Little tip for the fissures and charges, most of the time you don't really have to concern yourself with the charge of your seismic charge launchers. What works wonders in 99% of cases (there has to be at least 2 low strenght fissures) is to just fire 2 most charged shots at 2 low strength fissures. Many times this will already end with you being in your sweet spot. If not, you just select another high or average strength fissure and just fire at it with no charge at all - just a tap. Sometimes with high strenghts you might have to do this 1 more time. But better safe then sorry imo :D I have found this strategy to be way more reliable then just trying to somehow guess the amount of charge vs fissure what exactly you need.
Yeah, I use a strat like this when I’m mining myself. I didn’t put it in the video because it would probably make an already complex topic even more confusing! Still, hope people see this comment, or just work it out themselves 🫡
I'm starting to think everyone who does core mining for a while picks that one up alone, because most guides I've found back in the day didn't include, but everyone still knows it. Such a good strat
I made billions core mining. That was a year or so ago. Took a break from elite & played that other game. Now I'm back. Gonner use my python. It's already setup hehe. Steep memory muscle curve incoming!
As an experienced core miner, I watched to make sure I haven't missed any cool tips in my time but I just really wanted to stop and say that this is the most compacted but super thorough guide 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Very nice guide Dituri. There's so much more to core mining, but your guide covers most of the basics and the advanced stuff pretty well! At least, I haven't seen a more comprehensive guide to date. Ofc there is a lot more that can be added: - Python makes a great core miner, it's like a Krait with some general specs traded for an extra class 6 internal module, meaning 64 extra cargo space. - Density of core asteroids is essentially the same everywhere, i.e. you will see about as many cores within any 100km x 100km sector of any ring anywhere. The hotspot only makes the chance of encountering a core of the hotspot's type slightly higher. - Night Vision helps with visually identifying core asteroids (by shape) and fissures (they become easy to notice with NV at about 300m distance). You won't waste prospector limpets ever again. - Core asteroids look a lot different up close (
Wow, thanks so much! For some reason I didn’t spot this comment, but I’ll be happy to answer now 😅 I use davinci resolve for video editing - It’s great. It’s way more complex than I need, but I mainly stay in the ‘edit’ section which gives me all the tools I like. I do the zoom in with the ‘dynamic zoom’ functionality, then a cut to an aligned, zoomed in freeze frame to keep the shot in that area. There’s probably a better way, but this is what I’ve been using. The pointers are drawn by me in a drawing program (in my case gimp) and then the image laid on top of the video in davinci. As far as tutorials go, I don’t have any specific ones to recommend. I never used the software before I started the channel, so I just jumped in, and looked stuff up when I couldn’t work out how to get the effect I wanted. It took a good amount of practice to reduce the time it takes, but at this point I can get about 2-3 mins of edited video per hour of editing, which I’m fairly happy with. It’s a decent amount of effort but my vids don’t tend to be all that long. Hope your project ends up working out. If you’ve got any other questions lemme know 🫡
I like a core miner with all the mining tools because I love the feeling of wringing every last ounce of material out of a motherlode. There are a few things to do first if you're a mining completionist: laser mine (less than a usual rock) and check for surface and sub-surface deposits of minerals you want--all are only available before you detonate the rock. Mine dangerously (but with shields, always with shields)!
Even though I had a good understanding of how to mine cores, there was that irritating thing that was constantly in my way: I just couldn't find the damn things. The section on how to identify the rocks was incredibly useful for me, and made my day. Thanks a bunch! ☺
Awesome guide. Core mining has been one of my favorite activities for a long time in Elite. My personal preference is a Python for a little more internal space than the Krait while keeping it a medium ship.
My tips, after having gone core mining in an Anaconda for a while, are firstly😊 that bigger ships, like the Anaconda, Federal Corvette, Imperial Cutter, and Type-10 Defender can be harder to move around the rocks and for sure will want a shield, but you'll be able to shrug off or shoot down most pirates that mess with you among the rocks or interdict you while you're on the way to sell your haul. Their extra hardpoints make more space for all mining tools and very big weapons. Since these ships (and the excellent all-arounder, the Krait MkII) can all have a Fighter Hangar, you can be much more certain no one will destroy you before you can either get away or fight back. Just remember to tell your fighter to dock before you start setting seismic charges; sometimes, you can lose a fighter in the blast. My other tip is that limpets are tricky sometimes. If your ship accidentally bumps into a prospector limpet on its way to its destination, it fails. Collector limpets also fail if they collide with objects like... asteroids. Highly inconvenient, especially with how crowded it gets among the debris right after you detonate a core.
I Use a Anaconda for mining. I can have All the essential tools for Laser or core mining plus a L4 multi cannon & L3 Laser to defend myself against pirates. Plus a fighter bay. Lots of storage space & a pretty decent jump range. 50 ly
I don't do Core mining as much as I should. It's always fun. I had missed that all the Core asteroids are the same, even after many years. This is one of the best roles for an Imperial Courier.
Bought a keelback yesterday. Kitted it out for some transport missions for a few extra million credits. Now onto core mining. Thanks for this explanation. Laser mining is more profitable but I am really interested in this way of doing things.
Zero new information for me, but - the tutorial is great. I mean - the structure, the tightness, the importance of the information. The overall video edit, the diction. Right on the spot, easy to understand, and a pleasure to watch. Great job!!! That is how guides should be made!
Another awesome guide! Thanks for this. I've only mined into icy rings until now, I just like the bright pale colors of these belts while flying around. It's nice that you identified the shape of every core asteroids by ring type, I might get into mining in other rings. One tip I used before I got used to the typical core shapes is turn on night vision, it does help seeing the cracks, and make the shapes appears with more contrast. Also for studying a core asteroïd, I like to find its axis of rotation. If you can place your ship at a sweet spot right perpendicular to the axis, then all you need to do to examine every single crack is stay at your position; no need to turn around. It's much easier to plan ahead the sismic charges and fire them in the allocated time properly.
I did my first core mining in a Keelback way back in the day, I think it was 3307. Back then I didn’t have a great shield, not that the keelback has a great shield anyways, but I didn’t know how much I needed to back up from the ice rock before I detonated it. I was thusly informed of the distance when my shields went down, and poor keelback went tumbling for a moment or two, losing some of my hull integrity as it did so. Good times.
