Unlike the mineral variant you do not need a weapon . Aug 19, 14:54, Post Dec 18, 16:41, Post Your pilot will sometimes wait with a full load for a few minutes. finally rather the bad coding of mining!! I think you need to just fly in gas and it will automatically collect gas (that's what I heard anyway). 11. Silicon require a good captain and other factors to mine at a good rate in 4.0. Before we continue, let's be clear: the game uses PAR Combat Engine Mk3 // PAR All-round Engine for calculating the max travel speed of ships. (/\)arped wrote: . Nov 20, 02:45, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. Why save for a new miner when you could steal one? X4 Foundations mod: . by Oraculo Sat, 15. 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). by (/\)arped Thu, 13. These ships vary in size and are usually slower moving ships primarily used to mine minerals or liquids from space. Your pilot will wait for you to contact him to start his mission. It will depend on where you set it tup, the skil lof teh crew and if you have prospected the area. 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. In X4 Foundations there is a type of ship called Miners. by j.harshaw Tue, 27. I think there are mining changes (like, per sector yield changes) in 4.10 so be wary looking for 4.0 specific advice. Which to use should be based on personal preference or other characteristics instead of purely a theoretical haulage number for one type of movement. Some of the other miners for the other races have been reported to have problems . Aug 19, 22:56, Post Regular transports wont do it. Aug 19, 00:51, Post Cost about 300-400k a ship. So they gather more ores in a single run. Wed, 12. Mercury is a great location for a dual use station where it sells energy, and shipping energy to one of your other stations with repeat orders. 3. The captain will take care of the rest! Hi guys, recently new to the X series, I've worked out how to set up auto mining etc, but I've noticed that my miners take absolutely forever to mine anything, i mean i had a play session of about 3 hours and one of miners only filled about 1/3 . The mine command will only have the resources at that location. ok will try that, still no methane! In this X4 Foundations tutorial we look at how to mine. It's just that they don't require inputs. But they are much more expensive! Manage an empire or EXPLORE space in first person. 4. Good luck. Anyone can tell me where are good sectors to mine with close refineries nearby with the 4.0 update? by Buill Mon, 17. Currently Ive been only working at the rings of Saturn but I would like to learn about a few other systems with a high volume of asteroids. My gas miner has drones and auto collects gas but then he stands still and don't sell it. by sentenced-1989 Fri, 13. close. The gas miner should mine 2x-3x more than a Magnetar (didn't test mineral miner). X4 Wiki: Automine will Automatically choose where to mine, and where to sell. Humans are deuterostomes, which means that when they develop in the womb the first opening they develop is the anus. (LogOut/ As with mineral fragments, the Container Magnet can speed up collection. There are a plethora of mining ships available, each with its own set of features and unique abilities. 3. Faster your vessel the quicker it will go back and forth from Mining and Selling. (I say roughly, because the game could only display mass up to the nearest ton; decimal values are discarded. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. by teleportationwars Mon, 26. When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. Everything paranid is better. Buy a miner at the Argon Wharf. 5. You will also find additional information from developers here. But at the beginning you can place maybe 30-40 auto miners that way, I would say 40% gas collectors. He is looking for somewhere to sell his Ores. Of course to mine you need a vessel. [4.10 with all expansions] Good places for gas mining. Nov 20, 13:17, Post It turns out the Chthonios is still the winner. Can have a bunch of defensive turrets and just couple mining (keep NPC safe). Dec 18, 02:34, Post by Nikola515 Thu, 13. 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. 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. Already made me 250000 in 4 runs. Do add the Docking Computer Mk2 though just in case you need to manually land it at some point. Once its dumped you are now clear to Restart AutoMine just like you did before. 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). Do you need crew? (I buy the license and don't bother with sats before I can buy those). marked the ones where my miners go to (should have satelites and probes in all sectors). by burger1 Tue, 27. Remove all the consumables you dont need for a ship you wont fly except maybe a few sats to drop off now and again remotely. Copyright 2023 Black Tree Gaming Ltd. All rights reserved. Wares allows you to select which Ores your Captain will grab. 