It bizzare me why Argons have so many L-size freighters when I only ever use Shuyaku sentinel. Skyblade May 25, 2020 @ 3:41pm. 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). by Karmaticdamage Tue, 27. As with mineral fragments, the Container Magnet can speed up collection. Just a simple question. Aug 19, 22:56, Post chevron_left. And your done. Silicon require a good captain and other factors to mine at a good rate in 4.0. Nowhere to really sell helium. by Vectorial1024 Mon, 26. Best would be to start with Gas as that doesn't attract khaak. The small size variants are usually not considered for mining when players usually get decent capitals due to their smaller cargo capacity and weaker mining drills. If it has ores Dump them. Speed helps in moving about the collection zone, but crucially, the Chthonios deploy drones from dedicated launch tubes. X4 Foundations Auto Mining AutoMine Guide. by Tempest Wed, 11. by (/\)arped Wed, 12. PAR Chthonios (Gas): 62603520; Finding 3: Best Ships In Each Category. Depending on rarity, crystals can be quite valuable when sold to Item Traders (see "Items versus Wares" section above). In X4 Foundations there is a type of ship called Miners. There is an easier way then the automine behavior, if you've scouted the sector but don't have resource probes down. Aug 19, 00:24, Post The mass of the Sentinel Variant is roughly 1.2 times of the Vanguard Variant. 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. There is no manual gas mining. Select which one you want this vessel to mine.. You can do up to three I belive. This avoids pile ups of incoming drones competing with departing drones for landing pads. There is no manual gas mining. by Imperial Good Sun, 24. . A Split commander walks into a bar, gets drunk and decides to become a miner. Gas Mining | X4: Foundations - YouTube #4. Once its dumped you are now clear to Restart AutoMine just like you did before. All rights reserved. by Nikola515 Thu, 13. The max cargo hold of the Sentinel Variant is exactly 1.2 times of the Vanguard Variant. by dtpsprt Wed, 11. X4: Foundations Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Nov 20, 13:17, Post Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). (LogOut/ chevron_right. 1. My gas miner has drones and auto collects gas but then he stands still and don't sell it. by ballti Mon, 26. On start you get a random amount depletness, but the max amount is always the same. Nvidium yields are always very low, but you also don't really need it much aside from a few research projects. You need a captain on your ship to automine. 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. 3. https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/display/X4WIKI/X4%3A+Foundations+Manual 9 M turrets, 6 of which can be used for guns, and 3 shields. 7. Anyone can tell me where are good sectors to mine with close refineries nearby with the 4.0 update? This is a Auto Mining Guide for X4: Foundations. Life is but hollow, desolate is tomorrow. I am trying to figure out the following: Resource probes only cover a tiny area (current encylclopaedia data says range=3km). X4: Foundations. 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. He is looking for somewhere to sell his Ores. Aug 19, 02:21, Post Valve Corporation. also using resource probes helps, i believe it helps the miners locate the best nodes to mine. 2. 1.. There are a plethora of mining ships available, each with its own set of features and unique abilities. 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 . When all done Select Confirm to make all the changes Stick. Its not legend, crew has impact, though the Captain skill has much more (cant recall exact what the balance is). by Gregorovitch Wed, 12. Can have a bunch of defensive turrets and just couple mining (keep NPC safe). Privacy Policy. Fly every ship, TRADE and FIGHT to BUILD your empire with modular station construction and THINK carefully when embarking on an epic journey. S Freighters: ARG Courier; S Miners: ARG Courier . 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. Select Max settings then immediately set to min settings (this gives you a better pilot - its a bug). Dec 18, 16:41, Post All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Read below for extra important stuff. All rights reserved. If your AutoMiners Get STUCK!! This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. 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.). 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. by CaptDom Tue, 4. Do add the Docking Computer Mk2 though just in case you need to manually land it at some point. 