industrial-professions

[teal wing]

https://youtu.be/RadGv7QVcJw

Died in 3.15 apparently

Gone but not forgotten

Yeah, mineable asteroid render distance is capped at 8km it seems

[drowsy finch]

what is the maximum sized rock that i should be going for quantanium mining with the prospector

[coarse cape]

i think its like 5.2k or around there

[subtle cloud]

Best home base if I'm going to start mining?

With a ROC

[idle blade]

Can live out of Olisar and mine on Daymar

[subtle cloud]

Thank you

[idle blade]

I’ve had more luck on daymar vs aberdeen. Easier to fly on Daymar as well

When the roc is full you can sell to 2 mining facilities on the moon instead of heading back to PO

[lean skiff]

Got a 5320 mass 38% quant rock on Lyria if anyone is interested. Asking 40K for it

Any takers?

[fair slate]

@lean skiff find some 40%+ and I'll give you 50% of refinery yield.

Sadly have to use pyro because of the upcoming patch, so theres a slight loss there but there will be screenshots + the calculations sent to you followed by a screenshot of the money sent (which you'll see 2 minutes after it hits refinery if still online)

[light moon]

I'm Interested

[earnest tendon]

Roxk store is closed for the day.

[earnest tendon]

PM me and I can send you the invite where we do most of our selling.

[fair slate]

Might as well invite me to this

[earnest tendon]

Lol

You already are

[shell wren]

@fair slate you doin solo today?

[fair slate]

I'm not sure what I am doing, tbh

[shell wren]

Okie dokie

[fair slate]

More rocks?

[shell wren]

They aint gonna mine themselves

[fair slate]

Bah, did a bunch of pressure washing today... having trouble shakin the texas heat after quite a bit of exposure

High humidity where I'm at, bein a bitch about it too

Tomorrow bruh

[shell wren]

Its all good bro

[fair slate]

I'll send ya 75k for offering to look tho when I login and send ya a SS

[drowsy birch]

whats the best items to trade around MT

[lean skiff]

Sweet, will do

[fair slate]

Let me know when you have Rocks

[earnest tendon]

Depends on how much cargo space you have.

What kind of space you talking?

[drowsy birch]

c2

@earnest tendon

[earnest tendon]

For now, Titanium. It is the best material with the best reward that can consistently fill up a C2.

People talking about how good the FPOV Rock Sales are. XD

[drowsy birch]

where can i buy that in quantity near mt

i went to clio and it sold out fast

no where near enough

[earnest tendon]

It won't be near MT. It will be in the Hurston system.

[drowsy birch]

i mean i may as well sell it in hurston then lol

[shell wren]

Hdms Lathem

[earnest tendon]

Go from ether outpost on Arial (Bezdek or Lathan) and sell at Loreville

[drowsy birch]

yea i know the hurston trade route

i was just told that it might be better on mt for single ships

[earnest tendon]

Everybody does. you all cause the price to spike like mad men.

XD

I went to do sells run today and saw the price was 7.69 per unit...

https://tenor.com/view/forget-that-screw-that-no-way-not-possible-not-interested-gif-15074463

I decided to go sell rocks instead

A good price is like... 7.25-7.5

[subtle cloud]

My extractor on my ROC is just slinging stuff and not picking it up...any advice

[shell wren]

Its picking it up its just messy

[subtle cloud]

Ok

[shell wren]

But if you watch your cargo counter youll see the number going up

[subtle cloud]

It's not

[shell wren]

If it doesnt then turn off and on again

Switch mining modes

[tawny path]

Roc mining anyone

[tulip roost]

Question for ROC miners, how much dosh are you pulling? Compared to different levels of BH let's say

[twilit wren]

Is there a way to pull up what work orders you have going and where at?

[tawny path]

anyone mole mining?

[sacred loom]

Around 220k for a full ROC of hadanite

[tulip roost]

How long does that take?

[sacred loom]

Start at the edges and just do small amounts to minimize the shitty extractor

About 90 mins or so

for me anyway

[teal wing]

I tried ROC mining in an MSR - so many doors

[deep vector]

I’m waiting for trading to be ruined in a week after 3.17 drops

[viral heath]

Sigh

[sacred loom]

Its already not to safe, you can just explode randomly and loose all your stock ( that's what happened to me, 800k worth )

[visual ravine]

should i start trading (ive got 275k) or should i rent a prospector and go mine instead? i got the game 6 days ago

[tulip roost]

Can you still replace mining heads on rented Prospectors?

[visual ravine]

dont think so

[tulip roost]

Rented Prospector comes with a weak head, so you are probably better off renting something to trade with

Alternatively, get a ROC, rent a Cutlass and ROC mine

[visual ravine]

but trading, does that work where if you have a billion auec and buy stock for that, will you make like 100 million or is there limited stock

[tulip roost]

Margins aren't too high tbh, you need good cargo space

[visual ravine]

yea ok

is mining or trading more profitable atm

[tulip roost]

For your buck I'd say ROC mining

[visual ravine]

because my idea is to rent the prospector and mine minerals until im able to afford one myself, upgrade that and then go quantanium mining

[tulip roost]

ROC is 172k, renting Cutlass is cheap

[visual ravine]

whats an roc

[tulip roost]

I think you'll beat any non-quant mining with that combo

It's a ground mining vehicle

[visual ravine]

ohh

[tulip roost]

You need that, a ship that can fit it, like a Cutlass, can be rented rather cheap

And a good thermal protection suit

[visual ravine]

i should be able to afford all that

[tulip roost]

You can get all that with money you have easily

[visual ravine]

how much would you say id make with that

[tulip roost]

Someone above said that full ROC load od hadanite sells for 220k

No refining needed

And takes them abput 90 min

[visual ravine]

but what if id refine?

[tulip roost]

I don't think you can refine it

[visual ravine]

oh

and is hadanite a hard mineral to come by or

[tulip roost]

Nah, it's actually quite easy to find, since you will be aiming for ROC mineable rocks which are different to regular rocks

If you go yo Auberdeen, they are everywhere

Lots of guides on that too

[visual ravine]

oh right ok

[tulip roost]

It's a very good entrance to mining

[visual ravine]

ill try it out

150k an hour seems fine

[tulip roost]

You might earn less, since you're not that experienced for now, but it's pretty fun

And even 100k an hour is very good money for a beginner

[visual ravine]

but so lets say i do that for like a week straight and make about 3 million

what do i do at that point to make the most money

[tulip roost]

As far as non-combat goes you either get a kitted Prospector and go for Quantum mining

[visual ravine]

and the prospector is the best for that job in that price range?

when upgraded and all

[tulip roost]

Or you push to get a big cargo ship like Caterpillar or C2 and trade Titanium

[visual ravine]

how profitable is trading titanium

[tulip roost]

Can't say, I'm a bounty hunter, but should be one of the best moneymakers, with a big ship

[visual ravine]

200-250k an hour you think?

btw bounty hunting is what im also doing atm i make maybe 50k an hour or less

[tulip roost]

No clue. And as far as mining goes, for solo quantum mining Prospector is your only bet

There's Mole, but it's multi-crew

So probably way more hassle than it's worth. Very expensive too

[visual ravine]

would one other friend make the mole a better ship? and does mining with friends make it faster or make you more money in any way

[visual ravine]

ah ok

[tulip roost]

