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{||-| valign=top | http[[Image://www.vo-wiki.com/wiki/extensions/rotating/centaurminingCentaurmining.jpg| Mining is probably the easiest way to make money in Vendetta Online. Simply equip your ship with a mining laser, find a good asteroid, and start raking in the credits.left|thumb]]

Mining is probably the easiest way to make money in Vendetta Online. Simply equip your ship with a mining laser, find a good asteroid, and start raking in the credits. To help get you started, there is a mining tutorial available at mining stations. It will give you the basic equipment, tell you how to equip the equipment, scan, mine and gives you a level 1 mining license. The level 1 license gives you access to a large port (L-port) mining beam, making it possible to mine in a Wraith Revenant with a scanner equipped. To find a mining station , look next to the name of the station, . There you should find a description of the type of station. Or check the [[Station_Locations | stations]] chart for a station close to your location.|-| colspan=2 | Mining involves grabbing a ship and a mining beam and extracting valuable ores from asteroids.

The Mineral Scanner has a range of 500m, and will activate whenever you 'target' an asteroid. There is no need to 'fire' it, flash the green light, etc. If you are going very fast, it will 'lag', as it only 2 scanners right nowupdates itself once every 5 seconds or so. The Improved Mineral Scanner is available after completing several newbie manufacturing missions. The Advanced Mineral Scanner has an improved range of 750m, and is available only after completing 120 prospecting missions. The Prototype Mineral Scanner is for large ports.

The Mineral Scanner has a range of 500m, and will activate whenever you 'target' an asteroid. There is no need to 'fire' it, flash the green light, etc. If you are going very fast, it will 'lag', as it only updates itself once every 5 seconds or so. The Advanced Mineral Scanner is exactly the same as the Mineral Scanner except that it has improved range of 750m. It is available only after completing 120 prospecting missions. {| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"

! width="150170" | Name! Faction! Faction<br/>Level! Port

! Grid! class="unsortable" width="75" | Scan Interval

! class="unsortable" width="300" | Description

| align="center" | 1 per 4| align="center" | 5s

| align="center" | 1 per | align="center" | 5s| align="center" | [[Badges#MiningImage:ribbon_prospector.png|Badge50px]]

{| border="1class="sortable wikitable"|- ! Beam! Port! Range! Rate! Heat! Rate/Heat! Mass! class="unsortable"| Level! Va! Xi! La! De! Py! Ap! Pe! He

! width="170" | Mining Beam! width="50" | RangeSmall! width="50" | Rate100m {{smn}}! width="50" | Heat1! width="60" | Rate1.5| 0.67| 500kg{{smn}}| -/Heat-/-/-/-| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}! width="50" | Mass{{smn}}! width="50" | Level{{smn}}! width="220" | Bonus{{smn}}

! align="center" colspan="11" Improved Mining Beam| Small port mining beams| 100m{{smn}}| 1.3| 1.2| 1.08| 500kg{{smn}}| [[Image:ribbon_miner_I.png|50px]]| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}

! align="center" | High-Efficiency Mining Beam| align="center" | 100mSmall| align="center" | 125m{{smn}}| align="center" | 10.5| align="center" | 0.671| align="center" 5.0| 500kg{{smn}}| align="center" | -/-/-/-/-10| align="left" {{smn}}| {{smn}}|- {{smn}}! align="center" colspan="11" | Large port mining beams.{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}

! align="center" | Light Xithricite Mining Beam| align="center" Large| 100m{{smn}}| align="center" 1.5| 1| align="center" | 1.5| align="center" 500kg{{smn}}| Mission| {{smn}}| 200%{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|-! Mining Beam| Large| 100m{{smn}}| 1| align="center" 1| 1| 500kg{{smn}}| align="center" | -/-/-/-/1| align="left" {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}

! align="center" | Advanced Mining Beam| align="center" Large| 100m{{smn}}| align="center" | 1.8| align="center" | 0.9| align="center" | 2| align="center" | 500kg{{smn}}| align="center" | -/-/-/-/2| align="left" {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}

! align="center" | Mining Beam MkII| align="center" Large| 100m{{smn}}| align="center" | 2.4| align="center" | 0.8| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 500kg{{smn}}| align="center" | -/-/-/-/2| align="left" {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}

! align="center" | Xithricite Mining Beam| align="center" Large| 100m{{smn}}| align="center" | 2| align="center" | 0.8| align="center" | 2.5| align="center" | 500kg{{smn}}| align="center" | -/-/-/-/3| align="left" {{smn}}| Xithricite 200%{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}

! align="center" | Apicene Mining Beam| align="center" Large| 100m{{smn}}| align="center" | 2| align="center" | 0.9| align="center" | 2.22| align="center" | 500kg{{smn}}| align="center" | -/-/-/-/3| align="left" {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| Apicene 240%{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}

