User:Xolani1990/Sandbox/Ore Details

Ore is the basic material found in the various asteroid fields throughout EVE. In native form asteroid ores cannot be used, but must be refined into their constituent Minerals, which can then be used for ship and equipment manufacture. As a rule of thumb, the refinable value of an ore increases the nearer it's name is to 'A', but at the same time, the minimum units needed to refine and volume also increase. Since mining lasers work in m3 instead of ore units, and the volume of the higher end ores is up to 400 times that of the lowends, it's a good idea to check prices per m3. Currently, there is about a 10 fold difference in the amount one makes per m3 (and therefore, per time) on the best ores versus veldspar. Also, the more valuable an ore type, the further from Empire space you will need to travel to find it. The Ore can be found in asteroids of the same name and most asteroid ores can only be reprocessed in set minimum quantites. Ore is harvested from Asteroids in an Asteroid belt by using Mining Lasers. This differs from Ice, which is harvested from Ice fields by using Ice Harvesters.

Asteroid Ores

Ore found in any higher security area is also found in lower security areas of that region/faction. Ore found in 0.0 space varies wildly from system to system. However, certain ores only appear in 0.0 systems.

Ores of a different racial type and/or lower security status than the system you are in can be found in gravimetric sites using scanner probes.

Each ore type has 3 variations, a standard variation and two "named" variations, with 5% and 10% increased yield each.

Veldspar

Veldspar is one of two types of ore found in all racial space from 1.0 security down. It yields tritanium only, but in large quantities.

• Size per unit: 0.1 m3
• Number to refine: 333
• Racial space: All
• Security status: 1.0

Yields:

Standard

• 1000 Tritanium

Concentrated (+5%)

• 1050 Tritanium

Dense (+10%)

• 1100 Tritanium

Scordite

Scordite is the second ore type found in all racial space from 1.0 security downwards. It yields Tritanium and Pyerite.

• Size per unit: 0.15m3
• Number to refine: 333
• Racial space: All
• Security status: 1.0

Yields:

Standard

• 833 Tritanium
• 416 Pyerite

Condensed (+5%)

• 875 Tritanium
• 437 Pyerite

Massive (+10%)

• 916 Tritanium
• 458 Pyerite

Plagioclase

Plagioclase is usually in the top-two hisec ores in terms of value per m3 and is therefore typically highly coveted.

• Size per unit: 0.35 m3
• Number to refine: 333
• Racial space: Minmatar, Gallente, Caldari
• Security status: 0.9 (0.7 for Caldari)

Yields:

Standard

• 256 Tritanium
• 512 Pyerite
• 256 Mexallon

Azure (+5%)

• 269 Tritanium
• 538 Pyerite
• 269 Mexallon

Rich (+10%)

• 282 Tritanium
• 563 Pyerite
• 282 Mexallon

Pyroxeres

• Size per unit: 0.3 m3
• Number to refine: 333
• Racial space: Amarr, Caldari
• Security status: 0.9

Yields:

Standard

• 844 Tritanium
• 59 Pyerite
• 120 Mexallon
• 11 Nocxium

Solid (+5%)

• 886 Tritanium
• 62 Pyerite
• 126 Mexallon
• 12 Nocxium

Viscous (+10%)

• 928 Tritanium
• 65 Pyerite
• 132 Mexallon
• 12 Nocxium

Kernite

• Size per unit: 1.2 m3
• Number to refine: 400
• Racial space: Amarr, Caldari, Minmatar
• Security status: 0.7 (0.4 for Minmatar)

Yields:

Standard

• 386 Tritanium
• 773 Mexallon
• 386 Isogen

Luminous (+5%) 405 Tritanium 812 Mexallon 405 Isogen Fiery (+10%)

• 425 Tritanium
• 850 Mexallon
• 425 Isogen

Omber

Omber is in fact one of the least worthy ores per m3 of mined volume, and usually appears in the bottom 2 ores of value per m3. It is only typically worth mining if you need isogen for manufacturing.