Well, technically a friend would help and be more fun. In a Mole they could sit on a turret while you fly. But honestly I'd think you two would be better off flying two Prospectors if pure money gains are concerned

Or maybe one in a Prospector and another in a fast, nimble ship to scout for rocks faster

Either of you find a good quantum rock, Prospector mines, goes to a station to drop it off and scout is searching for the next rock

[visual ravine]

👍

[visual ravine]

right that sounds smart

or that friend could be in a prospector too, and while im flying away refining he stays and finds two rocks for the both of us

[tulip roost]

Yeah

[visual ravine]

so its a cycle, when i come back i find rocks as he leaves

[tulip roost]

You can test it all out, see what works best

[visual ravine]

yeah

[tulip roost]

The important part is to have fun

A lot of great moneymakers get real boring real fast, so mix it up

[visual ravine]

i just wanna focus on making money atm lol

when im sitting with 10 million and 10+ ships ill start having fun

i like the feeling of being financially free in a fun game like this

[tulip roost]

It is, but getting there can lead to a burnout, so don't go all out

[visual ravine]

im motivated to make money and i dont usually get burnt out even after doing the same mission on a game for 100+ hours

[tulip roost]

I used to grind hardcore and by the time I got a better ship I had no energy or will to have fun with it

[visual ravine]

makes sense

[tulip roost]

Well, in that case you'll do fine

[visual ravine]

what i want to do is,

i have two other friends that just bought this game, 1-2 days ago

i want to be the one with all the fun cool big ships that help them also make a ton of money

[tulip roost]

Potentially you could all earn a bit and chip in for a big ship

That'll make moneymaking much faster

[visual ravine]

true

[keen stream]

Yeah then it's all gone by the next wipe update.

[visual ravine]

whens that

[keen stream]

I dunno but it will happen

[visual ravine]

i mean im fine with that

ill just repeat what i did this time

and itll be back in a matter of weeks

[toxic citrus]

No set date, but confirmed ones are beta release and official release

[visual ravine]

its been in alpha for like 9 years, if theres at least a month until the beta ill be fine with it

[toxic citrus]

Theres way more than a month to beta

And most likely gonna be wipes in between

Depending if we find something economy breaking

[visual ravine]

like a bug or sumn?

[toxic citrus]

Glitches

Duping, etc

[deep vector]

Never exploded both in my caterpillar and c2

[tulip roost]

We used to have wipes every patch and then they went persistant, but we can still get a wipe at any patch. So far there was one I believe, in 3.16?

But with quantum being slowly implemented, I'd say we can expect them more often

[toxic citrus]

I would say otherwise

[tulip roost]

Major patches are about every 3 months though, so at least there's that

[toxic citrus]

I doubt they'll be wiping every major patch

[tulip roost]

Yeah, same

Still, sadly, we never know

[toxic citrus]

There aren't as my dupe glitches etc anymore

*many

[tulip roost]

Well, still got my Avenger duped. It's actually annoying though

[toxic citrus]

but that could change any minute

[hollow sedge]

I've never lost my money with the quarterly updates, except for earlier this year - when they stated that there would be a wipe of the aUEC. I've kept my aUEC over the last few patches (updates)

[sacred loom]

Give it time, u will haha

[robust osprey]

do you guys have a good method for multi prospector mining?

we dont have a mole yet but 2-3 of us have prospectors

[hollow sedge]

quantanium around Microtech or the asteroid belts

[robust osprey]

is that better than lyria?

[deep vector]

Doubt tbh

[hollow sedge]

I haven't hung around Lyria for mining purposes, but they easily make around 200 - 250k an hour around Microtech

[visual ravine]

which one is the best to mine at when it comes to planets or aesteroid belts

[deep vector]

Lyria better but for two prospectors/ mole

[visual ravine]

whattt

[deep vector]

Solo - belt, two prospectors/mole+ scout - lyria

[robust osprey]

lyria is the only place i have mined so far, i tried the belt and found nothing but i know that different parts of the belt are better than others

[deep vector]

And servers

[robust osprey]

have you got a good part of the belt i can try?

[deep vector]

Personally band 5 my favorite, but main rule - no rocks for 20 mins = server hop

[robust osprey]

what is a band? sorry im kinda new to this

[deep vector]

https://cornerstonebase.space/resources/knowledge-base/36-refinery-to-aaron-halo-mining-routes

[robust osprey]

thats an amazing resource thank you

[real axle]

What percentage of minerals should I be looking for in a rock worth mining

Im in a rental prospector so cant mine quantanium

[deep vector]

Literally anything that cannot be found irl, you won’t make money on it

Like aluminum no, borase - yes

[real axle]

I found Laranite, but some deposits are 2%, some are 20%. Are the 2% deposits not worth the time?

[toxic citrus]

Whats the rock mass?

[real axle]

3500

[toxic citrus]

Mm, i wouldnt bother then

If you want to take it, sure

[visual ravine]

whats the top 3 best materials to look for while mining

[toxic citrus]

Quant is #1 easily

For 2 others refer to someone who knows better

[visual ravine]

quantanium? yeah but i wouldnt be able to mine that with a stock rented prospect though i dont think

[toxic citrus]

Order seems to be quantainium (88) , bexalite (44) and borase (35,2)

Refined value

Probably outdated since its from sc trade tools

[real axle]

I died lol

Mining is hard man

[robust osprey]

if you can stomach the bugs

[real axle]

The optimal green bar was so small and the white kept jumping up and down

[robust osprey]

roc mining is good money

thats how i bought my prospy

[real axle]

Everyone kept saying mining is a good way to earn credits, but I don't know what i'm doing wrong

[robust osprey]

its not in a rented prosp is the issue

[real axle]

I'm guessing the stock attachments aren't very good?

[robust osprey]

you need to mine quant to make good money, and you cant upgrade the mining laser on a rented prospector or install modules that make it possible to mine quant

[silk ridge]

If you struggle with small optimal windows, try Brant modules. They help alot in those situations. edit: especially useful for 2nd break, due to the extreme instability

[real axle]

Can I change those modules on a rental?

[toxic citrus]

If the bar goes above the green part you can always shut down the laser as a whole

It isnt that hard tbh

[silk ridge]

You can't change the laser, but not sure with Consumables. I'd just ry to install a consumable. Brants are really cheap.

[real axle]

Alright thanks for the advice everyone 🙂

[toxic citrus]

If its still hard, you can switch to doing halt illegal surveilance for example and save for a prospy of your own

Which then allows you to change modules for ease of mining and etc

[deep vector]

That’s why you need different laser, not rented

[north oyster]

You can only fly one ship at a time. Before the wipe I had every purchasable ship in the game and 100s of millions of aUEC. It's the climb up that makes the game fun

[visual ravine]

yeah im aware

also 100 millions of auec? how the hell

did you play for multiple years to get ti that point

[north oyster]

I averaged over 1m per day earnings

[visual ravine]

insane

doing what?

[north oyster]

Mining, trade

[visual ravine]

quantanium mining im guessing?

[north oyster]

Yes, every trip out I average about 225k. Actually little higher but I like to low ball it

[visual ravine]

damn

[silk ridge]

My expectations are too low ...

I had fun doing some 3 3-box deliveries in every jurisdiction last night

[north oyster]

Box runs are a right of passage. Though they use to be better

[visual ravine]

and thats per hour or so?