! align="center" | MagnetoTwin Mining Beam| align="center" Large| 100m{{smn}}| align="center" | 1.8| align="center" | 0.6| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 500kg{{smn}}| align="center" | -/-/-/-/4| align="left" | VanAzek 180% Pyronic {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| 180%{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}

! align="center" | High-Density Mining Beam| align="center" Large| 75m{{smn}}| align="center" | 2.8| align="center" | 0.75| align="center" | 3.73| align="center" | 500kg{{smn}}| align="center" | [[Badges#MiningImage:Ribbon_prospector.png|Badge50px]]| align="left" {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}

! align="center" | Heliocene Mining Beam| align="center" Large| 100m{{smn}}| align="center" | 2| align="center" | 0.9| align="center" | 2.2| align="center" | 500kg{{smn}}| align="center" | -/-/-/-/5| align="left" {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| Heliocene 200%{{smn}}

! align="center" | Pentric Mining Beam| align="center" Large| 100m{{smn}}| align="center" | 2.4| align="center" | 0.9| align="center" | 2.67| align="center" | 500kg{{smn}}| align="center" | -/-/-/-/6| align="left" {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| Pentric 200%{{smn}}| {{smn}}

! align="center" | IoPhase Mining Beam| align="center" Large| 75m{{smn}}| align="center" | 2.2| align="center" | 0.95| align="center" | 2.3| align="center" | 500kg{{smn}}| align="center" | -/-/-/-/7| align="left" | Denic 300% Lanthanic 300%{{smn}}|- {{smn}}! align="center" | DeniPhase Mining Beam300%{{smn}}| align="center" | 75m300%{{smn}}| align="center" | 2.2{{smn}}| align="center" | 0.95{{smn}}| align="center" | 2.3{{smn}}| align="center" | 500kg| align="center" | -/-/-/-/8| align="left" | Denic 250% Pentric 240% Lanthanic 240%{{smn}}

{{br}}=== Mining Ships ===Nearly any ship can be used for mining. However, ships with large ports for the efficient mining beams and a small port for the scanner and some storage are more useful. Thus, the [[Centaur]] is a typically used mining vessel, suitable for most basic mining operations, prospecting and missions. For fast extraction, the [[Ragnarok]] can be equipped with five mining beams, however it has only limited storage capacities. When sacrificing the mineral scanner, the vanilla [[Behemoth]] is ideal for extracting large quantities of ore. Additionally, there are three special mining ships available for special purposes:* The [[Warthog#Ship Variants|Warthog Mineral Extractor]] has average capacity but is very fast, thus making it the ideal mining ship for bot infested sectors.* The [[Marauder#Ship Variants|Tunguska Mineral Marauder]] has some decent capacity and even fully loaded it stays maneuverable with good responsiveness. It needs a very high faction standing with Tunguska but otherwise it is the perfect prospecting ship.* The [[Behemoth#Ship Variants|Behemoth Heavy Miner]] is a miners dream come true. The Behemoth with additional storage and 1S port allows unlimited mining and prospecting and is available at any mining station. However, it requires the [[Badges#Mining|Basic Miner II]] badge which can be quite some grind to achieve.

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! widthclass="135unsortable" colspan| Image! width="2135" | Ore Name! width="4080" | Mining XP/CU! width="4075" | MassTrade XP! width="7580" | Asteroid TypeMass (kg)! width="30080" | DescriptionLow Price! width="10080" | Rough High Price/Unit! width="50105" | Trade XP/CU|- Asteroid Type! colspanclass="8unsortable" width="300" | Common, found in almost every sectorDescription

! width="90" | Premium Aquean, Premium| align="center" | 4| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 70| align="center" | 4ptLow| align="center" | 70kg72

! Premium Silicate, Premium| align="center" | 5| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 150| align="center" | 5pt20| align="center" | 150kg96

! Premium Carbonic, Premium| align="center" | 5| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 150| align="center" | 5pt30| align="center" | 150kg154

! Premium Ferric, Premium| align="center" | 6| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 200| align="center" | 6pt70| align="center" | 200kg385

! Premium Ishik, Premium| align="center" | 7| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 150| align="center" | 7pt100| align="center" | 150kg674

! Premium VanAzek, Premium| align="center" | 7| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 250| align="center" | 7pt100| align="center" | 250kg578

