industrial-professions

[toxic citrus]

You did indeed try

I mean i can crack i down with ya

I'll grab the scraps for payment

[idle blade]

Not a bad game mechanic for explorers/data collection.

[toxic citrus]

Yep

Just wish we could record locations lmfao

[grand trail]

or drop a marker

[idle blade]

It’ll come

Hopefully with the map rework

[grand trail]

I think rn one can use delivery mission boxes for em :p

[idle blade]

They could add a purchaseable deployable beacon that lasts 30 min or something

[toxic citrus]

Eh, we'll eventually be able to record visited locations

[idle blade]

That’ll ruin jumptown though

[toxic citrus]

Mm, no

The locations are already documented

and there guides to get to each place lmfao

wouldn't change much

[idle blade]

Manually flying to it vs jumping is a big difference

[hollow sedge]

Sorry if this question was asked a lot, but did the ROC mining problem of 3.16 get fixed? In 3.16 I rarely found Hadanite or any other ores

[idle blade]

Scanning is definitely more responsive for gems this patch

[hollow sedge]

The ship scanner?

[idle blade]

Yes

[hollow sedge]

Aighty, I'ma give it another shot this patch then, ty :)

[obtuse sand]

head to any ping that pops up at like 2 km ish

that’s likely a gem deposit

[blazing stream]

Looking to doing mining but have no mining ship. Anyone with a multiseater got room?

[knotty kiln]

I was sent to this channel to ask: Hey. So I want to start mining with a ship. What should I aim for? Is it the MISC Prospector that I should buy?

[frail cypress]

yes, also check out the pinned guide

[toxic citrus]

Yes. Very much is

[knotty kiln]

ty, Im gonna buy it thern

[finite lion]

which is the best mining laser head for mole ? helix ?

[frail cypress]

probably still lancet if you solo it

[finite lion]

lancet

and module ?

[finite lion]

but what about helix II ?

[frail cypress]

if its like lancet, then II is just longer range but same power

check the pinned guide for modules

[toxic citrus]

Lancet is way better.

Put the correct modules on and its really good for solo

Especially if you combo it with gadgets too

[north oyster]

Helix was severely nerfed with a much smaller optimal zone and also a 40% delay response on power changes. This 108K aUEC Top of the line laser is being totally owned by a 20K aUEC support laser. That's how bad the hatchet job by CIG was on the Helix.

[burnt pelican]

why does quantainium explode before its even near 15 minutes

its been happening to my friend a lot

[toxic citrus]

Has your friend by chance hit their ship on something a bit too hard?

[burnt pelican]

they said no

like it blows up when they are out of their ship

[toxic citrus]

Then the timer could've simply ran out?

[burnt pelican]

even though it was not even close to going critical

[toxic citrus]

Hmm

[burnt pelican]

it was like 5 minuites after collection

[toxic citrus]

Oof

Yeah

5 minutes aint a lot

Depends on the distance of course

Though the prospector stock QD is pretty slow

[burnt pelican]

grim hex to cru l1 with a vk 00

[toxic citrus]

My best guess is that it simply ran out of time

It might go unnoticed

Just try to be swift with extracting ores and you should be good

I usually have more than 10 minutes after a full hold

[hollow sedge]

yes

[velvet snow]

Wish the Mole would have an interface for the pilot that displays the cargo and timer

[gilded onyx]

Has anyone made an updated quant scanning guide for Lyria in 3.17?

[finite lion]

Woaa thanks!

[gilded onyx]

Also, does anyone have an in-depth look at how calculations for resistance and instability vs mass and composition actually work?

[feral totem]

https://youtu.be/uFB_Tt6Ks0A

[fossil scaffold]

How much profit per hour is possible with a mole? Should I save for it? Or get a combat ship for bounty hunting

[gilded onyx]

Do you have a group, or just solo?

[fossil scaffold]

Usually a group of 3-6, but I’d also like to do some solo if I’m bored and people are at school lol

[gilded onyx]

Solo it's not really any better than a Prospector (Slower scouting but faster fracturing). Group, it's significantly faster than Prospector because you have a scout locating the deposits, you drop right on him, and take the node apart in like 3 minutes tops

Comparison, I'd say like 120-200k an hour VHRT group missions

[fossil scaffold]

Ah okay! Thank you
Would ya say it’s worth the price?

[gilded onyx]

In game money yes. Can't say for real life money

[fossil scaffold]

Appreciate it!

[tranquil plume]

new to roc mining here i tried mining something and when it broke all the little pieces went everywhere

i dont think im doing this right

[gusty wren]

It's most likely because you went red. It explodes more if you go red at all

I'm also new to mining, just bought the cutty and roc. Currently mining on Aberdeen until my game crashed. I'm scared I'm going to go back in and see all 30 cSCU gone

[tranquil plume]

ohhh

so the red makes it explode

got it

i think i got the hang of it now

[gusty wren]

It's not too bad once you know what's happening, until your tractor beam breaks

Anyone wanna run cargo with me? I just have a little cutty, hut could be fun

[serene quest]

That sounds about right. When it breaks and turnes into pieces, you break those smaller pieces until they hav ea purple outline. THen you have to extract them

[frigid harness]

anybody here have a c2 and can tell me the profit of trading

[sacred loom]

Spend 700k to make 130k, if you can fill up

[lofty trout]

For any of the miner bros in here, think I found a new god spot, keep finding 29% or higher quant astroids between 11,830,00 - 11,820,00 from CRU L1 to ARC L3. it is literally my new god spot been finding insane astroids within my first 1-3 and even if they arent high percent quant rocks like 1/2 of my rock finds are quant, if anyone else tries this area lmk

alternatively 6,815,000 to 6,835,000 to cru L1

great spot

[lofty trout]

run from SMO-10 and 22 I think? on micro tech to new babbage and buy astantine, like 500 something k for a full load and you sell for like 630 or something

you make somewhere like 130k profit for 15 minutes of flying

idk if links are allowed but sc trade tools is great, tells you that

numbers are a little diff in game but close

[frigid harness]

where would you sell after buying from new babbage

[lofty trout]

you don't buy from new babbage you sell there

[frigid harness]

ahh

[lofty trout]

you buy from SMO-10 or SMO-22 which are mining facilities on micro tech

[frigid harness]

okay

[lofty trout]

even though SMO-22 is on there higher would definitely reccomend SMO-10

SMO-22 tends to have only partial stock it seems everytime I ran SMO-10 I got a full load of astantine

max profits

[frigid harness]

okay thanks

what about laranite

dont people trade that for epic profit?

@lofty trout

[lofty trout]

technically speaking yes, but the stock on them are so rare and far between you have to stop at multiple outposts and eventually it becomes more of a time waster then profitable majority of the time in the current patch

that website I showed you shows the absolute best time to money ratios from top to bottom

and current best is astantine

15 minutes per run, 130k per run I mean 520k per hour

not bad lmao

got a little too boring for me so im back to mining now but

[frigid harness]

that is true i never find laranite even to fill my freelancer max

[lofty trout]

yeah exactly, I could never fill mine even in 3.16 and its even worse in 3.17 and that was with a max

C2? good luck 😹

[frigid harness]

yeah i think ill just trade astantine

what vehicle are you using to mine @lofty trout

[lofty trout]

prospector ofc

im just a solo player so mole doesn't work for me as well

[errant galleon]

hey is anyone down to mine with me? using the prospector

[plucky pollen]

im looking on the wiki at cargo ships to deliver my refined ores from mining, do i look at Cargo or Stowage?

[lofty trout]

stowage is what the refinery will show

[plucky pollen]

so would the Hull A be a good pick to buy?

[lofty trout]

what does the hull A carry

[plucky pollen]

it has 48k for stowage and 64 scu for cargo

[frigid harness]

so @lofty trout do you mine quantium, refine and put it in the c2, then sell?

