DevTracker: About Mining

New minerals and bonus

Two new mining minerals are being added – painite and osmium. There will also be a bonus in created minerals or metals when mining at resource extraction sites. Beyond that we will have low and high intensity resource extraction sites. At low intensity sites there is lower output for mining, but also a heavier system authority presence and lower pirate presence. For the high intensity sites this is reversed, so is more dangerous with more pirates and less security, but also greater rewards for mining there.

Resource sites are weighted to provide better returns, outside of the RES returns are the same as they are now - mining in areas not forming a resource extraction site remain as they are now.