"Don't have someting targeted when launching your limpets..." That's why some of my limpets have almost no lifespan while others last a ling time. Thanks for the info.
I know you wrote this two months ago but thought I'd mention that sometimes they get stuck on a big chunk... like there's an opal clipped inside it can't get. Helps if you have the controller that runs 3 limpets at once so the other two can be actively gathering while the other makes love to the asteroid.
I love medium ships for almost all things for that reason, and no one will ever question showing up in a Python for any task. If I were to pick the best everything ship in the game, Python would be the first word on my lips. And yes, medium landing pad access can help. However, I just never needed to use one for mining. I've never been in the situation with a large mining ship where I didn't have a very near-by large station to buy at top price. If I ever do find that to becoming an issue, however, I'd strongly consider changing ships to a Python.
Very good job on the guide. I would like to add some addional helping tips. 1. Cores will almost always have a black mesh covering them, and 100% indication that it's a core is if parts of it turns very dark green color on the scanner. 2. Realese limpets initially to gather original fragments that are released. Void opal fragments detiriorate over time and will disapier once they run out of hull percentage that you see when targeting them. If you shoot them off and gather them later innital ones can disapier, especially if you are running little amount of collectors or take long to shoot off the attached ones. 3. Run high strength shields as your regen rate doesn't matter, if your shields run out just reboot the ship and you will get 50% back imidiately. Remain will recharge over time while looking for the next core. Personally I mined with Krait Mk. 2 and was satisfied with it. Now I have upgraded to Anakonda and surely will stick with it. It can be tricky at times to get in middle of the asteroids, however that's pretty rare. Conda gives you safety due to its large shields and amazing hull. Also due to very large amount of optional compartments you can run more collectors and have a very good fuel scoop for longer travels to sell your opals. I have 256 tones of cargo space and I can fill them up in around 4-5 hours, which results in 400+ mil per run. Konda also has a lot of hard points and you can keep guns for defence on L and H hard points. So pirates are really not a problem in case you get interdiceted. Hope this helps out, and good luck mining!
Perhaps my favorite part of Elite Dangerous is that there are always a ton of sleeper viable options. You can almost do anything you want with decent success in nearly any ship if you try. My favorite ship is the Krait mk2 in general, but I use it for so much else that I enjoy mining in something different.
@@solidus3168 Anaconda is going to be a good mining ship, the only tricky bit might be hitting the fissures in time since the conda is a literal yacht and can be a bit difficult to maneuver around an asteroid. Otherwise, you've got plenty of module space for mining plus survivability, plenty of hard points for combat, and a good jump range.
@@Paladin1034 Thanks Ill keep that in mind! I did earn my Cutter since the post you are responding to and am very happy with D2EA's GoldDigger loadout. I will most likely STILL make a MineAconda just because!!
Though void opals deep core mining is now routine for me, I still enjoy watching guides like this, which I compliment you for. If I may, I would like to share a further bit of "folklore" to re-mark and integrate with it: 1) the perfect shape for the asteroid is that of the "rosetta" bread we have in Rome, Italy. Just google image "rosetta pane" (with "rosetta bread" you could get less relevant results) and enjoy your deep core asteroid made bread :-) 2) Always remember the right asteroid comes with three things: shape, colour and fissures. Because of this, turning on the night vision is almost mandatory, because it lets you know instantly wether the asteroid has fissures (that "ostrich-ish" symbol you very clearly show in the video at 6:35) or not. As you say, if the asteroid has the right shape and colour BUT shows no fissures, don't waste half a limpet or a second more of your time on it, and just go on searching. 3) One thing I haven't put to test yet is the position of the fissures on the asteroid as an indicator for the mineral type. I suspect that it could be relevant, e.g. "if there's a fissure on the top central pinnacle of the 'rosetta' then it's void opals rather than alexandrite (or the other way-round)" etc. I'm gonna have to test it seriously, eventually. See you all in the black and, again, great vid #Sepulcher Geist!
Finally a guy who explains what asteroids with cores looks like lol . Saves me alot of time and I'm new to mining took me 2 hours to find 2 core asteroids as other bright orange asteroids I wasted my time with probing them . Now I k ow what to look for . Nice1!
I've always associated the shape of the asteroids with pop-corn, but I have to say that the rosetta bread fits the description way better, and now I'm hangry..
Tbh when I go mining, I’m not in it for the void opals all the time. Alexandrite and diamonds still give a very valuable price for them. The process is fun and blowing up asteroids are always satisfying.
This guide is so much better than every single other Void Opal mining guides out there. Firstly with the color and shape trick when pulsing, then the tip about not targeting individual units when launching collector limpets. I was thinking surely something must be broken with my limpets. I wasted a whole day trying to follow those other guides and a few cargo hold full of limpets.
A few tips 1. Hold down the fire button on your pulse wave scanner. Doing this will reveal the core of asteroids. An asteroid with a core will appear green with black marks on it. 2. Two maximum strength seismic charges in two low strength fissures will almost always give optimal yield strength. Sometimes you will be just below optimal but never above it. This will save you charges. I cringed a bit watching him fire 10 charges at a single asteroid. 3. Give the asteroid 30 seconds or so to "open" after cracking or you will lose limpets. 4. I've mined opals with four different ships including the clipper and the cutter and have never once had an issue with damage to the ship. I've never been 'stuck' as he put it. I wouldn't have mentioned it at all but he spent a solid two minutes talking about it putting the fear in people. Don't worry about it - just don't be a moron. 5. You only need one abrasion blaster. There was a time when having multiple abrasion blasters with close convergence yielded more void opals but this has been patched. 6. If you want to make some real money disregard this video entirely and take up double painite hotspot mining. It's much faster and far easier, freeing up your focus to watch Netflix. Plenty of guides here on youtube.
@@seemslegit6203 I've timed it. It takes me 3 or so hours to fill a 192 cargo clipper or python with opals which will sell for around 300M. It takes me 2 hours to fill a 512 cargo cutter with painite which will sell for around 400M. Make sure it's a 'double painite' hotspot or it will take much longer.
@@adrian3482 you can make the same profit with both if youre lucky with opal finding, painite has the issue that double hotspots are rare and sometimes very far away
@@seemslegit6203 Yes with luck I imagine you can. The painite mining requires no luck and I've never needed to make more than 10 jumps to find a spot. From the time I leave the station to the time I'm back in another station selling it's less than 3 hours. You can do what you want but if money is your only goal there is nothing faster.
I'm also a clipper miner. Thanks for your videos, they got me up to speed quickly with solid information. I've made 200million + from two mining trips. Thanks!
Jack Be Little = Jack-O-Lantern perhaps? Jack be little was that dude who jumps over candle sticks.. wonder how that career went? Never did a sequel to his story. Thanks for these videos. They helped a lot!
