• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 12:19
CEST 18:19
KST 01:19
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2914Serral wins Maestros of the Game 243ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12
Community News
Weekly Cups (July 20-26): Early returns on 5.0.16b1IntoTheTV X SOOP SC2 League : Weekly & Monthly4Clem: "I don't have that much hope in Blizzard"7ZeroSpace Early Access is Now Live!40Weekly Cups (July 13-19): Terran & Protoss rise; Zerg falters2
StarCraft 2
General
Daily SC2 Player Grid - feedback wanted Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16) Weekly Cups (July 20-26): Early returns on 5.0.16b 3kb/s downloading patch..... are we back to 1998? Terran or Protoss
Tourneys
RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament PIG STY FESTIVAL 8.0! (13 - 23 August) IntoTheTV X SOOP SC2 League : Weekly & Monthly INu's Battles#18 - Cure, herO, Rogue & ByuN
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Industrial Park New Map Maker - Looking for Advice - Love or Hate
External Content
Mutation # 536 Railroad Switch The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 535 Assembly of Vengeance Mutation # 534 Burning Evacuation
Brood War
General
ASL22 General Discussion screpdb: new Starcraft reporting tool ASL 22 Proposed Map Pool Klaucher discontinued / in-game color settings BW General Discussion
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues 2v2v2v2 Tournament Star Con San Diego 2026 Escore Tournament - Season 3
Strategy
Odyssey Mineral Stack Saturation Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers PvT advise for noobs
Other Games
General Games
ZeroSpace Early Access is Now Live! Path of Exile Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
TSM pausing esports and CLG Dead
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Power Rank TL Mafia Community Thread NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Artificial Intelligence Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread How to buy a book - shipping from Korea to Europe
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club The HerO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread Series you have seen recently... [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books
Sports
2026-27 Football Thread placeholder 2024 - 2026 Football Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Formula 1 Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread Simple Questions Simple Answers FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop
TL Community
Northern Ireland Global Starcraft The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Games, Hormones, and "Dark" …
TrAiDoS
Hello guys!
LIN1s
ASL S22 English Commentary…
namkraft
Poker (part 2)
Nebuchad
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 7848 users

Mineral boost trick (works in 1.5!) - Page 5

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 26 27 28 Next All
AgniKai
Profile Joined August 2012
70 Posts
August 14 2012 19:36 GMT
#81
I hope it doesn't get fixed this time, this is only good in the very early game
"The reactions were never really positive no matter what our team did, and it was just a little discouraging." IM_Seed at TAC3, IM vs TL
SupLilSon
Profile Joined October 2011
Malaysia4123 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 19:40:48
August 14 2012 19:38 GMT
#82
Just messed around with this in a ladder game. I was only using the technique to shift que them to the minerals so they were returning at normal speed. With a standard 1 rax FE I had 380 minerals when my rax finished, seems like a decently large boost. Also it cut out the miniscule downtime between depot and rax.
Mairou
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland144 Posts
August 14 2012 19:39 GMT
#83
I tested this with 2 probes. One was mining mineral patch that was slightly more far away and i used this trick on that probe. I managed to get the probe who was mining the further mineral path to harvest same speed as the probe who was mining close mineral path. I hope Blizzard fix this soon.
eSports! www.youtube.com/MairouTV
Monochromatic
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States999 Posts
August 14 2012 19:41 GMT
#84
Wow, I hope blizzard leaves this trick alone this time.
MC: "Guys I need your support! iam poor make me nerd baller" __________________________________________RIP Violet
pycho
Profile Joined January 2011
Paraguay372 Posts
August 14 2012 19:42 GMT
#85
On August 15 2012 04:39 Mairou wrote:
I tested this with 2 probes. One was mining mineral patch that was slightly more far away and i used this trick on that probe. I managed to get the probe who was mining the further mineral path to harvest same speed as the probe who was mining close mineral path. I hope Blizzard fix this soon.


how exactly do you do it? i dont understand
sour_eraser
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada932 Posts
August 14 2012 19:42 GMT
#86
On August 15 2012 04:39 Mairou wrote:
I tested this with 2 probes. One was mining mineral patch that was slightly more far away and i used this trick on that probe. I managed to get the probe who was mining the further mineral path to harvest same speed as the probe who was mining close mineral path. I hope Blizzard fix this soon.


