It's weird. I've been playing Elite Dangerous since 2019, I have almost 900 hours of gameplay, and I still watch these tutorial videos even if I already know how to mine lol. This is a solid tutorial BTW. I'll share this with my friend who just started playing.
If only they changed that kamikaze collector thing. Having an item selected should have that limpet prioritise that kind of items, not collect that one and suicide. I recently learned that you can reuse the limpet if you launch one without having something selected
@@braisfigueira5032 if the limpets never ran out of juice you'd only need to buy 20 or so instead of filling up half your cargo racks with replacements. Each limpet has its own range and amount of damage it can take before it blows up. Some do seem to be a little suicidal though.
This. This right here is what we need. Clear instructions and build ideas and why certain things are taken. Especially for new players like myself. This actually makes me want to sack work off for the day and get this going. Subbed, because of the quality content
Thanks for continuing the tradition of Elite tutorials. So many of the original tutorial creators have moved on to other projects. It’s great to see new guides that incorporate the latest gameplay mechanics and ships.
I'm glad people still make these types of videos. I recently got back into Elite after 2 years and completely forgot about the overlap method and wondered why I was only seeing platinum in 1 out of 10 asteroids.
Fantastic tutorial. So grateful to you for doing these. Really well put together. Informative, entertaining and so very valuable for the community health, long-term. O7
Thanks so much! Always great to hear from you! The Elite community is such a welcoming place, and I love being a part of it. Your channel is a big inspiration for why I got started!
@@Mile13Gaming I discovered your channel via this video - really love how well the information is put together and explained! In my years on ED, I never really got into mining too much, but when I started to try it out I made myself an AIO (all in one) mining Python... But all in all the easiness and quickness of laser mining and the aspect of "meditative gaming" got me to instead just make my Python a dedicated laser mining build. Anyway, looking forward to watching your Elite Dangerous content!
THANK GOD. The level of "Yes" behind making mining something other than totally AFK-waste-of-time, and yet there's NO tutorial for this stuff IN game?? Thank you for this. I'll take tutorials on everything else you'd like to make. These are fantastic.
Another tip with the pirates, if your ship cargo is empty, after the scan they stick around for usually about 5 minutes then they will jump out, if you mine while they are still around they will come back to see what youve got.
I just started playing this game after getting sick of star citizen bugs and its amazing seeing new guides and content still being made - liked, subbed and bookmarked for later
I really tried to get into Star Citizen, and I think it could really be something good if they could focus on just fixing what they have. In the meantime, I'm still loving Elite. Thanks for watching and subbing!
Damn good tutorial brother. Thank you. I just did my first run of mining while watching this video and came out with a little over 10 million in a type 6. Keep up the amazing work and thank you again.
As someone who has been gone for a few years these tutorials have been very helpful. When I logged back I was right back in my Anaconda which was setup for laser and core mining. After brushing the dust off of it my HOTAS still works just fine which is great. Next step is redoing the tutorials to remember how to fly, lol.
@@Mile13Gaming Thanks! Just did my rep grind for Imperial (went 8 ranks from Squire to Duke in one day via data courier) so now I'm saving up for the Cutter. As for HOTAS I'm pretty basic. The Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS One has always served me well on here.
Thank you! Great video! This is also a great refresher for returning miner, I used to know all this, but now i am village idiot. Love your bonus part at the end, i could sense that moment of panic, imagine you are in Type-9 with full load of your hard work
thanks for the guide, i am a new cmd and made my first 10+mil with Bounty hunting but i wanted to try something new. Mining is so chill and rewarding, much love
I'm still learning mining, but I'm planning out a cutter. Docking computers are a life saver since you don't have to worry about scraping the mail slot, when the docking computer is not mimicking a drunk in the cutter. I switched to a Krat phantom to learn, as learning the mechanics is just as important as ship selection. Now that I know what I am doing, I just need the credits for the Modules. A fleet carrier is not cheap, but comes in handy for material storage.
fi you get bored, invest on a diamond explorer and put passenger cabins to do some VIP cruises + exploring same time, scanning good planets (terrsformables and etc) while you visit the touristic points the VIP person are requiring, it's a good way to build some credits by the VIP tourism and selling cartogrsphy of systems and planets you found and scanned
That's a really nice start! I remember when I was a new player and I absolutely miss that time. Now I am more than 5000 hours into the game and still counting. I love it!
Good video, well presented and you covered nearly everything. Here are a few suggestions that might make your mining better, which you can pass to others if you want when you're ready for your ultimate guide. 1. The Cobra is a bad mining ship. The T6 absolutely trounces it and costs the same. It has superior cargo capacity and the Cobra can't get the advantage of its larger hardpoints because of its class 3 PD. The travelling time is the limiting factor with these ships, and the T6 can spend more time mining and less time travelling. 2. A weapons focused PD will always give faster mining. The PD is the limiting factor on any mining ship, so it should be first priority. 3. Hotspot mining for platinum is old school. Haz RES mining is significantly faster and just as safe if you do it right, especially in a small ship. Even a Python will be filled up before the pirates take any interest. In a Haz RES there's no need for a DSS, which is a big advantage when using a small ship. 4. You forgot to mention to keep your nose close to the rock ad shoot lasers at the lower half to speed up collection of fragments. The time to collect goes up exponentially as the distance increases, which is one of the reasons the PP mining lances are mainly useless. 5. Never take weapons on a mining ship. In the time it takes to kill any pirates, you could get more money by mining. I can see that you had that idea, but you should have been more emphatic IMHO. 6. The pre-engineered mining lasers from Mbooni are much better than standard ones. They allow you to have 7 lasers on a Cutter. 7. Don't waste time with abrasion blasters or any of the mining tools that aren't lasers. It's more efficient to to mine with the lasers all the time, provided that you have other things optimised. These comments are aimed at ultimate mining efficiency and maximum earnings. This is what I learned from mining 1/2 million tons and earning around 250 billion credits from mining mainly platinum. Only one guy has mined more than me in the history of the game. I get around 120 million an hour using a Python and 200 mil/hr with a Cutter. I'm pretty sure that my Python beats my Anaconda, but I never tested back to back.
I've just uploaded my 3 Thigs I like About Adder short, then saw this! Didn't include mining however, I have included you in my Weekend Roundup video. Should be out either late Saturday or Sunday. Love how clear your videos are.
I started mining almost as soon as I started playing about a month ago. I like mining in games. I was using the Viper Mk III because I thought it was a good step up from the Sidewinder and I could afford it, I was wrong. It had terrible cargo and internals. So now I've upgraded to an AspEx and it's great. For about 6m I have 40 cargo, dual limpet controller, shields/weapons to defend and everything else I need. I'll probably go with a Krait Mk II or Anaconda next. Thank you for this cool video going really into detail without going too fast to follow.
Oh man, i was doing this for so long and missed the detail about detailed surface scanner! What you probably missed is mention of mining missions that can sometimes be of great profit multiplier. Also, awesome quality video, thanks 07
Awesome guide - thanks! Would like to add to not add anything labeled as "material" to your ignore list. These are engineering materials for use later in your Elite career, and don't take any cargo space, so there is not downside (apart from tying up collector limpet time/lifespan) to gathering them. I learned this the hard way, want others to avoid that if they can!
For laser mining, I feel an argument can be made for the Imperial Cutter being the perfect tool. 512t, all the power you can ask for, enough weapons to turn any npc pirates into a bonus payout and stupid amounts of shielding even on a class 6 module. Add in enough fuel and range to get almost anywhere and she has no equal. I’m man enough to admit she’s a bit large for comfortable core mining (still works though), the Corvette is the king of PVE and the Anaconda has no equal for jump range. I have 5-10 times more hours in the Cutter than any other ship and I don’t see that changing lol.