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. Crystal mining: Some asteroids have surface spots that can be individually mined away to release various types of crystals. Im trying to find out what systems are great for mining and solar power, Im playing as a Terran cadet but its been over a year since Ive played the game so Im a little bit rusty. Your pilot will sometimes wait with a full load for a few minutes. 6. Aug 19, 14:04, Post Ship Travel speed affected out-of-sector mining speed. by teleportationwars Mon, 26. Good luck. Well go into behavior and Delete the Automine order for its no longer the default order. These ships are meant for NPC mining out-of-sector (doesn't work right with manual mining). Rinse and repeat. 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The AI while being rendered is garbage and he will crash into things and all kinds of strange things. Hey people. Do NOT follow your AI pilot and watch him work. https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/display/X4WIKI/X4+Wiki+Home. X4: Foundations > General Discussions > Topic Details. Dec 18, 18:13, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. videogame_asset My games. It's only done automatically by giving the ship the order to mine gas. If your vessel is attacked and survives they will help with repairs and I believe give a bonus for turrets. Morrowind May Modathon and Skywind Gameplay Preview. 5. Hey for guys manning for awhile are your miners running out of resources to mine? Warfs sell Small Vessels and Medium Vessels. The powerful open-source mod manager from Nexus Mods. Humans are deuterostomes, which means that when they develop in the womb the first opening they develop is the anus. Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 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. Re: Gas mining basics. > You don't even need to put mining turrets on a ship, it'll still mine just fine. (LogOut/ Automine will Automatically choose where to mine, and where to sell. But do invest in all types of mineable wares to encourage economy growth. Thats why its called a Mining vessel! Nov 20, 00:35, Post Basically making the whole process extremely long. Below this you have two choices Gate Distance and Wares. They have the built in TradeWare). Dec 18, 11:53, Post In this X4 Foundations tutorial we look at how to mine. Dec 18, 00:27, Post When it comes to X4: Foundations, finding the best mining ship can be a daunting task. Mining Help. Install hundreds of mods with the click of a button. Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. Nov 20, 18:14, Post Dec 18, 22:26. The captain will take care of the rest! 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). Regular transports wont do it. When buying your ship manually make sure you select captain. But it will take forever. Wares allows you to select which Ores your Captain will grab. Ice 40K per trip. You need a big (L) ship to do it, it needs drones, and only the A. 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. The gas miner should mine 2x-3x more than a Magnetar (didn't test mineral miner). Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. 2. Select the miner and right click the purple or blue region. Originally posted by Xandriany: So far I think medium miner silicon is best 70k per trip. anarnam Dec 26, 2018 @ 5:48am. 5. Choose AutoMine. I'll stick to my mercury sentinels, only ever lost one that's because it went venturing into xenon territory for some reason. Dec 18, 03:52. Go to Behavior tab. The gas miner should mine 2x-3x more than a Magnetar (didn't test mineral miner) Dec 18, 01:16, Post 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. In terms of pure stats, Teladi L miners have the chunkiest loadout. What are some good sectors for auto mining gas? March 30, 2021. by Aquitaine Sun, 24. Log in to view your list of favourite games. Go to Middle of Behavior Tab and select Default behavior. by Ezarkal Mon, 17. Copyright 2023 Black Tree Gaming Ltd. All rights reserved. Two Tabs show up. X4: FOUNDATIONS, the long awaited sequel in the long running X series brings our most sophisticated universe SIMULATION ever. 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? No sat coverage auto-miners and traders can't see them I believe. by taztaz502 Tue, 27. Took me a while to find it). This is a Auto Mining Guide for X4: Foundations. Nividiim is 220k per trip. Aug 19, 09:36, Post [4.10 with all expansions] Good places for gas mining. Its a perfectly viable option for people starting their mining empire with a little capital but can get more profit then the small size. by Imperial Good Tue, 27. Cost about 300-400k a ship. Why? ok imeant for 4.10 then, they really nerfed mining to hell it is not fun anymore to do. If you have turrets use those for Defense Guns. (I say roughly, because the game could only display mass up to the nearest ton; decimal values are discarded. For the gate Distance thats pretty simple.. how many jumps do you want the AI to go to sell its Ores once its filled? 