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. Ecells aren't truly good money ever. This is a Auto Mining Guide for X4: Foundations. But do invest in all types of mineable wares to encourage economy growth. 10. 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. Only change is in The Void with the radiation now dealing damage even when you are not present. Meaning they will give you more money when the Captain turns in his haul. X4: Foundations. The Terran Bolo is a medium (M) class ship that can mine minerals and has a variant that can collect gaseous resources. Including their game start. Teladi sentinel carriers make good traders. Aug 19, 02:21, Post 4. Ice 40K per trip. There is no manual gas mining. by Karmaticdamage Tue, 27. Hey people. So far the best medium miner is the Argon Drill.. (thats the name of the ship Drill) The Sunder Is a Gas (Liquid) miner. 1. videogame_asset My games. Nov 20, 18:14, Post March 30, 2021. May 20, 04:35, Post It bizzare me why Argons have so many L-size freighters when I only ever use Shuyaku sentinel. by Aquitaine Sun, 24. You can have medium and large mining turrets (didn't compare mining speeds). You don't even need to put mining turrets on a ship, it'll still mine just fine. Mining Help. X4: Foundations Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. M miners have a mining loop delay which means that those which finish in full cycles (minimal wasted time) have a huge efficiency improvement. Aug 19, 00:24, Post Dec 18, 00:27, Post Took me a while to find it). 5. :) I don't have the details unfortunately will go look for a link. Gas mining in X4: Foundations is not very intuitive as it doesn't work like normal mining. by dtpsprt Wed, 11. Too many silicon miners and you bring the price down. Large miners have the benefit of having larger cargo holds. Seemed to work fine with expert automine. 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. This includes miners, of course. It's only done automatically by giving the ship the order to mine gas. Go to Middle of Behavior Tab and select Default behavior. Hydrogen 30K per trip. X4: Foundations, Cradle of Humanity, add the Terrans into the game and with them a whole load of new ships. I would like to also make a few stations, one made primarily for mining, one for solar power for energy cells, and one for large production and to be my home base, if I remember correctly one of the Terran systems is insanely good for solar panels, does anyone know which system it is? X4: Foundations > General Discussions > Topic Details. Had this happen, they just dont do anything anymore! Warfs sell Small Vessels and Medium Vessels. Dec 18, 18:13, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum, Post Read below for extra important stuff. Its a perfectly viable option for people starting their mining empire with a little capital but can get more profit then the small size. For the gate Distance thats pretty simple.. how many jumps do you want the AI to go to sell its Ores once its filled? by Vectorial1024 Mon, 26. Nividium, but once everyone has that, it's silicon. He will go off and make you money passively. Dec 18, 11:53, Post Rinse and repeat. (The bastards were asking for 19/km. by mr.WHO Thu, 12. They are affordable and easily obtainable at Warfs. (they dont have the built in software. You have to buy a ship that is a mining vessel. Privacy Policy. Saving up to get a large Miner with crew and just wondering what is more profitable, Minerals or Gas? By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 4. When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. Valve Corporation. Warren1986 Jun 8, 2021 @ 3:12am. Try to be OOS (OUT OF SYSTEM). 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Could be you don't have satellite coverage of stations that buy gas. 8. . Or that you have restricted the range of your miner such that it can't get to the buyer station within that gate limit. by Snafu_X3 Mon, 17. 2. 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. Log in to view your list of favourite games. When travel speed increases, DR should increase. 2. For our purposes, we are going to need a good old-fashioned miner. 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 . But the best way are stations. . 5. But it will take forever. 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. also using resource probes helps, i believe it helps the miners locate the best nodes to mine. Cost about 300-400k a ship. Aug 19, 09:16, Post Also M's can use the highway, speeds things up, Large tend to mess around going behind the gates, txting their mom, filling in their tax returns etc.. You can always hack the station storage spilling out all their goodies and making sure the station needs a new supply (perhaps even allowing you to fill it with their old one.). Do add the Docking Computer Mk2 though just in case you need to manually land it at some point. Skyblade May 25, 2020 @ 3:41pm. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Nividiim is 220k per trip. by Ezarkal Mon, 17. 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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The other thing that has been witnessed is the miner dumping some of his load, than going off to sell it. Hey for guys manning for awhile are your miners running out of resources to mine? Try flying around a bit & dropping some more.. Select Max settings then immediately set to min settings (this gives you a better pilot - its a bug). 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. The Hermes vanguard may not be the most efficient trader, but it is the fastest and thus least likely to die. 80% or more of the time your trader will be in travel speed and so Arg Travel Mk3 makes a huge difference. by Miravlix Thu, 13. This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. (More Testing needed but you might not need a mining laser for Automining). The mass of the Sentinel Variant is roughly 1.2 times of the Vanguard Variant. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. This avoids pile ups of incoming drones competing with departing drones for landing pads. You can do whatever you want now. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Aug 19, 14:47, Post Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). . The powerful open-source mod manager from Nexus Mods. yes, did anybody know, thar Asteroids respawn? These ships are meant for NPC mining out-of-sector (doesn't work right with manual mining). Dec 18, 23:26, Post A Split commander walks into a bar, gets drunk and decides to become a miner. Mercury makes more sense early for helium mining. Valve Corporation. Just a simple question. On start you get a random amount depletness, but the max amount is always the same. The elegant, powerful, and open-source mod manager, Download and manage all your collections within Vortex, Upgrade your account to unlock all media content, To enjoy the benefits of Nexus Mods, please log in or register a new account. by Imperial Good Sun, 24. I guess this means the game determines that PAR engines are best. Dec 18, 04:52, Post I'll stick to my mercury sentinels, only ever lost one that's because it went venturing into xenon territory for some reason. by Hador Thu, 13. If it has ores Dump them. 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. Set to mine everything on its list. Site news (important news will be issued), Comments on your files, images and videos, New images and videos added to your files. I've noticed that not that many stations demand gas. Aug 19, 14:04, Post 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. (LogOut/ https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/display/X4WIKI/X4%3A+Foundations+Manual Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). You will also find additional information from developers here. by Imperial Good Tue, 27. In X4 Foundations there is a type of ship called Miners. 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. It's only done automatically by giving the ship the order to mine gas. Thats why its called a Mining vessel! Choose AutoMine. 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. And your done. The max cargo hold of the Sentinel Variant is exactly 1.2 times of the Vanguard Variant. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. 5. ). Dec 18, 17:01, Post 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. I have two gas miners and I told them to use automine and selected the gas I wanted it to focus on, I haven't had an issues what so ever, pre or post total trade offer visibility. In terms of pure stats, Teladi L miners have the chunkiest loadout. So far I think medium miner silicon is best 70k per trip. Dec 18, 23:17, Post He creates 3 prototype miners with cutting edge space-pokeball storage technology to fit 900k units in each ship. You need a captain on your ship to automine. Your forward facing guns can be used for mining and you will be all set. You need a big (L) ship to do it, it needs drones, and only the A. Install hundreds of mods with the click of a button. 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. 1 ship with speed 1 and cargo hold 2 V should be just as effective as 1 ship with speed 2 and cargo hold 1 V. (When former ship completes 1 round-trip, latter ship will have completed 2 round-trips, but both ships have delivered the same amount of stuff). Scan this QR code to download the app now. X4 Foundations Auto Mining AutoMine Guide. Nov 20, 00:35, Post Information and Behavior. Faster your vessel the quicker it will go back and forth from Mining and Selling. Keep in mind the farther he has to go, the longer it takes to make money! So far i have not seen any changes in yields in 4.1. You can buy good mining vessel Medium size at a Warf. ARG engines are usually the best since they have highest travel speed. They have the built in TradeWare). Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts.