Mining Guide

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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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The text you want to hide here. Aluminium Ore field in Munich Azurite Gas field in Omicron Delta Beryllium Ore field in Tau-23 Cobalt Ore field in Omega-3 Copper Ore field in Kansas Gold Ore field in Dublin Helium field in Pennsylvania Helium-3 field in Sigma-59 Iridium Ore field in Omicron Delta Military Salvage field in Bering Niobium Ore field in Tau-23 Platinum Ore field in Nagano Premium Scrap field in Bering Raw Hydrocarbons field in Tau-53 Silver Ore field in Omega-7 Uncut Diamonds field in Omega-2 Uranium Ore field in Sigma-21 Planet Knossos' Xeno Relics field in Omicron Xi