Newcomer / Intro Another mining thread

[Ensis]

I literally started playing this game 2 days ago and pretty sure this has been asked a gazilion of times so apologies but I can't seem to find the answer.

Each time I mine (mostly Dromi) I get a couple of minerals, as a result I have to vent the one I don't want. That turns mining into a real nightmare. Can this be automated or filtered to collect 1 type of material?

It seems there's lots of asteroids but really no map of where resources are, where to mine, where to sell. Saw a guy on YT had some website that helped I think but I can't find the video again. Do we have any tools mapping out the galaxy?

 

[Gwyther]

Yes you can filter out what you don't want to see.
Target the chunk of rock that you just blasted off, look in your contacts panel on the right, then you can add/remove what you are not interested in to an ignore list.
This is very handy when you use limpets to collect stuff.

These two websites are great for advice and where to buy and sell.

Miner

Miners extract metals, minerals, and materials from asteroids and sell them for profit. Mining involves traveling to sites such as pristine planetary rings, and asteroid belts around stars, identifying resource-rich asteroids, and using specialized Hardpoint modules to extract and collect...

elite-dangerous.fandom.com

INARA

The community site for Elite: Dangerous, Starfield, Kingdom Come: Deliverance with the game databases, information, gaming news and other handy content...

inara.cz

 

[d8veh]

You have to put everything you don't want on the ignore list. It's not easy because the list jumps around and your limpets bring them into the ship before you get a chance. In each ring, there's about 10 different mining ores, and once you've done each one, it won't bother you again. Don't put materials on the ignore list, as they don't go into the refinery and don't take up any cargo space.

 

[Ashnak]

I literally started playing this game 2 days ago and pretty sure this has been asked a gazilion of times so apologies but I can't seem to find the answer.

Each time I mine (mostly Dromi) I get a couple of minerals, as a result I have to vent the one I don't want. That turns mining into a real nightmare. Can this be automated or filtered to collect 1 type of material?

It seems there's lots of asteroids but really no map of where resources are, where to mine, where to sell. Saw a guy on YT had some website that helped I think but I can't find the video again. Do we have any tools mapping out the galaxy?

You can filter - but most people outside the starter area don't bother, they just fit a large enough refinery . That contacts panel is on your left, btw - shoot off a few chunks, look them up on the contacts panel, then select what you don't want and put it to ignore. Yes, active collector limpets can make this difficult.
And don't forget that you've set something on ignore when you want to mine it later on...

Where to mine and where to sell - best tool for that is the miner's tool. That's mainly useful for "new" mining, though (cores, surface deposits, subsurface) - stuff that shows up with a PWA and concentrates in hotspots. For classic laser mining, you'll just have to learn which type of rings holds which materials (or look it up - miner's reddit is usually a good place, this post holds a table of materials and ring types). If you're asking for specific rocks in a ring, though, you'll need to contact the hardcore miners.

As for tools mapping out the Galaxy - two main sources, most of the remainder use one or the other of the two databanks: EDDB (EDDN) and EDSM. Another popular site is Inara. And - since you've been asking - all the data in these sites was (and is) assembled and updated by players playing the game. If you play on PC (I think there's also a way for consoles, but you'd better ask in one of the console subgroups if that applies in your case), consider running one of the feeder apps, like EDMC or EDDiscovery, to help keeping the database up to date. Of course, that means that everyone else will get informed about that station paying prime directly next to a pristine ring - you can delay or switch off data tarnsmission, if you want to.

 

[aRJay]

If I am mining for specific minerals I will set to ignore other minerals as I find it less annoying than jettisoning them from cargo after they are refined, if I am just mining for profit I will not bother to set things to ignore.

 

[Para Handy]

Here is the mining locations chart thingie I pinched from someone (can't remember who, sorry):

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[Ensis]

Thank you everyone! This helps a lot.