Fast Mining
⚪ Last updated 2019Preview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.9% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #8 of 175 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
How many mining zones do you think are available for exploration in Mass Effect Andromeda, including enhanced and rare?
I will surprise you - something like 75.
And if you'll spend about 10 minutes on average to complete each of them, it will take you nearly 12. 5 hours(!) in total.
Too high a price, isn't it?
Is that process fun enough to take up so much of your time?
I don't think so, especially if you decided to replay the game once again.
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The mod massively speeds up the mining process allowing to collect of all minerals by launching only one mining drone instead of 3 or 4 (or sometimes even more) drones in vanilla:
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[]all nodes of minerals occurrence are detected immediately after crossing the border of the mining area which will be displayed on the mining widget screen
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]mining zones located close to each other will be depleted simultaneously (check out Images tab) - 100% mining completion - no more climbing all these damn steep mountains searching for the last node of resources!
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1. Deploying the drone anywhere in the mining area will ALWAYS complete the mining process!
2. The strength of each discovered mineral is a bit changing depending on Nomad location - the closer Nomad is to particular minerals nodes, the higher amount of these minerals will be detected.
So if you need to extract the extra amount of certain minerals for some reason, you'll have to find the area where the strength of these resources will get to the highest values on the mining widget screen.
But if not - just launch the drone to complete the mining process and keep on moving to the primary goal of your mission without unnecessary stops.
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Fast Mining is a gameplay mod that simplifies resource collection by requiring only one drone launch to fully deplete a newly-discovered mining zone. It's for players who find repeated drone launches tedious. With 5,129 endorsements and 105,234 downloads, it's a popular quality-of-life tweak, though it hasn't been updated since April 2019.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust (5,129 endorsements) — this is a proven quality-of-life mod.
- Saves you from the tedious back-and-forth of multiple drone launches.
- Simple concept, clean execution — exactly what a QoL mod should be.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in April 2019 — may be outdated for the current game version, so check compatibility.
- Only affects mining zones — if you were hoping for broader gameplay changes, this isn't it.
For players who are tired of micromanaging drone launches and want to speed up resource gathering. If you're a completionist or base-builder who mines a lot, this mod will save you time. Skip if you want deeper gameplay overhauls — this is purely a convenience tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since the mod is from 2019, test it on a save you don't mind losing in case of conflicts with newer game updates.
- If you use a mod manager, install it through that to keep track of updates and easy removal.
- Back up your save before installing any gameplay mod, just in case.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Masseffectandromeda Mods
- Author
- fuxsart
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 105,234
- Endorsements
- 5,129
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 4/28/2019
- Updated
- 4/28/2019
🧩 Commonly Used Together
Users add these mods to the same collections — a real compatibility signal, not an AI guess.
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