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r/EliteMiners•
iRelapse

Anyone have a true eli5 guide...

I've read so many guides and watched so many videos and I'm still not sure what I'm doing. I'm apparently way to dumb for this game.

I've got an Adder that is outfitted for laser mining from the wiki. I was trying to do a mission from Ivanishin Market in Ehecatl to collect 120 units of Bromellite, I used the edtools web page to find the closest hotspot and popped over there, found one, started shooting rocks with the stuff on it, popped out my limpets and nothing... like they would go and collect but the quest would never fill up.

When I go to my inventory screen and pop down to the refiner it shows that it's holding 44% bromellite and 2% tritium. My cargo capacity is 0/8 because all my limpets are gone from collecting and prospecting. My materials show 3/100 nickel and 3/100 phosphorus.

What the hell I'm I doing wrong? I've literally followed every step that I've seen but nothing is working right. Everyone makes it seem like it's so easy... just shoot rocks my guy, the drones grab it and you profit...

I've got 30 hours logged into this game so far and I've only been able to make 800k from running collecting missions from planet surfaces. I want to make lots of money like everyone else :(

Posted Jun 9, 2021, 12:28 PM UTC

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cmdrkuntarsi•

The refinery has a certain number of "bins" depending on its class. The fragment comes into the hopper, and each material is separated into its own bin, provided there's a free one

Sounds like your bins are all full of Not Bromellite. You need to vent the hopper manually, or use the left panel to ignore materials you don't want to collect.

You also need to get a bit more cargo space if at all possible. It will take fifteen trips to do that mission and that will drive you round the bend.

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iRelapseOP•

More cargo space is a no go at the moment. I have absolutely no more space to put it in sadly.

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skyfishgoo•

this build doubles the space and costs less

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skyfishgoo•

if 30hrs seems like a large investment of your time, then ED might not be the game for you.... 300hrs is just starting to become competent at it.

but to your problem, you are going to need more limpets as they have a limited lifespan, and you have only half filled your first bin with the mineral.

when the bin gets to 100% it will refine 1ton of the title material in your cargo hold

then you can take those tons back to the station and deliver them to make progress on your mission.... 120 is a lot of mining trips for you in your adder.

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iRelapseOP•

My 30 hours to 800k comment is a direct comment toward the comments I've seen in other forums and subs that are to the tune of "I'm 10 hours in and have 30 mil, what should I do now."

From the build in the wiki you only have the 8 slot cargo bin, and I don't have room for anything else. I even had to drop the shield generator to get the surface scanner in there since the game won't let me trash the planetary landing computer. So I don't even know how I can get more limpets.

The quest I picked up had an 8mil reward, I thought that would be a big chunk out of the way for a bigger better ship.

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skyfishgoo•

the thing is this game THROWS money at you from all directions... money will not be a constraint for playing the game, unless you fly a ship that you can't afford the insurance on.

but you have to play the game that's in front of you, and not the game someone else is playing.

the reason that mission was 8mil is because it's hard and will take a long time with the resources you currently have... just because a mission is on the board doesn't mean it's right for you -- you have to be the judge.

that said, you can complete this mission but it will require a focused effort which means ignoring the myriad of other opportunities the game will present to you in the meantime.

if you do decide to keep going with this mission, try to make mental note of all the other interesting things that go by as you do this work and maybe pursuing those would be a more fun experience for you.

but back to your problem, i assume you mean this build?

if you are mining in the bubble, you don't need a fuel scoop as there will be a station not more than one or two jumps away.

the 3D collector has 2 limpets out at a time which is fine but takes up a size 3 slot

the 2D laser is overkill for this build since the power distributor can not keep up

so i recommend this build to complete your mission, as it is cheaper and holds more cargo

fill up the cargo with limpets before you leave

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MultiMat•

You can also synthesise limpets if you run out - have a look at he inventory tab.

