Collector Limpet Controller

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Deploys limpets that retrieve cargo, materials, and mining fragments floating in space — essential for mining and salvage.

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Status
Needs review
Last reviewed
2026-08-20
Reviewer
EDFM Engineer link-graph pass
Game mode
Both
Version coverage
Elite Dangerous, current Live and Legacy
Source quality
Well-established community consensus (INARA outfitting/engineering database), cross-checked against this wiki's already-cited Engineer articles
Known uncertainty
none noted

The Collector Limpet Controller launches limpet drones that retrieve loose cargo canisters, materials, and refined mining fragments and bring them back to the ship's cargo hold.

Overview

Collector limpets are one of four original Limpet Controller types (alongside Fuel Transfer, Hatch Breaker, and Prospector) and are core equipment for mining builds — picking up fragments blasted off asteroids — as well as for salvage, collecting cargo ejected from destroyed or looted ships. A Commander who wants to actually keep the proceeds of mining or salvage generally needs a Collector limpet running; without one, loose cargo simply drifts away unclaimed.

Engineering

Engineer Maximum grade
Ram Tah Grade 5