Eve Online

Game Mechanics Guide

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Contents

1 Communications

2 Navigation & Ship Control

2.1 Display

2.2 Movement and Navigation

2.3 Context Menu

2.4 Maps and Autopilots

2.5 Capacitors

2.6 Stargates

3 Control Disc

3.1 Combat

3.2 Area Radar

4 Fitting and Upgrades Guide

1 Communications

The in game chat system is very simple; there is an in game chat window that shows everyone who is online in your local star system and corp. The chat window has two channels open by default: Local, chat within the local system, and Corporate, with those in your NPC corporation.

On the Neocom (menu on the left) there is a channels window, here you can view that channels your connected to or have in you list or Join new channels by clicking on New Channel and typing in its name e.g. evegate and it will create it if it doesn't exist or join it if it does.

Other communication features in EVE include an address book to add someone to your address book you right click on their name either in the chat windows or in space and click 'Add to Address book' Once added you can now send personal messages to that player. Also there is an in game Emailing system, this is used for things such as the Market informing you what you have brought/sold etc or maybe corporate news or a message from someone when you where offline. To send an Email you right click on their name either in game, chat winder or from you address book and select send message, attachments such as bookmarks can also be sent by dragging them into the top of the message window.



Navigation in EVE much like most everything else can be controlled entirely by use of your mouse via the graphical interface. To understand how to control your ship in both combat and flight you must first understand what you are looking at; which includes the screen, the control disc as well as the sensor map amongst others.



To start with we will begin by looking at map screen and how you can tell what it is you are seeing. In EVE objects on your screen, at a distance are represented via various different icons. These simple geometric shapes serve to give you a good idea of what is around you. The square shape is used to designate space stations, while the circle with a right facing solid arrow in it represents a stargate, and for asteroid belts you see a upwards pointing arrow. PC ships are represented with four dots that form a square, while NPC ships are represented with cross hairs; floating cargo are shown as diamonds. Other objects like planets are shown as circles with dots on their right-sides while sentry guns are small circles with a line thru them. These icons are there to serve a dual purpose; first off they show you what is potentially out there around you, but more importantly they serve as a means of navigation, which brings us to the next part of this guide; space flight.



Movement in EVE can be achieved by a variety of means. At its simplest all you have to do is double click somewhere on the screen for your ship to move to that point in space, without warping. The same can be done to move to any of the objects mentioned above by double-clicking on its corresponding symbol. Another way to travel to points in a system is by selecting your destination from the menus and warping to it. This can be achieved in four ways, the first being that you can right click on any object symbol to bring up the context menu, more on this later. A second way to select your destination is from the location display menu on your screen, the small white lined box located to the left of the system name at the top left-hand corner. This will bring up the in-system destination menu, which displays such things as stations, asteroid belts, and stargates; select which you wish to travel too and select the warp command. Another way to choose your warping destination is by opening up the system scanner, lists objects in system, located in the miscellaneous panel at the bottom of the Neocom menu, at the left. To use the scanner you type in the object you want to search for, for example station or stargate, and then click on the search button. After pulling up the type of object you want with the scanner select the warp to command to go there. The final way by which you can get to wherever you want to go is by use of the bookmark feature in EVE, more on this later.



One valuable tool available to you the pilot is the context menu mentioned earlier. From this menu you can select amongst other things to warp to an object. To open the context menu for an object simply move-over its symbol icon and right click to bring up the corresponding menu, which varies for the object you chose to bring it up for. Once accessed the menu allow you to as mentioned before warp to the object in question, but it also allows you to do other things amongst which include: approaching the object at normal speed, tailing the object at a preset range (e.g. 50M, 200M, 500M, or current distance), orbiting the object at its own preset ranges, adding the object to your address book, sending a message (if it's a player), docking with it (if it's a station), and locking it as a target.

Another valuable feature of the context menu is the ability to bookmark objects that you see in space. By bookmarking an object you can end up saving yourself loads of time from finding it again (asteroids are one good thing that can be marked). Once you've bookmarked an object it is listed in the bookmark window, accessible via Neocom display. The bookmark display shows the object you've bookmarked; its name, what it is, and how many warp-jumps it will take you to get there. Once selected you can then like with the scanner or the object display menus select the warp too command to get there. New players to EVE should take the time to familiarize themselves with this feature as it will save time later on.



Another aspect of EVE with which players should become familiar with is the star map. Though it can seem confusing at first the star map is essential in navigating around the galaxy. One use of the map is for selecting the path to far off star systems. Using the search feature on the map you can enter the name of the system you wish to travel to and it will bring it up in front of you. Next by right-clicking on the system name or a planet in that system (you can zoom) you will set a route there.

Now this is where the autopilot feature comes in. Located to the left of the ship control disc (explained later) is a big yellow button which initiates the autopilot. Once you have selected your destination you can then click on the button and your ship will auto-navigate, auto-warp, and auto-jump to the end. The autopilot will remain on by default until you either a) turn it off yourself or b) are attacked on route to your destination whereby it will shut down.



Whenever you choose to warp to a destination there is one thing that you must pay special attention to and that is your ship's capacitor. The capacitor is what for better or worse determines how far and soon you will be able to warp to your destination. As your capacitor runs out of juice your warping capabilities will become more and more limited and you will have to wait for it to recharge, which can take a very long time. The further away your destination, the more jumps you will more then likely have to make after recharging. By doing such things as training up your navigation, afterburner, and warp related skills, by adding in afterburners to your ship, and by buying a better capacitor you can lessen the amount of "downtime" you have and improve your in-system warping distance.