[plucky pollen]

https://starcitizen.tools/Hull_A#Pledge-0

[lofty trout]

its one of the smallest cargo haulers but as long as your only willing to run 2 or a little more refinery runs at a time it will work fine for you

personal reccomendation is the freelancer or better the max

but that is your call

[frigid harness]

i can agree

[plucky pollen]

they have less stowage tho

[frigid harness]

but i feel like the freelancer max is just a little bit too small to make that much profit

[lofty trout]

personally I used to store all my refined ore until I had a ton then I would have a "selling day" where I would rent a connie andromeda from crusader and sold it all in a couple runs, did that about 3 times then I just bought a C2 herc

[frigid harness]

good strat

[plucky pollen]

right now i probaly have about 7k of refined ore to sell

[lofty trout]

that was my solution, but I get that may not appeal to a lot of people but i personally didn't want to spend money on a ship that was going to be a "in between" ship if you will

while I saved for the herc

[lofty trout]

hmmm

one sec

[frigid harness]

the max is a very much confirmed by me a 'in between' ship

[plucky pollen]

am i looking at the Cargo or stowage stats?

[frigid harness]

me and my friend are saving for the c2 by mining

[plucky pollen]

cause the hull A has more stowage than the freelance and freelancer MAX

[lofty trout]

@plucky pollen freelancer costs about 1.6 mil, if you have 7k right now thats worth about 615,000$

[frigid harness]

what is stowage

[plucky pollen]

ikd lol thats what i wanna find out

[frigid harness]

if you want a freelancer to haul, just buy a max

[lofty trout]

so if you really want to just flat out buy a ship get the Hull A but personal reccomendation is to honestly just leave it, leave what you have in the refinery build up more refined stuff and then go on a big selling spree and rent a connie from a planet

[plucky pollen]

like which storage stat does the refined ore take up?

[lofty trout]

but you may not like that

[frigid harness]

thats what im probably gonna do

[plucky pollen]

i was thinking id buy one when the ships go onsale in the pledge shop

[frigid harness]

the most ive spent on this game for ships comes to a grand total of $6

[lofty trout]

the connie can hold basically 3 refinery runs, each if you're doing the prospector at least

cause you either have to do the full refinery order or nothing

so 3 max

but shoot, I know it sounds a lot but you do like a dozen runs, few hours of work maybe less

and then you can afford a C2 and never have to stress again lmao

ez

[frigid harness]

do the bot commands work here

[plucky pollen]

like 3 refinery runs of only quan or is that everything cause my refined stuff is kinda mixed together

[lofty trout]

Yeah I mine in the halo, purely quant. Never mine anything else and only ever in the prospector, I build up my stock until I can FULLY fill my C2 which hold 69600 Stowage worth and fly to Crusader from CRU L1 and sell, you make around 5 and a half million aEUC each run

[plucky pollen]

im kinda broke ingame since i bought the gear to start mining the quantanium stuff i have about 50k

[lofty trout]

and crusader sucks to fly into but you only have to do it once every 2 days or so cause of this strat

so it works fine

[plucky pollen]

ok

so

[lofty trout]

what do you have rn?

a prospector?

or

[plucky pollen]

pros

so when i deliver what storage stat does the ore go into?

[lofty trout]

well shoot son there you go! ezpz

[plucky pollen]

the cargo or the stowage?

[lofty trout]

when you are moving from the refinery to a ship it gives you the stat in stowage terms

not SCU

[plucky pollen]

ok

i havent delivered anything yet

i have 3 orders refined and they add up to about 7k

can you use the pros to deliver stuff or is it just for mining cause currently i dont have money to rent anything

[lofty trout]

like I said thats about 615k worth right now, personally would reccomend holding on to it for now and then go rent a connie when you have like at least 12+ orders to sell and have a selling day

and do that, your call in the end but smaller cargo haulers are decent investments for a temporary fix

especially the Hull A

even though its cool looking and new

[plucky pollen]

so that 615k what ore is that

[lofty trout]

not super practical imo in quant mining

[lofty trout]

oh i forgot about that part

615k is if that was all quant

idk if thats what you mine or not

[plucky pollen]

cause my stuff is like 50/50 mixed

[lofty trout]

what do you have other

[frigid harness]

5 and a half mil is more money than i can comprehend

[lofty trout]

haha yeah I did that a couple times and got into the 30 mil area then went and spent it all on dumb ships I liked LOL

so now im mining again in prep for fleet week

[plucky pollen]

like maybe like 20% of it is quam and the other is just ore

[lofty trout]

to buy some limited edition ships

[lofty trout]

ah

[frigid harness]

How long to fill the c2 with quantanium

[lofty trout]

yeah itll be quite a bit less then that then

[lofty trout]

about 2-3 days usually

[frigid harness]

…

[lofty trout]

thats if I really grinded though

playing more casually like I am now idk id say like 5 days to a week

[frigid harness]

Well me and my friend gonna do it in a mile

Mole

[lofty trout]

you'll be zooming then

[frigid harness]

Epic

[plucky pollen]

where do you goto mine at ive been doing on lyria but i havent been very lucky to get much rocks

[lofty trout]

hey try out my spot I posted about in here

tell me if you get good luck in that area

[frigid harness]

I do damar

Daymar*

[lofty trout]

curious if its just me or others will get it

[plucky pollen]

ive just been going from arc l1 to lyria

[fossil scaffold]

How much does mining suck after 3.17?

Like, is it worth getting a Mole before next patch?

[lofty trout]

I mine in the halo, from CRU L1 to ARC L3, mostly because you are almost completely unbothered there, never once encountered a pirate mining yet while friends who mine on planets have told me otherwise, and alongside that CRU L1 has like a 3% extra refinery bonus from quantanium refining, doesn't sound like a lot but it REALLY adds up over time

[plucky pollen]

is there any other ships that are classed as cargo ships that are good for delivering refined ore

[lofty trout]

can't speak for the mole life personally but im finding it just as easy if not easier to mine this patch

[fossil scaffold]

Why’s that?

[lofty trout]

sucks you have to get so close to astroids now but im finding quant astroids SO much quicker

personally

[plucky pollen]

is the station pretty close?

[lofty trout]

ill picture it rq

[plucky pollen]

i feel like when im on lyria i find 1 quant rock like every 10 -15 mins really annoying

and it will always be like under 5%

[fossil scaffold]

Ah okay! I’m choosing between a Mole and a Valk right now! Only considering a Mole if it makes decent money.. Can’t get both :(

[lofty trout]

Basically my route I fly from CRU L1 towards ARC L3 and then fall out of quant when my jump drive says im between 11,830,000-11,810,000 and then set my marker back for CRU L1 so it gives me a point of reference (space is disorientating) and so I can jump back quickly

in my roughly 3 days mining in this area ive found a worthwhile quant rock (28% or more) within my first 3-5 rocks and start mining

SUPER good area

if you want you can shoot me a DM and we can fly together sometime and ill show you the area, just to get you used to it

and ill give you a little cash to push your endeavors forward 😂

[plucky pollen]

can you dm all of this ^ so i dont forget haha

[lofty trout]

I mean I love my prospector and I always will, ive tried solo mole mining and its not terrible but not my tea

mining is my absolute favorite though

bounty hunting is the most FUN but I hate how little im paid for my work LOL

mining gets me rich so I love it

[knotty mountain]

anyone down to help me mine in a mole?

[lofty trout]

yeah I will

[plucky pollen]

yea i really like it i ended up upgrading my starter 100i ship for the pros

alot better than doing the monitoring missions and bunker missions on repeat

[lofty trout]

I support this game but don't feel like shelling out that much for a video game Currently fleet week might change my mind LOL so I melted my avenger titan into originally a 300i I think it was? and then into a freelancer max, and when trading sucked so bad in 3.16 I melted again for a prospector and I think im gonna stick with it forever lmao

whenever there is a persistence wipe I immediately have access to one of the best money making ships in star citizen its great. just grind for a few days and I can buy all the worth while ships in game

[plucky pollen]

lol thats alot of ships

[lofty trout]

works for me

[plucky pollen]

when there is a wipe do you keep ships you have bought with irl money?

