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==[[Image:Centaurmining.jpg|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 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.

You generally use a scanner to identify which ores are in asteroids(and what % of the asteroid they make up), get <less than 100m away from the asteroid, and then fire a beam to start mining. When you mine the lower-level ores, you get 'premium' versions of that ore, as opposed to the regular version of the ore that is sold at stations.

The more you mine an asteroid, the hotter it gets. The hotter an asteroid gets, the slower it mines. All asteroids start at 10 degrees Kelvin. Efficiency drops off significantly after 20 or 30 Kelvin. Some miners can go to 200 or 400 Kelvin (which is a bad idea as it can take days for the asteroid to cool down) in certain circumstances and still feel that it was worth it for the profit. After you stop mining, the asteroid cools. Small asteroids heat and cool more quickly than large ones. Also, the ice roids will heat and cool ''much'' more quickly than the rocky roids.

As you gain mining licenses, you will have access to better [[Mining#Mining_Beams | mining beams]]. Some beams will extract ores with a higher probability, lower heat, and better extraction rates which translates into higher efficiency in terms of time, heat, and money.

As you gain experience, you will learn which ores are valuable, where to find them, and where to sell them. You might even get involved with group mining, involving miners, escorts, scouts, and transports.

===List of Mining Scanners=Equipment ==

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 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.

 {| style="border:1px solid grey;" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0|- bgcolor=#bacbda ! align=left style1 class="border-right:1px solid grey;sortable wikitable" | <small>Name || align=left style="border-right:1px solid grey;" | <small>License Required || align=left style="border-right:1px solid grey;" | <small>Range(meters) || align=left style="border-right:1px solid grey;" | <small>Rate(kg/second) || align=left style="border-right:1px solid grey;" | <small>Heat(K/s) || align=left style="border-right:1px solid grey;" | <small>Mass(kg) || align=left style="border-right:1px solid grey;" | <small>Specials (ore %)|- bgcolor=#bacbda| colspan=7 style="border:1px solid grey;" | <small>'''Small:'''

! Beam! Port! Range! Rate! Heat! Rate/Heat! Mass! class="unsortable"| <small>Level! Va! Xi! La! De! Py! Ap! Pe! He|-! Mining Beam |Small| <small>0 100m {{smn}}|1| <small>100 || <small>1.5| 0 .67|500kg{{smn}}| <small>1.5 -/-/-/-/-|{{smn}}| <small>500 {{smn}}|{{smn}}| <small>None{{smn}}|- bgcolor=#bacbda{{smn}}| colspan=7 style="border:1px solid grey;" {{smn}}| {{smn}}| <small>'''Large:'''{{smn}}

| <small>! Improved Mining Beam |Small| 100m{{smn}}| <small>1 .3|1.2| <small>100 || <small>1.0 08|500kg{{smn}}| <small>1[[Image:ribbon_miner_I.0 png|50px]]| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|{{smn}}| <small>500 {{smn}}|{{smn}}| <small>None {{smn}}

| <small>Advanced ! High-Efficiency Mining Beam |Small| <small>2 25m{{smn}}|0.5| <small>100 || <small>0.1| 5.8 0|500kg{{smn}}| <small>0.9 -/-/-/-/10| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|{{smn}}| <small>500 {{smn}}|{{smn}}| <small>None {{smn}}

| <small>! Light Xithricite Mining Beam Mk II |Large| <small>2 100m {{smn}}|1.5| <small>100 1|| <small>21.4 5|500kg{{smn}}| <small>0.8 Mission| {{smn}}| 200%{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|{{smn}}| <small>500 {{smn}}|{{smn}}| <small>None {{smn}}

