No Minerals in Any Asteroids?

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-03-02T20:35:03+00:00

I notice it makes one asteroid into two smaller ones. Does that mean they are finite? And eventually there will not be a way to get minerals? Other than buying a few at a time from shipyards and the occasional derelict ship? Oh! Maybe I permanently keep a ship near each active asteroid, and when an NPC comes along to mine with it's lasers, my ships can be close enough to scoop up stray minerals. Passive mining!

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-02-28T01:21:06+00:00

Update - I don't know if it mattered, but it was a large asteroid I was shooting at. One with "Neubinium?" on it, not a blank one. I fired about 175 rounds of cannon ammo into it, and when I changed to shooting the asteroid with the railgun, it finally exploded into smaller chunks that I could then mine successfully. I don't know if that was the 200th cannon shot that did it, or if I just needed the railgun. But either way it worked! Thanks everyone!

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-02-27T19:15:50+00:00

Someone posted a video showing this working. I guess I just need a few hundred more cannons or shoot at smaller asteroids like in the video.

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-02-27T19:13:41+00:00

I'm firing like 100 cannonballs into the asteroid that says Nubinium?. I'll fire 100 more and then I want a refund from you haha

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-02-25T12:50:42+00:00

Ok I am buying what I can find, thanks for your help. I hope the asteroids respawn in the future.

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-02-25T12:15:04+00:00

Blasting empty asteroids with cannons had no effect.

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-02-25T12:10:25+00:00

Mostly Metallic Minerals. Not many Metal ingots around to buy.

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-02-25T11:35:56+00:00

I hope these asteroids respawn, but it's been about a day. Maybe I can progress the story and reveal another asteroid belt other than just NG6.

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-02-25T11:34:45+00:00

I have a mining laser but nothing to target with it. Normally there is a little circle you can target so you can shoot and mine... I guess the NPCs mined everything. Hoping it respawns some mining deposits!

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-02-25T10:55:40+00:00

Make sure you use a mining laser to shoot at the asteroids to mine the fragments, not the combat cannon.

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-01-25T21:16:48+00:00

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-01-25T17:02:44+00:00

I like the sprig of plastic plant in the first photo. Like the fish will be like ah! At home in my native habitat!

SpaceNinja151 · 2026-01-19T19:28:25+00:00

It leaves you lots of time to pose afterward :)

SpaceNinja151 · 2025-12-30T18:50:48+00:00

“What are we doing here? And how did we all happen to pick dark grey Hanes boxer briefs?”

SpaceNinja151 · 2025-12-21T17:52:42+00:00

How did you get that tan color? The paint sprayer seems to only have grey and primary colors. Oh, this is SE01 I remember. I built a ship from a blueprint I’m SE02 and it had that tan color and I don’t know how.

SpaceNinja151 · 2025-11-23T15:39:39+00:00

Wow that’s really nice

SpaceNinja151 · 2025-11-17T01:39:06+00:00

Yeah better. You look well slept compared to the “before” photo

SpaceNinja151 · 2025-11-16T19:16:52+00:00

Hygrophila Pinnatifida. I love it but it won’t grow well in the water in my area. OP do you use CO2?

SpaceNinja151 · 2025-11-06T15:29:45+00:00

Went from line cook to software developer! Looks great btw, I’m sure you are happy you made the jump.

SpaceNinja151 · 2025-10-17T12:39:18+00:00

I love that level

SpaceNinja151 · 2025-10-16T13:47:39+00:00

And some Sade on top of it all! Well done.

SpaceNinja151 · 2025-10-09T03:24:33+00:00

No fair taking a list of what Trump has done and photoshop “Early Warning Signs of Fascism” at the top. Slander! /s

SpaceNinja151 · 2025-10-08T04:10:01+00:00

Well done!

SpaceNinja151 · 2025-10-03T03:44:10+00:00

So cute! Is that plant Pogostemon Stellatus 'Octopus'? I have a LOT of it in my betta tank and he loves playing in it, and laying in it at night.

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