Great video. I personally love to run a mining ship that has the option to do every kind of mining so when the boredom sets in I can blow something up or just enjoy myself. Very satisfying. With that said I learned some stuff from this video I'm excited to use on my next trip out
Didn't know about all of the core rocks looking exactly the same! That's going to save me a ton of time next time I'm out in the rings. Much appreciated!
I played Elite Dangerous during 2020/21 and it was my escape during the covid crisis. After doing missions, a bit of combat, trading I started building a MKII deep mining ship to afford a Phantom and fly out into outer space. After a lot of grinding and engineering I had build an explorer with the max jump range and on the neutron star highway I flew to the lost station near the center and then to the supermassive black hole explored a bit and made my way back to the bubble. Halfway through my journey back I sadly gave up. I also tried out Star Citizen, but I didn't like it. Yesterday I bought X4 and played 6hrs and that brought back some memories. Although from an objective stand point elite did not age very well I don't think any other space game will have a more emotional value to me than elite dangerous. First of all thanks for that amazing guide. I am somewhat glad that not too much changed. You mentioning the double hotspot reminded me of the time I was playing. Every other day ObsidianAnt made a video about how a new triple hotspot was found and flying there would have been suicidal. Sadly I have exams in two weeks so I don't have time to play too much, but after that I want to make my way back to the bubble and start mining again and maybe engineer a nice fighter to try and get triple elite. Btw is it safe to fly back to the bubble or will I get killed by pirates/xeno?
What a story! As long as you dodge the thargoid titans you’ll be fine, and even if you go into their space you’ll probably survive. If you want to be careful, check the ‘thargoid war’ filter on the galaxy map, and avoid the patches of colour 🫡
I have a T10 with all the mining gear, so it can do whatever comes up. Being a large ship, I find going FA off while floating over the ring helps. Don't need to dodge rocks and can just spin around scanning, looking for bright rocks.
Been core mining for a while now and found out that going for the ice rings are my preferred method. It’s a lot easier to spot out the uniquely small “popcorn” shape the core asteroids have in comparison to the other bulkier or oblong ones. The other ring types are tougher to differentiate rock types from a distance. I’d suggest you search for those outlines and chase a rock even if it’s color is a bit faint from a distance, because it’s almost a guarantee it’s gonna be bright up close. PS using night vision is very helpful for outlines
I call my method "skimming". in a fast ship I max out the speed with the pulse wave firing constantly. I fly with the asteroids above me with my head facing upwards just a bit to max the view, but no so much to where I can't see any of the controls. the idea is to cover as much ground as possible. I'm sure it's not a favorite, but I like the cutter. it's hardpoint positions take some getting used to, but once you have you can actually fire around corners somewhat, and it's got good speed and cargo.
Great Channel Dituri. Since its so critical to the Elite experience. Do a tutorial about how to link your account with Inara and what it can do for you. Also mention EDMC for collecting data and giving it to Inara as well. So many people still don't use it.
For me, my goal is shoot and detonate the core as quickly as possible. I know some guides say to work around the core and find just the right fissures to shoot. I don't do that, simply because it takes too much time to scoot from perfect fissure to perfect fissure. Which ever fissure presents itself in front of me I shoot. On the first I shot always give it a full power shot. If this is a low strength fissure, then you won't do more than half the the range needed, but two low strengths alone at full power can easily yield the proper range to detonate. You can modify the power settings for subsequent fissures, no matter if they are low, average or high, so as to hit the sweet spot. There are two key advantages of doing it this way. One is that you can usually sit in one spot in space and the core will rotate bringing more fissures into range. There is often no need to maneuver the ship around the core, but just let them come to you. The second advantage is that often the core is surrounded by other asteroids that can seriously hamper your ability to maneuver, sometimes getting completely in the way when you try to back away, or move in to shoot just the right fissure. Put you ship in a clear zone, and you don't have to worry about nearby obstructions.
Thank you for this series of new up to date guides I'm a returning player with to much money for guides that have specific starter builds but your guilds give suggestions for all types of players and give recommendations for the viewer to build their own ship and what third party tools are good to use since EDDB is no longer running o7 CMDR and I look forward to seeing you in the black
Laser Mining: _lasers & chill_ Core Mining: *OPENS VIDEO WITH AN EXPLOSION* Elite Dangerous really covers all bases on what fun means to you, and Dituri's covering of mining just nailed it. Also, are you going to cover Sub-surface mining? That one can even be reused to -mine- rescue people from the **cough**, so mining first can be a good practice for them. I personally run a Conda (with the Hazard cosmetic pack) that does all 3 kinds of mining really well (except for core, since I can't move between asteroids that fast), because while trying to pick one I ended up not liking how core mining relied too much on the luck of running into a core, and not having gear for laser & sub-surface meant losing good prospects while searching for cores. I ended up doing mostly Low Temperature Diamonds mining because they can be found on all 3 sources, so hotspots we really nice places to mine. On the side of what the core asteroids look like, I've seen SO MUCH straight out conspiracy theories that I gave up on believing and would just probe every asteroid. Good to know that there are actual patterns, and what they look like on a video (looking at the low res images felt like seeing "UFO photos" that were so common 10 years ago).
sub surface is even more pain to find proper nodes then cores and i would argue is a form of pain, due to the minigame imo actually being annoying i personally stopped carrying a subsurface missile and got a second seismich charge as overkill safety
@@najlitarvan921 I probe any asteroid showing yellow or orange, and when on hotspots, usually every other asteroid has a node for the hotspot resource (sometimes I get lucky and get multiples on the same). The mix and match with sometimes laser, sometimes sub-surface, sometimes seismic keeps it interesting for me. It was bothering me more when I kept running into sub-surface nodes that could get me some cash but instead I was jumping around for targets for core or laser. On a fast ship, definitely makes sense to ignore it and go for cores tho (specially if you're good at ID'ing cores from distance).
Just don’t forget your limpets! :D useful tip: if you run out of limpets and you still have some cargo space, you can synthesize them using some base materials.
I've been using an Orca for deep core mining. Explorer level jump range when engineered and fast enough to out run all but the fastest ships when engineered. Holds 100t but the mining multi limpet controller helps a lot as well.