! Mining Beam| <small>Xithricite Large| 100m{{smn}}| 1| 1| 1| 500kg{{smn}}| -/-/-/-/1 | {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|- ! Advanced Mining Beam |Large| 100m{{smn}}| 1.8| 0.9| 2| 500kg{{smn}}| -/-/-/-/2 | {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|- ! Mining Beam MkII| Large| 100m{{smn}}| 2.4| 0.8| <small>3 |500kg{{smn}}| <small>100 -/-/-/-/2 |{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|- ! Xithricite Mining Beam| Large| 100m{{smn}}| <small>2| 0.8| 2.5| 500kg{{smn}}| -/-/-/-/3| {{smn}}| 200%{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|- ! Apicene Mining Beam| Large| 100m{{smn}}| 2| 0 .9|2.22| 500kg{{smn}}| -/-/-/-/3| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| 240%{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|- ! MagnetoTwin Mining Beam| Large| 100m{{smn}}| 1.8| <small>0.6| 3| 500kg{{smn}}| -/-/-/-/4| 180%{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| 180%{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|- ! High-Density Mining Beam| Large| 75m{{smn}}| 2.8 |0.75| <small>500 3.73|500kg{{smn}}| [[Image:Ribbon_prospector.png|50px]]| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|- ! Heliocene Mining Beam| Large| 100m{{smn}}| 2| 0.9| 2.2| 500kg{{smn}}| -/-/-/-/5| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| <small>Xithricite 200% {{smn}}|- ! Pentric Mining Beam| Large| 100m{{smn}}| 2.4| 0.9| 2.67| 500kg{{smn}}| -/-/-/-/6| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| 200%{{smn}}| {{smn}}

| <small>Apicene ! IoPhase Mining Beam |Large| <small>75m{{smn}}| 2.2| 0.95| 2.3 |500kg{{smn}}| <small>100 -/-/-/-/7|{{smn}}| {{smn}}| 300%{{smn}}| 300%{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|- ! DeniPhase Mining Beam| Large| 75m{{smn}}| <small>2.4| 0 .95|2.5| 500kg{{smn}}| -/-/-/-/8| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| 240%{{smn}}| 250%{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| 240%{{smn}}| {{smn}}|- ! Hive Queen Mining Beam| Large| 150m{{smn}}| 8.4| <small>0.9 75|11.2| <small>500 10000kg{{smn}}|Hive Drop| <{{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}| {{smn}}|} === 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. ==Resources=====List of Ores=== (Note: Information on this list will change as sectors are explored more thoroughly)  {| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"|- ! class="unsortable" | Image! width="135" | Ore Name! width="80" | Mining XP! width="75" | Trade XP! width="80" | Mass (kg)! width="80" | Low Price! width="80" | High Price! width="105" | Asteroid Type! class="unsortable" width="300" | Description|- ! valign="top" width="45" | [[Image:Aquean_Ore.png]]! width="90" | Aquean, Premium| align="center" | 4| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 70| align="center" | Low| align="center" | 72| align="center" | 1, 2| align="left" | Dirty ice, mostly H2O with trace chemicals.|- ! valign="top" | [[Image:Silicate_Ore.png]]! Silicate, Premium| align="center" | 5| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 150| align="center" | 20| align="center" | 96| align="center" | 1,2,4,7| align="left" | Unrefined silicate material.|- ! valign="top" | [[Image:Carbonic_Ore.png]]! Carbonic, Premium| align="center" | 5| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 150| align="center" | 30| align="center" | 154| align="center" | 3,4,5,6,7,8| align="left" | Ore which is heavy in carbon compounds.|- ! valign="top" | [[Image:Ferric_Ore.png]]! Ferric, Premium| align="center" | 6| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 200| align="center" | 70| align="center" | 385| align="center" | 1,4,5,6,7,8| align="left" | Ore composed mostly of iron.|- ! valign="top" | [[Image:Ishik_Ore.png]]! Ishik, Premium| align="center" | 7| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 150| align="center" | 100| align="center" | 674| align="center" | 1,2| align="left" | A common asteroid composition containing lighter elements and chemical compounds.|- ! valign="top" | [[Image:VanAzek_Ore.png]]! VanAzek, Premium| align="center" | 7| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 250| align="center" | 100| align="center" | 578| align="center" | 4,5,6,8| align="left" | A common asteroid composition containing heavy and radioactive metals.|- ! valign="top" | [[Image:Xithricite_Ore.png]]! Xithricite, Premium| align="center" | 8| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 300| align="center" | 200| align="center" | 963| align="center" | 8| align="left" | Ore containing the precious mineral Xithricite|- ! valign="top" | [[Image:Lanthanic_Ore.png]]! Lanthanic| align="center" | 10| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 200| align="center" | 700| align="center" | 1060| align="center" | 1,5| align="left" | Ore containing heavy and radioactive metals.|- ! valign="top" | [[Image:Denic_Ore.png]]! Denic| align="center" | 15| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 150| align="center" | 300| align="center" | 1831| align="center" | 2| align="left" | Rare ore found often in young solar systems|- ! valign="top" | [[Image:Pyronic_Ore.png]]! Pyronic| align="center" | 12| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 250| align="center" | 200| align="center" | 1253| align="center" | 2,4| align="left" | Rare ore formed in the residue of a star's collapse|- ! valign="top" | [[Image:Apicene_Ore.png]]! Apicene 240% | align="center" | 14| align="center" | 3| align="center" | 200| align="center" | 500| align="center" | 1590| align="center" | 5| align="left" | A rare asteroid composition formed only at very high temperatures

