How to Make Money Fast Prospector Mining in Star Citizen 3.23 with a Rental Prospector

Let me show you how to make money fast Prospector Mining in Star Citizen 3.23! Yes you can even make money fast mining with a Rental Prospector in 3.23! Will you enjoy the playstyle of mining in a prospector while playing Star Citizen? Well you can rent one today at any station in Star Citizen that has a refinery deck. It will set you back 73,237 aUEC to rent the prospector for a day.
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[@HawkesGaming]

Sorry for the misquote on starting money I should have checked the patch notes. I start with a bit more than the average player.

[@FlameSoulis]

With tutorial completion, I had about 36k.

[@DistrbedAngel]

FlameSoulis has a good point, the tutorial gives you 15k just for completing it. Wouldn’t be a bad idea to recommend or give note to

[@nooneeyeno]

I only started with 25K but kept all my ships and gear. Thats what I did at first to get about 250k, Starting cash for me.

[@Tael71]

i was about to say... 20k base

[@isaacsaenzcurrencytrader]

Would the Drake Cutlass be a better option overall Is compared to the ship in this video, even though its more expensive?

[@Chill.Gaming]

Best SC Guides in the 'verse. Another amazing video. Don't forget gadgets! You can always use mining gadgets even with a rented prospector.

[@Rumpullpus]

gadgets can be finicky and difficult to use but yeah. definately worth thinking about using if you're using a rental

[@gabzsy4924]

I want an Argo, RSI and or a Drake one seater miner...the Misc Prospector is nice, but we need variety.

[@JAY-fq7sb]

Glad to see I wasn't crazy for mining like this in 3.22 (current public version). I mined on Arial and got a ton of gold, tarinite, bexilite, and the random quantanium rock. I have my own Prospector by doing this. One of my runs netted me a cool 600+k of credits. That was two loads in a Constellation Andromeda. I was stoked that my experience was well worth my effort. I started off using a Cutlas Black. The rent was lower and yes I had to run many trips with the CB. I still made the credits to afford my own Prospector and kit it out. I also have earned enough to buy myself a Vulture. When mining gets boring. I go run some salvage missions and turn a good profit doing that. So being a miner/salvager is working out well. My style of passive play in the most of times is relaxed. I do get the occasional pirate encounter. The only problem is. I am empty and have nothing worth stealing. Why are pirate's stupid? I guess if they had a brain. They would be able to mine for themselves and not have to steal it. I digress, it has only happened a couple times and was just annoying more than immersive. Good luck to the others who do this method. It truly is a great way to make money. My tip is. Stick to the most valuable ore. Even if it will take you a few more minutes finding them to fill your cargo hold up. The end result is more credits in your account. My #1 targets are as follows. Bexilite, Tarinite, Gold, and then others. I will only scoop up Quantanium if it is the last thing that will fill my cargo. I don't risk it when it is the first thing I see. I want a full cargo. Yes, it may be worth more. The quantity of the others I could get verses say 700 or less of Quant. Is way more valuable in the refined form. There is the lack of a chance you will mess up and go critical. I don't like blowing up my ship. So, Quant is usually the last thing I will scoop when I find it. With waypoints coming in 3.23. We can mark these rocks now and come back to them. That will be awesome!! Looking forward to the changes and improvements are what we all are working towards. o7

[@2ferone86]

My progression so far: Cutlass Black starter> ROC> Vulture> Prospector. I joined late in 3.22 and almost made enough for the Corsair after using the Vulture to buy the Prospector on the 80k scrap missions. I was only 500k away and still grinding when 3.23 dropped and I lost my vulture and 3 mill auec to the wipe. I was soo close, maybe a couple hours away from having 3-4 game loops covered. With my Vulture gone and the ROC broken the Prospector has been my saving grace for a path to prosperity despite the loop being relatively burdensome. Couldn't have made anywhere near the progress without video's like this. 👍💯

[@ditobaon]

Love mining. Haven't hopped into it yet with 3.23. Spending all my time dogfighting, bounty hunting, etc checking and testing MM and new weapon changes. Once I get that figured I'll hop back into mining and salvage again. Nothing I love more than throwing on some music, a podcast or a good audio book and just relaxing while breaking rocks.

