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- The Void is a very resource rich sector, especially in methane, that does have the unfortunate side effect of blowing up your ships in its hazard zone. This guide for X4 Foundations 4.20 will give you a few tips on how to safely mine and transport the resources found here.
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There's a chassis upgrade called "Tenacity" which gives you *100% damage reduction* from hazardous zones. So the void ain't a problem at all and you can get at it without any trouble whatsoever - same for the tides in Avarice. I've already commented this on the crystals guide, but I think ppl watching here might profit from this too. Enjoy!
damage reduction mods were added in 5.00. I'm sure it was meant for the new zones, but it also works very well in the Void! It is an exceptional mod to get that 100% damage reduction so kind of pricey. Also not sure if it applies to the drones of the attached ship, but at least it would make medium miners safe
@@JKNinja aaaah, added in 5.0!? That explains how I could miss it during all this time. Thanks for your insight!
I don't know about drones either, but yeah, medium miners are safe. I just hope this was intended and won't be removed - I really enjoy being able to retrofit ships with stuff like that :)
Regarding cost.. not sure how long it would take a new player to get 100%.. my save file is a bit older and upgrading at my own shipyard doesn't cost credits - just resources, which I accumulated over time in abundance. A large miner ain't easy for a new player to come by either - but when, like you said in the video, shield recharge rate can counter the shield drain from hazardous zones, maybe a lower tier mod can enable other ships with less recharge rate to achieve the same =)
@@vertexrikers late reply, but I'll respond to it anyways, because it got changed a while back, and people in the present reading this, might get mislead.
Sadly, in-sector (is) damage is now the same as out of sector (oos) damage, so L Miners with +500 shield regen rate continue to be save oos, because they don't deploy their drones when you're oos. But that only works because L/XL shield regenerate continuously, and S/M shields do not. Once damaged, they have an activation delay before they start to regenerate, which is fine in combat, where you're expected to dodge bullets, but will always result in zero shield effectiveness inside hazard zones.
Either you use L Miners and stay oos (or check that you Miners are not in the hazard zones when you enter), or you have to upgrade your ships with the 100% hazard resistance mods for their hull. And if you do the later, M Miners become the more attractive option, since they don't deploy drones for mining, and Drones do not profit from hazzard Protection mods on their L Miner.
If you want to increase the safety of your ships, use "trading" stations as mining hubs.
First, build a station off the ecliptic. +/- 100km in the middle of the sector works best, and assign a manager to it.
Second, build any Docking ports for M class ships, and a bunch of liquid (or even solid) storage units.
Set up trade wares, methane most importantly, and restrict their buy orders to player owned faction, selling is fine for everyone.
Third, assign 5 or so M Miners for Liquids (and for Ores) to the station manager via the mine-for-station command.
Another 5 M Miners should be assigned as traders for the stations, distributing what got collected.
You need miners here, because trader ships can't load liquids or solids, only containers.
Keep in mind that all of these ships need the hazzard mod installed. It is less important on the traders, but it should be done regardless.
The higher the stars on your manager, the bigger the jump range for the miners on trading duty, so they'll start to supply the surrounding sectors, and if your industry is placed nearby, fuel it, too. I guess the limit for a manager is still 5 sectors, so eventually, you'll want to unshackle your miners on trading duty, and use their 15 sector jump range to trade with everyone.
Since you're the only faction that produces a station-stored supply of methane or any other basic mining good, traders will flock to you, and your wares get spread to any sector in range, unless there is a better offer closer by. You can even restrict the selling of your ressources to npc factions, and fuel your stations on the other side of the sector map.
Just a tip... if you place a station above the ecliptic in the middle of the Void, be sure to arm it properly. I have such an installation and it gets frequently visited by Xenon K's on their way from Getsu Fune to Frontiers Edge or vice versa.
Nice one.
Just to add some things.
Ships will automatically avoid the dangerous area. As long as you don't build the station in the dangerous parts, there is no need to move it vertically. This also applies to miners it seems, so far all my miners seem to avoid the sector by themselves.
However, the automatic mining-avoidance and blacklists no longer work if you assign miners to a station that is in The Void, as it automatically greenlights the sector for ships belonging to that station. Miners will still try to mine there if they have nowhere else to go.
Only the Magnetar and Crane can safely mine there as they are the only L miners with two shield slots to reach that critical 500 recharge rate.
The area where the two radiation belts cross deals double the damage - 1000 damage per second. You get hit by both belts at the same time.
I had several miners cruise through there for basically no reason. Lost a small fleet to it.
@@planexshifter Odd. So far in this current save, started in 4.20 and been going for about 80 hours now, i haven't lost a single ship to the radiation and i have literally hundreds of ships travelling through there.
Did they maybe try to sell to one of those stations that is in the belt?
@@kajarslibrary5404 Was an older version- haven't played in a few months- the new beta brought me back to X!
5.10 still has my miners regularly enter the hazard zones, even sit in it while mining. They do seem to avoid it sometimes however.
Learned this lesson the hard way, as I kept losing ships (miners and scouts) that I sent there, unaware of the hazardous region. When I eventually noticed I wasn't getting attack alerts, I Googled it to figure out what was happened, and learned about the hazardous region (which I later experienced for myself following the Segaris Pioneers questline).
So I blacklisted the region, but now I think I might just follow your advice. Thanks man.
You make very good videos about x4 ! thank you and keep it up
Great video as usual. I think it's worth mentioning also that the void is also a frequent target of Xenon incursions, so staying away from the south and north side with your stations is a good idea.
Clean the 3 sectors and you're golden
Thanks so much. You've got some great guides on this game, and I love your humour too. Honestly, if not for your videos, I probably would've given up on it.