Indeed, once you sit in the Cutter, everything else seems like a toy. :) Like you said, I prefer the Krait for core mining because it's more maneuverable, but the cutter for laser mining is so quick and nice.
Sell your docking computer! Great advice. I've been preaching for years. Landing manually teaches you the fine controls of ship handling. It's one of the best ways to get better at flying. While you're at it mining, the asteroid fields are a great place to learn FA off, even if you don't use it all the time. It's fun to set up a geosynchronous orbit on a roid while lasering it.
I left for awhile due to not having q good enough PC, I'm back now and this video helped a ton to help reacquaint me. I already have a imperial cutter yada yada from mining, dudes right but there are some other great minerals.
The Cutter and Python can both be outfitted to do all 4 types of mining at the same time w/out having to swap modules/hardpoints. The Python layout does not have a fuel scoop, but both have shields. With no fuel scoop on the Cutter, you have 512 tons of cargo space. When I want to go mining, I simply jump my FC to the system where I'm going to mine, then hop in my Cutter and go mining.
@@Mile13Gaming I got sick and tired of having to decide on a specific type of mining, outfit my ship to do it, then go out into the ring only to discover that the specific type of mining I wanted to do wasn't very time efficient. So I used EDSY to figure out which ships could do all 4 types of mining w/out having to swap out modules or hardpoints. With some limits, I found that only the Python and the Cutter could do it. The Cutter is a much better ship to do it inside the bubble and out in the black especially if you have a FC to dock at and unload nearby. The Python is really nice out in Colonia where the stations are really close due to the higher system density in that region compared to the bubble. Also, the Python is nice because 1) You can buy it out in Colonia w/out having to buy it at a FC and 2) a lot of the stations that give out the best rates for mined materials do not have large landing pads out in Colonia. Being able to do all 4 types of mining (Laser, surface, sub-surface, and deep core) at any time means when you have a hankering to 'go mining' you just hop in your Cutter/Python and 'go mining'. You don't have to decide what type of mining you're going to do and then outfit your ship accordingly. Sure using a all-4-types-of-mining ship means you can't max out your cargo holds, but it still takes me 3.5-4.5 hours to fill up the 512 tons of cargo space on my cutter doing all 4 types of mining and that's still a full day's worth of play for me. Once you've had a chance to try all 4 types of mining please post an update video of your thoughts on it. Oh, and if you're curious to know what my Cutter loadout for all-4-types-of-mining, I can send you the EDSY link to the outfitting.
@@hughjardon3538 I said NOTHING about min/maxing... I said I can do all 4 types of mining w/out having to swap out hard points and optional slots. Totally different concept.
Good Tutorial. I started with a Python then I moved to a T9, before I did the grind for a Cutter. I still Laser mine out in the Black, Tritium just to keep my Fleet Carrier Stock topped off and to have a break from exploring and use my dedicated Cutter. Obviously with Exo Biology, mining Platinum for credits now isn't my thing, but in the early game it got me enough credits for a T9 and capital to buy goods to trade
You know, I never used any of the T-series for mining, but I know they're popular for it and built to be haulers. Maybe I'll give that a shot and see how it goes. And same here - exo is king of cash right now (actually one of the first tutorials I posted), but I think mining is still more beginner-accessible, and sometimes just the meditative process of mining is exactly what I need. :)
@@Mile13Gaming Totally agree on the access of mining early game (although I did basic Exo with a hauler in my early game which earnt me enough for a Python) I never knew about teh A grade prospector multiplier until I watch this (even though All my ships are A grade by now) - there's always good tips to be had
Le grand final lol :D :D :D Another useful tip: If you find one of the poles of the asteroid (the point where the rotation axis goes trough the asteroid itself), you can place your ship much closer to the asterod, without worring your ship can be hit.
@@Mile13Gaming Hey in the vid tell them about how to control what laser the fragments spawn off of, not too many commanders know about this and its super handy! 😉
Great Vid. I'ma bout to get back into Elite and I remember doing Painite mining during the overlapping hotspot craz. I did it in my Type 10. I Need to dust it off to see how it compares to the builds now.
Another great video! And i saw you on the Buur Pit! Next time you get hyperdicted by thatgoids, try silent running while boosting away. Then you might have a (small) chance
Beluga Miner afficionado here. 4 medium lasers and a sub-surface displacement missile just in case. 288 cargo space, just cause I don't have time for a full 500 tons session in a Cutter. I know, you'd tell me the Conda could very well do the job, but Saud Krugers just have this tendency to be quite nimble in all directions, including yaw and vertical/horizontal strafing. And one more thing: the cargo scoop is placed towards the front of the ship, so it became easy to position yourself right on top of the chunks to collect, so the collectors pick them up REAL quick. PS: 6A Power Distro w/Weapon Focused and Cluster Capacitors is a must if you want to go through a whole asteroid on a single laser burst and not having to recharge.
Nice video - you make it look easy ;) I like the clear understandable comments and associated examples. Haven't played in several years, may have to reload and give it another try. Going to see if you have anything for trading/hauling also. Regardless, thanks !!
Don't forget your limpets! Yeah, heh, I've *cough* never *cough* done that. There's even a holographic sign outside of the mail slot of stations reminding you of that. LOL
My favorite mining ship is a Vette (MAJOR MINER), I run five class 2 and two class 1 pre-engineered mining lasers, letting me burn down asteroids on one shot without overheating in about 17 seconds. I run 17 collectors and two 3A prospectors (one is on 1, the other is on 2 in the same fire group, this way I can launch 4 in about the same amount of time as 2). I also use a 6c Bi-weave shield so when I arrive at an asteroid I can bump into it insuring that I am close as possible, this makes a huge difference in the speed of collection, I only have to wait a couple seconds for the collectors to finish up after the asteroid is depleted. Also I'm curious, why not Weapon Focused PD? If I switch to Charge Enhanced on my Vette I will loose 7 seconds laser Duration (12 seconds VS 19 seconds), pretty much the same on my Python laser miner (9.6 VS 16)- Maybe its because I run a bunch of lasers lol This is by far one of the best tutorials I've seen, Nice job!. o7
@@Mile13Gaming Yeah it has great internals for mining, and a class 8 PD like the Conda, It doesn't have as good of a limpet corridor as the Cutter though (how far below the ship the collectors have to travel before they make their upwards trajectory to the cargo hatch), this used to slow me down until I figured out you have to put the nose right against the asteroid, preferably at the axis of rotation so your ship doesn't get beat up as bad lol. Also another trick I just recently figured out is how to make the fragments spawn from whatever laser you want, all you have to do is put your prospector(s) on a separate fire group, then you put all but one of your lasers on '1' and put the laser you want the frags to spawn off of on '2', then just activate the lasers on '1' slightly before you activate the laser on '2', the frags will spawn off of the '2' laser, you want this to be the laser on the bottom of ship so limpets have less distance to travel to the limpet corridor. 😅 o7
@@master_sergik Yes, they are the best class 1 mining lasers, they run cooler, use less power distributor, and have a 2.5 km range with no damage fall off.
DONT FORGET YOUR LIMPETS Be me, when deep core just came out and void opals made you stupid rich. Spent an hour with no luck, found a literal gold mine of opals. Cracked it open, tons to collect…no limpets. I was so upset.