I get optimal range with 2 high charges in low fissures almost every time. It varies depending on which fissure strength is assigned to the fissure points on that particular asteroid.
Decided to try mining and I've seen plenty of guides who were like all technical and focused on the ship builds more, but yours are really no nonsense, down to earth noob friendly. Thank you very much, this will be of a huge help :)
Thank you, I just started the mining part of the game, finally made enough money to buy the Krait MK2 that I wanted. This makes finding the Core asteroids much easier. Thanks!! I also have this game on XBOX as well. PM me and I'll send you my Gamertag for XBOX live.....
Just wanted to say thank you for a great couple of modern mining / void opal videos. As you say, many videos out there but none that are quite so comprehensive. Started baffled this evening but ended up 34 million richer after a single deep core void opal find,.. and I know that's just the start. Many thanks again. O7 :)
This is the best guide for void opal 101. I've been farming them for a while and just clicked to see if you knew anything I didnt and I was surprised. I didnt know to look for a specific shape and the distance. So now I think I'll be more effective. Thanks alot
Worth noting that you can tell from the scanner where the clusters of opals are when you see your limpits heading towards a cluster rotate your nose towards the cluster if there is rock between you and the opals you can redirect your incoming limpets manually by vertical thrusting the limpets will radically match your new vector and can often cause them to dodge the rock in the same vertical direction as your thrust. horizontal thrusting works too but vertical thrusting is more effective due to the limpets gunning for your belly not your center mass.
This video along with a few others out there actually explains the proper shape and look to the asteroids that contain all the goodies and for that I thank you very much! Happy mining commanders
Its because those are the best for core mining and you can mine ltds with laser and you cant void opals. Idk why you would do either of them since meta has changed so much and LTDs and Void opals are now half to third of original prices but there ya go.
This video had 99% of the information I was lacking, and is as of now, the best guide for this that I have yet seen. In fact, I'm going to give mining another shot tomorrow, as I had given up on it before. Thank you. :D
1) You can use INARA to search for a place to sell the void opals. Look for the highest paying ones, INARA also lists the distance from your reference system and it's easy to find the nearest one (since there aren't that many stations that pay 1.6 million). 2) At least nowadays, if you abandon the surplus limpets (instead of jettison them) they won't be collected anymore, so there is no need to put them on the ignore list manually.
This guide is beautiful and literally explains everything I try to tell my squadmates to the tee, but better. After getting some basic mining training from my pals, I kinda figured this out through my own trial and error. Pinning this for our noobies, thanks a bunch. Now you have me curious how much more mileage i can get out of a Clipper vs my resource gobbling Python. Been seeing people use Clipper builds lately. Need to watch an anime? Bam. At 200 mil per offload, paying for so many ships is easy.
If you can afford Anakonda and it's core modules then use it, you'll get around 400 mil per run, of course it will take longer due to more mining required.
Maybe late to the party but the tip about the closer-to-spherical trend in the shape of core asteroids really helped. After hearing that and looking at my scans, I select a particular asteroid in the distance with only faint yellow on it. Not too jaggy and closer to a sphere than an oval, I approach while scanning and it looks yellower and yellower. Prospector reports back - it's a void opal core asteroid. Thank you!
Awesome video and very descirptive exactly what I need to know I’ve been trying at void opal for 3 days straight and couldn’t find a single one for 6 hrs and I’ve been getting close to giving up on them but I’ll try this method out and try to use a better location
This is the best deep core mining walkthrough i have seen so far! I really like night vision, asteroid shape and targeting hotspot centre tricks, it helps a lot! Everything the miner needs to know in one good video, you saved so much time for the people! Huge thanks!
I watched your video 4 times, went to 2 different systems, but finally after 40 minutes, I found 2 Opal asteroids right next to eachother. I made 44 million that day. Not bad, not bad at all.
FLUXZiON I have been trying to hit CR 300 m per trip due to a guide I watched, yet the highest I’ve ever managed is CR 100m. Good to know I’m not just screwing or up or something.
What a beautifully made tutorial. Like a fine Samurai sword made by a humble sword smith who is just an ordinary guy. Thank you so much for a great tutorial :)
Great guide video. One thing I have noticed is that the more pronounced the black checkered lines are on the asteroid the less likely they contain void opals. They still are core asteroids but do not contain void opals. At least in my experience.
Great GREAT explanation for the shape of the core asteroids. I've just started really getting into core mining, and in about 3 days of mining have found 6 cores. Lame I know. lol. However, I was also popping limpets like crazy on bigger bright rocks, to the point where I would have to leave and restock limpets. This explains it so clearly. I saw a comment on one of your other videos where someone explained it like popcorn. My problem is, I keep overcharging my explosions. I don't know why, because I will have one solid blue line, and then some in the 2nd blue line, and it will read optimal. Nothing red at all. But, once the explosion happens, I get a red notice that says something like over optimal and that I have lost resources. Anyone experienced that? Great videos Geist!!
Gonna have to disagree with you on one thing: Gudamaya just ain't my vibe lol, I actually love the more industrial/military aesthetic that Lakon ships have, my favorite of all ships so far being the Diamondback Explorer, oddly enough. It's actually the only ship I've gotten a ship kit for so far.
It actually helps a lot when you target the opals stuck in the steroids with your abrasion blasters, I always get them in 1-2 shots. Also i can confirm that there are multiple asteroid models that can hold opals, some are tiny some are big.
I like to throw on the night vision when I'm doing the ice ring. The core asteroids when you have your night vision on and you're hitting them with the pulse wave, they turn from yellow and red, to black and green color and then back to the blue color before going yellow and red then black and green again. Also, as the core asteroid is changing colors you will notice the asteroid glimmering underneath the color. Nine times out of 10 these are void opal core asteroids.
Great guide man! You're totally right about the rng determining what's in that asteroid giving all the right signals. I've found grandiderite as well as the typical alexandrite in the exact same shape and pws color. Thanks for the content. Keep it coming.
It’s worth noting that fleet carriers will often buy resources for large amounts of money, so you should check them when selling. I don’t know if they show up in EDDB, but they do show up in the galaxy map trade map mode, provided you’ve docked in the system.
Had a second go at mining yesterday after a very dissappointing first try, went to a LTD hotspot, found 3 core asteroids, one with LTD, one with alexandrite and one with grandidierite, made about 22M of that trip. Good video!
I have an AspX - fantastic for lat/vert thrusters for getting around astroid when laying charges and getting inside without constantly scraping your arse end when blasting deposits. Flying around astroid field at 520 m/s (dirty drive engineering) makes scanning for cores a breeze. 96t cargo which is perfect for a single gaming session. Big jump range to traverse bubble when getting goods to market. Manoeuvrable enough to fight interdictions. It is the perfect core mining ship IMHO.
