Little tip for the fissures and charges, most of the time you don't really have to concern yourself with the charge of your seismic charge launchers. What works wonders in 99% of cases (there has to be at least 2 low strenght fissures) is to just fire 2 most charged shots at 2 low strength fissures. Many times this will already end with you being in your sweet spot. If not, you just select another high or average strength fissure and just fire at it with no charge at all - just a tap. Sometimes with high strenghts you might have to do this 1 more time. But better safe then sorry imo :D I have found this strategy to be way more reliable then just trying to somehow guess the amount of charge vs fissure what exactly you need.
Yeah, I use a strat like this when I’m mining myself. I didn’t put it in the video because it would probably make an already complex topic even more confusing! Still, hope people see this comment, or just work it out themselves 🫡
I'm starting to think everyone who does core mining for a while picks that one up alone, because most guides I've found back in the day didn't include, but everyone still knows it. Such a good strat
I made billions core mining. That was a year or so ago. Took a break from elite & played that other game. Now I'm back. Gonner use my python. It's already setup hehe. Steep memory muscle curve incoming!
As an experienced core miner, I watched to make sure I haven't missed any cool tips in my time but I just really wanted to stop and say that this is the most compacted but super thorough guide 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Even though I had a good understanding of how to mine cores, there was that irritating thing that was constantly in my way: I just couldn't find the damn things. The section on how to identify the rocks was incredibly useful for me, and made my day. Thanks a bunch! ☺
I don't do Core mining as much as I should. It's always fun. I had missed that all the Core asteroids are the same, even after many years. This is one of the best roles for an Imperial Courier.
Awesome guide. Core mining has been one of my favorite activities for a long time in Elite. My personal preference is a Python for a little more internal space than the Krait while keeping it a medium ship.
Zero new information for me, but - the tutorial is great. I mean - the structure, the tightness, the importance of the information. The overall video edit, the diction. Right on the spot, easy to understand, and a pleasure to watch. Great job!!! That is how guides should be made!
I played Elite Dangerous during 2020/21 and it was my escape during the covid crisis. After doing missions, a bit of combat, trading I started building a MKII deep mining ship to afford a Phantom and fly out into outer space. After a lot of grinding and engineering I had build an explorer with the max jump range and on the neutron star highway I flew to the lost station near the center and then to the supermassive black hole explored a bit and made my way back to the bubble. Halfway through my journey back I sadly gave up. I also tried out Star Citizen, but I didn't like it. Yesterday I bought X4 and played 6hrs and that brought back some memories. Although from an objective stand point elite did not age very well I don't think any other space game will have a more emotional value to me than elite dangerous. First of all thanks for that amazing guide. I am somewhat glad that not too much changed. You mentioning the double hotspot reminded me of the time I was playing. Every other day ObsidianAnt made a video about how a new triple hotspot was found and flying there would have been suicidal. Sadly I have exams in two weeks so I don't have time to play too much, but after that I want to make my way back to the bubble and start mining again and maybe engineer a nice fighter to try and get triple elite. Btw is it safe to fly back to the bubble or will I get killed by pirates/xeno?
What a story! As long as you dodge the thargoid titans you’ll be fine, and even if you go into their space you’ll probably survive. If you want to be careful, check the ‘thargoid war’ filter on the galaxy map, and avoid the patches of colour 🫡
Another awesome guide! Thanks for this. I've only mined into icy rings until now, I just like the bright pale colors of these belts while flying around. It's nice that you identified the shape of every core asteroids by ring type, I might get into mining in other rings. One tip I used before I got used to the typical core shapes is turn on night vision, it does help seeing the cracks, and make the shapes appears with more contrast. Also for studying a core asteroïd, I like to find its axis of rotation. If you can place your ship at a sweet spot right perpendicular to the axis, then all you need to do to examine every single crack is stay at your position; no need to turn around. It's much easier to plan ahead the sismic charges and fire them in the allocated time properly.
