Elite Dangerous Odyssey - Is Deep Core Mining Void Opals Worth it in 2024?

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Hazen Koraka (Gaming)

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Published on July 5, 2024 7:19:22 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q60CesA5VDM

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Elite: Dangerous (2014)

Duration: 27:56

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Is Deep core mining Void Opals still worth it in 2024? No. As you will see in this video. It wasn't my plan to seek Void Opals specifically, I was just wanting to do more deep core mining. I tried for a previous hour to search for Painite in the last area I was in. I used up 66 prospector limpets and found NO ore. So I came to this system LTT 4487, and found a void opal hotspot.

It wasn't super easy to find Void Opal core asteroids, but I did fine and mine two. One wasn't at optimal detonation yield, and the other was.

I was tricked by the estimate of the cargo value, and continued to mine void opals, but when I went to sell them, they were only worth 65k per tonne...

I thought this was a poor price (galactic average is meant to be 135K credits...). I moved to Solati as I thought that would give a better price, but ended up going to the wrong installation, and selling for a paltry 4000 Cr per tonne... Talk about a wasted expedition.

I did a bit of external camera work whilst waiting for my collection limpets to scoop up all the void opals. Gave me something to do :)

Money-wise, it's not time efficient to do this activity, especially on this ore type. It might be worth it for the more rarer or expensive ores or ones that are more in demand. It is still an entertaining and chill activity to do though. Can be frustrating if you don't find anything for hours though.

Still, I learned a few things. I'm still confused why it kept reporting that the prospector limpets failed (even though they clearly do not...).

Anway, I hope you find the video informative, or at least, entertaining :)

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#elitedangerousodyssey
#elitemining

00:00 Title and Introduction
00:11 Moving to Ringed planet and scanning ring
01:21 Moving to Void Opal Hotspot
01:40 Deep Core mining Void Opals
17:10 Some cool Asp explorer external camera views (collecting ore)
20L24 Collecting ore
21:20 Leaving mining site
22:02 Moving to station to sell Ore
23:16 Market screen at station / Plotting course to Solati
25:04 Moving to Solati and docking at settlement
26:56 On foot at settlement
27:38 Outtro

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