Asteroid

Asteroids are the rocks that appear in the space view. Each asteroid contains 1 of the 4 types of mineral in its unrefined form. Asteroids come in different shapes and the health of the asteroid is proportional to the amount of minerals inside them. Asteroids that are moving at the start have rare kermiculite inside them and are usually a priority to mine.

Asteroid Field

Asteroid fields are clusters of asteroids. Each asteroid field has a size and a type. At the start of the game, the map will be filled with several asteroid fields of different sizes and types. For each mineral type (except Kermiculite) there will be two small fields, four medium fields and two large fields.

Size

The size of the asteroid field just changes how many asteroids it contains.
Small: 4-7 asteroids
Medium: 8-11 asteroids
Large: 12-15 asteroids

Type

All fields except the special Kermiculite Fields are mixed. This means that it has a general type that it spawns, but each asteroid has approximately a 25% chance to spawn as another of the basic minerals. This means that a Veldite field might contain some Pyromanite or Chalcorium as well.

The Kermiculite field is pure and only contains Kermiculite.

Asteroid Events

If there's less than 50 asteroids on the map an asteroid field will spawn randomly on the map. The field will be of a random size and a random basic type and it will be mixed.
Whenever a new asteroid field spawns both teams are notified with a message, however if your team has the "tier 3 economy" upgrade then the new field will also be pinged on the minimap for your team.

There's also a periodic spawn of Kermiculite Fields.

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