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=Introduction=
 
=Introduction=
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Hallo and welcome to this guide about professional mining in Freelancer Discovery. This guide will explaine you how you mine, about what you have to take care about and how to mine best.
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Discovery Mining Guide
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Many systems in Sirius are holding [[ore]]s. Ores are special version of matels or gas that cannot be bought on stations (except some player owned bases) and need to be mined by players. Ore is the most expensive [[commodities]] in [[Sirius]] (sellprices around 10.000 SC per unit) so many traders search for ore miners. These miner have ships with small cargo space normally, so they cannot trade effectivly. Because of that mining players offers ore mining for trader for a price between 2000 & 3000 SC normally.
 
  
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Welcome to the wonderful world of mining within the Discovery Mod. This guide serves as the latest version of the tutorial designed to inform new and existing players about the changes made by Cannon’s Mining Mod implemented in March of 2011. Many changes were made from 4.8.77 to 4.88.1 and then, even more, changes were made to where we are now - 4.90.2.
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For those who are new to mining in Discovery, keep this in mind:
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* You will need a specialized mining ship to harvest Ores More on this in a moment.
  
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Miners should keep the following in mind, when creating a new miner char;
 
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* You will need a specialized mining ship to harvest [[ore]]s. More on this in a moment.
 
 
* Mining requires mining turrets in addition to a mining ship.
 
* Mining requires mining turrets in addition to a mining ship.
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* Finally, you require a mining company [[ID]] (for example, [[BMM]]) with a matching [[IFF]], or alternatively, an independent “[[Miner ID]]’, available for sale on most stations.
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* Finally, you require a mining company [[ID]] (for example, [[Daumann]]) with a matching [[IFF]], or alternatively, an independent “[[Miner ID]]’, available for sale on most stations.
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* Ore is automatically transferred into your cargo bay. You don’t have to tractor in ore as per vanilla / other previous mods.
 
* Ore is automatically transferred into your cargo bay. You don’t have to tractor in ore as per vanilla / other previous mods.
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** If you hafe marked another player by a left click, who is not more than 500 m away from you, the mined ore will be automaticly transfered to the cargo hold form that player. If you do not want that you just need to click on anyother target (for example a [[Jump Gate]] or a [[Trade Lane]]) or take more distance to that player.
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* If you hafe marked another player by a left click, who is not more than 500 m away from you, the mined ore will be automaticly transfered to the cargo hold form that player.  
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* Only mining turrets are effective for mining. Other weapons are practically useless for mining operations.
 
* Only mining turrets are effective for mining. Other weapons are practically useless for mining operations.
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* For most miner ships (especially [[Hegemon]] & [[Surveyor]]) you should fly in cookpit view (strg+v whit default key bindings) and fire forward while you turning your ship around. Only a few miners should use the turret view. This are mostly miners that have no (many) mining turret that are able to fire forward (especially the [[Arrastra]]).
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=The Ship=
 
=The Ship=
  
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Most ship in [[Freelancer]] are (para-)military ships. These ships are logical very bad for mining operations; you should not mine with a [[Rheinland Battleship]] for example. Also; not all miner ships are usefull yor each ore. The following should help you:
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First, you will require a specialized mining ship. The following ships have mining bonuses as of 4.89.2 (courtesy of @Karst):
  
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(Kudos to @Karst , @Jack_Henderson & @Laz for researching the information on mining laser hardpoints.)
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* <span style="color:red;"> Please note that the values for gun hardpoints may be incorrect.
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They were done in single player with a visual test and have not been tested against the server side drop rate. </span>
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==Fighters/Freighters Sirius==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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!Mining ship!!Ore!!Position for Mining Turrets!!Faction!!Notes
 
!Mining ship!!Ore!!Position for Mining Turrets!!Faction!!Notes
 
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|[[Surveyor]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||1-5||all except [[EFL]], [[GMG]], [[GMS]], [[Junkers]]||
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|[[Anki]]||all||3-6||[[IMG]], [[Mollies]] & [[RH]]||Freighter
 
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|[[Scraper]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||7||all except [[EFL]], [[GMG]], [[GMS]], [[Junkers]]||
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|[[Annapurna]]||all*||3-4-5-6||[[GMG]], [[Kishiro]], [[Kruger]] (*only He-3), [[Samura]], [[Corsair]]||Freighter
 
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|[[Arrastra]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||3-7||all except [[EFL]], [[GMG]], [[GMS]], [[Junkers]]||
 
|[[Arrastra]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||3-7||all except [[EFL]], [[GMG]], [[GMS]], [[Junkers]]||
 
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|[[Dromedary]]||[[Iridium Ore]] & [[Niobium Ore]]||1-5||[[Zoner]], [[Maltese]] & [[AI]]||
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|[[Clydesdale]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||4-7||[[BMM]], [[Core]] & [[Mollies]]||Freighter
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|[[Hegemon ]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||1-4||all except [[EFL]], [[GMG]], [[GMS]], [[Junkers]]||
 
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|[[Spatial]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||7-8||all except [[EFL]], [[ALG]], [[GMG]], [[GMS]], [[Junkers]]||
 
 
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|[[Annapurna]]||All||3-6||[[IMG]], [[Mollies]] & [[RH]]||
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|[[Collector]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||6-7||[[Junkers]]||
 
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|[[Collector ]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||6-7||[[Junkers]]||
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|[[Correo]]||[[Xeno Relics]]||1-4 or 5-8||[[Corsairs]]||Freighter
 
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|[[CSF]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||4-5+7-8||[[Junkers]]||
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|[[CSF]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||4-5+7-8||[[Junkers]]||Freighter
 
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|[[CSV]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||4-5||[[Junkers]]||
 
|[[CSV]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||4-5||[[Junkers]]||
 
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|[[Correo]]||[[Xeno Relics]]||1-4 or 5-8||[[Corsairs]]||
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|[[Dromedary]]||[[Iridium Ore|Iridium]] & [[Niobium Ore|Niobium]]||1-5||[[Zoner]], [[Outcasts]] & [[AI]]||Freighter
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|[[Raba]]||[[Xeno Relics]]||1-2 or 5-6||[[Corsairs]]||
 