This seems to have fallen out of use, but... Collector limpets don't have any sense of self preservation. As a result, they don't pay attention to the rotation of the rock and get themselves unalived by getting in the path of the rotation. You can mitigate this by aligning your ship with the rock so that you are at the bottom of the rock with the rock spinning left to right (I might have this backwards, I am still assembling my hardware after a couple of years away and haven't had a chance to get "in the field"). This will throw the fragments clear of the rock, moving the pickup area out of the area where limpets are likely to be crushed and extending their usefulness.
amazing tutorial but it’s SERIOUSLY missing you talking about the most important parts… what buttons do you press for actions??? You say at 9:45 ish to “select the limpet” but uh… how do I do that? How do I open cargo scoop? Im so lost after coming back from 3+ years and looking at the 100+ key binds I have no clue what to press 😂
LOL fair enough. It really depends on how you're playing. I'm using a HOTAS, some folks use a keyboard, some use a controller. At the end of the day, it's whatever you have configured in the Settings for "Target Ahead" and "Open Cargo Scoop".
Overlapping hotspots are still very good places to mine. The thing that was nerfed was overlapping hotspots of the same type; still, these are slightly better to mine at than a solo hotspot. I imagine we can find an overlap of void opals, platinum, and LTD's. though, the best i have personally found is an overlap of LTD and void opals. Imagine every single asteroid is filled with (admittedly, not the same) valuable materials at a higher concentration than normal.
Very nice, I just came back to the game after 3-4 years off. Mining was my go-to moneymaker, and fully agree, once you get the Python kitted for mining, you know you have arrived. I never felt the need to upgrade to the Cutter, but with the money taps now flowing at full, might be in the cards. O7 and thanks much! Going to do a follow on for core mining?
Core mining was mine, the diamond dupe wasnt discovered yet, Void Opal prices were at an all time high and I took my Krait mk 2 out with 200 Limpets and came back with 256 Void Opal and LTDs. made my first billion on that run, used it to make a mining cutter with double the capacity and went back out till I had enough to buy my carrier. I still core mine on occasion even though theres better ways to make credits. Also pop on a mining multilimpet if you can (size 3 minimum)
Yeah, I wasn't doing core mining back in the LTD boom, unfortunately. And yeah, on my cutter, I have a steady stream of limpets grabbing chunks as fast as I can blast them off.
haha python 1 FTW best goddamn all round ship for mining/trading/ even reasonable at kicking pirate ass (but not in my hands) , never needed another ship till i bought my fleet carrier last weekend) hahaha yes i met laser lettuce just like that last week.... dirty drives got me out f trouble (but scared the crap out of me i didnt leave home station again for a week 🤣).... great video dude 🥰
Have they changed ore selling again? Used to be the demand had to be 4 times the amount in your local storage or you get a reduced selling price. Local storage includes your hold, wingman holds, and owned FC holds. Great tutorial!
If the popup note on Inara is accurate, then that sounds about right. If the price is shown in red, there's a popup saying pretty much what you just indicated.
I have had 7 billion credits since 2015. I’m still mining just for the chill vibe. I multi crew when selling just to give someone 7-10 million free credits.
Congrats cmdr, great vid, very informative. However, don't mine with a Cutter. _But look at it, it's a work of art ! ! !_ Exactly, it's like hauling bulk cargo with a luxury cruiser. It _can_ be done, but nobody in his right mind would.
Hold up, a fantastic early miner choice is the keelback, particularly of you have vr. The keelback can even have a fighter which is fun! Imo keelback is the best for early mining.
If it's where I think you're looking (right after buying limpets?), I just cut. I didn't think you'd want to watch me lift off and boost out of mass lock. It's not exciting. :)
When i started was a pain to select the hot spot, didn't showed on any youtube video, 2, fill up with limpets all the the time, 3rd, after arriving to the mining spot turn on nightvision lol.
IMHO it's absurd that collector limpets can't just return before their batteries run out and be re-used. I so want to love this game, but they put in so much manufactured grind.
I mean, no game is perfect, but IMHO, there's still so much to love about Elite. And as for the annoying things, well, I just make funny videos about them. :)
How many limpets do you usually have in your cargo hold when you go mining? I mostly fill up to the max because the limpets are cheap. And I always have to jettison a lot of them because they collect faster than they expire.
@@cmdrandreyuenari4150 limpets are used for more than just mining. when doing a run looking for high grade mats, you wouldn't need nearly as many if they could redock before their battery ran out.
Thanks for this, great tutorial. I find I’m struggling to find the modules required to get started, but I guess I’ll just encounter them on my travels? If not, then would you know a good station to visit and purchase the controller modules and the detailed surface scanner?
hmm, i wonder how well the type 8 would do for mining? i don't currently have a great "turn my brain off and mine" ship. i have a cobra, but it has limited cargo space. my type 9 is a bit too slow (though it's partially my fault for putting 6B clean drive thrusters on it) and i will plan to use it for other things anyway. the type 7 is just bad, and it doesn't have the hard points to support it anyway. and buying a python just for mining just kind of sounds weird to me. but i can't help but look at the type 8 and think that could work.
There are optional modules that give both kind of limpet, so my question: is it better to have 1 module with both limpets or having 2 modules for each limpet?
This tutorial is awesome.. I have a question - I heard you can surface mine those little tidbits of iron and phosphorus and what not you use for engineering and synthesis, is this true? What’s the dealio with that?
Thanks! As for the engineering minerals, they will occasionally be interspersed with the other minerals in the asteroid. So if you do a decent amount of laser mining, you'll get a bit of those, but not a lot.
To tell the truth, I never got into sub-surface mining, but I always wanted to try it. Hmmm, let me see what I can get together. Thanks for the suggestion!
Out of curiosity...how much money you make with the cutter on a full load of Platinum? I have not mined since the days of triple LTD/Painite hotspots but I still have my fully decked out cutter sitting there with the mining fit on her.
Rarely do I fill my entire hold, but on the couple of times I did, I don't remember the exact number but it was in the 120M range with Platinum prices around 240K/ton. Usually, I'll mine for an hour or so and get around 60M, while watching Netflix or listening to an audio book. I figure it's kind of like what it would really be like out there, right? Doing my thing, listening to a podcast or an audio book. Not a bad life. :)
wow they really nerfed laser mining back into oblivion lol According to Inara my highest single transaction is 808,689,664Cr. That has to be from mining ( either triple LTD or Painite ) because I haven't done much AX except killing a few interceptors with a friend but never enough to earn real money from it. Thats a full cargo of minerals ( not counting the bins in the refinery ) sold in one. I was just curious of the severity of the nerf but never really mined Platinum so cant really compare but I guess it must be one of the top end mineral you are mining it. That being said I always enjoyed being out in the belt looking for minerals, its really relaxing with a friend or even alone. Putting on something to watch or listening to podcast or an audiobook is the best way to do it, not a bad life at all :)
@@neutchain7838It's still enough money though. Back in the days which you are referring to the profits were unreasonably high. And still the game throws an insane amount of money at you since most other activities are now very profitable too.
@@cmdrandreyuenari4150 fair enough mate, I dont argue that, just noted that its a very extreme difference compared to what it was. And I remember boosting into and asteroid and exploding because I've pressed the wrong button on my HOTAS lol. I was ready to leave and about to leave the belt and forgot to change profile. Not my best day but not at all surprising lol.
Is there a way to add those minerals/metals to the ignore list before I come in contact with them in space? I understand you only need to do it once but looks like a chore.
I love deep core mining, but getting something near to 46 million in 5 hours is a bit small number when i can kill enemy troops on high intensity battles (in odyssey) for 15 million per one battle. I will check this way of mining out, maybe this time selling by quantity is better than rarity. Anyway it will be also a welcome change to not make mining too repetetive. Update 1: mining platinum for 2 hours was nice, I will proceed to mine more with lasers. Update 2: I have mined some more and I think mixing laser mining with core mining is a good idea. Pulse wave analizer will show where are meteoroids with higher concentration of ore, so you loose less time and if you bump into one with platinum core, THIS is where the fun begins!
