
I've got my 300i, and plan on upgrading it in January to a 325, then possibly buying another in Feb or Mar depending. I really don't like the crazy high prices on the ships though, so I might skip that altogether.
a cutlass would do as well. don't need anything horribly big
How often do they do server wipes?
they recently did one for 3.15 because of introducing physicalized inventory which required significant changes. before that it's been what.. year and a half? maybe more?
(another ship, not a 300i)
you can easily earn ships in game just doing missions and having fun
Yeah, I want to buy them to support the game (assuming again that it continues to hold my interest), but I cannot stomach spending the amounts they want for the ships I see.
heh i know what you mean. my tolerance on that has gone up over time. initially i "splurged" on a cutlass black. Over time though, i realized i have more money then time, enjoy the game and love supporting it, and twice a year have bought something during the big sales
since i otherwise pay $0 to play it, I don't mind buying a ship now and then
and it keeps getting better as a game..
That's more or less where I'm at, but the concept of handing over more than I spend on any 5 other games for one digital ship irks me.
Are the sales significant or is it like the 10% stuff I'm seeing at the moment?
it's not significant in $$.. where it matters is #1-it tends to be the only time you can get an LTI token or 10 year insurance, #2-it's the only time of year where they release lots of ships to buy that are normally not available
you may not care about #1.. lots don't
but #2, there are a LOT of ships in game now. Most are not for sale until they have one of their events.
the moment i mine a difrent ore i finde a 45% qantinium rock
TBH even the insurance thing kinda skeeves me out.
Insurance will only apply on release which is probs 5 years off minimum tbh
When implemented you can just buy the insurance in game as well
Oh well that makes that less skeevy
Yeah it won't be brutal like Eve where you just lose your ship and everything in it on death
for a step up above handmining you can try ROC mining with rented options. Cutlass Black is around $27K/Day and a ROC is $4K/day but it's pretty buggy tbh
i am very sad
lost a prospector worth of 100% quant because the game sent me to menu as i was summoning my cutty with the quant onboard
that's like 280k at least idek
:(
im not even sure if i can fix it
I'm confused. If the quant is onboard, why didn't you park and store it once you landed? at that point, it's secure
e.g. mine quant, QT home, run to terminal, store ship. SAFE!
No I think they were referring to that they had just pulled the ship with the refined quant so they could go sell. But now the ship is in limbo.
oic. spawn cutty with quant on board, game drops you to main menu?
That’s how I read it
ouch. that'd make me sad too
Yeah
yes
yes
:c
Still better than me got my ship blow up randomly when I park at area 18
Around 60 scu
you know you can park at Baijini point, fly a small ship down and still sell your cargo in A18
I was wondering about that. Hadn’t tried it yet.
I park at Baijini, summon the titan and zip on down
if I crash or something, cargo is safe at Baijini
Connie Taurus vs Caterpillar?
Which is best at cargo transport and survivability?
@native plank Connie Taurus is good for starting out on cargo of if you have low cash to invest on with little risk. While the Cat is made for bulk cargo and a lot of investing cash which can bring in a lot of risk but brings in more reward
Taurus is medium freight and the Cat is heavy freight so
Being shot at who would last longer, the Cat or Taurus?
Cat
Wait hold on
Ok so Taurus has 1x s3 and Cat has 2x s2
Tho Taurus handles a bit better than the cat so it can get away quicker
plus the cat has bit more gun to defend itself with
The taurus also have accessable ramp that you can put vehicle in it
^
While the cat have multiple door but none of them is mean to put vehicle in
not yet at least
I tried to stack the merlin those
It glitch out
Fuk those. I want my forklift
Love the look of Connie compared to drake, wanted to find out which was better, but seeing as you pointed out it was a heavy freighter which I did not know I ca see cat is in a different class than Taurus.
yeah its not really fair to compare a medium freight to a heavy freight ship lol
both are good ships tho
Connie can also use for bounty as well
Same
Where can I buy the stampede and torpid. I've been to 3 refineries and a dumpers depot.
Unless I'm missing something, it seems like the refinery support centers only have the same four modules, a Rhine, two versions of the focus, and something else. I only see those four sitting on top of that display in the middle of the room. I don't see any others that I can buy, but all the online sources say that I should bill to buy these at the refinery centers I'm going to, and I can't find them.
Am I the only one that gets an invisible wall on the 135C when it's filled with cargo? Or is this a known thing? (Yes I know the 135c has no SCU space, but I'm a noob and it's the best I've got.)
joo im currently mining in my prospector and wonder what the best mining strat is
anyone can help a new miner haha
Go for quant, pretty much ignore everything else, and if you can, only bother cracking rocks with 30% or more quant to all but guarantee a full prospector of quant
I recommend the Aaron halo between CRU-L1 and ARC-L3, then refine at CRU-L1
Absolutly
Get in line buddy
Might take a while to crack them to begin with, but yh, should be able to get through them
Once the light is flashing, and you dont think you will make it back in time, hold F and hover over the light. There should be an option to jettison cargo
thx
i cant use my laser for some reason
and i even found some quantanium...damn
also cant switch between mining and extraction
is that a bug?
did they reset ptu after last patch?
so i cant do anything?
