A Beginner’s Laser Mining Guide - MORE than "The Grind" | Elite Dangerous Mining 2024
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- My tutorial on how to laser mine in Elite Dangerous 2024. Whether you’re a beginner or advanced, a load of profits and sublime relaxation both await you! Ship builds, technique, and selling advice all covered,
Coriolis builds
Type-6 Transporter - s.orbis.zone/nh07
Type-7 Transporter - s.orbis.zone/nh06
Imperial Clipper - s.orbis.zone/nh05
Python - s.orbis.zone/nh02
Type-9 Heavy - s.orbis.zone/nh04
Imperial Cutter - s.orbis.zone/nh03
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Shipbuilding
1:08 - Location
2:12 - Getting Started
3:15 - Mining
5:31 - Selling
6:47 - Conclusion
This tutorial works on horizons and odyssey, or the 3.8 and 4.0 codebase. This means it can be followed on:
- PC
- Xbox
- PS4/PS5
Dituri’s Elite is a channel about the space sim Elite Dangerous. My aim is to guide people with up-to-date information, as well as focus on the fun and variety this game has to offer.
Oh also, find me at / dituriselite
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The one important thing about limpets: if you target something collectible, they are a one-use thing. They collect what you targeted and after are gone. If you don't target anything collectible they will just collect anything around you and won't be gone after one pickup but keep on collecting for a good while. So when mining, don't target any ore chunks but just let your limpets do their job.
I might be remembering wrong but I think they move faster if you target them so there is that at least.. but yeah not the best use of them that way.
@@TheHuffur if you want one specific thing out of many, targeting makes sense. If it's 20+ mining fragments, less so. 😀
@@TheHuffur You are correct, that's the tradeoff you make. You can collect a single item quickly (limpet moves at 200 m/s) or multiple items more slowly (limpet moves at 60 m/s).
For laser mining the rule of thumb is to have one collector limpet for each size 1 mining laser and 2 collector limpets for each size 2 mining laser.
Funny thing is, I figured this out the hard way yesterday
You got those ic limpits😂 try a 3 a
The fact that you made an excellent mining guide while using a Type-7 for it is amazing. Finally somebody who doesn't care about min-maxing the absolute maximum number of credits in the shortest amount of time. Thank you so much for focusing on gameplay for its own sake, and not "here's how to 'beat' Elite Dangerous". Subscribed and looking forward to more!
Thanks so much - Exactly the point of the channel! 🫡
Yeah honestly so much ED content out there seems to want to suck the fun out of the game by optimizing the hell out of it
@@DiturisElite not gonna lie, your Type 7 even looks absolutely gorgeous... ^^ Subbed and activated the bell, I wanna see more of your Elite content! o7
Absolutely. Brilliant.
More please. O7
Are you in discord or on twitter etc anywhere?
How do we get in touch with you?
Haven’t really thought about it tbh! I guess I’m here on discord if anyone needs to get in touch: discordapp.com/users/739036467875151952
If that doesn’t work, I’m in discord under the name “CMDR Dituri”
@@DiturisElite do we have any servers in common? ... I'm struggling to find you 🙂
Possibly, I’m on the Planetary Circumnavigation Club Discord, I think I saw you in there?
Just began mining, after 6k hours doing everything else. Your guide is invaluable. Thanks!
I love your guides because you actually teach us the tools needed to find a good place to do these activities. A lot of guides just say "go here" and its 32 jumps from me. Looking forward to the core mining guide!
If you're looking for requests, I'd love to see an exobiology guide and maybe a guide on the basics of the background simulation.
Thanks mate! Added to the list 🫡
Thank you so much for this video. i'm really craving to come back to Elite soon and mining + trading will be the first activities I'll resume doing ^^
And as you already said it, after 8 hours of work I'll just put on an audio book or some Spotify Playlist and get some relaxed gaming without skill based matchmaking, shifting meta weapons etc. I'm sick and tired of Call of Duty etc. Maybe it's just called getting older, who knows xD
Laser mining with a good hotas, in VR... ain't anything more relaxing in gaming for me
it's also fun with friends, we were mining 3 pilots, one flying type 7, he was our hauler and collector, one flying sidewinder, he was our scout, finding core asteroids for low temp. diamonds and I was in asp exp. for cracking and protecting hauler. with this all 3 of us can buy our first anaconda 😄
Wow! I’ll definitely be trying some team mining with some mates. We all own fleet carriers but it sounds like a blast!