 
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|[[Sunburst]]||[[Helium]]||4-5||[[Miner ID|Independent Miner]]||
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|[[Garanchou]]||[[Helium]], [[Helium-3]]||3-4-5-6||[[GMG]], [[Kishiro]]||Freighter
 
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|[[Recycler]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||3+4+7||[[Junkers]]||
 
|[[Recycler]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||3+4+7||[[Junkers]]||
 
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|[[Salvager]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||4-7||[[Junkers]]||
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|[[Ragnar]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||4-7||[[ALG]], [[Daumann]], [[Hessians]], [[Kruger]] & [[Unioners]]||Freighter
 
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|[[Bullmastiff]]||[[Xeno Relics]]||1+3-6||[[Corsairs]]||
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|[[Rhino]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||4-7||[[Xenos]], [[Core]], [[Order]] & [[DSE]]||Freighter
 
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|[[Clydesdale]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||4-7||[[BMM]], [[Core]] & [[Mollies]]||
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|[[Scraper]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||7||all except [[EFL]], [[GMG]], [[GMS]], [[Junkers]]||
 
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|[[Tournez]]||all||4-7||[[EFL]] & [[GMS]]||
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|[[Spatial]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||7-8||all except [[EFL]], [[ALG]], [[GMG]], [[GMS]], [[Junkers]]||
 
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|[[Rock Badger]]||all||5-9||[[EFL]] & [[GMS]]||
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|[[Sunburst]]||[[Helium]]||4-5||[[Miner ID|Independent Miner]]||
 
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|[[Plier]]||all||6+7||[[EFL]] & [[GMS]]||
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|[[Surveyor]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||1-5||all except [[EFL]], [[GMG]], [[GMS]], [[Junkers]]||
 
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|[[Courbe ]]||all||7||[[Kishiro]], [[Kruger]], [[Samura]] & [[GMG]]||Kishiro for [[Helium-3]] only
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==Fighters/Freighters Gallia==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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|[[Kamome]]||[[Helium]] & [[Helium-3]]||All||[[Kishiro]], [[Samura]] & [[GMG]]||
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!Mining ship!!Ore!!Position for Mining Turrets!!Faction!!Notes
 
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|[[Rhino]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||4-7||[[Xenos]], [[Core]], [[Order]] & [[DSE]]||
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|[[Courbe]]||all||7||[[EFL]], [[GMS]]||
 
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|[[Ragnar]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||4-7||[[ALG]], [[Daumann]], [[Hessians]], [[Kruger]] & [[Unioners]]||
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|[[Plier]]||all||6+7||[[EFL]] & [[GMS]]||
 
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|[[Behemoth ]]||[[Helium-3]], [[Premium Scrap]] & [[Military Salvage]]||5-8||[[ALG]], [[Kruger]] & [[Unioners]]||
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|[[Tournez]]||all||4-7||[[EFL]] & [[GMS]]||Freighter
 
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'''''Warning!''': In some zones is a very high radiaion damage like in [[Omega-11]]. For this system you should use big Miners only; also [[Hegemon]] for example. See Mining Zone down this page for more information.''
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==Transports Sirius==
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=IFF & ID=
 
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The [[ID]] % [[ID]] are very important for your miner. Each [[ID]] gives a multiplicator for each ore holding rock (if [[IFF]], [[Ore]] & ship is matching). For example: [[BMM]] gains a bonus of 4 for [[Gold Ore]], while [[Mollies]] gains a bonus of 2. So [[BMM]]is better, but when you was mined by a [[Molly]] they will not attack you and you will not be hunted while mining. The IDs of offical factions (f. e. [[OSI]], [[IRG]]) get a higher bonus than the normal one. The number of the bonuses in the following table is sorted by the ore position. First ore, first bonus; second ore, second bonus....
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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!Faction's name!!Player Faction?!!Ore!!Bonus!!Notes
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!Mining ship!!Ore!!Position for Mining Turrets!!Faction!!Notes
 
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|[[ALG Waste Disposal]]||false||[[Premium Scrap]]||3||Can also mine [[Scrap_Metal]] and [[Toxic Waste]] for a bonus of 3
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|[[Behemoth]]||[[Helium-3]], [[Premium Scrap]] & [[Military Salvage]]||5-8||[[ALG]], [[Kruger]] & [[Unioners]]||
 
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|[[ALG Waste Disposal (player faction)]]||true||[[Premium Scrap]]||3||Can also mine [[Scrap_Metal]] and [[Toxic Waste]] for a bonus of 3
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|[[Bullmastiff]]||[[Artifacts]]||1+3-6||[[Corsairs]]||
 
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|[[Independent Miners Guild]]||both||[[Beryllium Ore]], [[Cobalt Ore]], [[Gold Ore]], [[Niobium Ore]], [[Silver Ore]]||3 4 2 4 2||
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|[[Hegemon]]||all except [[Helium-3]]||1-4||all except [[EFL]], [[GMG]], [[GMS]], [[Junkers]]||
 
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|[[Deep Space Engineering]]||both||[[Copper Ore]], [[Silver Ore]], [[Platinum Ore]], [[Premium Scrap]], [[Military Salvage]]||4 3 4 3 3||Can also mine [[Scrap Metal]] for a Bonus of 2
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|[[Kaiser]]||[[Aluminium Ore|Aluminium]], [[Silver Ore|Silver]], [[Cobalt Ore|Cobalt]], [[Uncut Diamonds]], [[Copper Ore]], [[Raw Hydrocarbons]]||2-3-4-5||[[Daumann]], [[ALG]], [[Kruger]]||
 
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|[[Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing]]||false||[[Gold Ore]], [[Cobalt Ore]], [[Beryllium Ore]], [[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Niobium Ore]]||4 2 4 3 2||
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|[[Kamome]]||[[Helium]] & [[Helium-3]]||All||[[Kishiro]], [[Samura]] & [[GMG]]||
 
