Can someone help me with mining from an SRV?

Jehosaphet

J
I've been at this for the last four hours or so, trying to find phosphorus, right? And I'm told that you need to use your detailed surface scanner on planets, look for some indication that there's mining available (some kind of "area of interest" tag or something, I guess) and then pop down there, slip into your SRV and go shoot some rocks.
The problem is that I've been scanning planets for a few hours now and have yet to see any kind of indication of any mining areas.

My question: Could you please tell me what it is exactly that I'm looking for? Is it going to say, "extraction area" like it does in the rings? How am I going to see this...simply by looking at the planet through my windshield after having scanned it, or by going into the "surface map" in the navigation panel?

I crap you not, I've watched at least a half dozen videos, and every one of them starts on the surface, showing you how to read your radar and stuff. I've yet to find a single thread or video that tells you how to actually find where you should land at. Any help would be very much appreciated.
 

Sapyx

Sapyx
No, you won't see anything from orbit, unless you're minig at Geological sites. Which I would recommend doing, as otherwise you're just driving around at random, hoping to find the right rocks; the geological formations concentrate the minerals all in one place, ready for harvesting.

So, look for a planet with "phosphorus" as a listed element, and "volcanism" something other than "none". There should be Geological sites on such a planet (fumaroles, geysers and whatnot). Map it, pick a site and land near there.
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
Phosphorus is common. You can get it by the handful on most planets. Check the system map after you've dss'd a body to see the material %.
 

yelboc

yelboc
The old fashioned SRV mats mining way:

  1. Find planet with mineral listed on the system map
  2. Dump ship randomly on planet and board SRV (somewhere with mostly flat terrain is easier)
  3. Drive away from your ship for quite a while whilst watching your radar scanner (above the main scanner)
  4. After a while the radar scanner marks will bunch up (and you hear different sounds)
  5. Steer so as to get the bunch into the center, dead ahead and keep going
  6. Eventually a white dot will appear on the main scanner - this will be an outcrop or meteorite etc.
  7. Blast it with guns and mats will appear for you to scoop up - phosphorus and sulphur are very common.
The radar has layers - lower layers are rocks and minerals, higher layers are installation, dumped cargo, wrecks, ships etc. If you want elemental mats then the lower layers are what you want. As you get closer they become better defined. This method is slow and involves lots of driving around, which is probably why we now have:

Modern Geological method: faster and more reliable for high grade mats as you can choose the nodule type you want.
  1. Find planet in system map that has mineral plus geological signals (Use FSS to find if unexplored)
  2. Go to planet and scan with DSS
  3. Switch to combat mode - now Geo POIs will be shown on planet
  4. Choose any one (one that's a nice easy glide) and land at it
  5. Drive SRV amongst field of vents etc and look for nodules that have a white POI on the main scanner
  6. Shoot nodule (piceous cobble, for instance will be low grade mats - nodule type goes with mat grade) - it can be hard to shoot them from some angles so go around a bit
  7. Collect wit cargo scoop -nodule becomes a mineral once scooped.
  8. Once you cleared an area out, go to another one.
 
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Jehosaphet

J
Sapyx said:
So, look for a planet with "phosphorus" as a listed element, and "volcanism" something other than "none". There should be Geological sites on such a planet (fumaroles, geysers and whatnot). Map it, pick a site and land near there.
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This is great...thank you. I heard something about volcanism before...thanks for giving it context. Very nice, I'll try this.

yelboc said:
The old fashioned SRV mats mining way:

  1. Find planet with phosphorus listed on the system map
  2. Dump ship randomly on planet and board SRV (somewhere with mostly flat terrain is easier)
  3. Drive away from your ship for quite a while whilst watching your radar scanner (above the main scanner)
  4. After a while the radar scanner marks will bunch up (and you hear different sounds)
  5. Steer so as to get the bunch into the center, dead ahead and keep going
  6. Eventually a white dot will appear on the main scanner - this will be an outcrop or meteorite etc.
  7. Blast it with guns and mats will appear for you to scoop up - poshporus and sulphur are very common.
The radar has layers - lower layers are rocks and minerals, higher layers are installation, dumped cargo, wrecks, ships etc. If you want elemental mats then the lower layers are what you want. As you get closer they become better defined. This method is slow and involve lots of driving around, which is probably why we now have:

Modern Geological method: faster and more reliable for high grade mats as you can choose the noddle type you want.
  1. Find planet in system map that has mineral plus geological signals (Use FSS to find if unexplored)
  2. Go to planet and scan with DSS
  3. Switch to combat mode - now Geo POIs will be shown on planet
  4. Choose any one (one thats a nice easy glide) and land at it
  5. Drive SRV amongst field of vents etc and look for nodules that have a white POI on the main scanner
  6. Shoot nodule (piceous cobble, for instance will be low grade mats - nodule type goes with mat grade) - it can be hard to shoot them from some angles so go around a bit
  7. Collect wit cargo scoop -noddle become a mineral once scooped.
  8. Once you cleared an area out, go to another one.
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Doesn't get much easier to follow than this, frigging great reply, thank you!
 

rekurzion

rekurzion
yelboc said:
Choose any one (one thats a nice easy glide) and land at it
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i would add the caveat to avoid geo sites in canyons. not only are there limited places to land with difficult terrain to traverse with little reward of materials, but the first and last time i tried harvesting a geo site in a canyon i accidentally dismissed my ship. upon return it slammed into a peak taking 50% loss of hull.

stick to flat terrain.
 

varonica

varonica
Jehosaphet said:
I've been at this for the last four hours or so, trying to find phosphorus, right?
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It depends where you are and what you need it for, but the easiest way to get phosphorous is to farm high level mats from crystal spike bio sites and trade for phosphorous at material traders.
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Y'know OP - when I type in 'SRV mining' in the forum search then last week's version of this thread comes up (after your own, ofc), with the same answers ;) Something to consider for the future, as YT is often less detailed :)
 

Jehosaphet

J
Factabulous said:
Y'know OP - when I type in 'SRV mining' in the forum search then last week's version of this thread comes up (after your own, ofc), with the same answers ;) Something to consider for the future, as YT is often less detailed :)
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Y'know Factabulous, I spent all yesterday afternoon and evening, Googling articles and watching videos in between scanning planets, trying to find this elusive "mining area" I kept hearing would pop up, growing increasingly frustrated that it literally took nearly my entire day off trying to find some phosphorus. So...to finally pop in here, get the exact answer I needed within minutes....and then be met with, "all ya had to do was"....yeah, well....I don't know if anyone's a fan of Adam Carola, but as he would say, "it could be no other way. It could go no other way.
Everything I read/watched yesterday...nothing about how to scan planets for volcanic activity...in fact, I couldn't find a single anything that didn't start with you already on planet. Video after video...if I have to hear anything more about how to use that damn scanner, I'm...going to grin and bear it, but you know what I mean.

So...of course that's all I had to do, paste a few words into a search box here. Of course! I'm surprised it wasn't something even easier somehow!

Thanks for the advice. What's YT?
 

Lightspeed

Lightspeed
Mining with the SRV is a misleading term. It's land somewhere at random, drive to a signalled rock on radar, and shoot it. Then scoop the random material.

So it's more like shoot 'n scoop :)
 

Navigare Necesse Est

Navigare Necesse Est
You don't mine - you dont prospect. You shoot rocks that spawn materials. The only interesting thing about it is interacting with the wave scanner and predict and figure out a path in uneven terrain.
 
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