{"id":3683,"date":"2021-04-06T12:08:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T12:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/?page_id=3683"},"modified":"2021-04-06T12:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T12:19:25","slug":"elite-dangerous-mining-guide-part-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/?page_id=3683","title":{"rendered":"Elite Dangerous – Mining Guide – Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Core Mining is currently the most profitable activity in Elite Dangerous; with some good luck and experience you can earn enough money to buy an Anaconda within a few hours.<\/p>

When mining you will usually prefer a large ship with plenty of cargo space for your limpets and the minerals and gems you pick up. However, when doing core mining you will spend a lot of time searching for cores, so a ship with good speed is preferable to reduce time wasted. Also, after you blast an asteroid into pieces, you will have to carefully maneuver between these pieces, which is much easier in a smaller and more agile medium size ship than the larger ones. As you will focus your mining on rare gems only, you don’t need as much cargo space as for traditional (laser) mining.<\/p>

The\u00a0Asp Explorer<\/strong>\u00a0is a good ship to get started with Core mining. My personal favorite is the\u00a0Krait Mk 2<\/strong>\u00a0as this has a decent cargo capacity, good jump range and it is also fast and agile enough for my taste. The\u00a0Python<\/strong> can carry more cargo but is slower and less agile – also the larger size increase the risk of bumping into nearby asteroids. The Imperial Clipper<\/strong>\u00a0is also a nice fast and agile ship for mining with good cargo capacity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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You need to equip the following:<\/p>

  • Detailed Surface Scanner<\/strong>\u00a0– use this to discover hot-spots<\/li>
  • Pulse Wave Analyser<\/strong>\u00a0– use this to discover which asteroids contain a core<\/li>
  • Seismic Charge\u00a0<\/strong>Launcher<\/b>\u00a0– used to place charges that will break the asteroid into smaller pieces. If you have a larger ship you should consider mounting two of these as they have a limited amount of charges.<\/li>
  • \u00a0Abrasion Blaster<\/strong>\u00a0– used to break off surface deposits after the asteroid core have been blown apart.<\/li>
  • Prospector Limpet Controller<\/strong>\u00a0– these limpets will tell you about the content of a specific asteroid, they are useful if you are mining for specific minerals and will double the amount of minerals you can mine. I recommend you equip a Prospector Limpet Controller that can control at two limpets at a time; in some occasions you will find a couple of asteroids next to each other both having cores – in this case you can tag both with a limpet which makes it much easier to find again when you have completed mining the first asteroid.<\/li>
  • Collector Limpet Controller<\/strong>\u00a0– these limpets will pick up all the chunks you shoot off the asteroids. Do not buy the smallest and cheapest limpet controller; a bigger and better controller will speed up your mining and will quickly earn its value back! A controller that can handle 3 active limpets is a must. If you have a larger ship you may prefer equipping two Collector Limpet Controllers to have more active limpets picking up stuff faster.<\/li>
  • Refinery<\/strong>\u00a0is required for gathering the chunks your collectors pick up. As you will focus mining on only a few rare items, you will only need a small refinery.<\/li>
  • Fuel Scoop<\/strong>\u00a0(optional) – if you need to refuel during a long travel between your mining spot and the station where you will sell all the goods.<\/li>
  • Sub-Surface Displacement Missile<\/strong>\u00a0(optional) – this missile is used to dig up sub-surface deposits. You can sometimes find a sub-surface deposit with rare gems like Void Opal or Low Temperature Diamond but it is really rare. You better focus on finding cores. But if you have a spare hard-point, you can mount one if you like.<\/li>
  • Fill up the rest of your optional slots with\u00a0Cargo<\/strong>\u00a0racks.<\/li><\/ul>

    Important!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

    • Before you head out into space, make sure to fill about 2\/3 of your cargo space with limpets for your limpet controllers; on the space station select\u00a0Advanced\u00a0<\/strong>Maintenance<\/b>, then\u00a0Restock<\/strong>\u00a0and buy enough limpets for your mining expedition.<\/li>
    • Before launching a collector limpet, make sure you do NOT target anything; if you do, then the limpet will only pick up this single item and then self-destruct! By not having any target selected, the limpet will pick up all nearby stuff until it time out.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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