@odd snow on the shop screen terminals in refinery- hover mouse at top over the category and scroll using the mouse wheel until u see Utility tab, then you will find the rest of the consumables.
?
@quaint cliff u in a rented prospector and cannot use mining head ?
Happened to me and i relogged and it worked but the fact u cannot use any consumables limits what you can mine wirg 60% of what u find
You cannot store refined in tanks for unrefined brut minarals
I'm fairly new, but iirc the refined stuff can't be stored in the prospector cause it's considered trade stuff
ah damn, so how can i sell it?
U need another ship to take refined to sell at the
aight so no refining with the prospector lol
Prospector should still be good to mine, but to piggyback on your question, is there a rentable ship in the same price range that can easily handle the cargo?
Drake cutlass black rentable from refineries
How much per day?
so is it worth for all that time to refine the stuff and not just sell it raw?
but refining takes ages, ist it faster to just sell it and get a new full prospector after that
So the black cutlass costs 27k a day to rent with a 46 scu cap
@quaint cliff there are lots of utube entries about mining in 3.15 will tell you all the tricks
so if you mine with a rented prospector one day and get stuff refining one day, you can go back with a rented black cutlass the next to sell
is that a decent plan?
Got to be careful not to get shot then
I'm fresh out of the oven fresh to the game, so funds are scarce
or get someone to transport it for you?
Well, it looks like the prospector only has a cap of 32 scu, does that change during the refining process?
Ah, I was just refering to what you said about loading up a refinery deal larger than the ships storage
a black cutlass should be able to handle a full deal if it came from a prospector, right'?
aye
But you can't transfer from ship a to ship b atm right?
Mine with prospector to refinery > then load refined goods to a bc.
Otherwise you could mine, transfer the cargo to a friends ship
awesome, thanks iron 😄
Ah, last question. A stock prospector can't really mine quant, or should I stick with laranite
it would have to be a rented prospector to start with
You can buy upgraded mining head though 🙂
you can upgrade the mining head on a rental?
Yes just make sure to remove the head before it runs out of rental
Also if youre brand new to game. You can join orgs that have argo moles and they do mining runs with a group since mole uses 3 mining heads and 4 crew
It can help learn which mining heads are better for what. Also lets you practice mining without needing to rent a ship as they split profits
Any org suggestions? or will any do since Im just starting?

If youre new starter i would go with one of the big ones since there will be more veteran players that have a lot of knowledge and they can offer great help. I dont know if im allowed to mention any… but some star citizen youtubers with a lot of subs have them. And they do mining runs often 🙂
Sounds good!
i would be very interested as well 🙂
Is it worth joining a organisation to get started roc mining
Yea I'm currently renting a cutlass black so it would help with financing
Anyone's u can recommend?
I'm at school rn but maybe another time?
Yeah thanks man
I don’t see any terminals in the mining services shops….
Holy crap. You know how much time I’ve wasted? The terminals say CLOTHES on them. 🤦🏼♂️
@odd snowyeah a bit misleading having CLOTHES written on them....
Hey, I've never mined before but I'm planning on grabbing a cutlass black & roc later and giving it a go, Is there anywhere recommended to go?
I think i'm at a refinery near microtech
hey. im new to the game and were thinking of trading. but the trade posts dosnt seem to find my ship. is this a me problem or a server problem or a game problem?
all info you need guys.up to date take your time and read:https://sc-trade.tools/home
@thick canopy the trading consoles do not detect your ship ? r u trying to buy or sell ?
trying to buy
and you landed in middle of pad ?
there is no pad 😛
its on Yela NT-888-XX the SC trade tool wanted me to pick something up
NT-999-xx
ah ok. damn all my pick up places are missing pads xD
so i need to buy a bigger ship or i wont be able to trade now. as all the small stuff places are broken? 😛
@glacial dagger well what i can se i can not do any trading cuz there is no places to pick up stuff with landing pads or maybe i have configured the SC wrong
So drugs are worthless they do not make profit at all went broke trying it
SC tools on drugs lied lop
Lol*
So what's a good legal trade should I buy and sell too. I can invest 200k and I have a rental freelancer
@glacial dagger be careful saying the word org on here chief
@manic bolt trading is kinda borked rn
drugs are super borked
worse than scrap
@thick canopy if you wear a backpack sometimes ur ship doesn't show up in trade consoles
@urban flame I can send you a mining guide for 3.15 if ya want
ok trading is broke so how about mining. lets say i have a mole what should i mine to get good profit?
ooh yes pls
Get a prospector unless you're bringing friends
Making money with a rented prospector will take some time still though, because of the shitty standart mining head you can't change
@lapis magnet rental prospectors laser is trash you can barely break anything. its not recommended to rent.
@quaint cliff some methods take just a day or so. you can just stack them up.
I actually don't know how to grind up enough aUEC to buy a prospector.
ROC mining is shit, rented prospector mining is shit, fps missions are very slow profit, trading sounds bugged.