Why should they fix this?
Seriously, people who pull this trick deserve those extra minerals.
Besides I can assure you this won't effect 99% of ladder games in terms of balance and such.
I see no reason for this to get patched
"What's the f*cking point of censoring a letter if everyone and their mother knows what it stands for.... F*cking morons"
See.Blue
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2673 Posts
August 14 2012 19:44 GMT
#87
8 second buff to 6pool is a pretty big deal...
Talack
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada2742 Posts
August 14 2012 19:44 GMT
#88
This will be fixed.

It's unintentionally in the game, and despite people trying to act like it should be in the game it really shouldn't. Interesting none-the-less.
AlexanderDebois
Profile Joined October 2011
Kyrgyzstan38 Posts
August 14 2012 19:45 GMT
#89
The question on every Terran players mind: does this work in the same percentage for mules that it does for SCVs?
Account252508
Profile Joined February 2012
3454 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 19:49:29
August 14 2012 19:47 GMT
#90
--- Nuked ---
SaroVati
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada280 Posts
August 14 2012 19:48 GMT
#91
I've done this for about 1 hour, and can't achieve the projected "24%" increase. I can get about a 10% increase though... but that doesn't seem completely worth it because if you are microing in game and mess the cycle up ONCE it'll reset it's benefit... Anyone care to show me a replay of a probe mining for 2 minutes on a mineral patch normally, then the same mineral patch for 2 minutes with this trick? My personal best is 120 minerals in 3 minutes on a far patch --> 130 minerals in 3 minutes on a far patch.
Mairou
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland144 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 20:16:25
August 14 2012 19:49 GMT
#92
On August 15 2012 04:42 jidolboy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2012 04:39 Mairou wrote:
I tested this with 2 probes. One was mining mineral patch that was slightly more far away and i used this trick on that probe. I managed to get the probe who was mining the further mineral path to harvest same speed as the probe who was mining close mineral path. I hope Blizzard fix this soon.


Why should they fix this?
Seriously, people who pull this trick deserve those extra minerals.
Besides I can assure you this won't effect 99% of ladder games in terms of balance and such.
I see no reason for this to get patched


It affects the game too much. Think about zerg who is 6 pooling. He got nothing else to do than micro his drones anyway so he will get his pool so much faster using this trick.

On August 15 2012 04:44 See.Blue wrote:
8 second buff to 6pool is a pretty big deal...


And when you master this trick perfectly you can get it maybe over 10 seconds earlier. That's pretty huge.

Btw this is going to get fixed soon: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/627978741#3

Edit: It was old thread
eSports! www.youtube.com/MairouTV
Dalguno
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2446 Posts
August 14 2012 19:49 GMT
#93
On August 15 2012 04:44 See.Blue wrote:
8 second buff to 6pool is a pretty big deal...


This alone is probably reason to have this fixed, sad as it is.
"I'm gonna keep making drones cause I'm a baller, and ballers make drones." -Snute
INCHymn
Profile Joined February 2012
United States26 Posts
August 14 2012 19:50 GMT
#94
its a good feature to have in the game. Its something that actually matters that we can do in early game . Idk why bliz would take something out that doesn't break the game (anyone can do it) and actually requires some extra apm.
Account252508
Profile Joined February 2012
3454 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 19:52:05
August 14 2012 19:50 GMT
#95
--- Nuked ---
Chrozon
Profile Joined May 2011
Norway16 Posts
August 14 2012 19:52 GMT
#96
On August 15 2012 04:49 Dalguno wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2012 04:44 See.Blue wrote:
8 second buff to 6pool is a pretty big deal...


This alone is probably reason to have this fixed, sad as it is.


Still, getting that 8 second buff requires perfect boosting on all 6 drones, that's some sick micro right there.
Freaking turtles!
Shiori
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
3815 Posts
August 14 2012 19:53 GMT
#97
This is soooo cool haha.
z0rz
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States350 Posts
August 14 2012 19:53 GMT
#98
On August 15 2012 04:49 Mairou wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2012 04:42 jidolboy wrote:
On August 15 2012 04:39 Mairou wrote:
I tested this with 2 probes. One was mining mineral patch that was slightly more far away and i used this trick on that probe. I managed to get the probe who was mining the further mineral path to harvest same speed as the probe who was mining close mineral path. I hope Blizzard fix this soon.


