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'''Asteroids''' are large irregular chunks of rock that can be found in many places throughout New Eden. When mined, asteroids yield '''ore''' which, when refined, produces minerals of various types that serve as the basic building blocks of almost every [[Manufacturing|craftable]] item.  

[[File:Asteroid-belt-ingame.jpg|thumb|250px|An asteroid belt. The ship in the middle is sitting at the warp-in point.]]

[[File:Asteroid-belt.png|thumb|250px|Asteroid belt geometry]]

Virtually every star system in EVE (with the notable exception of Jita) has at least one asteroid belt. Most star systems have several -- up to more than a dozen in some cases. These belts are listed on the [[overview]] and the right-click menu, and can have two kinds of geometry: one is a rough semicircle of asteroids, approximately 50 km in diameter, the other being asteroids dispersed over a spherical volume with a radius of about 70 km. A ship warping to an asteroid belt's beacon (through the right-click menu or the overview) will warp to the center of the asteroids. Note that mining lasers have an (unboosted) range of only 10-15 km, so in order to mine asteroids a ship has to fly closer to the belt after warping in. If you want to save on travel time, you can warp to [[Mining#Bookmarks|mining bookmarks]] instead.  

A given belt will have a mixture of asteroids containing different ores. The mixture and size of the asteroids (i.e. how much ore each asteroid contains) is determined by the system's location in the EVE universe and its security status (see [[#Asteroid distribution|asteroid distribution]] below). Each asteroid belt contains a finite number of asteroids (which disappear once fully mined), but the asteroids respawn after [[Server downtime|downtime]] if there are no asteroids left. The website [https://evemaps.dotlan.net/ Dotlan] has maps showing the number of belts per system.

Mineable asteroids can also spawn in [[deadspace]] pockets, such as the ones created for missions. Unlike asteroid belts, these are not organized into a set shape. Some are composed of dense clumps of asteroids, while others are scattered fields. For a list of which missions' deadspace pockets contain asteroids, see [[Mission mining]] or [https://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=MiningInMissions EVE-survival].  

=== Cosmic anomalies ===

Lastly, one of the two kinds of [[Cosmic Anomaly|cosmic anomaly]] contains asteroids (the others contains hostile rats). The asteroids in cosmic anomalies tend to be a little larger and contain rarer ore than the normal asteroid belts in a star system. However, unlike asteroid belts, once all the asteroids in the anomaly have been mined, the anomaly disappears after broadcasting a short message in Local. As with all cosmic anomalies, new anomalies spawn semi-randomly.  

Note that in many locations you will find decorative asteroids, which cannot be mined or otherwise interacted with. These will have colorful names such as "Snake-shaped Asteroid".

There are different types of asteroid cosmic anomalies, named by what kinds of ores are contained within. Each type comes in three variants (small, average, and large) - the "larger" the anomaly, the more asteroids (and hence the more ore) it contains. A "Small Kernite and Omber Deposit" therefore contains a small number of Kernite and Omber asteroids, while a "Large Bistot Deposit" contains a large number of Bistot asteroids. Ore anomalies will contain all three variants of the ores they contain.

The following chart illustrates the makeup of cosmic anomalies. "Small", "Average" and "Large" are defined above:

There are no ore anomalies in high security space.

* Gneiss ([[Small Gneiss Deposit|small]] • [[Average Gneiss Deposit|average]] • [[Large Gneiss Deposit|large]])

* Dark Ochre and Gneiss ([[Small Dark Ochre and Gneiss Deposit|small]] • [[Average Dark Ochre and Gneiss Deposit|average]] • [[Large Dark Ochre and Gneiss Deposit|large]])

* Crokite, Dark Ochre and Gneiss ([[Small Crokite, Dark Ochre and Gneiss Deposit|small]] • [[Average Crokite, Dark Ochre and Gneiss Deposit|average]] • [[Large Crokite, Dark Ochre and Gneiss Deposit|large]])