Fair enough! Love seeing people use ships other than the ‘norm’ for stuff. It’s not what I’d recommend for a beginner, as the krait (which is cheaper) can probably match or beat it in nearly everything, but that sounds super fun if that’s what you fancy! 🫡
Great video! I've done some core mining and failed more than I've succeeded. Just doing some laser mining to get Bill Turner then I'll be giving it another go.
Thanks for the guide. I've been doing them one fissure at a time thinking it was just a matter of chance. Still popped, but good to know the proper technique and save a bit of time (but also worth noting the time pressure doesn't really exist). The sub-surface deposit mini-game is a bit more intuitive, but could also use a little explanation. Only a couple of months into the game, but these prospecting and mining mechanics are really interesting. If only you could do something with the ore other than vendor trash it.
My adventure with core mining started with Hawkes Gaming guide and ever since I was core mining with a Python and it's armed in case I need to relog during mining session
i am a veteran miner , but id like to praise your presentation, it was excellent personally i have a python that does all three processes laser, sub surface , core .. i am living in a lovely system im allied with and can mine sanurium osmium (especially) alongside core stuff as they pay 10s of millions for a reasonable amount (the allied is a key to this ... and no i cant tell you where 😅.. not for all and sundry to pop ove for a look see
I don’t play Elite Dangerous as much as I used to, but Core mining is a lot of fun. I originally made my money with triple overlap void diamond mining. But that way, over time, the markets became less profitable, and by then, I had my fleet carrier. Now, all I do is core mine for two days, get around 300 tons of my favourite material, sell it, and log off for about six months, until my money is almost out and then come back. I'm sure I will come back and play more but for now, there's too many other great games to play.
You'll probably think I'm insane (I mean I might) but I just have a Type 9 specifically kitted out for core mining. Love my Quake, agile as a dead whale and with enough cargo hold to buy you a new little fleet after a good sell.
When are FDev going to fix the Pulsewave analyser. Previously we got black and green bars through rocks with cores when scanning with the PWA. Since Odyssey they have disappeared making core mining mostly an exercise in wasting limpets.
I was wondering if the PWA had been fixed yet. I'm getting back into Elite on PC after a few years, and I remember back when I mined a lot on PC and console, after a certain update there was an issue with the PWA where you couldn't see cores looking forward, but if you went to external view you could see them behind you. Is that no longer a problem?
We need mining SLFs to give the keelback and other ships another fun mining gimmick. One fighter with dual mining lasers, one with an abrasion blaster and a subsurface missile, and one with the seismic launcher. Imagine making multi-crew really fun and worthwhile again. Your friend in a fighter zipping around the asteroid blasting the surface chunks in record time, and getting those subsurface deposits no one bothers with.
My ideal setup is to find 2 low pressure fissures and put a 100 percent powered charge in each one. Sometimes that's all it takes, if not I will do a 10 percent powered charge (quick charge up) to a third fissure..usually one of average pressure, to get that last little bit for the optimum yield zone.
That, my friend, is exactly the opposite point of the video. You can find what I got if you look closely I guess, but I wouldn’t want to put anyone off giving it a go. All I’ll say is that if you do it right you’ll definitely get enough to make it worth your while 🫡
@@DiturisElite I realize that this was more instructional to open one of the many doors this game offers, but the reward is still part of the room the door belongs to. Just food for thought, I still enjoyed the video and appreciate what you are doing here.
Does the density of the ring make a difference to the frequency of finding ores? And does mining in places far from the bubble also improve the core frequency, for example?
Another important tip about cormiing is after the explosion and after the limpets of gathered everything. Make sure you still put mining lasers on all the rocks and get every last bit.!
me knowing full well how core mining works, searching core mining on yt anyways just to show others how much of a climax ship mining could be, without installing elite dangerous all over again. Good guide none the less edit: and thanks for showing the "good part" and "the reason why" within 10 seconds
it's such a great game and you can play it solo. maybe ill just get back into this game again. should i buy any dlc for this game? i stop playing this since when it just come out.
What are your thoughts on replacing the medium mining laser with a sub-surface missile? I (mostly) followed your Asp Explorer, and when I went out the first time, that was the initial reaction I had to finding non-core rocks.
I did so, so much core mining... I even photoshopped a postcard showing my T10 mining a rock, saying "Greetings from Borann!". :D But stll, blowing up a rock really never gets old...
Out of those two I’d defo agree. The asp is super underrated in its multipurpose capabilities, if I was starting the game again I’d be getting it asap. The Python isn’t my kind of ship, it’s too lumbering for its size, has a horrible pilot position, and kinda the opposite of fun to fly, at least for me 🫡
@@DiturisElite I do love my general-purpose mining python, but I hear you. It's probably really better for just laser mining when you don't have half a day to fill a T9 or a cutter. I think it's time to rebuild my AspX core miner--I agree it's the perfect ship with enough hardpoints, maneuver, and fabulous visibility (if you ignore all the fire hazard exposed wire draped around you.)
I miss the old core mining mechanic, when holding down the scanner button would make black voids show up on the second scan if the asteroid had a core deposit. It feels like they dumbed down the process by removing that scanner function.
Where did you find that information at 4:55 (the one about the shapes)? I'm not sure it's right, I remember on many ocasion remarking about diffrent sizes and shapes of cores I found. I could be misremembering or maybe I was just looking at the same asteroid shape from diffrent sides, but still I'm curious where you got that info from.
But, how do you keep the pirates off of you once you start to mine? I let them scan as soon as I entered then started to mine. From that point on I was scanned and attacked constantly. So much so I abandoned the attempt at mining. Now, it is certainly possible I'm missing something but I haven't hit on what that is yet. As soon as I get any material on board I don't have time to scan or place charges. It's a chain of scans and attacks.