Love it! Nice! Yeah, mixed mining trips are nice to break up the monotony a bit. Though, sometimes I go just for the meditative, repetitive nature of it. Tell me more about getting 15M in one battle. Is that for mission rewards, or high-intensity conflict zones, or...?
@@Mile13Gaming Yes i meant High intensity conflict zones, paid in combat bonds. I wanted to write amount of money per time frame (like hour), but the more time you spent killing, the more money you get. So the idea is to kill as much enemies as possible, but allow them to capture control points. It's important to let them have as much of those "battle points" as possible, because each time a vulture with new batch of enemies shows up, it costs 5 points. Fighting enemies on that difficulty is not easy, unless you waste some time to upgrade some gear.
@@Mile13GamingIf you stack pirate massacre missions, you will probably make more money than with platinum mining. I collect my missions in Sol for example. The. always have some good missions, though the payout depends on your rank and your reputation. For example if you are able to stack two missions for 40 million Credits each, you only have to kill 30 pirates and you have 80 million credits. And that's usually doable in an hour (maybe even less). You have to have a very capable combat ship though. And the bounties come on top.
@@jayjayrist Yeah, the "mass limit" thing isn't very self-explanatory. Basically, your thrusters have a limit on how big of a ship they can effectively move. It took a bit of googling until I figured that out myself. Hopefully that fixes your issue!
Yep! Use Inara to search. You can use this as a starting point, change your reference system, and it'll show you everywhere that sells a 1A Prospector around you. inara.cz/elite/nearest-outfitting/?formbrief=1&pa3%5B%5D=82981&ps1=Sol&pi18=0&pi19=0&pi17=0
Decided to do some laser mining as never done that before as I went straight to core mining - Spend over an hour in a platinum hotspot prospecting every rock Nada nothing not one single rock had platinum in - what the hell am i missing platinum Hotspot pristine -
Are you sure you were in the hotspot? Even so, sometimes you have to scan a few rocks before you hit a good one. But a hotspot, it shouldn't take more than 6 or 7 at the most to find a decent percentage of platinum. ??
In my experience, yes. It's also less hassle. Especially if you find a good map (which I didn't cover in here), it's the fastest way to make money in the game, outside of first-footfall exobiology (which I also have a tutorial on).
o7 Mile 13 Gaming, I've got a strange question that a 750+ hr. player as myself shouldn't have lol...but anyway...I can't figure it out and on your screen it worked as expected. When I go and sell anything whether it be Cartographic Data or Platinum etc. I only get about 64% of the value that it says I will be getting. (You got 98% in this video) So for example I just sold a load of platinum and the screen showed total income of 26,237,275 credits but when I clicked sell I only received 16,791,856 credits. Is there something I am missing like going to a wrong station or bad setting in game or what??
Thanks for reminding me! Do you have any NPC crew members, like fighter pilots? Apparently, crew members take a cut if they’re active, even if you’re not using them, even if they’re not in the same ship. So remember to deactivate them if you’re not using them. I probably still have a harmless fighter pilot active, which explains the tiny 2% cut. (And obviously, they're not active on my Adder!) That's my best guess, anyway.
@@Mile13Gaming that is correct I had 3 crew sitting in the crew lounge, getting 12% EACH!!! Not sure what I was doing last time I played, but needless to say they’re FIRED now haha. Great video and thanks for the reply!
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It's weird. I've been playing Elite Dangerous since 2019, I have almost 900 hours of gameplay, and I still watch these tutorial videos even if I already know how to mine lol. This is a solid tutorial BTW. I'll share this with my friend who just started playing.
I know what you mean, Been playing since 2021, I have a few more hours than you and I still watch every laser mining vid that come out LOL
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Yup, I do the same thing - seems like there's always something new to learn. Thanks so much!
I do because I don't think I know everything. Often, I do know what's in the video but I still sometimes learn something new.
If only they changed that kamikaze collector thing. Having an item selected should have that limpet prioritise that kind of items, not collect that one and suicide. I recently learned that you can reuse the limpet if you launch one without having something selected
@@braisfigueira5032 if the limpets never ran out of juice you'd only need to buy 20 or so instead of filling up half your cargo racks with replacements. Each limpet has its own range and amount of damage it can take before it blows up. Some do seem to be a little suicidal though.
This. This right here is what we need. Clear instructions and build ideas and why certain things are taken. Especially for new players like myself.
This actually makes me want to sack work off for the day and get this going.
Subbed, because of the quality content
Thanks for continuing the tradition of Elite tutorials. So many of the original tutorial creators have moved on to other projects. It’s great to see new guides that incorporate the latest gameplay mechanics and ships.
So glad you like them. There are still new players every day, and even I didn't start playing until 2021. I have more on the way - stay tuned!
you should watch his engineering tutorials totally hilarious i must have seen them 3 or 4 times now 😆
@@saffieification yes the engineering tutorials are a hoot 🤣
I'm glad people still make these types of videos. I recently got back into Elite after 2 years and completely forgot about the overlap method and wondered why I was only seeing platinum in 1 out of 10 asteroids.
Thanks so much, and welcome back!
Fantastic tutorial. So grateful to you for doing these. Really well put together. Informative, entertaining and so very valuable for the community health, long-term. O7
Thanks so much! Always great to hear from you! The Elite community is such a welcoming place, and I love being a part of it. Your channel is a big inspiration for why I got started!
Hi buur love your vids
@@Mile13Gaming
I discovered your channel via this video - really love how well the information is put together and explained! In my years on ED, I never really got into mining too much, but when I started to try it out I made myself an AIO (all in one) mining Python... But all in all the easiness and quickness of laser mining and the aspect of "meditative gaming" got me to instead just make my Python a dedicated laser mining build.
Anyway, looking forward to watching your Elite Dangerous content!
lmfao mr burr pit really hahahah 🤣🤣
THANK GOD. The level of "Yes" behind making mining something other than totally AFK-waste-of-time, and yet there's NO tutorial for this stuff IN game?? Thank you for this. I'll take tutorials on everything else you'd like to make. These are fantastic.
Another tip with the pirates, if your ship cargo is empty, after the scan they stick around for usually about 5 minutes then they will jump out, if you mine while they are still around they will come back to see what youve got.
Good clarification, thanks!
I just started playing this game after getting sick of star citizen bugs and its amazing seeing new guides and content still being made - liked, subbed and bookmarked for later
I really tried to get into Star Citizen, and I think it could really be something good if they could focus on just fixing what they have. In the meantime, I'm still loving Elite. Thanks for watching and subbing!
This is such a high quality and well-made video. Instant follow.🎉
Thanks so much!
Damn good tutorial brother. Thank you. I just did my first run of mining while watching this video and came out with a little over 10 million in a type 6. Keep up the amazing work and thank you again.
Nice! So glad you found it useful!
As someone who has been gone for a few years these tutorials have been very helpful. When I logged back I was right back in my Anaconda which was setup for laser and core mining. After brushing the dust off of it my HOTAS still works just fine which is great. Next step is redoing the tutorials to remember how to fly, lol.
Welcome back! What HOTAS are you using?
@@Mile13Gaming Thanks! Just did my rep grind for Imperial (went 8 ranks from Squire to Duke in one day via data courier) so now I'm saving up for the Cutter. As for HOTAS I'm pretty basic. The Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS One has always served me well on here.
Same. I took advantage of the free account from EA to go back to flight school. I'm still sussing things out, but I'll be mining again very soon.
Thank you! Great video! This is also a great refresher for returning miner, I used to know all this, but now i am village idiot. Love your bonus part at the end, i could sense that moment of panic, imagine you are in Type-9 with full load of your hard work
I have over 2000 pluse hours and I always enjoy listening to music and mining. Always makes me calm and a little credits too.
