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Industrial careers are focused on gathering resources and creating ships and items. This is often referred to in other games as "crafting".

Almost everything in New Eden is created by players. Blueprints can be used to produce items from minerals, which can either be refined or bought from the market. Manufacturers may create items for personal use, or to sell on the market for a profit. Although the basic skills required to manufacture items can be trained quickly, increased skills will greatly improve efficiency. Players need a base to start manufacturing, which could be an NPC station or a player owned structure such as an [[Engineering Complexes|Engineering Complex]]. Manufacturing can yield a good income, but some items cost more to manufacture than they are worth so it is possible to make a loss also. It can also be highly competitive, driving down profits in high traffic areas. In addition to manufacturing, players can carry out [[invention]] to create more valuable T2 items, and conduct [[research]] to improve the efficiency of blueprints, making them more valuable. Players can work with dedicated research agents to obtain [[Datacore farming|datacores]], which can then be used in invention.

Asteroid belts spawn throughout New Eden and can be mined to extract ores. In addition to ores, players can use specialised equipment to mine ice from ice belts and harvest gas from gas clouds. The ore, ice and gas can either be sold in its raw form, or refined into minerals. In general rarer and more valuable resources are found in lower security space. Mining has a low entry barrier, though mining efficiency can be substantially improved by training the right skills and implants and using more advanced equipment and ships. [[Alpha clones]] can mine, although the only specialised mining ship they can use is the [[Venture]].  Players can mine either alone or as part of a mining fleet, and can produce a stable income stream. However, miners are always vulnerable to attacks by other players as well as [[Can flipping|can flippers]], so it can be a risky profession, particularly in lower security areas.<br />

{{euninote|For [[EVE University]] members, the [[Amarr Mining Campus]] specialises in mining.}}

New Eden has thousands of planets, and players can establish a colony on a planet in order to produce resources. The resources (or 'commodities') which are produced can either be sold in their raw form, or combined with other commodities to make more complex products. Ultimately these can be used to make fuel and parts for structures, boosters and components. Planets in lower security areas tend to yield more valuable commodities. Planetary Industry has a low entry barrier, although through training skills players can increase the number of planets and the efficiency of their colony. Planetary Industry does not normally require much active management once the colony is established, and most players will use it as a passive supplement to their other income.