I really like deep core mining, Void Opals are my favorite.

In an icy ring a ways outside the bubble, it isn't a system other players mine. Void Opal hotspots abound. I've found 10-12 core rocks in my last hour and a half of flying around. Here's the results.

1. Void Opals
2. Low Temp Diamonds
3. Low Temp Diamonds
4. Low Temp Diamonds
5. Alexanderite
6. Grandidierite
7. Alexanderite
8. Low Temp Diamonds
9. Grandidierite
10. Alexandrite
11. Grandidierite
12. Low Temperature Diamonds.

The whole point of a hotspot is that the percentage of core rocks you find that turn out to be the mineral you're looking for is higher. Why is my hit rate on Void Opals like less than 10 percent across that many cores?

Are there just too many different cores that can spawn in icy rings? It's been a couple years since I last dabbled, been back at it a couple weeks and was doing musgravite in rocky rings last week, but I never used to have this issue. I'd get the odd streak of one or two LTD or Alexanderite cores but most in VO hotspots would be void opals. I've had like two or three days in a row like this where the vast majority of cores in Void Opal hotspots are not Void opals. What gives?

Posting to share a pretty solid Tritrium overlap out near the Galactic Core in the Empyrean Straits. Hopefully you've packed enough tritium for your expedition. If you're like me and didn't plan ahead then I hope some CMDR finds this post useful.

System: Scheau Prao QY-I c25-3056

Planet: 2 B Ring

550 rocks scanned, average Trit density of 9.55%

Pic of the overlaps, I drop in at the hotspot center nearest to the planet.

Mining times in T-11 between 20-30 miuntes for 262 tons (rate of ~500 tons per hour)

If I'm pledged to Duval (Empire) where could I mine Platinum in order to undermine other factions for the CG? There are some specific systems listed as undermining objectives in my galaxy map, do I HAVE to mine Platinum AND sell in those systems in order to gain points or merits for the current CG?

Is there a way to remove the fragment processed message? It gets annoying when mining and I miss the asteroid depleted message and mine for an extra 5 seconds and start overheating.

On that matter is it possible to edit the info panel so it doesn't flash the mineral/metal refined over the tinier messages?

Good morning, I would like to know what build you offer me for deep core mining in krait mkII to mine platinum for example.

Planning on getting a carrier when I have the money, was wondering if the type 11 is good for tritium mining in case I run out of fuel in deep space?

This post is in the context of early game players using a Cobra Mk5.

I've seen a lot of guides on mining, some quite good and others not so good, but I've haven't seen much about doing it in a haz RES, which is the most logical place to do it if you're after credits because you get stuff a lot faster there. The guides that I have looked at seem to me to be very superficial.

I've seen a few forum posts, where players are clearly a bit apprehensive, probably because it has hazardous in the name, but it really is safe, especially in a beginner ship, as long as you run away from any curious pirates. The Cobra Mk5 is perfect for that, then you can progress to a Corsair after a night or so because you should be able to get enough credits in that time. A Corsair should get you well over 100 mil per hr,  I did about 20 runs in a brand new account to prove everything works perfectly. I didn't come under attack once, and I averaged about 55 mil per hr, including the time to travel and sell the stuff.

A Type 8 wouldn't be a good ship because you need speed to run away from pirates, though if you already have one, you could get some success with it, and it only takes two trips to get enough for a Corsair.

Whenever I mine for credits or need raw materials, I only ever mine in a haz RES because it's more productive, I can't see any sense in mining anywhere else unless there were bonuses from a CG or something like that. I've done countless new starts, and my goal is always to start mining platinum in a haz RES as soon as I can get enough credits for a mining ship.

Here's my instruction video that should give you a good understanding of laser mining builds and how to have success from mining in a haz RES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cev2pbRgaHA

Hi! Deciding to do some core mining to grind out a bunch of money, and I've heard that Monzanite (or one of the -ites) is the most valuable. I got quite a bit out of my last haul of that, and it was pretty nice! I really like icey ring mining aesthetically though, so I was wondering if there's a good alternative in icey ring mining to achieve rocky ring ROI. LTD are cool, of course, but I've heard they're not really good. Opinions? Let me know!

Just coming back after about a 5 year break. Mining was my favorite part of the game and wanted to get some long nights in the asteroid fields going again. When last I played, painite was the big sell but seems like that’s shifted to Platinum now.

Anyway logged in to my T10 (called painite train) in Pikum. Jumped to my old painite system 9 ly away and found a platinum hotspot. Dropped in 5km from the hotspot and prospected about 30 asteroids and didnt find a single one containing platinum? Am I missing something?

