Where to find ores and how?

[Androsida]

Im new to the game. I'm trying to find cobalt in survival and having some issues. Can you help me?

[the-phil]

Ore patches on planets have discoloration patterns that you can spot visually by looking at the ground. Grab a hydrogen bottle and fly around during the day till you think you see one, then pull your drill out while standing on the discolored locations.
https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceengineers/comments/7wa3qw/new_ore_patches_harder_to_see/
(This page is ranked pretty high in Google when searching for "space engineers reddit ore patches hard to see")
The link has most of the images from the time dark ore patch colors were blended into the terrain, it may be a little dated but I still find it helpful. You should be able to find 2 types of ore per location or more. It seems patches are at least 2km apart or more.

In space, with the one of the latest patches, it seems asteroids typically have two types of ores.

Ore detectors have a limited range, by default most block ore detectors are at half detection range strength. Large grid ore detectors have the longest range. Some ore on planets or asteroids are deeper than the basic hand drill detector range or small grid ore detector range.

When you find an ore location it may be useful to create a new GPS marker at that location with information regarding the ore located.

[Nibbiru]

If you hold the drill in your hand and search near asteroids it will show its contents, it has a range of 500m I think but later you can build large ore detectors onto your ship.

[Dan2D3D]

The Devs should have added all Tutos in-game in F1

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I recommend to watch this YouTuber cause he is a very good Space Engineer :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL8XQ1Avz-0

[Androsida]

Originally posted by the-phil:

Ore patches on planets have discoloration patterns that you can spot visually by looking at the ground. Grab a hydrogen bottle and fly around during the day till you think you see one, then pull your drill out while standing on the discolored locations.
https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceengineers/comments/7wa3qw/new_ore_patches_harder_to_see/
(This page is ranked pretty high in Google when searching for "space engineers reddit ore patches hard to see")
The link has most of the images from the time dark ore patch colors were blended into the terrain, it may be a little dated but I still find it helpful. You should be able to find 2 types of ore per location or more. It seems patches are at least 2km apart or more.

In space, with the one of the latest patches, it seems asteroids typically have two types of ores.

Ore detectors have a limited range, by default most block ore detectors are at half detection range strength. Large grid ore detectors have the longest range. Some ore on planets or asteroids are deeper than the basic hand drill detector range or small grid ore detector range.

When you find an ore location it may be useful to create a new GPS marker at that location with information regarding the ore located.

Thank you, very helpful.