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|[[Planetform Inc.]]||false||none||none||May mine [[Flourine]] for 3 and [[Alien Organisms]] for 1,5
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|[[Raba]]||[[Artifacts]]||1-2 or 5-6||[[Corsairs]]||
 
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|[[Samura Industries]]||false||[[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Beryllium Ore]], [[Helium-3]] [[Platinum Ore]], [[Niobium Ore]], ||4 2 3 4 2||Also [[Alien Organisms]] for 3
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|[[Salvager]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||4-7||[[Junkers]]||
 
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|[[Gas Miners Guild]]||false||[[Cryo Organisms]] & [[Helium-3]]||2 4 ||Also [[Alien Organisms]] & [[Helium]] for 2
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==Transports Gallia==
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|[[Kishiro Technologies]]||false||[[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Helium-3]] [[Platinum Ore]]||3 2 3||Same for player faction
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!Mining ship!!Ore!!Position for Mining Turrets!!Faction!!Notes
 
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|[[Daumann Heavy Construction]]||false||[[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Uncut Diamonds]], [[Aluminium Ore]], [[Copper Ore]]||3 4 4 3||Same for player faction
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|[[Rock Badger]]||all||5-9||[[EFL]] & [[GMS]]||
 
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|[[Kruger Minerals]]||false||[[Helium-3]], [[Uncut Diamonds]], [[Aluminium Ore]], [[Cobalt Ore]], [[Silver Ore]]||2 2 3 4 4||
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Next, you will need specialized equipment: mining turrets and a compatible ID.
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Mining Turrets are sold on most Planets, corporate bases, and Freeports, as well as Junker bases. They come in three varieties: "Small Mineral Extractors" are for use on light fighters, “Light Mining Arrays”, for heavy fighters/freighter turrets, and “Heavy Mining Arrays”, which fit on the heavier transports. They do virtually no damage in combat but are the only turrets capable of mining ore effectively.
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Mining lasers operate by adding ore to your cargo hold when they strike and destroy a floating chunk of ore. Because of this, there is a chance you can gain increased ore through careful placement of your mining lasers. For example, on the Annapurna IMG freighter, placing mining lasers on every slot except slots one and two will result in a decent increase in ore drop rate. Slots vary between the different vessels, BUT if you use the numbers listed above you should get optimum results.
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Mining IDs are specific IDs that allow you to mine. Some companies specialize in mining, as well as independent Miners. Finally, some quasi-lawful and unlawful groups have the limited ability to mine select ores. All IDs must be used in tandem with their matching IFF, except in the case of the Miner ID, which may use any IFF (or none at all). Here is a run-down of all the factions available:
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=Mining ID's=
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==Bretonia==
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|[[EFL Oil & Machinery]]||false||[[Premium Scrap]]||2||Can also mine [[Scrap_Metal]] and [[Toxic Waste]] for a bonus of 2
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!Faction ID!!Ore!!Bonus!!Notes
 
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|[[Gallic Metal Service]]||false||[[Aluminium Ore]], [[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Niobium Ore]], [[Gold Ore]] [[Beryllium Ore]]||4 2 3 2 4||
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|[[Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing ID]]||[[Gold Ore]], [[Cobalt Ore]], [[Beryllium Ore]], [[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Niobium Ore]]||x4, x2, x4, x3, x2||
 
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|[[Xenos]]||false||[[Premium Scrap]], [[Copper Ore]] & [[Silver Ore]]||2,5 2 2||[[Corsairs]]
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|[[Molly ID]]||[[Gold Ore]]||2||Same for player faction
 
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|[[Mollies]]||false||[[Gold Ore]]||2||Same for player faction
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|[[Planetform, Inc. ID]]||none||none||May mine [[Fluorine]] for 3 and [[Alien Organisms]] for 1,5
 
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|[[Junkers]]||false||[[Premium Scrap]] & [[Military Salvage]]||4 3||Can also mine [[Scrap_Metal]] for a bonus of 4
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==Gallia==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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|[[Red Hessians]]||false||[[Uncut Diamonds]]||2||
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!Faction ID!!Ore!!Bonus!!Notes
 
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|[[Unioners]]||false||[[Military Salvage]]||2||
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|[[Gallic Metal Service ID]]||[[Aluminium Ore]], [[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Niobium Ore]], [[Gold Ore]] [[Beryllium Ore]]||4 2 3 2 4||
 
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|[[Corsair]]||false||[[Cryo Organisms]] & [[Xeno Relics]]||2 3(1,5 when using a transporter)||Can also mine [[Artifacts]] for a bonus of 2
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|[[EFL Oil & Machinery ID]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||2||Can also mine [[Scrap_Metal]] and [[Toxic Waste]] for a bonus of 2
 
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|[[Maltese]]||false||[[Cryo Organisms]], & [[Niobium Ore]]||3 2||Can also mine [[Alien Organisms]] for a bonus of 2
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==Kusari==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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|[[Artificial Intelligence]]||false||[[Azurite Gas]] & [[Iridium Ore]]||3 3||Same for:[[Primary Artificial Intelligence]]
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!Faction ID!!Ore!!Bonus!!Notes
 
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|[[Core]]||false||[[Azurite Gas]] & [[Iridium Ore]]||3 3||
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|[[Samura Industries ID]]||[[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Beryllium Ore]], [[Helium-3]] [[Platinum Ore]], [[Niobium Ore]], ||4 2 3 4 2||Also [[Alien Organisms]] for 3
 
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|[[Zoner]]||false||[[Iridium Ore]]||2||
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|[[Kishiro Technologies ID]]||[[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Helium-3]] [[Platinum Ore]]||3 2 3||Same for player faction
 
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|[[[[Miner ID|Independent Miner]]]]||false||All [[Ore]], [[Helium]], Other Minable||1,5 3 2||Most mining faction do not like free miners.
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==Liberty==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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|[[Omicron Supply Industries]]||true||[[Iridium Ore]]||3||[[Zoner]]-[[IFF]] is needed
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!Faction ID!!Ore!!Bonus!!Notes
 