Sorry mate, sounds annoying. It depends where you mine. If you drop into a random area in the hotspot, pirates should spawn when you arrive, but once they leave no more will appear. If you end up near a resource extraction site, pirates will constantly spawn and scan you. Avoid those areas while still in supercruise and (in theory) you shouldn’t have to deal with pirates 🫡
noob here. Im trying to run a cobra MK3 but I just couldnt find the thing you called "Pulse Wave Analyzer". My ship is equipped with 2 sub surface displacements missiles and 2 pulse lasers. Detailed surface scanner, refinery, collector limpets and 16 cargo space. Is my ship ready to mine? haha
No worries, it’s a tricky business! Not quite I’m afraid. Instead of subsurface, you’ll need an abrasion blaster and a seismic charge launcher. You can keep the pulse lasers, but they won’t do anything for your mining. To core mine, you defo need a pulse wave analyser. It’s a utility mount rather than optional internal, so maybe check there. If you still can’t find one, fly to another station and see if they have it. Without this module, it will take hours upon hours to find a core. The good news is that with 16T cargo space you’ll only need 1 core to fill up, and that could be worth up to about 11 mil! Happy mining 🫡
@@DiturisElite Thanks so much for clarifying for me. Ive been having a blast. I ended up selling and buying a Dolphin to make a few mil before mining ! :)
It’s perfectly good, I just like the krait (which is cheaper and more attainable) way more. The Python is super popular, but I’m not a big fan of the lack of agility for its size. Basically I’m just not a fan, and in the end I wrote the list 😅🫡
Not so much to do with the mining,,,, but after you have a hold at 50% or better you stand a solid chance of being interdicted. I lost a 300mil anaconda on its first run due to greed. Be very familiar with your ship and how to fly it as the pirates will try to gank you. The more you have in your hold the more aggressive the pirates are!!
Yep, works fine on all platforms. It’s probably that you’ve found a ‘false motherlode’. They show up as bright on the scanner, but only give subsurface deposits rather than fissures. You get better at spotting these with time, until then the section on rock shapes might help 🫡
Fairly rough, covered in craters, spherical with an extra lump on the side? That describes every asteroid in the belt. The problem im having is I'm spending countless hours trying to find stations that actually stock limpets near the mining areas. There never seems to be any. Then when I'm finally stocked up and go to the mining area using the websites you mentioneed there are precisely 0 cores of the type that is supossed to be there. When i do find a core its completely at random because they look exactly the same as any other rock that glows and its always a type that i'm not looking for. Also now it seemes like mining is bugged. If i dont crack the asteroid on the first go, which is often, then any subsequent attempts to crack it fail with the sizemic charge just bouncing off every fissure. I've tried this at multiple ranges and it keeps happening. Infuriating.
This describes me after my first couple of trips so well. First, every station stocks limpets. Not in commodities, but in advanced maintenance, next to the livery button. Second, core mining is incredibly knack based - took me about 10 hours to truly learn to mine in ONE kind of ring, truly getting to know what a core looks like in that ring (it’s a rocky ring for me, those are still what I find easiest). Sometimes you’ll get other materials, but that’s just life tbh. If you want to get more cores of the named hotspot type you could try an overlap - that’s the only thing that’s better as far as I’ve seen. And lastly, that’s intended. If you fail to detonate you’re not meant to get another go. It’s a bit harsh, yes, but the minigame becomes super easy after a while, just a practice thing. Core mining is annoying to get started with, but it’s great for credits and massive fun. Hope your next trip goes a bit better 🫡
Opals aren’t great, but a load of stuff can still be sold at 750k+ per unit. It’s not as good as it used to be, but still good enough money to be worth it, at least for me. Plus, BLOWING UP ASTEROIDS…. How awesome can you get?? 😅🫡
You don’’t necessarily. I put it in the ‘for multipurpose’ part of the shipbuilding chapter, so it’s in case you wanted to do both kinds. I have some on my krait because I like to get any good laser rocks mined as well. Entirely depends on your play style 🫡
Little tip for the fissures and charges, most of the time you don't really have to concern yourself with the charge of your seismic charge launchers. What works wonders in 99% of cases (there has to be at least 2 low strenght fissures) is to just fire 2 most charged shots at 2 low strength fissures. Many times this will already end with you being in your sweet spot. If not, you just select another high or average strength fissure and just fire at it with no charge at all - just a tap. Sometimes with high strenghts you might have to do this 1 more time. But better safe then sorry imo :D I have found this strategy to be way more reliable then just trying to somehow guess the amount of charge vs fissure what exactly you need.
Yeah, I use a strat like this when I’m mining myself. I didn’t put it in the video because it would probably make an already complex topic even more confusing! Still, hope people see this comment, or just work it out themselves 🫡
I'm starting to think everyone who does core mining for a while picks that one up alone, because most guides I've found back in the day didn't include, but everyone still knows it. Such a good strat
I made billions core mining. That was a year or so ago. Took a break from elite & played that other game. Now I'm back. Gonner use my python. It's already setup hehe. Steep memory muscle curve incoming!
Thanks. Core mining was always so frustrating because of the stupid damage thing. This makes it easier.
Being a new player all I understand from your mumbo jumbo talk IS... NATTAH
As an experienced core miner, I watched to make sure I haven't missed any cool tips in my time but I just really wanted to stop and say that this is the most compacted but super thorough guide 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I have been playing Elite Dangerous for 3 years now. It's refreshing to see new guides. Awesome buddy 🎉
Very nice guide Dituri. There's so much more to core mining, but your guide covers most of the basics and the advanced stuff pretty well! At least, I haven't seen a more comprehensive guide to date.
Ofc there is a lot more that can be added:
- Python makes a great core miner, it's like a Krait with some general specs traded for an extra class 6 internal module, meaning 64 extra cargo space.
- Density of core asteroids is essentially the same everywhere, i.e. you will see about as many cores within any 100km x 100km sector of any ring anywhere. The hotspot only makes the chance of encountering a core of the hotspot's type slightly higher.
- Night Vision helps with visually identifying core asteroids (by shape) and fissures (they become easy to notice with NV at about 300m distance). You won't waste prospector limpets ever again.
- Core asteroids look a lot different up close (
Wow, thanks so much! For some reason I didn’t spot this comment, but I’ll be happy to answer now 😅
I use davinci resolve for video editing - It’s great. It’s way more complex than I need, but I mainly stay in the ‘edit’ section which gives me all the tools I like.
