Ice harvesting: Difference between revisions

{{Template:Industry_Links}}[[File:Ice_belt.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A ice belt, full of lovely frozen stuff.]]

{{expansion past|The [[Eve_Online_Expansions#Odyssey|Odyssey expansion]] (June 2013) changed ice mining considerably. Before the expansion, ice belts were permanent features in a system, with thousands of ice asteroids spread over hundreds of kilometers. This was changed to much smaller (10-20 ice asteroids each with 50-200 units of ice) dynamic belts which disappear once mined out, and then respawn four hours later.}}  

== Ice Belts ==

[[File:Dotlan.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A map of the Metropolis region from [http://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Metropolis/ dotlan]. The Eygfe system has an ice belt, as shown by the thin blue ring around its box.]]

[[File:Ice_belt_scanner.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A scanner window showing an ice belt. Note that, since ice belts are [[Cosmic Anomalies]], they can be warped to immediately (without needing to use scan probes).]]

Ice belts can be found in every region of New Eden, but only in specific systems,<ref>For easy reference, see [http://evemaps.dotlan.net/ dotlan]</ref> and each system contains 1-3 ice belts. Ice belts disappear once mined out, and then respawn 6 hours later. This timer does not work across downtime; there is always an ice belt after downtime - a new one or the leftovers of a not finished one before the downtime. Also unlike [[Asteroids and Ore#Asteroid belts|asteroid belts]], ice belts are a type of [[Cosmic Anomalies|Cosmic Anomaly]], meaning that they will appear in a different location in the star system every time they respawn, and can be found using a ship's onboard scanner, though they do not require [[Probe scanning|scan probes]] to find.

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! colspan=5 style="background-color:#222222;" |

! colspan=4 style="background-color:#222222;" | Faction isotopes

| rowspan=4 style="transform: rotate(270deg); border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | Faction

| align="left" | [[image:ice_clear_icicle.png|24px|Clear Icicle]] {{co|slateblue|Clear Icicle}}

| align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|White Glaze}}

| align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Blue Ice}}

| align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Glacial Mass}}

| rowspan=4 style="transform: rotate(270deg);border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;"| Enriched

| align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|Pristine White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|Pristine White Glaze}}

| align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Thick Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Thick Blue Ice}}

| align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Smooth Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Smooth Glacial Mass}}

| align="left" | [[image:ice_glare_crust.png|24px|Glare Crust]] {{co|slateblue|Glare Crust}}

| align="left" | [[image:ice_dark_glitter.png|24px|Dark Glitter]] {{co|slateblue|Dark Glitter}}

| align="left" | [[image:ice_gelidus.png|24px|Gelidus]] {{co|slateblue|Gelidus}}

| align="left" | [[image:ice_krystallos.png|24px|Krystallos]] {{co|slateblue|Krystallos}}

Like asteroid ore, unrefined ice takes up a large amount of space and can therefore be time-consuming to transport. The best sub-capital ship for transporting ice (and ore) are the [[Miasmos]], a Gallente industrial which can transport up to 63,000&nbsp;m³ (63 blocks, or about two loads from a [[Mackinaw]]) of ice, and the [[Kryos]], another Gallente industrial which got a dedicated ice hold (max. 45,000&nbsp;m³) in a 2021 update. If you need to haul even larger quantities, it may be worth training to fly a [[freighter]] (which can hold over ten times as much), or to ship the ice by courier contract.  

Ice can also be compressed in Upwell Structures with active Standup Reprocessing Facilities, or by a [[Rorqual]] with an active Industrial Core. Compressed ice takes up only 100&nbsp;m³ per block, and like compressed ore, compressing ice does not change its reprocessing yield.

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! style="background:#222222;" rowspan=2 | System<br>security<br>rating

! style="background:#222222;" colspan=4 | Quarter

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! style="background:#222222;" | {{icon|amarr|64|Amarr quarter}}

! style="background:#222222;" | {{icon|caldari|64|Caldari quarter}}

! style="background:#222222;" | {{icon|gallente|64|Gallente quarter}}

! style="background:#222222;" | {{icon|minmatar|64|Minmatar quarter}}

:Enriched Clear Icicle Belt &bull; Pristine White Glase Belt &bull; Thick Blue Ice Belt &bull; Smooth Glacial Mass Belt

Ice mining works in much the same way as [[mining|ore mining]]: equip a ship with ice mining modules, approach and target an ice asteroid, and activate the mining module. At the ''end'' of each cycle, one unit of ice will be deposited in your ship's cargo or ore hold (despite its name, the ore hold can hold ice too). However (unlike ore mining) ice mining modules can only be fit on [[Mining Barges]] and [[Exhumers]], and the asteroid [[Drones#Mining_Drones|mining drones]] cannot be used. Specialized [[Drones#Ice_Harvesting_Drones|ice harvesting drones]] must be used, which also come in T1, T2, Augmented, and Excavator flavors, and also use their own skills: [[Skills:Drones#Ice_Harvesting_Drone_Operation|ice harvesting drone operation]], and [[Skills:Drones#Ice_Harvesting_Drone_Specialization|ice harvesting drone specialization]].