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[@Cancer6667]

Wow, can't believe how many things i learned from watching this video. I swear all i did until now was just randomly drive the SRV until i got a DOT on the actual radar, not the sonar, because i just couldn't understand how the sonar worked, i just went to those long lines on it but never found anything.. Thank you for teaching us, very helpful video!

[@pawegadysz9045]

I'm so thankfull for evrything what you are doing. You have made my gameplay much more relaxed in elite. Best wishes from new player in 2020 :)

[@rat7464]

@Case Nikolas to whoever is running the scam if you check the account age you can see they are made at the same time. If you want to scam someone atleast try harder

[@immanuelwallace7095]

you prolly dont give a damn but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an instagram account? I was stupid forgot my login password. I would love any tips you can offer me

[@truevulgarian]

I'm here in 2020. Thank-you for posting this video. It makes planetary mining so much easier. I was wondering how you get all of those materials and now I have plenty of almost all of them. Just Germanium and Molybdenum are proving challenging to find. But your info helps so much.

[@Thorocious]

Omg - this is amazing information. Driving around aimlessly in my srv last night thinking rocks just pop up randomly and had no clue these lines etc meant something. Gonna save me tonnes of time Thanks.

[@far-outman1730]

Im diggin' the graphs, Man! thank you for putting your time into these videos !

[@cheongmike9468]

I just started a week ago, watched ur other video for the first time and instantly subscribed to u. Learned so much from you, every single video is a lesson. Thank you so much. U made my life so much easier in Elite Dangerous. Should name this as EDTube inside elite dangerous 😆

[@HeliosExeunt]

This video is still highly instructional even though it's 3 years old; thank you. Your advice on reading the SRV's sonar and listening to the pings was particularly helpful. After watching your video and doing about half an hour of prospecting on Skarimpos 8 A (for AFM Refill materials), I started to recognise Bronzite Chondrite and Mesosiderite just by hearing their sonar pings. I even found a crash site with two Occupied Escape Pods, some personal firearms, and narcotics. Given I was in an Adder that had only a 2E Cargo Rack, I salvaged the pods and turned them in at Wrangell Port. You've probably already figured this out since the upload of this video, but it's probably still worth a mention here: fairly often, the pronunciation of complex-looking English words can be derived from stringing the pronunciation of multiple words together - this is how many KZbinrs pronounce "Gutamaya". In the case of "mesosiderite", I pronounce it using a combination of the following: - "me-" in "mesa" - "so" - "-sider" in "consider" - "-rite" in "meteorite"

[@spacekettle2478]

Wow, thanks so much for making this video and the research/work that go into it, I've always wondered whether the planet type affects the types of materials we can get there. This answer that question, and more!

[@zulwe]

DTEA, thank you so much. I've been playing since 2014, and TODAY you taught me how to gather goodies to engineer my ship. Subscribed.

[@zotipa]

Truly Bro I Learned A lot From Watching This Video ! Not Just That Video !! All Your Videos Are Informative ! Thank You ! ♥

[@spaghetti9845]

thanks for this.... i had no idea how to use the scanner until this and now i'm finding things like crazy

[@awe84]

Incredible! Thank you my guy!

[@2lusher]

Thank you so much dude! Extremely helpful

[@GamingSince-zs3zd]

Thanks for the updated guide. I will try tonight.

[@PeVoNZ]

Excellent video, really helpful! Thank you!

[@mateythegreat1399]

nice one mate Quality as always

[@aw7612]

Man I love your channel your pretty much the only elite dangerous channel I watch now.

[@keithgilham9438]

Ty for the best tip ever I’ve been driving aimlessly upto now... top man

[@lullylew9083]

Thank you, very helpful.

[@dmen1k345]

Man,You are Dangerous DtE.IYour guides are second to none.Even 3yrs later! PEACE

[@abrotherinchrist]

This just saved me many hours. Thanks!

[@rapteakewl]

Thank you dude! you make great content!

[@bigfatkat]

Great guide, thank you. This is actually one of the more enjoyable way to grind materials!

[@pinguin4898]

one of the fastest ones too

[@fuge511]

SO HELPFUL THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@ChessArmyCommander]

Awesome video! I was lost trying to do this and this video is soo helpful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Pbwv]

Helpful guide, thanks!