So that just leaves bounties which requires a decent combat ship
Or begging for aUEC in chat
i can def show ya the ropes
get you on some mining ships
i have guides aswell. lemme know if you want those.
I myself am good. I managed to buy a prospector and a hornet in game and am doing alot of quantanium mining and bounties
good shit!
Well I managed to get the aUEC because of the trick you showed me @thin escarp
Otherwise I would've still been doing borase trying to reach 2 mil lol
you missed out on the mining op saturday we hit 20.5 million ina night
like 2350 scu of quant
dayum
Wow yeah I need to join one of your missions some day!
I would, but I'm in NZ so that's like 4-5 am for me lol
yeah i'll have another time slot soon. more EU/AUS friendly
Nice
I think the best way for a solo newbie with a starter ship to get some good aUEC now is collecting the xmas presents around A18 @thick canopy
@subtle cradle first of. the lowerd the price. so not doing it anymore. and second of i want to play the game not run around picking up gifts
Did they? How much are they now?
And yeah fair enough, it's boring as hell.
@subtle cradle 250 per packet
Yeah that's not worth it at all then
nope 😛 luckely i did it abit when i started
i made 700k but i didnt care to pick them all day. as i said. didnt start to pick up gifts i started to play the game 😛
You can add me ingame if you want. I could use a Quantanium scout. I'll pay up front for any +30% rocks you find.
Ingame name is ChrisBaldBudgie
hehe. well im out on a mission with friends right now. 🙂
I'm not online. But will be in the future, and it would be easy money for you
how does that work?
We'll be on the same server (an AUS one since I'm the one having to mine)
I'll tell you which area to go and scout and scan in whatever ship you wanna use. When you find a good rock I'll QT to you and mine it. Once it's processing in the refinery I'll transfer you the aUEC we've agreed upon
oh cool
What is the best ROC mining location?
Aberdeen. ROC mining is pretty frustrating at the moment though
Well im poor and i heard its good for money
Well it's cheap to try out. I hope you have better luck than me
thanks
why so?
Last time I went the extraction beam was super buggy and send all the hadanite gems flying everywhere. So it took me ages driving around a 1km diameter and pick them all up
It used to be really good money.
Fly low and slow and look for that square symbol <1km away
is there a specific place to try mining on aberdeen or just go anywhere?
I just go Anderson or Norgaard (I think they're called) and fly towards the sun
Or go OM-1 and fly straight down since it's always daytime there
Is it fast now?
i had a easier time flying pretty fast finding the roc nodes
but its been about 2 weeks
300-600 is decent
yeah and it said to fly low (200m tops) because the gem icons only appear on a ping at like 1200m away
not that ive tried it yet
QQ Can prospector space mine effectively now or is it still primarily a surface miner?
yeah
I guess laranite is still hard to trade this patch. What other goods are available and profitable atm?
Titanium is pretty solid
I used to do laranite/titanium run around hurston (arial iirc)
I got my own little stashes I hit from time to time when prices are low
sc trade tools say distilled spirits are pretty good money. how are the stocks currently?
No clue. I haven’t touched those
might do some runs. I'm tired of bounty farming. made a million on last days but my brain is slowly dying
at least until I get my own prospector and start refining a bit. Like gathering putting to refinery then go hunting
yeah titanium isn't too bad. bought a full C2 at arial for 522k and sold it at lorville for 597k. 75k profit and took like 15 min
can you drop out ore from a MOLE or do you need to go to a station?
Is it not always guaranteed that I would be able to mine a gem by hand?
I'm at a gem deposit that I can't seem to get the power level up enough to extract it, am I maybe doing something incorrect?
So what should I be trading since drugs screwed up my UEC. I have a Freelancer for 3 days rent, what should I buy and sell to get my 2mil back ?
Cause SC tools can't really be trusted
I'm happy to hear about the problems you've had with the website 🙂
One thing to know: vice and drugs have are bought in very small amount, so the shops are often full.
ahhh the drug beginner mistake. I did the same some years ago.
Gotta learn the hard way dude 😉
If you want, to can filter out vies completely: https://i.imgur.com/jAm9Vql.png
Or use a larger "refresh rate" to avoid low-supplied/low-demand items: https://i.imgur.com/3XNgXCy.png
In a freelancer you could try to scrape off the leftover Laranite and fill the rest in Titanium.
In a bigger ship it's not reasonable, but a in freelancer it could work.
https://sc-trade.tools/trade-routes?q=%257B%2522ship%2522:%2522Freelancer%2522,%2522investment%2522:200000,%2522showDetails%2522:true,%2522minQuantityPerMinute%2522:3300,%2522itemNames%2522:%255B%255D%257D
https://i.imgur.com/OGiEvFW.png
@crimson mantle alright thank you I will see what I can do
@pliant matrix yeah I kinda wasn't happy lol lots of grinding oh well
If you are Hand Mining, you need to go to caves, Hand mineable deposits must have a mass of 0.1 or less. ROC mineable deposits typically have a mass of 0.8, which the Greycat hand mining tool can't break. The deposits in caves are usually in the Hand Mineable range.
how hard is it to fit the ROC into a freelancer? would I need the freelancer max?
