Newcomer / Intro How to identify Planets / Clusters which contain Platinum or Palladium ONLY?

[Hitt0r]

I have an ASP with D-Scanner, Mining Laser, and 5 slot Refinery.

How do i begin to search for these materials ? i'm travelling to star systems which have no docking stations, using my D-Scanner then scanning the unknown area's which reveal asteroid belts but this results in other materials which i'm not interested in.

What clue's am i looking for ?

What are Metal Rich and Metalics planets? - how do i identify them?

Thanks all.

 

[Hitt0r]

Thank you for the explicit reply really helpful.

One further question: Is it better to search for unexplored star systems (without any docking ports etc...) as these may contain 'metalic' pristine reserves?

 

[Vorxion]

I'm in a system with pristine reserves. The ratio of utter crap to platinum/palladium is not as good as I'd like. More gold in this system, but I hit a long streak of RNG hate yesterday after a great streak of RNG love. -IF- it's RNG-based. Is there a way to find systems where plat/pal are far more common/concentrated, other than betting on pristine metallic? Are all pristine metallic created equal?

Actually, I've -never- seen half the ores in the list. Indium? Never seen it. Same with most of the 'um' metals. Do they even exist?

 

[Hitt0r]

What is RNG?

 

[Vorxion]

Random Number Generator

 

[BigBadB]

Is it better to search for unexplored star systems (without any docking ports etc...) as these may contain 'metalic' pristine reserves?

I think you're generally better off mining in an inhabited system, especially one that has demand for the metals you're mining. That way you can just super cruise to the station to sell, without having to jump anywhere.

Also, as far as I know there's no such thing as a planetary ring that contains only high value metals. Pristine Metallic rings seem to have the highest percentage of gold, palladium and platinum, but even there you may need to check ten or more 'roads before finding a good one. Depending on how lucky you are, of course.

 

[BigBadB]

Actually, I've -never- seen half the ores in the list. Indium? Never seen it. Same with most of the 'um' metals. Do they even exist?

Not all metals can be mined directly from asteroids. In fact, the only ones I know for sure that can be are silver, gold, palladium and platinum.

Most metals are mined as ore, which is then refined at a refinery economy station. For example, Indium is mined as Indite ore.

 

[Hitt0r]

would it make sense to filter by 'none' in the galaxy view and visit star systems with no 'extraction' - therefore more likely untouched?

 

[Hitt0r]

I've searched ~50 star systems which are unexplored with no data on economy or trade routes and only found gas giants with rings round them.

Really frustrating !!!

 

[Tsunamicom]

I'm just going to leave this here:
http://imgur.com/a/vEqgv

You aren't going to find any Metallic ring systems that have nothing but Platinum or Palladium. You'll always have a mix of the following:

Platinum (~18-20k)
Palladium (~13-15k)
Gold (~8-11k)
Silver (~4-6k)

[~2-3k]
Gallite
Bertrandite
Indite

Although sometimes it's not always best to just mine for a certain metal(s). Sometimes the value of the lesser metals can outweigh finding some of the more expensive ones. Ex: Finding a 50% Gold / 25% Indite asteroid can easily be worth 30k+ after all chunks are mined. That's about the same as finding a 15% Platinum asteroid. I usually estimate each rock as the following: Value of single mined chunk x 10 (average 10 chunks per asteroid). Just takes a quick head calculation...

Sell at High-Tech stations if possible.

 

[Hitt0r]

Thank you so much.

ow do i determine if new gas giants that i discover if they are 'metalic' ? - they dont seem to update , do i need a surface scanner?

 

[BigBadB]

I think you may need a Detailed Surface Scanner to reveal the ring type, yes.

There are several pristine metallics ring gas giants in inhabited systems that you can find via the Galaxy map, and if you search someone posted a link to a list if you don't want to find your own one.