Manufacturing: Difference between revisions

Basic:

: At least level 1 is required to use most blueprints, and level 3 is required for further manufacturing skills. The speed bonus increases the rate at which you can produce items (and therefore, produce profit) and reduces installation costs slightly.

Increase number of concurrent jobs:

: By default, all characters can run 1 manufacturing job at a time.  Training this skill lets you run additional jobs simultaneously from 2 jobs at level I up to 6 jobs at level V.  Any industrialist who wants to create things will need to train this to IV or V fairly early in their plans. Level 5 is required for:

: The current NPC price for this skill is 20M ISK.  So if you invest, train it to level IV quickly.  At level I you'll be able to use a total of 7 job slots (1 base + 5 from mass production + 1 from this skill) up to a total of 11 slots at level V.  Most people stop training after level IV and instead choose to roll up a new production alt.

Reduce materials needed:

: If you are just producing ammo for your own use, training this skill to level III or IV is all that is needed as you won't care about an extra 8-12% waste.  But for the profit-minded industrialist, training this skill to level V is a very strong recommendation.

Allow remote management of jobs:

: This skill is more of a convenience skill than a must-have for a budding industrialist.  The current NPC cost is 6.75M ISK, but it allows you to manage your production lines for a distance.  If you invest in this skill, training to level III or maybe level IV would offer the most flexibility. Note that you still have to haul the materials and blueprint to the relevant station.

Basic:

: Basic skill, reduces time needed to create BPCs. Level 3 is required for Research.

Time reduction:

Increase number of concurrent jobs:

: Basically equivalent to the Mass Production skills. Level 5 is required for:

Allow remote management of jobs:

: Basically the Laboratory equivalent of Supply Chain Management.

==== Other Skills ====

: Buy and Sell orders will most often be the main way of acquiring materials and selling manufactured products, and increasing the number of available orders beyond the base 5 will help greatly.

: These skills will allow you to manipulate market orders without being present in the relevant station. Level 2, or 5 jumps, allows management of Hek from Aldrat and Rens from Eystur.

: These skills will reduce some extra costs from installation and market orders, increasing profit margins.

A good blueprint will have these characteristics:

* '''Inexpensive Materials''' - The material cost should be such that you can reasonably expect to manufacture a decent number of items, and you won't be bankrupt if you lose them while trying to sell them. There isn't a rule on how much cost is too much, but if you need a number then keep the cost of an item below 1% of your net worth. This will not be a problem for players with a large wallet, but can be an issue for new players starting out in manufacturing. The [http://zofu.no-ip.de/bpo BPO Research Calculator] provides an estimate of the material cost, which typically makes up the bulk of T1 manufacturing cost. Instructions for using this site will be given below.

* '''Good Transaction Volume''' - If you find an item that is extremely profitable but is only sold once per week, then it has poor transaction volume. There is no guarantee that you can capture all (or even most) of the sales of a particular item! To check the volume of an item, use the Market window. If you choose an item, click on the Price History tab. If it shows a graph, you can see daily sales volume by clicking the Show Table button in the bottom of the window. This will show you how many of an item were sold each day in the region over the last 3 months (default).

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Basic skills:

: These are required for a lot of the other skills in this section. Level 5 may be additionally required.

: Required for Hacking

: Required for racial Decryptor skills

Racial Decryptor skills:

: These skills are required to use the respective decryptors.

: Used for Electronic Warfare, Railguns  

: Used for Electronic Warfare, Webbers, Scramblers and Drones

: Used for Armor/Hull, Repair Systems

Engineering skills: (These skills require Science and Engineering 5)

: Used for Cloaking, Webbers, Scramblers

: Used for Energy Systems, Laser Weapons

: Used for Shields

: Used for Laser Weapons, Mining Lasers

: Used for Projectile Weapons

: Used for Blasters

: Used for Cloaking, Energy Systems, Shield Systems

* Amarrian / Minmatar / Caldari / Gallente Starship Engineering

: Used for Racial Ship Construction

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: Used for  not currently available -->

: Used for Capital Ship Production

: Used for Repair Systems, Starships, Railguns, Blasters, Projectiles, Mining Lasers, Missile Launchers, Drones

: Used for Armor/Hull, Propulsion Systems

: Used for Outpost Construction

: Used for Propulsion Systems, Missile Launchers