I'm seeing conflicting info...
does the cutty have enough scu to take completed refinery jobs?
The cutty can take 44SCU. If you get a good rock with the prospector and use a high yield refine you get about 30SCU of Quant - so can only take one refine (ie Prospector load) plus any silly little refines you had left over. You can't spit the cargo unfortunatley
Seems they have patched the rental claim bug that let's you customise loadouts
But do you have to give rentals back now?
i always need seats on my moles 😄
hmm the thing I was using just let you customize the loadout, the timer still continued in the background
So does mine - it has been "expired" for a week. As long as you land and store it safely it is there to fly again. If you ever need to make a claim - no benos
@thin escarp Are you looking for miners at the moment, or was that a general comment?
hey guys, been away for a year or so. is trading a thing right now or not worth my time?
sc isnt worth your time, no
sad
try again next year
you mean next decade?
yes
gotcha
in all seriousness, is trading anyhow working or too buggy? Been doing bounties a bit
Trading is working. It's profitable, but not consistent since like any trading, the inventory is not unlimited.
And with the addition of Server Crash Recovery, trading is probably one of the most viable ways to make money atm.
I should learn trading, one of the only loops I haven’t touched
Probably one of the easiest (besides box delivery).
Just buy A at location A, then sell A at location B for profit.
Yeah, but I suspect it’s a bit more complicated than just that once you get into actually ensuring profit margins and so on
Sort of
You need to know which route is the best. But again, it's not the same every session.
That part is pretty neat, different runs on different days
Seems like a good way to chill
Indeed
just got the game mygself today.. it just finished dling.. was going to try trading first. but i suspect it may take a bit of learning first of some other aspects.
You can go to https://sc-trade.tools/ and check the "Trade routes" for possible trading routes. They're pretty accurate, but the prices may change in-game.
Oh, nice! Will check it out, thanks!
whats the cheapest ship in the game that also hauls enough to where things other than laranite can actually be worth your time to ship?
i would say taurus but its like 1.5 mill cheaper than a cat so
@bright star thanks for the tips, turns out my ship doesn't show up on the trading console on planetary outposts... rip
Second a Taurus. Can do everything. Such a good ship
So when I’m prospector minjng on lyria, what mass and percentage am I looking at for the rocks to fill my hold in one go?
If your looking for Quant, I recommend at least 30%. You can go lower if you start using a FLTR module, and you get less inert material that way
What’s the mass I want, is there not a module that filters inerts?
less than 5k, unless you're really good with modules.. maybe can break a 6k
anything over 6k, don't bother unless you have a friend along in another prospector
mining reference sheet: https://imgur.com/a/7Rwn1fy
Okay so I know I want a helix mining laser, and a stampede module, what other 2 modules do you recommend? I want to be able to fill my hold in one go
personally - I use surge, stampede, and brandt for quantanium mining. Surge rams that bar up to the green area, stampede drives it home faster once you're in that green area, then brandt is for those rocks that make the bar jump way up and down
also, I use the lancet head.. makes the green area larger
Similar to shipv, I use a Lancet I as well. However, I use 2xReigerC3s and 1xVauxC3
More stability and a larger optimal zone than a stock head
Okay so lancet mining head. Cool. Every video says helix
supposedly the helix is more powerful... in my comparisons I see no difference
except the size of the green area
Helix is the go to if your not fussed about that your mining. It does mean you have more power to put in to crack the larger rocks, but it doesn't come with the built in optimized that the Lancet does
I was in a MOLE with the lancet on one turret, and the Helix II in another. In trying to break a 6kish rock, the helix didn't do any better in charging it than the lancet
not worth the $100k imo
I find having two Lancet IIs and one Helix II can really help you break open the larger rocks with ease
Also, I have three FLTR3 modules on my helix, as it has a faster extraction rate than the Lancets
if you're dedicated 3 lancet IIs can crack any rock with a nice fat comfort zone
be aware that a new release is poised for dropping.. I haven't been able to get any confirmation on if it will wipe out refinery jobs or not. I've had that happen before and lost like 8 refinery jobs in process... it sucks.
Is it wiping anything else?
I have about 600k so maybe I can drop some quick jobs
Shouldn't be much if any wiping for this, or at least nothing I have hear from anyone
I doubt it, besides maybe the stuff that gets wiped from a character reset, like bounty certs or something
Anyone looking to mine? I have a Mole and Prospector.
if you loan out a prospector or MOLE, can a person still get the ore and put it into a refinery?
do you need a ship to be able to retrive your refined goods?
Nope, you can take it to any -L1 stations, as well as HUR-L2, store your ship, go down to the refinery deck and set up a refinery order. Some helpful vids on youtube if you get stuck anywhere
i have refined it
now i need to retrive it from the refiner. do i really need a ship to retrive it back from the refiner?
