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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.  

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.  

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].  

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.  

* 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]])

* 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]])

===Wormholes===

===Pochven===

:[[Small Asteroid Cluster]] • [[Medium Asteroid Cluster]] • [[Large Asteroid Cluster]] • [[Enormous Asteroid Cluster]] • [[Colossal Asteroid Cluster]]

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

==Ore locations==

! [[image:Logo_faction_amarr_empire.png|64px|link=|Amarr quarter]]

! [[image:Logo_faction_caldari_state.png|64px|link=|Caldari quarter]]

! [[image:Logo_faction_gallente_federation.png|64px|link=|Gallente quarter]]

! [[image:Logo_faction_minmatar_republic.png|64px|link=|Minmatar quarter]]

| {{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|32px|link=|Pyroxeres]] Pyroxeres

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

| {{co|#E6D64F|&#9608;}} Low Sec<br> 0.4 to 0.0

| [[image:ore_pyroxeres.png|32px|link=|Pyroxeres]] Pyroxeres<br>[[image:ore_kernite.png|32px|link=|Kernite]] Kernite <br> [[image:ore_jaspet.png|32px|link=|Jaspet]] Jaspet  <br> [[image:ore_hemorphite.png|32px|link=|Hemorphite]] Hemorphite

| [[image:ore_kernite.png|32px|link=|Kernite]] Kernite <br>[[image:ore_pyroxeres.png|32px|link=|Pyroxeres]] Pyroxeres<br> [[image:ore_hedbergite.png|32px|link=|Hedbergite]] Hedbergite

| [[image:ore_omber.png|32px|link=|Omber]] Omber <br> [[image:ore_jaspet.png|32px|link=|Jaspet]] Jaspet  <br> [[image:ore_hemorphite.png|32px|link=|Hemorphite]] Hemorphite

| [[image:ore_kernite.png|32px|link=|Kernite]] Kernite <br> [[image:ore_omber.png|32px|link=|Omber]] Omber <br> [[image:ore_hedbergite.png|32px|link=|Hedbergite]] Hedbergite

| {{co|#E85025|&#9608;}} Null Sec<br> less than 0.0

| [[image:ore_veldspar.png|32px|link=|Veldspar]] Veldspar<br>[[image:ore_pyroxeres.png|32px|link=|Pyroxeres]] Pyroxeres<br>[[image:ore_kernite.png|32px|link=|Kernite]] Kernite<br> [[image:ore_arkonor.png|32px|link=|Arkonor]] Arkonor <br> [[image:ore_bistot.png|32px|link=|Bistot]] Bistot <br> [[image:ore_mercoxit.png|32px|link=|Mercoxit]] Mercoxit <br> [[image:ore_spodumain.png|32px|link=|Spodumain]] Spodumain

| [[image:ore_veldspar.png|32px|link=|Veldspar]] Veldspar<br>[[image:ore_pyroxeres.png|32px|link=|Pyroxeres]] Pyroxeres<br>[[image:ore_kernite.png|32px|link=|Kernite]] Kernite<br> [[image:ore_bistot.png|32px|link=|Bistot]] Bistot <br> [[image:ore_mercoxit.png|32px|link=|Mercoxit]] Mercoxit <br> [[image:ore_spodumain.png|32px|link=|Spodumain]] Spodumain

| [[image:ore_veldspar.png|32px|link=|Veldspar]] Veldspar<br> [[image:ore_arkonor.png|32px|link=|Arkonor]] Arkonor <br> [[image:ore_bistot.png|32px|link=|Bistot]] Bistot <br> [[image:ore_mercoxit.png|32px|link=|Mercoxit]] Mercoxit

| [[image:ore_veldspar.png|32px|link=|Veldspar]] Veldspar<br>[[image:ore_kernite.png|32px|link=|Kernite]] Kernite<br> [[image:ore_arkonor.png|32px|link=|Arkonor]] Arkonor <br> [[image:ore_bistot.png|32px|link=|Bistot]] Bistot <br> [[image:ore_mercoxit.png|32px|link=|Mercoxit]] Mercoxit <br> [[image:ore_spodumain.png|32px|link=|Spodumain]] Spodumain

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]].  

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.  

| [[image:ore_veldspar.png|32px|link=|Veldspar]] Veldspar

| [[image:ore_scordite.png|32px|link=|Scordite]] Scordite

| [[image:ore_pyroxeres.png|32px|link=|Pyroxeres]] Pyroxeres

| [[image:ore_plagioclase.png|32px|link=|Plagioclase]] Plagioclase

| [[image:ore_omber.png|32px|link=|Omber]] Omber

| [[image:ore_kernite.png|32px|link=|Kernite]] Kernite

| [[image:ore_jaspet.png|32px|link=|Jaspet]] Jaspet

| [[image:ore_hemorphite.png|32px|link=|Hemorphite]] Hemorphite

| [[image:ore_hedbergite.png|32px|link=|Hedbergite]] Hedbergite

| [[image:ore_gneiss.png|32px|link=|Gneiss]] Gneiss

| [[image:ore_dark ochre.png|32px|link=|Dark Ochre]] Dark Ochre

| [[image:ore_crokite.png|32px|link=|Crokite]] Crokite

| [[image:ore_spodumain.png|32px|link=|Spodumain]] Spodumain

| [[image:ore_arkonor.png|32px|link=|Arkonor]] Arkonor

| [[image:ore_bistot.png|32px|link=|Bistot]] Bistot

| [[image:ore_mercoxit.png|32px|link=|Mercoxit]] Mercoxit

===Mineral Composition of Ores===

==External links==

* [https://ore.cerlestes.de/index.html#site:ore Erlestes ore and mineral tables]