==MiningOverview==
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 give you a level 1 mining license. The level 1 license gives you acess to a large port (L-port) mining gun making it possible to mine in a Wraith 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.
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 escorts, scouts, and transports.
==Resources==
===List of Mining Scanners===
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===Geological Features===
Vendetta asteroids fields have certain patterns to them. They are sometimes in long 'strings'. Sometimes there are large 'clusters' of a certain type of rock or ice. A few asteroids rotate. There will be 'groups' of types of asteroids, with a sort of 'border' between the groups. 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.
Noticing these features can help you. They can act as 'landmarks', so 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.
===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|Mining Maps]]
==Missions==
===Prospecting Missions===
The pay for these missions vary but for the majority they are around 1000cr a mission and around 800-1400 trade xp. The mining xp you get for mining the ores is negligable but on a massive scale can get you the lower levels fairly quick. 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.
===Profitability===
Ore prices range from pennies to about 2400c/crate, depending on the ore, the station you sell it, and maybe your nationality. 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.
Rumors have it that the price of other items can be brought down too, since items manufacture depends on ore.
===Group Mining=== Group mining is mining involving more than one player. The point is generally to improve efficiency, or enable mining in dangerous sectors. There are many different tactics of group mining. Here is a basic list of some group activities that are known to exist. #'''Unarmed Miner, Transporter:'''<br>One person mines, another transports. This improves efficiency over single person mining, since the beam is 'always on' and time is not wasted transporting. Works in safer places. Broma-ba Slick showed me this.#'''Unarmed Miners / Bot-dragging Escorts:'''<br>This takes advantage of the fact that bots will 'swarm' after you if you shoot them even once. The escort thus drags the bots away from the mining area. bsp showed me this. Works with high-level bots.#'''Unarmed Miners / Scout / Escorts:'''<br>A scout can scout for the valuable asteroids, while escorts take care of the low-level bots. Solra Bizna showed me this.#'''Unarmed miner / Armed scout-escort:'''<br>One player does both scouting and escorting. Miner follows closely behind. Works with low-level bots.#'''Armed miners:'''<br>Miners who carry their own weapons. Works against low-level bots. ===Geological Features=== Vendetta asteroids fields have certain patterns to them. They are sometimes in long 'strings'. Sometimes there are large 'clusters' of a certain type of rock or ice. A few asteroids rotate. There will be 'groups' of types of asteroids, with a sort of 'border' between the groups. 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. Noticing these features can help you. They can act as 'landmarks', so 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. ===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|Mining Maps]] ===Sources===
Information was gathered from the following sources: