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* Standard asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Glare Crust}}, {{co|slateblue|Dark Glitter}}, {{co|slateblue|Gelidus}}, and {{co|slateblue|Krystallos}}) contain large quantities of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone and Strontium Clathrates, but no faction isotopes.  
 
* Standard asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Glare Crust}}, {{co|slateblue|Dark Glitter}}, {{co|slateblue|Gelidus}}, and {{co|slateblue|Krystallos}}) contain large quantities of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone and Strontium Clathrates, but no faction isotopes.  
  
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Assuming perfect refining skills, ice asteroids refine to the following:
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
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! colspan=5 |
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! colspan=4 style="background-color:#222222;" | Faction isotopes
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! style="background-color:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_heavy_water.png|32px|Heavy Water]]<br>Heavy Water
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! style="background-color:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_liquid_ozone.png|32px|Liquid Ozone]]<br>Liquid Ozone
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! style="background-color:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_strontium_clathrates.png|32px|Strontium Clathrates]]<br>Strontium Clathrates
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! style="background-color:#222222; font-size:85%;" | {{icon|amarr|36px}}[[image:mineral_helium_isotopes.png|32px|Helium Isotopes]]<br>Helium Isotopes
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! style="background-color:#222222; font-size:85%;" | {{icon|caldari|36px}}[[image:mineral_nitrogen_isotopes.png|32px|Nitrogen Isotopes]]<br>Nitrogen Isotopes
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! style="background-color:#222222; font-size:85%;" | {{icon|gallente|36px}}[[image:mineral_oxygen_isotopes.png|32px|Oxygen Isotopes]]<br>Oxygen Isotopes
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! style="background-color:#222222; font-size:85%;" | {{icon|minmatar|36px}}[[image:mineral_hydrogen_isotopes.png|32px|Hydrogen Isotopes]]<br>Hydrogen Isotopes
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|-
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| rowspan=4 style="transform: rotate(270deg);"| Faction
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_clear_icicle.png|24px|Clear Icicle]] {{co|slateblue|Clear Icicle}}
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| 50
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| 25
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| 1
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| 300
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|White Glaze}}
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| 50
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| 25
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| 1
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|
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| 300
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|
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|
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|-
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Blue Ice}}
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| 50
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| 25
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| 1
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|
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|
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| 300
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|
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|-
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Glacial Mass}}
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| 50
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| 25
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| 1 
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|
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|
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|
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| 300
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|-
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| rowspan=4 style="transform: rotate(270deg);"| Enriched
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_clear_icicle.png|24px|Enriched Clear Icicle]] {{co|slateblue|Enriched Clear Icicle}}
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| 75
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| 40
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| 1
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| 350
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|Pristine White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|Pristine White Glaze}}
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| 75
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| 40
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| 1
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|
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| 350
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|
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|
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|-
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Thick Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Thick Blue Ice}}
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| 75
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| 40
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| 1
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|
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|
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| 350
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|
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|-
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Smooth Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Smooth Glacial Mass}}
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| 75
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| 40
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| 1
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|
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|
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|
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| 350
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|-
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| rowspan=4 style="transform: rotate(270deg);" | Standard
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_glare_crust.png|24px|Glare Crust]] {{co|slateblue|Glare Crust}}
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| 1000
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| 500
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| 25
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_dark_glitter.png|24px|Dark Glitter]] {{co|slateblue|Dark Glitter}}
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| 500
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| 1000
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| 50
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_gelidus.png|24px|Gelidus]] {{co|slateblue|Gelidus}}
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| 250
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| 500
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| 75
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_krystallos.png|24px|Krystallos]] {{co|slateblue|Krystallos}}
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| 125
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| 500
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| 125
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! style="background:#222222;" | Refined minerals /<br>Type of ice
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! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_heavy_water.png|32px|Heavy Water]]<br>Heavy Water
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! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_heavy_water.png|32px|Heavy Water]]Heavy Water
 
! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_helium_isotopes.png|32px|Helium Isotopes]]<br>Helium Isotopes
 
! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_helium_isotopes.png|32px|Helium Isotopes]]<br>Helium Isotopes
 
! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_hydrogen_isotopes.png|32px|Hydrogen Isotopes]]<br>Hydrogen Isotopes
 
! style="background:#222222; font-size:85%;" | [[image:mineral_hydrogen_isotopes.png|32px|Hydrogen Isotopes]]<br>Hydrogen Isotopes
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===Rigs===
 
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Ice Mining is the process of mining ice field (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then be refined into fuel for Player Owned Structures (POS) and Capital Ship Jump Drives. Ice mining can only be done with specialized modules (ice miners) which can only be fit to Mining Barges and Exhumers. Unlike ore mining, ice miners mine one block of ice (with a volume of 1000 m3) 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.

Note: the 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.

