As an amatuer miner I'm quite interested to know if certain ores can only be found at certain times? I'd hope that I'm not at a disadvantage becuase I can only log at a time when there are no rare minerals in the area.

Hello,

No, all ores can be found all the time as long as the spawn has not been recently mined.

What I would like to find out as a noob miner is how often the ores re-spawn? And does it vary from ore to ore?

I have heard everything from 3 hours to 3 days. Anyone know and care to share?

Grounder

I think that all ores respawn at different times and its dependant on the ore not the mine. Also, when they regen its not instant it would take a very long time to fully respawn. I've never seen a mine update after 3 hours though.

i dont know that there even is a respawn time as ive done a test with friend were we drop 10-50 of the same type of probe in the same spot without moving and get more than 1 clain in the area. I think its a mix between the gear your using your skill levels and a bit of good old fashion luck as to what you do or dont find.

Addz Wrote:i dont know that there even is a respawn time as ive done a test with friend were we drop 10-50 of the same type of probe in the same spot without moving and get more than 1 clain in the area. I think its a mix between the gear your using your skill levels and a bit of good old fashion luck as to what you do or dont find.

Pardon me if I sound dumb (perhaps blame it on my knowledge of english). Just want to be sure about this.

Do I understand that you actually dropped 50 probes on the same spot in a short timespan (say 30 minutes) and got multiple claims?

Do you have more factual data (# of probes, # of claims and maybe the size of the claims).

I'll offer a +k for the first one that come with documented evidence about this.

Dutchie

Don't see any reason why you couldn't find multiple claims in the exact same spot. After all mobs can spawn right on top of you anytime. Wouldn't risk 50 probes jus to test it though.

I have seen that if I end up doubling back on myself and rebombing an area I've covered I find very little. Coming back to the same area later will yield better.

Grounder answered the question I was having trouble with. If I was to find an area with gold @ 11pm would I only be able to find it again around 11pm after it had respawned or would I be able to find it anytime of day after the respawn. As long as minerals don't reappear and disappear I'm happy

I dont have the exact data but i dropped 40 en matter probes just north of twins mall all on the same spot within about 10 minutes ang got 5 claims ... all of oil varying from 1.5-14 PED Then we tah teamed and i held off the argos while my friend dropped 50 ore charges and got 3 claimes of lyst within the same sort of timespan smalles was 4 ped largest was 38PED. I didnt take any screeneis but ill ask my friend if he took any but eitherway the results speak for themselves, you are able to get multiple claims on the same spot.

Addz - thanks for the info - I think that is really important to know and could show a relatively fast respawn for the low level materials (Lyst, oil).

Now, if we can find the respawn rate for other materials we could put the info together with our maps and know how often we can mine a certain area based on the type of ore/enmatter it is known to contain.

I have not done single spot testing but I do have a favourite patch for Narc (as most of you saw recently) and I have been experimenting there and it seems to be about 3-4 days before the field is fully respawned. (Cant speak to individual drops as they shift a little)

Lets keep the info flowing and we can all help each other.

Grounder

You think there might be a longer respawn time for the higher tt value stuff. Tending towards that way of thinking now too. I had a favourite spot for narc that would be not bad after a day or two. Since the VU, 2 days doesn't seem long enough. Maybe 3-4 would be about the same for me too. Need to find a lot more areas to work.

I'd guess that something such as durulium or higher would probably have a much longer respawn time than the lower value ores, as after all we can find lyst any time, anywhere it seems. Still I guess you could look at it as the way that each spawn starts off at a 'tiny' level and then slowly grows upwards from there or something at a set rate?

Hello,

I don't think the respawn rate is gradual. In other words I do not think the deposit grows bigger the longer it is not found.

My current theory (and, Yes, I can not prove it) is that the area contains a preset type of materials and that each material respawns at a rate based on its TT value (and possibly a random or unknown secondary factor). Once the respawn rate has elapsed for a given area the material is still not "in the ground" but rather the % chance of a miner finding it returns to normal. The deposit size is generated at the time of the find based on the area, ava and special HoF loot pools.

I think there is a timing issue involved but I am not that good at testing yet.

Again - these are theories that I can not prove and may be completely wrong. They are what I am working with at the moment. Feel free to offer enhancements or alternatives.

Grounder

I honestly don't think you can be too specific here. Yes we can know that certain ores/enmatters spawn in certain areas and revisiting these areas on a regular basis exactly when that area has just been respawned would be the ideal. There are two ways to look at this: compairing the spawn rate of mob, you kill one snable in a field full of snables and eventually another one spawns to replace it. the same I think is true for resources. The snables only spawn to a maximum number or else they would be breeding like rabbits. Other times you kill all the snables in an area, then the server goes down for five minutes, when it comes back up, all the snables it seems have been replaced.

The point being, re-spawn is variable, based on so many factors it would be difficult to pinpoint the time and location specifically, but you can and should try. If you find a rich area of narc, you know that are will be rich or richer again, so I recommend you come back every time you mine, test bomb the area and keep note of when you find and when you don't. You still will never know that the same area is not well known to other miners doing the same thing. You may get lucky and find the every Thursday when you play your find lots of Narc, every Saturday lots Blau...in which case get a BIG amp. 8)

I still scatter bomb the same place that i got my biggest mining global every second day or so ... it doesnt seem to be doind so great though

I have had some areas that have produced globals up to three times in the same general location, but it seems those areas with the biggest HoF are in a different catagory, perhaps random locations that have nothing to do with the regular spawn.

As a miner I have learned not to discount any information I get from dropping an amp or a probe, even if I don't find a claim or recieve a skill gain I am getting important information, which is, there is nothing at this location now.

There is a lot in common about how mining works and how hunting works. The same mob usually spawn in large numbers in specific fields. This is the same for resources, find the fields and re-visit them often.