[north oyster]

I don't measure per hour because I'm an entrepreneur not an hourly wage earner. A run may take 15m or 30. It's like fishing

I've haven't had any time to play since the wipe but I've already earned about 30m

[visual ravine]

15 minutes??? so theoretically if i were to do it for 8 hours id be able to earn like 2 million a day with no sweat?

[silk ridge]

I don't measure at all. I count it as success if I had fun. I just mix and match all the things I like. I just try to fit one mining run per day, just to keep the UEC coming.

[north oyster]

15 mintier isn't usual, but it happens

[visual ravine]

yeah i meant 30 mins as the norm

like if you got 225k every 30 mins for eight hours

[north oyster]

That's on the top side too, usually about 20ish

[silk ridge]

I usually find a good rock to mine in 20 minutes (only when I fly in mining mode tho, because a lot of Quant rocks don't even show up in normal scan mode)

[north oyster]

Band 1 in the Halo has been awesome for me

[silk ridge]

I prefer band 5/6 ... Band one has such a low density ... flying there literally makes me sleepy 🤣

[north oyster]

I found the higher density bands had way more duds. Plus Band 1 appears to have higher density of Quan

4 & 6 are pretty good too

[silk ridge]

Oh ya, there are alot more duds ... It's just less boring to fly for me personally. 😆 No idea why it makes me so sleepy to fly in band 1

[north oyster]

Not as many rocks to dodge

[robust osprey]

@deep vector damn you might be right about the belt

took me about 20ish mins to get a 29scu load of quant

[deep vector]

i'm too old to speak about something i'm not sure without saying that i'm not sure)

got my internet back, time to sell my 100+ scu of refined quant

[robust osprey]

delicious money

[robust osprey]

what do you use to ship it?

[deep vector]

not enough, but yes, mole was a good pledge

[deep vector]

something. Taurus probably, or cat

223 total scu, cat it is

[visual ravine]

223????

you could hold a whole planet in there

[sullen anvil]

going to hop in to my mole and do some mining if anyone wants to join

[visual ravine]

i do

im on my way home

id like to be with u so i can experience what mining is like

[sullen anvil]

sure

add me when youre on

[visual ravine]

my name is Pobin if youd like to add me rn

[sullen anvil]

ok

[deep vector]

wym?

[visual ravine]

scu is storage space right

[sullen anvil]

yes

[hoary hinge]

1SCU is about 1m^3

[deep vector]

223 refined, 110+ quant, else useful things

cat has 576 scu of a cargo space

[visual ravine]

holy shit

[deep vector]

what? three mole loads

[visual ravine]

yeah isnt that a lot

[deep vector]

its 3 loads

3 is a lot?

[toxic citrus]

If its 3 full loads it is a lot

[deep vector]

its not full because full is 270+

[toxic citrus]

righty

[deep vector]

156 scu of quant

[toxic citrus]

god damn

[visual ravine]

223 scu sounds like a shit ton to me i got the game like 6 days ago so i might be entirely wrong

but in the youtube video i watched he had 32 scu

so im just imagining that ur able to have like 223 scu worth of quantanium which is probably a few million

[deep vector]

223 overall, 156 quant

prospector has 32 scu, mole 96

still, with right mindset and skills its doable in a day]

keep in mind that refinery will take around 30-35 hours

[robust osprey]

ok belt 5 is the way. second load after lunch it took me 10 mins to find a rock and fill all 32 scu of my prospy with 100% quant

[deep vector]

hate the price of size 3 components

[robust osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/backing-you-get-yours-danny-devito-danny-devito-gif-13052176

[deep vector]

in 3.17 mining will be less profitable

[robust osprey]

damn for real?

[deep vector]

because price will drop

[toxic citrus]

Wait so is there a way to dump ores out of your hold xd

[deep vector]

because everyone is mining quant

[deep vector]

alt+j

[toxic citrus]

Ah shit wish i knew earlier

[robust osprey]

whats gonna be the new money maker in 3.17

[deep vector]

same as now

bounties\mining

[toxic citrus]

a 5.1k mass rock with 46% quant is good, no?

[pallid temple]

Yeup

[toxic citrus]

well shit

my stock prospector is too weak for it lol

fml

[tulip roost]

It's about 25 scu, am I counting correctly?

[toxic citrus]

Yeah unfortunately

[tulip roost]

Stock Prospector is a pain for Quant. Get da lazor

[toxic citrus]

Which one doe

[tulip roost]

Helix is still king I think

[toxic citrus]

rightyo

how much does it cost

50k?

[tulip roost]

108

[toxic citrus]

dang

welp worth the risk ig

Hate losing a good rock lol

[dreamy river]

Don’t get the helix for quant mining

[toxic citrus]

welp

[dreamy river]

Get the lancet mh1

[tulip roost]

Oh, it's not good anymore?

[dreamy river]

It’s ok but lancet is best for quant now

[toxic citrus]

Right

[tulip roost]

Mighy wanna grab consumables too

[dreamy river]

Surge and stampede modules to help@with the bigger rocks

[toxic citrus]

mh1 or 2?

does it matter

[dreamy river]

Prospector can only use mh1

[tulip roost]

2 is for Moles, right?

[toxic citrus]

got it

danke

[dreamy river]

Yup

Np!

[tulip roost]

that feel when no T0 heads

ROCkers get no love

[toxic citrus]

any other parts i should get?

[tulip roost]

Q drive

[toxic citrus]

mk

[tulip roost]

Get VK00, Grim Hex or Orison

43.3k

[toxic citrus]

finder.cstone.space must be lying to me rn

Can't find a Lancet at ARC L1

[tulip roost]

Are you at the refinery?

[toxic citrus]

yep

[tulip roost]

They are supposed to be there. Otherwise try C1 or Tammani at Loreville

[toxic citrus]

Theres only a klein, hofstede and an impact laser head, thats it

fml

even erkul says theres one at ARC L1

wtf is this shit

[tulip roost]

Erkul isn't always reliable for lagrange points

No idea why

[toxic citrus]

Guess ill have to go all the way back to lorville again

[pallid temple]

Are you looking in the terminal?

[toxic citrus]

Theres one of them which only has clothes, multi tool stuff and armor

and then theres the rental one

[pallid temple]

There's one next to the lasers on the wall

[toxic citrus]

im probably missing something

ill go check it again

this is all there is to it

2 clothing terminals and 3 lasers on the wall

[marble crater]

it's in the clothing terminal, scroll on the top row of items

[toxic citrus]

Which category is it under?

All i see is, misc, clothing, personal weapons, undersuits and armor

I'm fucking dumb

Ok thanks

took way to long to realize you need to scroll on the categories lmfao

[marble crater]

it's a pretty bad menu setup tbf

[toxic citrus]

An indicator that its a slider would've been great

[silk ridge]

😆 I would laugh... But i did the same ... not fonding the mining stuff.. 😆

[deep vector]

We all did same

[cerulean lichen]

Since I m over my mining roc to daymar I have been having a lot more luck mining. Sure it may not be as pretty as microtech but it makes good money

[torn shell]

Which is the biggest cargo ship available to rent and where can i rent it

[leaden night]

What sort of profits can be made doing cargo with the nomad, or is it worth saving up for a cutlass?

[torn shell]

The more profitable thing to do with the nomad is illegal monitor mission or roc mining but I recommend the missions their easy and you can make 20k every mission and they take 5 min if your efficient but look at a tuto first

[cerulean lichen]

Saving up for the cutlass is the best option in my opinion.

[torn shell]

Ah yes its good at trading cargo

[leaden night]

I already know about monitor missions but I would like to do cargo for fun

[torn shell]

I love doing cargo in my cutty

[torn shell]

U can do cargo but it you wont get much profit since it has low scu

[cerulean lichen]

I have yet to do any trading with my cutlass as I though 46 units of space wasn’t enough. Been wanting to though.

[toxic citrus]

Im gonna be pissed of my prospector explodes on the pad now

[torn shell]

Nah i make like 20k profit each trip heres the best trading routes if you want to start https://uexcorp.space/routes

[cerulean lichen]

Huh may have to try it some time as I see some routes that will get me 24k per run and are pretty safe.

[tawny gale]

where should i sell my refined quantanium?

[toxic citrus]

Area 18 TDD or Lorville business district thing

[tawny gale]

alright thanks

[tulip roost]

Having to go to trade district is such a pain though

[tawny gale]

i can't even collect my quantanium atm

[cerulean lichen]

I swear finding nodes inside of terrain generated rocks is so annoying. Can’t access them at all with the roc

[earnest tendon]

I hope you are wrong... but you are likely right. I really hope the "NPC" trading in the background don't out compete players.

[toxic citrus]

I had a 30% rock explode, at least you are alive

[deep vector]

everyone doing quant, we may only hope that lower price limit will be still decent

[cerulean lichen]

Well it’s still annoying. Found a 8 node of handite to only find 3 were able to be mined as the rest were stuck inside the terrain

[earnest tendon]

I doubt there will be price limits.

[tulip roost]

This straight up made me drop ROC mining a few months ago

[earnest tendon]

There might be some short term but the goal is no limits and numbers are just market limits. Price goes to high and people stop buying and if it goes to low, people will buy it all up.

[thin escarp]

@torn shell I think its the connie andro

96 scu cargo

[cerulean lichen]

Yep I can see why. It’s enjoyable but if every set of nodes you find is stuck in a rock and inaccessible it would be super annoying. I’d love for a fix to be in the works but I’m sure the devs got more important things to work on

[thin escarp]

@cerulean lichen its not as bad in 3.17

[tulip roost]

I once went out and found I kid you not, 15 nodes like that in a row. Not a single one accessible. Uninstalled.

I get the alpha thing, but come on, there are some limits

[cerulean lichen]

I hope so. Have heard a lot of good things about the patch

[kindred coral]

Hey everyone, so I just started playing Star Citizen, and I am stuck inside my aurora carrying a box of drugs. I cant drop the box nor open my doors... Can anyone help?

My F-menu is not reacting

[tulip roost]

Try dropping it through i menu

[kindred coral]

Nope

Cant do 😦

[tulip roost]

Well, at least it's not a body...

Your best bet is relog tbh

[kindred coral]

I think my server is dead xd

If I relog do I fail my contract?

[sullen anvil]

Yes

[kindred coral]

Tarnation

[toxic citrus]

Is it better to mine in atmo with prospy or just commit to space ones

[thin escarp]

@toxic citrus either

lyria is juicy

some people mine halo

I have a guide pinned in this channel

@toxic citrus

[toxic citrus]

mhm

saw it

[toxic citrus]

found a 40% rock and successfully extracted, lez go

Last time i blew up

[hollow sedge]

uh

is ROC mining just really buggy?

[empty kite]

Anyone propstector/mole mining?

[teal wing]

The ROC is a buggy so I guess

[hollow sedge]

oh I meant like, bug as in trying to use it I'm sorry

[kindred coral]

Is Supply Re-up not working on MicroTech?

I cant seem to drop the slam in the bin

[teal wing]

Are there any specific issues you're having? There are some known ones, like flinging gems around and components breaking, so it is pretty buggy in general. Still viable though ^^

[hollow sedge]

basically my ROC wouldnt grab any of the gems and put it into my buggy, I was in extract mode and it was just flying all around me

[spiral charm]

Anyone by chance wanna try a cargo mission with me? It’s my first time. Have the freelancer max. Don’t really know what I’m doing.

[teal wing]

Try picking up a few at a time and waiting until they get pulled in, you usually collect 1 gem every 2 seconds or so. You can see if it's working by watching the cargo tick up. It's frustrating but not completely broken.

[hollow sedge]

ahh makes sense

That was what was happening

[teal wing]

Yep, that's 'normal' in 3.16 so you just have to avoid picking up too many at once

[hollow sedge]

Ah i see okay, yeah its my first time, just trying to see what i want

[grave idol]

can i mine with the starter ship?`msi andomeda or soemthing

[visual ravine]

i rented a prospector and went around on planets and in space for over 2 hours and i couldnt find a single quantanium ore small enough for me to mine

any help on good locations to mine at? im lost atm

[grave idol]

does the size matter+

[visual ravine]

mass matters i think because i cant mine some of the rocks

[grave idol]

ok

[frigid vigil]

I’m looking for 2 people to assist my mining operation, pay split 3 ways. I have ship and mining equipment just need 2 pilots and one small ship

[visual ravine]

where do you mine?

[frigid vigil]

Aberdeen, daymar

[visual ravine]

and how fast does it take for you to find quantanium to mine on aberdeen or daymar

[frigid vigil]

Not quantanium more hadenite

[visual ravine]

is hadenite good money

[frigid vigil]

It’s not mole or prospector it’s ROC. Roughly 200aUEC per piece and one load is quite a bit

[visual ravine]

whats the difference between using an roc and a prospector

[frigid vigil]

Yup

[visual ravine]

what

[brazen jacinth]

where is the best spot for quantanium?

[grave idol]

i was close to daymar i just died

[frigid vigil]

Prospector is large rocks that refine into quantanium. It pays better but takes longer to refine and equipment costs more

Sorry that “yup” was a accidental hit on the suggestion bar

[visual ravine]

oh lol

[upbeat remnant]

Robin, the laser on the rented prospector is not strong enough for most quant rocks

[visual ravine]

oh

[upbeat remnant]

just FYI

[visual ravine]

what should i mine instead

[frigid vigil]

So where your scans and hud show rocks you fly low to the ground on certain planets and look for a gem icon and those are easier to mine

Should be hadenite aphorite and something that starts with a D

[upbeat remnant]

to get your money back on the rental try laranite

dolomite

[visual ravine]

if i fill up to 32 scu of just laranite how much would i get

just a quick estimate

100k?

after refining and all

[frigid vigil]

31

Per unit

[visual ravine]

how do you get units to scu

[upbeat remnant]

xlose to 95000 full yield

[visual ravine]

not bad

whats the best place for laranite xmrguy

[frigid vigil]

Refined Lara bite at 32SCU is 99,232

Laranite

[upbeat remnant]

Aaron Halo asteroid belt

[visual ravine]

where is that

[upbeat remnant]

all over, but you can set a course between crul1 and arkl3 and jump out of quantum at about 12,500,000

i can jump in and show you around if you like

[visual ravine]

ill try to do what you just said

from cru l1 to arc l3

[upbeat remnant]

yep

[gray cloak]

Can the mustang starter ship do mining? Idk how to get a mining laser on it

[thin escarp]

@gray cloak no

only prospector and mole

and roc

are mining vehicles

[dense knoll]

Lancet MH2 mining heads for my Argo mole correct?

