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{{Work in progress|Gathering information on moon ore availability based on security and region, to be added in addition to moon-goo ores.}}
{{Work in progress|CCP made changes to the Moon Ore distribution that still need research. Changes went live on 3/30/2020.}}


== Background and History ==
== Background and History ==
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===Performing the Activity===
===Performing the Activity===


Survey Probes must be launched directly at the target moon, from within 100,000km of it. This means you must physically align your ship to the moon, as the probe is launched in a straight long along your path of travel. Once in range and aligner, cycle the Survey Probe Launcher to launch a probe. It does not auto-repeat, but it will auto-reload if emptied.  
Survey Probes must be launched directly at the target moon, from within 100,000km of it. This means you must physically align your ship to the moon, as the probe is launched in a straight line along your path of travel. Once in range and aligned, cycle the Survey Probe Launcher to launch a probe. It does not auto-repeat, but it will auto-reload if emptied and additional probes are available in the cargohold.  


Upon launching a probe, a new window will be displayed showing the remaining time for the probe to return its results. The ship must stay in-system and undocked until the results are sent back from the probe, and the results will appear in the bottom half of the same window. The window will keep these results until the user logs out of the game, even if they move to another system. Individual results can be cleared by right clicking on the moon name and selecting Delete.
Upon launching a probe, a new window will be displayed showing the remaining time for the probe to return its results. The ship must stay in-system and undocked until the results are sent back from the probe, and the results will appear in the bottom half of the same window. The window will keep these results until the user logs out of the game, even if they move to another system. Individual results can be cleared by right clicking on the moon name and selecting Delete.
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There is no known limit to how many probes a player may have active at any given time, only a practical limit on how many one can launch while moving between moons to launch more, before the results start to return and clear earlier probes from the list. There is also no reason to launch additional probes at the same moon - the results are always accurate regardless of the probe type used, and will never change even after moon extractions have begun.
There is no known limit to how many probes a player may have active at any given time, only a practical limit on how many one can launch while moving between moons to launch more, before the results start to return and clear their respective probes from the list. There is also no reason to launch additional probes at the same moon - the results are always accurate regardless of the probe type used, and will never change even after moon extractions have begun.


== Moon Ore Extraction ==
== Moon Ore Extraction ==
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== Moon Ore Mining ==
== Moon Ore Mining ==
Once a moon chunk has been extracted using a Refinery, it exists as an asteroid field which contains both normal ore types and special moon-specific ores.  After extraction, the mining is performed using the same mining equipment and processes used for asteroid [[Mining]].  Mining crystals are available for each class of moon ore to improve efficiency of Tech 2 mining lasers, provided the player trains the appropriate moon ore reprocessing skill.
Once a moon chunk has been extracted using a Refinery, it exists as an asteroid field which contains special moon-specific ores.  After extraction, the mining is performed using the same mining equipment and processes used for asteroid [[Mining]].  Mining crystals are available for each class of moon ore to improve efficiency of Tech 2 mining lasers, provided the player trains the appropriate moon ore reprocessing skill.


== Ore Types ==
== Ore Types ==
===Asteroid Ore===
===Asteroid Ore===
Moons can contain any type of normal asteroid-belt ore found in High, Low, or Null-security space, regardless of the security of the system the moon is in. The one exception to this is Mercoxit (the only asteroid ore to contain Morphite, used in T2 production) which is not available from moons.


The asteroid ores produced by moons are always of the same quality - 15% - which is higher than that obtainable from asteroid belts. Combined with the fact that even null-sec ores such as Gneiss and Spodumain are available at moons in high-security (0.5) space, makes moon-mining in high sec very lucrative.
{{expansion past | On 3/30/2020, CCP pushed a [https://www.eveonline.com/article/q7v1q4/moon-mineral-distribution-update previously announced] but unscheduled update that changed moon ore distribution across all types of space. Prior to this change, moons provided both regular asteroid ores (but in a variant that gave a bonus 15% yield, a variant that was only available from moons) as well as moon-specific ores as mentioned elsewhere in this article. After the change, all asteroid type ores were completely removed, and the refining yield of moon ores was adjusted to only give moon goo, and Pyerite or Mercoxit - all other normal minerals were removed.}}


===Moon-specific Ore===
===Moon-specific Ore===
The five different classes of moon ores are as follows: ubiquitous, common, uncommon, rare, and exceptional. In addition to the classic minerals that other ores provide, some materials required for T2 construction can only be found in moon ores. Like the normal asteroid ores, moon ores also have basic, improved, and excellent quality types. However, moon ore quality more strongly affects the reprocessed minerals received. The improved ores yield a 15% bonus, while the excellent ores provide a 100% bonus on minerals received through reprocessing.
In addition to the classic minerals that other ores provide, some materials required for T2 construction can only be found in moon ores. Like the normal asteroid ores, moon ores also have basic, improved, and excellent quality types. However, moon ore quality more strongly affects the reprocessed minerals received. The improved ores yield a 15% bonus, while the excellent ores provide a 100% bonus on minerals received through reprocessing.  


Unlike with the regular asteroid ores that can be mined from moons, moon-specific ores are often of mixed quality, with the same moon pull containing both regular and improved quality. However there is a chance, at the time of detonating a moon chunk, that there will be a bright blue flash - this has come to be known as a "jackpot" and indicates that the moon ores for that particular extraction will '''''all''''' be of the excellent quality instead.
There are 5 classes of moon ore, as shown in the table below. All classes are available in low and null-sec systems, but High sec and Wormhole systems may only have R4 (Ubiquitous) ores.
 
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!
! style="text-align: center;" | Ubiquitous
! style="text-align: center;" | Common
! style="text-align: center;" | Uncommon
! style="text-align: center;" | Rare
! style="text-align: center;" | Exceptional
|-
|
| style="text-align: center;" | R4
| style="text-align: center;" | R8
| style="text-align: center;" | R16
| style="text-align: center;" | R32
| style="text-align: center;" | R64
|-
| High Sec
| style="text-align: center;" | X
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| Low Sec
| style="text-align: center;" | X
| style="text-align: center;" | X
| style="text-align: center;" | X
| style="text-align: center;" | X
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| Null Sec
| style="text-align: center;" | X
| style="text-align: center;" | X
| style="text-align: center;" | X
| style="text-align: center;" | X
| style="text-align: center;" | X
|-
| Wormhole
| style="text-align: center;" | X
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
|}
 
Moon-specific ores are often of mixed quality, with the same moon pull containing both regular and improved quality of the same ore. However there is a chance, at the time of detonating a moon chunk to create the asteroid field, that there will be a bright blue flash - this has come to be known as a "jackpot" and indicates that the moon ores for that particular extraction will '''''all''''' be of the excellent quality instead.


The following table shows the minerals and special materials present in '''''1000 {{M3}}''''' of each moon ore:
The following table shows the minerals and special materials present in '''''1000 {{M3}}''''' of each moon ore:
{{Note|This table has not yet been updated to reflect changes made on 3/30/2020. See https://www.eveonline.com/article/q7v1q4/moon-mineral-distribution-update for more details on those changes.}}


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