Lyavite in Incursions: Difference between revisions

All the mining missions have fake versions of regular ore, where '''Lyavite''' is the fake version of '''Kernite'''. The volume is the same for both the real and fake version, which is 1.20 {{m3}} per unit and can only be put on the market via contracts.

For [[Incursion sites#Vanguard sites|vanguard incursions]] you need a stack of 255 units (306 {{m3}}) for each [[Nation Mining Colony]] site.

The mission is to mine 5,000 units of Lyavite (6,000 {{m3}}) from a single asteroid. In order to keep it respawning you just have to make sure you mine no more than 4,999 units from the asteroid and it'll respawn fully after the next downtime. So once you get that mission you can milk it for a week, mining the asteroid daily.

An easy way to make sure you don't mine it out is to simply fill up the Mining hold of your favorite mining ship to the point where it cannot pull more ore than you can safely take without mining out the asteroid. Regular veldspar ore is good for this, as it is 0.1 {{m3}} per unit (means whatever {{m3}} you need filled, you grab 10 times as much ore), so you can just pad your hold with that until you reach the desired amount.

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| nowrap style="text-align:center; padding:5px;" | [[Venture]]<br>(5,000 {{m3}})

| style="padding:5px; vertical-align:top;" | Either fill up the entire hold on this ship (4,166 units in 4,999 {{m3}}) or put in 1,040 units of Veldspar (104 {{m3}}) and get exactly 16 stacks (4,080 units in 4,896 {{m3}}).

| nowrap style="text-align:center; padding:5px;" | [[Procurer]]<br>(16,000 {{m3}})

| style="padding:5px; vertical-align:top;" | Fill the hold with 101,860 units of Veldspar (10,186 {{m3}}) for 19 stacks (4,845 units in 5,814 {{m3}}) or 100,010 units of Veldspar (10,001 {{m3}}) for maximum (4,999 units of Lyavite in 5,999 {{m3}}).

| nowrap style="text-align:center; padding:5px;" | [[Retriever]]<br>(28,875 to<br>34,375 {{m3}})

| style="padding:5px; vertical-align:top;" | Mining Barge 5: Fill the hold with 285,610 units of Veldspar (28,561 {{m3}}) for 19 stacks or 283,760 units (28,376 {{m3}}) for max yield.<br>Mining Barge 4: Fill the hold with 271,860 units of Veldspar (27,186 {{m3}}) for 19 stacks or 270,010 units (27,001 {{m3}}) for max yield.<br>Mining Barge 3: Fill the hold with 258,110 units of Veldspar (25,811 {{m3}}) for 19 stacks or 256,260 units (25,626 {{m3}}) for max yield.<br>Mining Barge 2: Fill the hold with 244,360 units of Veldspar (24,436 {{m3}}) for 19 stacks or 242,510 units (24,251 {{m3}}) for max yield.<br>Mining Barge 1: Fill the hold with 230,610 units of Veldspar (23,061 {{m3}}) for 19 stacks or 228,760 units (22,876 {{m3}}) for max yield.

| nowrap style="text-align:center; padding:5px;" | [[Covetor]]<br>(9,000 {{m3}})

| style="padding:5px; vertical-align:top;" | Fill the hold with 31,860 units of Veldspar (3,186 {{m3}}) for 19 stacks worth, or 30,010 units (3,001 {{m3}}) for max yield.

So the combination of the downside of actually mining the ore, coupled with the fact that you'd have to reduce the efficiency of at least one ship to get someone capable of mining it in the first place, nobody does this anymore. While you could have people warp in and mine for you, the asteroid disappears if you finish the site so you'd have to sit there and keep it open, protecting the miners while additional spawns pop up.

If you do decide to mine out the asteroid, it will have 75,000 units (90,000 {{m3}}) of Lyavite in it, which is 294 full stacks and some leftovers.

The ships you use will need to be fairly tanked and to keep the spawns down to a minimum they should preferably use as few strip miners as possible. The regular fleet, or portions of it, will also need to remain to protect the miners while they mine.

If you do this with a regular [[Procurer]] and an average mining yield of 1,000 {{m3}} / minute and miner, then it would take one miner an hour and a half (90 minutes) to mine all the Lyavite from the asteroid. For two miners it would take 45 minutes and for a group of five miners it would take 18 minutes.