For quant mining

[inland yew]

anyone wana go ROC mining?

[upbeat remnant]

futuristic yep

kxwala, ill go

[dusky portal]

What are the best planets for roc mining?

[inland yew]

daymar

[toxic citrus]

Yep, it does

[dusky portal]

Thanks

[tulip roost]

Really? I thought Auberdeen has highest Hadanite spawn rate

[inland yew]

yes but daymar is better for weather and terrain, you may find more hadanite at auberdeen but its not really worth it at that point

[tulip roost]

Terrain I'm inclined to agree, but weather shouldn't be an issue with Pembroke, no?

I gotta say though, the piss atmo is really not good for the soul

[north oyster]

The hotter the planet or moon, the more hadinite.

ROC mining is going to be, I believe, much better and more profitable in 3.17

Just be sure to stock plenty of water and food. The deteriorating rate for hunger is stupid in 3.17

[cerulean lichen]

Daymar has just given me a lot of trouble as there seems to be so little node spawns.

I know hadinite is where the money is at but may just go back to microtech where I know I can get a lot of nodes even if it’s just cheap dolivine

[wintry quiver]

where can you rent a cargo ship?

[hardy mesa]

Cutlass black from arc l1 for like 36k a day has 46 cargo space

[kindred coral]

So the Supply Re-up personal mission, is it working?

[indigo wolf]

Where is the best spot to start at when looking for quant on lyria

[thin escarp]

@indigo wolf I always go the pit

or buckets

or orphamage

you risk npc pirates near that area if someone is doing

bounties nearby

aberdeen and arial have significantly higher amounts of hadanite than daymar for roc mining

@cerulean lichen @tulip roost

[indigo wolf]

Ok cool also how do you figure out how much SCU of quant is in a rock. I know there was some math you can do but I forgot

[calm pine]

Im trying to do freight runs but whenver i land somewhere to buy my ship dosnt show on buy location (freelancer)

anyone know a fix?

[visual ravine]

i tried this after you said it and i exploded

and rage quit

lol

[upbeat remnant]

robin, lol

[zenith sail]

dude i still dont know where to even buy food or water

[north oyster]

With 3.16 resetting your health status every time you logged, many never needed to look or learn

[fair slate]

Sorry @hollow sedge, you cameinto the wrong chan for mining 😛

I do 50% splits on rocks dawg, paid out when it hits refinery

[cerulean lichen]

Isn’t the surface like extremely hot? Like I would need special gear for it?

[tulip roost]

Yes, get the Pembroke suit with the helmet, and you're good

It won't last you forever, but it'll last you well over what's needed to mine out a deposit

But get plenty of water too

I've been ROC mining on Aberdeen and you find Hadanite more often than anything else. As long as it ain't covered in rocks and you don't mind atmo looking like piss, it's a gold mine

[cerulean lichen]

Hmm ok. May keep doing Daymar though or maybe I’ll try a little light trading since the cutlass has the space. I don’t know what yet I want to focus on in the game I just know I’m enjoy mining. Where do I buy the pembroke suit?

[bleak schooner]

Can someone please help me with how to sell stuff from my ROC, its my first time using it and I have been transporting it on a cutty black, but when I take it to a station to sell and go to the sell terminal, it doesn't show up, only my ships...

[tulip roost]

Pretty sure you can get one at Lorville or station above it

Usually environmental suits are sold wherever the danger is

[thin escarp]

Pembroke

@tulip roost

get the Pembroke undersuit and helmet

[tulip roost]

Yup, that's what I'm saying

[wary nexus]

any smuggling tips in a taurus/cutty black

[hollow sedge]

for you people doing cargo, what rep are you guys at to start getting good money? I'm only getting 3k per delivery

[thin escarp]

thats deliveries

not cargo

seperate

[hollow sedge]

Oh... How do you unlock cargo then? More rep?

[marble crater]

at Tier 2 Box Deliveries it jumps up to $45K per mission and involves a little bit of fps in a bunker. Think you have to do around 10 or so of the normal deliveries to unlock it

not cargo though

[hollow sedge]

oh okay! So then what is cargo?

[marble crater]

cargo is basically buying stock at a cheaper price somewhere and selling it to another spot for a profit. kinda need a huge cargo ship to make anything out of it

[hollow sedge]

Oh! Yeah I probably dont have the money for that, at ths time

[marble crater]

there's also a bug at the moment where your ship can randomly explode when you disembark so it's extra risky lol

[hollow sedge]

Oh I see, so just try it when 3.17 comes out?

I just broke 100k lol

So I think I'm gonna give mining another shot

[prisma mauve]

i wish trading was as profitable as it used to be

its my favorite thing to do and it sucks only making 80-100k a run

[warm tulip]

Why is there zero things for the ROC to mine?

We drove around for like 20 minutes and found nothing

[serene quest]

you drove around on the ROC?

Cuz that's the first mistake lol

put that rock on a ship and fly around looking for things to mine.

[warm tulip]

We did

For a bit

Absolutely nothing for a ROC

[serene quest]

weird where were you?

[warm tulip]

Daymar and Abereed

Im still pretty new but

Friend Im playing with isnt

[serene quest]

I've found tons on Lyria.

[warm tulip]

Where at?

Wait

Sorry lol

Misread

[serene quest]

lol

[thin escarp]

@warm tulip you gotta fly around with a ship

to find it

[warm tulip]

We did for a while

[limber yarrow]

i need a place keeper. I'll pay 10k first

[warm tulip]

Where are all the quantanium asteroids?

[toxic citrus]

Aaron halo

Band 5 has the highest density

[warm tulip]

Thats where we are now

But we havent found any quantanium asteroids

Its all diamond and aluminum

[toxic citrus]

Are you sure you are there?

Because i tend to find rocks with up to 45% quant

[warm tulip]

Im still very new and I didnt bring us here

How do you get to that spot?

[toxic citrus]

Ill dm you some instructions

[warm tulip]

Thank you

[deep vector]

If you found nothing for 20 mins being in a right place - server hop

[tender quiver]

Is someone have a table with prices of minerals like quartz and quantum ?

[visual ravine]

google star citizen minerals

and go to images

[toxic citrus]

https://sc-trade.tools/ores/Spaceship

[north oyster]

With this build, the deposits of gems do not show up until you are right on top of them. Very easy to miss. 3.17 will fix the ping issue and make ROC mining more rewarding

Aberdeen is the best place for hadanite

[visual ravine]

wait so whats new in 3.17 when it comes to money/mining/jobs?

[north oyster]

LOL, a whole bunch

A ton of small changes

[visual ravine]

like what

[jade holly]

Mining gadgets

You go out EVA and attach a thingy to the rock you're about to mine

[empty kite]

Don’t forget the significant downsides to rock mining in prospectors/moles etc 😑

[deep vector]

Don’t forget that we don’t know lowest price possible for refined quant, so expect it to be sub 70

Lol

[grand sage]

what downsides do you mean then?

[deep vector]

Scanning range

[grand sage]

in space its around 10kms orso now right, on moon/planet like 5k, what will it be like then in 3.17?