Another tip. The ones that have stuff in them are usually arranged in a triangle pattern. If you have two of them check at the point near them that makes an equilateral triangle. There is a good chance there will be one there. There seems to be some density formula. The only problems Is, I think, if someone mined one, even in solo from another game, I think it will be missing. To be fair the alexandrite is more rounded. I think if there is a modeling issue it's a range based on value. So, I think the lower ones that aren't voids may be lower where the collection of stuff in the higher price tier potential are a different shape. Or have more subtle differences. I think I saw some lower end resources in a longer bigger asteroid once. It may have been in a different type of belt. I think metal or something instead of ice.
And BTW, the trick to cutters is that they are very maneuverable. The problem is that their acceleration is crap. Once that is moving they are about as good as it gets. Or at least as good as you need for mining. Although the timings can be tight. But if you are used to finding stuff fast it's not an issue. You have enough time for a few mistakes even if the worst scenario.
If you know what you're looking for, you don't need prospector limpets. Just find the fissures on the asteroid and shoot seismic charges inside. Although, bear in mind that you cannot detonate nor disarm them.
Core astroids look like popcorn, INARA is a little better to use for searching best sale price locations. ...and the Krate mk2 is a good little mining ship.
Cosign. I also have found myself the target of NPC pirates, so I have an SLF bay and 3 multicannons mounted for emergencies. Just one seismic charge and one abrasion blaster are needed for core mining and I like to have a fight or flight option when dealing with pirates and not just flight.
Futuristichub unless that was just patched in today, no they dont, at least not in ice belts. I just did a test yesterday to confirm that other models do not spawn cores. Sounds like your trying to troll people.
A mining laser will bump the pieces of rock in the middle away. Makes it easier for limpets and your ship to travel inside. You can also hit one of the large slabes and mine off some of the materials after you break the rock apart. Sometimes it will get a few more Opals.
Worth noting that the demand will affect the sell price, in general only go somewhere that has 10x the amount of demand than you have in your hold. Otherwise a “bulk selling tax” is applied. I know the author will know this but this video is still coming up in my recommended and I’m a new player, only got the game last week.
reminds me of a video someone referred me to, where MST are talking about a VERY low-budget movie called something like "attack of the eye creatures": "they just didn't care." that's the title of the video, "they just didn't care"!
I already mind void opals. Still you added further valuable information. I probably swap my Anaconda with the Clipper. The best info however was, I thought I can only sell to a station that has an equal or higher demand of void opals than what I carry. You soled all your VO in a station with only 2 demand! That was great news. Now I can sell mine at 1.6 Mill as well.
I’m using a python for core mining. It’s a bit slow and less maneuverable, but I can swing around the outside of a busted up asteroid fairly easily using the ascent/descent controls. All the hard points are also fairly centralized making aiming easier. This video certainly reinforces my own experiences. I’ve had a hard time finding core asteroids in void opal hotspots on occasion. So this was definitely helpful.
Try system tollan at Planet 4. It has a very crazy amount of core deposits. Ever 2 -5 minutes in came across a void opal asteroid. Filled my cutter with 500 void opal. I think there is no better spot to farm opals
I'd like to follow up my comment from yesterday with this - yesterday I've had an Eagle, about 500k credits and was about to give up on the game (again) for being so grindy. I've sold the Eagle, scraped my cash together and bought an Adder, setup for core mining (no Suface scanner because no module slots). I entered an icy ring, pinged and flew around. After about 10 minutes I found an asteroid with those fissures on the surface. Prospector limpet and it's got a void opal core. I've cracked it (that sound is so much more satisfying in person than in a video). I#ve flown home, sold them for 13x1.6m or such... I'm now in an ASP Explorer, I've only not A rated it because I haven't flown to a station that sells the 5A shields and I've still got a lot more money in the bank than I've ever had in Elite. That Python and Anaconda now look very much reachable instead of undoable. So thanks again :)
Get a Krait MK2. It is the perfect mining ship. You can put you seismic charge launcher & abrasion blaster on the two medium slots, and you still have 3 large hard points for weapons. You can also either take a fighter (96 cargo slots) to help with pirates or an extra 32 cargo bay. Tbh, I take the fighter because I hate running from a fight and usually don’t have the time or patience to farm that long in one go to fill 128 cargo bays. It is a slick ship that has the best hardpoint locations and its low profile design makes it stupid easy to get into tight spaces.
I hadn't played this game for about 6 months. Went in last night with my Asp Explorer miner and got over 100mil in one night of work. I now have a Python miner that I plan to try this morning. Mining is awesome!
You want a nimble ship? I DO IT IN A TYPE-9! There is no less-nimble ship. I also don't mine void opals, I mine Low temperature diamonds. They can exist as a core, but also just a standard mining resource, and can sell for over a million too. So I use a pair of mining beams, abrasion blaster, and a seismic charge launcher, so I can, and do, mine core asteroids, but also just mine other rocks with LTDs in. Anyway, Type 9, 512 cargo space, doesn't matter if you go normal mining and get the odd "wrong" resource, you're unlikely to fill it in any comfortable run time, and if you do, just eject the junk. If not, just sell the junk for a little bonus cash. A good alternate mining ship is the Python, it's size M, and can have a lot of cargo space with all the gear. Also, EDDB, scroll down, lists stations buying void opals, or in my case LTDs, from best price, then look to see how far that is from you.
You need to hold the button for the second pulse and keep it pressed all the time (on PC. Don't know about others) First pulse is always the same but the second pulse is what shows you if asteroid has a core. If you let the pulse button go you cannot see the "core" indication. It looks like black squares and the whole asteroid needs to be "black". Not just a thin layer of squares. A LOT OF THEM. You will definitely know when you see the one with core.
I wish mining was always this good in every sense, it's just been boring trash up to this point. The sounds are good, the shooting is fun, and the pay is good. It's like a mini game the whole time I love it now.
i recently earned quite a lot of credits by mining "subsurface deposits" of "low temperature diamonds". not as good as void opals, but better than basic laser mining. although...i also found good places to mine and sell Osmium, which is smaller but more steady income.
I use an Anaconda for mining. The two class 3 hard points on top work well with gimballed beam lasers for the NPC’s with parrots and wooden legs. I always target the low strength fissures first. 2x Full power torpedoes in low strength fissures is normally all it takes to open the asteroid. EDDB is okay to use, but INARA is much better.
Only bad thing about Inara is that it doesn't show the in-system distance for the station. I've ended up with a few harrowing 180k+ LS journeys trying to minimize jumps.
I know it's an old vid but I would add one thing. When unloading extra limpets to make more room if you choose to abandon them rather than just jettisoning them your collector limpets will ignore them. No need to go to contacts menu and tell them ignore and all that.
