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'''Ice Mining''' is the process of mining ice field (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then be [[Refining|refined]] into fuel for [[Player Owned Structures]] (POS) and [[Jump Drives and Cynosural Fields|Capital Ship Jump Drives]]. Ice mining can only be done with specialized modules (ice miners) which can only be fit to [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide|Mining Barges and Exhumers]]. Unlike [[Mining|ore mining]], ice miners mine one block of ice (with a volume of 1000 m<sup>3</sup>) 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. | '''Ice Mining''' is the process of mining ice field (commonly called "ice belts"). This mined ice can then be [[Refining|refined]] into fuel for [[Player Owned Structures]] (POS) and [[Jump Drives and Cynosural Fields|Capital Ship Jump Drives]]. Ice mining can only be done with specialized modules (ice miners) which can only be fit to [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide|Mining Barges and Exhumers]]. Unlike [[Mining|ore mining]], ice miners mine one block of ice (with a volume of 1000 m<sup>3</sup>) 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. | ||
The ice mined from ice asteroids can be [[refining|refined]] into ice products, which are in turn used to fuel [[jump drive]]s and to manufacture the fuel for [[POS|player-owned starbases (POS)]]. | |||
Note: the [[Eve_Online_Expansions#Odyssey|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. | Note: the [[Eve_Online_Expansions#Odyssey|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. | ||
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There are twelve different types of ice asteroids, split into three categories: faction asteroids, enriched faction asteroids, and standard asteroids. | There are twelve different types of ice asteroids, split into three categories: faction asteroids, enriched faction asteroids, and standard asteroids. | ||
* Faction asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Clear Icicle}}, {{co|slateblue|Glacial Mass}}, {{co|slateblue|Blue Ice}}, and {{co|slateblue|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 drive]]s on Gallente ships to manufacture fuel for Gallente [[POS]]es). | * Faction asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Clear Icicle}}, {{co|slateblue|Glacial Mass}}, {{co|slateblue|Blue Ice}}, and {{co|slateblue|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 drive]]s on Gallente ships and to manufacture fuel for Gallente [[POS]]es). | ||
* Enriched faction asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Enriched Clear Icicle}}, {{co|slateblue|Smooth Glacial Mass}}, {{co|slateblue|Thick Blue Ice}}, and {{co|slateblue|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]]. | * Enriched faction asteroids ({{co|slateblue|Enriched Clear Icicle}}, {{co|slateblue|Smooth Glacial Mass}}, {{co|slateblue|Thick Blue Ice}}, and {{co|slateblue|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]] (in [[Asteroids_and_Ore#Asteroid_distribution|systems controlled by their respective factions]]). | ||
* 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. These asteroids are only found in [[low-sec]]. | * 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. These asteroids are only found in [[low-sec]] and [[nullsec]]. | ||
Assuming perfect refining skills, ice asteroids refine to the following: | Assuming perfect [[refining]] skills, ice asteroids refine to the following: | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" | ||
! colspan=5 style="background-color:#222222;" | | ! colspan=5 style="background-color:#222222;" | | ||
! colspan=4 style="background-color:#222222;" | Faction isotopes | ! colspan=4 style="background-color:#222222;" | Faction isotopes | ||
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! colspan=2 style="background-color:#222222;" | | ! colspan=2 style="background-color:#222222;" | | ||
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|White Glaze}} | | align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|White Glaze}} | ||
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Blue Ice}} | | align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Blue Ice}} | ||
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| align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Glacial Mass}} | | align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Glacial Mass}} | ||
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | | | style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | | ||
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | 300 | | style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | 300 | ||
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| rowspan=4 style="transform: rotate(270deg);border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;"| Enriched | | rowspan=4 style="transform: rotate(270deg);border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;"| Enriched | ||
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|Pristine White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|Pristine White Glaze}} | | align="left" | [[image:ice_white_glaze.png|24px|Pristine White Glaze]] {{co|slateblue|Pristine White Glaze}} | ||
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Thick Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Thick Blue Ice}} | | align="left" | [[image:ice_blue_ice.png|24px|Thick Blue Ice]] {{co|slateblue|Thick Blue Ice}} | ||
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| 350 | | 350 | ||
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| align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Smooth Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Smooth Glacial Mass}} | | align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | [[image:ice_glacial_mass.png|24px|Smooth Glacial Mass]] {{co|slateblue|Smooth Glacial Mass}} | ||
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | | | style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | | ||
| style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | 350 | | style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA;" | 350 | ||
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| rowspan=4 style="transform: rotate(270deg);" | Standard | | rowspan=4 style="transform: rotate(270deg);" | Standard | ||
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_dark_glitter.png|24px|Dark Glitter]] {{co|slateblue|Dark Glitter}} | | align="left" | [[image:ice_dark_glitter.png|24px|Dark Glitter]] {{co|slateblue|Dark Glitter}} | ||
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_gelidus.png|24px|Gelidus]] {{co|slateblue|Gelidus}} | | align="left" | [[image:ice_gelidus.png|24px|Gelidus]] {{co|slateblue|Gelidus}} | ||
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| align="left" | [[image:ice_krystallos.png|24px|Krystallos]] {{co|slateblue|Krystallos}} | | align="left" | [[image:ice_krystallos.png|24px|Krystallos]] {{co|slateblue|Krystallos}} | ||
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