Star Citizen 3.23.1 - Beginner's Guide - Hiring a Prospector and Mining

To buy a ship cost a lot of money so being able to hire a ship is a very valuable option. Hiring a Prospector and mining ore is a great way to build up your wallet. You can double your earnings if you plan ahead and refine ore and hire a transport to take it to market. You can start by selling ore straight and then work up to refining when your wallet looks a bit fatter.
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Chapter List
00:00 Intro
00:18 The Option to Hire and When you Should Take it.
00:50 Where to Hire the Prospector
01:31 Delivering the Prospector
01:50 The Prospector and its Weaknesses
02:03 Equipment You Need
02:18 Pre-Flight Tests
02:49 Diving on a Moon from Orbit
03:40 The Prospector's Default Loadout and Limitations
05:02 Finding Ore Nodes and Scanning Them
05:30 Ores and their Refined Values
06:42 Pushing the Limits of your Mining Range
07:31 The Process of Fracturing Ore Nodes
08:19 An Existing Bug With Mining
09:18 Avoiding Damage to your Ship
09:50 Scanning Fragments and Planning the Collection
10:36 A Rare Find and Extraction Mode
11:40 Selling the Ore as Is
12:27 Refining your Ore Instead
13:27 Refining vs Selling Ore Upfront

[@TheBoffinLabs]

So Boffins. I did an experiment. I came home with a nearly pure load of Borase which is the best of the second tier ores. The total Ore Sale value was about 47k and the refined profit from the run about 95k. If you aim to fill up with about 50% top tier ores and top off the hold with second tier ores then you should consistently bring back about 50k in ore. The advantage of selling the ore direct is you get paid for the trash ores without having to move them.

[@BWayPA]

Great tutorials! I tell all the newbies and returning players in my Org to check out your videos, keep up the good work!

[@VenomGaming-mg8ue]

Great stuff Triton!!!!

[@Krieghandt]

Next Nano Guide: hiring a miner, and prospecting.

[@Noompsky]

This guide is so handy! Thanks Triton :)