One final way of getting around in EVE is by use of the many stargates scattered around the universe to get from system to system. To use a stargate you must get within range of it, by approaching manually or by selecting it from the various menus. Once within range you simply bring up its context menu and select the jump option from the list and away you go.



As mentioned at the start of this guide one of Eve's biggest features is that the entire game can be controlled by use of the mouse by manipulating the in game interfaces. This can especially be seen in the use of the control disc located at the bottom centre of the screen. Via this disc you can set speed, switch between installed modules on your ship to activate or deactivate them, and check the general status of your ship including shields, armour, and how much energy you have left in your capacitor.

Located along the outmost edge of the control disc are 2 nearly circular dotted lines. These two lines display your shield status, outer line, and the condition of your armour, inner line. (2) At the very centre of the disc there are 2 opposing triangle shaped dashed lines; this is what represents the amount of energy that is currently within your capacitor. (3) At the very bottom of the disc there is a half circle bar that fills up with red tiles; this is your speed indicator and can be used to set the speed your ship is travelling at, which can also be done by clicking on the +/- buttons. (4) And finally above the speed meter there are three blue buttons, which bring up your installed modules on your ship. When clicked on the modules appear as icons directly above your capacitor bar where you can activate and deactivate them.



The basic controls for combat in EVE are relatively simple and are done using the same objects and commands as stated previously. First of all select the weapon you want to use from the ship panels module display area to activate it. Then from your screen you right-click on the target on which you wish to fire upon and select the command to lock-on from the target menu. Now click on the weapons icon to fire at the target. Direct fire weapons will keep on firing until you lose the target lock, run out of energy/ammunition, or if you decide to stop firing by clicking on the icon again. Missile weapons must be fired manually after each one has run its counter out.



At the lower right-hand corner of the screen is situated a radar display of your local area. The radar is made up of a set of spheres of which you are at the dead centre of and thus all object around you are displayed upon it. To adjust the viewing range of the radar use the +/- buttons located next to it.

Objects displayed upon the radar are shown as squares above, below, and around you with lines that either come up or down from them to intersect with one of the circular spheres. Reading the radar is relatively simple with hostiles being flagged as red, friends as green, and untargeted objects as blue.



One menu screen with which players will familiarize themselves with as they play EVE-Online will be the ship fitting window accessible at all space stations around the galaxy.

Whenever you buy a new upgrade module, such as a turret, a shield, or a launcher, this is where you go to install it. Installation of modules is on the whole rather simplistic. You simply drag the desired module from your space station cargo hanger to the appropriate High, Medium, or Low slot in the fitting window that corresponds with what the module requires. You can recognize what type of slot is required by the three symbols in the fitting tab in the item description window. Inside the fitting window you can also see other points of interest such as information about your ship, shields, armour and more. The slots available for use at the very beginning are 2 High, 1 Medium, and 1 Low. As you get bigger and better ships you get more slots of each type to play around with.

Eve Online

Character Creation Guide

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Contents

1 Bloodline Overview

1.1 Amarr

1.2 Caldari

1.3 Gallente

1.4 Minmatar

2 Bloodline Characteristics

2.1 Amarr

2.2 Caldari

2.3 Gallente

2.4 Minmater

3 Attribute Explanations

4 Starting/Choosing your Race

4.1 Choosing your Characters Look

4.2 Choosing your Characters Attributes and Skills

1 Bloodline Overview

The largest of the empire in the world of EVE. Amarr spans 40% of the inhabited solar systems. The Amarr Emperor is the head of a ritualistic, authoritarian imperial state, and below him are the Five Heirs, the head of the five royal families from which a new Emperor is chosen. The Emperor's authority is unquestioned and absolute, but the archaic and bureaucratic system of government makes it difficult for him to exert his rule unless directly in person. Otherwise, the Five Heirs rule in his name, dividing the huge empire between them.


The modern Caldari State was forged in war. A fact that shapes is society a great deal. They are determined and military minded. Living their lives like they were at a constant brink of armed conflict. The result is a weird combination of aggressiveness and paranoia. The Caldari are widely regarded as fearsome fighters. Be it in space or on the ground, and their high quality military hardware is much admired and imitated by the other empires, bar only the Jovians. The Caldari excel in missile manufacturing and very manoeuvrable and fast ships.


The Gallenteans are Self-righteous, meddling, pompous and tiresome, or virile liberalists and defenders of the free world. Love them or hate them, you simply can't ignore them. Everybody has an opinion on the Gallente Federation, it all depends from which side of the table you view them. For many, it is the Promised Land, where any dream can become a reality. Descendants of Tau Ceti Frenchman, the Gallenteans remain strong believers in free will and human rights, despite numerous setbacks in their long history.


The Minmatar society is a tribal one, although the widely different status of the race today has blurred this in the minds of some of them. Yet the tribal culture is very strong with most of them and they have managed to retain their customs remarkably well. So much so in fact that a Minmatar of any given tribe can travel the width of the world, visiting fellow tribesman and always feel at home, whether he visits a wealthy merchant within the Gallente Federation, an unscrupulous pirate in the outer regions or even a slave within the Amarr Empire. The Minmatars are the most populous of the races, but also the most politically fragmented. Only a quarter of them reside in their official empire, the Minmatar Republic.




True Amarrians - those directly descendant from the Amarrian ethnic group before it conquered its home planet and intermingled with other people - are proud and supercilious, with a great sense of tradition and ancestry.

Females - are very class conscious and formal in their dealing with others. They have strong family ties and can be very vindictive when someone harms their close ones - this vengefulness can last for generations.

Males - are haughty, cruel and inflexible in their belief of their own superiority. Although this makes them difficult to deal with it gives them decisiveness and a great sense of purpose.

