Mining Ships are the back bone of the entire economy of the game almost all items are produce or require raw materials in there production chain either directly or indirectly so the are a very reliable source of money for players. Its not legend, crew has impact, though the Captain skill has much more (cant recall exact what the balance is). You only need 1 Mining laser on your vessel. I think there are mining changes (like, per sector yield changes) in 4.10 so be wary looking for 4.0 specific advice. If it has ores Dump them. Hey for guys manning for awhile are your miners running out of resources to mine? But do invest in all types of mineable wares to encourage economy growth. 1.. . With double the current travel speed I was getting 4x as a Magnetar, but i scaled it down so it's only semi-ludicrously fast, still about 3x throughput of a Magnetar. Everything paranid is better. The other thing that has been witnessed is the miner dumping some of his load, than going off to sell it. Ship Travel speed affected out-of-sector mining speed. by dtpsprt Wed, 11. Do add the Docking Computer Mk2 though just in case you need to manually land it at some point. Including their game start. When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. Comm him and select option for him to start. The captain will take care of the rest! You can do whatever you want now. X4 Foundations mod: . by Karmaticdamage Tue, 27. Best would be to start with Gas as that doesn't attract khaak. by mr.WHO Thu, 12. Some of the other miners for the other races have been reported to have problems with selecting them as AutoMiners (Still Testing Please Report if they Work). 11. also using resource probes helps, i believe it helps the miners locate the best nodes to mine. Fly every ship, TRADE and FIGHT to BUILD your empire with modular station construction and THINK carefully when embarking on an epic journey. He creates 3 prototype miners with cutting edge space-pokeball storage technology to fit 900k units in each ship. Speed is the key to survival for traders. yes, did anybody know, thar Asteroids respawn? X4 Foundations - Getting Started Mining Tutorial Guide by Snafu_X3 Mon, 17. Trading And Mining - X4 Wiki - Egosoft Confluence Valve Corporation. Dec 18, 00:27, Post All rights reserved. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. If you haven't found a resource patch with at least 1.5/km for minerals or 0.2/km for gas don't even bother, and those are still very much at the low end. Games. The max cargo hold of the Sentinel Variant is exactly 1.2 times of the Vanguard Variant. Grand exchange is still a good place (at least for my game) Ore is definitely the one to mine for at the start and always use 2 star miners at the very beginning to increase mining speed. "Mine For Station" not working - Need help - egosoft.com Select Max settings then immediately set to min settings (this gives you a better pilot - its a bug). We need to restart Automine and dont want to confuse it. by Buill Mon, 17. by Imperial Good Tue, 27. videogame_asset My games. Nov 20, 01:45, Post This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. The gas miner should mine 2x-3x more than a Magnetar (didn't test mineral miner). Dec 18, 23:17, Post Skyblade May 25, 2020 @ 3:41pm. chevron_right. by j.harshaw Tue, 27. This is a Auto Mining Guide for X4: Foundations. [4.10 with all expansions] Good places for gas mining. (LogOut/ Do NOT follow your AI pilot and watch him work. (I say roughly, because the game could only display mass up to the nearest ton; decimal values are discarded. Gas mining basics - egosoft.com by Nikola515 Thu, 13. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America), https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=433686&p=5010773#p5010773, https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2530480881. Anyone can tell me where are good sectors to mine with close refineries nearby with the 4.0 update? Or that you have restricted the range of your miner such that it can't get to the buyer station within that gate limit. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). May 20, 05:00, Post Can have a bunch of defensive turrets and just couple mining (keep NPC safe). Aug 19, 14:47, Post They are affordable and easily obtainable at Warfs. What are some good sectors for auto mining gas? The powerful open-source mod manager from Nexus Mods. Crystal mining: Some asteroids have surface spots that can be individually mined away to release various types of crystals. 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Computer Science student, suddenly dissident. 5. 13 Getting the trade subscription for a race/faction, while expensive, it provides trade info for all discovered stations, present and discovered in the future. If you dont have satellites he will eventually find something. marked the ones where my miners go to (should have satelites and probes in all sectors). > You don't even need to put mining turrets on a ship, it'll still mine just fine. Rinse and repeat. leinardi 2 yr. ago. by Oraculo Sat, 15. And your done. Do you need crew? If you can get level 3 miners later on, you can place them almost everywhere, because they can switch between different resources and have a 2-3 jump range to look for resources and customers. Teladi sentinel carriers make good traders. Don't recall if so in 4.00 but in 4.10 the Nopileos' Fortune resource patch (aka smoke pipe patch) seems to stretch on for very long distances. Nov 20, 15:48, Post Dec 18, 15:30, Post Dec 18, 23:23, Post Two Tabs show up. Best systems for mining and energy : r/X4Foundations - Reddit I'll stick to my mercury