* Spodumain, Crokite and Dark Ochre ([[Small Spodumain, Crokite and Dark Ochre Deposit|small]] • [[Average Spodumain, Crokite and Dark Ochre Deposit|average]] • [[Large Spodumain, Crokite and Dark Ochre Deposit|large]])

* Hedbergite ''(Small, Average, Large)''

* Hemorphite ''(Small, Average, Large)''

* Bistot ([[Small Bistot Deposit|small]] • [[Average Bistot Deposit|average]] • [[Large Bistot Deposit|large]])

* Arkonor and Bistot ([[Small Arkonor and Bistot Deposit|small]] • [[Average Arkonor and Bistot Deposit|average]] • [[Large Arkonor and Bistot Deposit|large]])

* Mercoxit, Arkonor and Bistot ([[Small Mercoxit, Arkonor and Bistot Deposit|small]] • [[Average Mercoxit, Arkonor and Bistot Deposit|average]] • [[Large Mercoxit, Arkonor and Bistot Deposit|large]])

* Dark Ochre ''(Small, Average, Large)''

* Gneiss ''(Small, Average, Large)''

* Kernite ''(Small, Average, Large)''

* Spodumain ''(Small, Average, Large)''

Arkonor, Bistot, Gneiss, Kernite, Omber, and Pyroxeres deposits may be found in wormholes.

With the creation of [[Pochven]], new ore types were added to the game which can only be found in these areas. Bezdnacine, Rakovene, and Talassonite are the new ores, while Spodumain and Mercoxit can also be found there, with Mercoxit only spawning in home systems.

In player-owned [[Sovereignty|sovereign nullsec]], it is possible to deploy {{co|wheat|Ore Prospecting Arrays}}, a deployable sovereignty structure which, when deployed in a system, periodically generates asteroid clusters of various sizes at set intervals.

All sizes of asteroid clusters are capable of spawning regardless of system security status, and all clusters of a given size contain the same volume of ore, but asteroid clusters in lower security levels will spawn the more valuable ore variants with greater frequency. With the exception of Small Asteroid Clusters (which lack Mercoxit), all clusters contain varying amounts of all nullsec ore types: Arkonor, Bistot, Crokite, Dark Ochre, Gneiss, Spodumain, and Mercoxit.

== Asteroid distribution ==

[[File:Asteroid-belt-overview.jpg|thumb|250px|An asteroid belt, as seen on the [[overview]]. Note the belt's warp-in point (marked with an inverted triangle), as well as the variety of different asteroid types (all labelled according to what kind of ore they contain).]]

{{hatnote|For the distribution of ice asteroids, see [[Ice harvesting#Ice distribution|Ice distribution]].}}

The EVE universe can be divided into [[topology|four quarters]]:

* The Amarr quarter (includes systems held by the Amarr, Ammatar, Khanid, Blood Raiders, and Sansha's Nation)

Each of these four quarters has its own set of asteroid types. Additionally, systems with different [[Security Rating|security rating]] have different asteroid types.

==Ore locations==

| {{co|#00F000|&#9608;}} High Sec<br> 1.0 to 0.5

| [[image:ore_veldspar.png|32px|link=|Veldspar]] Veldspar<br>[[image:ore_scordite.png|32px|link=|Scordite]] Scordite <br>[[image:ore_pyroxeres.png|px|link=|Pyroxeres]] Pyroxeres

| [[image:ore_veldspar.png|32px|link=|Veldspar]] Veldspar<br>[[image:ore_scordite.png|32px|link=|Scordite]] Scordite<br>[[image:ore_plagioclase.png|px|link=|Plagioclase]] Plagioclase

| [[image:ore_veldspar.png|32px|link=|Veldspar]] Veldspar<br>[[image:ore_scordite.png|32px|link=|Scordite]] Scordite<br>[[image:ore_plagioclase.png|px|link=|Plagioclase]] Plagioclase

Arkonor, Bistot, Gneiss, Kernite, Omber, and Pyroxeres deposits may be found in [[wormholes]].