@@DiturisElite You all own fleet carriers? wow dude! how long have you guys been playing? buy a carrier is a thing but money for makin it run... it needs a lot of grinding, thats for I'm not playing ED for 4 or 5 years 🤦♂🤷♂
@@Alkin86 We’ve been playing for 5 years now I think? We’ve only got carriers recently, It’s what comes from constant wings of thargoid hunting when there were a load of invasion systems with damaged stations, used to get 200 mill each every night, without even trying for credits 😂 I guess the profits made us stick with it a little more but it genuinely didn’t feel like a grind to me 😅🫡
One thing I've learned is that over this game's lifetime, almost every activity has been a gold rush at a certain point - so if you learn how to do a bit of everything and find some activities you enjoy, one day you'll find that your activity is suddenly bringing in hundreds of millions of credits per hour without you needing any profit guide or anything.
Sure you can grind for a fleet carrier, or you can spend years already exploring when Frontier suddenly buffs the exobiology payouts and now you're making 8+ billion in a single expedition without even changing your playstyle
Just got back into Elite with the new content announcement. These new videos are very appreciated. Im beginning to get into the thargoid fighting myself.
I have hardly ever gone mining, mainly because I had no idea how to best use all of the components. Now I have a good grounding in what to do and how to do it. Thanks for this.
genuinely the best guide ever, super concise and no time wasted, exactly what i was looking for
Great video! I didn't search through the comments so I don't know if it's been said or not, but a quicker method that I've found to only mining what you what you want is once you enter the ring and the pirates leave, zap a few asteroids and go to your contacts menu and add the minerals you do not want to the 'ignore list.' Once you've narrowed down what you want, you can just deploy all the limpets you can at once, and cruise through the ring zapping and depleting every rock you fly past. If elements come out that you want, your limpets will retrieve them, otherwise they'll just stay under your ship and they'll ignore those minerals. I've found doing this with a cutter is great for the number of limpets I can deploy as well as the cargo space for limpets/refined minerals.
This video helped me loads. I'd been looking for an excuse to buy that ship hecause it looks awesome. The amazing thing about mining is you get shed loads of raw materials for engineering. I'd been landing on planets for minerals and it was loooooong. Mined for a few hours and I got tons and tons of the damned stuff, so easily.
Thank you sir, much obliged. ❤
I actually have a Type-9 that does both laser AND core mining, gotta say it's really nice from time to time
Great walkthrough! cant wait to see the next video!
Clean and simple, well done.
Nice no nonsense guide! Thanks
^ comment for your algorithm + 👍'd
This video needs more attention!
I love this new channel. You're doing a great job. Keep it up!
Great video, cant wait for more!
Wish I had seen this before I attempted mining the other day. Great vid, keep em coming.
Awesome, Thanks for the ship builds. 👍
Seeing your newer videos as a newer player has helped me tremendously, ty for the vids.
Hi. Thanks for the guide. Awesome work!
I'm usually more of a space trucking kind of player but this sounds like a nice way to improve my repertoire. Subbed and commented. Keep up the good work.
"how in the bubble" love it
Great video! o7 CMDR
Stoked for the core mining one, definitely what I've spent the most time doing by far in Elite, it's that right balance of engagement and relaxation, especially if you've got a couple buddies and you're all just roaming about together.
Same here , laser mining makes me sleepy very fast. Cores, Krait and fa off around rocks my way to mine.
I would like to see you make an "I bought the game, now what?" type of video. That's where I am right now. I bought the game and have no clue where to begin.
Another great informative tutorial. Thanks may give this a go.
Thanks so much! 🫡
Good work, keep it up! :)
When you are full, flush any junk out of your refinery. If you’ve previously picked up a small amount of palladium, for example, but your current rock is still spiting out platinum, then flush the palladium and let the bin fill with platinum. When all your refinery bins are 100% full, then go sell up.
Thanks for this, I didn't have the best time with mining in the past so have ignored it since. I might have another look now though.
