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How do I ...Dilithium Mining?

dracarus2013dracarus2013 Member Posts: 46 Arc User
edited March 2014 in The Academy
Here's my problem & my source of major confusion. In game it says that I should be able to learn how to & actually be able to mine dilithium starting at lvl 10. But you need an EV suit in order to mine. The problem with that is, acording to the Ferengi vendor, you have to already have dilithium in order to buy the suit. Then I get told by other players in game that I can get an EV suit for free by doing certain missions, however those missions aren't available until you reach lvl 44.
Hence my confusion; why say that dilithium mining is available at lvl 10 when in reality it's not even close to being available until lvl 44???!!!! ....... Or is there something i'm missing??
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  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Just do some duty officer missions and get some dillithium to buy the cheepest suit.
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  • edgecrysgeredgecrysger Member Posts: 2,740 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Anyways, you should not be worry about that until you reach level 50.. and by then, you can just run the "between stars" episode and gather a really nice ev suit for free. Some episodes offers a bunch of dilithium if you replay em, and there are dilithium missions like traelus system (check your missions tab) that are available at lower levels (but i can remember exactly the number). The cheapest ev suit costs i think about 100 dilithium (or maybe 500? i cant remember...). You can gather that ammount of dilithium fast.
  • saihung423saihung423 Member Posts: 548 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I believe, for the most basic ev suit, it costs 100 dilithium. You should eventually stumble over 100 dilithium to get it. It is at the vendor inside the mining station.
  • jam3s1701jam3s1701 Member Posts: 1,825 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Just buy a cheap one from the exchange they about 100ec on there
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  • engelenhartengelenhart Member Posts: 61 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Buy the pre-owned EV suit from Brol, the other suits are just ridiculous dilithium sinks.
  • saihung423saihung423 Member Posts: 548 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    And if you see a big red alert down in the right corner, click it. If you and everyone else beats the borg alert you will get a little dilithium that you can use for the ev suit:)


    Plus, as a new player, they are pretty fun:)
  • solemkofsolemkof Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    dracarus2013 wrote: »
    Here's my problem & my source of major confusion. In game it says that I should be able to learn how to & actually be able to mine dilithium starting at lvl 10. But you need an EV suit in order to mine. The problem with that is, acording to the Ferengi vendor, you have to already have dilithium in order to buy the suit. Then I get told by other players in game that I can get an EV suit for free by doing certain missions, however those missions aren't available until you reach lvl 44.
    Hence my confusion; why say that dilithium mining is available at lvl 10 when in reality it's not even close to being available until lvl 44???!!!! ....... Or is there something i'm missing??
    There's something you need to look around to find it: missions where you can earn Dilithium even at low levels.

    At the Starfleet or Klingon Academy, there's an NPC giving a history mission, where you answer a question about The Path to 2409 and get 480 Dil upon success. You can read the chapters here: URL="http://sto.gamepedia.com/Path_to_2409"]wiki-link[/URL (caution: chapter numbers could be outdated on the website)

    Then there's the Ker'rat system in the Eta Eridani sectorblock. Low-level players get a mission which rewards 1440 Dil for completing* 3 rounds of the mission in Ker'rat. Starfleet players talk to Commander Makza on Deep Space K-7, Klingon players talk to Menbet on Ganalda Station (both located in Eta Eridani) to receive this mission. caution: players in Ker'rat are split in two opposing teams which can and will attack each other.

    * you just have to be in the system while someone completes the mission; it can even be the enemy team

    This and probably other missions I didn't think of, are where you can earn the Dil needed for your mining EV suit. And as others have said, there's also usually cheap EV suits available on the exchange.
  • edgecrysgeredgecrysger Member Posts: 2,740 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Just one thing, whatever you do, DONT go to kerrat. Its too tedious to try to gather 1440 dilithium there and is a hell of a mess. There are a lot of dil missions, but if you only want the ev suit, yeah the academy path of 2409 is the fastest method. Just go there, pick the mission, answer the question and thats it.
  • shireknightshireknight Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    If you look in your available missions section you will find a mission called something like "Explore new worlds" this pays 1440 Dilithium upon completion.

    Accept this mission then select a mission to explore a cluster or nebula which will involve taking part in three encounters and once you've done this hail Starfleet Command and they will send you the 1440 Dilithium :)
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    There are plenty of ways to earn dilithium without a suit. The dilithium mining mission rewards 400 - 1000 dilithium ore depending how high you score in the mini game. Earning 600 - 800 is pretty easy. Earning the full 1000 takes practice.

    As mentioned, the easiest way to get dilithium is the "Path of 2409"quiz at the Academy. You can look up the answers online. There's even an Android app for STO which has the answers as well. It's actually in the "recruitment office" (circular building). Easy 480 dilithium and skill points.

    As mentioned, the "Explore New Worlds" missions is a good way to earn 1440 dilithium. You also need to select a mission to explore a sector as well. It can be quick or it can be long. You need to scan anomalies in "unknown" sectors. They can lead to combat or simply scanning mission.

    Before getting to level 50 I done PvE mission available at Starbase 24 (same sector as Earth). There's "Defend Starbase 24", "Gorn Mine Mission", and one ground mission that I cannot remember the name. It's not "Breaking the Planet" which seems to be a dead mission. I was never able to up that mission since I attempted to queue it up daily since the beginning of February. I simply ignore it now. You get 480 dilithium each time to do the mission.

    At level 44 and above (or is it 50?) you get even more missions available that mostly awards dilithium, but some do not.

    Doing DOff missions (Duty Officers) is another way to earn dilithium, but it is a low trickle since you basically earn only 5 dilithium on successful mission, very few offer 50. If you get a critical success, then you can get up to 125 dilithium. However, this does not happen very often until you get better quality DOffs. However, this is a totally different topic. Needless to day, DOff missions should only be considered as a secondary source of dilithium.
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