! valign="top" | <small>Magneto Twin Mining Beam [[Image:Pentric_Ore.png]]! Pentric|align="center" | <small>4 18|align="center" | 3| align="center" | 150| align="center" | 400| align="center" | 2024| align="center" | 7| align="left" | A rare asteroid composition of complex chemical material|- ! valign="top" | [[Image:Heliocene_Ore.png]]! Heliocene| align="center" | 20| align="center" | 3| align="center" | <small>100 |align="center" | <small>1400| align="center" | 2410| align="center" | 3,4| align="left" | Rare ore formed under intense heat and tidal forces.8 Often found in association with Ferro-carbonic ores.|- ! valign="top" | <small>0[[Image:Sammic.6 png]]! Sammic|align="center" | <small>500 25|align="center" | <small>VanAzek 180% Pyronic 180% 3| align="center" | 1000| align="center" | 400| align="center" | 2887| align="center" | | align="left" | Rare, dense ore, occasionally found around particular star types. Adds special properties to certain alloys. |}{{br}}  Notes:* Here are more concise definitions of the different valuse in the "Rarity" field:** Common: Found in almost every sector.** Semi-common: Usually found in certain sectors of most systems.** Rare: Usually only found in certain sectors of a few systems.** Extremely Rare: Usually only found in a few asteroids of a sector in a few systems. ===Asteroid Field Features===[[image:Asteroid_Light-Dark_Round_Cluster.png|thumb|right|Cluster of roids]]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. Pay attention to these features, as they can be helpful when used as landmarks. Once you find a rare asteroid, you can use them to find it again. The features may also act as 'guide posts', with rare ore being concentrated around certain features or types of rock. {{br}}====Types of Asteroids ===={| Border="0" align="center wikitable"

| <small>Heliocene Mining Beam [[image:blue_ice_aqu_sil_ish_f_c.png|thumb| <small>5 left|Ferric/Aquean/Silicate/Ishik (1)]]| <small>100 [[image:White_Ice_aqu_ish_sil_c_f.png|thumb| <small>left|Aquean/Silicate/Ishik/Denic (2.0 )]]|| <small>0[[image:neckbone_c_he_si.9 |png| <small>500 thumb|left| <small>Carbonic/Silicate/Heliocene 200% /Pyronic (3)]]

| <small>Pentric Mining Beam [[image:round_c_f_va.png|thumb| <small>6 left|Ferric/Carbonic/Pyronic (4)]]| <small>100 [[image:sharp_dark_f_c_va_lan_apa.png|thumb| <small>2.4 left|Apicene/Lanthanic (5)]]| <small>0[[image:sharp_light_f_c_sil_va.9 png|thumb| <small>500 left|| <small>Pentric 200% Ferric/VanAzek (6)]]

| <small>IoPhase Mining Beam [[image:Tan_roid_sil_c_f_va.png|thumb| <small>left|Silicate/Carbonic/Pentric (7 )]]|[[image:Xith_roid_xith_f_c_va.png| <small>75 thumb|left| <small>2.2 |Xithricite/VanAzek (8)]]| <small>0}Asteroids themselves, as you can see, vary in model.95 || <small>500 |You can actually get a rough guess at the basic elements an asteroid holds based on its shape, as the table below will show.==== Asteroid Classification Chart ===={| <small>Denic 300% Lanthanic 300% border=1

! colspan=2 | <small>DeniPhase Ming Beam Classification Chart|-| <small>8 rowspan="2" |[[Image:Carbonic.jpg| <small>75 200px]]! Carbonaceous Asteroids|-| <small>These asteroids are usually rounded or smooth, though the surface can be bumpy or even pockmarked.|-| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Ferric.4 jpg|200px]]! Ferronic Asteroids| <small>0-| These asteroids are rather jagged or blocky, like something was shattered.95 |-| <small>500 rowspan="2" |[[Image:Xithricite.jpg| <small>Denic 250% Pentric 240% Lanthanic 240% 200px]]! Xithricite Asteroids|-| These asteroids look like they have glowing green veins, and are typically rare.|-| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Ice Crystal.jpg|200px]]! Ice Crystals|-| These are Ice Crystals, which can contain Aquean and Silicate ores, as well as trace rare ores. Look for them on outer asteroid rings, or in wormhole sectors.