I do the zoom in with the ‘dynamic zoom’ functionality, then a cut to an aligned, zoomed in freeze frame to keep the shot in that area. There’s probably a better way, but this is what I’ve been using.
The pointers are drawn by me in a drawing program (in my case gimp) and then the image laid on top of the video in davinci.
As far as tutorials go, I don’t have any specific ones to recommend. I never used the software before I started the channel, so I just jumped in, and looked stuff up when I couldn’t work out how to get the effect I wanted.
It took a good amount of practice to reduce the time it takes, but at this point I can get about 2-3 mins of edited video per hour of editing, which I’m fairly happy with. It’s a decent amount of effort but my vids don’t tend to be all that long.
Hope your project ends up working out. If you’ve got any other questions lemme know 🫡
@@DiturisElite amazing, thanks!
I like a core miner with all the mining tools because I love the feeling of wringing every last ounce of material out of a motherlode. There are a few things to do first if you're a mining completionist: laser mine (less than a usual rock) and check for surface and sub-surface deposits of minerals you want--all are only available before you detonate the rock. Mine dangerously (but with shields, always with shields)!
Even though I had a good understanding of how to mine cores, there was that irritating thing that was constantly in my way: I just couldn't find the damn things. The section on how to identify the rocks was incredibly useful for me, and made my day. Thanks a bunch! ☺
Awesome guide. Core mining has been one of my favorite activities for a long time in Elite. My personal preference is a Python for a little more internal space than the Krait while keeping it a medium ship.
I like to use the Python as well
I did as well back when i still played.
The Orca is another great core mining ship. Cargo capacity is a bit lower than a comparable krait, but she's fast and extremely nimble.
My tips, after having gone core mining in an Anaconda for a while, are firstly😊 that bigger ships, like the Anaconda, Federal Corvette, Imperial Cutter, and Type-10 Defender can be harder to move around the rocks and for sure will want a shield, but you'll be able to shrug off or shoot down most pirates that mess with you among the rocks or interdict you while you're on the way to sell your haul. Their extra hardpoints make more space for all mining tools and very big weapons. Since these ships (and the excellent all-arounder, the Krait MkII) can all have a Fighter Hangar, you can be much more certain no one will destroy you before you can either get away or fight back. Just remember to tell your fighter to dock before you start setting seismic charges; sometimes, you can lose a fighter in the blast. My other tip is that limpets are tricky sometimes. If your ship accidentally bumps into a prospector limpet on its way to its destination, it fails. Collector limpets also fail if they collide with objects like... asteroids. Highly inconvenient, especially with how crowded it gets among the debris right after you detonate a core.
I Use a Anaconda for mining. I can have All the essential tools for Laser or core mining plus a L4 multi cannon & L3 Laser to defend myself against pirates. Plus a fighter bay. Lots of storage space & a pretty decent jump range. 50 ly
I don't do Core mining as much as I should. It's always fun. I had missed that all the Core asteroids are the same, even after many years. This is one of the best roles for an Imperial Courier.
Bought a keelback yesterday. Kitted it out for some transport missions for a few extra million credits. Now onto core mining. Thanks for this explanation. Laser mining is more profitable but I am really interested in this way of doing things.
Zero new information for me, but - the tutorial is great. I mean - the structure, the tightness, the importance of the information. The overall video edit, the diction. Right on the spot, easy to understand, and a pleasure to watch. Great job!!! That is how guides should be made!
Another awesome guide! Thanks for this. I've only mined into icy rings until now, I just like the bright pale colors of these belts while flying around. It's nice that you identified the shape of every core asteroids by ring type, I might get into mining in other rings. One tip I used before I got used to the typical core shapes is turn on night vision, it does help seeing the cracks, and make the shapes appears with more contrast. Also for studying a core asteroïd, I like to find its axis of rotation. If you can place your ship at a sweet spot right perpendicular to the axis, then all you need to do to examine every single crack is stay at your position; no need to turn around. It's much easier to plan ahead the sismic charges and fire them in the allocated time properly.
I did my first core mining in a Keelback way back in the day, I think it was 3307. Back then I didn’t have a great shield, not that the keelback has a great shield anyways, but I didn’t know how much I needed to back up from the ice rock before I detonated it.
I was thusly informed of the distance when my shields went down, and poor keelback went tumbling for a moment or two, losing some of my hull integrity as it did so. Good times.
Oh fuck you're gonna make me install Elite again !
Do it!
Great video. I personally love to run a mining ship that has the option to do every kind of mining so when the boredom sets in I can blow something up or just enjoy myself. Very satisfying.
With that said I learned some stuff from this video I'm excited to use on my next trip out
Didn't know about all of the core rocks looking exactly the same! That's going to save me a ton of time next time I'm out in the rings. Much appreciated!
Core mining is one of the most satisfying professions in Elite!
I played Elite Dangerous during 2020/21 and it was my escape during the covid crisis. After doing missions, a bit of combat, trading I started building a MKII deep mining ship to afford a Phantom and fly out into outer space. After a lot of grinding and engineering I had build an explorer with the max jump range and on the neutron star highway I flew to the lost station near the center and then to the supermassive black hole explored a bit and made my way back to the bubble. Halfway through my journey back I sadly gave up.
I also tried out Star Citizen, but I didn't like it. Yesterday I bought X4 and played 6hrs and that brought back some memories. Although from an objective stand point elite did not age very well I don't think any other space game will have a more emotional value to me than elite dangerous.
First of all thanks for that amazing guide. I am somewhat glad that not too much changed. You mentioning the double hotspot reminded me of the time I was playing. Every other day ObsidianAnt made a video about how a new triple hotspot was found and flying there would have been suicidal.
Sadly I have exams in two weeks so I don't have time to play too much, but after that I want to make my way back to the bubble and start mining again and maybe engineer a nice fighter to try and get triple elite.
Btw is it safe to fly back to the bubble or will I get killed by pirates/xeno?
What a story! As long as you dodge the thargoid titans you’ll be fine, and even if you go into their space you’ll probably survive. If you want to be careful, check the ‘thargoid war’ filter on the galaxy map, and avoid the patches of colour 🫡
Also, I would recommend making sure you're flying in solo on final approach, so any gankers can't do their ganking on ya :D
As an EOD Sapper, can confirm...big Explosions......are awesome.
