Thank you Hawkes for all the effort and info you put in your videos. Thanks to you I got my first billion, got the Corvette, fully engineered it, and even got myself a fleet carrier, could not have done it without your help.
I've mined and sold 27,000,000,000 credits worth of mostly void opals (from back when they were 1.7m each) and I used eddb to find the highest mass rings and have my secret vopal hotspots. One has a patch of over 10 that I've harvested countless times. It was my after work activity for many months.
thank you man! always stoked to see a vid from you! CUDOSSSS!!! you kickstarted my ED career back before the big nerf with your videos, taught me to mine properly and made it possible for me to have a now reasonably well engineered fleet of ships! you are the bomb !!
Some tricks to keep in mind: How transparent is the asteroid feild? If it is completely transparent, it will be very spaced out asteroids; best for fast large ships. If it’s completely opaque… small ships with high agility. Stick to you location! Anytime you jump, you leave a wake and you are almost guaranteed to have enemies. If you don’t want combat, get a ship that can do 350+ meters per second; just boost as fast as you can until they’re out of your scan. Learn to spot fissures without a scanner. You will learn that limits are gold. Instead of wasting a limpit on a potential core, shot a charge at a identifiable fissure. If it bounces off, it’s a dud; if it stick, then probe the asteroid o you know what you might have. Limpits are move valuable than charges. Using the previous trick you can also go limpitless mining. It’s not as easy, but I’m not going home till I’m full!
I've spent the last few weeks mining Monazite in my Python. Yes I take big guns. I also try to mine in medium or high security systems, so if piRATS show up, I don't have to fight them alone. Last week Monazite was topping 700K a ton, so I was making a fair amount of cheddar with an occasional bounty to boot. I can generally find a good sell location within 50LY of my mining spot. I chose Monazite because it has the highest *average* sell price. You find it in rocky rings the most.
Once upon a time, if your detonation was too low, you got a 2nd crack at it if there was a fissure left. You didn't get the yield of a successful detonation, but it was something. I tried that last night (Been a while and I'm out of practice) and the charges just bounced off. I guess the consolation prize 2nd crack has been taken out?
My biggest issue is the explosion yield graph. If you get it perfect, there’s still a chance it say “exceeded optimal yeild, poor material outcome” or something along with that. Pretty much it means you blew some of the goodies up. It seems like a 90% chance it’ll say that and it usually makes no actual difference, so I think it’s just a bug. Being said, if you do overdo the charges… it will actually affect you outcome. Other word of advice is look for overlapping hotspots. I tend to find around 50% more cores there.
Just in case you're not super quick on the draw (like me, sometimes...) use night vision. It really helps when the asteroids are playing hide and seek.
I have on multiple occasions found 4-5 cores clumped together in short distance from each other, and other times it's difficult to find a single core, this all in pristine level spots. I guess it really just depends on where you dropped in.
I followed your recommendation and I got back to the game. Tried your Laser Mining guide video and it was ton of fun’s. Just like old times. Did 52,000,000 Crs on my first trip. Now I’m doing your Core Guide video and I’m sure I’ll have fun. I have a request if I may. I know it sucks but can you make a guide on Sub-Surface Mining? Would love to know which materials you go for and how you proceed when doing SS mining. I would love watching just as the last 2 videos. Thanks Commander! o7
@@HawkesGaming thanks so much for taking the time to answer me. It means a lot to me. I’m struggling right now with gathering all the resources to one day buy my fleet carrier. Any recommendation? Should I gather resources and buy the T-10 Heavy for the AFK build strategy? Would I get more coins with that strategy? BTW never stop saying “Glorious Python”. Make you be special dude! Thanks acommander. o7
@@FrozenKombat For the most part any afk build will require engineering to make sure you dont eventually die for some reason. If you went type 9 and did platinum laser mining bro it would only be a matter of days to buy your fleet carrier.