The Ni-Kunnis - were a primitive race conquered some 1000 years ago by the Amarr Empire. Unlike the other races conquered by the Amarrians the Ni-Kunnis adapted to the Amarr society much better and today only a small minority is still enslaved. Most Ni-Kunnis are tradesmen and artisans - occupations frequently frowned upon by Amarrians, but still a vital part of the society.

Females - have an enticing and enchanting demeanour. Before becoming part of the Amarr Empire the Ni-Kunnis had a polygamy society and although this practice has long been abolished it still lingers in relations between Ni-Kunni males and females. But beneath their meek manners Ni-Kunni women are just as sly and cunning as their male counterparts.

Male - is sly, cunning and unscrupulous. The only way for a Ni-Kunni to advance up the rigid Amarrian social ladder is by amassing great wealth, so most Ni-Kunni males are very conscious of making a healthy profit, but this does not necessarily make them greedy.



Deteis - symbolizes Caldari in every way, they're efficient hard working and duty filled. The Deteis are commonly found in positions of authority, both in administration and the military, something that suits their temperament very well.

Female - Deteis tend to be neat and composed with a wry sense of humour and a no non-sense outlook on life.

Male - Deteis are generally tall, well groomed with a fair complexion. They strike an imposing figure with their haughty and detached demeanor.

Civire - provide the backbone to the Caldari Empire. They're cool, level headed and relentless in their approach to either trading or fighting. Civire can handle pressure extremely well, an invaluable aid in combat or other stressful situations. Many of the best bounty hunters around are Civire.

Female - Civire are not all that tall, but lithe and supple. They are ardent and committed workers, never willing to give up.

Male - are big-boned and masculine, preferring a clean-shaven chin and closely cropped head.



The Gallenteans - are originally of French origins, although any direct similarities have long since vanished. Gallenteans value freedom and individual liberty above all else. The Gallente Federation is the only true democracy in the world of EVE.

Female - are considerate and kind, their spirited, out-going and lively. They value self-empowerment and can be very creative and resourceful Male - are drive and ambitious. They often act self-righteously and are generally very opinionated. They can be very courageous when they fell their way of life is under threat.

The Intakis - were integrated into the Gallente Federation a few centuries ago. Their thoughtful and composed manner suited the Gallente society well, the Intakis are especially good at human interaction and are very prominent in the federal bureaucracy.

Female - shares much the same traits with their male counterparts - they're quiet and contemplative; moving thru the world without making a ripple. Yet their contemplative manner can conjure great beauty through words and visions.

Male - is methodical and reserved, never outspoken or confrontational. He enjoys best sitting in quiet reflection. Intaki homes are a place of peace and tranquillity.



The Sebiestors - are ambitious and driven. They are innovative thinkers and are always willing to try something new and different. The Sebiestors are slight build, but are lithe and often graceful. Pale, taut skin and a thin frame are the norm and these looks lead many to believe they suffer from constant malnutrition and sickness.

Female - Sebiestors are kind and considerate, but are notorious for their cruel streaks. General loveable, they're realistic enough to take the world only at face value.

Male - are contemplative and curious, charming and passionate. They are great tinkerers, but their inquisitive nature makes them ideal for any profession when they put their mind to it.

The Brutors - are strong willed and have a great sense of individuality. They are a swarthy people, a bit larger and burlier than the other Minmatar tribes. They favour physical prowess over anything else and can be frightening to face in the flesh.

Female - are in some ways opposites of male Brutors. They are dominant, persistent and egocentric. Their grace and beauty serve to aid them in these matters.

Male - are patient, alert and determined. Their thoughtful, deliberate manner gives them great situational awareness.



Intelligence - describes the capacity for creative and logic-based thinking and reasoning. This attribute helps in scientific pursuits and other activities requires good deductive skills.

Charisma - is a character's attractiveness to others. A high charisma attribute helps in all dealings with NPC's.

Perception - describes a character's situational awareness and ability to adapt and react quickly to rapidly changing situations. Good perception helps on the battlefield and in situations where good reflexes are critical.

Memory - is the ability to store and retrieve data quickly and efficiently thus making complex and repetitive activities, such as manufacturing and production, easier to perform.

Willpower - is the drive and determination useful for commanders, greatly enhancing their leadership abilities.




Alright, so you've booted up Eve and now you're looking at the screen with three "Empty" boxes in them, these of course represent your three personas you're allowed in the world.

You are going to spend a long time creating your avatar it's only appropriate that you spend an equal amount of time naming him or her. Now before you go naming it something like "133t Kilar4" or "Dragonator67" think a little. You generally want a name that sounds racially correct for the character.

Unlike other MMORPG's Eve's character choices really do matter in the long run, so you should think about putting a lot of time into this portion, it's pretty fun anyway. Begin by clicking on the first empty box you'll be brought to the race selection screen.

Ok, so you've got your Amarrians, your Caldari, your Minmatar, and The Gallente Federation, clicking on the little "I" next to each race will give you some standard information about them which is useful for role-playing.

Ok, of course you noticed the sub races here, once again, if you need information just hover over that little "I" box, and it'll give you all the relevant RP information you could want. Two new boxes are the "Book" or "Skills Box" and the "Brain" or "Attributes Box," the first one gives you information on the starting skills of the race, and the second includes information on the starting racial attributes. Not hard right? Ok, I'm going with Amarr female for this guide.

Ok, now onto the character creation screen, I know you're confronted with a lot of options, however, most of them are self explanatory and you should be easily find your way through without my help. That said, I'm helping you, HA!

Background: Cycle this to change her background, CCP has included quite a bit, and what's cooler, they change with the lighting styles you apply, so feel free to choose away.

