Best Mining Ship Elite Dangerous (2024)

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What is the most lucrative mining in elite dangerous? ›

generally you will want to decide each session whether you want to do primarily laser mining, or core mining. laser mining platinum and osmium is highly profitable, and you need no hotspots doing so - only pristine metallic rings.

The most sought-after minerals in missions are painite, osmium and platinum. Accepting Mining contracts at the Mission Board yields much more money for the mined commodities.

An Anaconda can certainly hold more cargo (but you only have so many charges a HP it seems like you'd need to head back to base). A python on the other hand seems significantly more maneuverable.

Imperial Cutter - The Top-tier Mining Ship

The Imperial Cutter can provide optimal mining performance.

Laser-mining of Platinum is certainly normally the most efficient in terms of credits/hour, though as with a lot of laser mining the really high yields are relying on a HazRES to boost it and allow mapping. Still, even in deep space you should get something decent.

The most profitable core mining material is either Void Opals or Low Temperature Diamonds. Void opals are commonly found around Icy rings. There are worth upwards of 650k per ton. My mining Clipper averages 220mil per void run, as an example of the potential gains you can have by focusing on a single material.

The Bitmain Antminer S21 Hyd 335T is the most profitable Bitcoin mining machine currently, followed by the Canaan Avalon Made A1266, and MicroBit Whatsminer M50S. If you want to mine other cryptocurrencies, the Bitmain Antminer KS3, Bitmain Antminer D9, and Bitmain Antminer K7 are all solid choices.

Gold, platinum group metals, lithium, rare earth elements, and copper are among the most profitable minerals to mine.

Your best bet is to look further out from the main starting sectors, best things to trade tend to be Palladium, Platinum, gold and silver. Taking back resonating seporators, projenitor cells or performance enhancers.

As a miner, the Adder is the best ship available at its price range and will do very well until the Cobra MkIII can be afforded. Its Class 2 hardpoint allows it to mount a Class 2 Mining Laser, and combined with two Class 1 Mining Lasers in the smaller hardpoints, it can achieve a very efficient mining speed.

What ship has the most storage in elite dangerous? ›

Thanks. You can check the max cargo space of both ships, when all optional compartment possible are fitted with cargo racks. The Imperial Cutter has a max cargo of 794t while type 9 has 790t. Statistically, the Cutter is better but it costs more and you need a very high Imperial rank to be able to buy it.

In combat scenarios, the Python is more than capable of putting down most other ships. With 5 hardpoints and good placement even larger ships like Anacondas and Imperial Cutters must operate with caution in a fight against a Python.

The most profitable core mining material is either Void Opals or Low Temperature Diamonds. Void opals are commonly found around Icy rings. There are worth upwards of 650k per ton. My mining Clipper averages 220mil per void run, as an example of the potential gains you can have by focusing on a single material.