@@HawkesGaming I have my glorious Python with 5* FSD engineered for long range. But only FSD. I have the rest of your build like in your video, except I added the Multi-Mining Limpet Collectors (having a total of 7 collectors and a 3A Prospector. 192 Cargo Hold + 6 Bins in Refinery. 3 Mining Laser, 1 Blaster and 1 Charge (for Core Mining) so if I find a nice core I go for it too. My ship overheats so I went for 3 lasers instead of 4. I’ll follow your recommendation and I’ll grind the Crs for my fleet. Thanks Commander. o7
People are silly. I play on the dangerous odyssey legacy and I can confirm going into a double or even triple hotspot, and an area like that makes it way easier to get away more resources, and I might be wrong but it really seems like whenever you go into a overlap area like that resource that you’re looking for is way way way more than if it was not a triple overlap.
hello there mister hawkes commander sir. i`ve gotten back into elite after a few years of absence and so far your videos have been a really big help for me to get back into the game. i`d like to ask something in regards of "how to" guides. especially when it comes to mining. your vids give a quick and eay to comprehend overview about the task and how to perform it but it would be really helpful if you could make a more "in depth" one. meaning stuff like your control set up, where to put the prospector and normal drone, how to engage the specific scan mode. hell, so far i wasnt even able to move my aim in DSS mode, let alone fire my drones in a way to actually scan 100% of what i`m looking at. i`d highly appreciate such a guide and think i`m not alone in this since this game has quite a steap learning curve for dummies like me. thank you very much in advance and may you make all the space cheddar you desire.
@@vehicleboi5598 yep but honestly, I already had ASP Explorer, Krait MK2, even freaking Mamba, and I much much prefer Diamondback Explorer. Can't afford an Anaconda yet. Same for combat. I had multiple ships but Vulture eats them all easily.
This video and your other mining guides are great. Still took me several mining trips to understand how to maximize the yield from a core.. Man this fucking game..
Deactivating a charge also destroys the fissure you deployed it in. So, depending on the number of them if you mess up too many times you might run out of fissures.
Thanks again Mr. Hawkes for more great tips and tricks ..... was big into mining in ED when you could make a small fortune mining Void Opals, in an afternoon,,,, back in the good old days sad to say,, haven't played ED in over year now,, , I fell down the SC hole,, but still enjoy both games,, ,, (really have to give ED a go again) Thanks again,, and keep up the good work 🙂
i started to play elite dangerous 10 years after launch and im fucking having a blast, ill start playing star citizen 50 years after launch in 20 years, i know ill have a blast too, jokes aside, when i get my flight setup, you bet star citizen will be my jewel if they make it as they say they wanna
2:16 tbh i might maybe possibly replace one of the collector limpet controllers with a 5H guardian fsd booster, core mining has a lot less chunks of ore for your limpets to deal with per second than laser mining but tbh the 25 ly fully laden for this build is very decent so this is kind of a nitpick option (unless you find out the best selling loc is 300 ly away xd)
Hey Hawkes, love the content, I was wondering if your ultimate ship combat guide was still applicable today and if not, what new things I should take into consideration?
Hey, Hawkes! I have been a fan for a few years. You're first run down of all ships got me into ED. You wanna do a vid on the AFK build that kills in res zones? And Stacking missions? It still works, came back and did it a few days ago. It is a HUGE time suck to build, but so worth it in the end. And can also end in disaster if overwhelmed.
I recently suffered a flub where I somehow missed putting SHIELDS on my Anaconda recently and the rebuy made me sell my prized Asp X and bankrupted me, so I'm going to go out core mining in my hybrid Krait MkII with a fighter jockey backing me up. Gotta kit up so I can follow your Engineering guides and build up an AX fighter since those bugs look like they are making some bad progress.
Very helpful guide. Quick and easy to understand! I stopped playing ED because of the mining nerf some time ago, but with this you gonna get me right back in. Also a quick question, is this method valid on Horizons? Or is the odyssey mineral mining different? (Sadly i cant run odyssey on my pc) Edit: Man is it really that easy now finding a core asteroid in Odyssey?
How do you know how many full strength charges to use on a given rock? How do you play the mini game? Seems like some important details completely omitted.
