Mining

Overview

Extracting ore from asteroids.

How to train

Cut asteroid ore with mining lasers. Rarer ores pay more XP per load; Mine automatically keeps you cutting.

Unlocks by level

1. 1Auto-mining Keeps cutting and moves to the next valid rock until the hold is fullFerrositeSilvarite
2. 5Delver
3. 10Tempered Mining Laser S
4. 15CobaltineHewerStrata Resonator
5. 20Rare Mining gear Crown-Forged modulesVein Splitter S
6. 22Ferric-Tuned Laser S
7. 25Beam Cadence Governor
8. 26Cobalt-Tuned Laser S
9. 30Cryo-Tuned Laser SFerric-Tuned Cutter MGlaciteQuarrierSeam Cutter M
10. 32Cobalt-Tuned Cutter M
11. 38Cryo-Tuned Cutter M
12. 40Epic Mining gear Exodus-Pattern modulesPyrestonePyric-Tuned Laser S
13. 45Efficient Cutting I Mining lasers use 10% less battery charge.Pyric-Tuned Cutter M
14. 50AureliumAuric-Tuned Laser S
15. 52Auric-Tuned Cutter M
16. 55Seam Bore M
17. 60Legendary Mining gear Named legendary modulesVoid-Tuned Cutter MVoid-Tuned Laser SVoidstone
18. 65Seam Reading +4% yield on Voidstone, Xetite and Novacite.
19. 70Efficient Cutting II Mining lasers use another 10% less battery charge.Stonecutter also needs Piloting 20
20. 75Xetite
21. 80Deep Cuts +3% mining yield.Mattock also needs Piloting 30
22. 85Nova-Tuned Laser SNovacite Rare motherlode clusters in Lawless belts
23. 88Nova-Tuned Cutter M
24. 90Automated mining runs Docks when full, unloads to the hangar and returns to the belt (-25% yield, 3 h a day)
25. 99Mastery Insignia and the Master Miner title The Pick and Ore on your hull; fly its Honor Stripe and Holo-pennant as your colorsOre Sense One laser cycle in ten strikes a rich vein and cuts double.