Artisan Archive
Thread: Harvesting grinding material
Mineral
600k Ore
553k Metal
522k Steel
200k Gem
99kIron
Total Mineral: 2,012k
Chemical
277k Fiberplast
26k Chemical
Total Chemical: 407k
56k Water
Total Water: 56k
Flora
4k Vegetables
4k Cereal
12k Oats
50k Fruit
175k Flora
99k Berries
Total Flora: 245k
Total resources required: 2,720k (or 2,720,000)
Quality is NOT a factor
I have surveying IV, 1.6 mill in the bank, 5 BER8 mineral harvesters, and 30 lots available to me. I want to have these resources as quickly as possible.
- How can I harvest these quickly?
- How many harvesters should I buy, at which stats, and for how much money?
- How long will it take, and how much money will it cost?
- SwgCraft.com is good for when I need to find highquality resources, but what if I just need to find a high concentration?
- Metal, Chemical, Gemstone, and Flora all have resources that can be satisfied by many other resources I need. Which of these other resourcesshould I harvest the abundance of?
To harvest them quickly go drive around and find the highest possible concentration % for what you need... also the higher the BER the better and faster you will harvest so BER 14 Heavy harvesters( or BER 13's if you can not afford the 14's) although IMO i use BER 11 or BER 10 medium harvesters (they are more cost efficient and pwr efficient) But if you are caring about only mining as fast as possible again highest BER is the way to go....
Buy 30 harvesters and split them up in accordance to what you need to mine since you have 30 lots available, or buy 40 harvesters having extra mineral ones so when you are done with the Flora etc... you are still using all 30 lots to maximize your mining
In regards to how long it will take mining it all, it depends on % concentration and BER ....example...
BER 10 at 80% concentration will give you a rate of 8... 8x1440 (min in a day) = 11,520 units of that resource from that harvester a day ( give or take a few units, my math could be slightly off)
with everything at 80% concentration ( some will be and some will not) and 30 harvesters running with no issues, you could mine all you needed in about 8 days ....but if you are looking for all the same type of metal or steel ( same name and stats) I would put a minimum of 10 harvesters on it otherwise you might not be able to mine all you need before the resource shifts away ...again all depends on BER and concentration %
As far as finding High % concentration, you can talk to some fellow Artisans on your server perhaps they will help you out mutually, example you find a great spot for one thing and they do for another you can trade WP's otherwise you will be possibly driving around for a while depending on how lucky you are in finding high %'s rt away... some days i Find what i need fast other days i drive around for hrs on different planets...
all depends what you need them for Metal is something i burn thru fast... while some architects burn thru Ore so i would say Either steel, aluminum, Copper, Iron or Ore... all depends what your needs are... but by looking at the amounts you listed i would say that ORE, METAL and STEEL are your top needs and there fore extra of that might help
Hope this helps you out