It's all the same. Most of the time I will start with 2 full charges in high strength then do light charges on the last one or two. Here is the thing. You can do a full on a high and then a full on a low and it will put you right on the edge of a perfect crack. The next one with a light change will almost always be perfect on every core. There is no mini game other than what I show. All cores are the same.
Fight only if you know how to and who you are up against. when i bought my new Krait 2 i got interdicted and i prepared to fight with all weps on board except for proper internals and the npc blasted the shit outta me in 20 seconds and i couldnt even turn against him. he also opened fire on me right after i deployed, my guns werent even fully deployed i was already 75% shield. so yeah know how to fight if you gonna risk your work
for laser mining , prices are bad osmium may be the best option, painite? nope i said osmium like 280 k average. core mining is more rewarding atm, not by much but depends the day
To me the most humorous part of elite dangerous is when some imbecile in a Sidewinder interdicts me and claims he’s going to be the death of me only to be destroyed within 5 seconds. HA! HA!
Goddamit, I be trying to find cores on console (no odyssey) and it's super hard , the lights all look the same, only the slightest difference known to man
I'm on XBox one that doesn't have Odyssey update - any ideas/help on finding cores ? Spent hours (literally) looking for cores and only found 2 to 4 out of over 2 dozen prospecters used
they'll still look like pumpkins. if you get close and it's glowing bright yellow, it's a core, especially if that glow lights up other asteroids around it
From reddit: The PWA used to work properly, and then after a patch over a year ago it stopped working properly, because there was an unintended glitch that caused the pwa to shoot mostly backwards, which is what caused so many false positives. People who were using FA off backflips or used the screenshot camera to drive in 3rd person backwards while scanning could find cores quite easily. But people who were just looking forwards were only seeing the reflections of the scan, which is what caused the high false positive rate.
Nice guide. I prefer the clipper for it's speed over the extra cargo of Python personally. Sad thing is core mining isn't worth doing anymore. Most other activities in the game will net you more than 2x profit over core mining. Like AndyTom it used to be my favorite after work activity. It's a shame what they did to it. :(
Does entire video on how to mine in elite dangerous. *checks inara at the END of the video and sees that Alexandrite isnt worth much* Elite Dangerous Moment.
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ED now is like changing of generations, New generation CMDRS are playing and Hawkes kind of peaking of the next episodes of ED.
old CMDRs flocking back too lol
I have been an on and off CMDR of ED for 8 years. It’s been an amazing journey so many friends that turned into real life friends.
Thank you Hawkes for all the effort and info you put in your videos. Thanks to you I got my first billion, got the Corvette, fully engineered it, and even got myself a fleet carrier, could not have done it without your help.
Hell yeah Commander! I love to hear these stories!
Same dude the old void opals vid made me billions cheers hawkes👍
Infact I even used your starcitizen ones and nomanski
I've mined and sold 27,000,000,000 credits worth of mostly void opals (from back when they were 1.7m each) and I used eddb to find the highest mass rings and have my secret vopal hotspots. One has a patch of over 10 that I've harvested countless times. It was my after work activity for many months.
Look at you go
Smh me sitting here at 184 mil for months
That's awesome
When it comes to making Space Cheddar, NO ONE is better! Thanks for the update and above all thanks for posting!
I'm not actively playing ED at the moment, but I left a like and this comment for the algorithm. Your effort is much appreciated. Thanks Hawkes! o7 🙂
thank you man! always stoked to see a vid from you! CUDOSSSS!!! you kickstarted my ED career back before the big nerf with your videos, taught me to mine properly and made it possible for me to have a now reasonably well engineered fleet of ships! you are the bomb !!
Some tricks to keep in mind:
How transparent is the asteroid feild?
If it is completely transparent, it will be very spaced out asteroids; best for fast large ships. If it’s completely opaque… small ships with high agility.
Stick to you location!
Anytime you jump, you leave a wake and you are almost guaranteed to have enemies.
If you don’t want combat, get a ship that can do 350+ meters per second; just boost as fast as you can until they’re out of your scan.
Learn to spot fissures without a scanner.
