Elite Dangerous: Laser Mining
Asteroids in Elite Dangerous are persistent objects. While this has gone through some changes it has been said that exploded asteroids need over 5 days to re-spawn. When it comes to mining, there is no advantage for anything less than A rated modules, so be sure to invest the credits and get the best.
Setting Your Fire Groups
Setting up the correct fire groups is important to efficiency and an enjoyable experience. There are many steps to mining and fumbling around for the right tool can be irritating, especially under fire. Regardless of what order you have them in, or which fire button, here are some recommended pairings.
- Discovery Scanner + Detailed Surface Scanner
- Pulse Wave + Prospector Limpet
- Seismic Charge + {your choice}
- Abrasion Laser + Collector Limpet
- Displacement Missile + Collector Limpet
- Mining Laser + Collector Limpet
Laser Mining
Laser mining represents the simplest form of mining. It entails coming up to an asteroid and shooting it with a special Mining Laser. This is under the module type of Mining Tools at stations that sell them. There is also little skill to laser mining but for proper positioning with the asteroid. Otherwise, you need to make sure your weapons pips have enough allocated to power the laser (you’ll know if it doesn’t because your laser will stop working). When it comes to positioning yourself with an asteroid a good rule of thumb is to find the axis of rotation and focus your mining laser beam at that point. This allows your collector limpets to collect the fragments while minimizing the chance they’ll get destroyed on the surface of the asteroid. If you mine the equator of the asteroid you can end up losing a lot of limpets.
Laser Driven Mining Locations
ALGOL
Many spots to choose from. Pristine reserves. The screenshots show a few and there a total of 33 hot spots. There seems to be double overlapping Monazite, and Serendibite hotspots at least. One of the screenshots shows a tight overlap of Rhodplumsite and Serendibite. Great location for many of the higher paying materials.
Arietis sector xz-p b5-3
The following information is from https://www.reddit.com/user/vanderaj/ on the referenced Reddit post. Planet Arietis Sector XZ-P b5-3 1 2Alexandrite 2Bromellite x 3 2Void opal Several overlaps are high value overlaps if you don’t mind collecting more than one type of minerals, e.g. there’s a Alexandrite + LTD + granderite + tritium quadruple, and several others besides.…
Bhotho
1 good double overlapping Bromellite hostspot. Within Haz Res areas, pirates will be around.
Bleia Dryiae DX-A D14-17
Partial overlap of two Painite hotspots. Platinum and Rhodplumsite also present, but not overlapping. Hotspots In Total; Four Rhodplumsite, Three Painite, Two Platinum.
COL 107 SECTOR VE-V B46-3
Overlapping bromellite, great view of a nebula and a dense star pattern from rim area.
COL 132 SECTOR AG-I B25-0
Eng: Easy. Outside the bubble. No NPCs. On the Guardian route “Eta Carina Sector EL-Y d16” Ita: Facile. Fuori bolla. No NPC. Sulla rotta Guardian “Eta Carina Sector EL-Y d16”
COL 285 Sector AI-H C11-6
Various extremely valuable minerals and a Tritium / LTD overlap. No screenshot available.
Col 285 Sector AQ-X d1-47
These overlaps are so close you almost can’t notice.
COL 285 Sector EF-N A50-5
Multiple high demand and high sell price materials, no overlaps but there’s little traffic.
Col 285 Sector KD-R c5-12
At a distance, one is unable to tell a difference in overlap.
Col 285 Sector KM-V d2-106
Double Platinum on planet 5
Col 285 Sector NI-O B21-6
This spot doesn’t have any same material overlaps, but does have a lot of different materials. This is a good spot for various materials.
Col 285 Sector UJ-G C11-6
The bromellite is a double overlapping hotspot. The are bonus spots that are NOT an overlap of the same material but rather three different types, Grandidierite, Void Opals, and LTDs. This is a useful spot for multiple mining opportunities.
Dumbae DK-I d9-2101
Overlapping Hotspot 2x Serendebite very close to 3x Benitoide overlapping Hostpot at 11 o’clock position Overlapping Hotspot Musgravite/Benitoide (close to the body) and 2 x Musgravite overlapping Hotspot at 1 o’clock position Found in Ring Dumbae DK-I d9-2101 A 2 unfortunately 22,784.92 ly away from Sol and 3,117.17ly away from Sagittarius A*.
eeshoqs mn-k c24-28
Deep space carrier refuel point on near direct path to galactic core.
Eol Prou IW-W e1-762
Abundance and diversity of resources, lack of pirates, proximity to the colony, very beautiful views.
Eol Prou IW-W E1-859
Multiple OverLaps (Platinum/Painite)
EOL PROU LW-L C8-324
if you are out in the colonia area and want to do some mining this is only 7.17LYs from colonia
Eol Prou OH-K C9-254
Right on the doorstep to Colonia, with lots of resources to mine and even two Overlaps as far as I could see. Not too far from the jump in point and quite quiet.
Eol Prou WI-W b17-2
The ring is absolutely loaded with material spots looking a little bit like cheese with a Double Tritium hotspot and with in 30 LY of Colonia making it perfect for a free fill up with a mining ship for your or others fleet carriers.
Flyaurps GH-L b22-0
A little signal is inside a bigger one, so going near the small tritium spot guarantee to have best mining.