Deco/Decoration: Cycle this to change her decoration, in the Ni-Kunnis case this would be that weirdo lace she has on her face.

Hair: Changes the hair on your model, several options and colours are usually available, knowing CCP, by release they'll have everything under the sun here.

Skin: Changes colour, tone, and age of the skin on your model, on some of the Amarr males, the skin ranges from teenage, to somewhere near 500 years old.

Lights: Changes lighting effects for your character, so you can make them look as happy or as evil as you want, for the purposes of this tutorial, I choose evil.

Eyebrows: Yup, brows are often forgotten, but they make a big impact on the general attitude your character presents, mix and match these with eye morphs for interesting results.

Lipstick: An option not available on males (I hope) this changes her colour and application of lipstick, Yay.

Costume: Yup, changes the clothing she is wearing, and no, you can't remove them all...pervert.

Eyes: Gah, I love the eyes, in the Amarr they range from thin beady eyes to steely grey with wide lenses. Go nuts here, eyes really make a difference.

Accessories: In most of the tribal races you'll find these, things like eyebrow pins, necklaces, sunglasses, shoulder mounted parrots.

Makeup: Cycle this and watch makeup applied instantly, and while I'm no expert on makeup, I have been told that some of the options are "Cool."

The little pyramid at the top of the circle allows you to adjust head tilt left or right, the circle of course indicates the amount of tilt on the head, the pyramid is the marker.

Under that you'll see two interconnected cylinders, these allow for adjustment of the head in any place it can conceivably be.

Below the Cylinders is what looks to be an eye ball...bet you can guess what that does...right, it allows adjustment of the characters eyes.

Almost forgot, if you want to angle the body in any way, you simply need to click on her, and drag her in a direction.

A morph box allows morphing of the characters facial features. It's a bit more complicated to use than the other tools but you'll be able to figure it out simply by experimenting. Simply drag the black boxes along the grid until you achieve desired results.



Alright, assigning attributes here, and as you'll notice you can add or subtract as you'd like. It is important to note that you only receive five unassigned points to divide amongst your five attribute types so it is important to place them in the right fields. It is also important that you pay attention to your characters preset racial and bloodline attributes before adding or subtracting from them. Though you can always adjust these in game later via training, it will take a while so make sure you've got a good setup.

At this particular point, your prompted to choose your characters background, and once again you'll notice the Information icon, the book icon, and the brain icon, make sure to roll over each of these as they provide valuable information about the skills and bonuses. Following the selection of your ancestry, you're prompted to choose which school your character went to. Once again we see the information Icon ready to be rolled over. Schools are different in other choices in that they affect the path of instruction your character will be able to take. Choose an engineering school if you intend to specialize in construction, a military school for combat, etc.

In the next two you're prompted to choose both your department within the school/corporation/order as well as your field of specialization, make sure to roll over both the information and book icon so you can correctly determine what set of skills you wish to posses.

Eve Online

Seven Must Have Mini Guides

For NOOBs (New Players)!!

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Contents

1 PvP/FIGHTER CHARACTER CREATION GUIDE

2 TRADE CHARACTER CREATION GUIDE

3 MINING GUIDE

4 BASIC STRIP MINING TECHNIQUES

5 NOOB NPC PIRATE HUNTING GUIDE

6 MARKET GUIDE

7 TRADE ROUTES GUIDE

1 PvP/FIGHTER CHARACTER CREATION GUIDE

Making a good balanced combat character is probably the hardest character type in the game. It requires so many different skill trees that it will take a long time to put an accomplished one together. In this guide I will discuss the creation of the basis for a long-term combat character.

A good combat character will have Skills in most of the following trees:

a) Electronics:- necessary for scramblers, disruptors and CPU increase and CPU use savings.

b) Engineering:- necessary for shields, armour, Power increase and Power use savings.

c) Navigation:- necessary for speed and agility.

d) Gunnery:- speaks for itself really.

e) Missiles:- as above.

f) Ship Command:- necessary for use of different ships for different situations.

g) Mechanic:- necessary for hull upgrades and repair systems.

h) Learning:- necessary for attribute increases.

This is far more than any other character build and the obvious comment is "damn, that is going to take a long time and cost a lot of ISK". There are a few shortcuts however. The first obvious one is the Mechanic skill. This is a skill that a combat pilot should have as it opens the door to self repair modules for hull and armour. This ability will make a combat character much more viable as repair costs at stations are astronomical. The mechanic skill can be acquired at character creation in one of three ways.

1. Create any Minmatar Sebiestor character.

2. Choose Military School->Gunnery->Advanced Gunnery->Gunsmith (best option).

3. Choose Tech School->Industry.

If, however, none of these are the character choices you want to make, then buy the Mechanic skill as soon as you can afford it, but be warned, prices vary drastically and can reach 400k+ which is a bit expensive and is not far short of the cost of the top combat frigates.

Going to Tech school and choosing Industry may be a strange way to start building a combat character, but it does provide you with the mechanic and engineering skills that become valuable almost immediately. Besides which, a good combat character has four high attributes and so will also be a very good all round character, able to turn his hand to most other professions without much problem. A low charisma score will however always leave the combat character at a disadvantage when it comes to social skills, but who needs good diplomacy when you have your enemy on the receiving of that 650mm artillery cannon.

The second shortcut is to do with the Learning skills.

