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Quantainium

Ship Mining

A highly unstable mineral used in the production of quantum fuel.

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Numerics

Category
Ship Mining
Approx. value
≈ 148,000 aUEC / SCU
Approximate UEX sell price — varies with gameplay & location
Resistance
0.95
Higher → harder to break
Instability
1,000
Higher → window jitters more
Optimal-window centre
0.50
0.0 (left) … 1.0 (right) of the charge bar
Centre randomness
0.20
Window thinness
2.30
Positive → tighter window; negative → wider
Explosion multiplier
260
Yield bonus / penalty if you blow it
Cluster factor
0.10
Child-rock spawn rate (0–1)

Where this ore sits across the dataset

Resistance0.95
Instability1,000
Window thinness2.30
Explosion multiplier260

Where to mine — 34 sites

Straight from the game records. Each row is a deposit type you can scan at that body — how much of the rock is this ore, and how much of what spawns there is that deposit.

  • Stanton system · 34 sites
    • Asteroid Cluster Low Yield
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • Asteroid Cluster Medium Yield
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • Aaron Halo
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • Asteroid Cluster Low Yield
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • Asteroid Cluster Medium Yield
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • Aaron Halo
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quantainium (Raw) rock2% of what spawns here

Found in 1 rock type

Each card shows the rock's full composition. Sorted by your ore's expected yield — the first row is the rock you'll see this ore in most often.

  • Quantainium (Raw)~8.7%
    • Quantainium ◀28.3–78.3%
    • Quantainium ◀5.7–11.7%
    • Beryl5–10%