# Mining & Extraction **URL:** https://forums.eveonline.com/c/industry-gameplay-center/mining-extraction/50.md?no_subcategories=false [Latest](https://forums.eveonline.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.eveonline.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.eveonline.com/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to Mining & Extraction](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/welcome-to-mining-extraction/365817)
**Author:** [@ISD\_Buldath](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/ISD_Buldath)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/welcome-to-mining-extraction/365817 "2022-06-05T17:00:34Z")
This is the place to discuss all things resource harvesting in EVE. From Ice and ore mining, to gas extraction and moon mining, this is the forum section that you should use to read information and share your expertise … --- ## [Any Official Limits on Exordium Yet?](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/any-official-limits-on-exordium-yet/518610)
**Author:** [@Lusty\_Lucy\_Cybaritic](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lusty_Lucy_Cybaritic)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/any-official-limits-on-exordium-yet/518610 "2026-10-06T17:11:56Z")
Last time I looked, FC stated excessive mining is not allowed. I am not seeing any clear definition here. Does that mean massive mining operation by a corporation? Does it mean, if I jump in my venture with 2 medore lase… --- ## [Proposal: A minigame to make mining suck less](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proposal-a-minigame-to-make-mining-suck-less/510271)
**Author:** [@Anna\_Dyneaux](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anna_Dyneaux)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proposal-a-minigame-to-make-mining-suck-less/510271 "2026-10-03T07:27:04Z")
Mining sucks. You know this, I know this, everyone knows this but CCP. Catalyst was supposed to be the big expansion that made mining more exciting, and it just wasn’t. Yeah the new rocks look nice, but mining is still t… --- ## [What if there was a new rogue drone](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-if-there-was-a-new-rogue-drone/519010)
**Author:** [@Drosera\_Binata](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Drosera_Binata)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-if-there-was-a-new-rogue-drone/519010 "2026-09-30T19:59:11Z")
what if there was a rogue drone (or similar) that could mine and battle like the ones that can do E-WAR and damage. --- ## [What if EVE vanguard affected Planetary industry](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-if-eve-vanguard-affected-planetary-industry/517798)
**Author:** [@Drosera\_Binata](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Drosera_Binata)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-if-eve-vanguard-affected-planetary-industry/517798 "2026-09-30T19:45:20Z")
Disclaimer: I have never actually played eve vanguard myself, but this might be a way to connect both eve online and vanguard to feel more like they are both in New Eden. What if eve vanguard affected PI in eve online a… --- ## [What about a new kind of planet](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-about-a-new-kind-of-planet/517972)
**Author:** [@Drosera\_Binata](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Drosera_Binata)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-about-a-new-kind-of-planet/517972 "2026-09-22T23:48:41Z")
What about a new kind of planet that behaves like Prismaticite, it would be called a ‘Radioactive planet’ or similar. Its extraction would give a random PI material with every extraction. This would give a chance to sol… --- ## [Access to Athanor for MOON mining](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/access-to-athanor-for-moon-mining/516939)
**Author:** [@Malko\_Calaglin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malko_Calaglin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/access-to-athanor-for-moon-mining/516939 "2026-09-13T17:01:47Z")
Hello there i am looking for a athanor to get accesss for moon mining in HS (for my free time) i can bring around 4 toons, i had one in the past but i am looking for something closer to jita i can even discuss a sell … --- ## [Strip miner visuals](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/strip-miner-visuals/517494)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Richards](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Matt_Richards)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/strip-miner-visuals/517494 "2026-09-01T13:21:33Z")
So I really liked the updates that FC did for the visuals for mining, gas huffing etc. And it looks really good for the mining lasers but unless my graphics are messed up, there’s nothing for strip miners… and I just th… --- ## [Odysseus should have a mining surveyor](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/odysseus-should-have-a-mining-surveyor/514730)
**Author:** [@Enoch\_Lionheart](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Enoch_Lionheart)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/odysseus-should-have-a-mining-surveyor/514730 "2026-08-28T04:11:42Z")
The Odysseus is, among other things, a gas mining vessel. Can it get a mining surveyor please? --- ## [Survey Scanners](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/survey-scanners/516885)
**Author:** [@Unbeatable\_SquirrelGirl](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Unbeatable_SquirrelGirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/survey-scanners/516885 "2026-08-28T03:46:56Z")
Hiya! I have a question… When using a survey scanner sometimes the highlighted icon goes dark if you have something other than an asteroid targetted like a menu or whatever. Do you still gain the bonuses from it when … --- ## [Managing and organising mining crystals](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/managing-and-organising-mining-crystals/516039)