[lofty trout]

I guess that means I did spend money on the game considering I spent like 100$ to get to the prospector but 100$ isnt that much lmao

[lofty trout]

yeah yeah

you always keep those

in game ships get wiped though

[plucky pollen]

ah o

yea

[lofty trout]

and like everything else in game

they had one in 3.16, 3.17 we didn't get one so next one is probs 3.18 but who knows

maybe they wont

[plucky pollen]

ill probaly buy the hull A during fleet week for the sale

or if one of the 3 new ships they add is a cargo or smt maybe ill get that

[lofty trout]

yeah hopefully, theres been talk of this like new drake ship as well that is a cargo hauler

that might come out during fleet week

forget the name though

[plucky pollen]

ye ik what you mean

[lofty trout]

but personally im gonna get the scorpius no matter how expensive

seems like such a cool ship

[plucky pollen]

LOL yea xwing gang

[lofty trout]

and my star wars nerd side is dying to have it

EXACTLY

lmao

[plucky pollen]

i also want to get the ares inferno but i could just buy that ingame too

[lofty trout]

holy shit your pfp just reminded me of something Ill DM you it to not post it in here

[plucky pollen]

lol

[tranquil plume]

gotta love when you find group of 6 hadanite

[plucky pollen]

[tranquil plume]

just found a damn group of 8

one of them is 99.8%

[errant galleon]

im about to cry my lungs out

from mining

[tranquil plume]

😭

[earnest tendon]

Got 4 Quant Rocks with 163.08 SCU of Quant. Likely return is $932,818 aUEC with a Max of $1,435,104 aUEC. Selling for $139,923. Any Takers

Anybody want to buy this cluster off of me?

[indigo wolf]

139,923 aUEC?

[earnest tendon]

yes. I am selling its location for that

[indigo wolf]

Oh I am not on rn so that’s a no for me

How much could a 2 man crewed mole make an hour on lyria?

[earnest tendon]

about 100-200 aUEC per hour per Crewmen.

It really depends on how lucky you are at finding the rocks

If you had rocks lined up like we line them up, you can make way more.

That rock could be strip mined in about an hour to hour half.

and you could profit 900K-1.4 Mil

[weary jungle]

How much would you be able to make with the Argo Raft Hauling?

[earnest tendon]

not sure.

[weary jungle]

https://sc-trade.tools/trade-routes?q=%257B%2522ship%2522:%2522RAFT%2522,%2522investment%2522:100000,%2522profitType%2522:%2522pure%2522%257D - think this is right.

[errant galleon]

whats the percentage of quantanium i should be looking for?

and the mass?

just found a load of rocks but unsure whats good

first time mining

[naive wraith]

usually anything above 20%

[errant galleon]

all im finding is 3-6 percent

[naive zinc]

Cargo hauling worth it in 3.17?

[errant galleon]

i found a 19 percent one

how do i activate my modules?

[indigo wolf]

Are they active ones

If so it’s alt 1-3 depending on what slot it’s on

[errant galleon]

yeah i found it

thanks

[tawny path]

anyone want to go mining?

[tulip roost]

So with the new scanning and all that, is it worth it to get a Prospector for a bit of a break from BH?

[royal moth]

hi! I am trying to sell a refined cargo from my rented prospector, but the trading terminal doesn't give me any source to chose from

[tulip roost]

Make sure you are correctly landed. Re-land if you have to.

Go into vehicle edit menu in your mobiglass and see if your Prospector can be edited. If it has a red lock, the game doesn't consider you as landed on the station.

Happened to me a couple times when trying to land closer to station entrance

[marble crater]

Refined ore must be transported in a cargo ship. The Prospector has no cargo capacity, only space for raw mined ore

[idle blade]

Where are you trying to sell? The prospector cant have refined cargo in it since it doesn’t have cargo space.

[tulip roost]

Wait, so do quant miners need a dedicated hauler?

I presume selling quant at the station isn't profitable

[idle blade]

All ship miners need 1

[tulip roost]

Will a cutty cut it?

[idle blade]

Anything with cargo will work. All depends how much you transport

[idle blade]

Unrefined is worth half of what refined is

Full 32scu is worth 140. Refined 280k

[tulip roost]

So where do you haul the refined quant?

[idle blade]

Major city TDD

[tulip roost]

Gotcha

[idle blade]

Lorville A18 babbage, avoid orison lol

Best strat for a for rentals, mine as much as you can for the day, once its fully refined, rent a cutty and make multiple trips to deliver it

[tulip roost]

I own a cutty, I was thinking of getting a prospector to quant mine inbetween BH runs

[idle blade]

really good investment

[tulip roost]

ROC mining is all right, but it's a lot of busywork constantly getting ROC in and out

[idle blade]

Roc is good when just starting out

But annoying to load/unload

[tulip roost]

I wish they made Hadanite deposites denser, if a bit rarer

[idle blade]

Daymar or Aberdeen you can find big clusters

[tulip roost]

Maybe driving a ROC around a sizeable area to get it all, but getting full load in one go

Instead of constantly having to go in and out and fly around

Hell, maybe it'd make the dual seater actually viable

[idle blade]

I have a dual. Still a hassle but for 2 people now

[stable lance]

Where are good locations to mine

[idle blade]

With what

[stable lance]

prospector

[idle blade]

Rental or owned

[stable lance]

Owned

[idle blade]

Equipped properly, Aron Halo or Lyria

[stable lance]

What is the best equipment

[idle blade]

Check this guide. Look for the prospector loadouts #industrial-professions message

[stable lance]

Thx.

[idle blade]

Lancet mining head would be best choice

Consumables may vary

[stable grotto]

Where's a good place for the rental prospector?

[gusty wren]

ROC mining for Hadanite:

Is there a spawn distribution over the verse? Are some places better to fly around chance-wise or it doesn't matter at this point?

[lofty junco]

where can hadamite be sell?

[gusty wren]

And one more got cut off in HUR. Check uexcorp.space for all your cargo/mining/ship needs

[gusty wren]

Any trade screen, which city are you in?

[lofty junco]

everus harbor

[stable grotto]

Oh I ment places to mine with it. I can't break anything worth anything lol

[idle blade]

Take the elevator to the Galleria and look for the Yellow Admin building

[idle blade]

Daymar and Aberdeen have the best clusters

[stable grotto]

Is selling to the station better than just using a mining facility?

For hadinite

[idle blade]

hadonite sells the same wherever, it cant be refined, so sell at the closest location

[gusty wren]

I always sell at the mining facility where i spawned my ROC

[idle blade]

if you sell to a facility on the moon, you might have to drive up close to the building for it to be seen

[royal moth]

what ships are required to mine? after refining I am not able to sell anything

[idle blade]

You need to cargo haul the refined goods to a TDD at a major city

[royal moth]

so mine at satellite, refine at L1, ferry to a major city and find a TDD to trade?

[idle blade]

yes

[royal moth]

shouldn't you be able to trade on the trading terminal at L1?

[idle blade]

no, that would be too easy

you can sell the raw material there but its only worth half as much

[royal moth]

ok so if I put my things in a rented freelancer at L1 I have to go to a major city now

[idle blade]

yes, load up the freelancer and travel to Orison, Lorville, Area 18 or new babbage

if you are at Cru L1 I'd recommend going to Lorville over Orison anyway due to Orison taking forever to leave Atmo

[thorny pendant]

Is it normal to not find ANYTHING to mine for miles or is it some kind of bug? Nothing was spawning, ended up leaving the Planet

[gusty wren]

Are you in a ROC? Where are you mining?