Your right there is one model per ring type that has core opals what's in it is rng .. But ice ring compared to metal or rock rings have different models for core asteroids
thank you for this, i've been flying around looking for the black glitched out pulse wave signature (mentioned by Spite's Corner) and only that for 30 minutes at time, thinking that was my best way in finding cores. I've probably passed 5 cores for every glitched core i find. i have noticed that all the cores kinda look the same (maybe 5 to 10 similar looking models) but i figured i just havent played enough to run into different shapes.
I don't know if it's the same with void opals, But non core asteroids can contain external clusters of low temp diamonds that you can dislodge with an abrasion blaster. It's usually only one or two.
I’ve used a Cutter and it’s fine if you learn how to fly it, the reason that I still fly it after obtaining around half a billion credits is because of the cargo space, I can carry 300 limpits and have many more spaces for void opals. I can spend my limpits like candy and still have many more after my journey. The handling on the Cutter is terrible but after a couple of asteroids, I do just fine.
My biggest issue was the amount of time it took. I was under the impression that I’d be filling my hold within an hour, so I was baffled when I hadn’t had anything for 40 mins. Thanks for that.
Great insight. Just one question though: why not check out the surface deposits before blowing up the asteroids? Sometimes, they are interesting (such as low temperature diamonds in LTD sites). It's always a little more to scrub around ;-) And one last thing: as we can see on your video, watching the exact hour when you blow up asteroids, in general there's a 10-15 minute gap which I would think is the "hunting game" (looking for core asteroids). This is the longest part of deep core mining, in my experience. Having more or less collector limpets has a very low impact on the overall time required to totally fill your cargo. 15' looking, 1 minute setting the charges, and 3 collecting the goods. It's, very roughly a 20 minute cycle. The bulk of it is finding the asteroid. I found ONE thing only to make it quicker, and have an overall relevant impact on the time it takes to fill your cargo: a very open canopy! something like a Krait really helps, Python is bad, Anaconda terrible, and I would think Clippers and cutters just as bad. Too bad a Type-9 cannot fit between the rocks... But really, having a clear field of view, in my experience, really helps not miss the "glowing pumpkins" (you know what I mean). And that is the most efficient way to reduce the time it takes to fill my ship. Any thoughts?
Thats very very very true. It took me today 3 minute to find a void opal and after that it took me liek another 10 minutes to find a void opal. My first tiem took 49 muntes before i found my first void opal. It does take a lot of time but trust me, it very fudging worth it
The Python is far more agile than the Clipper for getting around rocks, and the Python has the highest cargo capacity of any ship that can land anywhere because it uses a medium landing pad. Gutamaya ships have slow up/down/side thrusters, so the Clipper is not the best ship. Since it needs a large landing pad, you might as well get an Anaconda.
To find void opals: Ignore the big flat obsidian like and small perfectly round asteroids. Spot the bright as fuck ones If it stays very bright yellow and red when you get close, you found the one.
I will also let my refinery bins fill up with void Opals. So once I sell what's in my hold, I can get an extra 7 or so that are just sitting in the bin waiting for cargo space
Didnt know the popcorn I am looking for was about the same color at distance. Sometimes I dont find the cores for a while. This would probably be why. Thanks!
Python=Boss You could also get an Anaconda and use the extra hard points to kill every pirate unfortunate enough to scan you =) The Python is in a mining build not strong enough to kill something like a fighter FTL. But it's enough to take damage until your FSD is charged to get you (and your void opals) the hell outta there =)
They’re shaped like popcorn, python is the best core miner imo...but I too love the clipper. Finding multiple non-vopal cores in a row, in a vopal hotspot turns me into an idiot. I usually put highs in low fissures, it often only takes 2 charges...however, idk if that negatively affects yield. Great video.
From what I've seen, so long as you stay in the blue zone only, you get optimal yield. I have had difficulty getting it completely in the blue with just two highs in low fissures; I normally have to drop a low in an average to edge it up there.
I found INARA easier to locate stations which buys Opals at a high price. Works near enough the same as EDDB but INARA tells how many ships have visited been through that station. If its 35 or more then go further away like I do as most players go to the nearest system and when get there the price will be lower as everyone will favour goiing there, just wanted to add this to your great guide if you prefer to look using INARA.
"Don't have someting targeted when launching your limpets..."
That's why some of my limpets have almost no lifespan while others last a ling time. Thanks for the info.
I know you wrote this two months ago but thought I'd mention that sometimes they get stuck on a big chunk... like there's an opal clipped inside it can't get. Helps if you have the controller that runs 3 limpets at once so the other two can be actively gathering while the other makes love to the asteroid.
had same
@@OrbitalJeffo LMAO
@@OrbitalJeffo LMAO
There's just something so satisfying about hearing that crack
Advantage of a medium ship like python, you can land at the small station which may be closer offering a premium price.
I love medium ships for almost all things for that reason, and no one will ever question showing up in a Python for any task. If I were to pick the best everything ship in the game, Python would be the first word on my lips. And yes, medium landing pad access can help. However, I just never needed to use one for mining. I've never been in the situation with a large mining ship where I didn't have a very near-by large station to buy at top price. If I ever do find that to becoming an issue, however, I'd strongly consider changing ships to a Python.
Very good job on the guide.
I would like to add some addional helping tips.
1. Cores will almost always have a black mesh covering them, and 100% indication that it's a core is if parts of it turns very dark green color on the scanner.
2. Realese limpets initially to gather original fragments that are released. Void opal fragments detiriorate over time and will disapier once they run out of hull percentage that you see when targeting them. If you shoot them off and gather them later innital ones can disapier, especially if you are running little amount of collectors or take long to shoot off the attached ones.
3. Run high strength shields as your regen rate doesn't matter, if your shields run out just reboot the ship and you will get 50% back imidiately. Remain will recharge over time while looking for the next core.
Personally I mined with Krait Mk. 2 and was satisfied with it. Now I have upgraded to Anakonda and surely will stick with it. It can be tricky at times to get in middle of the asteroids, however that's pretty rare. Conda gives you safety due to its large shields and amazing hull. Also due to very large amount of optional compartments you can run more collectors and have a very good fuel scoop for longer travels to sell your opals. I have 256 tones of cargo space and I can fill them up in around 4-5 hours, which results in 400+ mil per run.
Konda also has a lot of hard points and you can keep guns for defence on L and H hard points. So pirates are really not a problem in case you get interdiceted.
Hope this helps out, and good luck mining!
Perhaps my favorite part of Elite Dangerous is that there are always a ton of sleeper viable options. You can almost do anything you want with decent success in nearly any ship if you try. My favorite ship is the Krait mk2 in general, but I use it for so much else that I enjoy mining in something different.
Do you have a Coriolis link for this? I have a Conda in mothballs. Was curious if it would be usefull for this.
@@solidus3168 Anaconda is going to be a good mining ship, the only tricky bit might be hitting the fissures in time since the conda is a literal yacht and can be a bit difficult to maneuver around an asteroid. Otherwise, you've got plenty of module space for mining plus survivability, plenty of hard points for combat, and a good jump range.
