Mining Drone Bay Mk II
buy
~35000 cr-equiv/unit
module.drone_miner_t2Fitting & 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: 35000 cr each (vendor-buyable) (cheaper)
- Craft it: ~50020 cr-equiv/unit
Buy
Purchase from an NPC vendor for 35000 cr per unit — no tools, materials, or fabrication time, just credits.
Craft
Recipe: 12× Refined Platinum + 9× Structural Plating + 6× Circuit Board + 6× Magnetic Coil + 3× Focusing Lens + 2× Refined Biofuel @ Fabricator Mk III
Consumed to craft 1 (to the floor)
- Raw ore (mined): Raw Copper ×54, Raw Iron ×216, Raw Platinum ×54, Silica ×27, Raw Titanium ×216
- Planet deposits (mined on a planet): Rare Earth Metals ×12
- Farmed (Aquaponics): Lettuce ×8
- Bought from shop: Refining Flux ×144
- Activities: ~720 asteroid mines (CORE) · ~18 asteroid mines (FRONTIER) · ~108 asteroid mines (MID) · 11520 cr · ~4455s 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) - Fabricator Mk III
module.manufacturing_t3host: **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
Fabricator Mk III module.manufacturing_t3:
- Raw ore (mined): Raw Copper ×18, Raw Iron ×264, Silica ×6, Raw Titanium ×360
- Farmed (Aquaponics): Lettuce ×4
- Bought from shop: Refining Flux ×208
- Activities: ~382 asteroid mines (CORE) · ~180 asteroid mines (MID) · 16640 cr · ~5600s 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 Platinum: also via pirate drop (Voidborne Stalker Mk III)
- 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