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Mining

15 guides · Game data version 4.10.0 (11644)

Mining learning path

The learning path is built from the guides themselves: each guide states where it belongs. Planned topics have no guide yet.

BEGINNER

LEVEL 1 BASICS

  1. Scanning – BasicsSourced
  2. Mining – BasicsSourced
  3. Mining workflowSourced

LEVEL 2 SHIP & EQUIPMENT

  1. ProspectorSourced
  2. MOLESourced
  3. Mining headsSourced
  4. Modules & consumablesSourced

ADVANCED

LEVEL 3 ROCK & EXTRACTION

  1. Scan values explainedSourced
  2. Materials explainedSourced
  3. FracturingSourced
  4. ExtractionSourced

LEVEL 4 AFTER MINING

  1. RefinerySourced
  2. TransportSourced
  3. SaleSourced

EXPERT

LEVEL 5 ADVANCED

  1. Solo optimisationSourced
  2. Crew miningSourced
  3. Risk and rewardSourced
  4. Specialised loadoutsSourced

Guides in this area

MiningBeginner

Mining – Basics

Getting started with ship mining: what the game data says about ships, lasers, modules, ores and refining – and what is not yet confirmed.

SourcedEvery control function and game object used exists in the current game version. The statements come from the sources listed.
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4.10.0
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2
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none yet
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DE · EN
Sources20 GAME DATA 1 COMMUNITY 4 UNCONFIRMED
MiningBeginner

Mining – from scan to cargo

The ten steps of ship mining with the matching control functions – what of it is in the game data and what still has to be tested.

SourcedEvery control function and game object used exists in the current game version. The statements come from the sources listed.
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4.10.0
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1
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none yet
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DE · EN
Sources13 GAME DATA 9 UNCONFIRMED
MiningBeginner

Prospector – mining guide

The MISC Prospector in our game data: slots, stock laser and ore pods. No “best loadout” – only what the data supports.

SourcedEvery control function and game object used exists in the current game version. The statements come from the sources listed.
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4.10.0
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1
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none yet
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DE · EN
Sources7 GAME DATA 4 UNCONFIRMED
MiningAdvanced

Extraction & cargo

After breaking: switching to collecting, ore pods and jettisoning cargo – with a beginner checklist. The sequence itself is not yet confirmed.

SourcedEvery control function and game object used exists in the current game version. The statements come from the sources listed.
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4.10.0
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1
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none yet
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DE · EN
Sources6 GAME DATA 4 UNCONFIRMED
MiningAdvanced

Fracturing explained

Scan values and breaking the rock: which functions and laser values are sourced – and which terms such as resistance or instability are not yet confirmed.

SourcedEvery control function and game object used exists in the current game version. The statements come from the sources listed.
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4.10.0
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1
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none yet
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DE · EN
Sources3 GAME DATA 1 COMMUNITY 4 UNCONFIRMED
MiningAdvanced

Mining heads explained

All size 1 and 2 mining lasers from the Chronist: what mining power, ranges and power mean according to the data. No ranking.

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4.10.0
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1
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none yet
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DE · EN
Sources11 GAME DATA 4 UNCONFIRMED
MiningAdvanced

Mining modules & consumables

Which mining modules the game data knows, how you trigger them – and why no effects are listed here yet.

SourcedEvery control function and game object used exists in the current game version. The statements come from the sources listed.
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4.10.0
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1
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none yet
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DE · EN
Sources8 GAME DATA 3 UNCONFIRMED
MiningAdvanced

Mining materials explained

The ores from ship mining according to the game data, their group in the internal name and the asteroid types. No prices, no invented locations.

SourcedEvery control function and game object used exists in the current game version. The statements come from the sources listed.
Valid from patch
4.10.0
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1
Last human review
none yet
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DE · EN
Sources5 GAME DATA 1 COMMUNITY 1 UNCONFIRMED
MiningAdvanced

MOLE – crew mining guide

The Argo MOLE in our game data: three mining laser slots, stock fit and the comparison with the Prospector. Crew details only where sourced.

SourcedEvery control function and game object used exists in the current game version. The statements come from the sources listed.
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4.10.0
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1
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none yet
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DE · EN
Sources9 GAME DATA 2 UNCONFIRMED
MiningAdvanced

Refinery – what happens after mining?

The nine refining processes from the game data and what we cannot yet source about locations, times and yield.

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4.10.0
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1
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DE · EN
Sources4 GAME DATA 1 COMMUNITY 2 UNCONFIRMED
MiningAdvanced

From ore to sale

Transport and sale: what our game data contains, why prices are missing here and where route planner and calculator will connect later.

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4.10.0
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1
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DE · EN
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MiningExpert

Crew mining

Mining as a group does not mean everyone does the same thing. It means: one searches, one mines, one hauls the cargo away.

SourcedEvery control function and game object used exists in the current game version. The statements come from the sources listed.
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4.10.0
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1
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DE · EN
Sources1 UNCONFIRMED
MiningExpert

Mining: risk and reward

What a mining run is worth is not decided at the rock but by three questions: how far, how safe, how full on the way back.

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4.10.0
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1
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DE · EN
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MiningExpert

Optimising solo mining

Alone it does not matter how many rocks you crack but how little time you lose between two full ore containers.

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4.10.0
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1
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DE · EN
Sources1 UNCONFIRMED
MiningExpert

Specialised loadouts

There is no loadout that does everything. There are three that each do one thing well – and the decision which one you need today.

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4.10.0
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1
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none yet
Languages
DE · EN
Sources1 UNCONFIRMED

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