I did my first core mining in a Keelback way back in the day, I think it was 3307. Back then I didn’t have a great shield, not that the keelback has a great shield anyways, but I didn’t know how much I needed to back up from the ice rock before I detonated it. I was thusly informed of the distance when my shields went down, and poor keelback went tumbling for a moment or two, losing some of my hull integrity as it did so. Good times.
Great video. I personally love to run a mining ship that has the option to do every kind of mining so when the boredom sets in I can blow something up or just enjoy myself. Very satisfying. With that said I learned some stuff from this video I'm excited to use on my next trip out
Didn't know about all of the core rocks looking exactly the same! That's going to save me a ton of time next time I'm out in the rings. Much appreciated!
Very nice guide Dituri. There's so much more to core mining, but your guide covers most of the basics and the advanced stuff pretty well! At least, I haven't seen a more comprehensive guide to date. Ofc there is a lot more that can be added: - Python makes a great core miner, it's like a Krait with some general specs traded for an extra class 6 internal module, meaning 64 extra cargo space. - Density of core asteroids is essentially the same everywhere, i.e. you will see about as many cores within any 100km x 100km sector of any ring anywhere. The hotspot only makes the chance of encountering a core of the hotspot's type slightly higher. - Night Vision helps with visually identifying core asteroids (by shape) and fissures (they become easy to notice with NV at about 300m distance). You won't waste prospector limpets ever again. - Core asteroids look a lot different up close (
Wow, thanks so much! For some reason I didn’t spot this comment, but I’ll be happy to answer now 😅 I use davinci resolve for video editing - It’s great. It’s way more complex than I need, but I mainly stay in the ‘edit’ section which gives me all the tools I like. I do the zoom in with the ‘dynamic zoom’ functionality, then a cut to an aligned, zoomed in freeze frame to keep the shot in that area. There’s probably a better way, but this is what I’ve been using. The pointers are drawn by me in a drawing program (in my case gimp) and then the image laid on top of the video in davinci. As far as tutorials go, I don’t have any specific ones to recommend. I never used the software before I started the channel, so I just jumped in, and looked stuff up when I couldn’t work out how to get the effect I wanted. It took a good amount of practice to reduce the time it takes, but at this point I can get about 2-3 mins of edited video per hour of editing, which I’m fairly happy with. It’s a decent amount of effort but my vids don’t tend to be all that long. Hope your project ends up working out. If you’ve got any other questions lemme know 🫡
I Use a Anaconda for mining. I can have All the essential tools for Laser or core mining plus a L4 multi cannon & L3 Laser to defend myself against pirates. Plus a fighter bay. Lots of storage space & a pretty decent jump range. 50 ly
I have a T10 with all the mining gear, so it can do whatever comes up. Being a large ship, I find going FA off while floating over the ring helps. Don't need to dodge rocks and can just spin around scanning, looking for bright rocks.
Great Channel Dituri. Since its so critical to the Elite experience. Do a tutorial about how to link your account with Inara and what it can do for you. Also mention EDMC for collecting data and giving it to Inara as well. So many people still don't use it.
Laser Mining: _lasers & chill_ Core Mining: *OPENS VIDEO WITH AN EXPLOSION* Elite Dangerous really covers all bases on what fun means to you, and Dituri's covering of mining just nailed it. Also, are you going to cover Sub-surface mining? That one can even be reused to -mine- rescue people from the **cough**, so mining first can be a good practice for them. I personally run a Conda (with the Hazard cosmetic pack) that does all 3 kinds of mining really well (except for core, since I can't move between asteroids that fast), because while trying to pick one I ended up not liking how core mining relied too much on the luck of running into a core, and not having gear for laser & sub-surface meant losing good prospects while searching for cores. I ended up doing mostly Low Temperature Diamonds mining because they can be found on all 3 sources, so hotspots we really nice places to mine. On the side of what the core asteroids look like, I've seen SO MUCH straight out conspiracy theories that I gave up on believing and would just probe every asteroid. Good to know that there are actual patterns, and what they look like on a video (looking at the low res images felt like seeing "UFO photos" that were so common 10 years ago).