'''NB on High-Density Mining Beam''': Requires Most guilds and or players have their own maps and protect this information to keep their [[Glossary#Roid|roids]] from being overheated. If you would like to share your own personal information with the rest of the server feel free to place your info in the proper section of one of the Master Prospector system charts found [[:badgesSystems|badgehere]].

===List of Ores=Missions==

<table class="inline" style="border:1px solid grey;"> <tr bgcolor=#bacbda> <th class="leftalign" ><small>Ore Name </th> <th class="leftalign" ><small>Mining Experience Points </th> <th class="leftalign" ><small>Mass These are missions in which you find 30 asteroids of a certain ore. There are average 4 missions per cargo system (kgsometimes less, sometimes more) </th>, 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.

<th class="leftalign" ><small>Known Asteroid Appearance </th> <th class="leftalign" ><small>Description in Station </th> <th class="leftalign" ><small>Rough price range (credits/crate) </th> </tr> <tr bgcolor=#bacbda> <th class="leftalign" colspan="6"><small>CommonThe missions generally ask you to search for Carbonic, found in almost every sector </th> </tr>Ferric, or Silicate. Sometimes they will ask you to search for Ishik or VanAzek. VanAzek is generally agreed to be the biggest pain because it is generally spread out over a wide area. There are a handful of missions to find Xithricite.

<tr> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Premium Aquean </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>4 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>70 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>White IceThese missions are generally thought to be very boring, Blue Ice </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Dirty iceso don't expect excitement or glory. But the rewards, the advanced mineral scanner and the high-density mining beam, mostly H2O with trace chemicalscan significantly speed up searching for rare ores. </td>

<td class="leftalign" ><small>Ore composed mostly of iron. </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>70-200 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Premium Carbonic </td> <td classTrade Guild Mineral Missions=="leftalign" ><small>5 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>150 </td>

<td class=The Trade Guild offers, among many other mission types, "leftalignmineral" ><small>Rock </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Ore which missions. Mineral Missions are most abundent at mining stations. They are offered elsewhere but not at the same volume you can get at a mining specific station. Most of the time these missions are oriented around getting the station that you've accepted the mission from the ores that is heavy in carbon compoundsmost needed. A majority of the time the station will ask for either aqueous or silicate ore to be collected. If you spend a while doing these missions you will get other types ranging from Ferric, Carbonic, VanAzek, and Ishik. On very rare occasions though, they may ask for you to bring them back some Pentric, Xithricite, or Pyronic ore. I have yet to take a mission that has asked for the more extremely rare ores, though it's certainly possible. </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>30-60 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Premium Silicate </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>5 </td>

<td class="leftalign" ><small>150 <The pay for these missions varies but the majority are around 1000cr per mission and around 800-1400 trade experience per mission. The mining xp you get for mining the ores is negligable but considering the amount of mining that can be done with multiple beams concentrated on a roid/td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Rockroids over a period of time, White Ice </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Unrefined silicate materialit is fairly easy to get the lower-level licenses. I've also found that the mining missions are a great way to build faction standing with a particular faction. Search out a specific faction and see if they also have a mining station. </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>20-70 </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor=#bacbda> <th class="leftalign" colspan="6"><small>Semi-common: (certain sectors of almost every system) </th>

</tr> <tr> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Premium Ishik </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>7 </td> <td classProfitability="leftalign" ><small>150 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>White Ice, Blue Ice </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>A common asteroid composition containing lighter elements and chemical compounds. </td>

<td class="leftalign" ><small>100Ore prices range from single-500 <digit credits to about 2400c/td> </tr> <tr> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Premium VanAzek </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>7 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>250 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Rock </td>crate, depending on the ore, the station you sell it, and several other factors. Players can drive the price of ore down when they repeatedly sell the same ore at a certain station. This especially happens if there is rare ore right next to the station.