You will learn that limits are gold. Instead of wasting a limpit on a potential core, shot a charge at a identifiable fissure. If it bounces off, it’s a dud; if it stick, then probe the asteroid o you know what you might have. Limpits are move valuable than charges.
Using the previous trick you can also go limpitless mining. It’s not as easy, but I’m not going home till I’m full!
So glad to see you making Elite videos again!
I've spent the last few weeks mining Monazite in my Python. Yes I take big guns. I also try to mine in medium or high security systems, so if piRATS show up, I don't have to fight them alone. Last week Monazite was topping 700K a ton, so I was making a fair amount of cheddar with an occasional bounty to boot. I can generally find a good sell location within 50LY of my mining spot. I chose Monazite because it has the highest *average* sell price. You find it in rocky rings the most.
"Imma do it anyway cuz I do what I want." This made my day dude!!
Ahhhh... That's the stuff. I haven't seen a core asteroid blow apart in months... So satisfying! Thank you for that.
Once upon a time, if your detonation was too low, you got a 2nd crack at it if there was a fissure left. You didn't get the yield of a successful detonation, but it was something. I tried that last night (Been a while and I'm out of practice) and the charges just bounced off. I guess the consolation prize 2nd crack has been taken out?
I was hoping for this video!! I didn't know much about deep core mining. Thank you, very clear.
My biggest issue is the explosion yield graph. If you get it perfect, there’s still a chance it say “exceeded optimal yeild, poor material outcome” or something along with that. Pretty much it means you blew some of the goodies up. It seems like a 90% chance it’ll say that and it usually makes no actual difference, so I think it’s just a bug.
Being said, if you do overdo the charges… it will actually affect you outcome.
Other word of advice is look for overlapping hotspots. I tend to find around 50% more cores there.
Just in case you're not super quick on the draw (like me, sometimes...) use night vision. It really helps when the asteroids are playing hide and seek.
I have on multiple occasions found 4-5 cores clumped together in short distance from each other, and other times it's difficult to find a single core, this all in pristine level spots. I guess it really just depends on where you dropped in.
Thank you for all the guides you make. Without you I would have not enjoyed the game as much as I do now. Keep up the amazing work!
I followed your recommendation and I got back to the game. Tried your Laser Mining guide video and it was ton of fun’s. Just like old times. Did 52,000,000 Crs on my first trip. Now I’m doing your Core Guide video and I’m sure I’ll have fun. I have a request if I may. I know it sucks but can you make a guide on Sub-Surface Mining? Would love to know which materials you go for and how you proceed when doing SS mining. I would love watching just as the last 2 videos. Thanks Commander! o7
I will be doing the subsurface video again.
@@HawkesGaming thanks so much for taking the time to answer me. It means a lot to me. I’m struggling right now with gathering all the resources to one day buy my fleet carrier. Any recommendation? Should I gather resources and buy the T-10 Heavy for the AFK build strategy? Would I get more coins with that strategy? BTW never stop saying “Glorious Python”. Make you be special dude! Thanks acommander. o7
@@FrozenKombat For the most part any afk build will require engineering to make sure you dont eventually die for some reason.
If you went type 9 and did platinum laser mining bro it would only be a matter of days to buy your fleet carrier.
@@HawkesGaming I have my glorious Python with 5* FSD engineered for long range. But only FSD. I have the rest of your build like in your video, except I added the Multi-Mining Limpet Collectors (having a total of 7 collectors and a 3A Prospector. 192 Cargo Hold + 6 Bins in Refinery. 3 Mining Laser, 1 Blaster and 1 Charge (for Core Mining) so if I find a nice core I go for it too. My ship overheats so I went for 3 lasers instead of 4. I’ll follow your recommendation and I’ll grind the Crs for my fleet. Thanks Commander. o7
Just saw your laser mining guide a while ago and I just racked over 59 million with 223 Plat sold from a mining trip in my T-9!
That core popping is always so satisfying! ☺️
Yea, that satisfying boom when the core asteroid cracks open...ohhhh!
