Guide / Tutorial Simple Guide to RES [Resource Extraction Site] Bounty Hunting

[Crusader16]

Anyone know the ship the OP is currently flying? I don't recall the cockpit layout.

Good guide OP, there is some nice information in here which has helped me out a lot.

 

[GieNkoV]

Right now I BH in Anaconda but I also like to fly Python. That will propably change in 1.5 "Ships".

@RedSeal Hudson doesn't have double bounties inside Control Systems, only Arissa have that. That's why you get lower payouts.

 

[RedSeal]

@RedSeal Hudson doesn't have double bounties inside Control Systems, only Arissa have that. That's why you get lower payouts.

Ahhhh that's a shame, would have gone empire if I'd realised. Not worry, it's still kicking out plenty of credits.

Thanks for the response.

 

[Ixnatifual]

Also really important: Don't grow bored with the tedium after a few hours.

 

[d8veh]

Great explanation about how to get rich quick. Following your guide, I managed to get enough credits for what I want, as I now have a top spec FDL and enough credits to buy two more, but I'm trying to progress as rapidly as possible to Elite grade. In your first post, you say a spawn of small ships is bad, but it isn't. You get more credits for killing a bigger ship, but it takes longer and you get the same number of points towards your promotion as you would by killing small ships, which can be killed more quickly, safely and more frequently. Therefore, if promotion is your goal, I would say that a spawn of small ships is good not bad.

 

[Crusader16]

I just want to check something if I may. I moved to HIP 35246 (the system in your screenshot) for bounty hunting. Now my question is: Can you hand in bounties to any station or outpost in the system for the increased rewards or is it only main space stations?

Thanks for your help, fly safe!

 

[GieNkoV]

Any station will do, but try to hand them at faction station that has most influence in system (to not cause unneeded/unwanted changes in BGS in this system).

 

[frankynov]

Just a quick update, I have a great system for the Empire, called Ugrivirii. Jeffries Port coriolis station is just in orbit of a high intensity RES, very nice one !
If you have other systems like this one, please share with me !!

 

[Aardzol]

I'm trying this for the first time and found a medium intensity RES. There was only a group of 3 Cobras and no police. I know I can save, quit the game and reload to get new NPC resplendent but should there always be police in a medium area? Or do the police only show up when the rare big NPCs?

Also, if I save, quit and reload, can a low or medium RES turn into a high one, or is the level fixed and persistent?

 

[GoldRobot]

Do FT change something with power perks? How do bounties calculate now? I have 5m in trans, and when claiming bounty i got only 6.6m. 6.6/5.1=1.3, so i get 30% above trans numbers. I can't understand the source of that bonus.
I have 2 rank, so i should get
-rank 20%
-control system 20%
-control system 100%
? Witch bonus in my transactions already? Can someone explain all this things? Maybe some of them replace other?

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[d8veh]

I'm trying this for the first time and found a medium intensity RES. There was only a group of 3 Cobras and no police. I know I can save, quit the game and reload to get new NPC resplendent but should there always be police in a medium area? Or do the police only show up when the rare big NPCs?

Also, if I save, quit and reload, can a low or medium RES turn into a high one, or is the level fixed and persistent?

You get extra police if you sign up with Zachary Hudson and hunt in his systems.

You don't have to quit and reload, which is sort of cheating. Just supercruise away, turn round and go back in. It's quicker than quitting and reloading anyway.

Sometimes, the best spawns take a while to gather momentum. Depending where you are, you can get all small ships, all big ships and my favourite, mixed spawns. As well as the type of spawn, the spawn rate seems to vary as well.

 

[SirVilhelm]

I am having a hard time understanding the power play piece. I joined Zachary Hudson, found a high intensity res zone in a control station however after
racking up a dozen kills (just testing) I went back to the station to turn them in. When I docked I could only claim the bounties as normal under contacts. Is that what I am supposed to do? I checked in power play contacts and was unable to redeem there.

I guess I don't understand how power play works

 

[kirioka]

Do FT change something with power perks? How do bounties calculate now? I have 5m in trans, and when claiming bounty i got only 6.6m. 6.6/5.1=1.3, so i get 30% above trans numbers. I can't understand the source of that bonus.
I have 2 rank, so i should get
-rank 20%
-control system 20%
-control system 100%
? Witch bonus in my transactions already? Can someone explain all this things? Maybe some of them replace other?

I think it may be that the double bounty bonus is automatically applied on kill, and you do not need to wait to enter the station for it to apply. That's my best guess anyway. I just raked in my biggest bounty yet at 12mil combined in ~2 hours at the same system as you (good find btw).

 

[Minonian]

I am having a hard time understanding the power play piece. I joined Zachary Hudson, found a high intensity res zone in a control station however after
racking up a dozen kills (just testing) I went back to the station to turn them in. When I docked I could only claim the bounties as normal under contacts. Is that what I am supposed to do? I checked in power play contacts and was unable to redeem there.