Why should they fix this?
Seriously, people who pull this trick deserve those extra minerals.
Besides I can assure you this won't effect 99% of ladder games in terms of balance and such.
I see no reason for this to get patched


It affects the game too much. Think about zerg who is 6 pooling. He got nothing else to do than micro his drones anyway so he will get his pool so much faster using this trick.

Btw this is going to get fixed soon: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/627978741#3

You're right, 9/21/2010 is right around the corner.
twitch.tv/fartymcbutt
leveller
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1840 Posts
August 14 2012 19:55 GMT
#99
On August 15 2012 03:44 Nimix wrote:
Speaking about minerals things, I noticed that 3 workers often stack on the same patch mid/late game when I only have 16 workers on the base, rather than spreading 2 by patch. It leaves 1 worker on a patch alone, and I don't remember seeing this pre 1.5, do someone else noticed it? I don't think it's thread worthy tho :/


This has always happened, and only happens on far patches as it takes "2.5" (or 2.3 or whatever it really is) to completely mine from the far patches.
Lazermonkey
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden2176 Posts
August 14 2012 19:55 GMT
#100
On August 15 2012 04:49 Dalguno wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2012 04:44 See.Blue wrote:
8 second buff to 6pool is a pretty big deal...


This alone is probably reason to have this fixed, sad as it is.
It's only relevant if you can do this with all your drones. I haven't tested it yet but as far as I understand it's impossible to do with more than one worker. In that case your pool will only be 1-2 seconds faster which isn't too big of a deal. Also, with this trick your forge/barracks will be faster so I don't really see the problem.
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 26 27 28 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 7h 41m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
ByuN 524
RushiSC 40
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 6440
Shuttle 1541
Jaedong 599
Mini 488
BeSt 479
firebathero 402
actioN 230
Stork 209
ggaemo 209
Soulkey 189
[ Show more ]
Hyun 63
Sharp 61
Noble 40
scan(afreeca) 30
soO 29
sSak 26
Barracks 25
Shine 24
Hm[arnc] 23
JYJ 19
Rock 18
Yoon 14
HiyA 14
ajuk12(nOOB) 11
IntoTheRainbow 10
BRAT_OK 4
Mong 1
Dota 2
qojqva2845
Dendi1158
syndereN506
XcaliburYe47
Counter-Strike
fl0m1747
byalli852
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King91
Other Games
FrodaN2563
singsing1740
B2W.Neo1007
ceh9496
Beastyqt400
elazer332
ArmadaUGS138
Liquid`VortiX113
markeloff107
Fuzer 105
XaKoH 76
Trikslyr61
QueenE59
Organizations
Other Games
BasetradeTV68
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• StrangeGG 36
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• C_a_k_e 3375
• WagamamaTV530
League of Legends
• Nemesis3106
Upcoming Events
PiGosaur Cup
7h 41m
The PondCast
17h 41m
Kung Fu Cup
18h 41m
Patches Events
23h 41m
Replay Cast
1d 16h
CrankTV Team League
1d 18h
OSC
1d 20h
OSC
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
Escore
2 days
[ Show More ]
CrankTV Team League
2 days
OSC
3 days
Replay Cast
3 days
Afreeca Starleague
3 days
RSL Revival
3 days
ByuN vs SHIN
Solar vs Lambo
WardiTV Summer Champion…
3 days
Afreeca Starleague
4 days
RSL Revival
4 days
Clem vs Serral
herO vs Rogue
WardiTV Summer Champion…
4 days
WardiTV Weekly
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-07-27
SCTL 2026 Spring
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale

Ongoing

CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
RSL Revival: Season 6
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S3: W5
ASL Season 22: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 22: Qualifier #2
Acropolis #5
Escore Tournament S3: W6
Escore Tournament S3: W7
Escore Tournament S3: W8
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
PiG Sty Festival 8.0
Light Tournament 2026
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
Logitech G Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.