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Mining & Refining
Turning Holo Hollow's exposed ferrite — and Deep Jag's harder ore — into refined material, one attempt at a time.
Working material into something useful is a two-step loop: mine ore, then refine it at the Abandoned Processing Yard. There are two places to mine and three things you can refine.
Mining at The Jag
The Jag gives Ferrite Shale, and Mining needs a Salvage Cutter equipped. Each attempt takes about six seconds; a success gives you one or two shale. Your chance of success improves as your Mining skill grows, and Mining stops on its own if you run out of room to carry more. A charged Power Cell can speed this up.
Mining Galvanite at Deep Jag
Deep Jag, the lower workings southwest of The Jag, gives Galvanite once you have reopened it — see Brace Yourself. It is harder rock and slower going: about nine seconds an attempt, with a lower chance of success that keeps improving until Mining 40. A success gives one or two Galvanite and noticeably more Mining experience than shale does.
Galvanite is unusually conductive, but it does not generate power on its own. Your starter Salvage Cutter handles it, and a charged Power Cell speeds it up the same way.
Refining at the Abandoned Processing Yard
Refining is only available at the Abandoned Processing Yard, and every recipe is listed there from the start — including ones your Refining skill is not high enough for yet, so you can see what is coming.
- Refined Ferrite — two Ferrite Shale, a little over four seconds. A failure still produces one Slag, which isn't wasted: the Cargo Hold repair needs both.
- Galvanic Stock — two Galvanite, about six seconds. Needs Refining 5. A failed pour leaves two Slag.
- Galvaferrite — one Refined Ferrite and one Galvanic Stock, about seven seconds. Needs Refining 8. A failed alloy hands back one of the two inputs and loses the other.
Practical tips
- Keep a Salvage Cutter equipped before you try to start Mining — it won't start without one.
- Refining needs its inputs on hand; stock up before heading to the Processing Yard.
- Galvanite is heavy — 400g a piece against shale's 100g — so a full trip out of Deep Jag is a much shorter one.
- Both activities stop cleanly if you start walking somewhere else — whatever you've already finished is kept.