Horizons Where do I mine for Iron?

[Hitchens]

Apparently its in abundance, but so far I have nothing but water etc. Where exactly as in what system etc can I find Iron? I am in Eurybia. I do have limpets to test asteriods etc

 

[Minoo Minou]

http://inara.cz/search?location=search&searchglobal=iron

 

[AdamDZ]

Which is another sadistic, stupid and arbitrary game design decision. Why can I buy tens of different metals and materials at the stations, including some rather exotic ones, but I have to mine or prospect for something as common as iron or sulphur???

 

[D.G.Cerberus]

Simple. Go surface prospecting for something else: Arsenic for example.

You will be rolling in Iron and Sulphur in no time

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Which is another sadistic, stupid and arbitrary game design decision. Why can I buy tens of different metals and materials at the stations, including some rather exotic ones, but I have to mine or prospect for something as common as iron or sulphur???

Yes, there's always that! Not to mention that unlike those other really "heavy" metals, you can tote around 70 "irons" with no cargo space at all.......

 

[Hitchens]

Thank you all. Best forum by far for help.

 

[D.G.Cerberus]

Thank you all. Best forum by far for help.

In looking at the other replies, not sure that wasn't sarcasm!

Seriously, I found surface prospecting vastly more successful for iron than Mining in ice rings etc. In fact every time I have been mining, the prospector limpet tells me "Materials - low" - and boy, they were indeed.

So get in that buggy.
On the plus side, pretty much any contact on the scanner could contain iron, it isn't like looking for stuff only found in a certain type of signal like metallic outcrops etc......

Good luck

 

[Hitchens]

In looking at the other replies, not sure that wasn't sarcasm!

Seriously, I found surface prospecting vastly more successful for iron than Mining in ice rings etc. In fact every time I have been mining, the prospector limpet tells me "Materials - low" - and boy, they were indeed.

So get in that buggy.
On the plus side, pretty much any contact on the scanner could contain iron, it isn't like looking for stuff only found in a certain type of signal like metallic outcrops etc......

Good luck

So if I find something on the srv scanner, 1 how do i know its Iron? And 2 how do I mine it? You cant fit a mining laser on the srv can you?

 

[DragoonKnight]

So if I find something on the srv scanner, 1 how do i know its Iron? And 2 how do I mine it? You cant fit a mining laser on the srv can you?

You will find a rock that you can target. You shoot it with your SRV lasers. You pickup what it drops. Thats pretty much all there is to it.
Oh and you might want to check youtube for a tutorial on how to use the SRV wave scanner.

 

[CGI_Artist]

One thing that might be getting some new Horizons players confused: check your firing groups! Assign your gun to A, and your scanner to B. When I first started playing horizons, I couldn't figure out how to scan anything because of that simple oversight. Hope this helps someone.

 

[Hitchens]

You will find a rock that you can target. You shoot it with your SRV lasers. You pickup what it drops. Thats pretty much all there is to it.
Oh and you might want to check youtube for a tutorial on how to use the SRV wave scanner.

Working very well. Thanks

 

[racer1]

I've certainly picked up loads of iron and other v commons when mining in pristine metallic rings for other stuff.

I did see someone post that metal rich rings were best for the common mats but I've not tried it.