The presumed main skills for combat are Gunnery and Missiles and these require Perception and Willpower. However, Electronics and Engineering are just as important and these require Intelligence and Memory. It is obvious that the combat pilot needs high scores in four different attributes. Now since skill-training times are directly dependent on attribute scores, this poses us a bit of a problem. The solution is the Learning skill tree as time invested here can reap huge rewards in all your other training times. I would suggest building a character with at least 10-12 Memory to start with, an even spread between Intelligence, Willpower and Perception and as low a Charisma as possible. Make one of your first skill purchases Instant Recall and bump it up to level 3 or 4 as fast as possible. This increases memory and so decreases all the Learning skill-training times. Follow it with Analytical Mind to improve Intelligence and then Iron Will for Willpower and Spatial Awareness for Perception. Doing it this way it is possible to add 3 points to all your attributes in a few days and 4 points in less than two weeks. This will significantly decrease all your subsequent skill-training times. The Learning skill can be used as well but the training time benefits are not as significant as with attribute increases until your attributes reach at least 15, or your attribute learning skills have reached level 3 or 4 or possibly 5.

Other important skills for early on are Navigation for extra speed, Afterburners for even more speed, Electronics to increase CPU capacity, Engineering to increase Powercore and Warp Drive Operation to reduce capacitor need for warping. Even a few (2 or 3) levels in each of these can make a big difference to your combat effectiveness.

As your combat character grows you can add more skills in Gunnery to suit the weapons you would like to use, skills in Missiles for the missiles you would like to use and skills in Engineering and Electronics for shield, armour, scramblers and ECM devices.

The Electronics skill tree is geared towards sensor use, scrambler use, reducing CPU need and increasing CPU capacity. A popular Electronics selection is Propulsion Jamming. This requires Electronics level 3 and allows the use of Stasis Webifiers that slow down your target. Other popular modules that require Electronics are Warp Scramblers and Target Scramblers.

The Engineering skill tree is geared towards shield and armour use, reducing Power need and increasing Power capacity. A fully trained engineering tree is possibly the only way of avoiding the purchase of the mechanic skill. The benefits to shield and armour through the skills themselves and the modules that you can operate will probably reduce your repair bills to manageable levels.

On the Gunnery skill tree, buy and purchase your small turret skills early and then train the other gunnery skills as needed. Leave the medium turret until you can buy a cruiser and the large turret for when you can buy battleships. I do not think any frigate can carry a medium turret, and if it could you would have to strip off all your other modules to meet the power and CPU requirements.

Missile Launcher skills can be bought as and when necessary. If you want to launch long range attacks rather than engage in close quarters combat then this is the skill tree for you.

Weapon selection is a very personal choice and weapon loadouts are so varied that everyone will have pet loves and hates. Personally, I like the range and damage of a 150mm railgun but the activation costs and Power requirements are high. I also like the 200mm Autocannon for close range fighting.

In the really long term Genetic mutators, Cybernetic Implants and Boosters will become available. The skills to use these are all Science tree based and once again depend on Intelligence and Memory for training. So our earlier investment in these attributes will pay off again here.


There are a few ways of creating a trading character, and this method should give you a very broad skill base for a trading-related career. Remember that in EVE, the initial creation of your character really has very little to do with the final version of your character. The EVE skill system is so wide open that you are not pigeon-holed into a particular career path. Your initial selections here may only have a 5% impact on the final makeup of your character.

Also note that this guide was made in a late beta stage, so some items may change with time.

1. To start, go ahead and choose whatever race you wish. In an older beta version, the Ni-Kunni Amarr had a 25% bonus to NPC trading prices. It is unclear if that is still the case.

2. Morph your face into something you find interesting and then name your character

3. In point distribution, give yourself primarily Willpower and secondly Charisma, as it will affect NPC prices and skill training time that are trading-centric.

4. In ancestry, choose the most trade-centric one -- then for schooling, choose again the one that leads to the trading skills. Each race is different but I think it is always the "middle" school -- for Gallente it is the University of Caille.

5. For Department, choose business

6. For Field, choose Market Fundamental

7. For Specialty, choose Underhand Trade Practices. This will allow you to get Black Market Trading. It is always better to get as many skills at level 1 as possible so that you do not have to buy or find the skill packs.


Mining in EVE Online is fairly simple, using menus to execute commands just like everything else. First, lets make sure your cargo hold is empty. Assuming you still have your starter frigate, cargo space is very frugal at the moment, so every unit of cargo space matters! Dump what you have at the nearest Starbase in your hanger.

Almost every system has 1+ asteroid fields, as you venture out into the low security systems you will note that many of the asteroid fields are plagued with pirates just waiting to pray on the happy-go-lucky miner (that would be you) warping into the area. You will have plenty of warnings before they actually start doing damage. First a threats box will appear, then how many Pver ships are near you are listed in that box, a coloured square next to their names. Yellow is ok, stay alert. Orange is a little severe and you may want to think about backing out, or at least finding another asteroid away from them. Flashing red indicates they have fired upon your vessel, and you should leave ASAP (unless you intend to fight the pirates and pick up some loot).

Note: I would advise not going up against pirates in a starter frigate, usually only because pirates hunt in packs of 4+, you are no match for them alone.

Usually though you will be mining in your start sector for the first few times, which thankfully are pirate free.

Lets talk about actually getting to an asteroid field. There are two ways to do so, both fairly simple. The first way is to locate a triangle somewhere in the star field around your ship, right click on it and warp to it. Triangles are Eve's universal map sign for an asteroid field. Another way is to locate the five horizontal lines near the name of the sector, right click on it and it brings up a menu of asteroid fields, starbases, stargates, planets, suns, etc.. open the asteroids sub menu and choose an asteroid field to warp to from that menu. You will begin to see the asteroids racing towards you just as you drop out of warp; it is a beautiful sight of grey isn't it?