Doing this in VR on a PIMAX 8k is really immersive and loads of fun.
Awesome guide! Definitely looking forward to giving this a shot too. Also grats on the shoutout on Buur Pit!
I have a T10 with all the mining gear, so it can do whatever comes up.
Being a large ship, I find going FA off while floating over the ring helps. Don't need to dodge rocks and can just spin around scanning, looking for bright rocks.
That's brilliant. Core mining has been on my list of things to try for a long time. Cheers.
I love core mining, I did it a few days ago and it's just so satisfying and relaxing
Been core mining for a while now and found out that going for the ice rings are my preferred method. It’s a lot easier to spot out the uniquely small “popcorn” shape the core asteroids have in comparison to the other bulkier or oblong ones. The other ring types are tougher to differentiate rock types from a distance. I’d suggest you search for those outlines and chase a rock even if it’s color is a bit faint from a distance, because it’s almost a guarantee it’s gonna be bright up close. PS using night vision is very helpful for outlines
This was the guide I needed at the time I needed it. Simple, clear, well edited. Good job.
I call my method "skimming". in a fast ship I max out the speed with the pulse wave firing constantly. I fly with the asteroids above me with my head facing upwards just a bit to max the view, but no so much to where I can't see any of the controls. the idea is to cover as much ground as possible. I'm sure it's not a favorite, but I like the cutter. it's hardpoint positions take some getting used to, but once you have you can actually fire around corners somewhat, and it's got good speed and cargo.
This video was so helpful in wanting to even start thinking about core mining, thank you! 🎉
Great Channel Dituri. Since its so critical to the Elite experience. Do a tutorial about how to link your account with Inara and what it can do for you. Also mention EDMC for collecting data and giving it to Inara as well. So many people still don't use it.
Commenting to help with visibility, great video, nice to see up to date guides :]
For me, my goal is shoot and detonate the core as quickly as possible. I know some guides say to work around the core and find just the right fissures to shoot. I don't do that, simply because it takes too much time to scoot from perfect fissure to perfect fissure. Which ever fissure presents itself in front of me I shoot. On the first I shot always give it a full power shot. If this is a low strength fissure, then you won't do more than half the the range needed, but two low strengths alone at full power can easily yield the proper range to detonate. You can modify the power settings for subsequent fissures, no matter if they are low, average or high, so as to hit the sweet spot. There are two key advantages of doing it this way. One is that you can usually sit in one spot in space and the core will rotate bringing more fissures into range. There is often no need to maneuver the ship around the core, but just let them come to you. The second advantage is that often the core is surrounded by other asteroids that can seriously hamper your ability to maneuver, sometimes getting completely in the way when you try to back away, or move in to shoot just the right fissure. Put you ship in a clear zone, and you don't have to worry about nearby obstructions.
Nice touch with the "Elite logo" at 1:30. And a damn good video too. Thanks!
Great video. I do enjoy core mining. And this is a really good video for people who are new and old alike!
Got it first try! :D
thanks very helpful!
Great vid. I have not tried mining in Elite and then played Star Citizen and thats all I do so it's time to try on Elite
Thank you for this series of new up to date guides I'm a returning player with to much money for guides that have specific starter builds but your guilds give suggestions for all types of players and give recommendations for the viewer to build their own ship and what third party tools are good to use since EDDB is no longer running o7 CMDR and I look forward to seeing you in the black
Laser Mining: _lasers & chill_
Core Mining: *OPENS VIDEO WITH AN EXPLOSION*
Elite Dangerous really covers all bases on what fun means to you, and Dituri's covering of mining just nailed it.
Also, are you going to cover Sub-surface mining? That one can even be reused to -mine- rescue people from the **cough**, so mining first can be a good practice for them.
I personally run a Conda (with the Hazard cosmetic pack) that does all 3 kinds of mining really well (except for core, since I can't move between asteroids that fast), because while trying to pick one I ended up not liking how core mining relied too much on the luck of running into a core, and not having gear for laser & sub-surface meant losing good prospects while searching for cores. I ended up doing mostly Low Temperature Diamonds mining because they can be found on all 3 sources, so hotspots we really nice places to mine.
On the side of what the core asteroids look like, I've seen SO MUCH straight out conspiracy theories that I gave up on believing and would just probe every asteroid. Good to know that there are actual patterns, and what they look like on a video (looking at the low res images felt like seeing "UFO photos" that were so common 10 years ago).
Thanks man! I might do subsurface, not much to specifically talk about though - We’ll see. Your build sounds great! 🫡
sub surface is even more pain to find proper nodes then cores and i would argue is a form of pain, due to the minigame imo actually being annoying i personally stopped carrying a subsurface missile and got a second seismich charge as overkill safety
@@najlitarvan921 I probe any asteroid showing yellow or orange, and when on hotspots, usually every other asteroid has a node for the hotspot resource (sometimes I get lucky and get multiples on the same). The mix and match with sometimes laser, sometimes sub-surface, sometimes seismic keeps it interesting for me. It was bothering me more when I kept running into sub-surface nodes that could get me some cash but instead I was jumping around for targets for core or laser. On a fast ship, definitely makes sense to ignore it and go for cores tho (specially if you're good at ID'ing cores from distance).
Just don’t forget your limpets! :D useful tip: if you run out of limpets and you still have some cargo space, you can synthesize them using some base materials.
I've been using an Orca for deep core mining. Explorer level jump range when engineered and fast enough to out run all but the fastest ships when engineered. Holds 100t but the mining multi limpet controller helps a lot as well.
Fair enough! Love seeing people use ships other than the ‘norm’ for stuff. It’s not what I’d recommend for a beginner, as the krait (which is cheaper) can probably match or beat it in nearly everything, but that sounds super fun if that’s what you fancy! 🫡
Great video! I've done some core mining and failed more than I've succeeded.
Just doing some laser mining to get Bill Turner then I'll be giving it another go.
Love the format of these videos
The burrpit gave you a shout out. Good job.
I know!! The team there are so epic. tah mate 🫡
Thanks for the guide. I've been doing them one fissure at a time thinking it was just a matter of chance. Still popped, but good to know the proper technique and save a bit of time (but also worth noting the time pressure doesn't really exist). The sub-surface deposit mini-game is a bit more intuitive, but could also use a little explanation. Only a couple of months into the game, but these prospecting and mining mechanics are really interesting. If only you could do something with the ore other than vendor trash it.