**Author:** [@Ghanima\_Carray](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ghanima_Carray)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/managing-and-organising-mining-crystals/516039 "2026-08-08T13:46:17Z")
Has anyone found a good system of managing stock levels of mining crystals within their mining barge? I need to go out with Simple, Coherent, Complex and Variegated so that I have what I need for possible anomalies. An… --- ## [What about a new industrial drone](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-about-a-new-industrial-drone/515946)
**Author:** [@Drosera\_Binata](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Drosera_Binata)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-about-a-new-industrial-drone/515946 "2026-08-06T20:09:33Z")
what about a gas harvesting drone like the ice harvesting ones --- ## [Broadcast Node vs Integrity Response Drones](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/broadcast-node-vs-integrity-response-drones/515095)
**Author:** [@Zedzed\_Nyne](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Zedzed_Nyne)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/broadcast-node-vs-integrity-response-drones/515095 "2026-07-30T00:12:10Z")
IRD seems to retain higher market prices but it’s uses are not as prolific as BNs? Which would you choose if starting PI from scratch … ? --- ## [Change how the quality of ORE works](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/change-how-the-quality-of-ore-works/515356)
**Author:** [@Vasama](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vasama)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/change-how-the-quality-of-ore-works/515356 "2026-07-25T08:32:15Z")
Some time ago, the names of different ore grades were simplified to “grade,” which was a positive change, especially for newer players. However, I still think the ores includes unnecessary complexity. What if higher-grad… --- ## [Orca/ Mining ship interaction bug Bug](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-mining-ship-interaction-bug-bug/514926)
**Author:** [@DirtyBytch](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DirtyBytch)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-mining-ship-interaction-bug-bug/514926 "2026-07-17T13:20:58Z")
When you switch Strip miners using orca for Other Strip miner. The mining beam is not visible for other players flying around until you dock/undock or jump thru gate. Possible bug? --- ## [New pastures](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/new-pastures/514706)
**Author:** [@xReederx\_Ghost](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/xReederx_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/new-pastures/514706 "2026-07-14T06:53:52Z")
I have a large industrial background and I dabble in FW. A few years ago when I was really active I had a blast in FW but now I struggle to find a fight as everybody just farms LP and avoids fights or only want’s to figh… --- ## [Integeration of Low Sec into High Sec](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/integeration-of-low-sec-into-high-sec/510366)
**Author:** [@Galcon25Am](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Galcon25Am)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/integeration-of-low-sec-into-high-sec/510366 "2026-07-10T23:35:58Z")
hey guys, what about reduction of low sec and transforming it in high sec. Why because you can see on any map, how 90% live in high sec and only 10 in low sec. They gone to 0 sec or wormholes anyway. There just a few nas… --- ## [PSA: Mining Augumene in L1, L2, and L3 Mining Missions Counts Towards Warzone Pyroxeres Total](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/psa-mining-augumene-in-l1-l2-and-l3-mining-missions-counts-towards-warzone-pyroxeres-total/514622)
**Author:** [@Miss\_Stardust](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Miss_Stardust)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/psa-mining-augumene-in-l1-l2-and-l3-mining-missions-counts-towards-warzone-pyroxeres-total/514622 "2026-07-09T22:05:09Z")
Per title /msd --- ## [Stop the Ice Hog Accounts in High Sec PLZ](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/stop-the-ice-hog-accounts-in-high-sec-plz/510355)
**Author:** [@Duchess\_Amarrian](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Duchess_Amarrian)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/stop-the-ice-hog-accounts-in-high-sec-plz/510355 "2026-07-09T07:51:06Z")
Devs, You did it for ores and why can’t you do it for ice in high sec. Please for the love of the game spread the ice to multiple high sec systems and not just 1 or 2 or 3 areas. Why ?? Because it will prevent an Orca… --- ## [Ungankable Hulk](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ungankable-hulk/509788)
**Author:** [@Glenduil](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Glenduil)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ungankable-hulk/509788 "2026-06-28T04:40:51Z")
I’ve reached my goal. a Hulk with 100,000 EHP with a shield regen of 146 points per second. The Hulk is still at maximum yield with 3 Mining Upgrade T2. It took a small CPU implant and one shield boost from an Orca, b… --- ## [PSA: Big Rock](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/psa-big-rock/513260)