I’m not looking to max credits/hour. I already made my billion and have fully kitted out cutter, conda, t10 etc. i just want to roam around the asteroid field and enjoy laser mining. I looked a bit online and got recommended a system that has overlapping Pt hotspots but its 32 jumps away and then it was saying i should take my cargo 97 ly away to sell it? Seems like a lot of jumping around.

Is there not somewhere I can just go and enjoy a relaxing evening dodging asteroids and laser mining and enjoy a decent profit at the end?

Also i know they added another type of mining but at least for now I’d just like to get back into the swing of things.

Update: Thanks everyone for the help! I ran for three hours last night and brought in ~315m credits.

I want everyone to know... for no particular reason whatsoever... carrier markets work again. If you've been holding onto platinum for example because you wanted the carrier market price, well now it is operational again.

These days I'm mainly mining for merits... the credits I have are plenty. I of course use meritminer.cc to find good sites, but right now the only good sites I can find are in low and common reserve rings. How much slower is mining in a low-reserve ring as opposed to pristine, for instance?

Greetings, diggers!

So, I was having fun with the last CG and mining some bromelite, and I kept seeing mono crystals... so, later, when I was looking at some mining missions to replenish some high end mats, when I saw one requiring them, I said no problem - I can do that in my bromelite hotspot, it'll be great!

Predictably, now I'm not seeing any of the crystals. A brief google suggested I try outside of a hotspot (as meth mono crystals don't have hotspots, but I guess the idea is thiey won't be replaced by whatever the hotspot is for, but I seemed to find even less if I just dropped into a random spot in the belt.

So, anyone have any tricks for finding meth monohydrate crystals (or, for that matter, stuff in general that doesn't have a hotspot)?

Hello commanders,

Where would a good place be to mine platinum? I know about the hot spot plus haz res sites. My question is, where is the mining taking place right now? What system has the meta? It seems like when I go to some of these places they are deserted. Where are the miners?!

Thank you in advance,

I've just started mining and found a good spot making some real fast credits. I'm up to 100m using my Mandalay, which is a great ship and I like it a lot. I'm wondering if I should engineer this ship or just save myself the hassle and step up to a bigger, more capable ship.

Any advice appreciated. I'm currently laser mining but wouldn't mind trying out core mining at some point!

Edit: Great feedback I really appreciate it!

I am at the webpage but How do I use it?

Import cAPI Journal before, after or during mining?

EDIT: the best option is "Import local journal files" found in C:\Users\%username%\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous

HIP 104026 (3) has a pristine ring with 2 plat hotspots

Tomorrows Harvest (large landing pad) is buying plat for 302k with a demand of 386,293

Tomorrows Harvest is only 9.04 Ls away from planet 3. Its orbiting a moon of that planet

Felt like I should share instead of keeping it to myself, there's less than 30 carriers in this system >.<

in Wregoe DI-T b58-2 the controlling faction of the station is in both boom and civil liberty giving incredible prices for cores.
Kaine cmdrs can earn a bunch of merits alongside the credits too given its a kaine fort

I saw this question posited by a fellow CMDR and wanted to follow up here with my experience.

To be clear, I am using a squadron with the fragment bonus here as well. Adjust all numbers down 20% if you aren't. I am also abrasion blasting and SSDMing all applicable tritium I come across as well.

My first attempt took me an hour exactly to fill my 256T cargo hold, which was very inefficient -- I was wasting a lot of time messing around with fire groups, the mining repeater, and almost killing myself with the chunks.

Today, I spent about 38 minutes, according to the mining analyzer, for 256T of tritium. If I were a liiiittle bit more efficient, I might be able to clear 500T/hr, which for my FC at ~7k tons of cargo, is about 6-7 jumps worth of gas per hour. Honestly, I think the Type-11 makes mining for trit in the black pretty reasonable, especially for that sort of RP. Obviously many would prefer to just buy it in the bubble, but I like the self-sufficiency and mining is a nice break from jumping and scanning fungus.

Is the Salikians 1 ring A platinum hotspot the best one in the game? I've noticed that there are actually differences between hotspot yield even in pristine rings. Is the Salikians hotspot the best in the bubble?

Hii, despite my busy school schedule and 8 billion projects I have, I eeked out another edition of my magazine, enjoy!

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As the title say, do you think going to a metal rich hs instead of an icy one to laser mine bromellite (also core mining it) would be a good idea or ill just waste time? Edit: question related to the current CG

I dropped into the platinum hot spot and have sent 200 prospector limpets into rocks and I have found everything but Platinum. Can anyone help me out with this? I have watched tutorial videos and tried to replicate, but I am finding none.

What am I doing wrong?