@@Paladin1034 Thanks Ill keep that in mind!
I did earn my Cutter since the post you are responding to and am very happy with D2EA's GoldDigger loadout.
I will most likely STILL make a MineAconda just because!!
A great comment within a great video tutorial.... Void Opal core detected :)
"Some dirty Lakon ship"
Don't bulli my keelback, he's trying his best leave him alone lmao
I'm going to land my Type-9 on him.
Im glad im not the only one who maked his first 30mil with a Keelback...
Though void opals deep core mining is now routine for me, I still enjoy watching guides like this, which I compliment you for.
If I may, I would like to share a further bit of "folklore" to re-mark and integrate with it:
1) the perfect shape for the asteroid is that of the "rosetta" bread we have in Rome, Italy. Just google image "rosetta pane" (with "rosetta bread" you could get less relevant results) and enjoy your deep core asteroid made bread :-)
2) Always remember the right asteroid comes with three things: shape, colour and fissures. Because of this, turning on the night vision is almost mandatory, because it lets you know instantly wether the asteroid has fissures (that "ostrich-ish" symbol you very clearly show in the video at 6:35) or not. As you say, if the asteroid has the right shape and colour BUT shows no fissures, don't waste half a limpet or a second more of your time on it, and just go on searching.
3) One thing I haven't put to test yet is the position of the fissures on the asteroid as an indicator for the mineral type. I suspect that it could be relevant, e.g. "if there's a fissure on the top central pinnacle of the 'rosetta' then it's void opals rather than alexandrite (or the other way-round)" etc.
I'm gonna have to test it seriously, eventually.
See you all in the black and, again, great vid
#Sepulcher Geist!
Finally a guy who explains what asteroids with cores looks like lol . Saves me alot of time and I'm new to mining took me 2 hours to find 2 core asteroids as other bright orange asteroids I wasted my time with probing them . Now I k ow what to look for . Nice1!
I've always associated the shape of the asteroids with pop-corn, but I have to say that the rosetta bread fits the description way better, and now I'm hangry..
Finally, a guide that makes sense and easy to watch, thanks so much for posting this I'll checkout your other videos.
Tbh when I go mining, I’m not in it for the void opals all the time. Alexandrite and diamonds still give a very valuable price for them. The process is fun and blowing up asteroids are always satisfying.
i grab opals, ltd, alaxandrite and granadite all pay well and are common cores
I get whats sells the best at the best closest station so rn alexandrite
The system I was in when I first discovered core asteroid mining was paying nearly 600k a T for Alexandrite, and less than 300k for Void Opals.
This is the most descriptive way for explaining how to find void opal asteroids, wp man and ty for this.
Blowing up asteroids is so amazing that I became a miner simply for it.
This guide is so much better than every single other Void Opal mining guides out there. Firstly with the color and shape trick when pulsing, then the tip about not targeting individual units when launching collector limpets. I was thinking surely something must be broken with my limpets. I wasted a whole day trying to follow those other guides and a few cargo hold full of limpets.
A few tips
1. Hold down the fire button on your pulse wave scanner. Doing this will reveal the core of asteroids. An asteroid with a core will appear green with black marks on it.
2. Two maximum strength seismic charges in two low strength fissures will almost always give optimal yield strength. Sometimes you will be just below optimal but never above it. This will save you charges. I cringed a bit watching him fire 10 charges at a single asteroid.
3. Give the asteroid 30 seconds or so to "open" after cracking or you will lose limpets.
4. I've mined opals with four different ships including the clipper and the cutter and have never once had an issue with damage to the ship. I've never been 'stuck' as he put it. I wouldn't have mentioned it at all but he spent a solid two minutes talking about it putting the fear in people. Don't worry about it - just don't be a moron.
5. You only need one abrasion blaster. There was a time when having multiple abrasion blasters with close convergence yielded more void opals but this has been patched.
6. If you want to make some real money disregard this video entirely and take up double painite hotspot mining. It's much faster and far easier, freeing up your focus to watch Netflix. Plenty of guides here on youtube.
Whats the price & time it takes for painite? I've done plenty of void opals but never touched painite
@@seemslegit6203 I've timed it. It takes me 3 or so hours to fill a 192 cargo clipper or python with opals which will sell for around 300M. It takes me 2 hours to fill a 512 cargo cutter with painite which will sell for around 400M. Make sure it's a 'double painite' hotspot or it will take much longer.
@@adrian3482 you can make the same profit with both if youre lucky with opal finding, painite has the issue that double hotspots are rare and sometimes very far away
@@seemslegit6203 Yes with luck I imagine you can. The painite mining requires no luck and I've never needed to make more than 10 jumps to find a spot. From the time I leave the station to the time I'm back in another station selling it's less than 3 hours. You can do what you want but if money is your only goal there is nothing faster.
Huge huge advice!!!" Don't have anything selected when launching limpets!!! ". FANTASTIC THANK YOU!!
only do this for fun,as laser mining is the new meta in mining. opals took a big payout nerf.
I'm also a clipper miner. Thanks for your videos, they got me up to speed quickly with solid information. I've made 200million + from two mining trips. Thanks!
Jack Be Little = Jack-O-Lantern perhaps?
Jack be little was that dude who jumps over candle sticks.. wonder how that career went? Never did a sequel to his story. Thanks for these videos. They helped a lot!
Straight to the point, detailed and nothing important skipped over or edited. Fantastic tutorial!
I get optimal range with 2 high charges in low fissures almost every time. It varies depending on which fissure strength is assigned to the fissure points on that particular asteroid.
That's true! Makes everything a little easier!
Decided to try mining and I've seen plenty of guides who were like all technical and focused on the ship builds more, but yours are really no nonsense, down to earth noob friendly. Thank you very much, this will be of a huge help :)
Thank you, I just started the mining part of the game, finally made enough money to buy the Krait MK2 that I wanted. This makes finding the Core asteroids much easier. Thanks!! I also have this game on XBOX as well. PM me and I'll send you my Gamertag for XBOX live.....
Just wanted to say thank you for a great couple of modern mining / void opal videos. As you say, many videos out there but none that are quite so comprehensive. Started baffled this evening but ended up 34 million richer after a single deep core void opal find,.. and I know that's just the start. Many thanks again. O7 :)
THANK YOU, you clarified a lot for me, thank you so much. Very clear, logical, thorough.
Oh and you're saving the HECK out of my limpets dude
This is the best guide for void opal 101. I've been farming them for a while and just clicked to see if you knew anything I didnt and I was surprised. I didnt know to look for a specific shape and the distance. So now I think I'll be more effective. Thanks alot
Worth noting that you can tell from the scanner where the clusters of opals are when you see your limpits heading towards a cluster rotate your nose towards the cluster if there is rock between you and the opals you can redirect your incoming limpets manually by vertical thrusting the limpets will radically match your new vector and can often cause them to dodge the rock in the same vertical direction as your thrust. horizontal thrusting works too but vertical thrusting is more effective due to the limpets gunning for your belly not your center mass.