It's very meditative. Sometimes after a particularly long day, there's nothing better than mining for 30 minutes or more. Thanks for watching!
thanks for the guide, i am a new cmd and made my first 10+mil with Bounty hunting but i wanted to try something new. Mining is so chill and rewarding, much love
Thanks! Glad you found it useful! You'll love laser mining. It's relaxing. :)
Glad i found your channel, keep up the great work!
Thanks so much! o7
Fantastic quality, very comprehensive, loved it. I'll have to refer back to this when I get back into mining soon.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
I'm still learning mining, but I'm planning out a cutter. Docking computers are a life saver since you don't have to worry about scraping the mail slot, when the docking computer is not mimicking a drunk in the cutter. I switched to a Krat phantom to learn, as learning the mechanics is just as important as ship selection. Now that I know what I am doing, I just need the credits for the Modules. A fleet carrier is not cheap, but comes in handy for material storage.
fi you get bored, invest on a diamond explorer and put passenger cabins to do some VIP cruises + exploring same time, scanning good planets (terrsformables and etc) while you visit the touristic points the VIP person are requiring, it's a good way to build some credits by the VIP tourism and selling cartogrsphy of systems and planets you found and scanned
Really helpfull tutorial. I've bought this game for just 3 days, I got 9 millions in just one sell.
Nice! That's awesome!
That's a really nice start! I remember when I was a new player and I absolutely miss that time. Now I am more than 5000 hours into the game and still counting. I love it!
Good video, well presented and you covered nearly everything. Here are a few suggestions that might make your mining better, which you can pass to others if you want when you're ready for your ultimate guide.
1. The Cobra is a bad mining ship. The T6 absolutely trounces it and costs the same. It has superior cargo capacity and the Cobra can't get the advantage of its larger hardpoints because of its class 3 PD. The travelling time is the limiting factor with these ships, and the T6 can spend more time mining and less time travelling.
2. A weapons focused PD will always give faster mining. The PD is the limiting factor on any mining ship, so it should be first priority.
3. Hotspot mining for platinum is old school. Haz RES mining is significantly faster and just as safe if you do it right, especially in a small ship. Even a Python will be filled up before the pirates take any interest. In a Haz RES there's no need for a DSS, which is a big advantage when using a small ship.
4. You forgot to mention to keep your nose close to the rock ad shoot lasers at the lower half to speed up collection of fragments. The time to collect goes up exponentially as the distance increases, which is one of the reasons the PP mining lances are mainly useless.
5. Never take weapons on a mining ship. In the time it takes to kill any pirates, you could get more money by mining. I can see that you had that idea, but you should have been more emphatic IMHO.
6. The pre-engineered mining lasers from Mbooni are much better than standard ones. They allow you to have 7 lasers on a Cutter.
7. Don't waste time with abrasion blasters or any of the mining tools that aren't lasers. It's more efficient to to mine with the lasers all the time, provided that you have other things optimised.
These comments are aimed at ultimate mining efficiency and maximum earnings. This is what I learned from mining 1/2 million tons and earning around 250 billion credits from mining mainly platinum. Only one guy has mined more than me in the history of the game. I get around 120 million an hour using a Python and 200 mil/hr with a Cutter. I'm pretty sure that my Python beats my Anaconda, but I never tested back to back.
Best video about mining, thanks!
Glad you found it useful! o7 CMDR
I've just uploaded my 3 Thigs I like About Adder short, then saw this! Didn't include mining however, I have included you in my Weekend Roundup video. Should be out either late Saturday or Sunday.
Love how clear your videos are.
Thanks so much! I just checked out your channel - love your stuff!
@@Mile13Gaming well thank you, that means a lot to me.
Really appreciate this guide. Gave all the into you needed, without all the fluff. Exactly what I needed.
So glad you liked it! That means a lot!
I just came back to Elite about a week ago.
Nice to see some new tutorials, including the most recent information.
You bet! Welcome back!
thanks for this. I've been meaning to reinstall and get busy but I've been away for awhile.
Cheers!
Go for it! Hope this helps!
I started mining almost as soon as I started playing about a month ago. I like mining in games. I was using the Viper Mk III because I thought it was a good step up from the Sidewinder and I could afford it, I was wrong. It had terrible cargo and internals.
So now I've upgraded to an AspEx and it's great. For about 6m I have 40 cargo, dual limpet controller, shields/weapons to defend and everything else I need. I'll probably go with a Krait Mk II or Anaconda next.
Thank you for this cool video going really into detail without going too fast to follow.
Oh man, i was doing this for so long and missed the detail about detailed surface scanner!
What you probably missed is mention of mining missions that can sometimes be of great profit multiplier.
Also, awesome quality video, thanks 07
That's a great point. I haven't done much with mining missions - maybe once or twice. But I'll keep an eye out for some for some good mission rewards.
Awesome guide - thanks! Would like to add to not add anything labeled as "material" to your ignore list. These are engineering materials for use later in your Elite career, and don't take any cargo space, so there is not downside (apart from tying up collector limpet time/lifespan) to gathering them. I learned this the hard way, want others to avoid that if they can!
That's a good clarification! I'll add that to the follow-up!
For laser mining, I feel an argument can be made for the Imperial Cutter being the perfect tool. 512t, all the power you can ask for, enough weapons to turn any npc pirates into a bonus payout and stupid amounts of shielding even on a class 6 module. Add in enough fuel and range to get almost anywhere and she has no equal.
I’m man enough to admit she’s a bit large for comfortable core mining (still works though), the Corvette is the king of PVE and the Anaconda has no equal for jump range.
I have 5-10 times more hours in the Cutter than any other ship and I don’t see that changing lol.
Indeed, once you sit in the Cutter, everything else seems like a toy. :) Like you said, I prefer the Krait for core mining because it's more maneuverable, but the cutter for laser mining is so quick and nice.
Sell your docking computer! Great advice. I've been preaching for years. Landing manually teaches you the fine controls of ship handling. It's one of the best ways to get better at flying. While you're at it mining, the asteroid fields are a great place to learn FA off, even if you don't use it all the time. It's fun to set up a geosynchronous orbit on a roid while lasering it.
I left for awhile due to not having q good enough PC, I'm back now and this video helped a ton to help reacquaint me. I already have a imperial cutter yada yada from mining, dudes right but there are some other great minerals.
The Cutter and Python can both be outfitted to do all 4 types of mining at the same time w/out having to swap modules/hardpoints. The Python layout does not have a fuel scoop, but both have shields. With no fuel scoop on the Cutter, you have 512 tons of cargo space. When I want to go mining, I simply jump my FC to the system where I'm going to mine, then hop in my Cutter and go mining.
I just recently (after this video) started getting into Core Mining. I might try this.Thanks!
@@Mile13Gaming I got sick and tired of having to decide on a specific type of mining, outfit my ship to do it, then go out into the ring only to discover that the specific type of mining I wanted to do wasn't very time efficient. So I used EDSY to figure out which ships could do all 4 types of mining w/out having to swap out modules or hardpoints. With some limits, I found that only the Python and the Cutter could do it. The Cutter is a much better ship to do it inside the bubble and out in the black especially if you have a FC to dock at and unload nearby. The Python is really nice out in Colonia where the stations are really close due to the higher system density in that region compared to the bubble. Also, the Python is nice because 1) You can buy it out in Colonia w/out having to buy it at a FC and 2) a lot of the stations that give out the best rates for mined materials do not have large landing pads out in Colonia. Being able to do all 4 types of mining (Laser, surface, sub-surface, and deep core) at any time means when you have a hankering to 'go mining' you just hop in your Cutter/Python and 'go mining'. You don't have to decide what type of mining you're going to do and then outfit your ship accordingly. Sure using a all-4-types-of-mining ship means you can't max out your cargo holds, but it still takes me 3.5-4.5 hours to fill up the 512 tons of cargo space on my cutter doing all 4 types of mining and that's still a full day's worth of play for me. Once you've had a chance to try all 4 types of mining please post an update video of your thoughts on it. Oh, and if you're curious to know what my Cutter loadout for all-4-types-of-mining, I can send you the EDSY link to the outfitting.
