Raw materials are basically impossible to come by, and I certainly don't intend to fly over 1500LYs to get some raw materials from the single known site that seem to have them. What's the point of all the engineering possibilities when you can't do it due to a lack of materials.
There need to be missions that give plenty raw materials for engineering.
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They're all over the place.
Approach any landable planet. Check what materials it has. If they're ones you want, DSS and look for geological features. If any, go there. Failiing that, land and look around using the SRV's scanner.
Or go mining; materials turn up at the same time as minerals.
Single known site? Where have you been? There are literally billions of site, many of them known, the vast majority of course unknown simply because no-one has ever been there, but maybe if you mentioned what raw materials you are seeking you could actually get some help. The crystal shard sites are useful if you want to fill up on one type quick and trade down, but if you don't mind it taking a bit longer there are plenty of sites even in the bubble for all raw materials.
I need raw materials for engineering. Sure you can drive around for many hours in an SRV and you may find maybe 4 materials, usually of the type you're not looking for. Drive around more and you spend more materials on making fuel than you can find on the surface. That's very far from the amounts required.
Same with mining, that doesn't give you a lot of materials, only the rare piece once in a while.
Why are there missions having materials as rewards but none have raw materials? It only makes sense to get all types of materials from missions.
Same with mining, that doesn't give you a lot of materials, only the rare piece once in a while.
Why are there missions having materials as rewards but none have raw materials? It only makes sense to get all types of materials from missions.
Specifically which material are you after? Its really not hard, there are many guides on here and as someone who activley keeps full materials of everything (yeah im OCD even if im 1 short!!) maybe i can help you?
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Just visit a planet with vulcanism, look for areas like this;
Every single one of those geysers and fumeroles down their will have raw mats, 3 to each one, there's over 80 mats for the taking just in that picture, there are more all around and behind me, it's like a supermarket!
I don't know why you are just driving around but even then mesidorites, meteorites and outcrops when shot will drop 4-8 mineral nodes with 3 of each mat, so that's 12 to 24 mats per deposit, so how you are only finding 4 mats is a puzzle after driving around for ages is a puzzle for everyone!
If you spent as much time reading the sources on here as you do complaining then you might get somewhere.
You don't need to go out to the crystalline shards to gather raw materials. There are plenty of "resource wells" in the bubble. You were told elsewhere to go to the crashed anaconda in Koli Discii where you can shoot-up the three cargo racks which release raw materials for you to scoop in the SRV. By relogging there you can fill up with Ruthenium, Tellurium and Antimony (as well as Tungsten iirc) - you can use a material trader to convert these to other raw materials.
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There are other sources for raw as well as for encoded and manufactured and of course there is @varonica's suggestion.
I'll have to check when I'm docked again, I'm currently mining. I think it's currently Zinc, then next is probably Zirconium. That's just for the Multicannons, next is shields, thrusters and whatnot.
Unfortunately, we can't sell/buy materials to/from other players ... We should be able to, so there's another suggestion ...
You can even get raws of Ody POIs with those funny container racks now.
They are both common materials which you can get in an SRV from most Rocky worlds, the system map is good for showing which planets have what materials.
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If you're mining you'll probably get a fair bit of zinc.
I've been mining and I get a few bits of Iron, Phosphorus and Nickel. That isn't enough by far. Driving all over the planets to maybe find one raw piece material every few hours isn't a solution.
And the so-called mineral hotspots in the rings are still broken. Why hasn't that been fixed yet? It defeats mining.
And the so-called mineral hotspots in the rings are still broken. Why hasn't that been fixed yet? It defeats mining.
You are either indulging in hyperbole to ridiculous levels or you have not got the faintest idea of how to find raw materials and can't be bothered to read the posts that people have made trying to help you.
mats are every where just need to look,dont expect to land once an fill youre hoppers,dont rush at the game it wont happen. fly planet scan missions after scanning the beacon you you will get the encoded then a drive around for a while should net a few raw,repeat a few missions ,then fly around scanning uss and getting the other type,forgot the name, they soon build up. manu mats rememberd lol. or blow up npc,s and collect whats left of them.
Although I don't necessarily agree with the premise of the OP, it would be nice if the type of mat given by a mission was determined by the economy of the station the mission was taken from... e.g Raw from Extraction/Refinery, Manuf from Industrial/Military, Data from HT/Service etc..
That or have it come from the mission type... perhaps even raw exclusively from Mining?
The lack of Raw mats as a mission reward is somewhat incongruent.
That or have it come from the mission type... perhaps even raw exclusively from Mining?
The lack of Raw mats as a mission reward is somewhat incongruent.
Mining and driving around to get raw materials for days isn't exactly helpful. In Horizons you had at least the signals to go to. Now the materials are all over the place and you have to drive without end.
Maybe you can name a place that isn't unreachable und that gives you, for example, 20 Zirconium or 20 Arsenic within 45 minutes or an hour, including going there and back. I'll go check it out then. I'll be going back towards Sol, so can you name a place within 200lys from Sol?
raw mats are mainly farming ,manu mats are given as mission rewards as encoded,collect as you go,geo sites will give a source of raw,scanning beacons on planet scan mission will give a good amount of encoded and uss farming a good source of manufacture,looking for high grade there is plenty of them will give you trading for much of what you need. mining is a no no in my book,anyway each to there own, but cmdrs should pick up mats easy enough without grinding away.
There are not and have never been mineral hotspots in rings, and that is one of the few things that is not a bug.
Careful, there's a difference in mining between minerals and materials: minerals include both materials and commodities. I'm not sure which OP means, but AFAIK there are no bugs affecting commodity hotspots ATM, and material hotspots have never existed.
Maybe OP could tell us the nature of the bug he thinks he's encountering.
Getting no zinc while mining seems weird if iron turned up. It would be worth checking zinc isn't on the ignore list.
That wouldn't be all that weird - all rings contain iron, while slightly under half contain zinc (though the others will contain other G2 raws of use later, which should have shown up)
Might also depend on ring type and reserves - pristine reserves are obviously best, but I think metal-rich (rather than the commodity-mining metallic or icy) are best for materials.