[thorny pendant]

I was in Aberdeen scanning on the cutlass

Left to sell some stuff and now I'm heading back but spent 30 minutes scanning and nothing was popping up

[gusty wren]

Wow. That's wild, either really bad luck or a bug. Furthest I think I've gone without pinging a diamond mine is about 20km

On Aberdeen

[thorny pendant]

Exactly

Must've been a bug of some kind

[gusty wren]

Only other thing i can think is if you were too far above the surface the diamond sources couldn't be pinged

[thorny pendant]

Hovering between 1k-2.5k altitude

[gusty wren]

Yeah, I guess we'll caulk that up to Alpha

[thorny pendant]

XD

[idle blade]

Mouse wheel while in scan mode, see if you angle somehow dropped to 2 degrees

[hollow sedge]

Has anyone tried mining quant with a rented prospector in this patch? wondering if the new mining gadgets make it possible

[thorny pendant]

Nope, 360°

[idle blade]

so then yea, bug or just really bad luck

[spring shard]

Doing my first mining after the update. Is there some new trick for scanning? I'm finding rocks but they don't seem to be scannable

[thorny pendant]

Gotta get real close to scan

[spring shard]

I have been. i have a rock like 84m away right now

[thorny pendant]

Are you in scanning mode? I think default key is V

[spring shard]

yes, and even with the mining head i can't highlight it

[idle blade]

could be bad cluster or bad server, literally just encountered the same thing on Lyria

[north oyster]

The Cutlass Black is the smallest ship for that role. The Freelancer MAX is the cheapest per SCU for entry level hauling. 120 SCU for 2.1M aUEC

[thorny pendant]

Sad day... huge Hadanite deposit... on the mountainside. ;-;

[thorn spindle]

@hollow sedge its still crap the stock laser on takes one gadget

[humble owl]

hey would anyone be able to donate a little money ive started mining but its hard to pay for everything right now anything would help

[hollow sedge]

@humble owl Halt illegal surveilance missions are an easy 20k.. finding crew members on a wreck is also an easy 10k for 5 minutes

[tranquil plume]

how do i fix my roc that is "too hot"

[toxic citrus]

Shut the laser down

And wait for the bar to go down

[high wren]

anyone know what refinery process is best for bexalite? im on arc L1

[toxic citrus]

Ferron, always

High yield, slow speed, low cost

Or was it moderate cost, dunno

[frail cypress]

what is signature size? some modules have a modifier for it

[autumn cedar]

Yah, Ferron is moderate cost

[teal wing]

Dinyx is low cost

[toxic citrus]

Yeah, but its very low speed

which takes 1 day and 8 hours for a full load of quant

Ferron costs a bit more but takes only 12 hours

But yeah, if you want absolute maximum profits use dinyx

I'd recommend ferron either way

[teal wing]

The station isn't getting a single aUEC from me beyond what it must

[toxic citrus]

lol

Small price to pay for a massive speed increase tho

[teal wing]

Is what I'll say until my work orders get wiped in 3.17.1

[autumn cedar]

I'm like @toxic citrus I chuck it into Ferron speed and away we go to the belt again.

[frigid harness]

I haven’t payed my roberts tax yet @toxic citrus

[toxic citrus]

We must remove another finger then

[frigid harness]

you wouldnt dare

[autumn cedar]

you out of digits already?

there's always toes left

[toxic citrus]

When you run out of fingers we'll take your toes too

[frigid harness]

😳

[toxic citrus]

We harvest your organs until you pay it

[frigid harness]

...

i guess i can live with one lung

[autumn cedar]

But if you harvest the critical organs, you won't have him there anymore to actually pay

[toxic citrus]

Yeah, that's the flip side of the deal

[frigid harness]

okay okay

ill pay it

[verbal cargo]

organ harvesting? is this a new mining gameplay loop?

[frigid harness]

no its only if you dont pay your roberts tax

they already took all my fingers

[toxic citrus]

Which this unfortunate fellow has not paid

[frigid harness]

im typing with my toes

[toxic citrus]

Until now

[verbal cargo]

the Dread Pirate Roberts?

[autumn cedar]

yes, there will be gadgets available too soon™

[verbal cargo]

imagine when cyber limbs come in and we can just snatch a guys robotic leg and take off with it

[frigid harness]

then sell it

imagine if you could just attach mechanical limbs to yourself to jump higher

[hollow sedge]

can i use 3 moduels xtr xl ? they will stack up to +150% extraction rate ?

[autumn cedar]

yes, they stack

[hardy sluice]

what do i need to start with mining i had a prospector, but havent been on in a while, so not familiarized with all the changes

[frail cypress]

good news, you already have 90% of what you need 🙂
just look at the pinned guides for modules and other information

[hardy sluice]

tyvm

[devout comet]

So I have all my stuff for my prospector all the modules and everything but I have no idea how to mine where to go or what to do so anyway I can get help?

[autumn cedar]

I'll give you the link for a playlist, it's very informative, was also recently updated, I suggest you see the introductory chapters and the one covering mining in a prospector, and the last one, chapter 12.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMd2J1iNJCMeRTQ6z3IryoICCKVwVCEdz

[rotund prairie]

do active modules like surge and stampede recharge their uses at any point?

like when storing the ship or rearming?

[devout comet]

Thanks

[autumn cedar]

No, those modules are consumable, hence their price is lower than the passive ones.

[devout comet]

I just realized I don't have a ship for moving refined ores

Uh oh

[autumn cedar]

don't worry, you can rent cutty black in refinery rent treminal

[devout comet]

That can hold a good amount?

[autumn cedar]

cutty black holds 46 scu, prospector is 32 scu, so more than 1 1/2 prospector worth of quant

[devout comet]

Oh ok nice

[autumn cedar]

just don't rent it right away, wait until you have you 1st quant batches refined, then do it, to maximize the rent time

[devout comet]

Yea I guessed that

But how much profit would I lose renting it?

[autumn cedar]

https://finder.cstone.space/ShipRentals1/b58f7735-9454-4a0a-b724-2bc8d61961d7

[waxen agate]

Which shops can I buy a Boremax on?

[autumn cedar]

bm this page it's useful for many things

[waxen agate]

you read my mind I think

[autumn cedar]

open the page linked above and search

[waxen agate]

thanks a lot

[devout comet]

27k every day

Every time I wanna sell I mean

[autumn cedar]

Like you said yourself, day rent for CB is 27.7k, since you're a starting rock breaker and you say manage to get 1-2 prospectors of quant in one day that will net you around 540k aEUC, minus the rental fee, you'll still have a healthy profit. Heck even with one prosp worth of quant you'll still make bank. Do the rental thing a few times, and you'll quickly make enough to buy your own cargo ship, perhaps one with even a larger capacity - Freelancer Max is popular for hauling refined stuff.

[devout comet]

Why is it popular?

[autumn cedar]

Such is the starting path of a newcomer to SC who chooses to tread upon the path of rock breaker. Patience and discipline are keys, especially when operating the laser.

[autumn cedar]

not expensive and 120 scu, almost 4 prospectors worth of quant

https://fleetyards.net/ships/freelancer-max/

[devout comet]

Interesting

[autumn cedar]

afk a bit, bm that page too, it's got a lot of info on ships and locations

[devout comet]

Cool

[plucky pollen]

is there any certain refining method i should be useing or just what ever is set as default

[toxic citrus]

Ferron is good

[keen stream]

Selling Big rock for mining 70k

[thin escarp]

tonight is my weekly mining operation! everyone gets a equal cut! no ship needed. 18+ dm me

if ya want info

10pm est!

[high wren]

just bought one thursday to help move all my refined quant from my prospector and mole, excellent transport ship

[urban sky]

will the vulture be buyable in game when salvage T0 comes

[north oyster]

Good buy, the MAX is a hidden gem. Plus if you ever want to change up and do some ROC mining (which is pretty good now), the MAX is the absolute best escort ship for the ROC.

[north oyster]

Yes, after a patch or two

[urban sky]

i know that much

[north oyster]

All ships come available for in-game purchases, except a few specials

[urban sky]

i meant the same update as salvage

[glacial dagger]

Oh, defo not

[north oyster]

Not seeing that, no

[glacial dagger]

There is almost always a patch advantage for players that own the ship to fly and test it before everyone else can own one

[north oyster]

Those who pay real dollars get early admission. That's the way it was for the ROC mining.