Oh, sorry, Didn't see the retrieve part. Yes, you will need a chip with cargo space to haul it away to sell it. The Prospector/MOLE cant be used for this purpose, as their SCU are strictly for mined goods only
hmm. well thats stupid. so first i need a ship for 2m+ to mine at all then to even retrive my refined goods i need a hauler for 1.5ish m... so i cant use my station inventory for that. that my friend is a bad system if anything
reaaaaly new player unfriendly game mechanic🙂
Mining is meant to be an expensive buy in mechanic, just like irl
yeah well offcourse. well its a alfa so iguess it will be easyer to earn money to buy a ingame ship when trading etc works better
fairly straight forward tbh
you can rent ships to haul the stuff if need be
so if you dont mine very often just to a 1 day rental
i think the constellation andromeda has the most cargo space of the rentals, though feel free to correct me.
you don't necessarily have to refine the ore either, could just directly sell the raw stuff in the refinery.
Game mechanics is fine. Rent a hauler. Few 100k for like 2 weeks
You can also just ask someone to haul it for you and they take like a 10% cut.
Most people will do it for free for you
@rose root you seem to think a new player have alot of money 🙂 its all fine if i get help. but renting a prospector is 55k per day and thats all good i guess it make up for it while mining low tier stuff. but renting a hauler when you dont have any cash to do it. but its all good i just need to do FPS missions for around 27 hours strait to buy the stuff i need, its all about the grind 😄
@thick canopy I started 2 weeks ago and bought today a prospector. Really not that difficult
@wraith tusk cool. now you just need a hauler 😄
Once I have many orders done I rent one, drive all the orders to sell and enjoy profits
You can also do roc mining which has a much cheaper buy in
that works guess with doing muli majning refiners
If you use a lancet head with Surge, Surge, Stampede modules you can break 8k rocks no problem by yourself.
@rose root other players cannot haul someone elses goods
renting a andro for a day is like 70k. stack up orders. and that make it more worth
Ahh yeah true. Renting a hauler is easy and cheap.
@thick canopy you can do illegal surveillance missions in 2 minutes for 20k and they are super farmable in any ship for easy capitol.
Additionally many mining organisations advertise on here all the time for people to man argo mining lasers and the pay is insane. You'll have a lot of auec for new ships etc in no time.
It's easier than you think
for a newbie like me, are mining and refining youtube vids for 3.12 etc as relevant for 3.15 or was there a lot of changes?
@alpine burrowi dm'd ya my 3.15 mining guide.
thanks!
Hey @thin escarp , I think the issue of me having a tough time finding Quantainium in the belt was because of where I was dropping out of QT. When I drop out at 11.5M km from ARC-L3, I find plenty, dropping out 12M km seems to be scarce hits.
Go to CRU L1. Set QT to ARC L3. Drop out of QT exactly at 12,500,000 km from ARC L3.
If you drop out 100,000 or 50,000 km's too soon, you won't be in the spot. The asteroids are not as dense if you drop out too early.
i think 12m is a dead zone
I didn't realize that until last night when someone was scouting and found a ton of 30% and greater rocks
cause 12.5 is pretty legit too
Best luck for me has been 11.5 and I never realized the connection
Anyone know if refinery jobs will be wiped when 3.16 deploys?
they usually are
anyone else having a LOT of trouble with mining the last few days? seems super sparse compared to last week, and a lot more bugs.
New player with a hauler looking to learn how to essentially haul peoples shit
if i reset my account, will i lose my orders?
im not sure steve but i'd say thats highly likely
no more than usual here
What do you mean reset your account?
do an account reset in the hanger. i no longer have a head, cant access skyline or really anything now. so was wonder if id lose orders I have ongoing
you shouldnt iirc
Try making friends, it's pretty easy with this Discord and the Spectrum tools
Could someone send me/link the spreadsheet of the refining methods cost vs time vs result?
I saw it once but now I can't find it
For solo mining with a S2 laser, what head and modules would be better? (Passive modules preferred). Should I just stick with the Helix?
Let me dig see if I can find it
That would be awesome thanks mate. I've really tried on google but it's all minable values so far
If you're mining Quant go with Lancet, Helix is great for all other ores. Modules wise I always run Surge, Stampede and the 3rd is a passive module which i switch between depending on mood, right now its Vaux-C3 or something like that, which gives -10% instability which is nice with Quant which is what i mainly focus on.
Focus or Torrent, the one that gives + laser power aint too bad either.
boom
Nah, not mining Quant with a Mole @crimson oak Just mining everything else!
Basically: big green bars are good, big red bars are bad
it's sorted by most least profitable to most profitable - total potential profits, not over time
but that should help you make choices based on how quickly you need a return, or whether you can wait for max value
oh solo mining, i just assumed quant in a prospector. Either way those modules are a decent choice.
Cheers mate! I appreciate it !
That's awesome thank you so much. I might have scrolled past it tbh since it looks alot like the minable prices one.
I normally always go Dinyx, but I gotta make alot of money this weekend if I'm gonna buy the C2 before xmas
So I need shorter refining times
try Ferron
I finally bought a C2 earlier, the rental finally bugged out.
it's a lot faster than Dinyx, yields almost as much, but requires more capital investment in processing
so you should get the most yield in not too long a time, if you have cash to put up against it
When I get my C2 I'm just gonna mine everything Laranite and up right at CRU L1
But in my Raft it's hardly worth the trip to sell
so iv been trying to mine and figure out what works best
i got a roc but with out a ship to move it around and find rocks in it seems like a huge wast of time
I've got a RAFT and an MSR right now and I'm considering which to CCU and which to keep
on the other hand if i buy the ship to move it in im looking at 1.5 mill between the roc and ship at witch point i might as well go straight to the prospector so whats the point in the roc?