sentinels, only ever lost one that's because it went venturing into xenon territory for some reason. You can have medium and large mining turrets (didn't compare mining speeds). by CaptDom Tue, 4. Sorry to necro this thread but I wonder whether: I would not take the information in this thread too seriously as it is mostly theoretical and now quite dated. He will go off and make you money passively. So far I think medium miner silicon is best 70k per trip. Why? Sorry I was wrong the changes were indeed in 4.0: for small scale mining it really doesnt matter what sector, so long as someone will buy whatever you're mining. You will also find additional information from developers here. I flew for several minutes (in addition to an exploration fleet) expanding the sector to very large and could not locate the end of the patch. Ice 40K per trip. Copyright 2023 Black Tree Gaming Ltd. All rights reserved. Why save for a new miner when you could steal one? Large miners have the negative effect of being so large they might get stuck! and our Once its dumped you are now clear to Restart AutoMine just like you did before. by (/\)arped Thu, 13. But at the beginning you can place maybe 30-40 auto miners that way, I would say 40% gas collectors. Than go into your info tab (the one right next to behavior tab) and go check out your Miners Inventory.. Faster your vessel the quicker it will go back and forth from Mining and Selling. When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. I'm sorry I've got no answer to the question, because I'm looking for it also !! by ballti Mon, 26. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Design a site like this with WordPress.com, X4 Foundations How To Build A StationGuide, X4 Foundations Custom Logo, Ship PicturesGuide. Dec 18, 02:34, Post Dec 18, 11:53, Post All rights reserved. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. by Hador Wed, 12. 2. by Miravlix Thu, 13. What one should take from it is that all faction traders and miners operate in the same order of magnitude as far as moving stuff goes. Miners | X4: Foundations Wiki | Fandom Hey people. A Split commander walks into a bar, gets drunk and decides to become a miner. The mine command will only have the resources at that location. There is no Mining Software to buy its included in the ship. by sentenced-1989 Wed, 11. This author has not provided any additional notes regarding file permissions, This author has not credited anyone else in this file, This mod is not opted-in to receive Donation Points. Manorina (Gas) Vanguard | X4: Foundations Wiki | Fandom This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. 3. Thats why its called a Mining vessel! The Manorina (Gas) Vanguard is a medium gas mining ship built by the Hatikvah Free League and Teladi Company you only need a general ship licence for the respective faction to be able to purchase this ship. I've got 2 Silicon and 4 Ore miners in Argon Prime. L Miners in 4.0: what is the best loadout? : r/X4Foundations - Reddit Nov 20, 13:17, Post by (/\)arped Wed, 12. From what i know it also depends on the sector, how many nodes there are to mine and how far to travel so some are better than others. Best Mining Ships in X4: Foundations - Culture of Gaming Large miner have the positive benefit that they are much more powerful than mediums and will survive pirate attacks a lot better. These ships are meant for NPC mining out-of-sector (doesn't work right with manual mining). Warfs sell Small Vessels and Medium Vessels. 3. 6. 10. The mass of the Sentinel Variant is roughly 1.2 times of the Vanguard Variant. So far the best medium miner is the Argon Drill.. (that's the name of the ship Drill) The Sunder Is a Gas (Liquid) miner. (More Testing needed but you might not need a mining laser for Automining). S Freighters: ARG Courier; S Miners: ARG Courier . Nvidium yields are always very low, but you also don't really need it much aside from a few research projects. But it will take forever. Methane Resource Help? :: X4: Foundations General Discussions Aug 19, 22:56, Post Best Freighters and Miners: A Report - egosoft.com Go to Behavior tab. Dec 18, 22:26. finally rather the bad coding of mining!! My gas miner has drones and auto collects gas but then he stands still and don't sell it. Also, large miners are largly unprofitable. You don't even need to put mining turrets on a ship, it'll still mine just fine. If your AutoMiners Get STUCK!! It's only done automatically by giving the ship the order to mine gas. It will depend on where you set it tup, the skil lof teh crew and if you have prospected the area. X4: Foundations; X4: Foundations - Spoilers; X4: Foundations - Technical Support; X4: Foundations - Scripts and Modding; Construction Community; by Imperial Good Sun, 24. Some of the other miners for the other races have been reported to have problems . You can buy good mining vessel Medium size at a Warf. by PrivatePanic Wed, 11. He is looking for somewhere to sell his Ores. Also feel free after reading Blog to check out our Affiliate Site: So my first auto miner set up in argon prime is working flawless. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum, Post i don't have any hard numbers or evidence, but the Split ships seem to be doing pretty well, the miner variants top off the solid + liquid storage at a pretty damn decent speed. Install hundreds of mods with the click of a button. If you have no satellites around stations and you yourself are not at a station (showing trade values) your miner is going to dump his cargo and go back to mining. The Hermes vanguard may not be the most efficient trader, but it is the fastest and thus least likely to die. In this X4 Foundations tutorial we look at how to mine. Silicon require a good captain and other factors to mine at a good rate in 4.0. Nov 20, 02:45, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. When size of cargo hold increases, DR should increase. 