Trying to mine a pristine ring. I have a location of sorts but can't find the rocks. They're all low yield and a mix of substances. Mining in a res is a pain because as soon as material is dumped in the hold the NPC's attack. I'm in 38 Lyncis 4 B Ring. Anyone know where the bright shiny stuff is? Getting frustrated now!
Mining pristine rings.
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You normally want the metallic part of the ring. In nearly all cases, this is the A segment.
Just checked. You are in the rocky part of the ring. This is fine if you have missions for cobalt or bauxite, but otherwise not much use. One exception, rocky rings are much better than metallic for materials. Metal-rich are even better.
Just checked. You are in the rocky part of the ring. This is fine if you have missions for cobalt or bauxite, but otherwise not much use. One exception, rocky rings are much better than metallic for materials. Metal-rich are even better.
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If you want to re-try the RES mining then start with a Low RES (in the metallic ring, of course).
You will face mostly Eagles, Adders, and Sidewinders, and the cops should take care of everything for you.
The metals and yields will be better - meaning that you will get more concentrated fragments from the rocks that you find, which will yield higher percentages in your refinery bins.
Make sure you keep an eye on where the cops are so you can run to them if it gets too hot.
I mine RES regularly. If you want to wing up to mine co-op, shoot me an invite in-game.
I've never tested it, but yeah you can stray pretty far. Even at 20km you'll still get RES yeilds, and far less activity.
You will face mostly Eagles, Adders, and Sidewinders, and the cops should take care of everything for you.
The metals and yields will be better - meaning that you will get more concentrated fragments from the rocks that you find, which will yield higher percentages in your refinery bins.
Make sure you keep an eye on where the cops are so you can run to them if it gets too hot.
I mine RES regularly. If you want to wing up to mine co-op, shoot me an invite in-game.
I've never tested it, but yeah you can stray pretty far. Even at 20km you'll still get RES yeilds, and far less activity.
I was mining there today. Got a bunch of palladium, platinum and other minerals, but only something like 60% of a ton of painite. Isa it possible to tell what an asteroid might contain on sight in any way? is there any indication in the look? Also, does their size matter at all? Like only mine the big ones and ignore small ones?
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Only way to know what a rock has is using a prospector. But they are not visually different in any way. don't think there is any difference in yield by rock size, so mine whichever rock you want.
I tend to mine right dead center of Haz RES regularly.
There's a trick worth knowing:
Enter the ring and park (zero throttle). Sit there with nothing but limpets in your hold and wait for the ubiquitous pirate brigade to come by, wonder what you're hauling, scan you and insult you for having nothing but a hold full of limpets.
Dejected, they will fly away and find someone else to bother. Once they're gone, go forth and mine until your holds are full of metals, and your refinery is too, as senile NPC's forget about you and leave you alone.
There's a trick worth knowing:
Enter the ring and park (zero throttle). Sit there with nothing but limpets in your hold and wait for the ubiquitous pirate brigade to come by, wonder what you're hauling, scan you and insult you for having nothing but a hold full of limpets.
Dejected, they will fly away and find someone else to bother. Once they're gone, go forth and mine until your holds are full of metals, and your refinery is too, as senile NPC's forget about you and leave you alone.
Does a second wing of pirates never visit you to make a check?
I recommend you check out the thread from the last cg, I got some great advice from folk on there.
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Do you not have a prospector?
Not only does it tell you what the roid contains, but it gives you better yield.
You can feasibly mine anywhere on the ring. Choose the lighter part closest to the planet for density and of course only if it is still the section under Metallic, as some rings have two compositions. But doing this prevents you being hunted as you're not dropping into a res zone and in my experience still gives as many good Painite rocks.
Really, that actually works in a HazRes?
That is surprising.
I would expect numerous pirates to approach you regularly.
That is what happens when I am bounty hunting in a Haz Res.
Why would they leave you alone when you are mining?
That just doesn't make sense.
If you really want to be saddened....have a friend shoot the rock and you shoot the rock with a seperate prospector limpets, [hint: roid content is RNG!]
On the bright side, you can pick up your buddies chips, as well as your own!
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Unlikely but not 100% impossible. I don't go into RES sites but mine in the wild and I've had a lone Anaconda appear out of nowhere once or twice when my hold is half full. My gut feeling is it's your low wake arrival gets you the attention as a general rule though. Once that's faded, then there's a lot of space out there but no firm guarantees that something random can't happen.
In strictest terms you should wait long enough for pirates to completely leave the area; aint nobody got time to wait for a wake every time of course but never hurts to stay alert; It can happen they go past and scan you, disappear off your scanner, you fire up your refinery and the wing cruises back the other way. If you've already started mining, you can get your collar felt. Once you've seen a wake you can 99% relax.
As a rule, when mining though, I think the key is not to be in too much of a hurry. Better to be efficient.
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How do I tell which is which.
Ring A is the closest ring to the actual planet. You can see where the rings generally separate, not necessarily the darker bits, which are less dense, meaning less asteroids closely knit; but you'll see the main split.
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The metallic ring will be a silvery-white color in supercruise. You can usually distinguish it from the others because they tend to be either greyish-brown (rocky), or white (icy).
If you have full system info, selecting the planet and looking at its info view will tell you which ring is metallic. If I'm not mistaken, the ABC designators go from the inside-out, i.e. the closest ring to the planet is the A ring.
If you don't have full info, go get a Detailed Surface Scanner and give the planet a scan with it.