Well at least the MSR isn't trying to kill you everytime you board and exit it lol
look, my RAFT loves me! he says it's my fault he throws me down the elevator
at that point im almost better off hand mining and useing the 300i i already have what is your thoughts on it?
then he buys me flowers
Im trying to get into the Commodity trading game and Im trying to sell medical supplies at a place thats buying for a high price on the Commodity Alerts. I have a hold of 100,000ish worth, but its literally only letting me sell 300UEC worth at a time.... what gives here?
now I cant even sell it did I just punk myself out of 100k
Prices and supplies in game are modeled after the buy and sell orders we place. In addition, smaller outposts have smaller demand
a TDD might buy huge amounts but they're looking for minerals, resources etc
a small outpost will buy med or agri supplies but doesn't need that much
the NPC buy and sell demands refresh over time after their orders have been met by players
so you can either sit there waiting for them to go through their supplies or bus your cargo to another outpost to sell to
try major cities
TDD trade centers
they usually take a big load of medical supplies all at once, depending on how active the servers are.
thats what I had to do - I was trying to play along with the Understock/Overstock alerts
yeah those dont really.. work too well
sigh. Im desperate for something new to do in game haha
maybe try other routes
different commodities, see if you can find a convenient chain to hop between
maybe im too easily pleased but im quite happy just mining quant and when ive enough quant in my c2 i usually hop between a few outposts for some trading on my way to a major city and unload it all together. Saving up for the Ares Inferno when it's finally out and buyable ingame 😄
This can be a helpful tool for plotting routes, but it's not real time data. It's "base" data if demand was maxed
https://sc-trade.tools/home
@remote thistle prospector is solid
roc is ehhh
you gotta have that RNG and have no bugs. and know what your doing
you can average about 200-275k a run in a prospector
if its got the correct loadout
pinned mining tutorial link still relevant?
has CIG fixed order duping? saw it in some video
the refinery dupe glory days are over
dumb question but where is mining consumables on gallog?
Best places to mine?
the Stanton system
What are you mining in? Hand mining, ROC, or ship (Prospector or MOLE)?
Hand mining will be in caves, (you can get quest to find a person), ROC mining is Aberdeen or Arial. Ship is Lyria or Aaron's Halo

ROC mining is messed up at the moment, barely worth the effort. The Rental Prospector is garbage. Sadly there are blockers that make getting started an uphill battle but it is worth it in the long haul
i did alright in the roc last night
managed to triple the amount of aUEC i had from 20k to 60k lmao
Yeah, I miss the days of 270k aUEC runs
I did hit 99k but it took awhile
I didnt fill the roc, only flew around to find 5 rocks between 2 nodes to mine as it was late and i was just figuring out how to do it all as id never mined before
Mining with a mate in a mole. Been ages since I’ve mined, got a lot to learn. Ended up mining in calliope found a decent amount of Laranite. I’m not even sure if it’s worth refining it, the yield stats confused me
Thanks for the help, will try space mining next
Refining is complex because it's part of the game play loop. Refining gets you twice the earnings over selling raw.
Laranite does offer good yield. As you may realize, Quantainium is the "gold" standard for ores
If you start at CRU-L1 and aim for ARC-L3. Drop out of the quantum jump at 11.5M Km from ARC-L3. Good finds for Quantainium normally there. I don't see it being very useful for other ore types
any predictions on when 3.16 will drop? Waiting to mine so I don't loose refinery jobs
<80m/s, Fly as low as you can, ping constantly
using v button?
watch for the cubes that are 2,000km or less on pings. Those will be ROC minable deposits. The diamond icons will usually pop up right under you and vanish fast, depending on how fast you are going.
What section of Aaron halo has the most Quant?
I know it has bands that have different distribution
Nah
if I mine roc on ground then take it to refineries then sale. or sale raw?
you cant refine roc ore i think
you take it to the Admin office trade terminals and just sell it
it also wont show up for sale if the ore is inside the Roc and the Roc is inside your ship. You need to drive the Roc out of the ship first
took me a while to figure that out last night
really? that always worked for me, even with the roc in the ship and the ship stored on the station
I haven't done it recently but it always worked
oh i didnt have the ship/roc stored, i had it landed on a pad on aberdeen somewhere selling there
I haven't tried selling on a moon pad. I usually mined on Daymar then went to sell at CRU L1, maybe that's a difference
ah i picked up the roc at aberdeen and mined and sold at the same place
@tranquil mist i can send you my mining guide for 3.15 if ya want
@near pilot you can sell that stuff right on planet at a mining facility
where do i sell commodity cargo? i dont know if thats the name but im new to the game.
Hello friends, i've got a little question about the Mole mining. im not looking to make a TONE of money, just wanna casually mine here and there. if i were to mine lets say "normal" ore with the mole from large boulders on the planet surfce or in space (asteroids) what kind of profit and how often can i fill up my storage with stuff? can i land at an outpost and just sell it all off like i do with my ROC?
like, if i could make 200 - 250k per fully loaded Mole run, id be super content with that. even 100k would be super duper
The scan will fail on the ship most of the time, you will need to zoom in and check the vein coloring for hadinite
what colour should I looking for? red?
The Mole is kind of an odd choice for casual mining, unless it's casual mining with a friend or two. The Prospector is a somewhat better choice for that I'd say (and cheaper).
Raw ore you pick up can be sold directly to a refinery if you want the lowest possible effort cash, but it's recommended to actually take the time to refine since your returns are MUCH better if you're willing to wait a few hours/up to a day to cash out. Once it's refined, you can sell it at the resource terminals in cities/outposts (but different terminal than ROC sales, which tripped me up at first).
200-250k for a fully loaded Mole is extremely reasonable, my buddy and I split that on the regular without really even trying, and can do much better if we find a good quant cluster and things come together nicely for us
thts great news, because the thing is i like to netflix/youtube/music while mining so having a volotile timer (15min) seems to add stress and i may be unaware and blow up. so i'd prefer to not mine stuff like that hahaha but honestly i just wanna casual fly around. the reason why mole, cause i upgraded my andromeda to a mole with CCU. i didnt like having to constantly carry and take out and put back in the ROC on my andro. and my game crashes often cause of my pc being under spec for this game. so id prefer to just get a ship to just go right away and start mining without having to do all this setup for something like just gem mining
Mole is a bit annoying to solo mine in because you have to keep hopping out of the pilot seat but it's not unworkable
Can any snub ships (merlin, m50) fit in the Taurus' elevator bay? Surprised I haven't seen a video about what fits in it by now.
merlin can fit in the taurus for sure but i dont think the m50 can unless you snap off a wing
how big of rocks can i mine in the prospector
and how do i know if the rock is too big?
Depends on the laser head you're using
You know the rock is too big if the meter on the right isn't going up
mining heads are an equipment slot on the ship
is there an aprox mass thats too big ?
huh
the bar never went up
but the rock blew up
i think the brightness was fucked
I’d say anything above 5100 is too much for a Prospector. You might manage more, with the right setup but 5000 is hard work with a basic MH1 Lancet
So in that screenshot, I can see that your charge level is about 25% through the white part of the bar
it's VERY hard to see, especially against bright backgrounds
it's... not great, really needs some visibility/accessibility tweaks imo
it's paired with a black bar but it's very easy for neither to be visible
You can mine any size rock with lancet head and surge, surge, stampede modules
Should I buy the roc?
You can just rent in game right?
@rancid egret i dm'd ya some info and a guide.
on mining
@wild nacelle def have some loadouts for prospectors that can get bigger rocks. but its more difficult for sure
there any way to get rid of the like bloom
id like to see the guide too 🙂
can you make money selling drugs right now?
I have not tried, but have read people are having trouble selling drugs
seems like most commodities are still inflated due to high trade activity during IAE
This page has instructions on how to reach the Aaron Halo (asteroid belt) bands
the ones depicted on the minimap are inaccurate
Yeah that's about right. I broke a 5800 with a Prospector but it was fiddly and annoying and I only barely did with the Surge.
How do you guys cargo all the refined stuff. Is it worth it to buy a ship for that (ingame) or is renting the way to go? (Freelancer or constellation?)
I rented a Cutty Black (which I think is available at most of the refineries and about 44,000). Mine glitched and is still available to me a few weeks later. The biggest downside to this is it can only carry 44SCU. A decent Prospector haul will give you 30SCU of Quant, so you have to make a cargo run to every mining run. If you have or can rent a bigger ship I'd strongly advise it
I mean yes the idea is more to haul multiple orders, but other than the constellation there is nothing else other than buying or?
Hmm might be worth it if I use the constellation to do other things that I can't with the prospector..sorry just thi king out loud here :-)
As far as I'm aware. The Connie is the biggest cargo load you can hire. Still only 92SCU. Unfortunately you can't borrow a ship to do this.
Another tip - if you have something big like the Connie. Rather than fly down through the atmosphere and land at an awkward city hanger just land at the space station above the city. You can then claim any small nimble ship and when you reach the Trade console your big ship's inventory will be available to you
That's good advice. Thankfully I got this anvil arrow to use as I don't have a small figher
Did you buy yours? Mine just appeared in my fleet one day. I have no idea from whence it came
They give you one so you can play arena commander but it is usable for the PU. If your pledge is not a fighter you get this one
That makes sense. It appeared around the time I upgraded my Titan to a 300i
Yeah same for me when my titan became a prospector
What do you mean? Have you ever been hit by a Prospector laser? It ***** hurts! I'd call that a fighter!
Can always use it to ram into others :-)
Silver bullet fully loaded with quant is the new meta against all those big ships
LOL
Connie is also an alright combat ship as well as hauler. So if you don't have any fighter options you can at least use that for bounties as well as hauling refined stuff.