My adventure with core mining started with Hawkes Gaming guide and ever since I was core mining with a Python and it's armed in case I need to relog during mining session
i am a veteran miner , but id like to praise your presentation, it was excellent
personally i have a python that does all three processes laser, sub surface , core .. i am living in a lovely system im allied with and can mine sanurium osmium (especially) alongside core stuff as they pay 10s of millions for a reasonable amount (the allied is a key to this ... and no i cant tell you where 😅.. not for all and sundry to pop ove for a look see
I don’t play Elite Dangerous as much as I used to, but Core mining is a lot of fun.
I originally made my money with triple overlap void diamond mining.
But that way, over time, the markets became less profitable, and by then, I had my fleet carrier.
Now, all I do is core mine for two days, get around 300 tons of my favourite material, sell it, and log off for about six months, until my money is almost out and then come back.
I'm sure I will come back and play more but for now, there's too many other great games to play.
The Python is my go to mining ship
Looking forward for core mining. Just need to get back to the bubble first. 😀
You'll probably think I'm insane (I mean I might) but I just have a Type 9 specifically kitted out for core mining.
Love my Quake, agile as a dead whale and with enough cargo hold to buy you a new little fleet after a good sell.
Love my adder core mining
Glad to know that the best asteroids are still those shaped like Japanese fried chicken lol
Really really helpful - thank you!
My input...do this in VR! 😊 Amazing video, loved it.
Ahaha - yeah - not doing it in VR is 1. not fun, 2. not effective
When are FDev going to fix the Pulsewave analyser. Previously we got black and green bars through rocks with cores when scanning with the PWA. Since Odyssey they have disappeared making core mining mostly an exercise in wasting limpets.
I was wondering if the PWA had been fixed yet. I'm getting back into Elite on PC after a few years, and I remember back when I mined a lot on PC and console, after a certain update there was an issue with the PWA where you couldn't see cores looking forward, but if you went to external view you could see them behind you. Is that no longer a problem?
We need mining SLFs to give the keelback and other ships another fun mining gimmick. One fighter with dual mining lasers, one with an abrasion blaster and a subsurface missile, and one with the seismic launcher. Imagine making multi-crew really fun and worthwhile again. Your friend in a fighter zipping around the asteroid blasting the surface chunks in record time, and getting those subsurface deposits no one bothers with.
My ideal setup is to find 2 low pressure fissures and put a 100 percent powered charge in each one. Sometimes that's all it takes, if not I will do a 10 percent powered charge (quick charge up) to a third fissure..usually one of average pressure, to get that last little bit for the optimum yield zone.
0:32 Finiding cores
(I'm sorry, it's a great video!)
🤦♂️
I wish that you had mentioned what that particular core run was worth, and what the normal variance is in terms of payday.
That, my friend, is exactly the opposite point of the video. You can find what I got if you look closely I guess, but I wouldn’t want to put anyone off giving it a go. All I’ll say is that if you do it right you’ll definitely get enough to make it worth your while 🫡
@@DiturisElite I realize that this was more instructional to open one of the many doors this game offers, but the reward is still part of the room the door belongs to. Just food for thought, I still enjoyed the video and appreciate what you are doing here.
I watched this despite knowing all of this anyway. And I must say, good tutorial
Does the density of the ring make a difference to the frequency of finding ores? And does mining in places far from the bubble also improve the core frequency, for example?
Another important tip about cormiing is after the explosion and after the limpets of gathered everything. Make sure you still put mining lasers on all the rocks and get every last bit.!
great vid i learned a few things there. any chance of tip on tritum mining as i always seam to find astroids with a low yeld
me knowing full well how core mining works, searching core mining on yt anyways just to show others how much of a climax ship mining could be, without installing elite dangerous all over again. Good guide none the less
edit: and thanks for showing the "good part" and "the reason why" within 10 seconds
Wild using a corvette for this I've heard people like the anaconda but I think the python is the best for core mining
I made a federal dropship for core mining and its fun =))
it's such a great game and you can play it solo. maybe ill just get back into this game again.
should i buy any dlc for this game? i stop playing this since when it just come out.
I done this in VR when I had a working HTC vive, core mining was amazing in VR. I wished i recorded it because it was too good.
What are your thoughts on replacing the medium mining laser with a sub-surface missile? I (mostly) followed your Asp Explorer, and when I went out the first time, that was the initial reaction I had to finding non-core rocks.
You certainly could, but I generally find subsurface deposits to be too much hassle for the payout. Whatever you’d prefer though 🫡
I wasn't expecting to see the Federal Corvette as a "maneuverable" mining ship, mainly due to how big it is xD
True 😅 it’s kinda perfect tbh, designed to be a huge gun turret that can actually aim, so it has both manuverability and tones of space
So Core rocks are like McDonalds chicken mcnuggets. They are only a few template shapes. Great tutorial!
This activity was the whole reason I started playing ED. There's nothing quite like it in any other game that has us shooting rocks for money.
I did so, so much core mining... I even photoshopped a postcard showing my T10 mining a rock, saying "Greetings from Borann!". :D
But stll, blowing up a rock really never gets old...
I've used a python and an asp explorer for core mining
asp explorer is just right imo
Out of those two I’d defo agree. The asp is super underrated in its multipurpose capabilities, if I was starting the game again I’d be getting it asap. The Python isn’t my kind of ship, it’s too lumbering for its size, has a horrible pilot position, and kinda the opposite of fun to fly, at least for me 🫡
@@DiturisElite it's nice for other things, I use it as a secure mid size hauler now
@@DiturisElite and cockpit looks cheap af
@@DiturisElite I do love my general-purpose mining python, but I hear you. It's probably really better for just laser mining when you don't have half a day to fill a T9 or a cutter. I think it's time to rebuild my AspX core miner--I agree it's the perfect ship with enough hardpoints, maneuver, and fabulous visibility (if you ignore all the fire hazard exposed wire draped around you.)
We are wedy to mine, Commander!
what if the hotspots website keeps saying the system cant be found? just keep trying different locations?
