THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod
THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod
THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod
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MINING 101<br />
Old ND archived thread on mining & another on medals<br />
PlanetNetDevil has just put up a very nice, though highly spindoctored guide to mining. (see<br />
that here; my critique of that guide is here)<br />
Where are roids?: There are moderate concentrations of EVERY roid type in EVERY sector.<br />
(including station sectors; exceptions are the neutral station sectors)<br />
Most newbies understand that nearer the pulsar sector you get the easier it is to find the rare<br />
roids - BUT, that doesn't mean that sectors closer to stations aren't barren of rare roids...As i<br />
once assumed. And i'm sure everyone else thought some sectors were barren.<br />
Looking for roids: The one tool not mentioned so far that's perfect for exploration is the<br />
HallMonitor solrain radar. This puppy has a 10k range setting that's just perfect for figuring<br />
out which roids are within ZOOM range. (zoom range being 10k)<br />
Roid recognition: The hardest trick is learning to tell the asteroids apart. When i was a<br />
newbie, i routinely mistook Precious metal for Ice and visa-versa. I also mistook Semifluxor<br />
with precious as well...Of course, radioactive roids were the easiest to drool...erm...spot. The<br />
best advice i can give for ID'ing ice, precious & fluxor is to think of "Brightness". (ice roids can<br />
be spotted from 10k distance without using Zoom; precious are less bright, and semifluxor are<br />
scarily dark)<br />
1. Radiactive Ore (c6000-6400**)<br />
uranium, cesium, plutonium and radium.<br />
2. SemiFluxor Ore (c5000-5400**)<br />
erbium, gallium, indium, silicon, and germanium.<br />
3. Precious Ore (c3500-c3800**)<br />
gold, platinum, silver, and palladium.<br />
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