<td class="leftalign" ><small>A common asteroid composition containing heavy and radioactive metals. </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>100-400 </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor=#bacbda> <th class="leftalign" colspan="6"><small>Rare: (certain sectors Rumors have it that the price of a few systems ) </th> </tr> <tr>other items can be brought down too, since items manufacture depends on ore.

<td class="leftalign" ><small>Premium Xithricite </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>8 </td> <td classMining Rate Explanation="leftalign" ><small>300 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Green glowing rock </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Ore containing the precious mineral Xithricite </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>200-900 </td>

</tr> <tr> <td class{{DevDesk|name-color="leftalign" ><small>Denic </td> <td classred|devname=Andy "leftaligna1k0n" ><small>15 </td> <td classSloane|subject="leftalign" ><small>150 </td> <td classExtraction Rate|source=Email|info="leftalign" ><small>White Ice </td> <td class=The rate at which you mine decreases linearly as the temperature increases, and the combination of the two factors leads to an exponential decay in mining rate. The "leftaligntime to crate" ><small>Rare ore found often is precalculated and shown to you as a linear progress bar, although in young solar systems </td>reality you would mine faster at first and slower towards the end of the crate.

<td class="leftalign" ><small>300-1800 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Lanthanic </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>10 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>200 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Sharp RockLarger asteroids have a higher thermal mass; the specific heat is technically constant for all asteroids, Blue Ice </td>but it also assumes perfect thermal conductivity. So the heating is not local to the surface, but throughout the asteroid and affects everybody mining it.

<td class="leftalign" ><small>Ore containing heavy The formula is complicated because it is more naturally expressed in terms of instantaneous extraction rate and radioactive metalsheating rate; to get a time value you have to integrate. </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>700-1000 </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor=#bacbda> <th class="leftalign" colspan="6"><small>Extremely RareThat has been done already, so here it is: (often only a few asteroids in a sector) </th> </tr> <tr>

<td class="leftalign" ><small>Heliocene </td> TimeToCrate(NumCrates, initialT, ThermalMass, GunHeatingRate, GunEfficiency): <td class let dQ ="leftalign" ><small>20 <Ho*GunHeatingRate/td>ThermalMass - BlackBodyRadiation(ThermalMass) <td class if dQ ="leftalign" ><small>100 </td>= 0 then <td class="leftalign" ><small>Light Round Rock, Dark Round Rock, Dark sharp rock < NumCrates*initialT/td>Ke <td class="leftalign" ><small>Rare ore formed under intense heat and tidal forces < else initialT*(exp(NumCrates*dQ/td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>400(Ke*GunEfficiency)) -2400 <1)/td>dQ

</tr> <tr> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Pentric </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>18 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>150 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Medium Tan Rock </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>A rare where initialT is the asteroid composition temperature when you start mining, ThermalMass is the heating rate constant of complex chemical material </td>the asteroid (typical values range from 200 to 700), Ke and Ho are global constants calculated based on several parameters; Ke is currently 2.3010 and Ho is 36.945. GunHeatingRate and GunEfficiency are both 1 for the default gun. BlackBodyRadiation we can ignore as 0 for now, although here's the formula we use if you want to be more accurate:

<td classBlackBodyRadiation(m) ="leftalign" ><small>400-2200 <Ho/td> </tr> <tr> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Pyronic </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>12 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>250 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>White Ice, Light Round Rock, and Dark Round Rock </td>(m^1.9)

<td class="leftalign" ><small>Rare ore formed in (this is just a heuristic function based on the residue sizes of a star&#8217;s collapse </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>200-1200 </td> </tr> <tr> <td class=asteroids and the cooling rates we wanted). In fact this is wrong, because it should radiate more as the temperature increases, but our "leftalignphysics" ><small>Apicene </td> <td class=is less important than our "leftaligngame mechanics" ><small>14 </td>here.

<td class="leftalign" ><small>200 </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>Sharp Dark Rock </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>A rare asteroid composition formed So, assuming a standard mining gun, a temperature of 10 (the minimum), and a thermal mass of 300, it takes 4.463 seconds to mine one crate. With an extraction rate of 3 it only takes 1.461 seconds. With a heat of 0, extraction rate of 3 it reduces to 1.448 seconds (but this makes a much bigger difference at very high higher temperatures </td> <td class="leftalign" ><small>500-1500 </td> </tr></table>). For example, it would take 4.345 seconds to mine three crates with a heat of 0 and an efficiency of 3.