[empty kite]

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/regarding-mining-rock-radar-detection-change-to-12

[grand sage]

ty

[empty kite]

Something like 1.3km

[grand sage]

ow thats rough tho

[empty kite]

4/5ths shorter…

Going to be rough indeed…

[grand sage]

2.5 or 2kms would be oke in my experience so far

[empty kite]

Almost take all positives out of the update for me

[grand sage]

if there is more pings within range, it might be oke?

[empty kite]

Maybe

But the quality of the rock needs to increase for it to be viable imo

If you’re making it harder to find rocks.. then at least reward the player a higher percentage than like 0.5 or whatever it is currently at for high yield quant

[grand sage]

now, with prospecter, sometimes i find a 20/40% quant right away, sometimes it takes me 40mins+ to find one.. its allrdy quiet hard/time consuming

but its anice way to make money, chill abit, i think bounty hunters/missions gets you more money tho

[silk ridge]

I usually fly close to 2km anyway since I search in Mining-Mode anyway.

For some reason more Quantanium clusters show up this way. (those Clusters just vanish from HUD when mining mode is turned off)

[grand sage]

i noticed some icons indeed disapearing when switching on/off mining mode

[silk ridge]

I only need half the time searching in mining mode than with scan-mode.

[steep dust]

Doing some ROC mining in my cutty and having trouble finding minables. Any tips? I'm going low to the ground (around 900-1000m) and at about 80-100 or so velocity

Also, on Aberdeen if that means anything

[teal wing]

Other than flying a bit lower (I very nearly skim the ground), that's basically the technique

[marble crater]

I get around 1000m high but travel at around 350m/s & look out for the gem icon to flash. had better luck covering more ground quickly than going slow

[steep dust]

How often would you say you get a hit with the 350m/s method?

[marble crater]

total rng tbh but have stumbled across them easier going fast and holding a line. try both ways and see how each works for you

[steep dust]

k, thanks

[cerulean lichen]

I’m curious what do you guys think the minerals mined by the ROC are used for? Jewelry or manufacturing? It’s not important but it be sorta neat to know what all the 3 minerals are being used for.

[steep dust]

I like to think that they are all jewelry type gemstones, but Hadanite is also prized for industrial drilling, hence the reason it's so expensive.

[indigo wolf]

Jeez that’s fast I got about 150 as low as I can without having to adjust for mountains

[marble crater]

yeah have to adjust depending on terrain but I try to stick to flatter areas which lets you get the speed up and cover more ground. I find scanning for gems pretty pointless with the 1km range so just go for covering lots of ground quickly

[rocky veldt]

is the heartbeat recovery still in 3.16 and does it affect vehicules inside ships

[cerulean lichen]

Every node I have found so far this morning has been stuck in side rocks on the surface! I even found a 9 node of hananite, but it wall all inside a giant rock on the terrain

I’m just going to go back to microtech. Hopefully things will be better for mining on daymar after the update

[serene token]

can i join some1 in quantinium mining?

[north oyster]

As someone posted in another forum
Clear your refinery jobs!!

[toxic citrus]

I swear to god if it comes tomorrow

I have an order going with about 18 hours left

[north oyster]

This is almost like a 30K breathing down your neck as you run a million aUEC cargo run

[toxic citrus]

Yep

The money is detrimental to me too

I spent the last of my pennies on a prospector and im pretty broke rn

I just gotta hope for the best and sell the quant asap tomorrow

[north oyster]

Nice thing, is that you can still build it even from that rough of a setback

[toxic citrus]

Yeah, i know

The cheapest refining process is actually cheap

[north oyster]

Ferion is what you want to choose normally

[toxic citrus]

So i'll just need a good quantum rock and its a full prospector load

[toxic citrus]

I should've too, though i usually just go with the cheapes to maximize yield with the least money

[north oyster]

Yeah, Dinyx is that super duper cheap run with great return but you run into having to wait days for it.

Ferron is rought twice the price and half the time with same yield

I've gotten where I just pay for Ferron now, I can stay on a better schedule with that

[toxic citrus]

A full prospector load with Dinyx takes a bit over a day, its not too bad

Im able to get multiple full loads in a day for a big amount at one end

[north oyster]

yeah, same run in Ferron is about 12K at 12 or 14 hrs

[toxic citrus]

Though theres one good thing about 3.17

since the Hull A is pretty cheap i can buy that fairly quickly as my quant runner

[north oyster]

Nice little ship, certainly has that new smell when you go inside

[toxic citrus]

Right now im using a nomad that came with my reliant kore as a loaner

so, not the greatest to say the least lol

[north oyster]

ouch, not good, you need something Cutty or larger for sure

[toxic citrus]

Yeah i know

[north oyster]

are you going to rent to move this batch?

[toxic citrus]

Gonna get the Hull A

[toxic citrus]

Nah, im gonna make 2 runs

Just one order going rn

[north oyster]

you can't split a job

[toxic citrus]

ah shit.

[north oyster]

you loose the difference

[toxic citrus]

Does stopping it lose the rest of the materials?

[north oyster]

yeah

[toxic citrus]

Thats ass

bruh

[north oyster]

wait

only when you load it onto the ship

not refining

you have to refine the whole load

[toxic citrus]

Can you load it in parts then?

[north oyster]

anything not refined is lost

no, can't load part either

[toxic citrus]

welp

[north oyster]

Single Shot ... all or nothing

[toxic citrus]

i guess ill just wait for the max load amount and just load it on

it is what it is

defo gotta get the Hull A asap

[north oyster]

how much is a 24hr rental for a cutty?

I'll look

[toxic citrus]

27706

[north oyster]

ok, considering what you will loose, run the whole job, rent the cutty and take it to market with that

[toxic citrus]

i actually have enough to rent one

Yeah.

[north oyster]

what's your SC handle?

[toxic citrus]

Same as here

[north oyster]

I think you'll make it work. IF the the patch doesn't drop before then. We will get about an hour or so warning

[toxic citrus]

Hopefully

Its got 18 hours and 30 or so minutes left on it

Just gotta hope for the best lol

Hull A will actually be just perfect for prospector mining

2 full loads make up one full for the Hull

[light moon]

Is the hull A out?

[toxic citrus]

Soon

In 3.17

[light moon]

Ah

[north oyster]

I'm not sure you'll be able to buy the Hull A in the next patch, so you may want to get the RAFT

Cutlass Steel: 1,355,300
400i: 6,352,700
Redeemer: 8,675,500
Spartan: 255,500
Raft: 1,853,000
Hoverquad: 88,000
Ion / Inferno: 2,859,000
A2 : 5,525,000

Hull A for ingame purchase might not be until 3.18 if they follow their normal practice

[toxic citrus]

Yeah, if its not out in 3.17 ill probably get a cutty

[north oyster]

Cutty is great for single runs, I would recommend the MAX personally

[toxic citrus]

I need something though

A nomad cant take a full prospector load

[north oyster]

120 SCU of cargo

[toxic citrus]

Yeah, im hoping that hull a is publically available in game

[north oyster]

I love the MAX because it is awesome for ROC mining

And ROC mining is making a comeback in 3.17

[toxic citrus]

Yeah raft could fit my needs too

[cerulean lichen]

I don’t know why ROC mining is making a come back since it seems fine to me, but then again I’m still somewhat new. Excited to see what the update brings

[north oyster]

The main thing was the ping with gem deposits not showing up until you were right on top of them (less than 1200 meters). The issue with gems under terrain is also addressed. Now the ping will get you close to 2000 meters return (or more) and the gems spawning under rocks is suppose to be fixed. I'm jazzed about the changes. Scan is still messed up but it is easy to zoom and look at the deposit's color

[cerulean lichen]

Ok I’m super happy about the terrain being adjusted as that’s been my biggest issue!

Had to stop mining on Daymar because of that issue. Look forward to going back after the patch.

[north oyster]

Daymar is good but the money pit is Aberdeen. One tip I'd give you to try on any planet is to QT to the orbital marker OM-1 and dive down to the surface there. It is always daylight under the OM-1 🙂

[cerulean lichen]

I know Aberdeen Is where it’s at but the gear to do it just seems like a hassle.

[north oyster]

The Pembroke armor is like cosplaying the StayPuff Marshmellow Man but it works great with no issues.

[cerulean lichen]

I’ll look into it post patch. Still trying to find my way in the game, but after 3 weeks I definitely know it’s going to be on the mining or trading professions

[sour bloom]

wana do some mining with me?

[north oyster]

In the next build you will want to keep plenty of water and food in the ship. The thrist and hunger deterioration is a bitch and fast in 3.17. AND hunger and thirst persist between logging in and out

[north oyster]

I will put it this way, what I have found is that mining (and in the Prospector for me) is like the Goose that lays the Golden Eggs. It will pay for everything else you want in the game. I've made hundreds of millions mining in SC

[ancient star]

kinda cap on the hundreds of millions but you'll make millions

[cerulean lichen]

Hmm ok. I don’t even know what to even sim to buy next since I have my cutlass and ROC

[lime musk]

Is the cutlass and ROC profitable? Im close to being able to buy both and want to try it out as i know cargo hauling with the cutlass isnt all that profitable

[rocky veldt]

do i need a pembroke to go on daymar

[toxic citrus]

The real profit is in prospector mining.

[lime musk]

Is it profitable even without doing quantanium mining?

[toxic citrus]

I guess?

I wouldn't recommend it though

[lime musk]

I’ll probably get the cutlass first then get the money to get the prospector so i can do quantanium mining

[kindred violet]

roc mining can be profitable if you find decent locations to mine

easy 200k from a full roc of hadanite

[lime musk]

And how long on average do you think tbat would take?

About an hour?

[kindred violet]

for me it took about a week of learning as im verry new to the game but once i knew what i was looking for you could probs do it in an hour

[toxic citrus]

And in that time you couldve probably found 2 quant rocks to fill your prospector inv twice, just saying

[robust osprey]

anyone got favourite spotter ships?

i wanna spot for my homies and im rolling in cash after days of mining

[toxic citrus]

You'll want something fast and small. An aurora will get the job done just fine

[robust osprey]

im thinking something real fast, like an arrow, which does better in atmo gladius or arrow? i have the titan as my pledge and hate how it feels in atmo and dont really want an aurora

[toxic citrus]

Probably would go with an arrow

[deep vector]

it doesnt have tractor beam

[toxic citrus]

Yeah i know

[deep vector]

100 series, infinite hydro fuel

[toxic citrus]

Gonna buy the raft anyway

Hull A aint gonna probably be buyable in game in .17 so might as well

[toxic citrus]

What about it

[deep vector]

buy fatlancer

[robust osprey]

damn what is that thing

[toxic citrus]

Nah

[deep vector]

raft awful at flying)

fatlancer better

[toxic citrus]

Well

In the end fatlancer can get only 3 full loads too

[deep vector]

i bought raft to work with my mole

[toxic citrus]

So

[deep vector]

4

[toxic citrus]

How much scu does it have then

[deep vector]

to be real you wont get 4 in a row 32 scu

[toxic citrus]

Possible

[deep vector]

120 it is

[deep vector]

you daydreaming

[toxic citrus]

Yeah i guess

Ill consider my options

[deep vector]

based on that you have no med cargo ships - you did no mining properly

[toxic citrus]

Im doing the runs with a fucken nomad rn

I need an upgrade real bad

[robust osprey]

i have 3 32's in a row from this morning cooking rn

the belt has been kind

[toxic citrus]

Im waiting for 3.17 to drop

Then going for a mining frenzy

[deep vector]

i speak from my exp with mining and cargo

[robust osprey]

didnt they say later this week?

[toxic citrus]

Yeah

Ill play it safe

Just in case

[deep vector]

best for cheap mining hauler is fatlancer

second is taurus

taurus 4+ tho

[robust osprey]

whats a fatlancer?

[toxic citrus]

Freelancer max

Aka, fatlancer or maxlancer

[robust osprey]

thanks

[deep vector]

guess why its called fatlancer

[little bough]

anyone need someone to help mine?

Im looking to earn some money

[north oyster]

The problem right now is that the new 3.17 patch is about to go live in a day or two. That means all refinery jobs from mining will get wiped. So right now you probably will not see a whole lot of mining activity without risk of losing it all

[little bough]

oh i see

ok

thx

[toxic citrus]

Wait for 3.17 to drop and there will be people that might need mole turret miners

[north oyster]

After the patch goes live then there will be a lot of activity that you can plug into

[neat talon]

my prospector hit overload and now it wont start

[north oyster]

try a restart of the ship. ' i ' for engines, ' u ' for shutdown, once all off wait a second or two then hit R for ready

[neat talon]

didnt work

[north oyster]

MAX is my fat baby girl, she's awesome

[neat talon]

i think i lost power or something

[north oyster]

Then it's probably a rescue and claim. You can exit (without bedlog) and relog back to the station. Then claim the ship

Right now no onsite ship repair or salvage

[neat talon]

ok

it says no comms connection

[hollow sedge]

is the money resetting after this patch?

[grizzled thunder]

Dont know yet

[dusky portal]

how much are they increasing the roc mineral ping scan range to for 3.17?

[hardy mesa]

@hollow sedge

[hollow sedge]

ok so no

good

[grizzled thunder]

guys just rent a ship for mining, but when i press M nothing happens

do i need to buy something else?

[hollow sedge]

whats pressing "M" do?

[grizzled thunder]

Tried to store and retrive the ship, but still do not works

[hollow sedge]

or supposed to do

[grizzled thunder]

Open Mining Laser?

i saw this on one tutorial

[hollow sedge]

is it equiped?

[grizzled thunder]

i have rent a ship, how can i equip?

[hollow sedge]

oh

[grizzled thunder]

because i cant customize the ship

[hollow sedge]

yea true

[grizzled thunder]

dont know what to do

should i buy the minign car?

mining *

[hollow sedge]

you got prospector?

prospector should be good

dont rent the car

[grizzled thunder]

got the other one

the black ship

:/

its a bug this?

[sage kernel]

you dont loose refinery items processing if you get crimestat 5 right?

[silk ridge]

nope ... unless you can't sell them before patch

[silk ridge]

The Cuttlas Black? That's not a mining ship. Only Prospector and Mole can equip mining lasers so far. If you got the Cuttlass black, the mining car can make you the money you need to buy a Prospector.

[toxic citrus]

Which ship have you rented

Because there are only 2 ships that can mine

[deep vector]

And only one can be rented and also shouldn’t

Imagine eating yogurt with a knife. That’s what mining in rented prospector feels like. It’s doable, but shouldn’t be done in a first place.

