Metallic Rings / Belts and such

[Psykikk]

Hey there
I scavenged the forums and sites about mining sites and all are talking about "major" metallic, "prestine" metallic and all that.

so far the only difference I seem to be able to find is metallic and metal rich

are there prestine metallic sites ? where ? how do I find them ?

thank you for the help in advance

[OJ191]

pretty sure metallic/metal rich is the type of belt while pristine/major is how much it has been mined/depleted.

[HighPlains Drifter]

I don't have any sites on hand to give you. But to find them, you'll have to fly around and scan for them.

[Nettle]

Originally posted by scoop:

are there prestine metallic sites ? where ?

Paesia system, sometime in the last month:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsF3NwXzF_0

(skip to 2m22s for System View)

[ThaJinxxx]

That is about as far away, as I came to get... to the headquaters; and farer away... but looks like a giant trianglue from where I started and my other ships... btw its still pristine

[Edelweiss ✿]

Yes, Pristine Metallic is what you want. Frey is my favorite

[ThaJinxxx]

I think frey is depleted by now skippy..

[Lich Lord]

Frey, Delkar are two popular ones. Pristine metallic.

[Cogenerate]

This tool wil let you find the closest Pristine Metallic ring:

http://www.hozbase.co.uk/EliteDangerous/ (if you click "find" without enterring anything it will list them all. Many of the entries have links to eddb.io)

Don't go to the "RES" sites, just go to the rings away from the RES. Pirates spawn in RES sites. When you first jump into a ring (away from a RES) there is a chance there will be 1 pirate (and/or a cop) after that they will not spawn. I can easily mine 3M+ worth of the 3 P's (Painite, Platinum, Palladium) in my Python in 2 hours this way.



Belts are useless.

[Cogenerate]

Originally posted by OJ191:

pretty sure metallic/metal rich is the type of belt while pristine/major is how much it has been mined/depleted.

Their status is static.

A "pristine metallic" will alwatys be pristine..

A "depleted metallic" will always be depleted.

[Cogenerate]

Originally posted by Luke3079:

Planets can never run out

The materials found on plantes is only good for crafting (Synthesising). You can't put them in a refinery and even if you could it woudl take forever to pick them all up in the SRV.

[ebonyknight]

How do you go about finding a pristine metalic site? Do you scan for it? Do you just find a ringed planet in a uninhabited system? I know there are sites you could find them on, but what if I wanted to find one on my own? How do I know if a asteroid belt or ring system is pristine?

[Ray Robertson]

Originally posted by ebonyknight:

How do you go about finding a pristine metalic site? Do you scan for it? Do you just find a ringed planet in a uninhabited system? I know there are sites you could find them on, but what if I wanted to find one on my own? How do I know if a asteroid belt or ring system is pristine?

Once you've level 2 scanned the body the reserves level is available in the info panel in the system map.

All bodies in a system has the same reserves level, so you only have to scan one body to check whether the system has pristine reserves.

Also, all uninhabited systems have pristine reserves from what I've seen.