sub surface is even more pain to find proper nodes then cores and i would argue is a form of pain, due to the minigame imo actually being annoying i personally stopped carrying a subsurface missile and got a second seismich charge as overkill safety
@@najlitarvan921 I probe any asteroid showing yellow or orange, and when on hotspots, usually every other asteroid has a node for the hotspot resource (sometimes I get lucky and get multiples on the same). The mix and match with sometimes laser, sometimes sub-surface, sometimes seismic keeps it interesting for me. It was bothering me more when I kept running into sub-surface nodes that could get me some cash but instead I was jumping around for targets for core or laser. On a fast ship, definitely makes sense to ignore it and go for cores tho (specially if you're good at ID'ing cores from distance).
My adventure with core mining started with Hawkes Gaming guide and ever since I was core mining with a Python and it's armed in case I need to relog during mining session
i am a veteran miner , but id like to praise your presentation, it was excellent personally i have a python that does all three processes laser, sub surface , core .. i am living in a lovely system im allied with and can mine sanurium osmium (especially) alongside core stuff as they pay 10s of millions for a reasonable amount (the allied is a key to this ... and no i cant tell you where 😅.. not for all and sundry to pop ove for a look see
Thank you for this series of new up to date guides I'm a returning player with to much money for guides that have specific starter builds but your guilds give suggestions for all types of players and give recommendations for the viewer to build their own ship and what third party tools are good to use since EDDB is no longer running o7 CMDR and I look forward to seeing you in the black
I've been using an Orca for deep core mining. Explorer level jump range when engineered and fast enough to out run all but the fastest ships when engineered. Holds 100t but the mining multi limpet controller helps a lot as well.
Fair enough! Love seeing people use ships other than the ‘norm’ for stuff. It’s not what I’d recommend for a beginner, as the krait (which is cheaper) can probably match or beat it in nearly everything, but that sounds super fun if that’s what you fancy! 🫡
Thanks for the guide. I've been doing them one fissure at a time thinking it was just a matter of chance. Still popped, but good to know the proper technique and save a bit of time (but also worth noting the time pressure doesn't really exist). The sub-surface deposit mini-game is a bit more intuitive, but could also use a little explanation. Only a couple of months into the game, but these prospecting and mining mechanics are really interesting. If only you could do something with the ore other than vendor trash it.
I did so, so much core mining... I even photoshopped a postcard showing my T10 mining a rock, saying "Greetings from Borann!". :D But stll, blowing up a rock really never gets old...
Great video! I've done some core mining and failed more than I've succeeded. Just doing some laser mining to get Bill Turner then I'll be giving it another go.
Out of those two I’d defo agree. The asp is super underrated in its multipurpose capabilities, if I was starting the game again I’d be getting it asap. The Python isn’t my kind of ship, it’s too lumbering for its size, has a horrible pilot position, and kinda the opposite of fun to fly, at least for me 🫡
@@DiturisElite I do love my general-purpose mining python, but I hear you. It's probably really better for just laser mining when you don't have half a day to fill a T9 or a cutter. I think it's time to rebuild my AspX core miner--I agree it's the perfect ship with enough hardpoints, maneuver, and fabulous visibility (if you ignore all the fire hazard exposed wire draped around you.)
Another important tip about cormiing is after the explosion and after the limpets of gathered everything. Make sure you still put mining lasers on all the rocks and get every last bit.!
That, my friend, is exactly the opposite point of the video. You can find what I got if you look closely I guess, but I wouldn’t want to put anyone off giving it a go. All I’ll say is that if you do it right you’ll definitely get enough to make it worth your while 🫡
@@DiturisElite I realize that this was more instructional to open one of the many doors this game offers, but the reward is still part of the room the door belongs to. Just food for thought, I still enjoyed the video and appreciate what you are doing here.