6. 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. Buy a miner at the Argon Wharf. He creates 3 prototype miners with cutting edge space-pokeball storage technology to fit 900k units in each ship. I think you need to just fly in gas and it will automatically collect gas (that's what I heard anyway). It's just that they don't require inputs. He will go off and make you money passively. 5. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Of course to mine you need a vessel. Aug 19, 16:39, Post Copyright 2023 Robin Scott. All rights reserved. Dec 18, 16:08, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. Computer Science student, suddenly dissident. close. (dropped 100 Alligators at one of my stations which only consumes ICE), Finding 1: Sentinel Variants Are Always Better, Finding 2: Delivery Rate of Ships of Different Categories, AMD 5800X|Gskill 4x8GB 3800C14|Gigabyte X570 Elite F36|TUF3080|Samsung NVME 980 Pro 250|ASUS PG279QE 2560x1440@144, X4: Foundations - Scripts and Modding, X: Farnham's Legacy - Scripts and Modding, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude / Farnham's Legacy - Technical Support, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude - Scripts and Modding, X: Reunion, X: The Threat, X-T and X-BTF - Technical Support, X4: Foundations - Technische Untersttzung, X4: Foundations - Scripts und Modding, X: Farnham's Legacy - Scripts und Modding, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude / Farnham's Legacy - Technische Untersttzung, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude - Scripts und Modding, X: Reunion, X: Die Bedrohung, X-T und X-BTF - Technische Untersttzung, X: Die Bedrohung - Scripts und Modding, Script et Modding pour X4: Foundations, Script e Modding per la Trilogia di X, Supporto Tecnico per la Trilogia di X, Multiverse Team Seasons - Public Beta, X4: Foundations - Public Beta Feedback, https://quantum-anomaly.herokuapp.com/x4/efficiency/, Use ships that are faster: faster ships take less time to travel, so should reduce overall time, Use ships that have larger cargo size: such ships take less trips, so should reduce overall time. by j.harshaw Tue, 27. and our 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. So far the best medium miner is the Argon Drill.. (thats the name of the ship Drill) The Sunder Is a Gas (Liquid) miner. From what we can tell once your miner fills his hull, he searches for a place to sell your goods. Gas mining in X4: Foundations is not very intuitive as it doesn't work like normal mining. 2. Change). Faster your vessel the quicker it will go back and forth from Mining and Selling. So far I think medium miner silicon is best 70k per trip. 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. The mine command will only have the resources at that location. by Buill Mon, 17. 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. Wed, 12. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. 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. When size of cargo hold increases, DR should increase. Nov 20, 15:48, Post Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Nothing else needs to be done. Regarding efficient L miners, I considered mining speed more crucial than travel speed. So far i have not seen any changes in yields in 4.1. Ecells aren't truly good money ever. When travel speed increases, DR should increase. This forum is the ideal place for all discussion relating to X4. by mr.WHO Tue, 27. The other thing that has been witnessed is the miner dumping some of his load, than going off to sell it. by Vectorial1024 Mon, 26. Everything paranid is better. For more information, please see our Nov 20, 01:45, Post For our purposes, we are going to need a good old-fashioned miner. (More Testing needed but you might not need a mining laser for Automining). X4: Foundations features a number of mining opportunities. Dec 18, 04:52, Post When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. Dec 18, 23:23, Post Trading And Mining - X4 Wiki - Egosoft Confluence All the software you need is bought and included in game. 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. by Snafu_X3 Mon, 17. 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. These ships vary in size and are usually slower moving ships primarily used to mine minerals or liquids from space. 1. by Vectorial1024 Wed, 28. Average storage for a miner mineral lets say, is 5k, lets say your large miner hold 20k, average cost for 4 M miners to meet that is 1.2mil, it's 3.5 mil ort something for a large miner. [4.10 with all expansions] Good places for gas mining? . Aug 19, 14:54, Post by Miravlix Thu, 13. Dec 18, 15:30, Post Go To Map View (M Key), Then Property owned Tab, Select your Mining Vessel and Right Click, than Select Information. 