[@ChiefEigtball]

I was just looking for this! Thank you.

[@jondoe7072]

I’ve been waiting for your vids on 3.23 since it first dropped. Great to see new SC content. Thanks man!

[@Korrack]

Love to see your videos pop up; Your best starts are required reading. Thanks Hawkes!

[@dagothshrimpgf3680]

Another amazing video Hawkes, been looking forward to your 3.23 coverage as you always do an amazing job. Keep up the great stuff man you're one of my favs in the SC community

[@I3ladefist]

Can't w8 for the updated guides! Always fun to watch em :)

[@Tpachal]

Thank you for this. This is always my favourite gameplay loop whenever I come back to play.

[@z33r2]

great video. Loved that crash recovery feature! It might be time to dive back in.

[@CharlesDSmith-mv7zi]

Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work. Also, with Invictus just starting up, a free to fly, and lead up missions to XenoThreat all running, stability probably won’t be a thing for a while.

[@citizeninja]

Great vid, thanks for the tips! 🚀

[@Jigga1.21]

another amazing Video Hawkes! 🙌

[@thori4788]

Thank you so much for this guide! I was about to deliver my Prospector and start mining, but I didn't know how, where, what :D

[@DistrbedAngel]

Great video man, but the starting aUEC of 3.23 is 25k (if you used a referral,) so you’ve got some increases somewhere

[@SpaceDad42]

I start with 20k. Always have. I have many thousands spent on this mess too.

[@DistrbedAngel]

@@SpaceDad42 you can use someone’s referral code and it gives you an extra 5k

[@jmcnear6688]

@@SpaceDad42 I just checked and I'm back to 20k even though I actively play each patch. I seem to always be reset back to 20k when they do a wipe.

[@4eyedjohnson954]

@@SpaceDad42 like they said, its 25k if you used a referral code

[@hapklaar]

@@jmcnear6688 for some reason I had around 50k when I started this patch. That and all my ships from 3.22. Might have something to do with my base currency (whats displayed on your profile on the website) is 34,000 UEC. Not sure where that came from...

[@oyjinboo7699]

your guides are the best, lookig forward for the next ones...

[@JT-dq4gh]

Hawkes is the GOAT. Give us a solo mole run down when you can please Hawkes…

[@FlameSoulis]

I legit was just thinking about this, having purchased a Prospector prior to the money wipe.

[@CharlesDSmith-mv7zi]

Welcome Back! It would be helpful to see a tutorial on scanning in 3.23.1. It’s honestly driving me nuts m the prospector and the mole.

[@RicoZaid_]

Excellent guide!

[@Natsu-vs3ih]

Perfect timing was thinking about this but didn't know how to go for it 😂

[@Bscoop75]

thank you. very informative. I love your format as it is fast and concise. BUT I also would enjoy a little more background info. the "credits per hour" -> does that include changing ships, traveling to sell with the cargo ship ? what is also interesting is the exact job of refining -> cargo -> and then where exactly to sell. is selling refined materials depennding on supply & demand market mechanics ? thanks again. keep it up!

[@ghazman6141]

I was on Cellin last night in my Mole and found a Q rock 0f 56,000 mass and 49% Q. I couldn't get it as I was solo, but it is good to know that God rocks are out there! :) Nice vid.

[@Brian-WolfmanJack99]

I played around with this over the weekend. Just selling raw ore can make you some good money. That will get you started, then once you get some money flowing in you can start paying to get it refined.