It's inefficient to use any of the mining tools other than lasers if you want to maximise your mining rate.
@@hughjardon3538 I said NOTHING about min/maxing... I said I can do all 4 types of mining w/out having to swap out hard points and optional slots. Totally different concept.
Good Tutorial. I started with a Python then I moved to a T9, before I did the grind for a Cutter. I still Laser mine out in the Black, Tritium just to keep my Fleet Carrier Stock topped off and to have a break from exploring and use my dedicated Cutter. Obviously with Exo Biology, mining Platinum for credits now isn't my thing, but in the early game it got me enough credits for a T9 and capital to buy goods to trade
You know, I never used any of the T-series for mining, but I know they're popular for it and built to be haulers. Maybe I'll give that a shot and see how it goes. And same here - exo is king of cash right now (actually one of the first tutorials I posted), but I think mining is still more beginner-accessible, and sometimes just the meditative process of mining is exactly what I need. :)
@@Mile13Gaming Totally agree on the access of mining early game (although I did basic Exo with a hauler in my early game which earnt me enough for a Python)
I never knew about teh A grade prospector multiplier until I watch this (even though All my ships are A grade by now) - there's always good tips to be had
Great video! Very informative.
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!
Le grand final lol :D :D :D
Another useful tip: If you find one of the poles of the asteroid (the point where the rotation axis goes trough the asteroid itself), you can place your ship much closer to the asterod, without worring your ship can be hit.
That's a great tip! I do the same thing. I'll add that to a follow-on video. Thanks!
@@Mile13Gaming Hey in the vid tell them about how to control what laser the fragments spawn off of, not too many commanders know about this and its super handy! 😉
Great Vid. I'ma bout to get back into Elite and I remember doing Painite mining during the overlapping hotspot craz. I did it in my Type 10. I Need to dust it off to see how it compares to the builds now.
Another great video! And i saw you on the Buur Pit!
Next time you get hyperdicted by thatgoids, try silent running while boosting away. Then you might have a (small) chance
Thanks for the tip! Unfortunately, my thinking at the time was, well let's just say it was wasn't as rational and was much more obscenity-laden.
@@Mile13Gaming btw, the little thargoid that popped up in your video was hilarious! 😂
Thanks! :)
Im playing for a week now but im familiair with elite frontier (amiga). But this is mindblowing,thanks a lot for help. 👍
Glad I could help!
Beluga Miner afficionado here. 4 medium lasers and a sub-surface displacement missile just in case. 288 cargo space, just cause I don't have time for a full 500 tons session in a Cutter. I know, you'd tell me the Conda could very well do the job, but Saud Krugers just have this tendency to be quite nimble in all directions, including yaw and vertical/horizontal strafing. And one more thing: the cargo scoop is placed towards the front of the ship, so it became easy to position yourself right on top of the chunks to collect, so the collectors pick them up REAL quick. PS: 6A Power Distro w/Weapon Focused and Cluster Capacitors is a must if you want to go through a whole asteroid on a single laser burst and not having to recharge.
Nice video - you make it look easy ;) I like the clear understandable comments and associated examples. Haven't played in several years, may have to reload and give it another try. Going to see if you have anything for trading/hauling also. Regardless, thanks !!
Thanks so much! There's a lot happening in Elite lately. Welcome back!
Don't forget your limpets! Yeah, heh, I've *cough* never *cough* done that. There's even a holographic sign outside of the mail slot of stations reminding you of that. LOL
And yet, I literally did it yesterday.
You can even get the coffee mug that reminds you and it won’t help. You can even be a Fuel Rat going to save someone and STILL forget your limpets!
Great tutorial!
Mining in E:D is so fun and relaxing, one of the best things to do.
I didn't knew about this channel! Subscribing :D
Thank you so much!
My favorite mining ship is a Vette (MAJOR MINER), I run five class 2 and two class 1 pre-engineered mining lasers, letting me burn down asteroids on one shot without overheating in about 17 seconds.
I run 17 collectors and two 3A prospectors (one is on 1, the other is on 2 in the same fire group, this way I can launch 4 in about the same amount of time as 2).
I also use a 6c Bi-weave shield so when I arrive at an asteroid I can bump into it insuring that I am close as possible, this makes a huge difference in the speed of collection, I only have to wait a couple seconds for the collectors to finish up after the asteroid is depleted.
Also I'm curious, why not Weapon Focused PD? If I switch to Charge Enhanced on my Vette I will loose 7 seconds laser Duration (12 seconds VS 19 seconds), pretty much the same on my Python laser miner (9.6 VS 16)- Maybe its because I run a bunch of lasers lol
This is by far one of the best tutorials I've seen, Nice job!.
o7
I'm almost ashamed to admit this, but I never did finish the grind for the Vette. Maybe that should be next on my list. That sounds killer!
@@Mile13Gaming Yeah it has great internals for mining, and a class 8 PD like the Conda, It doesn't have as good of a limpet corridor as the Cutter though (how far below the ship the collectors have to travel before they make their upwards trajectory to the cargo hatch), this used to slow me down until I figured out you have to put the nose right against the asteroid, preferably at the axis of rotation so your ship doesn't get beat up as bad lol.
Also another trick I just recently figured out is how to make the fragments spawn from whatever laser you want, all you have to do is put your prospector(s) on a separate fire group, then you put all but one of your lasers on '1' and put the laser you want the frags to spawn off of on '2', then just activate the lasers on '1' slightly before you activate the laser on '2', the frags will spawn off of the '2' laser, you want this to be the laser on the bottom of ship so limpets have less distance to travel to the limpet corridor. 😅
o7
pre-engineered mining lasers - are they worth unlocking?
I've already have mining lance unlocked, should I bother for pre-engineered?
@@master_sergik Yes, they are the best class 1 mining lasers, they run cooler, use less power distributor, and have a 2.5 km range with no damage fall off.
@@jasperlit1345 thanks for answer 👍
DONT FORGET YOUR LIMPETS
Be me, when deep core just came out and void opals made you stupid rich. Spent an hour with no luck, found a literal gold mine of opals. Cracked it open, tons to collect…no limpets. I was so upset.
Pop cargo hatch. Fly around like a doofus for an hour manually scooping up. Been there. 😅
great tutorial man. you actualy knew what you where doing when you crafted this video.
You should try these system's in the Galaxy map search bar and fly to them. 07 🫡
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Thanks! I've spent a LOT of time mining, so just wanted to pass on what I learned.
This seems to have fallen out of use, but...
Collector limpets don't have any sense of self preservation. As a result, they don't pay attention to the rotation of the rock and get themselves unalived by getting in the path of the rotation. You can mitigate this by aligning your ship with the rock so that you are at the bottom of the rock with the rock spinning left to right (I might have this backwards, I am still assembling my hardware after a couple of years away and haven't had a chance to get "in the field").
This will throw the fragments clear of the rock, moving the pickup area out of the area where limpets are likely to be crushed and extending their usefulness.
the outro spanish guitar funky music just fits so well in that ''thanks jerks'' ... caught me off guard lol :D
Very useful guide, thanks!
Ive made 43 billion laser mining Platinum, Great Info!