I miss the old core mining mechanic, when holding down the scanner button would make black voids show up on the second scan if the asteroid had a core deposit. It feels like they dumbed down the process by removing that scanner function.
i'm a new player and wanted to ask, how do i change the colour of all the ingame menus and such. i can't seem to find it in settings.
Where did you find that information at 4:55 (the one about the shapes)?
I'm not sure it's right, I remember on many ocasion remarking about diffrent sizes and shapes of cores I found.
I could be misremembering or maybe I was just looking at the same asteroid shape from diffrent sides, but still I'm curious where you got that info from.
Great vid
my pulse wave analyser shows up very pixelated and im on legacy so im not sure if im doing something wrong or im just impatient lol
But, how do you keep the pirates off of you once you start to mine? I let them scan as soon as I entered then started to mine. From that point on I was scanned and attacked constantly. So much so I abandoned the attempt at mining. Now, it is certainly possible I'm missing something but I haven't hit on what that is yet. As soon as I get any material on board I don't have time to scan or place charges. It's a chain of scans and attacks.
Sorry mate, sounds annoying.
It depends where you mine. If you drop into a random area in the hotspot, pirates should spawn when you arrive, but once they leave no more will appear.
If you end up near a resource extraction site, pirates will constantly spawn and scan you.
Avoid those areas while still in supercruise and (in theory) you shouldn’t have to deal with pirates 🫡
when do the v shaped icons pop up?
What are the rgb numbers you use for your hud?
well that explosion was the selling point gawd damn 32$ to blow up rocks lol
As a small update, Mandalay is okay for Core mining, Type 8 is God tier
Type 9 dedicated miner 640 cargo ( Manic-Miner)
icy core = popcorn
noob here. Im trying to run a cobra MK3 but I just couldnt find the thing you called "Pulse Wave Analyzer". My ship is equipped with 2 sub surface displacements missiles and 2 pulse lasers. Detailed surface scanner, refinery, collector limpets and 16 cargo space.
Is my ship ready to mine? haha
No worries, it’s a tricky business!
Not quite I’m afraid. Instead of subsurface, you’ll need an abrasion blaster and a seismic charge launcher. You can keep the pulse lasers, but they won’t do anything for your mining.
To core mine, you defo need a pulse wave analyser. It’s a utility mount rather than optional internal, so maybe check there. If you still can’t find one, fly to another station and see if they have it. Without this module, it will take hours upon hours to find a core.
The good news is that with 16T cargo space you’ll only need 1 core to fill up, and that could be worth up to about 11 mil! Happy mining 🫡
@@DiturisElite Thanks so much for clarifying for me. Ive been having a blast. I ended up selling and buying a Dolphin to make a few mil before mining ! :)
Where can I find a new player guide ? This don’t explain basic thing of how to mine lol or what tools u need to install or how to set key bind wtc
No Python for the ship choice? I did core mining in a Python many years back and it did pretty damn good.
It’s perfectly good, I just like the krait (which is cheaper and more attainable) way more. The Python is super popular, but I’m not a big fan of the lack of agility for its size. Basically I’m just not a fan, and in the end I wrote the list 😅🫡
@@DiturisElite fair enough, and i guess the agility of the krait over the python is a good point. I have both kraits and the python.
corvette for deep core mining? sign me up!
Not so much to do with the mining,,,, but after you have a hold at 50% or better you stand a solid chance of being interdicted. I lost a 300mil anaconda on its first run due to greed. Be very familiar with your ship and how to fly it as the pirates will try to gank you. The more you have in your hold the more aggressive the pirates are!!
Does this still apply to the console version?
I say this because I followed the video to a T and no fissures show up
Yep, works fine on all platforms. It’s probably that you’ve found a ‘false motherlode’. They show up as bright on the scanner, but only give subsurface deposits rather than fissures.
You get better at spotting these with time, until then the section on rock shapes might help 🫡
o7 thank you CMDR
guud. i love me void opals =)
Ever wonder where we'd be without Inara and Edtools?!
Much more frustrated!
Fairly rough, covered in craters, spherical with an extra lump on the side? That describes every asteroid in the belt. The problem im having is I'm spending countless hours trying to find stations that actually stock limpets near the mining areas. There never seems to be any. Then when I'm finally stocked up and go to the mining area using the websites you mentioneed there are precisely 0 cores of the type that is supossed to be there. When i do find a core its completely at random because they look exactly the same as any other rock that glows and its always a type that i'm not looking for.
Also now it seemes like mining is bugged. If i dont crack the asteroid on the first go, which is often, then any subsequent attempts to crack it fail with the sizemic charge just bouncing off every fissure. I've tried this at multiple ranges and it keeps happening. Infuriating.
This describes me after my first couple of trips so well.
First, every station stocks limpets. Not in commodities, but in advanced maintenance, next to the livery button.
Second, core mining is incredibly knack based - took me about 10 hours to truly learn to mine in ONE kind of ring, truly getting to know what a core looks like in that ring (it’s a rocky ring for me, those are still what I find easiest). Sometimes you’ll get other materials, but that’s just life tbh. If you want to get more cores of the named hotspot type you could try an overlap - that’s the only thing that’s better as far as I’ve seen.
And lastly, that’s intended. If you fail to detonate you’re not meant to get another go. It’s a bit harsh, yes, but the minigame becomes super easy after a while, just a practice thing.
Core mining is annoying to get started with, but it’s great for credits and massive fun. Hope your next trip goes a bit better 🫡
I made 3 billion credits core mining before they nerfed the void opal prices. Now it's just not worth it. :(
Opals aren’t great, but a load of stuff can still be sold at 750k+ per unit. It’s not as good as it used to be, but still good enough money to be worth it, at least for me. Plus, BLOWING UP ASTEROIDS…. How awesome can you get?? 😅🫡
I mine monazite, at 750k a ton, you make a lot of $$ if you're good at core mining.
Why do I need mining lasers on my build then?
You don’’t necessarily. I put it in the ‘for multipurpose’ part of the shipbuilding chapter, so it’s in case you wanted to do both kinds. I have some on my krait because I like to get any good laser rocks mined as well. Entirely depends on your play style 🫡