We have arrived to the asteroid field. There are several types of asteroids to choose from. Each name can be found out by right clicking on the asteroid and choosing the "show info" command. It will bring up a window stating the asteroids name, and other miscellaneous facts. If you so choose to mine this particular asteroid simply right click it again and choose the target option (usually you must be within 15k of the 'roid to target, and 10k to mine). Once you have the asteroid targeted, and are within 10k of the asteroid you can now activate your mining laser(s). At this point I like to open my cargo hold and drag it to the upper right hand corner, just to watch the progress of the ore filling the cargo bay; now you can sit back, relax and watch the cargo bay fill with precious ore. If you intend to become a serious miner, you may want to look at investing into better mining lasers, and a more plentiful quantity for your ships turret slots.

Speaking of precious ore, and serious miners here is a more in-depth look at the asteroids, and the minerals they produce: There are many types of asteroids; many produce the same minerals, while on the other hand some asteroids only yield a certain mineral, or a better quantity of one. Minerals are extremely important for building starships, and other space faring equipment necessary to keep the galaxy go-round. Minerals are created by refining asteroid ore at Starbase refineries.

Here are the current names of the asteroids and their bounty.

Veldspar: usually only yielding Tritanium.

Pyroxeres: yielding in different quantities Tritanium, Pyerite, Mexallon, and Noxcium.

Scordite: yielding Tritanium and Pyerite, usually more Tritanium.

Plagioclase: Yielding Tritanium, Pyerite, and Mexallon.

Those are your basic large grey asteroids. The following are much smaller, rarer to find, and can make you a lot of money when sold.

Omber: yields Tritanium and Isogen (money maker)

Kernite: yields Tritanium, Mexallon, and Isogen.

Jaspet: yields Tritanium, Pyerite, Mexallon, and Noxcium.

Dark Ochre: yields Tritanium, Noxcium, and Zydrine.

Hemophrite: yields Tritanium, Isogen, and Noxcium.

Spodumain: yields Tritanium, Pyrite, and Megacyte.

Crokite: yields Tritanium, Noxcium, and Zydrine.

Hedbergite: yields Isogen, and Noxcium.

Bistot: yields Pyerite, Zydrine, and Megacyte.

Gneiss: yields Tritanium, Mexallon, Isogen, and Zydrine.

Arkarnor: yields Tritanium, Zydrine, and Megacyte.

Those are all of the current asteroids and mineral yields to this date. So now that we have that out of the way, lets turn back to our mining job. Our cargo hold is now full to the max with an ore. Now ferry your load back to a Starbase.

Note: I recommend book marking a Starbase in a sector and only mine in that system for a while, travelling back to the same Starbase so all of your ore and materials are at one hanger in one base. You cannot access your materials on Starbase A from Starbase B). Assuming we have docked now, unload your ore into the 'items window' (which is actually your personal Starbase hanger). Once your cargo hold is unloaded, undock and go mining again. Once you have amassed enough units of the same type of ore into your hanger you may now use the Starbase refinery to refine your ore into minerals.

Note: The minimum number of units needed to refine a type of ore vary according to the ore type that you are mining. You do not have to pay the base for using the
facility, but the base will take out some of the minerals you create. You also should have a skill for refining. You should work on increasing that immediately as it increases the yield of minerals you get back. After you are done refining you can use those minerals to put towards building something, sell them via the market, or stash them away for safe keeping for yourself, or your corporation. This my friend, has been mining 101.

Earlier I had mentioned that if you intend to be a serious miner (the bulk of your online time) you might want to invest replacing that gatling gun with a second mining laser, it mines twice as faster, and so you get the job done quicker. And with the whole long ferrying back to base process mining can take some time. Which is another reason why you should (when getting a new ship is possible) look for a ship with many high-powered turret slots. You will not want a missile ship at all, be sure to read ship info bars, and check the stats, see what kind of cargo hold they have, how fast they can go, and how many high powered turret slots are available. If you have basic mechanical skills you may want to look into investing in a skill called "Hull Upgrades" this allows you to use things to upgrade the physical aspect of your ship, for example cargo expanders which expand the maximum amount of cargo space by 5%.

Notes with the Market: The rest of the EVE community relies on you, the miners to supply them with the building blocks to so many advanced technologies. And vice versa, so many people will see the quality and riches of becoming a miner and so it is your job to make sure you are the better miner. How can one be a better miner? Know more then they do, be more polite, and fill orders. Lets start with know more then they do: This is an sketchy situation, if you are a freelance miner you should reach out to the fringe of space and do some recon first, find a good unprotected roid field (or blast away pirates to make it unprotected) where nobody else is, and keep your mouth shut, book mark the field, do as much mining as you can implementing the techniques above with better mining lasers, more mining lasers, a fast ship, and large cargo holds/with expanders (some times you can't have it all though...you must decide which you can sacrifice) and make money selling the valued asteroids, remember if you out on the fringe of space more then likely sine its a higher threat to you there will be more money making asteroids (possibly even new types of asteroids not yet introduced we do not know about) If your in a corporation, I would think about leading a mining expedition fleet, and sharing what you have found with your corp. members. Be Polite: If your a freelancer, or the minerals you yield are not going to the corporation and are meant for outside use, get a group of contacts with other major corporations, visit their websites ask if you can supply them with minerals, tell them you can deliver on (which ever minerals you have) ask them where their nearest Starbase is, and if they want to pay you extra you can ferry it over to them; never just leave minerals for them with out telling them where, or why. If you're not the social polite kind of guy, fill mineral request orders via the advanced market. But still, be polite. If someone puts in an order for 4000 units of Pyrite, some people will sell him maybe 15,24,67 units of pyrite and those small numbers will be scattered on the other side of the galaxy, making it extremely incontinent for that person to get, one day he may get fed up and find a private contractor (and hey, that could be you) to supply him with all his mineral needs. So at all times possible fill full orders if the guy wants 4000 and you only have 2000, go out and mine more, there is an 85% chance his order won't be filled yet. We can't really say a lot more about advanced mining techniques, but when we do find out more you can be sure EVE Gate will have it first.