[@rutgercolinkips7453]

Wow, thank you so much!! Very usefull info.

[@MotoNationUSA]

I am out in the black scanning planets that have never been discovered and then mapping some of the interesting ones. If I land on one of these planets does the generation system have a chance of placing alien artifacts or guardian ruins or anything of a constructed nature?

[@TermiteDave]

Very well done!

[@TMMarquez]

Outcrops can be both metallic and non-metallic, their sound and signal are different on the scanner, metallics are the ones that drop rare mats.

[@mrgrumblebum7613]

Great guide, thanks :)

[@tomasmicak9041]

Oh god thanks for this video, I had no idea that I can find mats somewhere else than from geological sites, and that thing on a hud has function like this.

[@maxkade9133]

Yesterday I did my first planetary mining and I had no idea about this SRV scanner thing... I feel so stupid now xD Thanks and greetings from 2020!

[@joeyobee32]

Holy smokes, you just saved me so much time :D Thanks man

[@jhinthevirtuoso764]

thank you so much.subbed

[@acegameintuition4621]

Hello! Nice video! Just one question... After I farm all there when is the respawn time. I farm it like 2 days ago and there is nothing now since then.

[@unzipme5891]

thanks this video saved my alot of time

[@PudgeFree]

The wave scanner always seemed backwards to me. I would think something further away would have a smaller angular size and therefor be smaller on the scanner, and as you get right up to it it gets bigger and starts to fill the scanner until you destroy it. But maybe they did it that way so it would be easier to see more things at once.

[@BooneHighItsTime]

I think their idea is that when you're far away the scanner only picks up a vague signature of the minerals. As you get closer the scanner can focus more clearly to find the source.

[@ScientistMan96]

Actually, that entirely depends on the type of scanner being used. In the case of radar(Radiation) or Lidar(Light), then yes, you would be correct. However, Sonar(Sound) will react the same as the wave scanner in game, as it uses a sound wave pulse, which then reflects off an object, and back towards the sensor. However, due to the way sound waves works, the further away you are from the source (or reflection) of the wave, the more spread out that wave will be. Like dropping something into a body of water. Granted, Sonar requires a medium for sound to travel in, as well as near silent ambient conditions for the sensor, so the wave scanner in game isn't exactly a Sonar.

[@weyou73]

Thank You ⛏️

[@papawsgaming8762]

best tutorial yet

[@TaSwavo]

Thanks - wasn't aware of the difference in appearance, just the sound. Sound is trickier if you have something behind something else.

[@TheKermit2110]

Just getting into the game. Love you videos esp your attention to detail. Fascinated by your cockpit. Did you build that from scratch or is it possible to buy something ready made?

[@Datan0de]

I'm pretty sure it's just a screen cap from the inside of his ship, and he's filming in front of a green screen.

[@mohamedsabry1110]

that is pretty useful . thank you very much

[@aranayailyaris73]

I've always wondered about the System Reserve Level - some sources seem to say that it only affects commodity mining in asteroids, but not materials from asteroids. I haven't seen anything concrete about how it affects planetary materials. Since you make sure to select pristine systems in this video, is there in fact an effect?

[@AlexandreLollini]

The randomness on this is very well mixed, because I was on a rocky ice planet with 10.6% metal, and I found two groups of 3 metallic meteorites very close from the ship. That is when I decided to search a video talking about this, "how to choose a planet".

[@hyzwar]

Some videos are THOSE VIDEOS. So helpful! Cheers ;)

[@ReaverVI]

Every new CMDR has to watch this video.

[@roostertwo5893]

Any tips on the best spots to land on planets? I always try to land near mountains hoping it's a "hotspot"

[@danf2]

Are we able to use the pulse wave scanner on planets?

[@Wimpoman]

Nice guide. ;)

[@DutchDreadnaught]

I've found metallic meteorites on ice planets as well, just as rare as other planets.

[@Volkaer]

Is there a chart that shows what materials are classed as? For instance, I'm looking for arsenic, but have no idea whether it's very common, common, rare or very rare.

