Medical boosters
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Medical boosters, often called combat boosters or just boosters, are performance enhancing drugs in EVE. When consumed, the user gets a temporary boost to a specific combat related attribute or skill training attribute. The more powerful combat-related boosters have a chance of having negative side effects which may impact a user's ability to fight. The weaker boosters, called Synths, have no chance of side effects, but have dramatically reduced effects.
Combat-related boosters are manufactured from gasses which are harvested from anomalies in known space. Mytoserocin gasses are used to make Synth boosters and are found in high and low security space, and cytoserocin gasses, found in low and null security space, are used to create the more powerful Standard, Improved, and Strong boosters.
Skill training boosters are obtained through in-game events, and generally have an expiration date after which they will not function.
Types of boosters
There are 8 different abilities that boosters can affect, divided into four different grades.
| Booster name | Attribute | Slot | Bonuses by grade | Potential side effects | ||||||
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| Synth | Standard | Improved | Strong | |||||||
| Blue Pill |  Shield boosting amount
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1 | +3% | +20% | +25% | +30% | Capacitor capacity | Missile explosion velocity | Shield capacity | Turret optimal range |
| Exile |  Armor repair amount
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1 | +3% | +20% | +25% | +30% | Armor hitpoints | Capacitor capacity | Missile explosion radius | Turret tracking |
| Mindflood |  Capacitor capacity
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1 | +3% | +10% | +15% | +20% | Armor repair amount | Missile explosion radius | Shield boosting amount | Turret optimal range |
| X-Instinct |  Signature radius
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1 | -2.25% | -7.5% | -11.25% | -15% | Armor hitpoints | Missile velocity | Shield capacity | Turret falloff |
| Drop |  Tracking speed
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2 | +3% | +25% | +31.25% | +37.5% | Armor repair amount | Shield capacity | Turret falloff | Velocity |
| Frentix |  Optimal range
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2 | +3% | +10% | +15% | +20% | Armor hitpoints | Shield boosting amount | Turret tracking | Velocity |
| Sooth Sayer |  Falloff range
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2 | +3% | +10% | +15% | +20% | Armor repair amount | Shield capacity | Turret optimal range | Velocity |
| Crash |  Missile explosion radius
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3 | -3% | -20% | -25% | -30% | Armor hitpoints | Missile velocity | Shield boosting amount | Velocity |
Other boosters
There are other combat boosters which are not manufactured by players, and which do not have side effects.
| Booster name | Bonus | Slot | Duration | Source |
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| Antipharmakon Aeolis | +8% Capacitor
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1 | 30 minutes | Project Discovery |
| Antipharmakon Iokira | +8% Tracking Speed
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| Antipharmakon Kosybo | +8% Armor Repair
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1 | ||
| Antipharmakon Thureo | +8% Shield Boost
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| Antipharmakon Toxot |  +8% Flight Time
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| Quafe Zero |  +5% Velocity +5% Scan Resolution
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1 | 1 hour | Gift from CCP |
Using boosters
To use a booster, right click on it and select 'Consume'. This can be done in space or at a station. Each booster type has a different "slot" that it uses, viewable in the character sheet. You cannot use another booster if it occupies the same slot as currently active booster. These slots are different from those used for regular neural implants.
It is not possible to override an booster once it has been consumed; you must wait out the drug for its duration. Boosters last 30 minutes, increased by 20% (6 minutes) for each level of Biology the user has trained.
Each flavor of booster has four side effects associated with it. When the booster is used, each of these effects has a chance of occurring. A pilot might have no penalties for using a booster, or could experience all four at once. The chance of getting a side effect is 20% for Standard, 30% for Improved, and 40% for Strong. The effects are -20% for Standard, -25% for Improved, and -30% for Strong. Both the chance of getting a side effect and the potency of any received effect can be reduced by skills and implants.
Skills
- Biology (1x): 20% bonus to attribute booster duration per skill level.
- Neurotoxin Control (2x): 5% reduction of potency of side effects per level.
- Neurotoxin Recovery (5x): 5% reduction of the chance of having a negative side effect per skill level.
Implants
The Eifyr and Co. 'Alchemist' line of neural implants can enhance the duration of boosters, or reduce the probability or potency of side effects. See implants for more information.
Manufacturing
Acquiring materials
Boosters are manufactured from mytoserocin and cytoserocin gas harvested from clouds in anomalies found in known space. These anomalies will only spawn in specific regions of the universe. Note that these gasses are different from the Fullerine gasses found in wormholes, which are used to create tier 3 ships and subsystems.
Processing gas
Gas must be processed into pure booster material before the final product is created. This is done using reactions at a player owned starbase (POS). Synth and Standard boosters use Simple Biochemical Reactions at a Medium Biochemical Reactor Array. Improved and Strong boosters use Complex Biochemical Reactions at a Biochemical Reactor Array. Both these structures can only be anchored at a POS in .3 or lower security space. Besides the gas, the reactions also require an additional unit, which varies based on the grade of the booster. Synth reactions need Garbage, Standard reaction require Water, Improved reactions require either Spirits or Oxygen, depending on the exact product, and Strong reactions require Hydrochloric Acid.
The Reactor Arrays require additional silos to pull and place materials. The gas is stored in a Biochemical Silo, the other catalyst in a General Storage silo, and the pure booster product must be outputted to a Hazardous Chemical Silo.
Booster creation
Finally, the booster is created at a Drug Lab anchored at a POS. This structure has no security requirements, and can be placed and operated in hisec. Manufactoring the final booster product requires the pure booster material of the desired grade covered in the above section, a little bit of megacyte, and a blueprint.
