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===Blueprint Originals===
===Blueprint Originals===


Blueprint Originals (BPOs) are available from the market for all pure Tech 1 (Meta 0) items. They start with a Material Efficiency of 0 and a Production Efficiency of 0, most T1 items BPO's are sold on the market from NPC vendors.  They may be purchased and resold by player characters, so check prices.   
Blueprint Originals (BPOs) are available from the market for all pure [[Techs, Tiers and Meta levels|Tech 1 (Meta 0)]] items. They start with a Material Efficiency of 0 and a Production Efficiency of 0, most T1 items BPO's are sold on the market from NPC vendors.  They may be purchased and resold by player characters, so check prices.   


Blueprint originals for T2 items exist, but they are extremely rare and highly sought-after.
Blueprint originals for T2 items exist, but they are extremely rare and highly sought-after.


*When initially introduced T2 original blue prints where distributed randomly in a lottery, this was changed some years ago and replaced with the invention system, these items are now worth many billions of ISK.
*When initially introduced T2 original blue prints where distributed randomly in a lottery, this was changed some years ago and replaced with the [[Invention 101|invention system]], these items are now worth many billions of ISK.


Researched blueprint originals may also be sold on contract between players -- but make sure that you're buying an original; it's quite common for holders of a well-researched BPO to sell copies.  For expensive items, these may legitimately command prices similar to unresearched originals.  Or you may have stumbled on another contract scam.  As usual, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caveat_emptor caveat emptor].
Researched blueprint originals may also be sold on contract between players -- but make sure that you're buying an original; it's quite common for holders of a well-researched BPO to sell copies.  For expensive items, these may legitimately command prices similar to unresearched originals.  Or you may have stumbled on another contract scam.  As usual, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caveat_emptor caveat emptor].