• Size per unit: 0.6 m3
• Number to refine: 500
• Racial space: Minmatar, Gallente
• Security status: 0.7

Yields:

Standard 307 Tritanium 123 Pyerite 307 Isogen Silvery (+5%) 322 Tritanium 129 Pyerite 322 Isogen Golden (+10%) 338 Tritanium 135 Pyerite 338 Isogen

Jaspet

• Size per unit: 2 m3
• Number to refine: 500
• Racial space: Amarr, Gallente
• Security status: 0.4

Yields:

Standard

• 259 Tritanium
• 259 Pyerite
• 518 Mexallon
• 259 Nocxium
• 8 Zydrine

Pure (+5%)

• 272 Tritanium
• 272 Pyerite
• 544 Mexallon
• 272 Nocxium
• 8 Zydrine

Pristine (+10%)

• 285 Tritanium
• 285 Pyerite
• 570 Mexallon
• 285 Nocxium
• 9 Zydrine

Hemorphite

• Size per unit: 3 m3
• Number to refine: 500
• Racial space: Amarr, Gallente
• Security status: 0.2

Yields:

Standard

• 212 Tritanium
• 212 Isogen
• 424 Nocxium
• 28 Zydrine

Vivid (+5%)

• 223 Tritanium
• 223 Isogen
• 445 Nocxium
• 29 Zydrine

Radiant (+10%)

• 233 Tritanium
• 233 Isogen
• 466 Nocxium
• 31 Zydrine

Hedbergite

• Size per unit: 3 m3
• Number to refine: 500
• Racial space: Minmatar, Caldari
• Security status: 0.2

Yields:

Standard

• 708 Isogen
• 354 Nocxium
• 32 Zydrine

Vitric (+5%)

• 743 Isogen
• 372 Nocxium
• 34 Zydrine

Glazed (+10%)

• 779 Isogen
• 389 Nocxium
• 35 Zydrine

Gneiss

• Size per unit: 5 m3
• Number to refine: 400
• Racial space: N/A
• Security status: 0.0

Yields:

Standard

• 171 Tritanium
• 171 Mexallon
• 343 Isogen
• 171 Zydrine

Iridescent (+5%)

• 180 Tritanium
• 180 Mexallon
• 360 Isogen
• 180 Zydrine

Prismatic (+10%)

• 188 Tritanium
• 188 Mexallon
• 377 Isogen
• 188 Zydrine

Dark Ochre

• Size per unit: 8 m3
• Number to refine: 400
• Racial space: N/A
• Security status: 0.0

Yields:

Standard

• 250 Tritanium
• 500 Nocxium
• 250 Zydrine

Onyx (+5%)

• 263 Tritanium
• 525 Nocxium
• 263 Zydrine

Obsidian (+10%)

• 275 Tritanium
• 550 Nocxium
• 275 Zydrine

Spodumain

• Size per unit: 16 m3
• Number to refine: 250
• Racial space: N/A
• Security status: 0.0

Yields:

Standard

• 700 Tritanium
• 140 Pyerite
• 140 Megacyte

Bright (+5%)

• 735 Tritanium
• 147 Pyerite
• 147 Megacyte

Gleaming (+10%)

• 770 Tritanium
• 154 Pyerite
• 154 Megacyte

Crokite

• Size per unit: 16 m3
• Number to refine: 250
• Racial space: N/A
• Security status: 0.0

Yields:

Standard

• 331 Tritanium
• 331 Nocxium
• 663 Zydrine

Sharp (+5%)

• 348 Tritanium
• 348 Nocxium
• 696 Zydrine

Crystalline (+10%)

• 364 Tritanium
• 364 Nocxium
• 729 Zydrine

Bistot

• Size per unit: 16 m3
• Number to refine: 200
• Racial space: N/A
• Security status: 0.0

Yields:

Standard

• 170 Pyerite
• 341 Zydrine
• 170 Megacyte

Triclinic (+5%)

• 179 Pyerite
• 358 Zydrine
• 179 Megacyte

Monoclinic (+10%)

• 187 Pyerite
• 375 Zydrine
• 187 Megacyte

Arkonor

• Size per unit: 16 m3
• Number to refine: 200
• Racial space: N/A
• Security status: 0.0

Yields:

Standard

• 300 Tritanium
• 166 Zydrine
• 333 Megacyte

Crimson (+5%)

• 315 Tritanium
• 174 Zydrine
• 350 Megacyte

Prime (+10%)

• 330 Tritanium
• 183 Zydrine
• 366 Megacyte

Mercoxit

Mercoxit is a unique ore in many ways. It is the only ore which yields Morphite, required for all T2 ship production, and requires specialized mining lasers called deep core mining lasers to extract. It also has the risk of producing a damage cloud meaning mining this ore is recommended only for T2 barges which can fit limited tanks.

• Size per unit: 40 m3
• Number to refine: 250
• Racial space: N/A
• Security status: 0.0

Yields:

Standard

• 530 Morphite

Magma (+5%)

• 557 Morphite

Vitreous (+10%)

• 583 Morphite