[@omagro8267]

I was wondering that, thank you for confirming 👍

[@AidenCorvas]

Do you have somewhere the build for your “fully kitted out” prospector? Love to know what to upgrade as I own a prospector but have not used it in years. Thanks for the great video.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

Second this. For someone who owns a prospector what do the builds look like in 3.23? To be fair I haven't done mining in a very long time, as I've been more focused in the salvage side for a while.

[@karolk.6239]

Good job:)

[@iambecomejeff]

Great video! Definitely gonna give this a shot Only feedback is that the music kinda becomes overbearing at times

[@DanielLukasJokisch]

I hoped, I waited, and now he is back 😍 are you planning to do a new full guide because the C2 loop is now pretty much useless with it being so freaking expensive :( now watching this video so excited 😍

[@spawnandbatman6975]

Hell yeah!!! Hawked back at it again!

[@Batlafication]

Looking forward to the comprehensive mining tutorial!

[@professorrhyyt3689]

You can rent a Drake Cutlass Black at the same refinery you rent your Prospector. Haven't checked the price for it after 3.23 dropped though.

[@mr.puffin7232]

Another method that iv found to make alot of money to be quite enjoyable is doing routes with the Hull C. Now while it isn't obtainable in game im pretty sure, it is a really fun experience to do sole trading in space if you or a friend happen to have the ship. You can easily get over 200K of pure profits per run with little competition and no need to land planetside.

[@MarioVelezBThinkin]

This is awesome.

[@amorongaming3947]

i've been mining using a rental prospector since i joined the game in 3.15.. never had a problem making money with it. just need to do enough runs to make back the rental cost plus profit

[@Ducc_jpg]

Always been interested in the other gameplay loops, PvE is the one I do with my friends the most and salvage got tanked. I'm curious if its possible to do Mining around irl work? I'd play when I get home but can only do a couple of hours and then won't be back on till the next day, is there a way to refine for that long or is it better to go for the ones that give me the most regardless?

[@archerkee9761]

Hey @HawkesGaming you can now buy mole bags for the prospector in the cargo shops, in stations

[@JohnVanderbeck]

Is that a white/blue paintjob for your prospector or just the lighting? Because it looks awesome.

[@Simplechioces]

I am curious what your loud out is to break rocks larger than 6k. Haven’t played since 3.17. Cheers 🍻

[@Bokaj01]

I tried the prospector (before the latets patches...51k to rent. Went and mined quantanium, taranite, beryl, gold etc, good stuff...ofc also some LQ stuff got in there, but not much. Came back to the refinery and picked the supposedly best but also slowest method. THING TOOK 48 HOURS! 48!! In the end my profit for all the hassle was 100 K or so. So I went back to mining gems, I like that 'game play' a bit better also :D

[@Bandit-Darville]

I may have missed it but what does your "decked out" Prospector carry for lasers and modules? Thanks for the vid!

[@arkentantix]

... and the legend strikes again - want to know how to make space coin in the verse - you gotta watch this...!!

[@OneTwoMark]

Ive got an Argo mole, would it be worth solo'n with that too? I assume the stock size 2 will help to get going from the start. Also why do some materials unselect when you press get quote? I thought it was a max of 2 at first but then i tried later and it would only allow 1 at a time.

[@VisceralApex]

I would love to see a ROC mining guide for this patch, especially since its got limitations with hills now

[@TheTomster94]

Im just starting in SC with a friend and we are looking for fun non-combat ways of making some money. What would you recommend for multicrew/2 person mining?

[@maxjergens]

My go to miner to learn from.

[@Goldrush1988]

I've been thinking about upgrading my Cutty Black to a Prospector. I feel like I can always grind mining to start and just buy any other ship in game.

[@harbringerf9416]

I liked my prospector but still upgraded to the MOLE just for the bigger mining heads.

[@HawkesGaming]

You can't really go wrong there.

[@harbringerf9416]

@HawkesGaming yeah but a prospector can always get you started.