[@gamingpeon]

Thanks for the awesome video. It shows up my current experience, but im lacking to target the rocks or the materials properly. i only can target this via contact menu. Did i miss something on pc?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

There is a keybinding to target ahead

[@gamingpeon]

@@DowntoEarthAstronomy Thanks i found it out later on. Default is Mouse 2 but if u set the (old setting) data link scanner on mouse 2 at your primary fire group it doesnt work. Now with, the analyse mode you must switch anyway to use the scanner. :)

[@steff_ff3]

How do you control the turret while not in the turret mode? I've been trying every control possible for the last 30 minutes and I just cannot find how to aim the turret while driving.

[@SpecialGuestStar]

I wonder if this is still up-to-date, because I was fooling around on a planet that said it has 17% of phosphorus and many other stuff as well, and yet my scanner was empty as space at three different locations all the time.

[@darklordbonlvr]

how do i find materials like phosphorus nowadays?

[@KarlBarbosa]

I *always* listen to the sound. Razor like sounds are either mesoderites or metallic meteorites. Clickety is crap. Usually.

[@lukemartin888]

Legend I am off looking tonight

[@afatdude]

Thank you. I knew none of this.

[@bencze465]

I'm not sure if anyone reads this. But I still have some things unclear: 1. Are the targetable (white dot) rocks the only ones you can farm? When I see that 20% of a planet is say Iron, I don't understand why I need to roam around to find a rock can't I just dig and get a ton instantly? So I am not very clear about this targetable rock mechanic. 2. These rocks seem to be very few and only near these geological signals. Do I understand correctly, I need to scan a planet with surface scanner then land at these sites and collect the 5-20 rocks and move to another site? 3. Do the sites respawn, and if yes how? A certain amount of time? 4. I seemed to find rocks on wave scanner that were not targetable. Signal got really narrow I literally bumped to a big rock but there was no white dot on radar and couldn't target anything. What does that mean? Could really not understand these details yet. I do wonder around and collect some rocks, so far at least I can replenish the SRV fuel and ammo I spend while doing this stuff. :)

[@dylanf7990]

1. Yes the targetable rocks are the only way to farm materials 2. Nope you don't need to scan the planet or be near a geological sight however geological sights *can* have higher spawn rates of certain materials however most of the time of just land on a flat surface as the more you travel the more rocks you will find 3. Dunno 4. You shouldn't find untargetable rocks on the wave scanner, are you sure it isn't something else

[@mrmalcolm]

Yeah I was having trouble finding Tungsten and Vanqdium to finish engineering my Corvettes hull reinforcements. I did this and managed to get enough.

[@mrmalcolm]

Vanadium*

[@davidkennedy1077]

I really wish Frontier would put way more of this kind of information in the bloody game. Even if they did a guide that you had to pay extra for ,that explained EXACTLY how USSs, Material drops, Data scanning etc. all worked. So then (like in any other game I've ever played) if you wanted Zirconium, it said go to HD 41111 head north, bang material. Rather than us using 3rd party tools to find a planet with the highest % drop rate, and then driving aimlessly praying for the right mark to appear on the scanner!!! Sorry, I've gone a little Space Mad, I'm currently stocking up on materials for Engineers!!! o7!!!

[@johnmackey2452]

This is the number one time sink to engineering. Sometimes you can go gather all your minerals in 10 minutes. Other times you can spend 6 hours without getting enough to do your rolls. It's all about lucking out by finding the metallic meteorite clusters. Those are the only ones that reliably drop rare materials. Any type CAN drop ANY type of mineral but meteorites are the money makers. Especially since they tend to spawn in clusters of 3.

[@figjam9530]

10 minutes? 10 MINUTES!!! where the actual fuck can you gather that quickly outside of a meta alloy forest? co- ordinates, or i call bullshit. EDIT, the single shared instances like lava spouts don't count, obviously, they are always farmed out.

[@johnmackey2452]

its all rng. sometimes you get lucky and find a bunch of meteorites right away

[@figjam9530]

i've done all the tricks; landing in a polar crater on a popular planet for gathering. i'll still be driving for actual hours to find one node. it took me less time to find the crashed anaconda than to find a mining node. that's not an exaggeration. a crashed ship in the bottom of a pitch-black mile deep planet spanning canyon was easier to find.

[@fikkie4277]

How do I sell the things I mine tho?

