core mining

I'm not much of a miner when it comes to ED but have been doing a fair bit recently while my notoriety is high (had to murder Sirius Corp employees to unlock Uma Laszlo). Anyway, once the asteroid is broken the surface deposits won't dislodge from the fragments when using the abrasion blaster...

Hi, I really enjoy core mining yet I find it not as joyful as I expected because there are so few cores at Rings. I tried 4 different spots (Icy and Metal-Rich), in Icy rings I looked for cores for 1 hour and found only 1. I am very familiar of the shapes of the cores. In another search, I...

I started to do core mining with a big enthusiasm, hearing that it's rewarding and it's very fun. Although, I'm trying to mine Alexendrite in an Alexendrite hotspot, in 1 hour, I am only able to find 1 cores. I do check clearly and I am very familiar with the shape of that specific Asteroid(Icy...

I was deep core mining. I backed off just beyond 1km. And yes I judged this by targeting something on my side of the asteroid. The rock blew and a huge chunk of rock came hurdling right at my type 9. It wiped out my shields and 20% of hull. Has anyone ever had this happen? I...

After discovering the issue I was having with connecting to ED servers for several months (the game tried to connect through Hamachi instead of my hardline lol) I came back to finish my quest to Elite status through core mining. Looked up a Odyssey tutorial on core mining in case anything had...

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Hi commanders, I have been away from Elite Dangerous Horizons for a few months,i need to earn cash for a fleet carrier however having spent the last 8 hours or so scanning asteroids in a Void Opal "Hotspot" and used 320 prospector limpets i didnt find a single ton of void opals,what a waste of...