**Author:** [@Valentina\_Tereskov](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Valentina_Tereskov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/psa-big-rock/513260 "2026-06-13T05:30:36Z")
In case anyone finds it helpful or cool: there is currently a billion isk’s worth of crokite sitting in a singular asteroid in a scannable site in Aetree. Thought it would be a shame to let it go to waste, and regardles… --- ## [Suggestion: Make "Ore Compression" a searchable/visible structure service](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/suggestion-make-ore-compression-a-searchable-visible-structure-service/513231)
**Author:** [@AnatoliXY](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/AnatoliXY)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/suggestion-make-ore-compression-a-searchable-visible-structure-service/513231 "2026-06-12T18:16:01Z")
Hello CCP team, I would like to suggest a quality-of-life improvement for the structure interface. Currently, it is impossible to verify if a structure provides “Ore/Gas Compression” services without docking at the sta… --- ## [Spicy New Carriers - Put them in a Ore belt](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/spicy-new-carriers-put-them-in-a-ore-belt/513057)
**Author:** [@borris\_fairgirl](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/borris_fairgirl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/spicy-new-carriers-put-them-in-a-ore-belt/513057 "2026-06-10T20:30:20Z")
My love for Carriers helped me stay in this game, originally, to train the skill to use one, this was back in the day when normal drones could be used in a carrier. The thought of taking 20 normal drones into a ratting s… --- ## [Rorqual](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/rorqual/511293)
**Author:** [@Hedchog](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Hedchog)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/rorqual/511293 "2026-05-24T23:28:28Z")
How strong is the max boost of a Rorqual? --- ## [Proposal: colour coding to denote items already in assets](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proposal-colour-coding-to-denote-items-already-in-assets/510620)
**Author:** [@Fiddruin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Fiddruin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/proposal-colour-coding-to-denote-items-already-in-assets/510620 "2026-04-28T03:50:47Z")
I’m gradually building and improving BPO’s and creating T2 BPC’s. One of the things that I fine particularly tedious is surveying a list of BPO’s in markets, but having no quick means of determining if they are already o… --- ## [Seeking investment](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/seeking-investment/510287)
**Author:** [@TheScroogeMcDuck](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/TheScroogeMcDuck)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/seeking-investment/510287 "2026-04-22T09:06:36Z")
So my main is in a NS corp, and i see around 5B worth of ICE go to waste daily, nobody mines it as it is HEAVY AF and far away from jita. so i am seeking around 50B in investment to make around 16 alts which will cost 40… --- ## [High‑Sec Mining in 2026 as a returning player from 6 years ago](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/high-sec-mining-in-2026-as-a-returning-player-from-6-years-ago/508384)
**Author:** [@Gallentia](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gallentia)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/high-sec-mining-in-2026-as-a-returning-player-from-6-years-ago/508384 "2026-04-19T17:12:21Z")
High‑Sec Mining in 2026: What We Were Promised vs. What We Got Over the years CCP promised that high‑sec resource availability would “improve” and become “more accessible” for solo and casual players. But the current 20… --- ## [Shrouded Asteroid Field High Sec Mining Escalation](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shrouded-asteroid-field-high-sec-mining-escalation/502083)
**Author:** [@Wing\_Tunsu\_WonTons](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wing_Tunsu_WonTons)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/shrouded-asteroid-field-high-sec-mining-escalation/502083 "2026-04-05T20:17:47Z")
Behold the new highsec mining escalation. Info Type Count Volume Value Estimate Kernite 54,875 65,850 m3 43,200,000.00 ISK Shrouded Asteroid Field Kernite 68,954 82,744 m3 54,200,000.00 ISK 11/30/2025 … --- ## [EVE Fleet Manager v19.0 + Jita Trading Calculator — Free Google Sheets Tools](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-fleet-manager-v19-0-jita-trading-calculator-free-google-sheets-tools/509080)
**Author:** [@Tauran\_IKnight50](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tauran_IKnight50)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-fleet-manager-v19-0-jita-trading-calculator-free-google-sheets-tools/509080 "2026-03-31T12:25:50Z")
EVE Fleet Manager v19.0 + Jita Trading Calculator — Free Google Sheets Tools Hello capsuleers o7 I’ve been building these tools for my own mining fleet for some time now and decided to clean them up and release them to… --- ## [Dear CCP, I want to be a miner as a solo player, but it feels like the system is designed to punish me](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dear-ccp-i-want-to-be-a-miner-as-a-solo-player-but-it-feels-like-the-system-is-designed-to-punish-me/501546)
**Author:** [@Kana\_Kito](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kana_Kito)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dear-ccp-i-want-to-be-a-miner-as-a-solo-player-but-it-feels-like-the-system-is-designed-to-punish-me/501546 "2026-03-25T15:06:14Z")
TLDR: Since so many ppl respond without reading the actual topic: LS & NS gas huffing has cosmic anomalies that does not spawn NPCs, allowing SOLO expedition frigates to “ninja” playstyle deep in hostile/dangerous territ… [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/c/industry-gameplay-center/mining-extraction/50.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1)