Ores

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Ore is a basic resource item, usually obtained by mining Asteroids. Using a Hand Drill or ship-mounted Drill will destroy the rock and release the Ores as objects in the world to be collected. While useless on its own, Ore can be processed in a Refinery, Basic Refinery, or Survival Kit to be turned into a useful Material.

Appearance and Identification

Identifying ore patches purely by sight can be frustrating, especially if there are two similar ores next to one another (such as Platinum and Silicon). It is for this reason that an Ore Detector is always highly recommended for the initial identification process. The Hand Drill has a small Ore Detector built in, whereas a ship-based Ore Detector has a larger detection radius. This will put the name of the ore on the HUD in approximately the center of the ore patch. However, once you have identified the vein you wish to obtain, it can often be more effective to rely on sight to guide your mining, and so a Spotlight is almost always useful for this purpose, to more easily see where one vein ends and another begins.

See the images and descriptions in the table below for more information on each ore.

Ore Information

Icon Ore Abbreviation Appearance Description Mass per Unit Volume per Unit Material per Unit Rarity* [1]
Stone Icon.png Stone Ore Stone.jpg Color varies slightly. Typically a matte midtone grey, the appearance of stone can vary a bit between brown and black. 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.37 L
3.7e-4 m³
2.368e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00296 Small-Blocks
0.037 hL
370 mL
10 g
0.01 kg
10,000 mg
31%
Iron Ore Icon.png Iron Ore Fe Ore Iron.jpg Red and Grey. Iron is fairly easy to identify due to being so common and in such contrast to the grey of the surrounding stone. Focus on looking for reddish, rust-colored areas if Iron is a priority. 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.37 L
3.7e-4 m³
2.368e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00296 Small-Blocks
0.037 hL
370 mL
700 g
0.7 kg
700,000 mg
50%
Nickel Ore Icon.png Nickel Ore Ni Ore Nickel.jpg Brown. Nickel is a straight, flat, brown, which when it spawns next to Iron shows strikingly enough to be discernable. 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.37 L
3.7e-4 m³
2.368e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00296 Small-Blocks
0.037 hL
370 mL
400 g
0.4 kg
400,000 mg
2%
Cobalt Ore Icon.png Cobalt Ore Co Ore Cobalt.jpg Yellowish-Grey with Brown streaks. With a grey base, it can be difficult to discern from surrounding stone, so search for the distinct brownish-yellow bands. 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.37 L
3.7e-4 m³
2.368e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00296 Small-Blocks
0.037 hL
370 mL
300 g
0.3 kg
300,000 mg
2.2%
Magnesium Ore Icon.png Magnesium Ore Mg Ore Magnesium.jpg Blue. Rather distinct, Magnesium is not very hard to identify, but is fairly rare, so always keep a look out for the bluish hue! 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.37 L
3.7e-4 m³
2.368e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00296 Small-Blocks
0.037 hL
370 mL
7 g
0.007 kg
7,000 mg
2.4%
Silicon Ore Icon.png Silicon Ore Si Ore Silicon.jpg Grey. One of three greyish ores, Silicon can be the most difficult to spot due to how close its color and texture are to base stone. Its color will often vary to a light grey, almost white sheen, so look for uncharacteristically light patches. 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.37 L
3.7e-4 m³
2.368e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00296 Small-Blocks
0.037 hL
370 mL
700 g
0.7 kg
700,000 mg
2%
Silver Ore Icon.png Silver Ore Ag Ore Silver.jpg Bluish-Silver. Another grey ore, Silver can be differentiated between Platinum most by its contrast: dark areas are jet black, while highlights are bright white. "Shiny" is an apt description. 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.37 L
3.7e-4 m³
2.368e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00296 Small-Blocks
0.037 hL
370 mL
100 g
0.1 kg
100,000 mg
2%
Gold Ore Icon.png Gold Ore Au Ore Gold.jpg Gold. Very distinct. Can vary more to a grey-yellow in small patches or where it starts to mix with stone or iron. 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.37 L
3.7e-4 m³
2.368e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00296 Small-Blocks
0.037 hL
370 mL
10 g
0.01 kg
10,000 mg
2%
Platinum Ore Icon.png Platinum Ore Pt Ore Platinum.jpg Grey. Can be hard to differentiate between this and stone or silicon. The most reliable distinction is the texture rather than color: stone and silicon have a rough look, while platinum is smooth. 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.37 L
3.7e-4 m³
2.368e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00296 Small-Blocks
0.037 hL
370 mL
5 g
0.005 kg
5,000 mg
2%
Uranium Ore Icon.png Uranium Ore U Ore Uranium.jpg Black. Jet black, very shiny. Hard to miss, even in shadow (unless your server's Skybox has low light). 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.37 L
3.7e-4 m³
2.368e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00296 Small-Blocks
0.037 hL
370 mL
10 g
0.01 kg
10,000 mg
4.4%
Ice Icon.png Ice Ice Ice.jpg Blue. Blue and White, Shiny. 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.37 L
3.7e-4 m³
2.368e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00296 Small-Blocks
0.037 hL
370 mL
100 g
0.1 kg
100,000 mg
 ?
Scrap Metal Icon.png Scrap Metal Scrap Metal.jpg While technically not a mineral, it behaves just like the other ores. Scrap is acquired by drilling Blocks or grinding damaged blocks. 1 kg
1,000 g
1,000,000 mg
1.0e-3 t
0.254 L
2.54e-4 m³
1.6256e-5 Large-Blocks
0.00203 Small-Blocks
0.0254 hL
254 mL
800 g
0.8 kg
800,000 mg
 ?

Refining

Each Ore (including Stone) yields some sort of useable Material once it has been refined within a Refinery or Basic Refinery. Each Ore (except for Stone has exactly one type of Material that it produces, at various rates of efficiency; e.g. 1000 kg of Uranium Ore will not produce 1000 kg of Uranium Ingots. See each type of refiner (Refinery, Basic Refinery, Survival Kit) for their conversion tables.


Raw Materials
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References

  1. http://www.spaceengineerswiki.com/File:Ore_Rarity_Test.xlsx