I still have my ROC, I don't even consider it an LTI token

[glacial dagger]

Same here with my hover quad. i love that thing, it's so fun to use 😄

[north oyster]

I did buy two of those to have an extra token though!!

Today in Aaron's Halo:
4 Trips, over 885K aUEC earned, avg about 220K per trip. A little low but good

Band Two was pretty awesome mining

[toxic citrus]

That seems pretty low to the average you could find on lyria tbh

[north oyster]

I don't do Lyria, not what I enjoy. The desolate Halo is Home

[toxic citrus]

Fair

[high wren]

whats closest refinery to lyria? i have been only mining just outside of cru L4 and making runs to refinery back at arc L1. want to surface mine

[north oyster]

I couldn't find any rocks in Band 1 over 10%. Finally hit some nice rocks in Band two

ARC-L1

[high wren]

k

[north oyster]

I run CRU-L1, enjoy the 3% bonus

[high wren]

first rock yesterday was 32% on a 6000+ mass rock. havent found one with more than 2% today

[north oyster]

That was me in Band 1, the dices would not roll nice for me

Later in Band 2, found 38% and a 47%

[high wren]

I fly into space wide forest or what ever its called and set qd to 14mill outside cru L4,

[north oyster]

That's in Band 4

you're coming from outside to in from that direction. Might want to test Band 7 and see if you hit decent deposits (between 15.9 to 15.5 towards CRU-L4)

[knotty mountain]

isn't band 5 the most dense?

[north oyster]

Yes, by far

[high wren]

will check it out, pretty much my goal for today is to explore decent quant spots

[north oyster]

Same, bummed I didn't break a Million in 4 trips but I did harvest a 15% that threw my ratio out the door

But it was a 125K rock for a quick turn around

[autumn cedar]

Just my two aUEC: I've had some nice finds today in band 8 as well, not too dense, not many duds either.

My line of travel is from CRU-L1 to ARC-L3

[north oyster]

Band 8 is maybe the same as Band 1, it use to be my go to happy place. I'm hoping it'll spin back up

[rancid bane]

Hey guys quick mining question. I'm looking at sc tools and they have Mt moons listed as the better place to pick up quantanium. However I regularly see people talk about Lyria as it would be better. Is there a reason for this?

[dusky dune]

Does anyone have the numbers on size and % of quantanium rock needed to fill a proc in one go?

[north oyster]

If the MT moons have any available level of Quantainium it doesn't appear to come close to the levels found on Lyria. Some teams mine as much as 25million aUEC in an evening from Lyria.

[north oyster]

It is both the size of the rock and the percentage. I had a 47% 4.9k ton asteroid that I had to leave quantainium behind. I think the 35 to 37% is the range. I can't find my copy of the chart with all the info

[subtle cradle]

Is drug trading still bad?

[autumn cedar]

drugz are bad m'kay?

[tame bloom]

Is there a website to find trading routes?

[mossy shuttle]

There's actually a good amount of quantanium there, but the wind makes mining really hard.

[tranquil plume]

@tame bloom i think its called like sc trade tools

[tame bloom]

Do you mind explaining how to use it?

[tranquil plume]

no clue how to I just know the site

ive used its mining features not the trading

[north oyster]

It's pretty intuitive, just hammer through some scenarios for trade or what not
https://sc-trade.tools/home

[rancid bane]

@north oyster hmm I assume you have mined in both locations? According to sc tools the probability or running into a Quant rock is considerably higher. I could also be interpreting the data incorrectly given very few people head out that way.

You'll have to excuse me if I'm coming off as a jerk I just don't get it.

[north oyster]

It's like GaR mentioned earlier, the weather conditions on the moons around MT are just plain brutal. I've had my C2 get blown over on a pad there. I've mined most moons and MT over the years. I'm not much for surface mining any longer and mine almost exclusively in Aaron's Halo unless I am ROC mining on Aberdeen.

[rancid bane]

@north oyster ahh I somehow missed his comment! Oops. Thanks for the clarification. So it seems to boil down to a safety thing.

As for the weather I had tried on Clio once but as you mentioned the wind was a touch strong. Also at the time I had no clue how to properly mine... anyway the wind took me full afterburner away from the rock I was mining and slammed me into the ground lol.

Normally, if I mine it's on Aberdeen in a roc

[north oyster]

Even landing doesn't help because of the winds. I had forgotten how bad it was until @mossy shuttle mentioned it

ROC mining has gotten some nice love in this patch. Also, do you know about using OM-1 when ROC mining?

[tame bloom]

How do i get to jumptown?

[rancid bane]

@north oyster I had heard some talk about it but generally I just fly straight north from Anderson

What does om1 do for ya?

[north oyster]

If you dive down to the surface from OM-1 then it is always daylight there

[rancid bane]

@north oyster ahh that makes sense. Lol call me wierd though I like mining in the dark. Enjoy the extra surprise of the occasional death lol

[north oyster]

the ping helps light up the landscape. Aberdeen has some of the blackest nights I have ever seen

[sterile remnant]

guys im having bug where cant extract things

how do i get rid of scu storage apprantely its a fix

[north oyster]

I have found that if you turn off your ROC, get out for a second and get back in, it will start working again. At least it did for me

[sterile remnant]

Tyyyyyyyy!!

[autumn cedar]

#helpdesk message

[tame bloom]

The trading console I am using at PRIVATE PROPERTY is not working

[sullen anvil]

It doesn't work

Nor does the one at the orphanage

[tame bloom]

thank you

[sterile remnant]

can u only carry one tupe of cargo in roc?

andhow can i empty roc pls

im trying to extract hadanite after aphorite

[sterile remnant]

now i cant mine??

[gaunt fiber]

@sterile remnant you can empty the ROC in two ways. One, you drive it into your ship and hit I and transfer (one by one) the gems stored in the ROC to your ships’s inventory. The second, and more reasonable option, is to store your ROC at any mining facility pad (the small blue ones) and then sell the contents of your ROC at the storage facility (also located at any mining facility. Hope this helps.

[sterile remnant]

is the storage facility at mining centre thought u have to go to admin

and can u only mine one type

[tame bloom]

is trading worth it right now?

[sterile remnant]

@gaunt fiber

[gaunt fiber]

I never found trading to be worth the risk.

You’re really risking a lot of your money and counting on not being attacked by an NPC, another player, or the game bugging out.

I think cargo is relatively safe with the game, but depending on the other factors it can be really high risk with little reward.

I’d recommend against doing cargo hauls as a primary source of income. But if you want run some cargo because it fits within some other in game activity, it’s okay to do.

[tame bloom]

what is a good income source?

[gaunt fiber]

You can mine all three kinds of gemstones with the ROC. You can sell them all at the same time.

[inland walrus]

what is the best material for cargo hauling

[gaunt fiber]

Mining is a good source of income. ROC mining is pretty profitable right now.

Quantanium mining still is the most profitable in my opinion. It’s harder to find since 3.17, but it still can be around 200k (or more) per trip.

@inland walrus I think it’s Laranite.

But availability to purchase it can be pretty limited.

[inland walrus]

you want to do some mining?

[gaunt fiber]

Plus pirates love to camp out near known locations where it can be purchased.

[west storm]

How do I get started in mining? It’s my 2nd day playing.

[high wren]

mining on lyria and have lancet head but heard there are attachments to help, the stampede and another one but I forget what it was, anyone know? to make breaking the bigger rox easier

[gaunt fiber]

@west storm you’ll need a mining tool, a mining vehicle, or a mining ship.

Your options are the multipurpose tool, the ROC, a Prospector, or a Mole.

[west storm]

@gaunt fiber Ty

[gaunt fiber]

@high wren the attachments help with breaking and scooping. I like the Brandt module to help with stability, and you might want to pick up a Lifeline while you’re learning. That will help protect you when things go wrong with breaking a QT rock.

[high wren]

k, been mining a bit in space but this is first crack at it on lyria and these rox seem more dense

[gaunt fiber]

@inland walrus what kind of mining were you thinking? ROC, or QT?

