Orb Vallis: Mining

The Orb Vallis are an important source of new minerals and gems in Warframe. Here you can see a complete guide about mining in the Orb Vallis, Tenno.

Here you have all the information about mining in the Vallis, and when we say all it is all. Like in the Plains of Eidolon, in the Orb Vallis you can find both metallic minerals and gems.

Mining: General Information

The first thing you should know is who is the mining specialist of Fortuna. And it’s none other than the veteran “Smokefinger”. When you accumulate enough Solaris Standing he will be the one to whom you must buy and sell any item related with mining in the Orb Vallis.

The second thing to learn is to find and identify the different metals and gems in your expeditions through the Orb Vallis. You will find two kinds of mineral veins in the Vallis rock formations, being the red ones metals and the blue ones gems.

Mining: Tools

The tools you can use in the Vallis are the same you can use in the Plains of Eidolon. We are talking about the Nosam Cutters and the Sunpoint Plama Drill. The Nosam Cutters can be found in Cetus, trading with the old man Suumbaat. And the Sunpoint Plasma Drill can be bough from Smokefinger.

To be able to extract the existing resources in the Orb Vallis you will have to use the Sunpoint Plasma Drill. This drill also has a technology which allow you to find easily the veins, because it marks them on the minimap.

Mining: Types of Minerals

In the Orb Vallis you can find nine different types of minerals. Of all of them, four are metals and five are gems. This minerals can be extracted in their natural form, but after you will have to refine them in the Foundry of your ship with the blueprints you can buy from Smokefinger. When you refine them you can use them as a resource when you craft gear (weapons, warframes and tools). This is why they are so important.

Phasmin

Travocite

Noctrul

Axidite

Goblite

Venerol

Amarast

Hesperon

Zodian

Thyst

As for the gems you can obtain in the Orb Vallis you can give them a second use aside from refining them as a crafting materials. This second use is also important, and it is obtaining Solaris Standing Points.

Each unrefined gem can be exchange for standing talking with Smokefinger and selecting the option “Trade Gems For Solaris Standing”. The values of each gem vary depending on its rarity and goes from 50 to 1000 points.

Mining: How it works

Fortuna and the Orb Vallis have brought a ton of novelties, like a new Mining system. This system is to pierce the rock with a sustained beam until it reaches the appropriate temperature to extract each kind of material.

You will see that when you aim with any of the cutters appear a weak blinking dots in the vein. The can appear up to three in the same vein, and can also appear secondary breaking points.

Minería Funcionamiento Mining Mechanics 2

In these secondary points, if you stop the mining in the precise moment, it will gives you extra gems. And yes, I said gems. Because no matter if it is a red or blue vein, these points always provide an extra gem.

In the case of a blue vein and if it is the same resource you will obtain the double, triple or even quadruple of this particular resource.

And that’s all we can tell about the mining in the Orb Vallis. We hope this information was helpful for you. And, as always, if you find any mistake or missing information let us know through the comments below.

Be careful out there, Tenno.

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