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|[[Unioners (player faction)]]||true||[[Military Salvage]]||3||
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|[[Deep Space Engineering ID]]||[[Copper Ore]], [[Silver Ore]], [[Platinum Ore]], [[Premium Scrap]], [[Military Salvage]]||4 3 4 3 3||Can also mine [[Scrap Metal]] for a Bonus of 2
 
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|[[Primary Artificial Intelligence]]||true||[[Cryo Organisms]], [[Xeno Relics]], & [[Niobium Ore]]||4 2 2||Can also mine [[Alien Organisms]] for a bonus of 2
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|[[Xenos ID]]||[[Premium Scrap]], [[Copper Ore]] & [[Silver Ore]]||2,5 2 2||[[Corsairs]]
 
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|[[The National Council of Malta]]||true||[[Cryo Organisms]], [[Xeno Relics]], & [[Niobium Ore]]||4 2 2||Can also mine [[Alien Organisms]] for a bonus of 2
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|[[The Core]]||true||[[Azurite Gas]] & [[Iridium Ore]]||4 4||
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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|[[The Order]]||true||[[Azurite Gas]] & [[Iridium Ore]]||4 4||
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!Faction ID!!Ore!!Bonus!!Notes
 
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|[[Junker Marauders]]||true||[[Premium Scrap]] & [[Military Salvage]]||4 4||Can also mine [[Scrap_Metal]] for a bonus of 4
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|[[ALG Waste Disposal ID]]||[[Premium Scrap]]||3||Can also mine [[Scrap_Metal]] and [[Toxic Waste]] for a bonus of 3
 
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|[[Ingenuus Research Group]]||true||[[Azurite Gas]] & [[Iridium Ore]]||4 3||[[Zoner]]-[[IFF]] is needed
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|[[Daumann Heavy Construction ID]]||[[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Uncut Diamonds]], [[Aluminium Ore]], [[Copper Ore]]||3 4 4 3||Same for player faction
 
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|[[Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing (player faction)]]||true||[[Gold Ore]], [[Cobalt Ore]], [[Beryllium Ore]], [[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Niobium Ore]]||4 2 4 3 2||
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|[[Kruger Minerals ID]]||[[Helium-3]], [[Uncut Diamonds]], [[Aluminium Ore]], [[Cobalt Ore]], [[Silver Ore]]||2 2 3 4 4||
 
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|[[The Brotherhood]]||true||[[Xeno Relics]]||4(allways)||Other like normal Corsair & [[Corsairs]]-[[IFF]] is needed
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|[[Red Hessians ID]]||[[Uncut Diamonds]]||2||
 
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|[[The Junkers Congress]]||true||[[Premium Scrap]] & [[Military Salvage]]||4 4||Can also mine [[Scrap_Metal]] for a bonus of 4
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|[[Unioners ID]]||[[Military Salvage]]||2||
 
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=Sellpoints=
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==Hispania==
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[[Ore]] can even make more credits than dealing with drugs or other illegal trading goods. The highest sellpoint of [[Ore]] is around $10k normally from one house to another. Each house also offers an unlawfull sellpoint. That is lower than the lawfull (except the unlawfull is the government f. e. ([[Crete]])) but pirating player that shot a player trading with ore will get around 50% when selling the ore. Under the following list there will be some ore trade routs you may use. Never forgett that miners do not work for free; they take around 2k for each unit.
 
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Note: This list will just show the three best sell-places + some unlawfull. The side '[[ore]]' is (or is going to) showing the best sell price in a house. You can also look at the page of the single ore or ask miners; they normally know the price of their goods very well.
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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!Ore!!Source*!!Place I!!Price I!!Place II!!Price II!!Place III!! Price III!!UL-Place I!!UL-Price I!!UL-Place II!!UL-Price II!!UL-Place III!!UL-Price III
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!Faction ID!!Ore!!Bonus!!Notes
 
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|[[Gold Ore]]||[[Bretonia]], [[Dublin]]||[[Rheinland]], Planet [[NB]]||$9237||[[Gallia]], [[Planet New Paris]]||$9081||[[Liberty]], [[Planet Denver]]||$8463||[[Kusari]], [[Kyoto Base]]||$6547||[[Rheinland]], [[Vogtland Base]]||$6124||[[Gallia]], [[Valence Base]]||$5660
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|[[Corsair ID]]||f[[Cryo Organisms]] & [[Xeno Relics]]||2 3(1,5 when using a transporter)||Can also mine [[Artifacts]] for a bonus of 2
 
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|[[Aluminium Ore]]||[[Rheinland]], [[Munich]]||[[Bretonia]], [[Southampton Shipyard]]||$10387||[[Gallia]], [[Planet Leeds]]||$9607||[[Kusari]], [[Planet Kyushu]]||$7904||[[Omegas]], [[Garvagh Base]]||$7730||[[Bretonia]], [[Holmfirth Base]]||$7612||[[Kusari]], [[Kyoto Base]]||$5376
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|[[Outcasts ID]]||[[Cryo Organisms]], & [[Niobium Ore]]||3 2||Can also mine [[Alien Organisms]] for a bonus of 2
 
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|[[Platinum Ore]]||[[Liberty]], [[Alberta]]||[[Bretonia]], [[Waterloo Station]]||$8015||[[Gallia]], [[Planet New Paris]]||$7657||[[Rheinland]], [[Planet New Berlin]]||$9425||[[Rheinland]], [[Vogtland Base]]||$7084||[[Bretonia]], [[Holmfirth Base]]||$5305||[[Gallia]], [[Valence Base]]||$4468
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==Independent==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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|[[Azurite Gas]]**||[[Omicrons]] ([[IO]]), [[Omicron Delta]]||[[Liberty]], [[Kodiak Research Station]]||$12116||[[Bretonia]], [[Sunderland Research Station]]||$14619||[[Kusari]], [[Kansai Research Station]]||$10205||[[Rheinland]], [[Schatten Research Facility]]||$8463||[[Omicrons]], [[Alexandria Research Station]]||$7904||[[Omicrons]], [[Durban Station]]||$6338
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!Faction ID!!Ore!!Bonus!!Notes
 