[inland walrus]

QT

[high wren]

can we have more than one module on at a time?

[gaunt fiber]

@high wren lyria has some advantages. The Lancet mining laser lets you equip up to three modules. Some modules are passive and need no interaction, they just help you, most need to be activated to take affect.

[high wren]

got it, thx

[gaunt fiber]

On Lyria, if you spot two or more rocks next to one another, they will most likely be QT

[stone gyro]

Find pairs/clusters by (default bindings) using tab to scan and then , and . I think it is to limit and expand the angles. Pulse once at max angle then limit angle to minimum and look at the boxes that appeared and pulse again and you'll generally be able to see the rocks in that 'grouping' if there are more than one.

[stone gyro]

Here is a question to the miners out there that don't run solo.. How much do you pay your scouts? I've only had friends scout for me in the past to learn about mining(So just a few runs) and I normally toss them roughly half. Is there a more standard fee scouts charge? Or do people just go by whatever they can convince a new player to accept generally?

[errant galleon]

does anyone know the best way to find 20% or higher quant for prospectors? i was searching all over lyria and didnt find a single one over 20 percent

it was my first every prospector mine though, did i do something wrong?

[frail roost]

I think Lyria quant got shadow-nerfed.

[errant galleon]

wow

then whats another good place?

[frail roost]

The Aaron Halo asteroid belt takes some effort to reach, as you can't select it on the map, but you can search out there for as long as you have food without worrying about pirates.

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

[sterile remnant]

how muvh can u make per trip w the prospect thats what im saving for

[frail roost]

250k-ish

Mining Quantanium, then Refining, then Selling.

But that's on a nearly-full load.

[sterile remnant]

cool im saving for yhe ship via roc

ill get there in a week or two

[placid bridge]

caterpillars are large frieght right?

[frail roost]

Second only to the Hercules in capacity right now, IIRC.

[placid bridge]

do i have to buy storage moduals for it?

[frail roost]

Nope

Its modular component is far, far in the future.

[placid bridge]

so i cant buy anything to make the storage biger?

[frail roost]

No.

[placid bridge]

alright

cheers

[strange harbor]

Looking to join a mining group

[fossil scaffold]

Is it worth getting a refinery ship to go alone with the Mole?

[idle blade]

There really aren’t any details on how refining from a ship will work

[marble crater]

Refining ship seems like it won't have a real use until Pyro is in game

[idle blade]

Really will depend on how much faster it is compared to an actual refinery station. No cost involved either I would imagine. But they still need to implement saddlebag removal and transfer of raw ores

Would allow the mole to keep on mining instead of traveling back n forth

[fossil scaffold]

Pyro..?

[fossil scaffold]

Ah okay thanks

[marble crater]

it's the next system to be put in game and is much bigger than Stanton. you won't be able to fly around as quickly/easily as Stanton now so having a personal refinery makes sense there

[idle blade]

Going to need a whole fleet their basically. Refuel, medical, security. Fun times

[dry heath]

can I get some general areas to find good deposits of hadanite and dolivine in MicroTech?

or is it just Scan, look for gem symbol, zoom in and check the vein colour and roll the RNG dice?

[gusty wren]

Fps mining or ROC mining?

[weak hound]

Anyone wanna crew up? Got a mole and 3 empty slots

[thorny pendant]

Is there a way to save your cargo from disappearing whenever the game crashes/you die?

[gusty wren]

Where is the trade depot in Port tressler? I thought it was in the cargo area

[gusty wren]

I could team up with you. It would be my first mining go though

[weak hound]

Username?

[gusty wren]

It's Jake8pi. Did you want to get into a vc?

[weak hound]

Yeah

Added

[subtle cradle]

Where's a nice chill place to mine with a Mole for anything but Quantanium?
Preferably profitable obviously

[ancient star]

Lyria

Close to ARC-L1, so it's quick for back and fourth

also just realized all the orbital stations are named for their respective planets

CRU L1, HUR L1, ARC L1

[subtle cradle]

(Not quantanium)

[ancient star]

then don't mine at all

[subtle cradle]

Wow

[ancient star]

lol xd

[subtle cradle]

Never mind @ancient star

[ancient star]

nothing else is really worth the effort as much as quant

[subtle cradle]

I'll see what others have to say

[ancient star]

With that being said, the aaron halo will be the best for mining

[subtle cradle]

(Not quantanium)

[ancient star]

yes

[subtle cradle]

I don't wanna mine quantanium

[karmic socket]

Laranite

[subtle cradle]

Where?

[karmic socket]

Actually, Bexalite is better - Aberdeen

[karmic socket]

Courtesy of Red Monster

[subtle cradle]

I know the prices. I was hoping to hear from peoples personal experience though, where the best place to mine for other stuff than Quantanium

[karmic socket]

Above table of ore locations is built from mining experience

[subtle cradle]

Yes true I guess

[karmic socket]

Aberdeen is richest, also has a lot of Hadanite

[subtle cradle]

Thank you

[karmic socket]

Note that Hadanite sells for 275, that’s 3 times more than Quantanium. Just that it takes longer to find and mine because of occurring in small quantities

[subtle cradle]

Oh wow true. Thank you

[marble crater]

@subtle cradle old chart but about the only thing I've seen regarding other ores

[tight latch]

How's the expanse supposed to work with another ship assuming the other ship belongs to another player how would you work the on board refiner to work with the other players ore that the mine

[cerulean lichen]

Neat charts! Definitely saving them so I know where to take the prospector

[weak hound]

Be nicer if there was a list of places to avoid

[thorny pendant]

What happens if I store my ship full of cargo and log off?

[compact basin]

Don't quote me on it but it should be fine, especially if you store it at a station. Ship inventory should be persistant

But yeah I'm not super experienced in the game so maybe someone else can answer with more certainty lol

[toxic citrus]

It stays in the ship

Remember to store it always

[compact basin]

^

[toxic citrus]

Then it should be 100% fine

[indigo wolf]

You can also store rovers in your ship and they will persist there

[weary jungle]

Why cant i collect the gems mined on the floor?

Like im in extraction mode on the roc but nothing is being picked up?

[weary jungle]

Its not mining now 😄 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/82210365147979776/972798489069232178/2022-05-08_10-51-35.mp4

[toxic citrus]

Known issue

[weary jungle]

So how do you fix it?

[autumn cedar]

Try this:
#industrial-professions message

[weary jungle]

The tool isnt even starting up now haah

[autumn cedar]

are you sure you have your systems powered on?

[weary jungle]

Yep, ill send a video.

Here

Mining mode is on, clicking/holding left click

[autumn cedar]

Hm, something really bugged out there. Have you mined anything already prior to this trouble?

[weary jungle]

I mean I have mined the previous hadenite, i have 6 in my storage.

I tried another deposit of gems and that didnt work

[autumn cedar]

Well I suggest you travel to nearest mining otupost, sell what you have, then go to a station, store the ship. Log off and back again and then start your mining again.

[weary jungle]

ahh, alright. Ill try that, thanks!

[deep vector]

Real pros and cons: starfarer vs starfarer gemini? Currently, not armor that don’t implement

[toxic citrus]

Gemini packs guns

[static acorn]

Constantly running into 6000+ mass Quant rocks. using a Lancet i obviously cant mine them, but is the helix worth getting or would the torrent 3 modules work ?

[toxic citrus]

Since its the military variant

[toxic citrus]

Buy a mining gadget

You don't need modules

[static acorn]

which one ?

[toxic citrus]

Waveshift is the way go imo

[autumn cedar]

#industrial-professions message

[toxic citrus]

Lowers resistance

[static acorn]

i dont seem to see anything about the waveshift on the PDF i have

[toxic citrus]

^

[autumn cedar]

BoreMax ain't bad either
https://finder.cstone.space/FPSMiningMods1/06be9c06-120f-46d8-8179-e95ccd1f137a

[static acorn]

So just to clear this up as im sorta new

by lowering the resistance it allows me to mine bigger rock

[deep vector]

Yes

[autumn cedar]

yeah, that way the rock needs less power to crack, hence doable with only one lancet

[static acorn]

there must me a cap? to how much the res can be lowered

0 right ?