Does the density of the ring make a difference to the frequency of finding ores? And does mining in places far from the bubble also improve the core frequency, for example?
Not so much to do with the mining,,,, but after you have a hold at 50% or better you stand a solid chance of being interdicted. I lost a 300mil anaconda on its first run due to greed. Be very familiar with your ship and how to fly it as the pirates will try to gank you. The more you have in your hold the more aggressive the pirates are!!
But, how do you keep the pirates off of you once you start to mine? I let them scan as soon as I entered then started to mine. From that point on I was scanned and attacked constantly. So much so I abandoned the attempt at mining. Now, it is certainly possible I'm missing something but I haven't hit on what that is yet. As soon as I get any material on board I don't have time to scan or place charges. It's a chain of scans and attacks.
Sorry mate, sounds annoying. It depends where you mine. If you drop into a random area in the hotspot, pirates should spawn when you arrive, but once they leave no more will appear. If you end up near a resource extraction site, pirates will constantly spawn and scan you. Avoid those areas while still in supercruise and (in theory) you shouldn’t have to deal with pirates 🫡
Opals aren’t great, but a load of stuff can still be sold at 750k+ per unit. It’s not as good as it used to be, but still good enough money to be worth it, at least for me. Plus, BLOWING UP ASTEROIDS…. How awesome can you get?? 😅🫡
Fairly rough, covered in craters, spherical with an extra lump on the side? That describes every asteroid in the belt. The problem im having is I'm spending countless hours trying to find stations that actually stock limpets near the mining areas. There never seems to be any. Then when I'm finally stocked up and go to the mining area using the websites you mentioneed there are precisely 0 cores of the type that is supossed to be there. When i do find a core its completely at random because they look exactly the same as any other rock that glows and its always a type that i'm not looking for. Also now it seemes like mining is bugged. If i dont crack the asteroid on the first go, which is often, then any subsequent attempts to crack it fail with the sizemic charge just bouncing off every fissure. I've tried this at multiple ranges and it keeps happening. Infuriating.
This describes me after my first couple of trips so well. First, every station stocks limpets. Not in commodities, but in advanced maintenance, next to the livery button. Second, core mining is incredibly knack based - took me about 10 hours to truly learn to mine in ONE kind of ring, truly getting to know what a core looks like in that ring (it’s a rocky ring for me, those are still what I find easiest). Sometimes you’ll get other materials, but that’s just life tbh. If you want to get more cores of the named hotspot type you could try an overlap - that’s the only thing that’s better as far as I’ve seen. And lastly, that’s intended. If you fail to detonate you’re not meant to get another go. It’s a bit harsh, yes, but the minigame becomes super easy after a while, just a practice thing. Core mining is annoying to get started with, but it’s great for credits and massive fun. Hope your next trip goes a bit better 🫡
I get this a lot. I just can’t justify recommending it over the krait, which in my view is better, and it’s cheaper. Yes you loose a slot, reducing your cargo space, but I’d bet that anyone who uses a krait gets more joy from core mining than someone in a python due to its agility, central cockpit, better weapon placement and higher speed and jump range. I’m happy for anyone to disagree (and many have), but those are just my thoughts that lead me to leave it out 🫡
Ye, tbh I couldn’t think of a reason to recommend it above the Krait. It has a little more space, but it’s just slower and less agile, while costing more. The python is amazing at core mining, but it’s just not my thing, and in the end I wrote the list! 😅🫡
Well i do surface and subsurface mining on 1 asteroid at the time. That way you can get upto 50fragments from one. Whereas core makes cca 12frags max 🤢🤢🤢
