Asteroid Mining at a Refinery Station | Star Citizen 3.24 4K Mining Gameplay

[@Ledamit]

Your video's are always a refreshing change from the perpetual drama and toxicity surrounding this project. Thank you SO much for not following the clickbait meta, and providing us with chilled, enjoyable Star Citizen content.

[@kion1519]

I subscribed to him solely because he’s the only or one of very few star citizen KZbinrs who just play the game. No rambling or reporting on stuff just playing the game.

[@Farrister]

I'm not very good at drama :D

[@Radical_Middle]

@@Farrister this is why cig can misbehave. we all not good at drama those days.

[@MJSherwood]

I feel like you too have stubbled upon a certain youtuber with a fighter pokemon as his name and quickly run back to the calm and comfort of Farrister.

[@AccidentalFriendlyFire]

I can't speak to the speeding up, because I just listen to virtually all the KZbin I "watch". However, you are one of the few people who I would just sit listening to. Your voice and music choice are just *chef's kiss* perfect for a relaxing session. Works great for the long drives I take!

[@Farrister]

Too kind, thank you!

[@ShadzDash]

Agreed! Definitely a voice for radio/audio books/commentaries.

[@Rememberence]

You're like Star Citizen ASMR and I love it. Thanks for these. Definitely don't need to fast forward. It's a vibe.

[@Farrister]

Thank you for your kind words

[@SpaceJunkie_79]

Hey Farrister, no need to change your videos speeds they are always well planned and thought out, I’ve always enjoyed watching your reviews of ships, highlighting locations and much much more. Keep up the great work you are probably the one content creator, I watch without loosing interest and patience 👌

[@Farrister]

Thank you for your kind words, duly noted :)

[@MeatSalad84]

I agree don't speed up. I enjoy the relaxing style of your videos.

[@Farrister]

Good to know, thank you :)

[@thorstenstreckbaum791]

Ah, thank you so much for keeping starting and landing in regular speed. I just love the cinematics of that. Soothing voice, great commentary - subbed. Looking forward to more of you!

[@Farrister]

Thank you, welcome aboard!

[@thorstenstreckbaum791]

@@Farrister Thanks Captain!

[@safwanramzan1300]

You make the most wholesome Star Citizen content. I love that you showed the entire loop. Do more of these!

[@Farrister]

Thank you for your kind words

[@snaggletoof1927]

Love how the advocacy keep checking up on you. Makes one feel safe. :)

[@like-wh6yf]

Lol had one crash into me and give me a crime status ended up in prison so no try to avoid them as much as possible

[@Farrister]

Makes one feel guilty!

[@Amusing_Alias]

Man great vid as always, you have a fantastic voice for narration. I've been a backer for 3 years now and I've seen a lot of progress already despite plenty of frustrations. Helps to just go play something else for a while during times like these, give them some time to get things sorted. Keep documenting your star citizen journey, I'll keep watching! 🤩

[@Farrister]

Thank you for your kind words

[@RegolithCo]

Such a chill video. Reminds me why I love mining!

[@Farrister]

Oh my goodness, the mighty Regolith, with mighty mining resources! Thank you for stopping by :)

[@RegolithCo]

@ I always look for your ship reviews after IAE or fleet week but these longer gameplay videos are really nice too. I hope they’re as fun to make as they are to watch.

[@Runic-Raven]

Really enjoy these simple, calm gameplay Videos. Would not mind hours long versions of them.

[@Farrister]

Good to know, thank you :)

[@TheSigmaWolves]

I haven't been able to get out of the friggin elevator and sometimes my bed. Been playing Baldur's Gate 3 until the next patch. Waiting on November 1st dude. (Zeus tour 😊) Love my prospector Microtech representing

[@jeremyhoward2913]

I’m with you on the elevator issue. Jonesing to play so I have tied out every other space game on Steam. Nothing compares to SC!

[@adrianbarreto4225]

the first is zues tour?