EveBayUK classifies Strip Mining as the combination between "Speed(MINING 5) & Hive Mining(Drones)" & cargo-ferrying.

First, a primer.

The process of "Strip-Mining" is integral to any mass-mining operation. As Nyoshul Khenpo, Head of Mining of IAM states, "All mining is only as fast as your fastest miner." This wisdom is golden.

The Team. (What jobs make up a Strip-Operation)

No matter how big your fleet is, the actual miner in a "Strip Mining Operation" is always in a Frigate or the smaller ship of your operation. (I.E if you have industrials hauling, use your cruisers to mine)....this is CRUCIAL.

The smallest ship(s) will jettison cargo containers small enough to be transferred in entire loads into a book-mark-warped cruiser....such a thing allows the cruiser to simply click-drag and warp back to station...a process of less than 3 min from station to station.

The Size-Scale. (Hauling ships per mining ships)

Use one cruiser for every 2 mining frigs

1 Cruiser, 1 Frig for every 3 mining frigs

2 cruisers for every 4 mining frigs

and so on (adding 1 hauling frig for every odd number of mining frigs).

What makes a...... ?(Job Pre-Requisites)

A mining ship must have "Mining 5" "Drones", and "Mining Drone Operation"....We suggest Probes... since at "Minmatar Frig 4" A Probe Carries 315 units..(more than most other frigs) The whole purpose of the mining frig is to mine as fast as possible. Each Mining-Frig Group should have a leader. This Leader consolidates all of the cargo containers into 1 single container... BUT DOES NOT COMBINE THE MINERALS....just let the small batches stay separate this assists in dragging the smaller batches out into the haulers.

Too many containers will cause so much lag you will puke. Be kind to your self, get a "leader," this is a position of friendly manner, no mining frig "leader" is your boss....but being gracious to him/her for helping in such a way is customary....in times of conflict the leader may be looked to to usher ships back to station...if in the off time no cruiser is immediately available.... (War Craft 3 fans could look to the Mining Leader as the Town Bell that rings the peasant/peons into safety....but doesn't command, just shepherd, mining is hard enough without having dicks barking orders at you)

A Hauling ship should be bigger than a mining ship. So far we use Scythes (a logical jump from our Probes, and an ability to then hand down our Probes to newer miners...) The Scythe can hold SIX cargo expanders...such a thing makes them slow as all hell, but much better than their original conception.

Hauling ships must use well timed Book Marks... When first jumping into the system... go to the CENTER of the field and "Add New Book Mark".... such a thing will pop you up literally with 15m of the rocks... or sometimes directly under them.

As a hauling ship it is your job to drag as much rock from that container as possible, and jump right back to station.... USE CTRL, ALT, SHIFT and "dock" to inst-dock... throw all materials into corp. hangar and exit station IMMEDIATELY... You should be able to complete 20 runs in 1 hour if you are on your game.

MORE TIPS

Mining Group Leaders need to make sure they are mining from the side of entry into the field...it does no good to have the container on the opposite side of a hauler's entry path...such a thing especially with slow ships IS WORTHLESS.

ARM your Haulers.

If you are not going to be miners as a cruiser....well pack some fire power, if anything happens to your crew you have a fully armed Cruiser...at times 4 armed cruisers...ready to Slaughter idiots.

This is a key way non-busy military-skilled people can contribute to ANY mining team... simply haul...its stupid to think of yourself as just an escort... GET PAID for your HAULING and then use your protection as an added bonus.

Lastly...communicate. If not all miners/haulers are in your corp... set up a new channel... don't be lazy about this...IRC is nice but its cumbersome at times...

Where as mining is sometimes relaxing... Strip Mining is NOT, you need to be on the BALL... can you have fun on the ball... of course you can....but time is money its also increased risk to your brothers mining in space waiting for you to come back and continually protect them... A lazy miner is not allowed in Strip mining.


Many people start out in EVE thinking they have to spend days being bored to tears mining ore to make money. This is not the case. Mining is the easiest and cheapest way to make some cash but there's many other ways.

In this article, I am going to tell you about the path I and many others have chosen. This is a much more exciting path and often filled with danger but it's also a lot more fun. This is the path of the NPC pirate hunter. While the starting ship is no power house of death dealing, with a small investment in some cheap weapons and by using the Civilian Shield booster you get from doing the tutorial (you did the tutorial right?) it can be more than adequate to kill some low level pirates.

At the end of the tutorial and the first set of tutorial agent missions, a new player should have about 15,000 ISK. Take some of this cash and buy a cheap weapon. If your ship can handle the CPU and power costs, get 2 of them. Next buy some good ammo. Stats can be a bit over whelming at first. Try to get an ammo that does a good range of damage but also has a low negative range modifier. Antimatter ammo for instance does more damage than most other ammos but it has something like a -60% mod to range. It doesn't matter how much damage you do if you cant hit a target from a descent range.

OK, got the guns, mounted, the civilian booster mounted, guns loaded and extra ammo in the cargo hold, time to go whack your first pirate. The best place to start out as a newbie pirate killer is in 0.8 space. Find a sector with lots of asteroid belts and go patrolling. Most 0.8 pirates are very weak and are solo.

When you spot your first + in the belts, be sure to I.D. before you lock on to it. Miners get very upset when newbie hunters kill their mining drones. Also some miners have combat drones out to protect them. Not good for a new player to attack one.

