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==Ships==
An ideal mining ship requires at least one Class 2 hardpoint to fit larger mining tools for more efficient or profitable mining, and enough optional internal slots to hold a Refinery, a Collector Limpet Controller, a Prospector Limpet Controller, a Detailed Surface Scanner, and at least one Cargo Rack.
* A great choice for new miners is the [[Cobra MkIII]], due to the size of its cargo hold, internal compartments, and its maneuverability. It can also fit the Class 2 mining tools.
* The [[Adder]] is the earliest ship capable of efficient mining, as it can equip three mining lasers, as well as being the earliest deep core mining ship as it has one
* The [[Keelback]] can equip multiple lasers and has a half-decent capacity, and can use a fighter hanger for self-defense.
* The [[Asp Explorer]] is an excellent stepping stone between the small and medium ship sizes, and is a capable and highly profitable deep core mining ship.
* The [[Krait MkII]] is a more expensive medium option for mining, but can comfortably fit all necessary mining tools and modules.
* The [[Python]] is a medium ship with internal space to spare, allowing it to carry larger modules and a greater amount of cargo. Combined with its durability and relative agility for its size class, it is an ideal mining ship.
* The [[Type-9 Heavy]] is fantastic for the role; the bottom medium hardpoint rarely sees use in combat so is generally fine to swap for a class 2 mining laser. Meanwhile, it can have tons of space or have massive amounts of collector limpets at once; and can even do a fantastic job defending itself with the two top mounted turret hardpoints and a fighter bay. Beware that its large size means it is virtually impossible to gather ore manually so if you don't have any limpets left, you will be forced to abandon any remaining fragments.
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* Keep an eye on the fragments; in some cases, they will get themselves stuck inside the meteorites. This will make it so your collector limpets will launch themselves into the rock; destroying themselves. If you notice a drone die early quickly look out for this and add it to your exclusion list as soon as possible to avoid more limpet loses.
* You can craft additional limpets via [[synthesis]] and you are very likely to pick up the components for them while mining; however they are incredibly wasteful of [[Nickel]], which is a common engineering material. Use this only in a pinch such as seeing rare materials with no drones.
* If you are only mining for access to [[Selene Jean]]'s engineering then always go to planetary rings. You can still use prospector drones to increase yield but you will be instead looking for group asteroids so you can collect as much as possible as fast as possible as you generally won't be too concerned with profit in this scenario. In fact, more common ores may be desirable due to being able to refine them faster. Use as many collector limpet controllers as you can equip with as big of a refinery as possible as well to help out.
* Always avoid or run away from NPC pirates while carrying mining cargo unless piloting a ship that is combat capable or equipped with a [[Fighter Hangar]]. Pirates almost always use [[Limpet Controller/Hatch Breaker|Hatch Breaker Limpets]], which means dealing with them involves a high risk of partial or total cargo loss.
== Guides ==
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== References ==
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