[@UBIQUITAR]

Guys I fought this for a week. Get a ride to anywhere!!!!! Claim a ship and go on about your day

[@Farrister]

Brace yourself... :D

[@TheSigmaWolves]

@@Farrister Been waiting man! I can't get it until you give it the once over in that "Farrister way"

[@neoplague2139]

totally get the feeling you were talking about. I got the game with a 300I package before they even added the hanger module. Going from nothing, to being able to just stare at my ship to being able to fly it in arena to logging into port Ol for the first time. To where we are today, you can feel and see the work they put in...now having said that....i do wish that was like over the cross of 5 or 6 years of my life instead of a decade now....

[@Farrister]

Yeah... But S42 2026 ;)

[@neoplague2139]

@@Farrister lol hey no negativity but ill believe it when I see it lol. S42 look alright but it's not why I came to the dinner table

[@Nagymedve100]

I've given up on Star Citizen. I can't play since the last two updates. Both started with me freezing up and then never being able to retrieve my ships, I couldn't reach my hangar. First time I found someone to take me to another station after two days. Since then I tried once to ask for help... Well, nobody was available. Everyone was terribly busy. No problem. I'll play something else and watch your videos. Your voice is pleasantly soothing anyway. I always fall asleep to it. :)

[@Farrister]

Sorry to hear of your experiences, this has been a rough patch

[@YourSupervisor1]

Be interesting to see when crafting enters the PU how much of the materials that we would usually discard will be useful for construction, for particular structures, ships, armour and weapons.

[@Gazbeard]

I suspect Titanium will become a lot more viable when crafting and building arrives.

[@Farrister]

It'll be interesting, for sure!

[@YourSupervisor1]

However for balancing, the cargo looted from VHRT and ERT bounties would need to take a significant nerf to make sure the resource harvesting mechanic and gameplay loops are worth the time investment. At the moment stealing a working bounty ship with all its cargo is relatively easy and would be more favourable for quick resource accumulation especially. All it takes is small starter ship with a roomy cargo bay such titan, Kore using an X1 or pulse with ballistic gun on it….. 👀

[@ZackSavage]

Quartz might be a very nice pickup.

[@rock5600]

I really like putting this up on the other monitor while I'm getting work done. Lovely voice for a narrative and good to see the loops are we progress in patches.

[@Farrister]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed :)

[@greenmamba6943]

I love your vids buddy. So peacefull and relaxing.

[@Farrister]

Thank you!

[@timbiddulph]

Great video. I don't refine the low value materials like quartz, this saves space on my Hull-A and means less runs to the TDD.

[@Farrister]

Fair enough! If min maxing, you might be onto something with that

[@ItsDanaNow]

I actually am going to speak up as someone who'd be happy to watch walking around/tram trips not sped up 😆 I'm still fairly new to Star Citizen and most of the appeal for me is how immersive it looks. Physically going to places, walking around the ships etc. is a huge part of that. I get it for quantum jump or flying through empty space and such but I'm happy watching just walking around footage still

[@Farrister]

Good to know, thanks for sharing!

[@ufeelinselfrighteous8470]

"We're just ascending through the beautiful clouds ..." "Give me your money" "and now im being robbed"

[@Farrister]

lol

[@UBIQUITAR]

I absolutely love prospector with the new MFD and Huds

[@Farrister]

Yeah!

[@little_lord_tam]

Mining is my fav loop at the moment, because its the most in depth loop so far

[@ufeelinselfrighteous8470]

oh ya, definitely the most In Depth loop............. out of all the loops...............

[@little_lord_tam]

@ufeelinselfrighteous8470 Why am I sensing Sarcasm

[@Farrister]

I quite like the variety we can experience across different loops

[@CarterDDana]

Great vid as always, man! Why didn’t you x12 the 9hr refinery job?? 😂

[@Farrister]

lol :D

[@xRnChrisx]

Mining QoL has improved in the latest patch btw. Scanning is much faster, which is huuuge, and you can mine in nav mode.

[@Farrister]

Yup! Plus the HUD update...

[@curryeanking]

Crafting is gonna give mining more variety, finally won’t skip out on cheaper metals like iron and actually go look for a ton of it.

[@Farrister]

Just whenever we get it in our hands...

[@zvynikoni]

great guides

[@Farrister]

Thanks, although this one was just supposed to be gameplay!

[@zvynikoni]

@@Farrister your channel is my go-to for ship tours, thanks for all the info!