[toxic citrus]

Yep, you wont be getting quant with it

The stock laser head is ass

[cerulean lichen]

So for some reason my roc wasn’t picking up any of the minerals this play session. Like I could break everything fine and have gems all over the ground, but the extraction later thing just would not pick up anything

[abstract niche]

I had the same issue yesterday @cerulean lichen when i turned it off they would just fly off everywhere

[robust osprey]

sometimes if you get out the roc, turn it off and then go outside and open and c;ose the physical cargo door on the roc

it fixes that

[grizzled thunder]

cutlass black

[toxic citrus]

Yeah thats the issue

[grizzled thunder]

humm

i got the mining car as well

but its seems that the laser its weak, it cant break rocks

thats right?

[toxic citrus]

It can break only certain rocks

Not quantainium

The rocks that it can break will appear as gem icons

[grizzled thunder]

i have rent the ship for one day

i think its better to rent another one

[jade holly]

You'll need the cutlass if you want to refine the ore you mine, to transport it for selling

[deep vector]

ROC + Cutty is viable option, you need to look for rocks that have a logo of gem on it

[robust osprey]

i did roc but with the current bugs it is realllllly painful

sometimes you will spend an hour searching for gems only for your roc to be so bugged out you cant even collect them

[tribal imp]

roc mining is better in 3.17 and more gems to find

and no more swirly gems

[light flare]

Unless u wanna spend more time carrying back and forth with a adorable 3 scu starter ship for more time then u spend mining xD

If u refine qunt tho. It's worth even just renting a cutlass

U will make it back x2+ with one decent mining trip

250k roughly for a full prospector of 100% quntanium ( high yield refinement)

[robust osprey]

i find the cutty so small cargo wise for mining

so many trips

its not even two full loads

[jade holly]

You cant. You'll need to mine no more than 3 SCUs worth of refined material to even be able to store it on the piddly little starter ships

[jade holly]

I have been doing exactly 1 mining trip of quant in the cutlass

And while it is small, it's better losing a single mining trip of cargo to a bug, than losing several

[robust osprey]

maybe im crazy but one trip means more time mining and less time going back and forth on the train haha

the damn train being the main reason....

[jade holly]

With my current streak of delivering 50% of the loads I fly out, I'd rather take the 50% than gamble it all on 100% or nothing

[robust osprey]

damn wtf is happening to you i have never lost a load

been doing it for 4-5 days straight

[jade holly]

Maybe some day, when I start making bigger cash, I can afford to gamble it like that

[jade holly]

Ship blows up; cargo wont be on the ship; game crashes while in quantum

[north oyster]

I honestly was picking up deposit hits over 2K. Often now we won't know if large or small deposits but it was working great while I got a chance to test it.

[dusky portal]

nice

[north oyster]

I was pleased with how it was looking for the ROC in 3.17. But PTU is way different than LIVE. we shall see

[dusky dune]

Do I have to be worried about being bothered by people while ROC mining on Daymar?

[toxic citrus]

Yeah, most likely

[sacred loom]

Is Sc down?. I cant get into the PU

[thin escarp]

guys don't rent the prospector. it will only make you hate mining.

[dusky dune]

Why Cross?

[light flare]

That's what I do

Full load prospector = 32 SCU so even if the refiner didn't take a cut. Would do in 1 trip

At least a cutlass would

[light flare]

Cause u can't really do quntanium without taking years?

[thin escarp]

the rental laser is trash

can't break shit

[dusk steppe]

ayo am i high or why does the aaron’s halo not exist 11.5 mil km from arc l3??

[teal wing]

Will the new mining gadgets in 3.17 make the rental Prospector viable for quant?

[robust osprey]

is it likely 3.17 will drop tomorrow and i shouldnt mine anything today?

[north oyster]

dive down to the planet from one of the orbital markers and you won't have any issues. I recommend OM-1 because it is always daylight under OM-1

[dusky dune]

Also, why would I not mine anything if the patch drops tomorrow

[robust osprey]

when patch hits refining work orders get yeeted

[north oyster]

ROC mining doesn't require refinery ... they are just gems you sell straight out.

[cerulean lichen]

I’ll try that next time I’m out mining

[serene token]

can i join anyone in quant mining

[light moon]

Does anyone have a mining org they can send me a inv to?

[north oyster]

I have one I can recommend but need to be 18+

@thin escarp and his team are probably one of the best operations going in the 'verse. They provide training and pay top coin for everyone that puts in the effort.

[thin escarp]

@north oyster

[north oyster]

LOL, rock on Bro

[north oyster]

You are going to see mining come to almost a complete stop here until the new patch drops. All refinery jobs get delete when a new major patch gets installed. You are talking millions of aUEC and hours of effort than get flushed down the drain. Not worth the risk. Once 3.17 goes live the Miners will be back in full swing.

[light moon]

Won't workout then

[north oyster]

Sorry to hear that. UEMC might be worth checking in on, I'm not sure how active they are though

"United Earth Mining Corp" and you can find them on the RSI website

[shell wren]

Im in that org

Theyre kinda active on discord

[north oyster]

IA ... if you'll follow up with Sparrow here and introduce them to the group

[shell wren]

Well he has to apply first for the org and then join the discord

[north oyster]

Do you know about going to the RSI website and applying for membership with an org?

[honest creek]

Ursa rover has 4scu - how do i load cargo into it?

[jade holly]

Maybe gotta park it on a pad or in a hangar, like ships

Idk tho

[honest creek]

ok

it wasn't even showing up as an option to transfer cargo to

[jade holly]

🤔

[honest creek]

maybe i have to take it out of the carrack and drive it onto the pad

[jade holly]

Maybe

[honest creek]

the pisces shows up as a cargo option while it is in the carrack hangar though, so idk.

[jade holly]

You can just store it and it should show up then

[honest creek]

store the ursa?

[jade holly]

Yeah

[honest creek]

and transfer cargo into it while it is stored, then claim it?

[jade holly]

I'm not sure how land vehicles work

[jade holly]

Thats what I'm thinking

[light moon]

Yeah

[north oyster]

Any ship/vehicle you claim loses all cargo and inventory

Also, just because it has storage doesn't mean it can do cargo

[jade holly]

No it doesnt

👀

I've stored and retrieved my ship many times

And the cargo was there

[north oyster]

A claim is an insurance claim. Not stow and retrieve

[jade holly]

Well, thats what I was suggesting they do

Not claim it elsewhere, just store and retrieve

I get my claim/retrieve messed up

[north oyster]

Ah, rgr

Also, the Aurora has SCU but it doesn't work at the moment in-game

[real axle]

What’s a realistic unexaggerated hourly earning for a prospector?

[toxic citrus]

300-400k

[teal wing]

Not when you factor in time to transport and sell quant planetside (imo)

[toxic citrus]

For how much the haul is worth id say 300-400k

Ofc not counting the sales and work order time

[jade holly]

I make 150-250k realistically

[toxic citrus]

In an hour?

[jade holly]

Since finding quant and stuff

[toxic citrus]

I usually find a good rock within 20 mins

[hardy mesa]

About 100k for me not the best at landings so I take it slow

[jade holly]

Yeah, you could possibly improve profits by doing risky runs, etc

[toxic citrus]

It allows you to get away with a lot tbh

I once destroyed my rear thrusters on accident and it didnt lose any stability

[obtuse sand]

is cargo worth doing compared to bounties right now?

thinking of buying a C2 soon

[toxic citrus]

Nope