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|[[Premium Scrap]]***||[[Liberty]], [[Texas]]||[[Nazione Maltese]], [[Valetta Shipyard]]||$9904||[[Corsair Empire]], [[Tripoli Shipyard]]||$11080||[[Gallia]], [[Fourchambault Shipyard]]||$10829||[[Omicrons]], [[Alabama Shipyard]]||$11174||[[Omegas]] (Bretonian), [[Planet Sprague]]||$9347||[[Kusari]], [[Kagoshima Depot]]||$6384
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|[[The Core ID]]||[[Azurite Gas]] & [[Iridium Ore]]||3 3||
 
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|[[Uncut Diamonds]]||[[Omegas]] (Rheinic), [[Omega-11]]||[[Bretonia]], [[Planet New London]]||$7352||[[Liberty]], [[Planet Manhattan]]||$10108||[[Gallia]], [[Roanne Production Facility]]||$10036||[[Nazione Maltese]], [[Malta]]||$5137||[[liberty]], [[Ouray Base]]||$7508||[[Kusari]], [[Kyoto Base]]||$7248
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|[[Gammu Artificial Intelligence ID|Gammu A.I. ID]]||[[Azurite Gas]] & [[Iridium Ore]]||3 3||
 
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|[[Silver Ore]]||[[Commonwealth]], [[Vespucci]]||[[Liberty]], [[Planet Denver]]||$8788||[[Bretonia]], [[Canterbury Station]]||$6552||[[Gallia]], [[Montbrison Storage Facility]]||$12097||[[Nazione Maltese]], [[Malta]]||$6416||[[Omegas]], [[Garvagh Base]]||$5956||[[Gallia]], [[Valence Base]]||$8199
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|[[Gas Miners Guild ID]]||[[Cryo Organisms]] & [[Helium-3]]||2 4 ||Also [[Alien Organisms]] & [[Helium]] for 2
 
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|[[Cryo Organisms]]***||[[Nazione Maltese]], [[Omicron Beta]]||[[Nazione Maltese]], [[Planet Malta]]||$3435||[[Bretonia]], [[Planet New London]]||$10711||[[Kusari]], [[Aomori Station]]||$5049||[[Corsair Empire]], [[Crete]]||$4540||[[Liberty]], [[Planet Manhattan]]||$11948||[[Rheinland]], [[Planet New Berlin]]||$8659
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|[[Independent Miners Guild ID]]||[[Beryllium Ore]], [[Cobalt Ore]], [[Gold Ore]], [[Niobium Ore]], [[Silver Ore]]||3 4 2 4 2||
 
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|[[Helium-3]]||[[Sigmas]], [[Sigma-19]]||[[Omicrons]], [[Planet Akabat]]||$7716||[[Bretonia]], [[Scarborough Station]]||$9939||[[Liberty]], [[Planet Pittsburgh]]||$8944||[[Corsair Empire]], [[Crete]]||$4354||[[Bretonia]], [[Holmfirth Base]]||$7744||[[Liberty]], [[Buffalo Base]]||$6780
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|[[Junkers ID]]||[[Premium Scrap]] & [[Military Salvage]]||4 3||Can also mine [[Scrap_Metal]] for a bonus of 4
 
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|[[Iridium Ore]]||[[Omicrons]], [[Omicron Lost]]||[[Omicrons]], [[Fort Carthage]]||$8021||[[Rheinland]], [[Dortmund Station]]||$9334||[[Liberty]], [[Rochester Base]]||$9710||[[Kusari]], [[Ainu Depot]]||$8195||[[Nazione Maltese]], [[Valetta Shipyard]]||$8061||[[Rheinland]], [[Kreuzberg Depot]]||$7021
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|[[Miner ID|Independent Miner]]||All [[Ore]], [[Helium]], Other Minable||1,5 3 2||Most mining faction do not like free miners.
 
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|[[Xeno Relics]]**'***||[[Corsair Empire]], [[Omicron Gamma]]||[[Bretonia]], [[Planet New London]]||$10067||[[Kusari]], [[Planet New Tokyo]]||$9045||[[Liberty]], [[Planet Manhattan]]||$12913||[[Rheinland]], [[Kreuzberg Depot]]||$5815||[[Liberty]], [[Rochester Base]]||$8236||[[Kusari]], [[Kagoshima Depot]]||$6456
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|[[Zoner ID]]||[[Iridium Ore]]||2||
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|[[Raw Hydrocarbons]]||[[Taus]], [[Tau-29]]||[[Gallia]], [[Planet New Paris]]||$7105||[[Kusari]], [[Narita Outpost]]||$6461||[[Rheinland]], [[Planet Nuremberg]]||$8288||[[Corsair Empire]], [[Crete]]||$4659||[[Nazione Maltese]], [[Malta]]||$4332||[[Rheinland]], [[Vogtland Base]]||$4181
 
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|[[Beryllium Ore]]||[[Bretonia]], [[Cambridge]]||[[Liberty]], [[Manhattan]]||$8047||[[Rheinland]], [[Planet New Berlin]]||$7391||[[Gallia]], [[Planet New Paris]]||$6617||[[Omegas]] (Bretonian), [[Holmfirth Base]]||$4154||[[Liberty]], [[Buffalo Base]]||$6142||[[Kusari]], [[Kyoto Base]]||$4577
 
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|[[Military Salvage]]***||[[Independent Worlds]], [[Bering]]||[[Corsair Empire]], [[Tripoli Shipyard]]||$10274||[[Corsair Empire]], [[Tripoli Shipyard]]||$10274||[[Nazione Maltese]], [[Valetta Shipyard]]||$12965||[[Omicrons]] ([[IO]]), [[Alabama Shipyard]]||$8892||[[Bretonia]], [[Southampton Shipyard]]||$9844||[[Kusari]], [[Roppongi Station]]||$9102
 