People are silly. I play on the dangerous odyssey legacy and I can confirm going into a double or even triple hotspot, and an area like that makes it way easier to get away more resources, and I might be wrong but it really seems like whenever you go into a overlap area like that resource that you’re looking for is way way way more than if it was not a triple overlap.
hello there mister hawkes commander sir.
i`ve gotten back into elite after a few years of absence and so far your videos have been a really big help for me to get back into the game.
i`d like to ask something in regards of "how to" guides. especially when it comes to mining. your vids give a quick and eay to comprehend overview about the task and how to perform it but it would be really helpful if you could make a more "in depth" one.
meaning stuff like your control set up, where to put the prospector and normal drone, how to engage the specific scan mode. hell, so far i wasnt even able to move my aim in DSS mode, let alone fire my drones in a way to actually scan 100% of what i`m looking at.
i`d highly appreciate such a guide and think i`m not alone in this since this game has quite a steap learning curve for dummies like me.
thank you very much in advance and may you make all the space cheddar you desire.
I tried mining in Krait MK2 and it was a pain in the ass, I prefer exploration much much much more.
exploration is based
@@vehicleboi5598 yep but honestly, I already had ASP Explorer, Krait MK2, even freaking Mamba, and I much much prefer Diamondback Explorer. Can't afford an Anaconda yet. Same for combat. I had multiple ships but Vulture eats them all easily.
This video and your other mining guides are great. Still took me several mining trips to understand how to maximize the yield from a core.. Man this fucking game..
Deactivating a charge also destroys the fissure you deployed it in. So, depending on the number of them if you mess up too many times you might run out of fissures.
love me some core mining with flight assist off. so peaceful, so fun. good practice i guess too
Thanks again Mr. Hawkes for more great tips and tricks .....
was big into mining in ED when you could make a small fortune mining Void Opals, in an afternoon,,,, back in the good old days
sad to say,, haven't played ED in over year now,, , I fell down the SC hole,, but still enjoy both games,, ,, (really have to give ED a go again)
Thanks again,, and keep up the good work 🙂
i started to play elite dangerous 10 years after launch and im fucking having a blast,
ill start playing star citizen 50 years after launch in 20 years, i know ill have a blast too, jokes aside, when i get my flight setup, you bet star citizen will be my jewel if they make it as they say they wanna
I gave this game a break but came back, before i left void opals were on top now its monzonite or however u spell it.
2:16 tbh i might maybe possibly replace one of the collector limpet controllers with a 5H guardian fsd booster, core mining has a lot less chunks of ore for your limpets to deal with per second than laser mining but tbh the 25 ly fully laden for this build is very decent so this is kind of a nitpick option (unless you find out the best selling loc is 300 ly away xd)
Hey Hawkes, love the content, I was wondering if your ultimate ship combat guide was still applicable today and if not, what new things I should take into consideration?
Combat is still gtg. I'll re do it though for the more epic explosions though haha.
Hey, Hawkes! I have been a fan for a few years. You're first run down of all ships got me into ED. You wanna do a vid on the AFK build that kills in res zones? And Stacking missions? It still works, came back and did it a few days ago. It is a HUGE time suck to build, but so worth it in the end. And can also end in disaster if overwhelmed.
I recently suffered a flub where I somehow missed putting SHIELDS on my Anaconda recently and the rebuy made me sell my prized Asp X and bankrupted me, so I'm going to go out core mining in my hybrid Krait MkII with a fighter jockey backing me up. Gotta kit up so I can follow your Engineering guides and build up an AX fighter since those bugs look like they are making some bad progress.
Very helpful guide. Quick and easy to understand!
I stopped playing ED because of the mining nerf some time ago, but with this you gonna get me right back in.
Also a quick question, is this method valid on Horizons? Or is the odyssey mineral mining different? (Sadly i cant run odyssey on my pc)
Edit: Man is it really that easy now finding a core asteroid in Odyssey?
If you really want to avoid putting weapons on your ship, drop some engineering on your thrusters, you can outrun the pirates that way. xP
I was hoping u were about to make this after the laser mining guide
Great job again man!
Great guide! Nice!
