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.
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==ResourcesEquipment ==
===List of Mining Scanners===
There are only 2 scanners right now.
| align="center" | [[Badges#Mining|Badge]]
| Reward for completing all Prospecting Missions.
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=== Mining Beams ===
When you start out, you only have the small port mining beam available to you. As your levels increase, larger and more unique formes of the mining beam will become available. See [[:mining]] for information on how to mine asteroids.
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{| border="1"
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! width="170" | Beam
! width="50" | Range
! width="50" | Rate
! width="50" | Heat
! width="60" | Rate/Heat
! width="50" | Mass
! width="50" | Level
! width="220" | Bonus
|-
! align="center" colspan="11" | Small port mining beams.
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! align="center" | Mining Beam
| align="center" | 100m
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1.5
| align="center" | 0.67
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | -/-/-/-/-
| align="left" |
|-
! align="center" colspan="11" | Large port mining beams.
|-
! align="center" | Mining Beam
| align="center" | 100m
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | -/-/-/-/1
| align="left" |
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! align="center" | Advanced Mining Beam
| align="center" | 100m
| align="center" | 1.8
| align="center" | 0.9
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | -/-/-/-/2
| align="left" |
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! align="center" | Mining Beam MkII
| align="center" | 100m
| align="center" | 2.4
| align="center" | 0.8
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | -/-/-/-/2
| align="left" |
|-
! align="center" | Xithricite Mining Beam
| align="center" | 100m
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 0.8
| align="center" | 2.5
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | -/-/-/-/3
| align="left" | Xithricite 200%
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! align="center" | Apicene Mining Beam
| align="center" | 100m
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 0.9
| align="center" | 2.22
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | -/-/-/-/3
| align="left" | Apicene 240%
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! align="center" | MagnetoTwin Mining Beam
| align="center" | 100m
| align="center" | 1.8
| align="center" | 0.6
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | -/-/-/-/4
| align="left" | VanAzek 180% Pyronic 180%
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! align="center" | High-Density Mining Beam
| align="center" | 75m
| align="center" | 2.8
| align="center" | 0.75
| align="center" | 3.73
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | [[Badges#Mining|Badge]]
| align="left" |
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! align="center" | Heliocene Mining Beam
| align="center" | 100m
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 0.9
| align="center" | 2.2
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | -/-/-/-/5
| align="left" | Heliocene 200%
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! align="center" | Pentric Mining Beam
| align="center" | 100m
| align="center" | 2.4
| align="center" | 0.9
| align="center" | 2.67
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | -/-/-/-/6
| align="left" | Pentric 200%
|-
! align="center" | IoPhase Mining Beam
| align="center" | 75m
| align="center" | 2.2
| align="center" | 0.95
| align="center" | 2.3
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | -/-/-/-/7
| align="left" | Denic 300% Lanthanic 300%
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! align="center" | DeniPhase Mining Beam
| align="center" | 75m
| align="center" | 2.2
| align="center" | 0.95
| align="center" | 2.3
| align="center" | 500kg
| align="center" | -/-/-/-/8
| align="left" | Denic 250% Pentric 240% Lanthanic 240%
|-
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==Resources==
===List of Ores===