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|[[Cobalt Ore]]***||[[Omegas]], [[Omega-3]]||[[Gallia]], [[Planet New Paris]]||$11973||[[Kusari]], [[Narita Outpost]]||$9490||[[Liberty]], [[Planet Denver]]||$7419||[[Omegas]] (Bretonian), [[Garvagh Base]]||$5233||[[Liberty]], [[Ouray Base]]||$6429||[[Gallia]], [[Valence Base]]||$7680
 
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|[[Niobium Ore]]***||[[Taus]], [[Tau-23]]||[[Rheinland]], [[Planet New Berlin]]||$9880||[[Liberty]], [[Manhattan]]||$9016||[[Gallia]], [[Planet New Paris]]||$6130||[[Omegas]] (Bretonian), [[Garvagh Base]]||$5173||[[Liberty]], [[Ouray Base]]||$6338||[[Rheinland]], [[Vogtland Base]]||$7389
 
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|[[Copper Ore]]***||[[Omegas]], [[Omega-7]]||[[Kusari]], [[Planet New Tokyo]]||$9763||[[Bretonia]], [[Scarborough Station]]||$8171||[[Liberty]], [[Ouray Base]]||$6097||[[Bretonia]], [[Holmfirth Base]]||$5333||[[Kusari]], [[Kyoto Base]]||$7154||[[Rheinland]], [[Vogtland Base]]||$3444
 
 
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*  If there are two our more mining zones, the most common is showed.
 
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**  At least one house counts this ore as contraband or registered good.
 
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*** This ore is mainly traded by unlawful; so the unlawful sellpoints may be lawful.
 
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==Trading Routes==
 
  
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*[[Rheinland]] <-> [[Bretonia]]
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=Mining and Transportation=
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**[[Gold Ore]], [[Battleship Essex]] (next base to mining zone), [[Bretonia]] -> [[Rheinbier]], [[Planet New Berlin]], [[Rheinland]] -> [[Aluminium Ore]], [[Neu Augsburg Outpost]] (next base to mining Zone), [[Rheinland]] -> [[H-Fuel]] [[Southampton Shipyard]], [[Bretonia]] -> Back to start
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*[[Liberty]] <-> [[Omicrons]]
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Follow the above instructions? Great! You’re on track to becoming the next richest person in Sirius! Now, you’ll need to know where to mine, and where to bring it to once you’ve mined it.
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**[[Premium Scrap]], [[Beaumont Base]] (next base to mining zone), [[Liberty]] -> (empty), [[Alabama Shipyard]], [[Omicrons]] ([[IO]]) -> [[Iridium Ore]] [[Outpost Secundus]] (next base to mining zone), [[Omicrons]] ([[Nomad]]) -> (empty), [[Rochester Base]], [[Liberty]] -> [[Liberty Ale]], [[Planet Manhattan]], [[Liberty]] -> Back to start
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**[[Military Salvage]], [[Freeport 2]] (next base to mining zone), [[Independent Worlds]] (bordering [[Liberty]]) -> (empty), [[Alabama Shipyard]], [[Omicrons]] ([[IO]]) -> [[Azurite Gas]] [[Freeport 11]] (next base to mining zone), [[Omicrons]] ([[IO]]) -> (empty), [[Kodiak Research Station]], [[Liberty]] -> Back to start
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Mining fields can be found by checking your map - open your map by hitting the F7 key (by default) or the map icon in the top right. There will often be large exclusion zones that when hovering over will read "Mining Zone" or something similar. When entering a zone, there will also be text that is displayed that will read "Entering Mining Zone" or something similar.
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*[[Kusari]] (+ [[Sigmas]]) <-> [[Bretonia]]
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** [[Helium-3]], [[Gas Miner Ogashawa]] (next base to mining zone), [[Sigmas]] -> [[Super Alloy]], [[Scarborough Station]], [[Bretonia]] -> [[Food Rations]], [[Planet Cambridge]], [[Bretonia]] -> [[Cobalt Ore]], [[Planet Sprague]] (next base to mining zone), [[Omegas]] -> [[Mining Machinery]], [[Narita Outpost]], [[Kusari]] -> Back to start
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You can only gain ore while inside these fields, and ore will only drop from the small floating rocks, not the larger stationary ones. If you are not gaining any ore from the field, it is possible that:
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*[[Rheinland]] (+[[Omegas]]) <-> [[Kusari]] (+[[Taus]])
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**[[Uncut Diamonds]], [[Solarius Station]] (next base to mining zone), [[Omegas]] (Rheinland) -> [[Sake]], [[Planet New Tokyo]], [[Kusari]] -> [[Raw Hydrocarbons]], [[Shinkaku Station]] (next base to mining zone), [[Taus]] (Kusari) -> [[Military Vehicles (Rheinland)]], [[Planet Nuremberg]], [[Rheinland]] -> [[Synth Paste]], [[Planet Stuttgart]], [[Rheinland]] -> Back to start
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* - You’re not in a mining field: most mining fields are spheres, and it is possible that you’re above or below the field by a small amount. Set a waypoint if you’re worried this is the case.
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* - You are not capable of mining the ore effectively. Make sure your ID, IFF, ship, and turret all match what is required to mine that specific type of ore. For example, the “Sabre” VHF with Flashpoints is not going to be an effective mining craft.
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* - The field isn’t active. This is a rarity, but some fields in Discovery are turned off, either for balance purposes or due to their superfluousness.
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* - You have another ship selected, and are filling it, instead of your own hold. CTRL+T, by default, will de-select the current target.
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If all else fails, contact other players in the field, players of any of the official mining factions. There will always be people willing to help you out.
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=Mining Zones=
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=Minable Commodities=
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Ore can just be mined in small par of an field/cloud that is marked as minable zone on the map. In the centre you will find a buoy named "Mining Zone" normally. Only there ore will be droped when you fire on the flying rocks.
 
  
 
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|[[Cryo Organisms]]||[[Omicrons]]/[[Maltese]]||[[Omicron Beta]]||G/H1/2||none||none||none||Small Radiation Damage
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|[[Cryo Organisms]]||[[Omicrons]]/[[Outcasts]]||[[Omicron Beta]]||G/H1/2||none||none||none||Small Radiation Damage
 
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|[[Xeno Relics]]||[[Omicrons]]/[[Corsairs]]||[[Omicron Gamma]]||G3||none||none||none||
 
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|[[Azurite Gas]]||[[Omicrons]]/[[IO]]||[[Omicron Delta]]||F3||none||none||none||Inside the Nomad Extractor
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|[[Helium-3]]||[[Sigmas]]||[[Sigma-19]]||B2&B3||none||none||none||Huge the miner to see the rocks
 
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Introduction

Discovery Mining Guide

Welcome to the wonderful world of mining within the Discovery Mod. This guide serves as the latest version of the tutorial designed to inform new and existing players about the changes made by Cannon’s Mining Mod implemented in March of 2011. Many changes were made from 4.8.77 to 4.88.1 and then, even more, changes were made to where we are now - 4.90.2.


For those who are new to mining in Discovery, keep this in mind:

  • You will need a specialized mining ship to harvest Ores More on this in a moment.
  • Mining requires mining turrets in addition to a mining ship.
  • Finally, you require a mining company ID (for example, Daumann) with a matching IFF, or alternatively, an independent “Miner ID’, available for sale on most stations.
  • Ore is automatically transferred into your cargo bay. You don’t have to tractor in ore as per vanilla / other previous mods.
  • If you hafe marked another player by a left click, who is not more than 500 m away from you, the mined ore will be automaticly transfered to the cargo hold form that player.
  • Only mining turrets are effective for mining. Other weapons are practically useless for mining operations.


The Ship

First, you will require a specialized mining ship. The following ships have mining bonuses as of 4.89.2 (courtesy of @Karst):

(Kudos to @Karst , @Jack_Henderson & @Laz for researching the information on mining laser hardpoints.)


  • Please note that the values for gun hardpoints may be incorrect.

They were done in single player with a visual test and have not been tested against the server side drop rate.

Fighters/Freighters Sirius

Mining ship Ore Position for Mining Turrets Faction Notes
Anki all 3-6 IMG, Mollies & RH Freighter
Annapurna all* 3-4-5-6 GMG, Kishiro, Kruger (*only He-3), Samura, Corsair Freighter
Arrastra all except Helium-3 3-7 all except EFL, GMG, GMS, Junkers
Clydesdale all except Helium-3 4-7 BMM, Core & Mollies Freighter
Collector Premium Scrap 6-7 Junkers
Correo Xeno Relics 1-4 or 5-8 Corsairs Freighter
CSF Premium Scrap 4-5+7-8 Junkers Freighter
CSV Premium Scrap 4-5 Junkers
Dromedary Iridium & Niobium 1-5 Zoner, Outcasts & AI Freighter
Garanchou Helium, Helium-3 3-4-5-6 GMG, Kishiro Freighter
Recycler Premium Scrap 3+4+7 Junkers
Ragnar all except Helium-3 4-7 ALG, Daumann, Hessians, Kruger & Unioners Freighter
Rhino all except Helium-3 4-7 Xenos, Core, Order & DSE Freighter
Scraper all except Helium-3 7 all except EFL, GMG, GMS, Junkers
Spatial all except Helium-3 7-8 all except EFL, ALG, GMG, GMS, Junkers
Sunburst Helium 4-5 Independent Miner
Surveyor all except Helium-3 1-5 all except EFL, GMG, GMS, Junkers

Fighters/Freighters Gallia

Mining ship Ore Position for Mining Turrets Faction Notes
Courbe all 7 EFL, GMS
Plier all 6+7 EFL & GMS
Tournez all 4-7 EFL & GMS Freighter

Transports Sirius

Mining ship Ore Position for Mining Turrets Faction Notes
Behemoth Helium-3, Premium Scrap & Military Salvage 5-8 ALG, Kruger & Unioners
Bullmastiff Artifacts 1+3-6 Corsairs
Hegemon all except Helium-3 1-4 all except EFL, GMG, GMS, Junkers
Kaiser Aluminium, Silver, Cobalt, Uncut Diamonds, Copper Ore, Raw Hydrocarbons 2-3-4-5 Daumann, ALG, Kruger
Kamome Helium & Helium-3 All Kishiro, Samura & GMG
Raba Artifacts 1-2 or 5-6 Corsairs
Salvager Premium Scrap 4-7 Junkers

Transports Gallia

Mining ship Ore Position for Mining Turrets Faction Notes
Rock Badger all 5-9 EFL & GMS


Next, you will need specialized equipment: mining turrets and a compatible ID.

Mining Turrets are sold on most Planets, corporate bases, and Freeports, as well as Junker bases. They come in three varieties: "Small Mineral Extractors" are for use on light fighters, “Light Mining Arrays”, for heavy fighters/freighter turrets, and “Heavy Mining Arrays”, which fit on the heavier transports. They do virtually no damage in combat but are the only turrets capable of mining ore effectively.

Mining lasers operate by adding ore to your cargo hold when they strike and destroy a floating chunk of ore. Because of this, there is a chance you can gain increased ore through careful placement of your mining lasers. For example, on the Annapurna IMG freighter, placing mining lasers on every slot except slots one and two will result in a decent increase in ore drop rate. Slots vary between the different vessels, BUT if you use the numbers listed above you should get optimum results. Mining IDs are specific IDs that allow you to mine. Some companies specialize in mining, as well as independent Miners. Finally, some quasi-lawful and unlawful groups have the limited ability to mine select ores. All IDs must be used in tandem with their matching IFF, except in the case of the Miner ID, which may use any IFF (or none at all). Here is a run-down of all the factions available:

Mining ID's

Bretonia

Faction ID Ore Bonus Notes
Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing ID Gold Ore, Cobalt Ore, Beryllium Ore, Raw Hydrocarbons, Niobium Ore x4, x2, x4, x3, x2
Molly ID Gold Ore 2 Same for player faction
Planetform, Inc. ID none none May mine Fluorine for 3 and Alien Organisms for 1,5