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cold-n-sourVicTic/SchmicTic•

When you laser asteroids, you produce fragments. Each fragment has a percentage of one or two minerals. Each mineral goes to a separate bin, until the total in this bin reaches 100%, then one ton is moved to your cargo hold. In your example, the refinery holds 440 kg of Bromellite and 2 kg of Tritium. (EDIT: 20 kg, of course)

There is a post created specifically for newbies like you: The current state of mining. It has a collection of articles on mining, follow those links. Especially "Prospector limpet information".

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iRelapseOP•

Ok thanks

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Shockwave_IIC•

You don’t mention if you are firing a prospector limpet at the rock to confirm that it has Bromellite.

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iRelapseOP•

Ya I was making sure they had it on the with prospectors first.

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Shockwave_IIC•

Cool, that does two things I understand. One confirmed if it has the mineral you’re looking for and, it increases the amount of mineral in said rock.

But honestly, mining with such a small hold probably isn’t worth the rate/hour you’ll get.

You probably get a better rate doing courier missions between Ngalinn and Mainai (spellings are way off) while increasing your imperial rank.

I had a mining Python, till this last weekend and the mining rate/hour I was getting was poor (14mil) so I repurposed it and now doing passenger missions.

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Myke175•

You’ll have to grind. Watch hawks gaming and down to earth astronomy. They are huge help. Also watch obsidian ant

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iRelapseOP•

Are they on twitch or youtube?

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Myke175•

YouTube and twotch

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ateto•

Before I bought the game some 1000 hours ago, I watch Hawks "best start" videos. It was the time of the void Opals. Made my 1st billion on the 20th hour mark without knowing what to use it for. Hawks give tips not only for ships and mining but where, how and what to do step by step. I didn't go mining until I got the 64t ApsX. After that money won't be a problem.

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iRelapseOP•

All I can afford was the Adder build in the wiki so I guess I'm just stuck with my 8 slot cargo hold for now.

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ballefrans81•

Also, be sure not to target anything with your connector limpets. If you do, they will only collect the fragment you are targeting, and then die. If you don't target anything when you release them they will live for a couple of minutes, collecting everything within distance.

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iRelapseOP•

I just targeted the prospecting limpet so I could track what the asteroid would still have on it.

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ColboltSky•

That should be fine.

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kyopsis23•

I think you bit off a bit more than you could chew by accepting this mission, Id hate to see you quit the game over a rough start

what you can do to get started (which is what I did) is to take that adder and add a couple weapons on it, doesnt have to be anything special, whatever you can afford, pulse lasers, multicannons will do, go to whats known as a Resource Extraction Site, there are many different types that are rated Hazardous, Low, Medium, High, these describe the level of security, stay away from hazardous, these are found within the rings of a planet, you should see it on your left menu under the first tab (I cant recall at the moment exactly what its called, but its the one that lists everything in the system)

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what you then do, is go into one of these resource extraction sites, find the security patrol, and follow them around, eventually they will go after a wanted criminal (Pirates roam around looking to steal loot from miners) once they do, target the criminal they are shooting and watch his health, as soon as his health gets to less than 5%, shoot him, when he dies, you will get the bounty award.

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Make sure you do not shoot until their health is REALLY low! they will ignore you unless you shoot them, and if their health is still high, you risk death, and when you die, you will lose all the bounties, so don't get too greedy either, know when to hold, and know when to fold, if you take damage at any point, run like hell and get out of there, repair, and go back, you can do this until you make enough to get a ship better suited for mining, cause that setup you got and that mission you took would bring me to tears and uninstall the game

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Edit: Forgot to mention, you dont have to land the killing blow to get credit, your involvement is enough to earn the reward, keep at it, I assure you, the game gets so much better

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Professional_Name502•

If my internet wasn't shit I'd invite you as a crew member to show you a few things and talk to you about it. There is a good amount of into you need.

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Zm4rc0•

eli5???

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Tsurfer4•

I so believe it stands for Explain Like I'm 5

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Zm4rc0•

Oooooh! Tnx! I did not see that.

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