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If I find a 50% concentration of Ore, I'll plop all my harvesters on it. That's good.

The exception being Ferimonic Siliclastic Ore, which doesn't have a concentration cap. (I believe none of the JTL Resources have restrictions on their concentrations.)

For grinding purposes, your best bet is to look for the JTLS ore (Fermionic Siliclastic Ore). It's far more easy to find a good spot 90%+, and the resource will be in shift from 15 to 20 days. There is always a spawn of this ore on one of the planets.

For "regular" (non-JTLS) ore, a spot between 50% and 60% is an awesome spot.

I found this out the hard way. Hunting ore is easily the most frustrating surveying due to the fact that it's always a "layer cake" concentration system. You could pick up a reading, track it 2500m, and find out it tops out at 49%.

I got lucky mining my ore, found a 71% spot...before anyone else...by the time I was done I had over 1.8 million of it, and there were dozens of heavies around mine sucking on lower concentrations...I'm just glad I had the foresight to power them for the long term in advance - since about three Kimos dropped down in the middle of my farm and didn't leave for about four days.

Ran dry on Steel (had enough to hit 4100 with a Musician buff), then scanned for a brand-new spawn of it, got lucky and dropped 12 BER13s on a 91-93% spot of *really* crappy steel (it helps having two characters). It's been up for 4 1/2 days and I've already gotten roughly 65000 per harvester.

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UltimateRebelKIller wrote:

I'm currently collecting all my resources to master Shipwright. So far I have my steel, aluminum, and iron. My problem is finding a high concentration of ore to pull over a million units. It seems like the entire planet is usually covered with 30-45% but theres simply never a high concentration spot to mine. I guess my question is....am I just having bad luck finding a spot, or is this the way it usually is? Are there any tips on finding a better spot? such as better planets to look for? Thanks in advance and I apologize if this is a noob question.

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Too bad you're not on Valcyn. I know a spot (and am mining it too) that's 65% and has good stats too. I wish I had more lot spaces though since I only have 2 heavies on that spot and this is a rare event for getting ore like that. Have you tried different planets? Sometimes one planet might have more stuff than another. So, give that a shot. Finding good spots can be a bit time consuming, but very worth while when you find lush areas.

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Adaron1980 wrote:

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UltimateRebelKIller wrote:

I'm currently collecting all my resources to master Shipwright. So far I have my steel, aluminum, and iron. My problem is finding a high concentration of ore to pull over a million units. It seems like the entire planet is usually covered with 30-45% but theres simply never a high concentration spot to mine. I guess my question is....am I just having bad luck finding a spot, or is this the way it usually is? Are there any tips on finding a better spot? such as better planets to look for? Thanks in advance and I apologize if this is a noob question.

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Too bad you're not on Valcyn. I know a spot (and am mining it too) that's 65% and has good stats too. I wish I had more lot spaces though since I only have 2 heavies on that spot and this is a rare event for getting ore like that. Have you tried different planets? Sometimes one planet might have more stuff than another. So, give that a shot. Finding good spots can be a bit time consuming, but very worth while when you find lush areas.

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Thanks but I found a 53% spot and dropped 16 ber 13's on it . I didnt want to drop all those harv's on a spot without at least asking first. Thankyou to all who replied, I'm 1 step closer to mastering now . Just inert petro, fiberplast, and 100k more of aluminum to master after this!

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UltimateRebelKIller wrote:

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Adaron1980 wrote:

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UltimateRebelKIller wrote:

I'm currently collecting all my resources to master Shipwright. So far I have my steel, aluminum, and iron. My problem is finding a high concentration of ore to pull over a million units. It seems like the entire planet is usually covered with 30-45% but theres simply never a high concentration spot to mine. I guess my question is....am I just having bad luck finding a spot, or is this the way it usually is? Are there any tips on finding a better spot? such as better planets to look for? Thanks in advance and I apologize if this is a noob question.

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Too bad you're not on Valcyn. I know a spot (and am mining it too) that's 65% and has good stats too. I wish I had more lot spaces though since I only have 2 heavies on that spot and this is a rare event for getting ore like that. Have you tried different planets? Sometimes one planet might have more stuff than another. So, give that a shot. Finding good spots can be a bit time consuming, but very worth while when you find lush areas.

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Thanks but I found a 53% spot and dropped 16 ber 13's on it . I didnt want to drop all those harv's on a spot without at least asking first. Thankyou to all who replied, I'm 1 step closer to mastering now . Just inert petro, fiberplast, and 100k more of aluminum to master after this!

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Congrats. I've still got a little ways to go (4113). Currently I have all 16 lots (4 more are for buildings) tied up in keeping resources coming in for my crafter. I've been doing all right so far in keeping everything I need in constant supply.

But again, sorry that you're not on my server. I have quite a stash of what you need and they range from grinding quality to very nice quality stuff. Oh well. I'm sure you'll manage. Again, congrats.

this is a stupid question but i need to know lol:

what survaying tool do i use to find ore

And for the most part it doesn't spawn much aboveabout 50% so don't stress if you can't find a high % spawn for it.