Hi, I've been trying to make some money by mining but whenever I visit a hotspot, even in a pristine ring system, I never find the material that's supposed to be in the hotspot. Am I doing something wrong, and what should I be doing? I don't have core mining tools, but I have everything else.
Do mining hotspots do anything?
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1. how do you try to find the materials? prospector limpets?
2. are you looking for materials which can actually be mined out of core mining? (most hotspots mark materials which can only be core mined)
3. are you looking at the correct ring type? (painite can be core mined at metal rich, but laser mined only at metallic rings)
4. did you look at any of the many threads in "dangerous discussions" on the somewhat currently broken pulse wave scanner, in case you are trying to use it (beside it only helping with core mining)?
generally, for non-core mining materials, a hotspot raises the percentage of the hotspot material (platinum for exampel), and you should find platinum in a platinum hotspot using prospector limpets.
for core-mining materials like musgravite you won't find musgravite with prospector limpets, as you can't laser mine musgravite.
2. are you looking for materials which can actually be mined out of core mining? (most hotspots mark materials which can only be core mined)
3. are you looking at the correct ring type? (painite can be core mined at metal rich, but laser mined only at metallic rings)
4. did you look at any of the many threads in "dangerous discussions" on the somewhat currently broken pulse wave scanner, in case you are trying to use it (beside it only helping with core mining)?
generally, for non-core mining materials, a hotspot raises the percentage of the hotspot material (platinum for exampel), and you should find platinum in a platinum hotspot using prospector limpets.
for core-mining materials like musgravite you won't find musgravite with prospector limpets, as you can't laser mine musgravite.
1. I use prospector limpets. I've got a 24 ton cargo hold and I use all but one of the limpets on prospecting max, because if I find something worthwhile with that one I won't have any left to collect with.
2. I don't know? I'm not core mining and I don't really want to. I favor subsurface mining, but I have an abrasion blaster and mining laser.
3. I would assume I'm looking at the right ring? Why would there be a hotspot if the material wasn't there?
4. I didn't see too many of them, but the few I have seen don't explain what you should do instead. Is it just random? Is it going to take like 200+ limpets to find a worthwhile material?
I'm pretty sure the prospector limpets do identify core mining materials. If I find a core minable asteroid, the prospector limpet usually says what I'll get if I core mine it. That doesn't really mater though, because I'm not core mining at all. The prospector limpet also identifies surface and subsurface deposits, which is all I really want.
2. I don't know? I'm not core mining and I don't really want to. I favor subsurface mining, but I have an abrasion blaster and mining laser.
3. I would assume I'm looking at the right ring? Why would there be a hotspot if the material wasn't there?
4. I didn't see too many of them, but the few I have seen don't explain what you should do instead. Is it just random? Is it going to take like 200+ limpets to find a worthwhile material?
I'm pretty sure the prospector limpets do identify core mining materials. If I find a core minable asteroid, the prospector limpet usually says what I'll get if I core mine it. That doesn't really mater though, because I'm not core mining at all. The prospector limpet also identifies surface and subsurface deposits, which is all I really want.
Literally anything mildly valuable. Low temp diamonds, void opals, painite, benitoite. I never find anything.
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1. You should do some trading missions and get bigger ship/cargo before mining.
2. For mining Painite go to GCRV 1568 AB 1 A ring. Double painite hotspot, target smaller one, drop in there, move exactly on hotspot (20 meters, +/-), target planet... and I'll give you a hint screenshot for start of happy laser mining
Try to recognize where it is and that's your path to riches.
1. You should do some trading missions and get bigger ship/cargo before mining.
2. For mining Painite go to GCRV 1568 AB 1 A ring. Double painite hotspot, target smaller one, drop in there, move exactly on hotspot (20 meters, +/-), target planet... and I'll give you a hint screenshot for start of happy laser mining
Try to recognize where it is and that's your path to riches.
void opals and benitoite are core only, and require to work around the somewhat currently broken pulse wave scanner. often you have 200km between cores, prospectors will get you nowhere.
ltd can work with prospectors, would work better with pulse wave analyser, but you will need more than 24 prospectors for sure.
painite is the only realistical option here out of pulse wave scanner, and ONLY in METALLIC rings, as metal rich ring hotspot have painite cores only.
Ok, thanks.
I'll keep that in mind next time, I wasn't sure which forum was the right one. I found a related thread in this forum so I assumed I was in the right place.
no harm done
Heh, you say that, but I've got an expedition carrier I'm desperate to keep afloat...also - you know, "i want to mine painite for cr" - easy question, easy answer. and probably not exploration related
Hotspots are broken in many places (probably not everywhere, though I have found several broken ones and there are 3-4 open tickets about it and several forum posts).
If it is a broken one, then you won't find any mineral the hotspot supposedly contains, absolutely none, zero - as if the percentage to spawn is negative.
If it is a broken one, then you won't find any mineral the hotspot supposedly contains, absolutely none, zero - as if the percentage to spawn is negative.