Painite mining?

[Bubba Fett]

I need 10 tons of painite to unlock an engineer. I found a ring with a couple of painite hotspots, (not overlapping) but I haven't had much luck in finding any painite.
I've all the gear I need for laser mining and have been using a pulse wave and prospecting any bright rocks but in a straight line of almost 1000km I only found painite in 1 rock and it was a core asteroid. I was under the impression I wouldn't need seismic charges so I didn't fit a launcher (or subsurface) so I could keep a couple of guns. (cobra)
I've done a lot of core mining for opals and LTD's but this is my first time going after painite. Am I doing something wrong or just unlucky?

[Laurreth]

Sounds unlucky, but I got my painite for that unlock together with around 100 Million credits in accidental by-catch through core mining and that was in a hotspot for some other FotM mineral.

The big advantage of core mining is that you only need to get lucky once ;-)

[Ryujinwing]

Originally posted by Bubba Fett:

I need 10 tons of painite to unlock an engineer. I found a ring with a couple of painite hotspots, (not overlapping) but I haven't had much luck in finding any painite.
I've all the gear I need for laser mining and have been using a pulse wave and prospecting any bright rocks but in a straight line of almost 1000km I only found painite in 1 rock and it was a core asteroid. I was under the impression I wouldn't need seismic charges so I didn't fit a launcher (or subsurface) so I could keep a couple of guns. (cobra)
I've done a lot of core mining for opals and LTD's but this is my first time going after painite. Am I doing something wrong or just unlucky?

What type of ring is it? Metal rich = cores, Metallic = laser mining . Don't waste power on pulse wave for laser mining , just spam prospectors.

[Kaaaarl!]

Painite can also be mined via plain old laser mining, and painite-containing rocks do not necessarily show up on the pulse wave scanner. Equip a prospector limpet controller, fire it at nearby asteroids, and you won't have to search long before finding asteroids with 30% or more Painite if you're at a hotspot.

A great spot for Painite is the double Painite overlapping hotspot at Hyades Sector DB-X D1-112, in the rings around planet 2, or another double Painite hotspote in Hip 37222 planet 3 ring A.

[Bannor]

You don't need the pulse-wave scanner is not necessary for Painite mining. If you're in a Painite hotspot, and you haven't found Painite - you're just not trying hard enough. It will take more than prospecting 3 asteroids and calling it a day.....

[Pctechnik]

Feel free to friend me, I'd be happy to show you how its done. As a bonus, I'll even fill your hold!

[Bubba Fett]

Thanks for the info guys. I'll probably give it another try today and see if I have better luck. I'll check the ring type, but probably mount a seismic launcher either way since I know there's at least some core asteroids here.
I've been using prospectors, but have a limited number of them since I'm flying a cobra on this trip. I can only carry 34 limpets and only have enough materials to synth another 24 when they run out. If that's not enough I'll probably buy a Keelback for this operation and sell it when I'm done.

Thanks for the locations Kaaaarl. I'll look them up on the map, but unless they're within a few jumps it's probably not worth the trip for only 10 tons.
I'm not trying to make money with this, just unlock an engineer.

Thanks for the offer Pctehcnik. I don't play in open any more. I tried it quite a bit when I first started and eventually decided I didn't like getting blown up for no reason. If I did this would be a lot simpler as I could just offer to trade 50 tons of opals or LTD's for 10 tons of painite. (that stuff I can find easy)

Anyways, thanks for all the suggestions. Hopefully today goes better. :^)

[Pctechnik]

It doesn't have to be in open... Got mobius or any other Private Group?

[kavedawg]

the pulse wave only shows rocks with sub surface and core deposits, it has nothing to do with what materials can be mined. you would be better off chipping off a chunk with a regular mining laser or launching prospectors

[Bubba Fett]

When I was running low on limpets I started just lasering rocks to see what broke off. Wasn't sure how much I'd have to take to get painite even if it was in the asteroid.
Finally got what I needed by finding a rock with a painite core.

Having done that, I definitly like void opals and LTD's better. Ice rings seem brighter and I know what I'm looking for. (not that I really need more money at this point) :^)

[Frank K]

Appears the RNG gods just hate you. Keep at it. Be sure you're mining in Pristine Rings, and prospecting, that'll help.