Starminer Campaign: Perfect Start Guide

The perfect start in Starminer comes down to perks, thermal management, and a working early economy. Here's a practical Day 1 breakdown for a single-player campaign run. This episode builds a reliable industrial foundation from scratch: we start with the Miner perk preset (a 30% boost to refining efficiency, engineer speed, and mining range) to pull iron and silicates from the Frontier Zone Gamma debris fields while keeping the rig clear of hazardous asteroids, then tackle the early game's real bottleneck — heat. As power generation scales up, excess thermal output forces core modules offline, so we stabilise temperatures by swapping inefficient rear dispellers for front-mounted thermal radiators. From there we complete maintenance on Reclamation 9, survive a few asteroid collisions (and an early-access UI bug with the debris icons), and locate a decommissioned Pannonia 2-class hangar ship — walking through the exact steps to activate its dormant AI, "Perun," and start gathering the 500 tons of silicates needed for initial repairs. ───────────────────────── ⭐ JOIN THE STRIKE CORPS (Discord):   / discord   Share your builds, name the fleet, suggest what we tackle next — the community names actually make it into the campaign. ▶ Watch the full Starminer Campaign (playlist):    • Starminer Campaign   ▶ Next episode — Phase 2 (Risky Salvage):    • Starminer Campaign: How to Merge the Refin...   ───────────────────────── CHAPTERS: 0:00 The Perfect Start Strategy 0:46 Optimal Starting Perk Preset: The Miner 3:05 Scavenging The Great Spill 11:24 Preventing Thermal Overload 18:19 Structural Collision & Rapid Recovery 21:23 Aegis Mark II Drone Combat 29:58 Trading with Reclamation 9 37:03 Station Maintenance & Repairs 55:03 The Pannonia 2 AI Discovery 59:32 UI Bug Reporting & Future Plans ───────────────────────── QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT BE SEARCHING: What is the best starting perk in Starminer? The Miner perk preset is the strongest early-game pick. It gives a 30% bonus to refining efficiency for processing base materials, a 30% speed boost for engineers collecting salvage, and a 30% increase to mining laser range — which also helps prevent structural collisions while you learn the controls. How do you manage heat and overheating in Starminer? When power generation exceeds cooling capacity, active modules overheat and shut down. Stabilise temperatures by installing dedicated Thermal Radiators on available nodes and removing non-essential modules to bring the station's overall thermal load down. Plan cooling before you scale power, not after. ───────────────────────── #Starminer #SpaceSim #BaseBuilding #PerfectStart