More or less true (I usually get about 20 per rock), but they’re different kinds of fragments. Each chunk from a core gives you nearly 1 unit of the commodity, rather than about… 15% of it for surface/subsurface deposits. So each fragment from a core is worth about 7 from surface. Plus there are several high-value goods (monazite, rhodplumisite etc) that can only be gathered from cores. This is offset by how hard cores are to find, but this gets easier with time 🫡
First of all, thank you. The python’s ugliness is something we can agree on. I didn’t recommend it because it’s too sluggish for its size in my opinion, and a more agile ship is more fun, at least for me. Plus, as it’s so similar to the krait AND it’s more expensive, there’s not much point recommending the more expensive one. 🫡
@@DiturisElite I mean, Pythons got 1 more size 6 internal compartment which IS pretty significant, even more so for mining. But I do core mining in Phantom cuz I don't like to mine for very long without a break so Python was a bit of an overkill for me 😄 I use it for laser mining though and it's actually kinda great - and I wasn't at all a huge fan before either 😄 if you haven't you can maybe try it out for some task like that, maybe you will actually grow to love it just like I did lol
Ouch, sorry about that I guess. I try to shrink my videos down as far as I can, maybe this one still dragged on a bit. Core mining is a relatively nuanced thing though, so if you end up trying it, don’t give up! 🫡
😡 (angrily logs out of elite to watch youtube videos on elite)......man i hate this stupid game......(sees Dituris videos).....🤬.....QUIT ENJOYING YOURSELF! (angrily logs back in to keep playing)
I like a core miner with all the mining tools because I love the feeling of wringing every last ounce of material out of a motherlode. There are a few things to do first if you're a mining completionist: laser mine (less than a usual rock) and check for surface and sub-surface deposits of minerals you want--all are only available before you detonate the rock. Mine dangerously (but with shields, always with shields)!
When are FDev going to fix the Pulsewave analyser. Previously we got black and green bars through rocks with cores when scanning with the PWA. Since Odyssey they have disappeared making core mining mostly an exercise in wasting limpets.
I was wondering if the PWA had been fixed yet. I'm getting back into Elite on PC after a few years, and I remember back when I mined a lot on PC and console, after a certain update there was an issue with the PWA where you couldn't see cores looking forward, but if you went to external view you could see them behind you. Is that no longer a problem?
For me, my goal is shoot and detonate the core as quickly as possible. I know some guides say to work around the core and find just the right fissures to shoot. I don't do that, simply because it takes too much time to scoot from perfect fissure to perfect fissure. Which ever fissure presents itself in front of me I shoot. On the first I shot always give it a full power shot. If this is a low strength fissure, then you won't do more than half the the range needed, but two low strengths alone at full power can easily yield the proper range to detonate. You can modify the power settings for subsequent fissures, no matter if they are low, average or high, so as to hit the sweet spot. There are two key advantages of doing it this way. One is that you can usually sit in one spot in space and the core will rotate bringing more fissures into range. There is often no need to maneuver the ship around the core, but just let them come to you. The second advantage is that often the core is surrounded by other asteroids that can seriously hamper your ability to maneuver, sometimes getting completely in the way when you try to back away, or move in to shoot just the right fissure. Put you ship in a clear zone, and you don't have to worry about nearby obstructions.
me knowing full well how core mining works, searching core mining on yt anyways just to show others how much of a climax ship mining could be, without installing elite dangerous all over again. Good guide none the less edit: and thanks for showing the "good part" and "the reason why" within 10 seconds
it's such a great game and you can play it solo. maybe ill just get back into this game again. should i buy any dlc for this game? i stop playing this since when it just come out.