Brill thanks dituri I just got my first haul in of platinum 👏👏
Always wondered about the appeal, now I get it
Another great video. Very true- mining is relaxing. If you want exciting go to a haz Rez (good mining plus plenty of pirates to fight- just need a good fighting ship as well). Personally I prefer chilling with mining and fighting in a has Rez.
You didn’t mention managing the refinery. If you fill your hoppers with materials you don’t actually want you can’t process what you do want.
Enjoying your guides. Keep up the good work.
Fair point, I probably should’ve pointed this out. It’s mad the stuff you forget you need to do when you’ve played the game for a while! 🫡
Laser mining in an adder, then in a type 7 was my main credit grind on my way to unlocking my first anaconda. That was before core mining was introduced. I don't know if I could go back to it when core mining is so much more engaging and profitable, but I got some very nostalgic vibes from this video.
o7 Commander. Loving your videos, keep up the good work! Also don't forget your limpets. ;)
I'm an Elite Dangerous first-timer. Bought it a couple days ago and already have 20 hours 😅 It's a lot to deal with at once but these videos are saving my ass! Thanks, subscribed!
I bought a type 7 just because of this video. Didn't need it, but what the heck. It has a great view for mining, and it LOOKS like it should be a miner. Also, i often simply take the cargo back to my carrier to store to sell later.
Thank you very much for that add to ignore list trick!! O7 CMDR
My python ( mk1 ) and Type 10 is what I use for mining . Plus they well armoured and you can turn the python into a combat ship and the type 10 into a well armoured miner
I'll have to try lasers and collectors on the same button--never tried that for fear of blowing through limpets. I tend to have lasers on one and collectors on two with my previous fire group being pulse wave analyzer on 1 and prospector limpets on 2 since I usually multi-mine for surface and subsurface deposits. I do have to switch between the two fire groups where your one fire group should do it all for pure laser mining. Seems nice!
Awesome, I've just outfitted a laser mining python, for doing some engineering stuff. Very budget, haven't even moved over my highly engineered modules from my Kraits.
Definitely interested in the core mining, I've gone out a few times core mining. I'm very bad at it and often manage to waste a bunch of charges bouncing off the asteroid and ruin asteroids by bad detonations or taking too long!
Still fun though but hasn't been very profitable yet. xD
GCRV 1568, planet AB1 ring A has a nice little Platinum hotspot that has always treated me well.
Awesome guide! Using the Type-7 seems quite interesting for mining... I always considered that ship to really just be for trading (or running thargoid rescue missions). I'll have to give this a shot! Excited for the core mining guide.
I thought so too! Turns out 4 small hardpoints are fairly ok if you’re not in too much of a rush. o7
Snap, My mining ship is a 7 Too.
I made enough to by my fleet carrier years ago laser mining Low Temp Diamonds when they were the hot thing. I have since transistioned to core mining, for ongoing fleet carrier costs and for relaxation. I prefer to find my own systems out in the black. I look forward to what you have to say on the subject and see if I can improve my own approach.
Really nice, can you please make a video about Odyssey ground missions and wer are nice spots?
Would love it
I love this channel and the new ED tutoirals you're making! But when I tried doing some platinum mining my first time, I wasn't able to find ANY laser minable platinum, even though I was in the hotspot.. Was I doing something wrong? Or just really bad RNG? I made sure to use inara to filter for metalic just like you showed.
Few things:
Good work, keep it up! :)
The prices are constantly change in the game, so it is not always platinum best to mine, it is often low temperature diamond.
I thing it is always good to equip core mining equipments to along side with laser mining. Low temp diamond host both for example. And you can do laser mining, and sometime find core veins, then it is a full win. I know there is (will be) a video about core mining, but it worth mentioning here too :)
I thing the Anaconda is also being the best miner, good hard points, internals, jump range, and distributor.
The best shield for miners are scaled down prismatic shields, eg. C3 for Anaconda. This is a power play module, but it is defently worth getting (it is the most popular).
@@user-kl4pw6mn5d What seems to be the problem, sir?
@@user-kl4pw6mn5d You just COMPLETLY MISSED the points I stated.