OK target is identified as a hostile and locked. I used the run away and shoot at the target as it chases me method in the beginning of my hunting career. This technique also works when attacking groups of pirates when you are feeling more ambitious and are a bit more skilled at ship control. This is where you fly in towards a group of pirates, take a couple of shoots at one of the group and do a 180 turn. You will notice that only a couple of the pirates will break off to attack you instead of the whole group. If you maintain the distance between you and your attackers at slightly less than your weapons max range using your ships throttle you can kill them off and do the same again to the remaining pirates. They never learn! You will be taking hits during this process but if you judge it right your damage will be limited. Always be ready to warp out if things get too hot and be careful that new pirates do not spawn in front of you. Many a NOOB has been concentrating so hard on shooting the pirates behind that they have flown straight into a group of pirates ahead and suffered a quick death. Also as pirates have a habit of re-spawning your kill time will be limited. You do not want to spend so much time killing off your attackers that it allows pirate spawns to re-appear in the group.

Get the target with in your weapons effective range. As soon as you see you are getting consistent hits on the target, you can use the "Keep Target at Range.." option or the "Orbit target at range" option to maintain this distance.

In most cases, players have longer weapons ranges than NPC pirates (or they used to in the early days). If everything goes well, the player should take very few hits and the NPC pirate should explode in a short time.

Loot the cargo container. It may have something you can use, sell or recycle. Congrats on your first kill and your first bounty. The lowest level pirates are usually worth 1000 to 1500 ISK and the loot could be worth 10 times that!

It has been my mission since beta to prove that mining is not the only way or the best way to make money in EVE. The best way is what's best for you. Remember fighters lose ships, this is all part of the learning process and you shouldn't allow a minor mishap to deter you from trying again. Do however insure your ships for the full amount before taking them on any hunting expeditions. I hope this helps.


The market in EVE-Online is accessible both while the player is docked at a station and also outside. It's better to look at the market while in station - you don't get blown up because you were looking at the market and don't notice the pirate taking bits out of you in station. Once you have gathered your ore from mining, gotten some loot from pirates, manufactured a ship, you can now either buy it or sell it at the market.

To gain access to the market screen you select it from the side menu or when in station from the group of large icons on the right-hand menu bar. The first thing to note on the now dropped market screen is the 'Market Range' section. What the range settings do is quite simply set how far off to go to get items to display in the market window. By default the range is set to the station you are in at the moment. Other settings include the solar system, the constellation, and the entire region you are in.

The search will not go beyond the region. By expanding or contracting the region display you get to see what the supply and demand for items are at other places than the one you are currently in.

Below the region settings you will see the item category menus that include: items, ship equipment, minerals, trade goods, skills, and blueprints etc. as well as the sub-categories that belong to each of these. Once you have made your choice as to the category you wish to see the item information belonging to it will be displayed in the left-hand area of the market window along with their descriptions, area prices, supply/demand information, as well as options to access the advanced market information.

To buy an item it first needs to be in stock at the station you are currently at; if it is then you click on the buy icon in the market listings and it is yours. However if the item in question is not available locally or within your set market range then you place what is called a 'buy order'. What this means is that you basically put out a wanted sign stating the item you are looking for as well as the price you are willing to offer for it. The orders then become visible to other players when they check the advanced market listings for that particular item.

Before you can sell anything on the market it must first be moved from your ship's cargo hold to your station hangar. Once there you can now sell whatever you have. Like buying, selling also works on the basis of orders. A sell order is when you are placing products on sale for a period of time; a day, week, or year.

Both the buying and selling of items in EVE is dependant mostly on two things and those are supply and demand. If there is no supply at your current area then you cannot buy it and if there is no demand, as in buy orders, then you cannot expect to sell it. This will be further explained in the next section covering trade routes and the advanced market.


Trading is a very profitable thing in EVE, however it takes money to make money. Trading is also very redundant causing you to take the same route over and over. What you want to look for in a route is an in system double trade route. These routes are rare and are worth looking for. Most of the time trade goods with high costs yield a better profit and are good for trade, but they take up more of your cargo hold. Trade routes in EVE do run out of demand, so here are a list of key things you need to know about trading in EVE.

First when you want to search for a trade route, you go into market option in a station. Once you have opened that make sure to select the entire region of space your in. This allows you to search all over the region for trade routes. Now select an item of trade goods, once picking an item click on the green button under is image. This brings up advanced market info. You'll see the entire region and there will be two tabs, one says supply and one says demand. Pretty self-explanatory and with those you can see where on the map systems that are buying and selling. On the map you want to look for Green glowing lights on the systems, that means the price is good. Red usually means that you don't even want to bother with it, but check anyway. You check by sliding your mouse over the systems dot on the map, if you hold your mouse there long enough it shows the systems name and price of the item and how much of it. After flipping back and forth through the tab and you decide on a route my advice is to travel to the buy system. Some times even when you click on the system and try to buy it from there it gets it somewhere else.

Now if you travelled to the system and it contains many systems what you do is pick one go to it and dock. Once again pull up advanced market info but change your selection of region to system. This will give you a map and will show you what stations are buying and selling. It's a faster way then flying to all of the stations.

Quick tips:

1. Make sure to check your cargo capacity and the density of the object - you only want buy what you can hold.

2. Always look for the double trade route.

3. If you plan on buying something keep trading till you have more then enough to hold your trade goods, so you don't have to start from scratch again.

4. Be very weary of people in the system with you, they probably know what your doing if it is a good run.

5. If you want to hold more cargo, cargo expanders do the trick, but you pay for them with a slower ship.