Super Mining Mechs: Rarity, Drop Rates, Production, Values

In Super Mining Mechs, I will list the production of mines, the rarity of ores on planets, and all their values ​​in this guide.

Mining Guide: Rarity, Drop Rates, Production

This guide provides a comprehensive list of elements available in each planet’s mines, including details on their rarity, output speed (time per resource), value, and value per unit time (V/T) calculation.

For frequent gatherers, V/T is the most important metric to maximize a mine’s efficiency. However, if you plan to leave mines running for extended periods, prioritizing the highest-value resource is advisable.

Mining Guide: Rarity, Drop Rates, Production

Each mine’s top elements, based on value and V/T, are listed below. If the element is unavailable from the initial stages (y0), alternative options are also suggested.

Note: As planets and elements are unlocked throughout the story, this guide may contain spoilers. V/T values are rounded to the nearest 0.01/s, using half-to-even rounding.

Rarity

Rarity of an element determine their drop chance and the speed a mine output a unit of resource.

An element of rarity 1 is the base drop when mining an ore. If the ore also produce other elements, then the other elements will be of rarity 2 or above and have a drop rate of rarity cubed over one, rounded to the nearest 0.01%. The drop rate is subtracted from the base resource’s drop rate. For example, magnesium ore drops calcium with rarity 2 at a drop rate of 1/8 or 12.50%, therefore magnesium drops at a drop rate of 7/8 or 87.50%.

The time it takes for a mine to produce a unit of resource is 20 seconds times rarity cubed, so boron, with rarity 3, takes 20s * 3³ = 540s to produce.

The drop rate and mine output speed of each rarity is shown in the table below.

RarityDrop RateTime to Produce (s)
1Base Drop20
212.50%160
33.70%540
41.56%1280
60.46%4320

Note: This is speculation, but drop rate as listed of an element and drop rate as an upgradable skill seem to refer to different things. The drop rate of an element is the chance that this element drop when a resource is dropped from mining an ore, and a single tile of ore can produce multiple units of resources, while the drop rate as mentioned by the skill seem to refer to the amount of resources dropped per tile of ore. The former is additive between elements from the same ore and add to one among all the possible drops, therefore make no sense that it can be increased. If the drop rate skill upgrade actually increases the drop rate of the rarer drops of each ore, the game fails to explain so.

Islandora 1 (Tier 1)

  • Highest Value: Calcium @ 1,944
  • Highest V/T: Calcium @ 12.15/s

Alkali Metals

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueV/T (s⁻¹)Notes
Sodium1201447.20

Alkaline Earth Metals

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueV/T (s⁻¹)Notes
Sodium1201447.20
Magnesium1201447.20
Calcium21601,94412.15Rare drop of magnesium ore.

Transition Metals

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueV/T (s⁻¹)Notes
Sodium1201447.20
Magnesium1201447.20
Calcium21601,94412.15Rare drop of magnesium ore.
Titanium1201286.40
Iron1201135.65
Yttrium21605123.20Rare drop of titanium ore.
Zirconium1201447.20

Frostera 1 (Tier 2)

  • Highest Value: Argon @ 932 (V/T: 5.82/s)
  • Highest V/T: Oxygen @ 20.40/s

Halogens

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueValue/Time (s⁻¹)Notes
Fluorine1201427.10

Noble Gases

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueValue/Time (s⁻¹)Notes
Fluorine1201427.10
Neon12023311.65
Argon21609325.82Rare drop of neon ore.

Transition Metals

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueValue/Time (s⁻¹)Notes
Fluorine1201427.10
Neon12023311.65
Argon21609325.82Rare drop of neon ore.
Oxygen12040820.40

Vulcanar 1 (Tier 3)

Note: Whether tin ore and henceforth tin and indium spawn at and below y250 (indium info), y300 (tin info) or y350 (as observed) is not determined yet by the author. For the sake of consistency, it is listed as y300 in this section.