This video along with a few others out there actually explains the proper shape and look to the asteroids that contain all the goodies and for that I thank you very much! Happy mining commanders
I like how every guide recomends to mine viod opals just so noobs don't mess up the low temperature diamonds market prices.
This is an older guide, when voids were 1.6m a pop. Markets flip flop all the time.
Its because those are the best for core mining and you can mine ltds with laser and you cant void opals. Idk why you would do either of them since meta has changed so much and LTDs and Void opals are now half to third of original prices but there ya go.
This video had 99% of the information I was lacking, and is as of now, the best guide for this that I have yet seen. In fact, I'm going to give mining another shot tomorrow, as I had given up on it before. Thank you. :D
1) You can use INARA to search for a place to sell the void opals. Look for the highest paying ones, INARA also lists the distance from your reference system and it's easy to find the nearest one (since there aren't that many stations that pay 1.6 million).
2) At least nowadays, if you abandon the surplus limpets (instead of jettison them) they won't be collected anymore, so there is no need to put them on the ignore list manually.
This guide is beautiful and literally explains everything I try to tell my squadmates to the tee, but better. After getting some basic mining training from my pals, I kinda figured this out through my own trial and error. Pinning this for our noobies, thanks a bunch.
Now you have me curious how much more mileage i can get out of a Clipper vs my resource gobbling Python. Been seeing people use Clipper builds lately.
Need to watch an anime? Bam. At 200 mil per offload, paying for so many ships is easy.
If you can afford Anakonda and it's core modules then use it, you'll get around 400 mil per run, of course it will take longer due to more mining required.
Maybe late to the party but the tip about the closer-to-spherical trend in the shape of core asteroids really helped. After hearing that and looking at my scans, I select a particular asteroid in the distance with only faint yellow on it. Not too jaggy and closer to a sphere than an oval, I approach while scanning and it looks yellower and yellower. Prospector reports back - it's a void opal core asteroid. Thank you!
Awesome video and very descirptive exactly what I need to know I’ve been trying at void opal for 3 days straight and couldn’t find a single one for 6 hrs and I’ve been getting close to giving up on them but I’ll try this method out and try to use a better location
This is the best deep core mining walkthrough i have seen so far! I really like night vision, asteroid shape and targeting hotspot centre tricks, it helps a lot! Everything the miner needs to know in one good video, you saved so much time for the people! Huge thanks!
I watched your video 4 times, went to 2 different systems, but finally after 40 minutes, I found 2 Opal asteroids right next to eachother. I made 44 million that day. Not bad, not bad at all.
FLUXZiON I have been trying to hit CR 300 m per trip due to a guide I watched, yet the highest I’ve ever managed is CR 100m. Good to know I’m not just screwing or up or something.
What a beautifully made tutorial. Like a fine Samurai sword made by a humble sword smith who is just an ordinary guy. Thank you so much for a great tutorial :)
Great guide video. One thing I have noticed is that the more pronounced the black checkered lines are on the asteroid the less likely they contain void opals. They still are core asteroids but do not contain void opals. At least in my experience.
Great GREAT explanation for the shape of the core asteroids. I've just started really getting into core mining, and in about 3 days of mining have found 6 cores. Lame I know. lol. However, I was also popping limpets like crazy on bigger bright rocks, to the point where I would have to leave and restock limpets. This explains it so clearly. I saw a comment on one of your other videos where someone explained it like popcorn. My problem is, I keep overcharging my explosions. I don't know why, because I will have one solid blue line, and then some in the 2nd blue line, and it will read optimal. Nothing red at all. But, once the explosion happens, I get a red notice that says something like over optimal and that I have lost resources. Anyone experienced that? Great videos Geist!!
Gonna have to disagree with you on one thing: Gudamaya just ain't my vibe lol, I actually love the more industrial/military aesthetic that Lakon ships have, my favorite of all ships so far being the Diamondback Explorer, oddly enough. It's actually the only ship I've gotten a ship kit for so far.
I agree gudamaya ships look nice but i prefer lakon and faulcon delacy
It actually helps a lot when you target the opals stuck in the steroids with your abrasion blasters, I always get them in 1-2 shots. Also i can confirm that there are multiple asteroid models that can hold opals, some are tiny some are big.
I like to throw on the night vision when I'm doing the ice ring. The core asteroids when you have your night vision on and you're hitting them with the pulse wave, they turn from yellow and red, to black and green color and then back to the blue color before going yellow and red then black and green again. Also, as the core asteroid is changing colors you will notice the asteroid glimmering underneath the color. Nine times out of 10 these are void opal core asteroids.
Great guide man! You're totally right about the rng determining what's in that asteroid giving all the right signals. I've found grandiderite as well as the typical alexandrite in the exact same shape and pws color. Thanks for the content. Keep it coming.
It’s worth noting that fleet carriers will often buy resources for large amounts of money, so you should check them when selling. I don’t know if they show up in EDDB, but they do show up in the galaxy map trade map mode, provided you’ve docked in the system.
Definitely reminds me of popcorn, extremely buttery, void opal filled popcorn
Had a second go at mining yesterday after a very dissappointing first try, went to a LTD hotspot, found 3 core asteroids, one with LTD, one with alexandrite and one with grandidierite, made about 22M of that trip. Good video!
I have an AspX - fantastic for lat/vert thrusters for getting around astroid when laying charges and getting inside without constantly scraping your arse end when blasting deposits. Flying around astroid field at 520 m/s (dirty drive engineering) makes scanning for cores a breeze. 96t cargo which is perfect for a single gaming session. Big jump range to traverse bubble when getting goods to market. Manoeuvrable enough to fight interdictions. It is the perfect core mining ship IMHO.
thanks! answered a few fubars for me i was wondering about . first run ever made 31.2M - VO mining is now my fav pastime ;)
You have a very listenable voice, no gimmics or exagerated bulshit in your voice, keep it up, liked and subbed.
Another tip. The ones that have stuff in them are usually arranged in a triangle pattern. If you have two of them check at the point near them that makes an equilateral triangle. There is a good chance there will be one there. There seems to be some density formula. The only problems Is, I think, if someone mined one, even in solo from another game, I think it will be missing.
To be fair the alexandrite is more rounded. I think if there is a modeling issue it's a range based on value. So, I think the lower ones that aren't voids may be lower where the collection of stuff in the higher price tier potential are a different shape. Or have more subtle differences.
I think I saw some lower end resources in a longer bigger asteroid once. It may have been in a different type of belt. I think metal or something instead of ice.