nice video, well explained and illustrated but i have a small critique, consider using the default hud colors for tutorials, the fancy blues and reds can be confusing for new players who may be unaware of the mod. also a word of advice to beginners, do wait a bit before u start blasting the resources they tend to clip into the rock if the pieces of the blown up asteroid are super close and you will loose alot of limpets o7
If you don't mind having to deal with Large Landing Pads (And I'll admit, it does really limit where you can sell your ore and buy supplies) I've found no better ship for mining than the Imperial Clipper. You do have to curry favour with the empire to get it, and outfitting it is no cheap feat either, but the speed is nearly without peer, and the hold is large enough to stay out in the field for hours. The canopy is generous as well, giving you a good field of view of the asteroid belt as you run your scans. Looks pretty to boot. No doubt the ship has its weaknesses. The hardpoints are incredibly far apart, it costs a fortune, it's large in pad and size, and the shields are anemic for its footpront and manufacturer. But I haven't found a mining ship I like better. And when you get to core mining? That enourmous price tag, all those big class 5, 6, and 7A modules? They pay for themselves in a couple hours.
Absolutely banging ship for the job. If the hardpoints were a little better for fissure placement and it were medium pad it’s perfect. Really quite cheap for what it is too 🫡
Yep, works fine on all platforms. It’s probably that you’ve found a ‘false motherlode’. They show up as bright on the scanner, but only give subsurface deposits rather than fissures. You get better at spotting these with time, until then the section on rock shapes might help 🫡
noob here. Im trying to run a cobra MK3 but I just couldnt find the thing you called "Pulse Wave Analyzer". My ship is equipped with 2 sub surface displacements missiles and 2 pulse lasers. Detailed surface scanner, refinery, collector limpets and 16 cargo space. Is my ship ready to mine? haha
No worries, it’s a tricky business! Not quite I’m afraid. Instead of subsurface, you’ll need an abrasion blaster and a seismic charge launcher. You can keep the pulse lasers, but they won’t do anything for your mining. To core mine, you defo need a pulse wave analyser. It’s a utility mount rather than optional internal, so maybe check there. If you still can’t find one, fly to another station and see if they have it. Without this module, it will take hours upon hours to find a core. The good news is that with 16T cargo space you’ll only need 1 core to fill up, and that could be worth up to about 11 mil! Happy mining 🫡
@@DiturisElite Thanks so much for clarifying for me. Ive been having a blast. I ended up selling and buying a Dolphin to make a few mil before mining ! :)
I call my method "skimming". in a fast ship I max out the speed with the pulse wave firing constantly. I fly with the asteroids above me with my head facing upwards just a bit to max the view, but no so much to where I can't see any of the controls. the idea is to cover as much ground as possible. I'm sure it's not a favorite, but I like the cutter. it's hardpoint positions take some getting used to, but once you have you can actually fire around corners somewhat, and it's got good speed and cargo.
Been core mining for a while now and found out that going for the ice rings are my preferred method. It’s a lot easier to spot out the uniquely small “popcorn” shape the core asteroids have in comparison to the other bulkier or oblong ones. The other ring types are tougher to differentiate rock types from a distance. I’d suggest you search for those outlines and chase a rock even if it’s color is a bit faint from a distance, because it’s almost a guarantee it’s gonna be bright up close. PS using night vision is very helpful for outlines
As would many. I just couldn’t justify recommending it over the cheaper krait, sorry! I think the manuverability and the central seat outweigh the extra internal space 🫡
Yes but when I'm mining I go for cargo space over the slightly better maneuvering. If you are mining, credits shouldn't make a difference.@@DiturisElite
If credits truly didn’t matter it would just be conda. The fact is that while it’s a very lucrative activity, you still need enough credits to get started. And on the whole I just prefer the krait, and in the end I wrote the list 🫡
You don’’t necessarily. I put it in the ‘for multipurpose’ part of the shipbuilding chapter, so it’s in case you wanted to do both kinds. I have some on my krait because I like to get any good laser rocks mined as well. Entirely depends on your play style 🫡
It’s perfectly good, I just like the krait (which is cheaper and more attainable) way more. The Python is super popular, but I’m not a big fan of the lack of agility for its size. Basically I’m just not a fan, and in the end I wrote the list 😅🫡
