Medical boosters

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Combat boosters, sometimes medical boosters or just boosters, are performance enhancing drugs in EVE. When consumed, the user gets a temporary boost to a specific combat related attribute. The more powerful boosters have a chance of having negative side effects which may impact a user's ability to fight. The weaker boosters, called Synths, have no chance of side effects, but have dramatically reduced effects.

Boosters are manufactured from gasses which are harvested from anomalies in known space. Mytoserocin gasses are used to make Synth boosters and are found in high and low security space, and cytoserocin gasses, found in low and null security space, are used to create the more powerful Standard, Improved, and Strong boosters.

Types of boosters

There are 8 different abilities that boosters can affect, divided into four different grades.

Booster name	Attribute	Slot	Bonuses by grade				Potential side effects
			Synth	Standard	Improved	Strong
Blue Pill	Shield boosting amount	1	+3%	+20%	+25%	+30%	Capacitor capacity	Missile explosion velocity	Shield capacity	Turret optimal range
Exile	Armor repair amount	1	+3%	+20%	+25%	+30%	Armor hitpoints	Capacitor capacity	Missile explosion radius	Turret tracking
Mindflood	Capacitor capacity	1	+3%	+10%	+15%	+20%	Armor repair amount	Missile explosion radius	Shield boosting amount	Turret optimal range
X-Instinct	Signature radius	1	-2.25%	-7.5%	-11.25%	-15%	Armor hitpoints	Missile velocity	Shield capacity	Turret falloff
Drop	Tracking speed	2	+3%	+25%	+31.25%	+37.5%	Armor repair amount	Shield capacity	Turret falloff	Velocity
Frentix	Optimal range	2	+3%	+10%	+15%	+20%	Armor hitpoints	Shield boosting amount	Turret tracking	Velocity
Sooth Sayer	Falloff range	2	+3%	+10%	+15%	+20%	Armor repair amount	Shield capacity	Turret optimal range	Velocity
Crash	Missile explosion radius	3	-3%	-20%	-25%	-30%	Armor hitpoints	Missile velocity	Shield boosting amount	Velocity

Other boosters

There are other combat boosters which are not manufactured by players, and which do not have side effects.

Booster name	Bonus	Slot	Duration	Source
Antipharmakon Aeolis	+8% Capacitor	1	30 minutes	Project Discovery
Antipharmakon Iokira	+8% Tracking Speed	2
Antipharmakon Kosybo	+8% Armor Repair	1
Antipharmakon Thureo	+8% Shield Boost	1
Antipharmakon Toxot	+8% Flight Time	3
Quafe Zero	+5% Velocity +5% Scan Resolution	1	1 hour	Gift from CCP

Using boosters

To use a booster, right click on it and select 'Consume'. This can be done in space or at a station. Each booster type has a different "slot" that it uses, viewable in the character sheet. You cannot use another booster if it occupies the same slot as currently active booster. These slots are different from those used for regular neural implants.

It is not possible to override an booster once it has been consumed; you must wait out the drug for its duration. Boosters last 30 minutes, increased by 20% (6 minutes) for each level of Biology the user has trained.

Each flavor of booster has four side effects associated with it. When the booster is used, each of these effects has a chance of occurring. A pilot might have no penalties for using a booster, or could experience all four at once. The chance of getting a side effect is 20% for Standard, 30% for Improved, and 40% for Strong. The effects are -20% for Standard, -25% for Improved, and -30% for Strong. Both the chance of getting a side effect and the potency of any received effect can be reduced by skills and implants.

Skills

• Biology (1x): 20% bonus to attribute booster duration per skill level.
• Neurotoxin Control (2x): 5% reduction of potency of side effects per level.
• Neurotoxin Recovery (5x): 5% reduction of the chance of having a negative side effect per skill level.

Implants

The Eifyr and Co. 'Alchemist' line of neural implants can enhance the duration of boosters, or reduce the probability or potency of side effects. See implants for more information.

Manufacturing

Acquiring materials

Boosters are manufactured from mytoserocin and cytoserocin gas harvested from clouds in anomalies found in known space. These anomalies will only spawn in specific regions of the universe. Note that these gasses are different from the Fullerine gasses found in wormholes, which are used to create tier 3 ships and subsystems.

Processing gas

Gas must be processed into pure booster material before the final product is created. This is done using reactions at a player owned starbase (POS). Synth and Standard boosters use Simple Biochemical Reactions at a Medium Biochemical Reactor Array. Improved and Strong boosters use Complex Biochemical Reactions at a Biochemical Reactor Array. Both these structures can only be anchored at a POS in .3 or lower security space. Besides the gas, the reactions also require an additional unit, which varies based on the grade of the booster. Synth reactions need Garbage, Standard reaction require Water, Improved reactions require either Spirits or Oxygen, depending on the exact product, and Strong reactions require Hydrochloric Acid.

The Reactor Arrays require additional silos to pull and place materials. The gas is stored in a Biochemical Silo, the other catalyst in a General Storage silo, and the pure booster product must be outputted to a Hazardous Chemical Silo.

Booster creation

Finally, the booster is created at a Drug Lab anchored at a POS. This structure has no security requirements, and can be placed and operated in hisec. Manufactoring the final booster product requires the pure booster material of the desired grade covered in the above section, a little bit of megacyte, and a blueprint.

See also

• Gas Cloud Mining
• Messing With Your Head#Better living through chemistry: Intro to booster drugs

External links

• ATAP's Guide to Booster Production v1.1
• Eve Prosper's Better Piloting Through Chemistry