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Newcomer / Intro Void Opals
- Thread starter hawknerd
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Have you tried eddb? Use the "bodies" section and filter for icy, pristine rings. From there, look at high mass rings but then the RNG will bite.
Search the forums, people are always dropping good mining locations, double hotspots, etc. You can also use EDDB.io to find likely planetary rings, take a bit of time to figure out how to make EDDB work for you though.
what are these and where do you find them on EDDB?
Just so you know, VOpal is not the easy money-maker it was a year ago. Mining in general has been nerfed pretty hard over the past several months. I used to pull down:
in a single trip but mining has not earned that much in a long time.
Essentially the biggest rings of pristine iciness. Iirc it should be in the description in Eddb but, if not, it will give ring size in game.
However:
1) I'd probe all rings anyway and
2) Vopals ain't what they used to be and
3) If it's the cash you're after, go painite
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If you enjoy "social" mining then this proves very popular... https://edtools.cc/miner
If you prefer to mine away from the crowd then I recommend this method...
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htdpct-6Mg8
A little more work involved. But I've had more success tracking down low traffic systems whose rings display less if any evidence of smashed 'roids where the goodies used to be...
Previous comments about the current nerf mess in mining apply. My last Void Opal run in my Python gave 192 tons and a full refinery hopper with 10 tons ore. Five hours work and 331 MCredits. Be prepared to haul your hard work some distance to reap a good return...
If you prefer to mine away from the crowd then I recommend this method...
A little more work involved. But I've had more success tracking down low traffic systems whose rings display less if any evidence of smashed 'roids where the goodies used to be...
Previous comments about the current nerf mess in mining apply. My last Void Opal run in my Python gave 192 tons and a full refinery hopper with 10 tons ore. Five hours work and 331 MCredits. Be prepared to haul your hard work some distance to reap a good return...