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Uh, wow! That puts me to shame!
amazing tutorial but it’s SERIOUSLY missing you talking about the most important parts… what buttons do you press for actions??? You say at 9:45 ish to “select the limpet” but uh… how do I do that? How do I open cargo scoop? Im so lost after coming back from 3+ years and looking at the 100+ key binds I have no clue what to press 😂
LOL fair enough. It really depends on how you're playing. I'm using a HOTAS, some folks use a keyboard, some use a controller. At the end of the day, it's whatever you have configured in the Settings for "Target Ahead" and "Open Cargo Scoop".
@@Mile13Gaming Tysm! Knowing which action that’s tied to a keyboard under my specific setup helps a lot. Thank you! 👌
Great video watched it 3 times
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Overlapping hotspots are still very good places to mine. The thing that was nerfed was overlapping hotspots of the same type; still, these are slightly better to mine at than a solo hotspot.
I imagine we can find an overlap of void opals, platinum, and LTD's. though, the best i have personally found is an overlap of LTD and void opals.
Imagine every single asteroid is filled with (admittedly, not the same) valuable materials at a higher concentration than normal.
Very nice, I just came back to the game after 3-4 years off. Mining was my go-to moneymaker, and fully agree, once you get the Python kitted for mining, you know you have arrived. I never felt the need to upgrade to the Cutter, but with the money taps now flowing at full, might be in the cards. O7 and thanks much! Going to do a follow on for core mining?
You're very welcome!
As for core mining... Stay tuned :)
Core mining was mine, the diamond dupe wasnt discovered yet, Void Opal prices were at an all time high and I took my Krait mk 2 out with 200 Limpets and came back with 256 Void Opal and LTDs. made my first billion on that run, used it to make a mining cutter with double the capacity and went back out till I had enough to buy my carrier. I still core mine on occasion even though theres better ways to make credits. Also pop on a mining multilimpet if you can (size 3 minimum)
Yeah, I wasn't doing core mining back in the LTD boom, unfortunately. And yeah, on my cutter, I have a steady stream of limpets grabbing chunks as fast as I can blast them off.
haha python 1 FTW best goddamn all round ship for mining/trading/ even reasonable at kicking pirate ass (but not in my hands)
, never needed another ship till i bought my fleet carrier last weekend) hahaha yes i met laser lettuce just like that last week.... dirty drives got me out f trouble (but scared the crap out of me i didnt leave home station again for a week 🤣).... great video dude 🥰
Have they changed ore selling again? Used to be the demand had to be 4 times the amount in your local storage or you get a reduced selling price. Local storage includes your hold, wingman holds, and owned FC holds.
Great tutorial!
If the popup note on Inara is accurate, then that sounds about right. If the price is shown in red, there's a popup saying pretty much what you just indicated.
I have had 7 billion credits since 2015. I’m still mining just for the chill vibe. I multi crew when selling just to give someone 7-10 million free credits.
Liked and subscribed.
Thank you so much!
The Python is for me, the best full mining ship in the game.
I laser mine, surface, subsurface, and core mining... :)
Congrats cmdr, great vid, very informative.
However, don't mine with a Cutter.
_But look at it, it's a work of art ! ! !_
Exactly, it's like hauling bulk cargo with a luxury cruiser. It _can_ be done, but nobody in his right mind would.
Ha, I totally see your point. But to paraphrase Doc Brown, "If you're going to make a [mining ship], why not do it with some STYLE!"
actually 😅 she's my best trader ship at all as well as a miner 🤭
Well done!
Thanks so much! Good to hear from you again!
Awesome awesome work, thank you.
Thank YOU for watching!
This is very helpful have you considered a everything new players should know guide?
Ooh, good idea!
Its so cathartic!!
Hold up, a fantastic early miner choice is the keelback, particularly of you have vr. The keelback can even have a fighter which is fun! Imo keelback is the best for early mining.
You know, the keelback gets a lot of hate, but as an early ship, it's really got a decent niche.
7:16 is there a cut or is this something this ship can do? like instant jump from one place to another? or do i have to use a special key?
If it's where I think you're looking (right after buying limpets?), I just cut. I didn't think you'd want to watch me lift off and boost out of mass lock. It's not exciting. :)
@@Mile13Gaming ah damn i thought i missed some special keybinding where you can skip the flight and jump directly to a planet :D
When i started was a pain to select the hot spot, didn't showed on any youtube video, 2, fill up with limpets all the the time, 3rd, after arriving to the mining spot turn on nightvision lol.
you should probably swap out the class 5 slot for a 5A Prospector and in the class 3
a docking computer 19:40
thanks much appreciated for the info
IMHO it's absurd that collector limpets can't just return before their batteries run out and be re-used.
I so want to love this game, but they put in so much manufactured grind.
I mean, no game is perfect, but IMHO, there's still so much to love about Elite. And as for the annoying things, well, I just make funny videos about them. :)
How many limpets do you usually have in your cargo hold when you go mining? I mostly fill up to the max because the limpets are cheap. And I always have to jettison a lot of them because they collect faster than they expire.
@@cmdrandreyuenari4150 limpets are used for more than just mining.
when doing a run looking for high grade mats, you wouldn't need nearly as many if they could redock before their battery ran out.
Thanks for this, great tutorial.
I find I’m struggling to find the modules required to get started, but I guess I’ll just encounter them on my travels? If not, then would you know a good station to visit and purchase the controller modules and the detailed surface scanner?
great video thanks
You bet! o7
any reason why not to consider the usual transport ships like type 7, 9?
hmm, i wonder how well the type 8 would do for mining? i don't currently have a great "turn my brain off and mine" ship. i have a cobra, but it has limited cargo space. my type 9 is a bit too slow (though it's partially my fault for putting 6B clean drive thrusters on it) and i will plan to use it for other things anyway. the type 7 is just bad, and it doesn't have the hard points to support it anyway. and buying a python just for mining just kind of sounds weird to me. but i can't help but look at the type 8 and think that could work.
There are optional modules that give both kind of limpet, so my question: is it better to have 1 module with both limpets or having 2 modules for each limpet?
This tutorial is awesome.. I have a question - I heard you can surface mine those little tidbits of iron and phosphorus and what not you use for engineering and synthesis, is this true? What’s the dealio with that?
Thanks! As for the engineering minerals, they will occasionally be interspersed with the other minerals in the asteroid. So if you do a decent amount of laser mining, you'll get a bit of those, but not a lot.
how about using multiple limpets iso having prospestor and collector in seperate slots?
The larger ships typically run multiple collectors.
Oh yeah, multiple limpet controllers is standard on bigger ships. Check out the "Best Mining Ships" chapter for some later builds with bigger ships.
What no Type 9 heavy? unless things have changed since i last played a few years ago.
(also been getting the itch to play ED once again )
Where did that list of bonus amounts for prospector level come from? Never seen it on any websites? How was this tested or part of dev notes?
It's been there for quite some time, as far as I know. It's mentioned in the fandom wiki, though it doesn't spell out the actual values.
very helpfull, thanks a lot
Glad it helped! o7
well done CMDR
Thank you!
The only problem I have is I can't get away from the kabooom of core mining...
All right, y'all have convinced me. I'm going to give core mining a try...
Can you do a Sub surface Mining episode Please ?
To tell the truth, I never got into sub-surface mining, but I always wanted to try it. Hmmm, let me see what I can get together. Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks you rock
The computer makes my console version look like Minecraft in 2000 it's crazy
I had many ships in the past 9 years. But the T10 is a fucking beast at laser mining.
OK, enough people have gushed about the T10 to me now - I'm going to buy one tonight. :)
I tried the T10 but still like the T9 better, because the T9 is as effective at laser mining as the Cutter.
Out of curiosity...how much money you make with the cutter on a full load of Platinum? I have not mined since the days of triple LTD/Painite hotspots but I still have my fully decked out cutter sitting there with the mining fit on her.