I guess I don't understand how power play works

If you are after combat vouchers, than you must need to find conflict zones, not resource extraction zones. I made 7.5M in kausalya altrought if you want to beat red dawn to pulp, i dont suggest to go there anymore, because of the community goal advancement they are beaten back to the last stand, last conflict zone and in there only just them, a lot of red dots... No navy or whatsever, if you go in alone, than you are toast and thats it!

 

[d8veh]

I am having a hard time understanding the power play piece. I joined Zachary Hudson, found a high intensity res zone in a control station however after
racking up a dozen kills (just testing) I went back to the station to turn them in. When I docked I could only claim the bounties as normal under contacts. Is that what I am supposed to do? I checked in power play contacts and was unable to redeem there.

I guess I don't understand how power play works

Bonuses don't start until the Thursday after you qualified for them. They depend on your rank of allegiance, which depend on merit points earned. The figures below might be a bit off because I'm going from memory.

With ZH, you get rank 1 by signing up, which entitles you to 20% bonus on bounties and some other perks. To get the 40% bonus, the easiest way is to take 200T of his supplies from Nanomam to Groombridge 1618. You find that transaction under PowerContacts after pledging allegiance in Gallactic Powers (under Galaxy Map). To deliver the supplies you need a Hauler. You can strip it down to carry 100T in one go, but, if you want to do it more safely (with shields), you carry less, but make more journeys. One return trip takes about 10 minutes, so the whole activity doesn't take long.

Have a look at the Gallactic Powers (under your Galaxy Map tab), then clock on ZH, then on the second tab (rating?), which shows what you get for different ratings. In the wiki, it says that you get extra security too in his systems. That's not mentioned in Gallactic Powers.

 

[SirVilhelm]

How do you get 100t out of a hauler?

 

[Notleh]

Fantastic thread @GieNkoV

I just started and was looking for some tips on Bounty Hunting...I feel like I hit the motherlode by finding this thread!

+rep for you.

 

[Tistar]

Yep, i have this "problem" too, im in control system ALD, on rank 2 at ALD (ALD standind value 3) and i have only bonus on rank 2 - 30%. GieNKoV write that in the control system are bounties doubled on kill, but how do I know if it really works? I kill enemy and immediately get double bounties? If its that true, value of bounties seems to me a little...

Or that only works on some control systems?

CMDR Tistar

 

[GieNkoV]

Guide update. Please read notes:

• Bounties are no longer "doubled on kill", that was actually a bug (that have helped me gain 2B credits but still) that was fixed on 2.0 launch.
• Max bonus you can now get is actually 120% (100% increase for rank 5 and 20% increase in controlled/exploited systems)
• Controlled/exploited doesn't matter now but I still advise to hunt in controlled ones.

My observations:

• Haz-RES have only mixed spawns (so all kinds of pirate ships) + you will see shis that doesn't appear at all in Low-Med-High RES'es like FAS and Gunship
• Low - Med - High - RES'es still works with instancing so you can get only big ships (Python, Clipper, Dropship, FDL, Anaconda)

General guide fixes. Hope you enjoy your BH

 

[Lord of the Isles]

• Bounties are no longer "doubled on kill", that was actually a bug (that have helped me gain 2B credits but still) that was fixed on 2.0 launch.
• Max bonus you can now get is actually 120% (100% increase for rank 5 and 20% increase in controlled/exploited systems)
• Controlled/exploited doesn't matter now but I still advise to hunt in controlled ones.

Firstly, this is a great Guide GieNkoV and thanks for updating it. But I'm afraid I want to query the (minor) stuff about the bonuses for combat oriented Powers. ALD & Hudson in particular. There was a fair bit of talk about these bonuses being nerfed and many threads seem to suggest that happened around the 1.5/2.0 update. But, apart from losing all bonuses in Civil War Combat Zones, I don't see any changes. There was a good summary in this thread here from tawittle (post #24) and me (post #25). I'll post some of that here (minus a bit about CZs which no longer applies I believe - haven't been in a CZ for months) with example numbers. Note I am ALD rank 5:


I kill an wanted NPC (e.g. in a RES) in an ALD control or expoited system:

Info screen gives number in light blue: 10,000 CR
My Transaction tab bounties increase by: 24,000 CR
When I cash in bounties I get: 48,000 CR - so I get 480% of original vanilla bounty

This is the same as your Hudson payouts at Rating 5 (400%) except for the extra 20% (which gets doubled twice) and comes I think from the "bounties handed in are increased by 20%" ALD bonus.

Note that my 480% payout is not affected by Arissa's Powerplay rank - as tawittle notes your power's rank in the current cycle only affects bonuses for players at ratings lower than 5.

The last of your three points I quoted is correct, however, since Controlled & Exploited systems are the same for bonuses.