[@DMidNyte]

I pronounce it mee-so, or meh-so-sid-er-ight. Also, this would be a good time to plug www.wavescanner.net. shows you what the different materials look like on the scanner, and what they sound like as well. I just thought I'd mention that. I've watched all your videos. They help alot. Keep up the great work

[@bunker1213]

That www.wavescanner.net link doesn't go anywhere useful.

[@DMidNyte]

It appears that website is either down or having some issues. I'll keep checking for it to reappear somewhere, and update my post. Sorry for the confusion.

[@figjam9530]

nice work getting this vid out now. ED are bringing in material vendors. so as far as i'm concerned, i'll never do this horrible shit ever again. YAY!

[@nerdrage4852]

how the fuck do you only have 65 k subs ? you are awesome !

[@peke86FBI]

Sonthing verry important: FOR METALIC MATERIALS land inside the big creator usualy at the pole of the planet ;)

[@SBBSBBZ]

Lava river beds working better for me. It's flat and i got double and triple spawns very often with 50-100m distance to each other.

[@firefox3187]

How do you not lose your ship, I got lost 🤦‍♂️and I I cannot find my ship anymore...

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

you can recall it

[@justinparker5211]

Why can't FDevs release this information on their website.

[@Arias1101]

This is part of the experience you can gather within the game in my opinion. You do a lot of prospection, you learn what is better than what. This is not the case for everything though, for instance, the Material Traders wich are not on the map are a non sens to me. They should be displayed on demand, and we shouldn't have to rely on inara or such external ressources.

[@cutty02]

Its been on there youtube for years

[@raf.b]

LHS 417 : 9E a

[@picsmics4]

Do you have a permanent cold?

[@josephneider7332]

probably deviated septum, genetic thing. its a very sterotypical eastern european thing

[@stevepalpatine2828]

@@josephneider7332 You get a deviated septum from having your nose broken and not reset properly I dont think its genetic.

[@LEAVENTU]

Is this still accurate as of March 2019?

[@dadrising6464]

Yes, but i think just farming splashed down anacondas and trading in the materials is more reliable/quick

[@LEAVENTU]

@@dadrising6464 thank you for that tip. If you know where can i find coordinates of down anacondas i appreciate it.

[@dadrising6464]

@@LEAVENTU gimme a second.. ;)

[@dadrising6464]

@@LEAVENTU k my favourite is the "bug killer" HIP 16613 system on planet 1 a . There you find crates with raw mats and bracons to scan for mats. Prepare to be visited by thargoids ;) just ignore them, they are just curious and will leave peacefully. Just shoot the crates scan beacons, then reset (main menue, back into the game) Edit: there is another good one in system Koli discii planet c6a.. just crates, no beacons and no visitors. I recommend an diamondback explorer.. its tiny and therefore easy to find landing spots close to stuff

[@LEAVENTU]

@@dadrising6464 you rock!!!!!

[@Greytest]

13 minute video about prospection without mentioning the Rock Rats... Way to go bro. We could've helped as well 😉

[@BannorPhil]

'Rock Rats'...???

[@GunnyNinja]

And you mentioned Rock Rats without explaining what that is... Way to go yourself...

[@bungholio81]

Man, after playing SC 3.0 and then seeing the planets surfaces in ED again, you really appreciate how much more advanced SC is in that respect!

[@yummybubbles194]

why is there literally 0 guides on surface prospecting that aren't a 20 minute video on how to collect the material once you find it on the planet? watching a 20 minute video is infuriatingly slow for a single question

[@wither5673]

why the fuck can i buy out a stations suply of void opals but i cant cent iron? this is a dumb system.....

[@thekindzombie3369]

It's been nerfed most all youtube videos on guides are all out of date.

[@maselkowydestruktor8917]

whats wrong with his eyes?

[@2c0bb61]

What’s wrong with you?

[@AlvinBrinson]

Like everything else, Frontier made this as fucking obscure and confusing as possible. Can't wipe your own ass in Elite Dangerous without watching a dozen videos first to find out how.

[@2c0bb61]

Flying a spaceship and stuff should be difficult, you are not going to be able to drive a car without learning how and likewise with a complicated game like h Th is

[@prika2000]

With so strong German accent, please talk slower. Scanner is so poorly explained... you could at least hover some pointer on the scanner, over whatever you are trying to explain

[@RedShift0104]

thank you very much. very informative and helpful. great video!!