[@mitch-mashgaming3116]

And when the Expanse releases, we can have the satisfaction of refining our stuff as well

[@Farrister]

Hopefully!

[@AtlasRandGaming]

In 3.13 I routinely mined quant from legrange pints. I would usually get $250k in 20-45 min

[@Farrister]

Impressive!

[@AtlasRandGaming]

@ not back then. Quant was more common

[@rainydaytoast1490]

Hey Farrister, What modules do you run?

[@Farrister]

Whatever is available usually. For this one it was a Arbor MH1 laser and Rieger-C2 module (you can see it in mining mode on the left hand side)

[@nilswagner1536]

No new huds? Old footage?

[@Farrister]

Covered in video, yes this one was from before MFD subpatch

[@sicecko]

I know some people are gripping on the time thats taking for the new cargo system. But I was hoping there'd be something for the mining. Like taking the bags off and dumpthing them in a hopper or something like that.

[@Farrister]

That would be cool, or even the player refinery ships ;)

[@Tainted-Soul]

The quarts may be needed for base building one day lol when are they going to change the refinery to the same loading an unloading as the rest of the cargo loop

[@Farrister]

Possibly!

[@ichitensho7075]

taranite is top 5 you should grab it x3 bexalite,gold ,taranite,occasionally laranite is usually what i grab ., also mole bags upgrade :3

[@Farrister]

The MOLE bags are just too much work for me :D

[@tman41291]

No that you have released you zeus video, are you going to use the C1 or zeus for your small hauls like this?

[@Farrister]

Zeus CL!

[@ph11p3540]

Had the new subpatch fixed the ore node spawning bug. I could never find any node on any moon or the Arion Belt

[@Farrister]

It was a rough patch launch

[@redbarchetta8782]

I've done it all including the asteroid belt but lately I give up quick when nodes just don't fully render so they can be mined. Hope they fix the still bugged mining path. P.S. Owned my Prospector since they were first released back in 2016.

[@Farrister]

Yeah, I hate when that happens

[@lewisbenzie845]

I started doing this when 2/3rds of the scanning for panels were roids. I'd be happier belt mining if I had a much larger capacity. But proclaimers tiny saddlebags suck compared to huge Vulture grid, non grid and on board storage.

[@Farrister]

Proclaimer :D

[@lewisbenzie845]

@@Farrister :D Prospector :sheepish grin:

[@khalli2112]

WAIT ! how are you able to get close-scanning of rocks? Since 3.24.2 I can scan and find groups but when in close they don't scan.

[@captainmadpat]

did you listen to the part where he said this was recorded in patch 3.24.1?

[@Farrister]

This was 3.24.1

[@typical_tupolev3924]

Mining and salvage are so relaxing in this game…when the servers are working 😅

[@Farrister]

Yup :D

[@reamoinmcdonachadh9519]

What are your thoughts on using mining gadgets on some of those big rocks?

[@Farrister]

If it works, it works! It wasn't my goal for this session

[@Teejay82_]

Sad to see the poor state of the mining loop :/ all that power work, travelling, effort and waiting for just 150k.

[@Farrister]

Well I'm really not a min-maxer, which probably doesn't help. But yeah...

[@cedriktremblay-d9h]

yeah but in the same time mining will be NEEDED when the crafting will be released ! and since its gonna be new ! everyone will want to buy every mats ! wich will increase the price ! it will be like Eve on that part of the game !

[@Quaternion-Games]

Thanks for the explanations, i'm watching because I tried the auto load and lost a whole load from a rented ship, so good to know it's not reliable and just spend the extra moments unloading manually.

[@wardarklord1974]

That's not 3:24 display UI How did you get to the old display UI

[@Farrister]

It is 3.24 display UI, but from before 3.24.2 with the new MFDs.

[@chrisacree3547]

How do you get your ATLS in your hanger without bringing it with?

[@Farrister]

Hangars are persistent, so if you leave it out, it stays out! (At that specific location)

[@Pharesm]

Good video, but I hate mining since EVE Online. But mining got a LOT better, after I got a Russian auto-miner! It was so smart, it could avoid other ships, pause mining if things looked fishy, and if necessary, it could dock at a station and sit around for a preset time to become inactive. Mining, like hauling is beyond boring. Most freight hauler pilots suffered from depression. Keeping their mind off what keeps them depressed helps, kinda like Aspirin. I had a bunch of friends who hauled their life away. Me? I could sleep for the night and still have a pile of ore, do support my more interesting activities.

