Mining Samarium ???

[selewi]

Guys, is this really worth ? I'm being paid with 80k cr if I collect 2 Samarium pieces, the problem is I've been like... 3/4 hours hanging around planet rings and system belts (yeah, I've checked they were metal, not ice) and I only collected around 70% of 1 piece... Imho, this is a really slow proccess and it doesn't give a good payback :/ Or maybe I'm missing something to catch the Samarium faster ? (I also used prospector drones, and collector drones)

[Nerd Doodle]

Is it pristine? What other metals are you seeing? Could be just unlucky, supercruise out and then back in.

[Dave1029]

Originally posted by selewi:

Guys, is this really worth ? I'm being paid with 80k cr if I collect 2 Samarium pieces, the problem is I've been like... 3/4 hours hanging around planet rings and system belts (yeah, I've checked they were metal, not ice) and I only collected around 70% of 1 piece... Imho, this is a really slow proccess and it doesn't give a good payback :/ Or maybe I'm missing something to catch the Samarium faster ? (I also used prospector drones, and collector drones)

The missions as a whole don't give back good payment.

[selewi]

Originally posted by Nerd Doodle:

Is it pristine? What other metals are you seeing? Could be just unlucky, supercruise out and then back in.

I went through a whole belt, I think it was like 11 extractions zones, and the only times I found Samarium is just 2-3% ...
I don't know if it's a pristine ring, but the rocks are orange and says rich in metals

[Arya]

You're looking in entirely the wrong place. Resource Extraction Sites have some of the lowest concentrations of valuable resources. You need to find a system with zero population and mine there, the rocks there will provide much better resources - things like Samarium, Platinium, Paladium and even Painite in bulk quantities.

Don't mind in inhabited systems, it's a complete waste of time.

[selewi]

Originally posted by 狼 Wolfey:

You're looking in entirely the wrong place. Resource Extraction Sites have some of the lowest concentrations of valuable resources. You need to find a system with zero population and mine there, the rocks there will provide much better resources - things like Samarium, Platinium, Paladium and even Painite in bulk quantities.

Don't mind in inhabited systems, it's a complete waste of time.

This is kinda hard to me to be honest, I'm at the core of the human civilization and I can't reach out the "bubble"... any other option ?

[Arya]

You can find uninhabited systems within the Bubble, you just need to look harder. Try using the Galaxy Map then flitering for Economies. Set it to only show systems with NO economy, then look through those systems until you find Gas Giants.

[Lich Lord]

Are you looking in Metallic or actual Metal rich? I believe Samuarian is common in Metallic I find a lot in Delkar. Planet 7.

Also Wolfey that is terrible terrible advice.

Res sites actually do offer a bonus yeild if you can survive them. Honestly if you arent in a big ship and are solo go outside of the res sites. That being said population means nothing, only the surveyed value of the reserves I.e Pristine Reserves is the best and no matter the NPC population you will get a good amount of materials.

Good luck mining

[Arya]

Originally posted by Floki:

Also Wolfey that is terrible terrible advice.

Res sites actually do offer a bonus yeild if you can survive them. Honestly if you arent in a big ship and are solo go outside of the res sites. That being said population means nothing, only the surveyed value of the reserves I.e Pristine Reserves is the best and no matter the NPC population you will get a good amount of materials.

Good luck mining

Which is all compeltely untrue. I've tried Pristine RES sites and the quality of minerals is well below what I get from an uninhabited system I frequent. I get fewer minerals, and the minerals available are less valuable.

[selewi]

Well I went to a pristine gas giant, and I managed to get Samarium from it's ring. I guess now I know there are many types of rings for mining so... I learned something new :) Thank you all!

[Lich Lord]

Originally posted by 狼 Wolfey:

Originally posted by Floki:

Also Wolfey that is terrible terrible advice.

Res sites actually do offer a bonus yeild if you can survive them. Honestly if you arent in a big ship and are solo go outside of the res sites. That being said population means nothing, only the surveyed value of the reserves I.e Pristine Reserves is the best and no matter the NPC population you will get a good amount of materials.

Good luck mining

Which is all compeltely untrue. I've tried Pristine RES sites and the quality of minerals is well below what I get from an uninhabited system I frequent. I get fewer minerals, and the minerals available are less valuable.

You mean they are less valuable in that system to sell? The value of the minerals do change system to system and some systems that are pristine do have better amounts of different types. that is not based on population though, it is a RNG for the ring based on the type of planets in the system.

[Arya]

Originally posted by Floki:

You mean they are less valuable in that system to sell? The value of the minerals do change system to system and some systems that are pristine do have better amounts of different types. that is not based on population though, it is a RNG for the ring based on the type of planets in the system.

No, I mean I consistently get materials of a high degree of rarity and a high base value, mostly Noble Metals. After an hour of mining, the lowest-value matgerial onboard is usually a couple of tons of silver. The vast majority of what I get are Rare Earth heavy metals like Osmium and Noble Metals like Gold, Platinum, Paladium with a moderate amount of Painite.

Mining in an RES system with Pristine rings 4 jumps away I typically get Gallite, Bertrandite, Silver and small amounts of Gold. Painite simply doesn't happen. Both are listed as Pristine.