[@DamnSwede1]

How are you able to refine all the ores at once? For me it only lets me do 1 at a time and it dumps the rest

[@HaveFaithWV]

New player here… How does this compare to ROC mining? Is one better than the other? Trying to grind out money to buy ships in game.

[@menez031]

Can you do a Mole guide too? Would be the next upgrade path

[@mr.bossman8935]

After hours of mining and tons of calculations for optimal strategies, i bought a vulture.

[@Br3akout]

Hey! If you mine with a Prospector do you mind to tell us your loadout? Like which mining head you use?

[@enigmus998]

Aren't you able to detach your mining head on a rental by unlocking the mount in the cockpit and then switching the head with a tractor beam?

[@stundardutch5320]

Nice video. What is the loadout you used for your kitted out Prospector?

[@AlphaCocoAudio]

Hell yea hawkes at it again

[@satanspy]

best 3.23 trade route video next!

[@FrancoGio]

Good video and you said everyone in 3.23 starts with 150k? Lol I started with 25k 👀

[@MerlinCH65]

Me too - so did almost all

[@jello4479]

Same!

[@jonneymendoza]

Same

[@blueberrywaffles276]

Fr 20k and a dream

[@UserOG]

What would you recommend... Mining or salvage for the bigger buck?

[@HawkesGaming]

Well if your thinking salvage as in strip components they are selling good again.

[@-ZeroRed-]

Fair warning: Everything that looks like a miner, salvager or hauler this update is being hunted more so than usual. I am guessing it is because of some bigger streamers playing right now.

[@joeregrets18]

So i need a ship that transports my mining haul too? The prospector doesn't store the cargo itself?

[@jmabee]

Anyone know if you can still put the mole bags on the prospector for extra ore storage?

[@SIRUS3001]

I tried to mine, but my workorder disappeared with few SCU's of Quant and I just got angry and crashed my self in to a planet

[@CharlesDSmith-mv7zi]

Mining is a great stress relief game loop. Salvage is also. Just relax and enjoy the game. It’s happened to all of us multiple times.

[@NoHandleHere42]

Great Info! Just a note: the music is a bit too epic and loud for an informative video. It was keeping me "on edge" the whole time, and I was only able to focus on what you were saying trough mental effort/strain.

[@steinmayer2791]

Did anything change between 3.22 and 3.23. I mean what you showed from Red Monster Gaming is from 3.22

[@yamahamadness13]

Only a few major issues here ... 78k to rent the ship plus i mined 11 trips first cost me over 150k plus i dont have a cargo ship big even to move anything thats another 50k i was in the hole for over 200k and made roughly 400k for 5hrs so not a huge gain ... Rented it again and 20 runs i was 316k in the negative .. Rented a c2 from invictis blew up losing everything from a 12hr mining run in 5min

[@phoenixsui]

Where did you find that mass distribution list? Thanks

[@HawkesGaming]

Check the red monster cheat sheets linked in the description.

[@adolfo2781]

how did you start out with 150K? I only got 25K when I booted into the verse after the patch. Sad times :( Love your content btw! Can't wait to see your new updated zero to hero for 3.23!

[@brucesmart9367]

25k!!!lucky SoaB....I got 20k

[@marcoswole-o8953]

If im not mistaken if people buy the game with your link it gives you extra 5k a person

[@cmrdzalamander5751]

Yeah. Live patch notes say: Players will start with their base amount from their account ledger + the 20,000 starting aUEC. I think I got the 25k.

[@HawkesGaming]

Yeah I didn't think about that as I start with more than usual compared to many players due to the referral program.

[@nunyabusiness7405]

anyone figure out how to gimbal the laser head in this patch? it worked in last patch but this one is broken...

[@hapklaar]

Can you still change sacks on the prospector to the 48scu ones?