[@Farrister]

Each to their own. I quite enjoy mining, and hauling, and salvage. The game caters for a wide range of people and preferences.

[@Pharesm]

@@Farrister yes, to each their own! Its awesome... I prefer building..

[@Spirit986]

How do you scan like that? My prospector won't scan at all :S

[@Farrister]

How are you trying to scan? There's a menu option that lets you send out a ping whilst not in scan mode :)

[@BobWobbles]

I've been mining around the refineries for years. Either there or the halo. Don't really know why but I just prefer that to planetary mining.

[@Farrister]

The ship flies more consistently out of atmos

[@BobWobbles]

@@Farrister Yes, definitely. Don't get hassled as much either.

[@Phromonex]

Since gold trade is brokens everyday. Do you think mining is the way to go?

[@Farrister]

It depends what you enjoy doing. I make the most money through salvage still, but illicit trading and combat are good ways too.

[@friendlyspacedragon7250]

Hey, mining is working again. Maybe I should bother to log back in after the new launcher ate my keybinds.

[@Farrister]

Somehow my keybinds survived launcher change and complete reinstall of Windows. Unable to explain!

[@FuzzyHuman]

What laser are you using?

[@Farrister]

Stock Arbor MH1

[@FuzzyHuman]

@Farrister sweet! Thanks mate gonna give this a go 👍

[@like-wh6yf]

Lol you should try unloading a Reclaimer manually take a very long time then I found you can open the back of the ship and just lob them out the back of it to the ground looks good a mountain of cargo in your hanger then use the atlas to stack much faster

[@Farrister]

Now I have to give that a try!

[@CrowDawg11]

My god, this is the complete and total night-and-day opposite of my experience with SC. How do you have it so smooth??

[@Farrister]

Lucky, I guess!

[@ViroCMN]

my 1st space minioing session dindt find even one scrap of ore ... had to go to a planet surface ... maybe km later I find 3 and as I scan it and start charge it insta blows up and kills me wasnt even 1 second

[@georgeo309]

so no major problems mining in the new patch?>

[@Farrister]

Depends how lucky you are with server!

[@Reducer]

I’m still waiting for them to properly physicalize raw ore. It’s a big annoyance to have to head straight to the refinery to drop the raw ore for refining, it would be better both as a solo player to dump the raw ore at the nearest station, and as a multi-ship crew to transfer the raw ore so someone else can transport it while you mine the next load.

[@Farrister]

Yes! I'd love this

[@Mullins23]

I've managed to mine 2 million worth of ore from places like this over the weekend in a mole.

[@Farrister]

Living the dream!

[@UBIQUITAR]

I'm not sure the inert bug is a bug as maybe they want you to look harder to find stuff that near the station.

[@Farrister]

Haha maybe!

[@bbastiaa]

U should do a fingersnap animation and just skip the qt it might help then u just have to clip the video instead of speeding it up? Not sure if it’s helpful advice

[@Farrister]

Interesting idea!

[@bbastiaa]

@@Farrister it would be a good way to use your branding too, maybe a blue mustache man snapping his fingers and *quote* here we are at the Mike L 3 *

[@Jelly_Juice2006]

What’s the livery called

[@Strasak--]

Ice Break

[@Farrister]

Prospector IceBreak

[@steinmayer2791]

Rock

[@Farrister]

Big rock

[@ichitensho7075]

they need to fix the TDD cuz the whole selling panel is bugged out , also half minables arent interactable

[@Farrister]

:(

[@marcuswynn89]

Miss the old hud already

[@mrxanthios7045]

Miss a lot of stuff. I remember the old days hunting for that one rock of quantanium, sometimes it took one hour, sometimes you were lucky and could immediately find a 40%+ rock and fill with 100% quantanium. Now they made it rare, made T1 material more profitable with the intention to create more variety, but in reality, T1 are super scarce, most rocks are either small, too big for a prospector, and the ones with good T1 percentage are too big. This gameplay is now incredibly frustrating and unenjoyable. Roc mining always gets broken with every single major patch, then it needs 2-3, sometimes more minor patches to go back to a playable state. Now with the removal of inventory from ships and this stupid cargo transfer system, it's painful to sell gems, which was already a not really profitable game loop, but at least it was relaxing and enjoyable. Now it's just pure torture.