First, probably and hopefuly this video is not a short time video, and hopefuly will be watched years after. And the market changes heavily in years. There is no guartanee that Platinum will stay the most profitable. So mentioning Painite and Low temp diamonds is indeed recomended as there was times when you was able to sell Low temp diamonds for 1.1 million each tonne. And even if they are not the best option right now, they are still good, and video talks about no fuss category.
And I don't know what are you talking about. You can find Low temp diamonds and Painite overlaps for laser mining, and cores in game (and probably Platinum too). You go to an overlapping hotspot to laser mind and it will contain some core which is still worth excavating and it is satisfing. And if you find other cores, they are still worth excavating, but that need equipment... SEE MY POINT?
And nobody said the Cutter is not good for mining. Multiple ships are really good for this task, including the Anaconda and the Cutter, however the Cutter needs huge rank grind.
And the undersized biwaves are really downperform. On the Anaconda, the C3 biweave gives (for reference) 140 MJ shield while the prismatic gives 350 MJ which is 2.5 time bigger. And the regen rate for the biweave is 1.8 MW, while the prismatic is 1 MW, not a huge difference. Of course you can equip bigger shields, but it means less cargo, and less profit.
@@user-kl4pw6mn5d Starting the converstion with "NOPE" is not really friendly, but anyway.
The Anaconda part is on me. I meant Anaconda is among the best ship for the role. The best of the best is a matter of preference. But the Cutter is the most expensive ship and behind a tedius rank grind. It is not the best for a begineer friendly tutorial. Maybe the Anaconda neither but it is waaay more accesable then the Cutter.
The two monitor is actually pretty good. I also play with two monitor. Elite is pratty much unplayable without it. :D
A reinforced (I guess you mean this as heavity duty shield) C6 biweave draws 2.5 MW from a distr which need 2 pip from a G5 charge C7 distributor. The prismatic does not draw any more energy from the dist then the biweave. Every shield need 0.6 MJ energy from the dist to regen 1 MJ of shield. This only changed by engineering, reinforced shield increases it (to 0.67).
So with 1 pip with a C7 dis you can only reneg 2 MW. And it gets even worse with smaller ships. The Anaconda, Python, T7, T6, Clipper all can have a C3 shield. The C3 biweave regen only 1.8 MW, while the C3 prismatic still regen 1 MW and always having 2.5x more shield compared to the biweave on downscales generators.
I dont understand why are you talking about RES zone mining and combat builds, I never stated them.
Like I said, nowdays the Platinum is the best, but you can't predict the future. In the futere the things may change, and stating the alternatives is better. And the overlapping diamonds are still works, they are just currently under priced.
The Type-6 is, by far, my favorite ship. But the two small hardpoints make it a slow miner. Not bad if you're just out for a relaxing day of mining, but if you're in a hurry to fill that cargo space, it's not the best.
Hello. Where do I buy the detailed surface scanner? I don’t see it in the shop. I’ve been to two different base shops, nothing. I’m on Playsation.
For me it's my Minah'Conda...It does it all with a size 4 multi to boot...
Didn't know Divine David plays Elite: Dangerous
I actually mined in excess of a billion credits in one day in my trusty Type 7. Damn Vr headset meltet my face away but.... No pain no gain 🎉
Low temperature Diamonds
@@SolidSativa1I don't think you can do low temp diamonds with a t7? Don't they require abrasion blasters and asteroid-detonating-thingamagic that I keep forgetting the name of? or were they for void opals? can't remember...
@@windwalkerrangerdm this was years ago with basic mining lasers
I love mining
I haven't been mining in a while, with so much else to do in the game and in RL (and other games, like >300h in BG3 and not through even once 😆), but I used to binge TV series or work though my "watch later" list on youtube while laser mining. Getting ahead in ED, relax, and watch stuff - three things at once laser mining is good for.
So true, there is nothing like it ^^
yup core mining ftw
Python for the win, but of course, that takes some money to start with. I would come to mining later but I guess you can give it a go with a Type 6.
Agreed (sort of). I started mining in a dolphin - it was awesome, despite the fact I had absolutely no idea what to do! I never like recommending the Python because I personally find it really awful to fly (and to look at) and the kraits are just better at everything.. apart from laser mining. It is a wonderful miner, although for the price difference I’d probably take the clipper, at least at the point in the game where saving credits matters loads.