[@HawkesGaming]

yes

[@DJRaffa1000]

Is there a comprehensive mining guide for the mole ? My friend has one and constantly is sad that a) we cant get it full and b) that all guides are just for prospectors

[@HawkesGaming]

So it's all about mass index. Go to the Red monster link in the description and look for places that have up to an 8 mass index then pick the one with the highest mass average index. That is where you want to mole mine.

[@DJRaffa1000]

@@HawkesGaming dont i need more people if the rock gets so large ? (We cant get more than 2 people reliable, so 1 laser and if no weather maybe a 2nd) But thanks for the link i will look into it (i havent mined sind 3.20 or whenever refineries where freshly introduced)

[@ThomasHessDK]

Welcome back to SC - I missed your voice :D

[@fn8382]

What is the start money ? I bought like 200 K for real money back in the day , to Max the things on prospector , since wr have wipes every 3 month haha.

[@dnash2131]

Find somebody who owns an Argo Mole and pay them to steal the Argo Mole bags, put them on your owned prospector with multi tool tractor beam go from 32 scu to 48scu storage

[@HawkesGaming]

When cargo refactor finally comes in you can do it in the hanger all by yourself. The Mole and Prospector bags can already be bought at the refinery.

[@smartname1728]

bro holding v doesn't work for me please help

[@fiberjunkies]

I'll take the 3-5 min crash recovery over the 30k. Holy crap do new players have it good with this!

[@heyitswesty]

I ccud my Prospector into a vulture when those came out but salvaging blows in 3.23. I don't really know if I want to go back to mining.

[@HawkesGaming]

Yeah it really is a shame when CIG pushes content they let you make money and then after they get the data it gets nerfed. It's a shame cause they pushed salvage pretty hard for a few patches.

[@trentjarrett8]

It doesn't really blow in 3.23, they just made it more realistic as it was overly jacked up for testing purposes haha. But you still need a bit of cash already if you wanna do the good contracts

[@williamcollett2391]

Salvaging has been balanced, I'd say, but still very lucrative. Since 3.23 dropped, I've made over 3 mil just salvaging in my Vulture. Didn't take a lot of time, either.

[@d1fc3s]

Can i ask what Prospector Build you do? thanks :)

[@HawkesGaming]

Hofstede with reiger 3 and an atlas drive. With master modes going with a grade military.

[@d1fc3s]

@@HawkesGaming thanks mate, have not played in a while :) been waiting for 3.23

[@d1fc3s]

@@HawkesGaming Have you noticed that the lazer is not in the center of the crosshair?

[@Ledwow]

why do i start star citizen every wipe with like 15k or so?

[@tobyrey2700]

I have a prospector. What is your kitted out fit?

[@HawkesGaming]

Hofstede with reiger.

[@professorrhyyt3689]

In addition to the mining equipment @HawkesGaming recommended, I suggest getting a fast QT drive ( like Atlas or Voyage ) for all those to-and-fros.

[@MichaelDBruce]

When a wipe comes, when people cry out woth thier diminishing bank accounts... Hawkes gaming steps forward to help us make space money

[@DionSamuel]

Hawkes!!! Show us the ways to get space cheddar.

[@HawkesGaming]

Well there is a possibility of a wipe coming if they dont fix a major exploit in selling things. If they dont nip it in the butt asap its going to ruin the data they are trying to collect on ship prices.

[@DionSamuel]

Looking forward to an in depth guide from the SC Legend. 🙂

[@vanityvoodoo969]

Even 1 vulture run can get you the same amount lol, if not more. Salvaging RMC is where it is at these days.

[@HawkesGaming]

Yup right up until the great nerfening in 3.23 for rmc prices.

[@vanityvoodoo969]

@@HawkesGaming Indeed. When that happens of course, for now though, salvaging is still the best bet to make quick auec.