[@Farrister]

[@thegunfight3r415]

I think I'll start playing again once the resets stop being a thing so my progress is not ruined and for now will be playing something else like Ark or 7 DAY TO DIE. SC looks much better since the last time I've played it in 2022 but I am not jumping in just yet

[@alexc9434]

I haven’t been reset in like a year now. Do you know when the next one will be?

[@thegunfight3r415]

@@alexc9434 No sorry but I presume when a big new thing comes into the game then they usually do the wipe

[@Farrister]

Fair enough - the 1.0 CitizenCon panel sounds like it would be right up your street

[@thegunfight3r415]

@@Farrister I'll check it out, thanks buddy

[@ScOOrK_]

You can buy a Taurus after only 60h of grinding.

[@Farrister]

I'm not one to min-max...

[@basarsurmen2196]

I tried to mine something planetside but they forgot to put mineable ore rcks to planets. AND error code 3005 came. . . Game was unplayable, now its even not installable. Unistalled the game. Started Ghost of Tsushima.

[@Farrister]

Oof :(

[@basarsurmen2196]

@@Farrister U are a real gentleman.Thats why I keep coming to your videos. wishing u all the patience for the "bug/crash/30k" citizen videos.

[@archangelari3420]

I tried mining, but it's not for me. But love watching your vids ty❤

[@Farrister]

That's fair enough! And thanks :)

[@gamingduology4757]

I wish mining and refining made more then salvage

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

CIG tends to make things they are gathering data on more profitable to drive activity.

[@Farrister]

It used to, perhaps one day it will again. It's all up for balance and rebalance as time goes on

[@mygalomorpharaneae3929]

Why you overcharge it, I dropped vid cuz of that

[@Farrister]

I messed up!

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

Sacrifice for the algorithm gods.

[@Farrister]

Your sacrifice is appreciated

[@ghazman6141]

They need to bump up mining to make it more lucrative. I can do 450K prox in my Vulture, per run, and not have to wait hours for any refinery.

[@Farrister]

It's all subject to rebalancing in the future, I imagine

[@Mullins23]

I only refine the Tier 1 stuff, I HATE moving cargo boxes. Complete waste of time and I would rather use NPC crew for that...

[@Farrister]

Fair enough!

[@Mr_Popadoms209]

First 😎

[@Farrister]

So it would seem!

[@kaiberuss]

they really need to change the mining gameplay, cause i really dislike how mining is in this game

[@Farrister]

Oh really? I quite enjoy it!

[@kaiberuss]

@@Farrister i feel like mining just like salvaging should be almost relaxing whereas with mining you also need to take care not to use too much power, or too little, or get away if its about to blow, i kindah want chill salvage gameplay for mining where i can just float about probing some rocks for minerals, salvage can sometimes be almost zen like, But thats just my own opinion

[@KrazzyFrank-LOL]

4.0 will come someday for SC. What a joke. They have been saying for years that it's coming the following year, like for the last five years, as 42 was to be out like seven years ago. Remember when they announced the game in 2012 and said it would be out in 2014? And every year, when it comes close to that time, they add another two years, lol. Fools love being milked. Only 5-star systems when they promised over 100, and the game was to be completed within 4-7 years from the start date, and it's been almost 13 years now and a billion dollars later.

[@Farrister]

I think we'll get 4.0 this year, as for what's actually contained within the patch, that's another matter...

[@cedriktremblay-d9h]

@@Farrister we have to be patient tough ! yes it take a really long time but its not an easy task ! i know everyone complaint about the buggs and stuff but its an alpha game ! yes somedaY its not playable but overall there always some activities that work and it make me wanna try other stuff i wouldnt otherwise ! for me if they deliver everything they show at the last citizencon will be the Eve online experience i was dreaming of even tough we wont see as soon as i would like to XD ! great content btw !