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Raptor900k Experimental Miners (universal - gas - mineral) at X4 In X4 Foundations there is a type of ship called Miners. The Ore doesn't make a huge amount of money compared to Silicon, but they still pay for themselves eventually and feed the refined metals factories so my sector traders there can grab it. It's only done automatically by giving the ship the order to mine gas. Gas Mining | X4: Foundations - YouTube Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum, Post When it comes to X4: Foundations, finding the best mining ship can be a daunting task. 80% or more of the time your trader will be in travel speed and so Arg Travel Mk3 makes a huge difference. Aug 19, 14:04, Post You cant really mess it up, the game wont let you purchase the ship without the software requirements. Good luck. i dont care if its ore,ice,silicon i just need to make some money with miners before i move on to trading, thank you. However, one of the most important factors in choosing a mining ship is its size - M or L. The M and L miners have their unique features that make them . 6. On start you get a random amount depletness, but the max amount is always the same. Choose AutoMine. I think you need to just fly in gas and it will automatically collect gas (that's what I heard anyway). What to do? But the best way are stations. (/\)arped wrote: . X4: Foundations features a number of mining opportunities. Meaning they will give you more money when the Captain turns in his haul. Only change is in The Void with the radiation now dealing damage even when you are not present. When all done Select Confirm to make all the changes Stick. ARG engines are usually the best since they have highest travel speed. 3. Its a perfectly viable option for people starting their mining empire with a little capital but can get more profit then the small size. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. It turns out the Chthonios is still the winner. These ships vary in size and are usually slower moving ships primarily used to mine minerals or liquids from space. Saving up to get a large Miner with crew and just wondering what is more profitable, Minerals or Gas? There are a plethora of mining ships available, each with its own set of features and unique abilities. by Ezarkal Mon, 17. To see if there was something wrong with the system, I ordered one gas and one ore miner to "auto-mine." Through that command, both are getting helium and ore. . 1. Privacy Policy. Just a simple question. Morrowind May Modathon and Skywind Gameplay Preview. by burger1 Tue, 27. The Terran Bolo is a medium (M) class ship that can mine minerals and has a variant that can collect gaseous resources. Your pilot will wait for you to contact him to start his mission. Nividium, but once everyone has that, it's silicon. anarnam Dec 26, 2018 @ 5:48am. Nowhere to really sell helium. If your vessel is attacked and survives they will help with repairs and I believe give a bonus for turrets. Gas mining in X4: Foundations is not very intuitive as it doesn't work like normal mining. Do add the Docking Computer Mk2 though just in case you need to manually land it at some point. 5. Try flying around a bit & dropping some more.. by Steel Mon, 17. X4: FOUNDATIONS, the long awaited sequel in the long running X series brings our most sophisticated universe SIMULATION ever. Mining drones don't seem to scale out-of-sector, 800 vs 20 is same mining speed (give the ship a bunch of defenders and repair for lolz-level safety). i am mining and grand exchange on for ore and one for silicon but they having trouble finding ore takes a very long time to fill up the hull i will look at the other spots you mentioned thx. Press CTRL + D to BOOKMARK so you can check back for Updates! Aug 19, 14:54, Post In terms of pure stats, Teladi L miners have the chunkiest loadout. are there good sectors to mine in 4.0? :: X4: Foundations General by Nikola515 Thu, 13. Good luck. Only reason come up within he only looks for one spot to sell his ores, if they only need 500 of them and he has 900, he will dump 400 and sell the 500, than go back to mining. Yield has a huge influence on how long it takes a miner to fill up. You need a big (L) ship to do it, it needs drones, and only the A. Aug 19, 16:29, Post 9 M turrets, 6 of which can be used for guns, and 3 shields. by Hador Thu, 13. It's not world hunger because we can't feed poor,it's because there will never be enough to feed the rich .. 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I know about Eighteen Billion but sadly I've oversupplied that sector and I'm having a hard time shipping goods out of it so the methane production stays high. But they are much more expensive! Aug 19, 00:51, Post Took me a while to find it). Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Set it free. Getting the new Terran mining ship, the bolo - Teladi Traders Information and Behavior. Faster your vessel the quicker it will go back and forth from Mining and Selling. From what we can tell once your miner fills his hull, he searches for a place to sell your goods. Buy a miner at the Argon Wharf. Unlike the mineral variant you do not need a weapon . X4 Foundations Auto Mining AutoMine Guide - Cyber Space Gamers Or do they respawn? Nov 20, 18:14, Post Had this happen, they just dont do anything anymore!