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Furry Eskimo has Elite Dangerous

Apr 27, 2019 @ 9:19am

Void Opal help please?

I've been hearing tale of 350 mil and hour from many players, and far higher from youtubers. Void opals are the way to go!
Well.. I'm AT a void opal hotspot, and I have been for hours, and I haven't found even a single deep core asteroid! I found some yesterday with diamonds inside, which was very nice and fun, but I found two asteroids total, and today I can't find any. Where are all the deep core asteroids? I know the show up as a deep yellow, almost red color, compared to the pale yellow/orrange and bright orange that most asteroids are.. I'm trying to find places to check, but all the tools/guides I've found online haven't helped me find better/any places to mine.

Where am I supposed to go to find these rocks?? Please, help me.. I'm just trying to have a fun time mining, but I can't find the rocks I'm looking for..

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Arc

Apr 28, 2019 @ 10:32am

Originally posted by Furry Eskimo:
Can I sell void opals anywhere for a lot? In my inventory they're not listed for much,,

You have to hunt down stations for best profit as suggested by other players above.

The price range is huge, from less than ~150k up to 1.6M per ton.

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Furry Eskimo has Elite Dangerous

Apr 28, 2019 @ 10:42am

Tht's what I thought.
Idea of wandering space is a little scary though. The AI pirates are so arrgressive! And they just, spawn on top of you.. I've upgraded my shields and armor, but they're tough! A massive ship can always spawn out of nowhere and gank you.

#47

DuuD

Apr 28, 2019 @ 10:57am

Make sure you find a station that actually has demand for the void opals.
Also once you jump into a hotspot let the pirates scan you before you begin mining and nothing else will bother you unless you leave and go back to another hotspot.

#48

Furry Eskimo has Elite Dangerous

Apr 28, 2019 @ 11:10am

I'm far from where pirates spawn, but when I log back in, sometimes pirates spawn RIGHT next to me. Happened earlier today. He made a demand for a LOT of money, so i just quit the game before he started shooting and made it a combat situation with 15 seconds required to exit.

#49

Arc

Apr 28, 2019 @ 12:49pm

Welp the idea of hunting station somewhere you don't know where with absolute 0 chance of getting info from within the game other than some trading data purchase or w/e is kinda silly and wasteful (and pretty bad design on top of that).

Use websites like EDDB.io (also suggested earlier in the thread) and then search for Commodity, Void Opals and that lists you last known stations for best price, like so:
https://eddb.io/commodity/350

Bear in mind that this DB is not realtime and may contain outdated info (see Time column, that's indication how old is the info).

#50

FirstToDie has Elite Dangerous

Apr 28, 2019 @ 12:52pm

Also a good database..

https://inara.cz/goods

But as with eddb, you need to pay attention to how old the data is. You will only want to trust data minutes or a few hours old.

#51

SILENCE

Apr 28, 2019 @ 12:56pm

honestly you're most likely missing them. they're in plain sight even in non pristine icy rings. they'll be more round shaped with some small variations. if they're oval shaped? no dice.

don't forget. void opals aren't always the best. I've made much more money in fact on other materials such as grandidierite. they're only as valuable as the price someone is willing to pay for them. so don't just stick to one type.

the rocks you are looking for must be 1) large enough to include a core 2) be mostly yellow in scans 3) a more rounded shape.

happy hunting cmdr

#52

SILENCE

Apr 28, 2019 @ 12:58pm

ps: use night vision. it helps to visually identify fissures in the asteroids. before you commit a limpet.

#53

SILENCE

Apr 28, 2019 @ 1:01pm

https://imgur.com/a/dHI1ieK (rock scan)

https://imgur.com/a/lxHjfu2 (rock fissure "see cracks")

#54

Furry Eskimo has Elite Dangerous

Apr 28, 2019 @ 1:18pm

Neat! Cause my hold is full of void opals and gran.. gran.... granidite? idk
Also diamonds. Hoping this works out. OH, and krandite or something. dunno. seems valuable. 400-ish K a pop.

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Furry Eskimo has Elite Dangerous

Apr 28, 2019 @ 1:20pm

oh, and this site shows me the currently highest value location to sell void opals! Sweet!
https://eddb.io/commodity/350

#56

Kinzuko

Apr 28, 2019 @ 1:30pm

the most i have made in an hour of void opals is 60+ million from 27 void opals. its all about finding icy belts with Pristine reserves and a void opal hotspot (you need a surface scanner to figure that out) a jump or 2 away from a station willing to buy them for far more than galactic average per unit (im talking at least 1.5mill per unit). after that its just luck and knowing what to look for.

the reason im not sharing my systems is because i dont want to have to find a new spot again

too many players delivering a single resource to a station will devalue that resource quickly, just 76 tons of void opals at my last system devalued the product by like 1000, and me and a friend of mine where constantly day in and day out running that loop over and over delivering a total of about 240 tons between the 2 of us each time we came back to port it went from 500,000 per unit down to below 300,000 per unit very fast (like 3 days). he went back to platnum mining after that, and because i like the iced over effect too much stayed with void opals and low temp diamonds.

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Furry Eskimo has Elite Dangerous

Apr 28, 2019 @ 1:52pm

That makes sense. And I understand your secrecy.
From what I can tell, core asteroids are unique, and only respawn after a period of time. When I searched all around the hotspot, I founf Nothing, but when I went to the edge, I found some, and then I just traveled on and one towards an entirely Different hotspot, heading out of the actual hotspot I landed in. Sometimes I find no core asteroids for a worryingly long period, but then I do find one and it's another ~36 of, whatever. I feel like I'm scouting more than mining, but at least it's easier than it could be. I did rescue missions for the longest time, getting ~1 million per trip, and it was more profitable than my random bounty hunting, but I Enjoy random bounty hunting! I need something profitable on the side so I can enjoy the gameplay that doesn't pay.

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