Advantages of Ice Mining

  • Reduced attention required by the miner when compared with ore mining.
  • Ability to be self-sufficient for POS fuel.
  • Easier to mine without a dedicated hauler (longer cycle times mean fewer trips to the station).
  • Fun factor of 4-hourly 'Ice Rush' when a belt spawns, as dozens of miners rush in to clear the belt.

Disadvantages of Ice Mining

  • Reduced ISK yield compared to ore mining. While ice commands similar prices to ore, it's not possible to mine ice continuously due to the 4 hour respawn timer on ice belts.

Ice Belts

A map of the Metropolis region from dotlan. The Eygfe system has an ice belt, as shown by the thin blue ring around its box.

Ice belts can be found in every region of New Eden, but only in certain systems (a good place to see which systems is dotlan). Each of these systems contains one ice belt, which spawns after downtime, disappears once mined out, and then respawns four hours later. Unlike asteroid belts, ice belts are a type of 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 scan probes to find).

Ice Asteroids

There are twelve different types of ice asteroids, split into three categories: faction asteroids, enriched faction asteroids, and standard asteroids.

  • Faction asteroids (Clear Icicle, Glacial Mass, Blue Ice, and White Glaze) refine to small quantities of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone and Strontium Clathrates, but large amounts of their respective faction's isotope (Helium Isotopes, Hydrogen Isotopes, Oxygen Isotopes, and Nitrogen Isotopes). Each of these asteroid types is only found in the regions of space controlled by their respective faction (so, for instance, Blue Ice only spawns in Gallente space, and contains Oxygen Isotopes, which are used to fuel the jump drives on Gallente ships to manufacture fuel for Gallente POSes).
  • Enriched faction asteroids (Enriched Clear Icicle, Smooth Glacial Mass, Thick Blue Ice, and Pristine White Glaze) work the same way as regular faction asteroids, but contain more of the same materials. These asteroids are only found in nullsec.
  • Standard asteroids (Glare Crust, Dark Glitter, Gelidus, and Krystallos) contain large quantities of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone and Strontium Clathrates, but no faction isotopes.

Assuming perfect refining skills, ice asteroids refine to the following:

Faction isotopes
Heavy Water
Heavy Water 		Liquid Ozone
Liquid Ozone 		Strontium Clathrates
Strontium Clathrates 		Logo faction amarr empire.pngHelium Isotopes
Helium Isotopes 		Logo faction caldari state.pngNitrogen Isotopes
Nitrogen Isotopes 		Logo faction gallente federation.pngOxygen Isotopes
Oxygen Isotopes 		Logo faction minmatar republic.pngHydrogen Isotopes
Hydrogen Isotopes
Faction Clear Icicle Clear Icicle 50 25 1 300
White Glaze White Glaze 50 25 1 300
Blue Ice Blue Ice 50 25 1 300
Glacial Mass Glacial Mass 50 25 1 300
Enriched Enriched Clear Icicle Enriched Clear Icicle 75 40 1 350
Pristine White Glaze Pristine White Glaze 75 40 1 350
Thick Blue Ice Thick Blue Ice 75 40 1 350
Smooth Glacial Mass Smooth Glacial Mass 75 40 1 350
Standard Glare Crust Glare Crust 1000 500 25
Dark Glitter Dark Glitter 500 1000 50
Gelidus Gelidus 250 500 75
Krystallos Krystallos 125 500 125


Heavy WaterHeavy Water Helium Isotopes
Helium Isotopes 		Hydrogen Isotopes
Hydrogen Isotopes 		Liquid Ozone
Liquid Ozone 		Nitrogen Isotopes
Nitrogen Isotopes 		Oxygen Isotopes
Oxygen Isotopes 		Strontium Clathrates
Strontium Clathrates
Blue Ice Blue Ice Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png
Clear Icicle Clear Icicle Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png
Glacial Mass Glacial Mass Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png
White Glaze White Glaze Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png
Thick Blue Ice Thick Blue Ice Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png
Enriched Clear Icicle Enriched Clear Icicle Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png
Smooth Glacial Mass Smooth Glacial Mass Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png
Pristine White Glaze Pristine White Glaze Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png
Dark Glitter Dark Glitter Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png
Gelidus Gelidus Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png
Glare Crust Glare Crust Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png
Krystallos Krystallos Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png Icon large green check.png



There are 4 basic types of ice asteroid. These match the faction that controls local space. With perfect ice refine capability, 1 unit of each type will always produce:

  • 50 Heavy Water
  • 25 Liquid Ozone
  • 1 Strontium Clathrates
  • 300 of a faction-specific isotope, as follows:
Amarr - Clear Icicle Caldari - White Glaze Gallente - Blue Ice Minmatar - Glacial Mass
Isotope Helium Nitrogen Oxygen Hydrogen
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