@@DiturisElite We will have to agree to differ on the Python. I far prefer it to the Krait but each to their own. I like the Python for mining as I can fill it in 1 hour toaster rack to toaster rack. I keep mine at a station with a Raw Mat Trader. Fly to it in a Trading Python. Go mine, come back trade any Raw, then look at the market to see if I can go in the Anaconda (most times) or refit the Python for trade/travel.
I started mining with a Keelback when I couldn't afford a Python yet, and it was so good at it that I still bring that thing out for mining runs.
@@MarkZeroGaming Well it should be about fun. The Python fills up in about an hour but you think it is more fun in Keelback, even though you get somewhat less? Are you talking core mining? I normally do Laser mining.
Nice guide, only thing missing - what to do or how to react if Pirate's come back whilst you're mining. You have to jettison some of your stash i'm guessing?
As far as I know that never happens. For me, there have always been pirates when I drop into the ring, then after they leave I don’t get any more (unless I relog in the ring). If you get pirated on the way to selling, I wouldn’t bother jettisoning. I’d just put pips to systems and engines, and get out of there. Hope your next trip goes well! 🫡
@@DiturisElite Take a quick look at this guide by Hugh Jardon (time stamp 30.00 mins).
@@beechlinbeauty wow! To be honest I’ve never had this before. It’s always been pirates on drop-in, they leave, then I mine - All is well. I guess if you’re in a resource extraction site it could happen? If it does, in my experience there’s no point bartering with them, I just get out of there.
Of course it’s entirely up to you how you play the game, if giving them a little makes it feel more roleplay-like then fine, that’s awesome! 🫡
They won't if you are the only player, but if another player drops in, or you mine in a hazardous resource zone, then pirates will appear.
Three ways to handle them, shoot them down, sacrifice your profits or break off and sell. If you ever jump into supercruise, you are a pirate magnet.
Personally, I sacrifice one weapon mount for a mine-layer, and drop shock mines behind me while boosting to a different area to resume what I'm doing. It's fun and satisfying.
the cutter build is interesting.
Why a 6d shield?
Due to the nacelle med slots position would it not be better to have mining lasers on the L slots?
Would crashing into the ring not deal damage?
As far as the lasers go, people can stick theme wherever they want, I just put the number of them I’d recommend. About the shield, 6D is a nice balance of mass (for good jump range) and protection. Maybe a smaller higher grade one would be better for some, but I wanted to avoid the engineering being a requirement.
Crashing into the ring doesn’t deal damage to the shields, it goes straight through and takes a percent or two out of the hull, so not anything to worry about. Thanks for asking! 🫡
My mining cutter also has mining lasers in the 4 M slots. The larger slots have real weapons to deal with any pesky pirates. I never had a problem with the hardpoint placement, those rocks are big enough.
I use D grade in all my deep space builds. There's hardly any threats out there and the extra jump range is nice.
why no scanning besides prospector limpets for laser mining, as opposed to core?
The pulse wave analyser (used in core mining) is made to detect things inside the asteroid (cores or subsurface deposits).
It has absolutely no effect on laser mining 😅🫡
I don't mine much because I get frustrated with the refinery bogging down and I don't understand how to deal with it... Maybe some info on handling that would be useful. Otherwise a good tutorial. Thanks.
Tah! I don’t need to deal with it much, as I do the thing with ignore list, so the refinery never gets clogged with loads of kinds of materials.
If you even need to sort it out, go to inventory on the right hand menu (where your cargo is), go down the list on the left of the panel til you see ‘refinery’. Each row across the screen is a ‘bin’. When a bin has a material you don’t want, hit the ‘vent’ button to the left of the row (it kinda looks like an eject button). As far as I know, that’s as complicated as it gets. Hope you end up trying mining again! o7 CMDR 🫡
You can abandon instead of jettison the limpets. They won't be scooped then.
Also - bulk sales tax? Doesn't that only apply to minerals (e.g. Monazite), not metals (e.g. Platinum)? 🤔
Hadn’t thought of that with limpets, could work. As far as I’ve seen bulk sales tax definitely effects metals as well 🫡
Whats the best mineral or metal to mine for nowdays?
