Jump clones: Difference between revisions

 

[[File:Jumpcloneexample.gif|right|thumb|300px|An animated guide to how jump clones work.‎]]

 

To create or use jump clones, you need at least one level in the skill {{sk|Infomorph Psychology|icon=no|price=no|mult=no}}. This skill has no prerequisites and its first level is very quickly trained, but it does cost 1 million ISK when seeded on NPC skillbook markets and is therefore not normally an immediate purchase for very new players.

 

[[File:Jump_clone_interface_2021.png|thumb|300px|This pilot is docked in a station with a clone bay, and the "Install Clone" button has lit up as an available option.‎]]

* Open your [[Character Sheet]] either from the Neocom or by pressing alt+A, select the "Character" tab and the "Jump Clones" subtab

 

If you are in a player-owned [[Upwell structures|Upwell structure]] and you jump from an active clone to an inactive clone stored in the ''same'' structure, you do not get a cooldown. You can jump "within" an Upwell structure in this manner even within a clone jump cooldown.

# A pilot is running high-level missions for two NPC corporations, which are located far away from each other (to, for instance, balance out her [[Faction Standings|faction standings]]). Instead of flying her slow battleship between the two mission hubs, she installs a jump clone (and stations a fully fit battleship) at each mission hub. She can then clone jump between the two locations easily to run missions for both corporations (on alternate days).

# A new member of EVE University has taken advantage of the University's [[The +3 Implants Program|implants program]] and installed a set of +3 learning implants to speed up his skill training. He wants to poke his toes into low-sec but is worried about being ganked and losing his implants. He creates a jump clone without any implants and switches to it before heading into low-sec, thereby safeguarding his implants. He can then switch back and forth between his clone with implants (to speed up his skill training) and his clean clone (for venturing into lowsec) depending on what he wants to do that day in EVE.  

# An experienced pilot wants to specialise in running [[Incursions]], but still enjoys some frigate PvP to relax. She creates a jump clone and fits it out with high-level (and expensive!) implants to maximise the performance of her incursion-running battleship (e.g. implants to boost the amount of armor on her ship and the damage of her large laser turrets), but switches to a clone without any implants when she just wants to jump into her frigate and shoot at anything that moves.  

# An industrialist runs an extensive manufacturing operation in a quiet, out-of-the-way system. They hate hauling, so to sell their final product they ship their items via [[Contract#Courier_Contract|courier contract]] to a [[Trade hubs|trade hub]]. They then create a jump clone at the trade hub, and use it periodically to get to the trade hub to sell their products faster than they could fly there in a ship).

# If an inactive jump clone is located in a player-owned [[Upwell structures|structure]], that clone will be destroyed if the structure is destroyed, or if the owner of the structure offlines or unplugs the clone module.

# You will also lose access to a clone in a player structure if the owner of the structure changes the structure's Access List to exclude you.

==Relevant skills==

{{sk|Infomorph Psychology|icon=yes|price=yes|mult=yes}} <br>

Allows 1 jump clone per level. Most pilots train at least some levels in this.

{{sk|Advanced Infomorph Psychology|icon=yes|price=yes|mult=yes}} <br>

Allows 1 additional jump clone per level. This is useful for pilots who need ''lots'' of jump clones, but many pilots never train it.

{{sk|Infomorph Synchronizing|icon=yes|price=yes|mult=yes}} <br>

Reduces time between clone jumps by 1 hour per level. Since the minimum possible cooldown, at level V, is still 19 hours, and since the cooldown can be avoided by swapping between two clones within an Upwell structure, this skill might not be much help to anyone who isn't constantly hopping around New Eden.

{{sk|Cloning Facility Operation|icon=yes|price=yes|mult=yes}} <br>

Required for the installation of the Clone Vat Bay module on a Rorqual or Titan. Increases a Clone Vat Bay's maximum clone capacity by 15% per skill level. This skill is only relevant to capital ship pilots.