Rarely do I fill my entire hold, but on the couple of times I did, I don't remember the exact number but it was in the 120M range with Platinum prices around 240K/ton. Usually, I'll mine for an hour or so and get around 60M, while watching Netflix or listening to an audio book.
I figure it's kind of like what it would really be like out there, right? Doing my thing, listening to a podcast or an audio book. Not a bad life. :)
wow they really nerfed laser mining back into oblivion lol According to Inara my highest single transaction is 808,689,664Cr. That has to be from mining ( either triple LTD or Painite ) because I haven't done much AX except killing a few interceptors with a friend but never enough to earn real money from it. Thats a full cargo of minerals ( not counting the bins in the refinery ) sold in one. I was just curious of the severity of the nerf but never really mined Platinum so cant really compare but I guess it must be one of the top end mineral you are mining it.
That being said I always enjoyed being out in the belt looking for minerals, its really relaxing with a friend or even alone. Putting on something to watch or listening to podcast or an audiobook is the best way to do it, not a bad life at all :)
@@neutchain7838It's still enough money though. Back in the days which you are referring to the profits were unreasonably high. And still the game throws an insane amount of money at you since most other activities are now very profitable too.
@@cmdrandreyuenari4150 fair enough mate, I dont argue that, just noted that its a very extreme difference compared to what it was. And I remember boosting into and asteroid and exploding because I've pressed the wrong button on my HOTAS lol. I was ready to leave and about to leave the belt and forgot to change profile. Not my best day but not at all surprising lol.
Is there a way to add those minerals/metals to the ignore list before I come in contact with them in space? I understand you only need to do it once but looks like a chore.
I wish there was. Maybe there is, but if so, I don't know it.
@@Mile13Gaming I was on the ED Discord and they confirmed there isn't. Man I wish for QOL updates like that. The little things.
I love deep core mining, but getting something near to 46 million in 5 hours is a bit small number when i can kill enemy troops on high intensity battles (in odyssey) for 15 million per one battle.
I will check this way of mining out, maybe this time selling by quantity is better than rarity.
Anyway it will be also a welcome change to not make mining too repetetive.
Update 1: mining platinum for 2 hours was nice, I will proceed to mine more with lasers.
Update 2: I have mined some more and I think mixing laser mining with core mining is a good idea. Pulse wave analizer will show where are meteoroids with higher concentration of ore, so you loose less time and if you bump into one with platinum core, THIS is where the fun begins!
Love it! Nice! Yeah, mixed mining trips are nice to break up the monotony a bit. Though, sometimes I go just for the meditative, repetitive nature of it.
Tell me more about getting 15M in one battle. Is that for mission rewards, or high-intensity conflict zones, or...?
@@Mile13Gaming Yes i meant High intensity conflict zones, paid in combat bonds. I wanted to write amount of money per time frame (like hour), but the more time you spent killing, the more money you get.
So the idea is to kill as much enemies as possible, but allow them to capture control points. It's important to let them have as much of those "battle points" as possible, because each time a vulture with new batch of enemies shows up, it costs 5 points.
Fighting enemies on that difficulty is not easy, unless you waste some time to upgrade some gear.
Type 9 makes a great miner too
You know I have NEVER owned any of the Type-N's? Maybe I should jump in and try the Type-8.
Yes, the Type 9 is as effective as the Imperial Cutter when it comes to laser mining. And engineered power distributor is strongly recommended though.
What about a type-9 build doesn't that ship have the largest cargo space in game?
Hmm, I may just have a video coming out soon about exactly that... 😁
@@Mile13Gaming that sounds perfect can't wait to watch it and then make some money lol
I made all my money through bounty hunting lol This week I'll be mining for the first time and I'm gonna make my cutter pay for itself.
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Platinum mining is definitely faster than bounty hunting (though not as exciting maybe). But the payout is worth it!
If you leave one ton of platinum in your hold, you can do both at the same time lol.
@@Mile13GamingIf you stack pirate massacre missions, you will probably make more money than with platinum mining. I collect my missions in Sol for example. The. always have some good missions, though the payout depends on your rank and your reputation. For example if you are able to stack two missions for 40 million Credits each, you only have to kill 30 pirates and you have 80 million credits. And that's usually doable in an hour (maybe even less). You have to have a very capable combat ship though. And the bounties come on top.
I got a type 9 Heavy with 2 fighters ready for launch 😎 pirates don't want no smoke.
Two fighters? Nice!
Great video, just a question. I am trying to replicate you anaconda build but i hit the mass limit and i am not able to. Is there anything Im missing?
Mass limit usually comes from thrusters. What thrusters are you running?
@Mile13Gaming thanks, i realized that was the only component i did not change. 🤦♂️
@@jayjayrist Yeah, the "mass limit" thing isn't very self-explanatory. Basically, your thrusters have a limit on how big of a ship they can effectively move. It took a bit of googling until I figured that out myself. Hopefully that fixes your issue!
I can't find a place that sells 1a prospector
Any advice
Yep! Use Inara to search. You can use this as a starting point, change your reference system, and it'll show you everywhere that sells a 1A Prospector around you.
inara.cz/elite/nearest-outfitting/?formbrief=1&pa3%5B%5D=82981&ps1=Sol&pi18=0&pi19=0&pi17=0
I can't leave behind limpets to fend for themselves, poor little guys would be stuck out there wondering where their ship has gone.
😂
I love core asteroid mining
I just did a video on Core Mining! Give it a look! ruclips.net/video/qwLue1-_ky4/видео.html
Decided to do some laser mining as never done that before as I went straight to core mining - Spend over an hour in a platinum hotspot prospecting every rock Nada nothing not one single rock had platinum in - what the hell am i missing platinum Hotspot pristine -
Are you sure you were in the hotspot? Even so, sometimes you have to scan a few rocks before you hit a good one. But a hotspot, it shouldn't take more than 6 or 7 at the most to find a decent percentage of platinum. ??
It has to be a metallic ring. Otherwise the hotspot will be empty.
@@cmdrandreyuenari4150 Yep that was my issue !
Getting 50 Ts of Bromellite is taking way longer than I first expected
Is this really faster then passenger missions at Sothis?
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Cw 190521
Rx j1856.5-3754
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Mintaka
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In my experience, yes. It's also less hassle. Especially if you find a good map (which I didn't cover in here), it's the fastest way to make money in the game, outside of first-footfall exobiology (which I also have a tutorial on).
o7 Mile 13 Gaming, I've got a strange question that a 750+ hr. player as myself shouldn't have lol...but anyway...I can't figure it out and on your screen it worked as expected.
When I go and sell anything whether it be Cartographic Data or Platinum etc. I only get about 64% of the value that it says I will be getting. (You got 98% in this video)
So for example I just sold a load of platinum and the screen showed total income of 26,237,275 credits but when I clicked sell I only received 16,791,856 credits.
Is there something I am missing like going to a wrong station or bad setting in game or what??
Thanks for reminding me! Do you have any NPC crew members, like fighter pilots? Apparently, crew members take a cut if they’re active, even if you’re not using them, even if they’re not in the same ship. So remember to deactivate them if you’re not using them. I probably still have a harmless fighter pilot active, which explains the tiny 2% cut. (And obviously, they're not active on my Adder!)
That's my best guess, anyway.
@@Mile13Gaming that is correct I had 3 crew sitting in the crew lounge, getting 12% EACH!!! Not sure what I was doing last time I played, but needless to say they’re FIRED now haha. Great video and thanks for the reply!
Those NPCs got rich just by sitting in the crew lounge. I think I want to be an NPC now 😂
recently my Elite NPC pilot became a billionaire 😎😅