Step 1 – Massing up the dough

What you want as a n00b is to get out of this Ibis as fast as humanly possible. To do this you will need to make some ISK first. Doing the tutorial mission, you can easily make a 1.5M. Do all the missions to get rewards and bonus. The last mission will be an important one, which gives out an implant. You will be able to sell this implant for a minimum of 1M. To know how much you should sell it for, right-click-> show market details. It should give you an approximate price. Then, set up a sell order, and within a day it should be gone. Otherwise you can head over to mmobux to buy cheap ISK and get your gears ready.

Take note that all tutorial missions are easily doable with your Ibis, so save up the cash. The good stuff’s coming !


Step 2 – Eve University

Right after you’re out of the tutorial, you will probably need guidance. The best place to go and ask advice is on the EVE UNIVERSITY channel. Open up the channel list, search for channel EVE UNIVERSITY and click join. These people are there to answer all your questions. They are nice and do not hesitate. It was a great resource of help for me. They’re also generous: they donated 2M to me !!!



Step 3 – Buying the right skills

As you may already know, EVE character’s system is based on skills. There is no grinding in EVE: only training. The skills you learn train 24/7. Each skill as 5 levels, and as you go up in the levels, they take longer. The easiest skills will take about 14 minutes to train, and some will take weeks, sometimes months. For 1 skill !

However, there is a fast way to decrease learning time. Open up the market and look in the Skills & Implants section. Then you will find sub-section called learning. Buy Analytical mind, Learning and Instant recall. Learn both to level 2 before learning anything else. It will save you some good time ! Always be aware that you will lost incredible amount of eve isk if you get a pod kill with your head full of implants.


Step 4 – Ok now what?

You will have to train the frigate skill of your race to level 3 as soon as possible. Why? To get a Merlin (in Caldari’s case) ! This baby will allow you with two turret slots and 2 launchers, make it the most powerful frigate in the game. This is an expansive frigate, but the money from the implant you sold earlier and tutorial missions should cover for this. Ask around Eve University too: they will help you get your first frigate. Mount some 150mm railguns and standard missile launchers. Shield booster and afterburner help too, but you need to train the skills too before using them.

Tip: BEFORE buying ANYTHING, always click on the blue I beside an item’s name. You will see the required skills (if you see any red, don’t buy them), as well as CPU and power requirement. To see what kind of cpu and power frid your ship has, you can always right-click on it in space and select show info, or in a station, the fitting window will also let you see that. Make sure you can fit what you buy!