Mining Drone Bay Mk I
buy
~15000 cr-equiv/unit
module.drone_miner_t1✦ Granted free in your starter kit on first join.
Fitting & placement
- Slot family: Utility
- Installs on: ships
- Minimum hull class: Frigate or larger
- Control: passive, no activation slot
- Volume: 8 m³ each
Acquisition: buy vs. craft
This item is available BOTH ways — buy it from a vendor or fabricate it. Both are shown in full.
- Buy from a shop: 15000 cr each (vendor-buyable) (cheaper)
- Craft it: ~16746 cr-equiv/unit
Buy
Purchase from an NPC vendor for 15000 cr per unit — no tools, materials, or fabrication time, just credits.
Craft
Recipe: 8× Refined Titanium + 4× Structural Plating + 2× Circuit Board + 2× Magnetic Coil + 1× Refined Biofuel @ Fabricator Mk II
Consumed to craft 1 (to the floor)
- Raw ore (mined): Raw Copper ×18, Raw Iron ×90, Silica ×6, Raw Titanium ×120
- Planet deposits (mined on a planet): Rare Earth Metals ×4
- Farmed (Aquaponics): Lettuce ×4
- Bought from shop: Refining Flux ×64
- Activities: ~208 asteroid mines (CORE) · ~60 asteroid mines (MID) · 5120 cr · ~1930s craft/refine
Tools / infrastructure required
- Mining Laser Mk I
module.laser_mining_t1(starter, free) host: **ship** - Fabricator Mk I
module.manufacturing_t1host: **faction room** (cheapest; also SHIP/ROOM/STATION) - Fabricator Mk II
module.manufacturing_t2host: **faction room** (cheapest; also SHIP/ROOM/STATION) - Ore Refinery Mk I
module.refinery_t1host: **faction room** (cheapest; also SHIP/ROOM/STATION) - Ore Refinery Mk II
module.refinery_t2host: **faction room** (cheapest; also SHIP/ROOM/STATION)
To acquire those tools
Fabricator Mk I module.manufacturing_t1:
- Bought from shop: Fabricator Mk I ×1
- Activities: 6000 cr
Fabricator Mk II module.manufacturing_t2:
- Raw ore (mined): Raw Copper ×36, Raw Iron ×60
- Activities: ~96 asteroid mines (CORE) · ~430s craft/refine
Ore Refinery Mk I module.refinery_t1:
- Bought from shop: Ore Refinery Mk I ×1
- Activities: 5000 cr
Ore Refinery Mk II module.refinery_t2:
- Raw ore (mined): Raw Copper ×90, Raw Iron ×156
- Activities: ~246 asteroid mines (CORE) · ~1090s craft/refine
Alternatives
- Refined Copper: also via pirate drop (Null Reaver)
- Refined Iron: also via pirate drop (Frontier Corsair)
- Refined Titanium: also via pirate drop (Null Reaver)
- Refining Flux: also via mining bonus drop (5%, any zone), vote capsule (STANDARD capsule · 5% · Rare, 6/open), refine at Ore Refinery Mk I