The Alters: Where to find minerals in act 1 and how to start mining?
The mineral deposit from Act 1 of The Alters is better hidden than the deposits of other resources. This page of the guide tells you where to look for minerals on the planet's surface and how to proceed to extract this resource.
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How to start mining minerals in the first act of The Alters? This is a problem that you have to face in the first hours of gameplay. In this part of the guide, you will learn where to find the deep mineral deposit in act 1 and how to reach it, as well as where to find the deepest point and how to prepare for mineral extraction.
How to get to the mineral deposit in act 1?
- Minerals are one of the resources in the game, used for building base rooms and crafting items. Acquiring minerals is slightly more difficult in act 1 than extracting metals and organics. This is due to the fact that the minerals are located further from the base and you cannot reach them immediately after starting the first act.
- First, focus on unlocking and crafting the drill - we described this in more detail on the page How to use a drill?. This gadget will allow you to destroy barricades made of rocks. By doing this, you unlock access to new parts of the planet, including the area with mineral deposits.
- The location of a mineral deposit is shown in the attached images. This is one of the most remote areas on the planet.
- Near the deposit, you will also find anomalies, single pieces of minerals, and at least one shallow deposit (see the picture). These deposits will allow you to start extracting the resource immediately, but unfortunately they may run out quite quickly.
How to start mining minerals?
- You need to perform the steps that we described on the How to use the scanner? page. Your task is to scan the deposit to find the deepest point.
- The mentioned process is complicated when it comes to a mineral deposit, because you have to climb to a higher shelf while you are in the deposit area. You will need a climbing hook and 2 suit energy points.
- Once you are on the higher shelf, scan the area to locate a place to set up a Mining Outpost (see the picture).
- The last step is, of course, connecting the Mining Outpost with the base. You don't have to set up pylons all the way from the deposit to the base, you can just connect it to another Mining Outpost.
- In the example from the picture, we created a connection with the Organics Deposit Area, but you can also establish a connection with a rapidium deposit. In both cases, it will be necessary to use more than 3 pylons. It may also be necessary to use the drill again to destroy other rock blockades.
- From this moment on, Jan or one of the alters can extract minerals (of course, only during the day).
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