Furuhjelm III-674
Lots of Hotspots for different mining possibilities, with lots of Fleet Carriers that resotck limpets. Not far from good selling spots as well. P.S. The double overlap is benitonite.
Gludgae UJ-K b8-10
It has a Tritium Double Overlap and is on the route home for many doing a circumnavigation. In total it has 36 hotspots! So it makes a good watering hole for Carriers. Standard Density works out at 10.08, which indicates a good core density. 4 is only 1,166 ls from the K-type star, so no…
Graea Dryoae DU-H c26-0
Signale: Serendibit: 4 (overlap) Alexandrit: 6 Benitoit: 6 Musgravit: 5 Monazit: 1
Greae Hypa TI-X b48-33
Extremely far from bubble. Mainly for Fleet Carriers near the center of the galaxy.
HIP 16572
Directly from the referenced Reddit post: It is worth the time to go to HIP 16572. The planet is B 8 Ring B. It has 42 hotspots: 5 Alexandrite, 4 Bromellite, 9 Grandidierite, 6 Low Temperature Diamonds, 8 Void Opals and 10 Trition. Multiple Triple and Quadruple Overlays. It is the Motherlode of mining! The…
HIP 21991
Map Created by: CMDR Churly
HIP 22352
This system has two overlapping spots of both painite and platinum.
HIP 42168
Platinum/Painite on planet 8
HIP 4351
Below is the very tight overlap of HIP 4351. Shot was taken in the shadow for better examination. Since the mining nerfs of LTD’s the graphs are not relevant anymore.
HIP 49080
This is not an overlap of same material, but rather an opportunist overlap of Void Opals and LTDs. If you need or want to mine both, this is a good spot.
HIP 95415
Double overlapping Benitoite, and other overlapping materials of different types.
Hyades Sector DB-X D1-112
Map Created by: CMDR Churly
Hyades Sector ON-T C3-14
This is a great mining spot for all sorts of materials.
Hypoae Aihm KP-C c27-5
he ring density is 9.85. Co-Orbiting gas giant has Bromelite Overlap and is only a meagre jump away from another overlap hotspot system. This far out no one bothers you, though it needs a Fleet Carrier to reach.
Hypoae Aihm KP-C c27-6
Bromelite Overlap (hard to see as they are on top of each other) LTD Overlap plus a Tritium/LTD overlap. Ring has a standard density of 9.75 which indicates a good core density. Another planet in the same system has 6 Grandiderite Hotspots.
Lalande 34968
Text below taken from this url -> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1okp9xLc_TsSleibSONaK1q8oGXxMMUm4wJmRm2ZbyPM/edit This is a Platinum mining map for Lalande 34968 AB 8, drop into the Resource Extraction Site at the Platinum Hotspot. As this is a Haz Res, you should expect to be attacked and you need to be capable of managing multiple attackers. All asteroids in the…
LDS 413
Double overlapping Void Opal hotspot & Double overlapping Tritium hotspot. The 2 Tritium spots are so close together there is less than 5Ls between them. So far mining has been alright, hoping to find lots of high percentage rocks.
LHS 277
Double Alexandrite, triple bromellite. For some reason game system map shows only 2 rings, but there is only 1.
LP 834-42
This Planet is only 240LS from the drop-out star and it’s only 1 Jump away from 6 different sell stations that buy Monazite for 600k+-700k+ (at the time of writing this) Station – System – Sell Price – LY from System Veblen Colony – LHS 184 – $718,906 – 15.44 ly Bruce Depot – LHS…
Nyeajaae OI-L b14-23
A long distance to the bubble
Omicron Capricorni B
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C8DhSg1d0AzQcp5v2Dr5L8pg1CbpPrnl-WlHqa5DuwY/edit
Phrio Phoea RG-J d10-20
Double overlap Monazite, double overlap Serendibite.
Phroea Phio CE-L B14-7
Out in the black, this exploration watering hole will help boost your next exploration mission and provide fuel for your carrier. Located ~6 kylies from Sol, it’s quiet. No pirates. Careful flyers could exchange shields for extra cargo capacity. On the way home for anyone doing a circumnavigation, it could easily provide a welcome distraction…
Ploi Aec AB-E b26-1
Signale: Alexandrit: 2 Grandidierit: 8 Tieftemperaturdiamanten: 7 Leerenopal: 6 Tritium: 9 Bromellit: 7
PRAEA EUQ TS-B B13-7 5
Just one hotspot with pristine reserves. Ring around a beautiful purple/blue gas giant to look at if you get bored
RHEA
Its cool
Shapsugabus
This site is in the same system as a high demand high buy price station for monazite (reinhold dock). System is high population with medium security.
Spoihaae CK-Y c14-7
Though the sites are very small, they are very dense with valuable Metals and Minerals.
swoilz yq-j c10-2
No pirate around and near the ltd 4 spot system
Trella
Overlaping spots
Valhaling
NB! There are no overlapping hotspots in Valhaling 2. Fleet carriers belonging to the local minor faction are often stationed in the system. They buy the painite at just above galactic average so it’s a quick trip from the hotspot to the carriers. The minor faction ruling the system is Galactic Vikings, their carriers have…
Voqooe PX-J c25-68
Just to log a deep space Tritium hotspot for possible carriers.
