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

'''Ice harvesting''' is the process of ~~mining~~ ice fields (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then [[refining|refined]] and used to fuel capital ship [[jump drive]]s, manufacture fuel for [[POS|player-owned starbases ~~(POS)~~]], and light [[cyno|cynosural fields]]. Ice ~~mining~~ can only be done with specialized modules ~~(ice miners~~ and ~~ice~~ mining ~~lasers) which can only be fit to~~ [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide|Mining Barges and Exhumers]] or [[Frigate#Expedition Frigates|Expedition Frigates]]. Unlike [[Mining|ore mining]], ice ~~miners mine~~ one block of ice (with a volume of 1000 m<sup>3</sup>) per cycle; ~~as it's not possible to increase~~ this ~~yield~~, the ~~only way to mine~~ ice more efficiently is to decrease the ice ~~miners~~' cycle times.

'''Ice harvesting''' is the process of obtaining resources from ice fields (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then be [[refining|refined]] and used to fuel capital ship [[jump drive]]s, manufacture fuel for [[POS|player-owned starbases]] and [[Citadels|structure]] services, and light [[cyno|cynosural fields]]. Ice harvesting can only be done with specialized modules or drones, and so is generally only performed by the same ships used for regular mining: [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide|Mining Barges and Exhumers]], [[Frigate#Expedition Frigates|Expedition Frigates]], Industrial Command Ships, the [[Rorqual]], the Capital Industrial Ship.

Unlike the various [[Mining|ore mining]] tools, ice harvesting tools always harvest one block of ice (with a volume of 1000 m<sup>3</sup>) per cycle; because of this, the best method of harvesting ice more efficiently is to decrease the ice harvesters' cycle times.

{{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.}}

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[[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 ~~certain~~ systems (~~a good place to~~ see ~~which systems is~~ [http://evemaps.dotlan.net/ dotlan]). Each of these systems ~~can~~ contain between 1 - 3 ice belts. Each belt ~~is on a 4 hour timer and they disappear~~ once mined out, ~~they~~ then ~~respawn~~ 4 hours later. ~~Unlike~~ asteroid belts ice belts ~~don't~~ respawn after downtime, they ~~are on a fixed 4 hour timer~~. ~~Unlike~~ [[Asteroids and Ore#Asteroid belts|asteroid belts]], ice belts are a type of [[Cosmic Anomalies|Cosmic Anomaly]], meaning they will appear in a different location in the star system every time they respawn, and can be found using ~~your~~ ship's onboard scanner ~~(but~~ do not require [[Scanning|scan probes]] to find).

Ice belts can be found in every region of New Eden, but only in specific systems (for an easy reference, see [http://evemaps.dotlan.net/ dotlan]). Each of these systems contain between 1 - 3 ice belts. Each belt disappears once mined out, and then respawns 4 hours later. This timer remains in force even across downtime; unlike asteroid belts, ice belts will not respawn immediately after downtime, and will instead continue to respawn 4 hours after they were last depleted. 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 [[Scanning|scan probes]] to find.

=== Ice asteroids ===

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 [[File:Ice_belt.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A ice belt, full of lovely frozen stuff.]]
-'''Ice harvesting''' is the process of mining ice fields (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then [[refining|refined]] and used to fuel capital ship [[jump drive]]s, manufacture fuel for [[POS|player-owned starbases (POS)]], and light [[cyno|cynosural fields]]. Ice mining can only be done with specialized modules (ice miners and ice mining lasers) which can only be fit to [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide|Mining Barges and Exhumers]] or [[Frigate#Expedition Frigates|Expedition Frigates]]. Unlike [[Mining|ore mining]], ice miners mine one block of ice (with a volume of 1000&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>) per cycle; as it's not possible to increase this yield, the only way to mine ice more efficiently is to decrease the ice miners' cycle times.
+'''Ice harvesting''' is the process of obtaining resources from ice fields (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then be [[refining|refined]] and used to fuel capital ship [[jump drive]]s, manufacture fuel for [[POS|player-owned starbases]] and [[Citadels|structure]] services, and light [[cyno|cynosural fields]]. Ice harvesting can only be done with specialized modules or drones, and so is generally only performed by the same ships used for regular mining: [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide|Mining Barges and Exhumers]], [[Frigate#Expedition Frigates|Expedition Frigates]], Industrial Command Ships, the [[Rorqual]], the Capital Industrial Ship.
+Unlike the various [[Mining|ore mining]] tools, ice harvesting tools always harvest one block of ice (with a volume of 1000&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>) per cycle; because of this, the best method of harvesting ice more efficiently is to decrease the ice harvesters' cycle times.
 {{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.}}
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 [[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 certain systems (a good place to see which systems is [http://evemaps.dotlan.net/ dotlan]). Each of these systems can contain between 1 - 3 ice belts. Each belt is on a 4 hour timer and they disappear once mined out, they then respawn 4 hours later. Unlike asteroid belts ice belts don't respawn after downtime, they are on a fixed 4 hour timer. Unlike [[Asteroids and Ore#Asteroid belts|asteroid belts]], ice belts are a type of [[Cosmic Anomalies|Cosmic Anomaly]], meaning they will appear in a different location in the star system every time they respawn, and can be found using your ship's onboard scanner (but do not require [[Scanning|scan probes]] to find).
+Ice belts can be found in every region of New Eden, but only in specific systems (for an easy reference, see [http://evemaps.dotlan.net/ dotlan]). Each of these systems contain between 1 - 3 ice belts. Each belt disappears once mined out, and then respawns 4 hours later. This timer remains in force even across downtime; unlike asteroid belts, ice belts will not respawn immediately after downtime, and will instead continue to respawn 4 hours after they were last depleted. 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 [[Scanning|scan probes]] to find.
 === Ice asteroids ===