Even in the original Death Stranding, collecting materials for building structures was a common task. You required large amounts to construct roads and other infrastructure. In Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, these materials become even more crucial as you work to restore increasingly larger pieces of infrastructure.

While facilities across Australia naturally have plenty of materials available, they will quickly run out once you begin working on major restoration efforts. As such, you'll need to depend on mines to supply those essential resources needed to rebuild Australia. However, connecting these mines to the network and transporting their materials is a significant challenge.

How To Use Mines

Mines appear early in your journey through Australia and come in two varieties - small mines and large mines. Straightforward enough. Small mines are typically more isolated and produce fewer materials, but also demand fewer Chiral Crystals to generate resources. Large mines are the reverse, covering substantial portions of the map, offering vast quantities of resources, but requiring a considerable amount of Chiral Crystals to operate.

What Kind Of Materials Are There At Mines?

Each mine provides a unique material from those available in the game. These include:

• Metals
• Ceramics
• Special Alloys
• Chemicals
• Resins

Each mine produces only one specific type of material. You cannot alter what it generates, so if you're after a reliable source for a particular material, you must locate the mine that produces it.

There are two mines for each material in the game, except for Chemicals, which only has one source. For most materials, both a small and large mine exist, giving you options based on your needs.

How To Transport Materials From Mines

Once you've gathered your materials from a mine, you’ll need to move them somewhere useful. Leaving them at the mine site won't do you any good, obviously. The method you choose depends heavily on your current location. Despite Sam's incredible strength, he can’t carry hundreds of kilograms worth of materials by hand — nor does he have the storage space.

For large mines, there may be a monorail nearby. This allows you to send the materials directly to your private locker at any connected station along the rail line. This is not only a fast way to transport materials but also solves the issue of moving massive loads that would otherwise be impossible.

Other Information On Mines

Upgrading Mines

Mines already provide huge amounts of materials, but they can be improved further. Like PCC structures, mines can be upgraded. Upgrading increases the yield of materials per production cycle, while still using the same number of Chiral Crystals.

Better yet, since they are now part of the Chiral Network, other players can contribute materials toward their upgrades, making the process faster and easier.

Gathering Chiral Crystals

You may have noticed that mines require an enormous quantity of Chiral Crystals, and unlike with mines, there aren’t many ways to gather more of them. So how do you meet this high demand?

Primarily, you must seek out BTs and defeat them. Each BT defeated drops some Chiral Crystals. Alternatively, tar pools near mines often contain rich deposits of Chiral Crystals waiting to be collected.

Chiral Crystals also appear more frequently during Timefall, so keep an eye out when traveling to gather them more efficiently. We have a full guide on finding more Chiral Crystals if you need additional help.

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