Yeah I guess I will use it to make back the money it costed renting and good to take some mi ing breaks too :-)
Looking to do some mining with one to two more people. I have a Mole and Prospector.
Anyone know why I can't fly direct to Lyria FROM Arc L1 (Have to go via Arccorp i.e. 2 jumps) but I can fly direct to ArcL1 FROM Lyria (1 jump) for refining/mining etc.
Flying to a satellite of a planet requires going to the larger body first.
So if you go to Lyria from outside ArcCorp's SOI you have to hit ArcCorp first. But leaving Lyria to ARC-L1 is one trip because that is the dominant body in that SOI.
Yeah the process I understand, but if I can track a quantum route from Lyria to ARCL1, why then can't I follow the exact same course, but in the opposite direction? Seems redundant that it works in only one direction and not the other.
@hollow sedge@obtuse raft sent both of you guys my 3.15 mining guide good luck!
@reef narwhal feels man. ive done 1000s of runs and its been like that for ages.
hard to find roc minerals deports
only can see big rock but dont think that is mineable
Same... I mean it's not a massive inconvenience, maybe an extra minute and a half at most. I was just curious as to why it works one way and not the other.
Because quantum
Is there a way to check the status of all of my orders regardless of where I am, or do I have to go to each refinery?
i pretty much just use the same refinery
oh man that would be sick if you could do that, but no sadly...not yet at least
but generally you get a messsage when u log in if somethings done somewhere
I had to drop off some quant in a nonstandard station because I pushed my luck too far
nonstandard?
same
in this case a buddy of mine and i had a mole with 88scu of quant, had to divert to MIC L1 because of where we were in the belt
barely made it, landed the ship with 90 seconds on the clock
yeah i have 22 workorders at arc l1. and 4 at hur l2 😄
Jackpot 🤘 Anyone want some? I can wait here for a while
what ships are the fastes most agile ship to scan for ore in. talking about a small ship that is
Any light fighter like arrow gladius or even talon who offer a better view of the ground. Also small ships like 100i aurora etc
thanks 🙂
Question is...what percentages were they?
Wow! Unless it's 2 clusters together, 10 is the maximum amount of rocks that can ben generated in one spot! https://sc-trade.tools/deposits/Quantainium Deposit
Lucky find! Only 2.6% of clusters are that big 😄
anyone here done the Not So Secret Stash contract?
nope, sounds interesting though
roc need fuel?
my roc will not come out of hanger
yeah it system on and engine on
bed log off dont work
lol
got new one but old one stuck inside the hanger
How much can you expect to earn per hour solo with a ROC and a cutty black?
id say 100-150k / hr
yeah around that, up to 200k for a full load
you also gotta have rng
and know what ur doing
and pray for no bugs
like the other guy hit
Guys where the f is the terminal in the refinery area at arc l1 to buy a mining head
They are on the wall but the terminal is a clothes terminal
Nvm
@frozen harness scroll right on it
Does anybody have a table of the desired mineables for ROC mining kind of like this one?
thanks!
Is there any cargo worth hauling in a cutty black?
What’s the drop range to get to Aaron’s halo from arc l1? If Hurston is my target
Or rather hur l5
Dunno bout that specifically but
@frozen harness @tardy cosmos
Oh yeah, forgot cornerstone had other stuff than the item finder
For any folks still looking for Aaron Halo routes:
https://cornerstonebase.space/resources/knowledge-base/36-refinery-to-aaron-halo-mining-routes
What refinery method should i use for quantum
are passive modules for mining lasers any good ?
if you don't mind waiting, Dinyx gives you the most yield for the lowest price
Thanks
Yes. I reccomend passive ones so you dont need to normally replace them. I like using 2xReigerC3 and 1xVauxC3
Just remember that passive modules will vanish like active ones because they don't persist. One crash and they're gone
how much did you get for that
@glacial dagger@north oyster thx for tips
Nw Bud. Also, Lancet mining lasers for quantainium
that can be expensive then
Very quickly, imo. Surge is the only module I use now
Can be, but most 30k's, so long as your in the seat of the ship, can now save your ship
Could only get juuuust under 32 SCU in. 31.99 so maybe $270k refined not including refining fee (Dinx), fuel costs etc.
Oh no way I had no idea 10x nodes was a bit of a rarity! Noice 🤘🤘
Almost one of each, but 2 of them were 40+% so was easy to extract only 100% quant nodes until I was full
Well almost full
Can't ever seem to get exactly 32 SCU
Ooh, that sounds like potentially full moles
Yeah I was hoping a mole owner might come along and share the booty 😆
mining in jail, ore deposit says transaction failed. doing it wrong or is it fubar?
Log to a new server. Been an issue for a while
Analysis of processing methods
I don't mind
It'll be like waiting for your clash of clans town hall to update
(I haven't played clash of clans in 9 years dont bully me)
its essentially the same output as dinyx
way less time for like
15-20k more
which if your mining quant. is nothing
When I originally put that analysis together for Laranite at Arc L1, yeah, I found that ferron would be good for me since I can only play the weekends