[toxic citrus]

Yep

0 is the lowest it can go

[static acorn]

Okay and assuming i can get the Res to 0 for say any rock whats the max mass the lancet can do ?

[toxic citrus]

I was able to break down a 6.5k mass with only a lancet and a waveshift

Buuut

It took ages to crack open

[static acorn]

Okay awesome thanks for the info, last question, is this image correct i thought only Lyria had Quant rocks, but looking at that it seems Calliope, clio and Euterpe are better?

[toxic citrus]

Eh

Its down to luck

Pretty much

I've found most success on lyria though

[static acorn]

yeah its the only place ive used cos i thought it was the only one 😛

where can i buy the waveshift?

got it thx

[finite lion]

does somone know the hauling works again ?

[toxic citrus]

Buy shit for low price, sell same shit for high price

Or?

[finite lion]

yeah but i mean, last time there was a bug that my ship was not seen on the terminal (selling/Buying)

[toxic citrus]

Yeah no don't buy stuff at those places

Without a pad

[finite lion]

yeah

so still bugged...

[toxic citrus]

The outpost wont probably recognise ur ship

[finite lion]

saaad

[toxic citrus]

Mining facilities do though

[finite lion]

thx

[tepid dew]

How much can you get from roc mining

?

[finite lion]

Depends on materials

[toxic citrus]

200k+ for a full hada load

112k for a full apho load

[tepid dew]

How do get a hada load

Or what is a hada load

[toxic citrus]

A full cargo load of hadanite.

[tepid dew]

Thx

[finite lion]

@toxic citrus i have AGRI best place to sell ?

[toxic citrus]

Refined?

[finite lion]

No purchased it like 4 days ago and still have it on my ship as a cargo

[toxic citrus]

Any TDD then

TDD = Trade and Development Division

[finite lion]

So planets …

This bug is annoying

[toxic citrus]

Yes.

Any but orison

[finite lion]

Him ?

[toxic citrus]

?

Wdym him

[finite lion]

Never mind haha

[sterile remnant]

Can you even claim compensation because of crash?

[weary jungle]

haah no.

[sterile remnant]

lol

this fucking game

is killing me

[weary jungle]

yep gave up on it for today haha, mining sucksss

[sterile remnant]

im trying so hard

[placid bridge]

where do i sell gold in loreville

[toxic citrus]

Refined or raw

[placid bridge]

raw i think

[idle blade]

So sad, All Quant, none scannable

[toxic citrus]

Then you don't

You gotta head to a refinery to sell raw materials

[toxic citrus]

Yep, exactly why I mine on lyria

Shit's actually scannable

[idle blade]

had some really bad luck last night on lyria, figured i'd change it up a bit this morning

[toxic citrus]

Trust me

Halo is way worse

[idle blade]

made a few Mil in the halo already, usually only come here when my crew isnt on, otherwise we're all over lyria

[high wren]

tried lyria yesterday and a few of the quant rocks were 7000+ mass but I couldn't break them, even with stampede and brandt modules, should I be using different ones? I use Lancet mining head also.

[idle blade]

Surge

Or the new gadgets

[toxic citrus]

Lancet + surges and waveshift

Ez pz

[high wren]

k, gonna get those and give it a try now

[toxic citrus]

Lancet plus waveshift alone can wreck 6.5k

Waiiit

No

Not waveshift

Sabir is actually way better

-75% resistance

[high wren]

And yes same for the astroid belts. Lots of no scan rocks yesterday

[toxic citrus]

Well you can compare them

Take either sabir or boremax

Those are the 2 with -75% resistance

Super helpful if ur solo

[high wren]

will grab both

[finite lion]

Best mining areas in the verse ?

[high wren]

had a good spot going from arc L1 to cru L4 and pull out of qt about 14.4 mill km, but was having scan issues yesterday so tired lyria. a year ago, use to mine on daymar for lar and agr.

[glass thorn]

weres a good place to get cargo

[opaque obsidian]

What's better for prospect mining. Planets or aestroid belts etc?

[glass thorn]

nice ok thanks

[toxic citrus]

Imo planets

A lot of rocks on belts are unscannable right now

[supple cedar]

Ok another question, i have a c2 Hercules and ariund 1 mil to spend on trading for a start

Where and what should i buy/sell

[north oyster]

Band 2 in Halo is doing pretty good. 5 trips was about 1.1M aUEC earnings

[north oyster]

Jack Axton has a good refresher course video on trade. It's a couple of months old but still valid

[finite lion]

Is this a bug or so, why do i can’t find a button to turn on the mining cockpit in the front (mole) ?

[north oyster]

M should work, not sure about the active interface option

[finite lion]

Ok

[frail cypress]

it's hard to see, but it's there on the top

[thorny pendant]

Ty

[high wren]

is there a way to see how much cargo is in my freelancer max from the cockpit?

[toxic citrus]

Don't think so

You'll need to check it at a trading terminal

[waxen agate]

probably the biggest quant rock I've seen yet

closest one was a bit under 8000 yesterday, but 40%

[agile pike]

How can I start buying and selling illegal cargo??

[toxic citrus]

Try to look for places that actually are able to detect your ship and as well in return are able to sell drugs to you

[agile pike]

https://sc-trade.tools/home I'm trying to use this site to find routes, and it's suggesting what I assume is illegal cargo, but the place it's telling me to go have trading consoles that don't show as having anything available.

[toxic citrus]

That's possible

Any websites can't track terminal stock in real time

[agile pike]

No like not that they out of stock, they don't show that they even can sell/buy something to/from me.

Is my game just messed up??

[toxic citrus]

No

What planet are you on right now?

If you are on crusader try going to the place called "private property"

And see if you can buy Neon there

Said place is on Yela

If you are able to buy it, you can sell it to grim hex for profit

[agile pike]

It was reccomending Yela and Daymar anyway, so I'll head there.

I just wanna ship whatever will make me the most. lol

[toxic citrus]

A lot of the obscure names are often drug labs

Where you can buy stuff if they are able to detect your ship

Of course Neon isnt the only drug

There's SLAM, E'tam, maze

And maybe some others i dont remember

[agile pike]

The most recommended one from the site is Altruciatoxin from jumptown to grimhex.

At least with my 120k UEC and nomad.

After that is Nuen Waste Management, but I couldn't find jumptown and nuen waste management is just a blank terminal.

[thorny pendant]

Anyone has any idea how I can land in New Babbage? 🙂 Im getting no marker and the hangars arent opening. Forever bugged

[warped glen]

Fly out of the planet

Go back and hail through the f11 commlink

If it says proceed, then a bay IS open

If not your server is 30k'ing

Just gotta find it otherwise

[agile pike]

I went to the 'private property' on Cellin and got shot at by a ship which I can't tell if it was an NPC or player.

[deep vector]

Most likely npc

Bounties sometimes spawn above those

Was fastest ert I did when it spawned above my head

Lol

[toxic citrus]

Shiieet forgot about those guys

[toxic citrus]

Yeah jumptown is an unmarked area

You will need to get a guide video on how to get there

[supple cedar]

what is the best trade route with a budget of 1 mil and a c2 hercules, because laranite is always out of stock

[stone gyro]

Afaik the main trade loop for making profit with a C2 would be Arial to Lorville trading Titanium and buying Laranite as it is available.

[supple cedar]

hmm, but the thing is i noticed that lorville doesnt accpet laranite or titanium

i always have to take a long flight to area 18 because the trading terminal doesnt buy any of that stuff

is that normal?

[valid mulch]

Some sites for some reason aren't detecting ships. A lot of the scrap yards are currently doing that.

[toxic citrus]

Yeah, for scrap yards that's true

[valid mulch]

It's true for a few others too but I forget what they were

[agile pike]

Damnit

I may need to just get someone in-game with me to show me some good trade routes.

