Step 8 – I want to go Mining !

That’s what I did too ! Its one of a few things that could yield enough income to open your own eve isk shop . So, I’ll give you some tips… first of all, stay away from 0.0-0.5 sectors. The pirates (commonly called rats in EVE) are though, and you aren’t ready to take them on yet ! I suggest you mine in 0.6-1.0 sectors. This is Empire space, which means if somebody shoots at you, CONCORD will send reinforcement within 15 sec and protect you. This doesn’t mean you cannot die, but you are much, much more protected than in 0.0-0.5 space. Pirates will have to think twice to waste their eve online isk sinking just to rob you. So, how do you mine ? Basically, getting to Mining IV asap is a good choice: it lets you use Mining Lasers II, which mine much faster. The usual way is this: you take your mining ship, mine ‘til your cargohold is full. You then Jettison the can (it will stay beside your ship) and keep filling the SAME can over and over. Don’t jettison 1000 cans: one will do.

Tip: mining will be more efficient if your ship is in a stationary position.

Once the can’s filled (or you’re bored out of your mind), open people & places, bookmark your location, return to station and embark an indy (short for industrial ship) and go back to your bookmark to haul (transport) what you mine. You can either sell it at your station or look at the market where you can transport it. Make sure you don’t have 20 jumps to do !

If you don’t have an indy, this is where a corp is always handy ! Call a friend and ask him to do it ! Your next step should be a mining cruiser (Caldari: Osprey all the way) ! A cruiser is a significant improvement (requires Frigate IV and Cruiser I) and will make you loads of cash ! Though, you wont be making isk that much at start. Be patience.


Step 9 – Mining skills

Here is an important list of skills you need to learn (over time) for mining:

• Mining to Level IV
This increases the amount of Ore you mine and also allows you to use Miner II's (which mine more Ore than Miner I's).

• Mining Drone Operation to Level I
This allows you to use Mining Drones (they mine a little extra for you), each level gives a 5% bonus to yield

• Destroyer to Level I
This allows you to fly a destroyer (Calatyst - Gallente, Cormorant - Caldari, Coercer - Amarr, Thrasher - Minmatar) Destroyers can fit 4-5 mining lasers, so that would help you mine more Ore.

• Frigate to Level IV
• Cruiser to Level I
This allows you to fly a cruiser. Some cruisers are good for mining while some are better for fighting. There are some cruisers that have a 20% mining bonus, these include the Osprey - Caldari and Scythe - Minmatar. The higher the level you train the cruiser skill to the bigger the mining bonus you receive for the cruisers above, so if you train Cruiser to Level IV you mine 80% more Ore per cycle of the mining lasers.

• Science to Level IV
• Astrogeology to Level IV
This increases the amount of Ore you can mine

• Industry to Level V
• Mining Barge to Level I
This allows you to fly a Mining Barge which can use Strip Miners to mine a lot more Ore than is possible with a Frigate, Destroyer or Cruiser

• Mining Barge II & III
This allows you to upgrade your small barge for a medium or large barge.

Miners also need skills for hauling their ore from an asteroid belt to a station.

• Industrial to Level I
This allows you to fly an Industrial Ship (Badger, Iteron, Hoarder, Sigil etc). Train this skill higher to fly bigger industrial ships. The bigger the industrial ship the more cargo it can carry.

• Hull Upgrades to Level I
This allows you fit Cargo Expanders to your ships. Cargo Expanders increase the size of your cargo hold.


Step 10 – Mining macro
This forum is already full of information about it. Use it at your own risk and be careful and smart: CCP is tracking auto miners down ! They will make you a shitload of cash, but what’s good about it if you’re banned?


Step 11 – My ultimate goal?
A battleship ! The apocalypse makes an EXCELLENT mining platform, but can also be fitted as an awesome combat ship. Your ultimate mining ship should be a mining barge, which can mount ore striper (also called belt eaters!) which mount tremendous amounts of ore. It will take a while before you qualify to get one, but if you want to go mining, this is your final destination.
Getting a battleship will require weeks of training, and a lot of millions. The Apocalypse, for example, costs around 94M !
The ultimate goals you can set yourself have no limits really. You can do so much in EVE, but the purpose of this guide is to give ambition to beginners anyway


Step 12 – Tips & Hints
A) Don’t train primary skills to get a cruiser as fast as you can. A cruiser without the proper secondary skills (missiles operations, gunnery, drone operation, etc) will be easily killed.
B) Don’t be a proud wuss and ask your questions around. EVE UNIVERSITY or the official forums are a great source of information. EVE’s community is absolutely awesome and friendly. The only stupid questions are the one you do not ask !
C) If you’re really in deep !@#$%^&*, you can always buy ISK on eBAY or online. 50M runs for 16$, and 100M 28$. This might help you out a LOT to start around. You’ll make it back so quick that you can sell it back on EBAY and absorb the fee (at your own risk, of course).
D) I strongly recommend you join a corp as fast as possible. Many, may of them welcome newbies and will help you make your first 100M quite fast.
E) Refer to the basic and general skills list of this guide to help you at first. You should train the long skills while you sleep or while you’re at work and the short one as you play.
F) Always have a skill training !
G) Don’t waste your time raising all basic learning levels to 4 before starting something else ! Raising them all to level will suffice until you reach 4-6 weeks of playing. Then you will be informed enough to know what to do !