Moon mining as a solo player?

[Alxndr]

Is it possible to deploy the refinery if you're not in a corp? If so is it worth doing it solo or is it kind of a waste of time and I should just mine asteroid belts instead? Also can some other players come and mine your ore while it's being extracted or something?


Is it possible to mine all (or most) the ore a moon produces in a T2 mining barge? Lastly what happens if all the moons already have refineries placed around them?

[Harrison]

You have to be in a Corp to deploy structures. Be aware that owning structures opens you up to war declarations now.

Solo as a single character, yes. It’s most likely not worth it.

Yes, other players can mine at your moon. This also means you can go mine at other people’s moons.

In a single barge, no. When I was “solo” mining my moon, on a two week extraction cycle, it would take me 12-16 hours with a maxed out boosting orca, 5 maxed out hulks w/ t2 crystals, and a dedicated hauler so I could keep the orca in the field at all times.

Moons can only have one drilling refinery. Any others placed near it, are simply that, placed near the moon.

[Kodokuro]

I have seen streams of pilots mining other moon rocks in high sec.

They don't really care since they don't deplete completely their belt . Just ask before trying this. Miners are friendly people. You may end out joining their corp.

[Sadpan]

I would recommend just mining rocks from other users' moon refineries, most people aren't really doing anything with these rocks, and if you do decide to open a new refinery (or any structure) then your corp opens up to war declarations.