! Premium Xithricite, Premium| align="center" | 8| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 300| align="center" | 8pt200| align="center" | 300kg963

| align="center" | 10pt10| align="center" | 200kg3| align="center" | 200| align="center" | 700| align="center" | 1060

| align="center" | 15pt15| align="center" | 150kg3| align="center" | 150| align="center" | 300| align="center" | 1831

| align="center" | 12pt12| align="center" | 250kg3| align="center" | 250| align="center" | 200| align="center" | 1253

| align="left" | Rare ore formed in the residue of a star’s star's collapse| align="center" | 200cr - 1200cr| align="center" | 3xp

| align="center" | 14pt14| align="center" | 200kg3| align="center" | 200| align="center" | 500| align="center" | 1590

| align="center" | 18pt18| align="center" | 150kg3| align="center" | 150| align="center" | 400| align="center" | 2024

| align="center" | 20pt20| align="center" | 100kg3| align="center" | 100| align="center" | 400| align="center" | 2410

| align="left" | Rare ore formed under intense heat and tidal forces| align="center" | 400cr . Often found in association with Ferro- 2400cr| align="center" | 3xpcarbonic ores.

Vendetta asteroids fields have certain patterns to them. They are sometimes in long '[[Asteroid Strings|strings]]'. Sometimes there are large '[[Asteroid Clusters|clusters]]' of a certain type of rock or ice. A few asteroids rotate. There will be '[[Asteroid Groups|groups]]' of types of asteroids, with a sort of 'border' between the groups. Occasionally you can also find '[[Scattered Asteroid Groups|Scattered Fields]]', though these are more common in sectors that aren't listed to hold an asteroid field in the first place. On a system wide level, the asteroids are often arranged into belts around stars, with each sector of the belt having asteroids of similar mineral composition.

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| [[image:blue_ice_aqu_sil_ish_f_c.png|thumb|left|Ferric/Aquean/Silicate /Ishik (1)]]

These are missions in which you find 30 asteroids of a certain ore. There are average 4 missions per system(sometimes less, sometimes more), and with 30 systems in the game that makes 120 possible missions total. After you finish 120 you get access to an improved mineral scanner and an improved mining beam which are sold at certain stations.

(This mining information is thanks to Dev. {{DevDesk|name-color=red|devname=Andy "a1k0n" Sloane)|subject=Extraction Rate|source=Email|info=

In order to update the temperature of an asteroid after mining, you can use the approximation newT = initialT+dQ*TimeToCrate where dQ is the same dQ from the TimeToCrate formula; heating increases temperature linearly.}}

To mine indiscriminately for XP, it is best to use a Ragnorok and constantly eject everything. To mine for good minerals in a new area, it is strictly best to use a Centaur (or just prospect with whatever fast light ship you like, but remember where good 'roids are and how to find them!). To mine for minerals either indiscriminately or from asteroids you have previously noted as being good (and can find again without a scanner), it is almost always best to just use a Behemoth. The exception is if you are mining for minerals in a station sector within 2-3km of the station -- then it is best to mine with the Ragnorok and run back to the station for a Moth to collect the goodies. === Mining Beam Extraction Bonuses ===For those players who are curious about how the extraction rate "bonuses" work on some mining beams, here's an explanation: Imagine each asteroid as having a thousand crates of ore that can be mined. When mining, one of the crates in that list is picked at random and is placed into your hold; after that the crate is replaced within the list and there are another 1000 crates available for the next round of extraction. Here are two example roids. * Roid A has 40.3% Denic and 59.7% Aquean ores. With a non-extraction bonus beam (such as the HD or MkII), there are 403 crates of Denic and 597 crates of Aquean in the list.* Roid B has 80.0% Denic and 20.0% Aquean ores. With a non-extraction bonus beam (such as the HD or MkII), there are 800 crates of Denic and 200 crates of Aquean in the list. If the player mines Roid A with a Mining Beam MkII, she will be picking (at random) one crate from the 1000 crates in the list, with a 40.3% chance that the ore extracted will be Denic. In the case of Roid B, a Mining Beam MkII will have an 80% chance of extracting a crate of Denic. Now, if the player were to use an IoPhase Mining Beam, which has a 300% extraction bonus for Denic, Roid A's list of ores would be enlarged to contain 1209 crates of Denic and 597 crates of Aquean. Roid B's list would grow to contain 2400 crates of Denic and 200 crates of Aquean. In the case of Roid B, that's a ratio increase of 4:1 to 12:1! Roid A's increase is from about 4:6 to 2:1 -- still a large difference, but not as striking as in the case of Roid B. A more in-depth examination of [[Mining/ExtractionMath|the mathematics of extraction rates and its application to beam selection]] is also available, if you enjoy that sort of thing. ==Need Help ?==There is a 3rd-party [http://web-adventures.org:3000/ asteroid mapping project] which might help you find ores that you're having difficulty with. Please help the effort if you gain some benefit from it. ==Still Need Help?==These players are available ingame for in-game mentoring in this field:

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