[@cyanexe4950]

I did some mining last night and dropped off 3 orders. Got my notification that they were ready for pick up. Showed up in my c1. That should hold 64 scu of cargo. I picked up 58 across 2 orders.. got to my ship only to find it empty and my orders gone. All the time wasted. New bug I guess

[@HawkesGaming]

its still there the cargo was just invisible. It happened to me as well on my first run same with my buddy too. It can still be sold though so hope you didnt claim your ship.

[@cyanexe4950]

@@HawkesGaming didn’t store my ship. Tried to sell and the cargo was not there :(

[@doubledigital_]

the crashing thing is soooo much better, and to be fair it dont take as long as logging back in and losing all ya shit LOL so 3mins is fine with me.. xD took me about 1 min on server i was on when i crashed today ! o7

[@DazMorley]

Everyone is expoilting cargo atm you can double sell it

[@HawkesGaming]

You can basically double sell anything at the moment. Smells like a .x wipe coming soon lol.

[@kaiberbesz681]

Can u explain me how to do that ?

[@DazMorley]

​@@kaiberbesz681 buy cargo store the ship sell said cargo then go retrieve your ship then sell it again rinse and repeat

[@kaiberbesz681]

@@DazMorley thanks bud

[@tonix9125]

Considering refining takes like 9 hours I'm not sure I understand how you're saying you make more money refining your rocks instead of just directly selling them when I can just do a few runs and make more money in 2 hours directly selling those to the refinery. Great video nonetheless!

[@Accuracy158]

150k starting aUEC?? I think I started with 62k this wipe and I have a handful of referrals and multiple game packages on the account. ...But either way the money to rent a prospector isn't that hard to come by even on day one. Income per hour estimate is pretty week though. I was expecting 120~150 per load (after refinery).

[@justincase115]

how the heck do you start with 150k? started with 25 k

[@stebuklasseptintas4384]

Can soneone tell me where to sell refined ore?

[@Muschka01]

The refined minerals do not appear in the ship for transport to sell. Big Bug!!!

[@Podokodo23]

it's just a visual bug. It's there. It's a bug that has come and gone a few times and seems to be back atm for some people. Take the ship to a TDD and you can sell it still.

[@kahai99]

@@Podokodo23 That's what I assumed, but it was in fact, not in my C1 when I went down planetside to sell. So my refining order vanished into the ether lol

[@tonytouch072]

Pirates watching same vid taking notes....

[@JoyGamer23]

3:02 "almost everyone that starts playing will start with about 150k AUEC" I'm sorry, WHERE, once you make the account you get 10k by default, and 10k additional if you use a friend code, who on earth starts with 150k auec ? If you're a new player just do normal missions to start to get the hang of the game, do bunkers, they're fun now, do delivery missions ( they won't pay that much, but it will require you to learn the basics of scm and nav mode), you can try salvaging as well, these are all relatively simple and straight forward activities that requiere almost zero knowledge, so everyone can do them; as for prospector mining, you need to read a damn manual on internet to even understand how to switch to mining mode, then how to search for rocks, how to break them, what resources to pick, how to refine sstuf, how to haul stuff and how to sell it... so much work that a new player is most definitely not gonna be able to do and will either get bored or get stuck because of a bug or a problem in between

[@mactol7239]

I'm not sure if I learned something or not. It feels like you already had prior info about mining to understand the video.

[@Xenon676]

Because CIG trashed the Mole

[@ivanshiek4697]

Misinformation. Everyone does NOT start with 150k aUEC in 3.23.0. - reference 3:00 second to 3:20 second mark. They start with 40k aUEC.

[@HawkesGaming]

Read the pinned post. I start with more and did not check the patch notes. They also dont start with 40k. They start with 20k or 25k if you use someones referral code. I do however start with more.

[@Tenzarin]

rips p2wthon mk2 mining video but still love hawkes gaming!!!

[@makeitcraz6342]

150k starting??? I only started with 25k

[@AnonDoge]

I wish we would just have to target rocks and send out drones to mine them. Pointing and aiming at shit is annoying..