Stanton is the first system implemented in Star Citizen. It contains four main planets, each with a number of moons, as well as five Lagrange points for each planet. It also contains three jump points to future star systems. There are plenty of location to mine and refine in this system.
Some of the main locations for ship mining would be:
Lagrange point asteroid fields
The Aaron Halo asteroid field around Stanton star.
Planets (excluding Crusader, due to being a gas giant)
Moons
While the jump points have asteroid fields, they don't contain mineable resources.
When you have filled up your prospector or mole, and want to realize your profit, you have a number of refineries in the system, each refinery have different buffs or debuffs to the refining process, effecting your final yield. If you have a lot of Bexalite, you might want to choose MIC-L5, or if you have a lot of Gold, you might want to head for HUR-L2 or MIC-L2 since they have the largest buffs for the respective resource. But if you have a lot of Quartz and a little bit of Taranite and Hephaestanite, you might not want to go to ARC-L1, since that will decrease the final yield on your more valuable resources, even though it has a large buff on Quartz.
This table shows you the buffs and debuffs for each refinery in the system.
| Ore Average Price | ARC-L1 | ARC-L2 | ARC-L4 | CRU-L1 | HUR-L1 | HUR-L2 | JP-MAG | JP-PYR | JP-TER | MIC-L1 | MIC-L2 | MIC-L5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| quantanium 23,705 aUEC | +3% | +3% | +2% | +2% | +3% | +1% | ||||||
| taranite 7,762 aUEC | -6% | +5% | -3% | -6% | ||||||||
| bexalite 7,666 aUEC | +2% | -6% | -2% | -6% | +9% | +12% | ||||||
| gold 7,371 aUEC | +7% | -4% | -6% | -3% | +10% | -6% | +1% | +1% | +9% | |||
| borase 3,562 aUEC | +2% | +1% | -3% | +9% | ||||||||
| laranite 2,853 aUEC | -2% | -8% | +2% | -1% | -2% | -8% | +2% | +2% | +1% | |||
| beryl 2,708 aUEC | +7% | -4% | +7% | +1% | +7% | +7% | -6% | -6% | -8% | +7% | ||
| hephaestanite 2,654 aUEC | -4% | +8% | -5% | -2% | -4% | -2% | +8% | |||||
| agricium 2,558 aUEC | -4% | -8% | -2% | +8% | +8% | |||||||
| titanium 489 aUEC | +5% | +3% | -2% | -1% | +5% | -1% | +13% | |||||
| quartz 408 aUEC | +11% | -2% | +11% | -3% | -3% | -5% | ||||||
| tungsten 408 aUEC | -6% | -5% | +2% | +4% | +2% | +9% | ||||||
| iron 398 aUEC | +1% | +2% | -5% | +1% | +2% | +8% | ||||||
| copper 392 aUEC | +6% | -4% | -5% | -3% | +4% | +4% | +2% | +9% | ||||
| corundum 378 aUEC | -4% | -3% | -9% | +7% | -5% | +1% | -4% | +7% | +2% | +2% | +6% | |
| aluminum 316 aUEC | -5% | -3% | -4% | -5% | +7% | +7% | ||||||
| Patch: 3.21.1 | ||||||||||||
Usually the refineries at the Lagrange points have a larger queue or backlog of refining work orders (>10,000% capacity), due to the simple fact that they have been in game for a longer time. A large backlog will cause the refinery to add a surcharge to your work order, so If you want to save a bit of credits, we would suggest that you look to refining at one of the new jump point gateway stations (they are often at <100% capacity). Their buffs and debuffs are copies of the different L1 stations.
Magnus Gateway = ARC-L1
Terra Gateway = MIC-L1
Pyro Gateway = CRU-L1
When it comes to selling your refined ore, there are four main capitals, one for each planet, that generally pays the best.
Highest prices for each resource and location are underlined.
| Resource | Orison | Area18 | Loreville | New Babbage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| quantanium | 25,152 aUEC | 22,258 aUEC | 25,152 aUEC | 22,258 aUEC | |
| taranite | 7,686 aUEC | 7,839 aUEC | 7,687 aUEC | 7,839 aUEC | |
| bexalite | 7,462 aUEC | 7,691 aUEC | 7,823 aUEC | 7,691 aUEC | |
| gold | 7,204 aUEC | 7,533 aUEC | 7,214 aUEC | 7,534 aUEC | |
| diamond | 4,302 aUEC | 4,302 aUEC | 4,302 aUEC | 4,302 aUEC | |
| borase | 3,532 aUEC | 3,543 aUEC | 3,632 aUEC | 3,544 aUEC | |
| laranite | 2,887 aUEC | 2,802 aUEC | 2,924 aUEC | 2,802 aUEC | |
| beryl | 2,802 aUEC | 2,661 aUEC | 2,710 aUEC | 2,661 aUEC | |
| hephaestanite | 2,653 aUEC | 2,668 aUEC | 2,626 aUEC | 2,669 aUEC | |
| agricium | 2,688 aUEC | 2,539 aUEC | 2,469 aUEC | 2,539 aUEC | |
| titanium | 450 aUEC | 502 aUEC | 502 aUEC | 502 aUEC | |
| quartz | 412 aUEC | 415 aUEC | 392 aUEC | 415 aUEC | |
| tungsten | 425 aUEC | 397 aUEC | 414 aUEC | 397 aUEC | |
| iron | 384 aUEC | 406 aUEC | - | 406 aUEC | |
| copper | 372 aUEC | 407 aUEC | 383 aUEC | 407 aUEC | |
| corundum | 388 aUEC | 370 aUEC | 385 aUEC | 370 aUEC | |
| aluminum | 315 aUEC | 312 aUEC | 326 aUEC | 312 aUEC | |
| Patch: 3.21.1 | |||||