And BTW, the trick to cutters is that they are very maneuverable. The problem is that their acceleration is crap. Once that is moving they are about as good as it gets. Or at least as good as you need for mining.
Although the timings can be tight. But if you are used to finding stuff fast it's not an issue. You have enough time for a few mistakes even if the worst scenario.
Really nice video reinforcing the tips and tricks of core mining.
If you know what you're looking for, you don't need prospector limpets. Just find the fissures on the asteroid and shoot seismic charges inside. Although, bear in mind that you cannot detonate nor disarm them.
Core astroids look like popcorn, INARA is a little better to use for searching best sale price locations. ...and the Krate mk2 is a good little mining ship.
Cosign. I also have found myself the target of NPC pirates, so I have an SLF bay and 3 multicannons mounted for emergencies. Just one seismic charge and one abrasion blaster are needed for core mining and I like to have a fight or flight option when dealing with pirates and not just flight.
Glad to hear that! Purchased mine yesterday and it's beautiful like a sunny day! Can't wait to put her to good use!
Futuristichub unless that was just patched in today, no they dont, at least not in ice belts. I just did a test yesterday to confirm that other models do not spawn cores. Sounds like your trying to troll people.
A mining laser will bump the pieces of rock in the middle away. Makes it easier for limpets and your ship to travel inside.
You can also hit one of the large slabes and mine off some of the materials after you break the rock apart. Sometimes it will get a few more Opals.
Cool, thanks.
Worth noting that the demand will affect the sell price, in general only go somewhere that has 10x the amount of demand than you have in your hold. Otherwise a “bulk selling tax” is applied. I know the author will know this but this video is still coming up in my recommended and I’m a new player, only got the game last week.
my rule for core mining
popcorn = yummy
potato = disgustang
great guide. only thing I do differently is I use inara.cz it is great cause it knows where you are and can find stations quicker to buy and sell at
"Who'd wanna buy void opals from some dirty Lakon ship?"
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Haven’t heard anyone mention mystery science theater in years, now i have to go back and rewatch all those horrors again
reminds me of a video someone referred me to, where MST are talking about a VERY low-budget movie called something like "attack of the eye creatures":
"they just didn't care."
that's the title of the video, "they just didn't care"!
I already mind void opals. Still you added further valuable information. I probably swap my Anaconda with the Clipper. The best info however was, I thought I can only sell to a station that has an equal or higher demand of void opals than what I carry. You soled all your VO in a station with only 2 demand! That was great news. Now I can sell mine at 1.6 Mill as well.
I’m using a python for core mining. It’s a bit slow and less maneuverable, but I can swing around the outside of a busted up asteroid fairly easily using the ascent/descent controls. All the hard points are also fairly centralized making aiming easier.
This video certainly reinforces my own experiences. I’ve had a hard time finding core asteroids in void opal hotspots on occasion. So this was definitely helpful.
Try system tollan at Planet 4. It has a very crazy amount of core deposits. Ever 2 -5 minutes in came across a void opal asteroid. Filled my cutter with 500 void opal.
I think there is no better spot to farm opals
I'd like to follow up my comment from yesterday with this - yesterday I've had an Eagle, about 500k credits and was about to give up on the game (again) for being so grindy.
I've sold the Eagle, scraped my cash together and bought an Adder, setup for core mining (no Suface scanner because no module slots). I entered an icy ring, pinged and flew around. After about 10 minutes I found an asteroid with those fissures on the surface. Prospector limpet and it's got a void opal core. I've cracked it (that sound is so much more satisfying in person than in a video). I#ve flown home, sold them for 13x1.6m or such...
I'm now in an ASP Explorer, I've only not A rated it because I haven't flown to a station that sells the 5A shields and I've still got a lot more money in the bank than I've ever had in Elite. That Python and Anaconda now look very much reachable instead of undoable. So thanks again :)
Get a Krait MK2. It is the perfect mining ship. You can put you seismic charge launcher & abrasion blaster on the two medium slots, and you still have 3 large hard points for weapons. You can also either take a fighter (96 cargo slots) to help with pirates or an extra 32 cargo bay. Tbh, I take the fighter because I hate running from a fight and usually don’t have the time or patience to farm that long in one go to fill 128 cargo bays. It is a slick ship that has the best hardpoint locations and its low profile design makes it stupid easy to get into tight spaces.
I hadn't played this game for about 6 months. Went in last night with my Asp Explorer miner and got over 100mil in one night of work. I now have a Python miner that I plan to try this morning. Mining is awesome!
You want a nimble ship? I DO IT IN A TYPE-9! There is no less-nimble ship.
I also don't mine void opals, I mine Low temperature diamonds. They can exist as a core, but also just a standard mining resource, and can sell for over a million too. So I use a pair of mining beams, abrasion blaster, and a seismic charge launcher, so I can, and do, mine core asteroids, but also just mine other rocks with LTDs in.
Anyway, Type 9, 512 cargo space, doesn't matter if you go normal mining and get the odd "wrong" resource, you're unlikely to fill it in any comfortable run time, and if you do, just eject the junk. If not, just sell the junk for a little bonus cash.
A good alternate mining ship is the Python, it's size M, and can have a lot of cargo space with all the gear.
Also, EDDB, scroll down, lists stations buying void opals, or in my case LTDs, from best price, then look to see how far that is from you.
You need to hold the button for the second pulse and keep it pressed all the time (on PC. Don't know about others) First pulse is always the same but the second pulse is what shows you if asteroid has a core. If you let the pulse button go you cannot see the "core" indication. It looks like black squares and the whole asteroid needs to be "black". Not just a thin layer of squares. A LOT OF THEM. You will definitely know when you see the one with core.
This is a really good guide, better then the others I’ve watched, good job :)
Also, you can use the free cam to look for the cracks.
That's not a bad tip, I use the free cam all the time to dick around but often forget it can actually be useful too
Many thanks for posting Commander 🖖👾
I wish mining was always this good in every sense, it's just been boring trash up to this point. The sounds are good, the shooting is fun, and the pay is good. It's like a mini game the whole time I love it now.
Thanks for this guide and the examples it has helped me greatly.
Liked for MST3K suggestion. Oh, and I suppose the good info too.
Thank you for your effort in making this, it's super helpful as I've just gotten into mining ☺️7
i recently earned quite a lot of credits by mining "subsurface deposits" of "low temperature diamonds".
not as good as void opals, but better than basic laser mining.
although...i also found good places to mine and sell Osmium, which is smaller but more steady income.
I use an Anaconda for mining. The two class 3 hard points on top work well with gimballed beam lasers for the NPC’s with parrots and wooden legs. I always target the low strength fissures first. 2x Full power torpedoes in low strength fissures is normally all it takes to open the asteroid. EDDB is okay to use, but INARA is much better.