 

 

In general, the rarer the ore, the higher its volume per unit (e.g. one unit of Veldspar has a volume of 0.1&nbsp;m³, whereas one unit of Arkonor has a volume of 16&nbsp;m³). Since mining lasers mine a given ''volume'' of ore per minute, it takes longer to mine the rarer ore types. Additionally, each ore reprocesses into a different set of minerals. For details, see [[Reprocessing]].  

 

Note that mining Mercoxit requires the {{sk|Deep Core Mining}} skill as well as [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide#High-slot modules|special mining modules]] (Deep Core Miners or Deep Core Strip Miners). All other ore types can be mined with all types of ore mining lasers or strip miners.

=== Ore variants ===

 

Each asteroid type has three further subtypes that yield more (+5% / +10% / +15%) minerals when [[reprocessing|reprocessed]]. Otherwise they are identical in every way to their base ore, and are found in the same regions, but in lower quantities, except for the +15% variant which is only found in moons. For instance, if an asteroid belt has Omber asteroids, it will also have some Silvery Omber asteroids and a few Golden Omber asteroids. If you get the chance, you should always mine the higher-yield variants before mining the base ore.  

|- style="background:#222222;"

| [[image:ore_veldspar.png|px|link=|Veldspar]] Veldspar

| [[image:ore_scordite.png|px|link=|Scordite]] Scordite

| [[image:ore_pyroxeres.png|px|link=|Pyroxeres]] Pyroxeres

| [[image:ore_plagioclase.png|px|link=|Plagioclase]] Plagioclase

| [[image:ore_omber.png|px|link=|Omber]] Omber

| [[image:ore_kernite.png|px|link=|Kernite]] Kernite

| [[image:ore_jaspet.png|px|link=|Jaspet]] Jaspet

| [[image:ore_hemorphite.png|px|link=|Hemorphite]] Hemorphite

| [[image:ore_hedbergite.png|px|link=|Hedbergite]] Hedbergite

| [[image:ore_gneiss.png|px|link=|Gneiss]] Gneiss

| [[image:ore_dark ochre.png|px|link=|Dark Ochre]] Dark Ochre

| [[image:ore_spodumain.png|px|link=|Spodumain]] Spodumain

| [[image:ore_crokite.png|px|link=|Crokite]] Crokite

| [[image:ore_arkonor.png|px|link=|Arkonor]] Arkonor

| [[image:ore_bistot.png|px|link=|Bistot]] Bistot

| [[image:ore_mercoxit.png|px|link=|Mercoxit]] Mercoxit

|}

 

{| class="wikitable"

! rowspan=2 | Ore

! rowspan=2 | Vol-<br />ume

! rowspan=2 | Batch<br />size<ref group=oc name=batch>''Batch size'' is the minimal amount of ore you need for [[reprocessing]]. All values in the table (with the exception of volume) are based on one full batch.</ref>

! colspan=8 | Mineral from 100%-yield reprocessing

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| Scordite

| 0.15

| 100

| 150

| Condensed Scordite (+5%)

| 0.15

| 100

| 158

| Massive Scordite (+10%)

| 0.15

| 100

| 165

|- style="background-color:#100100;"

| Plagioclase

| 0.35

| 100

| 175

| Azure Plagioclase (+5%)

| 0.35

| 100

| 184

| Rich Plagioclase (+10%)

| 0.35

| 100

| 193

| Kernite

| 1.2

| 100

| 0

| Luminous Kernite (+5%)

| 1.2

| 100

| 0

| Fiery Kernite (+10%)

| 1.2

| 100

| 0

<span style="color:black; background:#55BC25">&nbsp;&nbsp;1234&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> Green backgrounds indicate the best value per m3 for that mineral.

{{reflist|group=oc}}