Yarrrrr. here is your friendly reminder that you have mine in open for max profit!
man, that was entertaining
You get full prise when it’s 0 in demand
11:45 yes, the 0 indicates an infinte amount
How do you know how many full strength charges to use on a given rock? How do you play the mini game? Seems like some important details completely omitted.
It's all the same. Most of the time I will start with 2 full charges in high strength then do light charges on the last one or two. Here is the thing. You can do a full on a high and then a full on a low and it will put you right on the edge of a perfect crack. The next one with a light change will almost always be perfect on every core.
There is no mini game other than what I show. All cores are the same.
I appreciate the Count, aa aa aa!
I think that when Inara says 0 demand it actually means infinite demand
Hell yeah, Alexandrite 😎
Fight only if you know how to and who you are up against.
when i bought my new Krait 2 i got interdicted and i prepared to fight with all weps on board except for proper internals and the npc blasted the shit outta me in 20 seconds and i couldnt even turn against him. he also opened fire on me right after i deployed, my guns werent even fully deployed i was already 75% shield.
so yeah know how to fight if you gonna risk your work
I grabbed the limpets. Did not buy ammo for the mining equipment.
for laser mining , prices are bad osmium may be the best option, painite? nope i said osmium like 280 k average. core mining is more rewarding atm, not by much but depends the day
My abrasion blaster stopped working. I guess it ran out of ammo?
I use a krait mk2 for speeedd
To me the most humorous part of elite dangerous is when some imbecile in a Sidewinder interdicts me and claims he’s going to be the death of me only to be destroyed within 5 seconds.
HA! HA!
Do you know any trade resources that support legacy
do i have to buy odysse or is mining changed in live as well?
In your opinion would ED be worth starting on a console like Playstation or would it be a pass?
Taking a break from SC 3.17?
Goddamit, I be trying to find cores on console (no odyssey) and it's super hard , the lights all look the same, only the slightest difference known to man
I'm on XBox one that doesn't have Odyssey update - any ideas/help on finding cores ? Spent hours (literally) looking for cores and only found 2 to 4 out of over 2 dozen prospecters used
they'll still look like pumpkins. if you get close and it's glowing bright yellow, it's a core, especially if that glow lights up other asteroids around it
a great way to help when identifying them is to look up the images online of them and compare them to them in game.
carriers make it a pain to get max sell price, odds are by the time you are done mining carriers have already wiped the demand
for good sell systems go to inara and look for the most recently updated prices of your mineral.
Did you find 6 cores in 30 minutes (as I can judge from your clock)?
My seismic charges keep bouncing off. What am I doing wrong?
You must firstly target the fisher on the asteroid before you fire your seismic charge launcher.
Did that solve your problem?
Dude, why don't MULTI-miner limpet? Gives 4 active. Prosp+Collect.
can someone help me i need system for federation grind someone got tipp for me
What's the difference between pre and post Odessy cores?
From reddit:
The PWA used to work properly, and then after a patch over a year ago it stopped working properly, because there was an unintended glitch that caused the pwa to shoot mostly backwards, which is what caused so many false positives. People who were using FA off backflips or used the screenshot camera to drive in 3rd person backwards while scanning could find cores quite easily. But people who were just looking forwards were only seeing the reflections of the scan, which is what caused the high false positive rate.
Basically, they glow properly now, so you can tell.
Nice guide. I prefer the clipper for it's speed over the extra cargo of Python personally. Sad thing is core mining isn't worth doing anymore. Most other activities in the game will net you more than 2x profit over core mining. Like AndyTom it used to be my favorite after work activity. It's a shame what they did to it. :(
o7 Hawkes
Does entire video on how to mine in elite dangerous. *checks inara at the END of the video and sees that Alexandrite isnt worth much* Elite Dangerous Moment.
Doesn't listen to why at the beginning of the video to highlight what went right over your head so you could post a comment.
@@HawkesGaming sorry I wasn't making fun of you apologies. I should have put an /s. sorry sir I was just joking around.
I was just watching this for some background noise while I grinded engineer mats
🤑🤑🤑THX
Connection error ahaaa aaaa 😂
STEP 1
dont
Mining sucks in ED
great job chap. o7