These are missions in which you find 30 asteroids This is further complicated by the presence of a certain ore. There are 4 missions per system, and with 30 systems in multiple people (or multiple mining beams from the game that makes 120 possible missions total. After you finish 120 you get access same person); there is a small bonus to an improved mineral scanner and an improved grouped mining beam which are sold at certain stationsbut not even Andy understands how that works.

The missions generally ask you In order to search for Carbonicupdate the temperature of an asteroid after mining, Ferric, or Silicate. Sometimes they will ask you to search for Ishik or VanAzek. VanAzek can use the approximation newT = initialT+dQ*TimeToCrate where dQ is generally agreed to be the biggest pain because it is generally spread out over a wide area. There are a handful of missions to find Xithricitesame dQ from the TimeToCrate formula; heating increases temperature linearly. }}

Ore prices range The High-Density Mining Beam available from pennies the Prospecting Badge has the best rate-to about 2300c/crate-heat ratio, depending on which makes it the orebest choice for mining for XP, the station you sell itindiscriminate mining for minerals, and maybe your nationalitymining for good minerals above 43. Players can drive 0-55.8% (based on the price calculation of ore down when they repeatedly sell the same ore at a certain stationactual % * rate/heat). This especially happens if there is rare ore right Without the Prospecting Badge, the Mining Beam MkII and MagnetoTwin Mining Beam are equally the next to best beams; the stationMining Beam MkII is faster but the MagnetoTwin Mining Beam has bonuses to mining VanAzek and Pyronic ore.

Rumors have To mine indiscriminately for XP, it that the price of other items 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 be brought down toofind again without a scanner), since items manufacture depends on oreit 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.

Group mining is mining involving more than one player* Roid A has 40. The point is generally to improve efficiency, or enable mining in dangerous sectors3% Denic and 59. There 7% Aquean ores. With a non-extraction bonus beam (such as the HD or MkII), there are many different tactics 403 crates of group miningDenic and 597 crates of Aquean in the list. Here is * Roid B has 80.0% Denic and 20.0% Aquean ores. With a basic list of some group activities that non-extraction bonus beam (such as the HD or MkII), there are known to exist800 crates of Denic and 200 crates of Aquean in the list.

- Unarmed Miner, Transporter:\\ One person If the player minesRoid A with a Mining Beam MkII, another transports. This improves efficiency over single person mining, since she will be picking (at random) one crate from the beam is 'always on' and time is not wasted transporting. Works 1000 crates in safer placesthe list, with a 40. Broma-ba Slick showed me this.\\ \\ - Unarmed Miners / Bot-dragging Escorts:\\ This takes advantage of 3% chance that the fact that bots ore extracted will 'swarm' after you if you shoot them even oncebe Denic. The escort thus drags In the bots away from the mining area. bsp showed me this. Works with high-level bots.\\ \\ - Unarmed Miners / Scout / Escorts:\\ A scout can scout for the valuable asteroidscase of Roid B, while escorts take care a Mining Beam MkII will have an 80% chance of the low-level bots. Solra Bizna showed me this.\\ \\ - Unarmed miner / Armed scout-escort:\\ One player does both scouting and escorting. Miner follows closely behind. Works with low-level bots.\\ \\ - Armed miners:\\ Miners who carry their own weapons. Works against low-level botsextracting a crate of Denic.

Vendetta asteroids fields have certain patterns to them. They are sometimes in long 'strings'. Sometimes there are large 'clusters' of ==Need Help ?==There is a certain type of rock or ice3rd-party [http://web-adventures. A few asteroids rotate. There will be org:3000/ asteroid mapping project] which might help you find ores that you'groups' of types of asteroids, re having difficulty with a sort of 'border' between the groups. On a system wide level, Please help the asteroids are often arranged into belts around stars, with each sector of the belt having asteroids of similar mineral compositioneffort if you gain some benefit from it.

===Mineral Maps=== Once you find a nice rare ore, it might be helpful to write down where you found it. Here are some maps from those who have done exactly that:  [[mining:Mineral Maps]]  ===Sources===