I think the best currently is Platinum, as that has the highest average price, but always be on the lookout on Inara as sometimes others can spike and you can make really insane profits.
Platinum
Try the type 9
I have. It’s great, but it’s too big for the number of hardpoints it has, meaning that each trip takes a long time. Fine for some, just not my cup of tea 🫡
Is painite not worth it anymore?
No not really, it does sell for more than Platinum once in a while, but even then its still not better because it mines slower than Platinum.
I am in love with the color of you hud, something about that shade is so pleasing to the eye. If possible would you mind sharing?
Sure - they’re actually cmdr exigeous’ old colours, but just look different in the 4.0 codebase. Here’s what to put in the graphicsconfiguration.xml file:
-0.38, 0.89, 2
-0.15, 2, -0.5
1.75, -1, -0.3
Hope this works, lemme know if it looks right for you 🫡
Why didn't you use the prospect scanner? Not useful here?
you mean the pulse wave analyser? It is used to find rocks with surface deposits, subsurface deposits and cores, none of which are needed for laser mining. I’ll be covering it in next week’s core mining vid though! 🫡
My problem with laser mining is i keep falling asleep during the run.
I'm late to the party but 2 things to remember.
Prospector limpits increase the amount of material based on grade so always go grade A
And secondly be careful with spinning rocks as they can damage limpits as they aren't smart enough to avoid them so you can lose a lot of them that way
Both true. I did point these out, but not particularly clearly I admit. I had grade A written by prospector limpets in the shipbuilding section, and there was a clip near the end of the mining section where I talk about mining fast-spinning rocks. Still, I hope people spot this comment to make sure they understand clearly 🫡
Is it worth to buy Elite Dangerous: Odyssey?
Yes.
having just picked it up on Steam, it was $25CAD. That's about the price of a movie; ie 90mins entertainment. Just doing the tutorial and a couple ground missions "pays for itself" in entertainment, and keeps the game going.
What's a limpet I have a total of 12 hours in Elite dangerous and have no idea what I'm doing
it's basically a drone you send out with the prospector and collector controllers. wihtout them, you can't prospect or collect and so on, ergo, you can't do jackshit without them. i'D advice wathing a few basic beginner guide videos. and welcome to the fleet, Commander. Don't feel bad about playing in solo, if open is too spicey for you. Noone that matters will look down on you for it. Alternatively, if you want multiplayer but no pvp, apply to join the mobius private groups (google tells you all you need to know there)
o7
I wish the comments would let me post the "quit having fun! 😡" bitter gamer comic in the comments here to mock all the jaded commanders out there
lol the fact you like boreing stuff is what makes your videos funny
There is a difference between boring and relaxing.
0:28 no , the best mining ship is a federal corvette
It’s perfectly good, just more suited to multipurpose mining or pure core mining. Wouldn’t recommend it for a just laser build. Still, I guess it would do ok 🫡
@@DiturisElite Vette is a great laser miner, only down sides are lousy jump range and you really can only mine 256 cargo if you want maximum Platinum per hour. Upsides are jump range dont really matter if you have a carrier, with a fully engineered Power Distributor (Weapon Focused/Cluster capacitors) you can run 5 class 2 mining lasers and 2 class 1 pre-engineered mining lasers- With this you can burn down asteroids in about 16 seconds, and with Low Emissions/Thermal Spread Power Plant it wont over heat while doing this. It also has great internals, I run shieldless and with 256 capacity cargo, with this I am able to run 20 collectors and 2 class 3A prospectors (one on each trigger, this way I can launch 4 prospectors in about the same amount of time as 2 from a single 3A controller).
In a good hotspot I get about 500 Platinum an hour just randomly prospecting.
But everyone has there preferences lol
o7
Sometimes I'm at a platinum hotspot, and all I can find is 40 to 50% worth of platinum... And a lot of useless rocks... I'm never lucky...
Ah yes, mining with Type-7, we've all tried, not a fun experience.
Ummmm… The whole point is that it IS a fun experience
bruh idek how to get a laser this aint helpful
the music from 0:37 to 2:40 is really really annoying with a repetitive ticking beat i can't support
Nobody cares.