Absolutely love your video!!!! Its absolutely amazing content! Iv been watching a few of your vids. Pls never stop
The void is quite crucial for all the Terran play. It's the only way to get into the other parts of the gate network. So, You have to take it. Vise versa, it's the only path to get to Sol. It's also next to ANT's capital sector and only 1 sector (Second Contact II) away from Argon Prime.
I just built a huge advanced electronic factory there (50 adv. electronic production modules. I guess I overworked.)and I am thinking of turning it into a huge shipyard.
Also, there is a mod to change the hazard only to depleting shields, not armor or hull.
Gunna run through some of your tutorials, bout to return to the game and never really got too far into it
There is a lot going on with the game, give it some time and I hope you enjoy it!
I needed this video so bad. My hull parts factories are in Argon Prime and just the other day my three stations harvesting methane stopped gathering it and all my miners are trying to harvest the same spots. I've been avoiding The Void not wanting to deal with this sector. I didn't know OOS drones didn't deploy. Thanks for the tip!
Sounds like the Void is definitely a good spot for you!
@@JKNinja yes it does. Not ready yet to take the fight to the Xenon. Soon though hopefully
This is great production for X4 tutorials! Great work!
Hey just found your channel. Love your content :)
4:10 Yeah, last time they ask me to fix a leak on a station over there. I replied: fix it yourself.
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A most excellent video.
Lol you found my true HK location, 4 s/m 2 L and 1 XL, ship fab's, capable of continuous output, fully modular and easily expandable.... too be honest broke the game a bit for me I look with pity at my buyers (pretty much all the factions), they think they rule theyr worlds...
PS, and has if the nearly 2k guns on board weren't enough to defend it self, I also have 1 defence station right on top of each gate with nearly 500 guns each, bit overkill, have 2 at frontiers edge, but I destroyed the Xenon there and now Ant is the "owner"...
Ironic that this video comes days after xenon took over the void sector in my playthrough. Still, great for future reference.
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How did you do that?
Howd you make it go straight up the Y axis?
Is there a site where something like a interactive map to find resources? Just like you just showde for methane?
maybe try something like this? roguey.co.uk/x4/universe
Jessie, we have to mine Methane
i finaly bought a med miner worth 2mil credits. and it died after 1 haul in void. luckily i had saved like 5 mins prior. so i reloaded and specated...... and watched it die again. now i know whats going on at least. i got no clue how to build factory or anyting. i got ur channel marked i sure i be comeing back often if i play that long. so far im bored. seems like so little to do early game. maybe im missing things i dont know. i finally got few minors making me passive money. so i going to take my starter ship go off exploring. get some missions done and hopefully that will open the game up more for me.
holymoly that is a lot.
How did you put custom background into you menu screens?
A better alternative is to keep using M Miners/Gas harvesters instead of L ones. Why? Because you can use a M miner with a cheap basic hull mod to give your M miners upto 90% less damage taken in hazardous areas. Meaning they are completely immune to the field even with a single medium shield generator worth of shield regen. And UNLIKE L-sized miners, they won't instantly lose all their drones as soon as you pass through the sector.
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Am I missing something? I'm playing Terran cadet start and there are no hazardous areas in the void. Also no xenon. Did something change in the 5.0 update?
I just did a new cadet start and my Kukri blew up in the Void. The northern part of the sector does not have the hazardous zone, you may not have traveled far enough. Or maybe a mod conflict?
@@JKNinja oh apparently i just auto piloted my way through everytime so i avoided those parts.
hi, so the point to the station with the storage depot, is for NPC to buy it ? or u put your own trader to fill the demand ?
asking cause i don't have 2 or 3 star pilots yet
Good buttons, pressed
Which build are you running on the Gas miner? Also why not run the Crane Vanguard instead which has even more shields?
Why does your Thraka's IV only say 13,000K? Mine says 232M Methane
Sectors are infinite in size, your resource values will go up the farher out you go. I used the values of the sector without expanding the borders
I have scape base in their. the enemy are coming through a gate their, Hull parts and bizzo`s( claytronics) abound now.
X4 Boron say hello JK!
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I'd rather just take a Xenon sector. That way I have an excuse for more pew pews
Hmm trde station in danger zone=more dead npc traders=more sold ships?
I like the way you think
Unless Egosoft has changed that, being out of sector/system deletes the danger immediately
It was changed in 4.1, with the AI automining adjusted so it steers clear of The Void unless it's already there when orders are given. In the case of Ls it's no problem because their drones don't need to deploy OOS. S/M take damage OOS. The Void also has some trouble from Xen, Yak from North and Xen from South. But the main problem is if you'd need to travel through and remember to worry about L miners drones. If it wasn't a crucial connection sector then that could be avoided. Now it's a minor headache.
It was changed. Just in the last couple of days, I ordered my small "deploy resource probes" craft to drop some probes in The Void, and (OOS) when it flew in and approached a position that happened to be in the hazardous region (because it was explicitly ordered to, which overrides the global blacklist), it went "poof". So, oops.
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ah so the lucky number is 500 watts, hmm I might have to sell all my L mags for ant L miner
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Or just be a man and go out into the void with a bucket and scoop up methane
Or you can use a mod that removes the radiation all together.. they won't get killed by the radiation but they will get killed by those pesky little xenon 😁
But we just learned how to beat those rads
@@sulljoh1 well some people like me prefer not to deal with it at all it's bad enough having the xenon constantly kill your ships... Because the factions suck ass at defending there sectors... Then again I'm done with X4 until or unless somebody makes a mod to disable how the boost works by draining your shield... I'm sorry but that is just stupid! 👎 It's hard to believe it does not annoy other players... Shields are pretty much pointless in this game I mean unless you're ship dies ASAP cuz that's what pretty much happens...grrrr😬