[valid mulch]

What ship are you running

[agile pike]

Nomad

[stone gyro]

Like the demand is filled from other players? I started out 3.17 doing the Arial to Lorville route.

[valid mulch]

Honestly you're best thing profit wise with that ship is to run delivery contracts

Send me a DM and sometime later all show you a few routes I run in my Connie Taurus

[agile pike]

Those feel like they take longer for about the same profit as an Arial to Lorville run for me tho??

[valid mulch]

They should get better pay as you improve your relationship with the contractor

[agile pike]

Oh??

It's always just 8k for three boxes, and not really worth the time compared to the Ar-Lor cargo run.

At least for me.

[valid mulch]

That's fair. I run a larger ship so my profit margins are a little better. I've heard talk of like 40k or something wild like that.

[north oyster]

Vice (like the rest of trade) isn't in a great place atm. The main challenge isn't buying it but rather selling. The purchase rates are dismal when you're trying to unload it

[agile pike]

I just want a good source of income, and I was hoping cargo hauling would be a good one.

[toxic citrus]

Nope

Cargo is definitely not the money maker rn

I'm really hoping 3.18 will change drug running too

Since cargo needs to be moved physically

So you could buy cargo at any place and then move it to the ship urself

[median smelt]

Was wandering through the asteroid belt yesterday trying to locate a rock with a decent load of Quantinium, couldn't find anything with more than 2%

Some rocks we found were unscanable

[toxic citrus]

Yeah, that's what the belt feels like to me as well

I switched pretty fast to lyria

[median smelt]

What am I doing wrong?

[valid mulch]

Is ground mining worth it? Like mining by hand

[median smelt]

Hmmm perhaps I'll need to do the same

[toxic citrus]

Nah

ROC is

Hand mining, na

[median smelt]

Would it be challenging to mine Lyria with a Mole?

[toxic citrus]

yeah, you do want a friend with ya

The rocks there are sometimes too hard to crack

[median smelt]

Fair enough

Thanks

[valid mulch]

How is that going to work say you stop by one of the mine place by Connie full of laranite

Are you just going to have to hand load it all

[toxic citrus]

Depends which connie

Taurus has the tractor beam

We don't know exactly how its gonna work

But manual loading will be included one way or another

[valid mulch]

My Taurus

Plus I have the scan proof part

[toxic citrus]

Yeah, well taurus has the tractor beam

so it'll help the loading up part for sure

[weak merlin]

Hey guys what do you need to mine? Went to Wala and it had a lot of rocks

[toxic citrus]

Prospector, hand tool or ROC

Hand tool being the cheapest, prospector is the more expensive option

[supple cedar]

dont forget the argo mole (:

[toxic citrus]

meh

mole is shit if ur solo (imo)

[weak hound]

Speaking of the mole. In about an hour, give or take, I'll be hopping on and I need a crew and a scout.

DM if you're interested.

[stone gyro]

Disagree. Prospector is def meta for solo but solo mole is viable and still fun if you don't mind running back and forth (imo).

[toxic citrus]

Mole gets annoying when you have to run back and forth

and if you can't take all the quant in one rock you can leave a box there and go back

So personally i don't see the need for a Mole as a solo player

[stone gyro]

Just saying it isn't for you doesn't make it shit is my point.

[toxic citrus]

There

[valid mulch]

How do you get a cargo box

[grizzled bone]

You can buy 1/8 SCU boxes in cargo stations/decks I believe

Dumpers Depot usually has them too possibly

But if you put some items in your ships inventory then blow said ship up, it will spawn a larger box

[valid mulch]

Suck that you can't get a 1 scu box yet

[tulip roost]

You can get it by blowing your ship up. Just put a backpack inside.

You can also get a 2 SCU box by filling it up enough to warrant one

[grizzled bone]

Put a pembroke undersuit for a big box

[gritty steeple]

Does anyone know anything about ROC minging? I have loads of questions

[muted sparrow]

Ask here. Someone will get to them

Try numbering them.

[toxic citrus]

Like i said, just put em here

[muted sparrow]

(Example)

1. How?
2. Best planet?
3. Best ship?
4. Etc…

^

[gritty steeple]

1. I get how

2. i could use the best planet

3. how do i sell and transport all of the stuffs

[toxic citrus]

Aberdeen is a good planet for mining, and you transport the gems in the ROC

And sell them on a mining outpost

[gritty steeple]

Ahhhhhhhhhh

What would be an example of a mining outpost?

[toxic citrus]

HDMS-Anderson

[gritty steeple]

Oh, im dumb haha

[toxic citrus]

HDSF-xxxx are security outposts

Don't go to those

[gritty steeple]

well thank you! time to throw the roc in my C2 and hunt

[north oyster]

You'll need the Pembroke armor set also

[gritty steeple]

haah, learned the hard way yesterday

[velvet nebula]

before i jump on Tarkov, if theres any mining expeditions going out that need fuel , lemme know 🙂

[gritty steeple]

Also, i want to mine purple rocks, then blue, then green right?

[thorn spindle]

yes in that order

[toxic citrus]

Yep

[gritty steeple]

Hello, so my ROC mining and extraction wont fire. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[muted sparrow]

VTOL mode?

Nev mind. Are the components on?

[gritty steeple]

i got it to work. I swore at it and it started working ahha

[weak hound]

"How to be a mechanic: Step one" lmfao

[thorn spindle]

^

on and off again still works 1000 years in the future

[mental sequoia]

is anyone else having issue mining today? i have a prospector that the mining laser and such will not activate, and any quant rocks we find are not scanng, either in a prospector or a mole

[tired hawk]

what are some places on arial that i can get cargo at

[toxic citrus]

Any HDMS-xxxxxxx places

HDSF are security bunkers

[tired hawk]

ok

what places by microtech sell quantanium

[toxic citrus]

None

You dont buy quant

You can only mine it

[tired hawk]

what about titanium

[toxic citrus]

HDMS

[valid mulch]

Check out SC trader. It will give you a good idea of where to buy what

[tired hawk]

ok

[valid mulch]

Avoid salvage yards because they currently don't detect ships

If you do buy scrap you can sell it at I believe CRU-L5. It may actually be HUR-L5. One of those two

[tired hawk]

im selling at microtech because thats giving me a lot

[plucky pollen]

how come when im mining the rocks will explode even tho im i have been in the green the whole time and when they are explode they disable my ship, my engines will still work but i will have no power and when i try to move it ship it doesnt move even tho the engines are on

[mental sequoia]

so no one else having mining issues ? i tried us and eu servers in my prospector, not matter what i can't use the laser

[plucky pollen]

nop

[obsidian slate]

anybody know why the MISC prospector 3-day rent price is 966k? which is the 30 day rent price, plz @ me when one of yall respond. Thanks!

[idle blade]

is there a log for mo.Trader to see what was sent?

[sterile remnant]

try save for one bro

[rose skiff]

go to om-1, then fly downwards, youll then be on the north pole of daymar where people dont tend to visit as its far away from everything, found some good hadanite veins, like 8 - 13, craters and near mountains are the best places, and valleys

[jovial pasture]

best ship under 1.5?

[abstract citrus]

what do you reckon is the aUEC/hr on ROC mining

[rose skiff]

if ur unlucky and only find 3 veins, 80k an hour, but if you got luck, 140k

[weak hound]

Depends on your transport ship, where you are, and how much you're willing to risk

You're welcome to DM me and I can explain a bit better.

[abstract citrus]

i got around 100k with a cutlass black on daymar

[weak hound]

Aberdeen is the best place for hadanite. If you're willing to take the risk of a 30k, you can fill it up and make 250k. It also depends on which ROC you have. The DS I think has a bit more cargo room, I could be wrong though

[abstract citrus]

idk which i got, just rented one

aberdeen is going to require a little more than just a beacon undersuit isn't it

[half grotto]

Yeah

[tame bloom]

Is prospecter mining worth it?

[weak hound]

It can be