Highest value:

  • y < 200: Thallium @ 4,592 (V/T: 3.59/s)
  • y < 300: Germanium @ 6,528 (V/T: 5.10/s)
  • y ≥ 300: Indium @ 20,916 (V/T: 4.84/s)

Highest V/T:

  • y < 200: Hydrogen @ 20.40/s
  • y < 300: Hydrogen tied with Arsenic @ 20.40/s
  • y ≥ 300: Tin @ 31.15/s

Hydrogen

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueValue/Time (s⁻¹)Notes
Hydrogen12040820.40

Other Metals

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueValue/Time (s⁻¹)Notes
Aluminium12020210.10
Gallium21608085.05Rare drop of aluminium ore.
Thallium412804,5923.59Rare drop of lead ore.
Lead12028714.35
Indium6432020,9164.84Rare drop of tin ore. Available at and below y300.
Tin12062331.15Available at and below y300.

Metalloids

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueValue/Time (s⁻¹)Notes
Boron35402,0973.88Rare drop of silicon ore.
Silicon12023311.65
Germanium412806,5285.10Rare drop of arsenic ore. Available at and below y200.
Arsenic12040820.40Available at and below y200.

Islandora 2 (Tier 4-5) Resource Values and V/T Rates

Highest Value

  • y < 300: Calcium @ 1.944 (V/T: 12.15/s)
  • y < 500: Rhodium @ 4.784 (V/T: 3.74/s)
  • Current y ≥ 500: Strontium @ 137.800 (V/T: 55.12/s)
    (abnormal value; will be corrected in the next update)
  • Post-fix:
    • y < 600: Rhenium @ 12,150 (V/T: 4.86/s)
      (expected to match Strontium due to similar rarity)
    • y < 800: Ruthenium @ 22,284 (V/T: 5.16/s)
    • y ≥ 800: Scandium @ 49,294 (V/T: 7.19/s)

Highest V/T (Value per Time)

  • y < 300: Calcium @ 12.15/s
  • y < 400: Nickel @ 14.95/s
  • y < 500: Zinc @ 19.05/s
  • Current y ≥ 500: Strontium @ 55.12/s
    (abnormal rate; will be corrected in the next update)
  • Post-fix:
    • y < 600: Barium bonded with Manganese @ 24.30/s
    • y < 700: Cobalt @ 30.95/s
    • y < 800: Hafnium @ 39.45/s
    • y < 900: Niobium @ 50.30/s
    • y ≥ 900: Tantalum @ 64.15/s

Alkali Metals

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueV/T (s⁻¹)Notes
Sodium1201447.20

Alkaline Earth Metals

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueV/T (s⁻¹)Notes
Magnesium1201447.20
Calcium21601,94412.15Rare drop of magnesium ore.
Strontium52500137,80055.12Rare barium ore drop. Available starting at Y500. The abnormally high value is incorrect and will be fixed in the next update.
Barium12048624.30Available starting at Y500.

Transition Metals

ElementRarityTime (s)ValueV/T (s⁻¹)Notes
Scandium7686049,2947.19Rare drop of niobium ore. Available starting at y800.
Titanium1201286.40
Vanadium35401,6563.07Rare drop of chromium ore. Available starting at y100.
Chromium1201849.20Available starting at y100.
Manganese12048624.30Available starting at y500.
Iron1201135.65
Cobalt12061930.95Available starting at y600.
Nickel12029914.95Available starting at y300.
Copper12023411.70Available starting at y200.
Zinc12038119.05Available starting at y400.
Yttrium21605123.20Rare drop of titanium ore.
Zirconium1201447.20
Niobium1201,00650.30Available starting at y800.
Ruthenium6432022,2845.16Rare drop of cobalt ore. Available starting at y600.
Rhodium412804,7843.74Rare drop of nickel ore. Available starting at y300.
Hafnium12078939.45Available starting at y700.
Tantalum1201,28364.15Available starting at y900.
Rhenium5250012,1504.86Rare drop of manganese ore. Available starting at y500.

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