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. 11. 9. 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. Scan this QR code to download the app now. by PrivatePanic Wed, 11. M miners have a mining loop delay which means that those which finish in full cycles (minimal wasted time) have a huge efficiency improvement. Including their game start. X4: Foundations, Cradle of Humanity, add the Terrans into the game and with them a whole load of new ships. Best Mining Ships in X4: Foundations - Culture of Gaming Speed is the key to survival for traders. Do you need crew? 10. Also, large miners are largly unprofitable. Dont be in sector with them! Aug 19, 00:51, Post You will also find additional information from developers here. ok will try that, still no methane! 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. Cost about 300-400k a ship. Best Freighters and Miners: A Report - egosoft.com I'm sorry I've got no answer to the question, because I'm looking for it also !! Set to mine everything on its list. by Gregorovitch Thu, 13. Aug 19, 16:29, Post Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Teladi sentinel carriers make good traders. If you dont have satellites he will eventually find something. are there good sectors to mine in 4.0? :: X4: Foundations General I guess this means the game determines that PAR engines are best. (they dont have the built in software. There is no Mining Software to buy its included in the ship. May 20, 05:00, Post Manage an empire or EXPLORE space in first person. 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. . Saving up to get a large Miner with crew and just wondering what is more profitable, Minerals or Gas? Nividium, but once everyone has that, it's silicon. 4. You will also find additional information from developers here. Do add the Docking Computer Mk2 though just in case you need to manually land it at some point. Dec 18, 23:17, Post 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. You only need 1 Mining laser on your vessel. They are affordable and easily obtainable at Warfs. by Nikola515 Thu, 13. I've got 2 Silicon and 4 Ore miners in Argon Prime. Aug 19, 14:47, Post By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. (/\)arped wrote: . What ship type should I buy? What to do? by Hador Thu, 13. Good Mining/Gas Locations? - egosoft.com 8. Nov 20, 02:45, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. 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. :) I don't have the details unfortunately will go look for a link. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum, Post Mercury makes more sense early for helium mining. Comm him and select option for him to start. "Mine For Station" not working - Need help - egosoft.com This includes miners, of course. In X4 Foundations there is a type of ship called Miners. Aug 19, 09:16, Post Cookie Notice Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. But they are much more expensive! marked the ones where my miners go to (should have satelites and probes in all sectors). 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. Please post any spoilers for X4: Foundations here. 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. Good luck. Set it free. Why save for a new miner when you could steal one? I've noticed that not that many stations demand gas. 4. Had this happen, they just dont do anything anymore! It's only done automatically by giving the ship the order to mine gas. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum, Post yes, did anybody know, thar Asteroids respawn? You can do whatever you want now. by Steel 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 .. X4: Foundations - Scripts and Modding, X: Farnham's Legacy - Scripts and Modding, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude / Farnham's Legacy - Technical Support, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude - Scripts and Modding, X: Reunion, X: The Threat, X-T and X-BTF - Technical Support, X4: Foundations - Technische Untersttzung, X4: Foundations - Scripts und Modding, X: Farnham's Legacy - Scripts und Modding, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude / Farnham's Legacy - Technische Untersttzung, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude - Scripts und Modding, X: Reunion, X: Die Bedrohung, X-T und X-BTF - Technische Untersttzung, X: Die Bedrohung - Scripts und Modding, Script et Modding pour X4: Foundations, Script e Modding per la Trilogia di X, Supporto Tecnico per la Trilogia di X, Multiverse Team Seasons - Public Beta, X4: Foundations - Public Beta Feedback. They are affordable and easily obtainable at Warfs. Large miners have the benefit of having larger cargo holds. You have to buy a ship that is a mining vessel. Gas mining basics - egosoft.com