Gallia

Faction ID Ore Bonus Notes
Gallic Metal Service ID Aluminium Ore, Raw Hydrocarbons, Niobium Ore, Gold Ore Beryllium Ore 4 2 3 2 4
EFL Oil & Machinery ID Premium Scrap 2 Can also mine Scrap_Metal and Toxic Waste for a bonus of 2

Kusari

Faction ID Ore Bonus Notes
Samura Industries ID Raw Hydrocarbons, Beryllium Ore, Helium-3 Platinum Ore, Niobium Ore, 4 2 3 4 2 Also Alien Organisms for 3
Kishiro Technologies ID Raw Hydrocarbons, Helium-3 Platinum Ore 3 2 3 Same for player faction

Liberty

Faction ID Ore Bonus Notes
Deep Space Engineering ID Copper Ore, Silver Ore, Platinum Ore, Premium Scrap, Military Salvage 4 3 4 3 3 Can also mine Scrap Metal for a Bonus of 2
Xenos ID Premium Scrap, Copper Ore & Silver Ore 2,5 2 2 Corsairs

Rheinland

Faction ID Ore Bonus Notes
ALG Waste Disposal ID Premium Scrap 3 Can also mine Scrap_Metal and Toxic Waste for a bonus of 3
Daumann Heavy Construction ID Raw Hydrocarbons, Uncut Diamonds, Aluminium Ore, Copper Ore 3 4 4 3 Same for player faction
Kruger Minerals ID Helium-3, Uncut Diamonds, Aluminium Ore, Cobalt Ore, Silver Ore 2 2 3 4 4
Red Hessians ID Uncut Diamonds 2
Unioners ID Military Salvage 2

Hispania

Faction ID Ore Bonus Notes
Corsair ID fCryo Organisms & Xeno Relics 2 3(1,5 when using a transporter) Can also mine Artifacts for a bonus of 2
Outcasts ID Cryo Organisms, & Niobium Ore 3 2 Can also mine Alien Organisms for a bonus of 2

Independent

Faction ID Ore Bonus Notes
The Core ID Azurite Gas & Iridium Ore 3 3
Gammu A.I. ID Azurite Gas & Iridium Ore 3 3
Gas Miners Guild ID Cryo Organisms & Helium-3 2 4 Also Alien Organisms & Helium for 2
Independent Miners Guild ID Beryllium Ore, Cobalt Ore, Gold Ore, Niobium Ore, Silver Ore 3 4 2 4 2
Junkers ID Premium Scrap & Military Salvage 4 3 Can also mine Scrap_Metal for a bonus of 4
Independent Miner All Ore, Helium, Other Minable 1,5 3 2 Most mining faction do not like free miners.
Zoner ID Iridium Ore 2

Mining and Transportation

Follow the above instructions? Great! You’re on track to becoming the next richest person in Sirius! Now, you’ll need to know where to mine, and where to bring it to once you’ve mined it.

Mining fields can be found by checking your map - open your map by hitting the F7 key (by default) or the map icon in the top right. There will often be large exclusion zones that when hovering over will read "Mining Zone" or something similar. When entering a zone, there will also be text that is displayed that will read "Entering Mining Zone" or something similar.

You can only gain ore while inside these fields, and ore will only drop from the small floating rocks, not the larger stationary ones. If you are not gaining any ore from the field, it is possible that:

  • - You’re not in a mining field: most mining fields are spheres, and it is possible that you’re above or below the field by a small amount. Set a waypoint if you’re worried this is the case.
  • - You are not capable of mining the ore effectively. Make sure your ID, IFF, ship, and turret all match what is required to mine that specific type of ore. For example, the “Sabre” VHF with Flashpoints is not going to be an effective mining craft.
  • - The field isn’t active. This is a rarity, but some fields in Discovery are turned off, either for balance purposes or due to their superfluousness.
  • - You have another ship selected, and are filling it, instead of your own hold. CTRL+T, by default, will de-select the current target.

If all else fails, contact other players in the field, players of any of the official mining factions. There will always be people willing to help you out.


Minable Commodities

Ore Region I System I Sector I Region II System II Sector II notes
Copper Ore Omegas/Rheinland Omega-7 E7 Commonwealth/Liberty Kansas B/C3 Second zone is 15k under the plane
Cobalt Ore Omegas/Rheinland Omega-7 G2 Omegas/Bretonia Omega-3 E5 Sun corona is very close to Omega-3 zone
Silver Ore Omegas/Rheinland Omega-7 F2 Commonwealth Vespucci B1/2
Gold Ore Bretonia Dublin E2 none none none
Aluminium Ore Rheinland Munich C6 Gallia Picardy F1/2 Small Radiation Damage in Munich
Platinum Ore Liberty Alberta D/E2 Kusari Nagano F4 Sun corona is very close to Nagano zone
Raw Hydrocarbons Taus/Kusari Tau-29 C4 Omegas/Bretonia Omega-3 F7
Beryllium Ore Bretonia Cambridge F2 Taus/Gallia Tau-23 E/F6/7 Mines areound the Tau-23 zone
Niobium Ore Taus/Gallia Tau-23 B2 none none none
Uncut Diamonds Omegas/Rheinland Omega-11 C5 none none none High Radiation Damage
Cryo Organisms Omicrons/Outcasts Omicron Beta G/H1/2 none none none Small Radiation Damage
Xeno Relics Omicrons/Corsairs Omicron Gamma G3 none none none
Iridium Ore Omicrons/Nomads Omicron Lost G4 none none none
Azurite Gas Omicrons/The Core Omicron Delta F3 none none none Inside the Nomad Extractor
Helium-3 Sigmas Sigma-19 B2&B3 none none none Huge the miner to see the rocks
Military Salvage Independent Worlds Bering G6 none none none
Premium Scrap Liberty Texas C3 none none none Small Radiation Damage

All Mining Zones on maps

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