Only bad thing about Inara is that it doesn't show the in-system distance for the station. I've ended up with a few harrowing 180k+ LS journeys trying to minimize jumps.
I know it's an old vid but I would add one thing. When unloading extra limpets to make more room if you choose to abandon them rather than just jettisoning them your collector limpets will ignore them. No need to go to contacts menu and tell them ignore and all that.
"I suggest 'Mystery Science Theater: 3000"
I like the way you think. You, sir, get a subscription.
You can disable your cargo hatch from modules after you get done mining, if you're worried about hatch limpets. Just saying.
What is a hatch limpet?
@@fruitgums Hatch Breaker Limpets. Used by pirates to break open your cargo hatch to steal your loot
@@TheFoxfirelight Wouldn't the deactivating the module do nothing against that?
Didn't tried that. Are you sure it is working?
Before I watch this I take 6 hour find void opal in the ring lost Manny limpet to get some void opal. Thank you video u made easier.
Your right there is one model per ring type that has core opals what's in it is rng .. But ice ring compared to metal or rock rings have different models for core asteroids
pah. I like understatement. I sell void opals from a Keelback.
Great video, much needed, thank you very much.
I too mine with a keel back at the moment. Still pulling between 25 and 60 mill a run
Thanks for the tutorial. The best tip is definitely watching MST3000.
thank you for this, i've been flying around looking for the black glitched out pulse wave signature (mentioned by Spite's Corner) and only that for 30 minutes at time, thinking that was my best way in finding cores. I've probably passed 5 cores for every glitched core i find.
i have noticed that all the cores kinda look the same (maybe 5 to 10 similar looking models) but i figured i just havent played enough to run into different shapes.
I used to core mine in an Anaconda, it went okay. About to try it in a Vette which I usually use for overlapping painite laser mining.
I don't know if it's the same with void opals, But non core asteroids can contain external clusters of low temp diamonds that you can dislodge with an abrasion blaster. It's usually only one or two.
I’ve used a Cutter and it’s fine if you learn how to fly it, the reason that I still fly it after obtaining around half a billion credits is because of the cargo space, I can carry 300 limpits and have many more spaces for void opals. I can spend my limpits like candy and still have many more after my journey. The handling on the Cutter is terrible but after a couple of asteroids, I do just fine.
My biggest issue was the amount of time it took. I was under the impression that I’d be filling my hold within an hour, so I was baffled when I hadn’t had anything for 40 mins.
Thanks for that.
I out fitted a Cutter for void opal mining. Over 550 units at a time
I spent 4 hours before i find my first core asteroid on average
That’s super unlucky, I’ve never gone more than 30 minutes or so without a core asteroid (at least while mining in a hotspot)
best ship I have mined in is the Krait MK II, big cockpit with a large fov to spot that yellow,
I have a T-9 mining rig with 656 cargo space and sometimes itll take me upwards of a week of nonstop mining to fill up before i get home
Great insight. Just one question though: why not check out the surface deposits before blowing up the asteroids? Sometimes, they are interesting (such as low temperature diamonds in LTD sites). It's always a little more to scrub around ;-)
And one last thing: as we can see on your video, watching the exact hour when you blow up asteroids, in general there's a 10-15 minute gap which I would think is the "hunting game" (looking for core asteroids). This is the longest part of deep core mining, in my experience. Having more or less collector limpets has a very low impact on the overall time required to totally fill your cargo. 15' looking, 1 minute setting the charges, and 3 collecting the goods. It's, very roughly a 20 minute cycle. The bulk of it is finding the asteroid. I found ONE thing only to make it quicker, and have an overall relevant impact on the time it takes to fill your cargo: a very open canopy! something like a Krait really helps, Python is bad, Anaconda terrible, and I would think Clippers and cutters just as bad. Too bad a Type-9 cannot fit between the rocks... But really, having a clear field of view, in my experience, really helps not miss the "glowing pumpkins" (you know what I mean). And that is the most efficient way to reduce the time it takes to fill my ship. Any thoughts?
there should be an onboard fighter that can use abrasion blaster so your main ship can stay far away
How many seismic charges do you want on one asteroid?
*YES*
Thats very very very true. It took me today 3 minute to find a void opal and after that it took me liek another 10 minutes to find a void opal. My first tiem took 49 muntes before i found my first void opal. It does take a lot of time but trust me, it very fudging worth it
I feel you 😂took me 2 hours to find a 2 core asteroids ..😶
The Python is far more agile than the Clipper for getting around rocks, and the Python has the highest cargo capacity of any ship that can land anywhere because it uses a medium landing pad.
Gutamaya ships have slow up/down/side thrusters, so the Clipper is not the best ship. Since it needs a large landing pad, you might as well get an Anaconda.
I use a Type 9 works well for me
To find void opals:
Ignore the big flat obsidian like and small perfectly round asteroids.
Spot the bright as fuck ones
If it stays very bright yellow and red when you get close, you found the one.
I will also let my refinery bins fill up with void Opals. So once I sell what's in my hold, I can get an extra 7 or so that are just sitting in the bin waiting for cargo space
Great tutorials and content! I am on Xbox as well, hope to see you in the void! o7
Didnt know the popcorn I am looking for was about the same color at distance. Sometimes I dont find the cores for a while.
This would probably be why.
Thanks!
4:08 Or you use a Python or a Krait Mk2 for Mining and Defend yourself! Instead of running away.
Python=Boss
You could also get an Anaconda and use the extra hard points to kill every pirate unfortunate enough to scan you =)
The Python is in a mining build not strong enough to kill something like a fighter FTL. But it's enough to take damage until your FSD is charged to get you (and your void opals) the hell outta there =)
I kill ervery Pirate in my Mining Krait that scans me. ;)
I'm mining void opals to buy a python. how else would i be able to afford a python?
My little Asp has better hardpoint placement for firing certain modules. Aiming with near wingtip hardpoints looks like it's a little tricky.
They’re shaped like popcorn, python is the best core miner imo...but I too love the clipper. Finding multiple non-vopal cores in a row, in a vopal hotspot turns me into an idiot.
I usually put highs in low fissures, it often only takes 2 charges...however, idk if that negatively affects yield.
Great video.
From what I've seen, so long as you stay in the blue zone only, you get optimal yield. I have had difficulty getting it completely in the blue with just two highs in low fissures; I normally have to drop a low in an average to edge it up there.
I found INARA easier to locate stations which buys Opals at a high price. Works near enough the same as EDDB but INARA tells how many ships have visited been through that station. If its 35 or more then go further away like I do as most players go to the nearest system and when get there the price will be lower as everyone will favour goiing there, just wanted to add this to your great guide if you prefer to look using INARA.
I take those Systems with 0 - 5 Ships Traffic, not higher.
Great video!
Never had a bright yellow be one, I always find a core in the black, green and yellow ones.