# Ships skins

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ships-skins/138812>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 9, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ships-skins/138812 "2019-02-09T13:00:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArtiSan\_Ostus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/artisan_ostus/32/250954_2.png) [@ArtiSan\_Ostus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/ArtiSan_Ostus)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ships-skins/138812/1 "2019-02-09T13:00:19Z")

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hello/ yall  
so i know whe get get ships skins from:  
new eden store  
project discovery  
special events  
and killing npc ore haulers  
yet thers alot of skins in the market that are not from any of those 4

any one know where skins come from?  
is ther any activities that drop skins as loot or as complting a mission?

ty

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**Author:** ![Rivr\_Luzade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rivr_luzade/32/311061_2.png) [@Rivr\_Luzade](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rivr_Luzade)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ships-skins/138812/2 "2019-02-09T13:40:54Z")

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Some of them came from past events, like Purity of the Throne or Cold Iron. Some are old, first generation NES store skins, which were discontinued.

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**Author:** ![Do\_Little](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/do_little/32/411571_2.png) [@Do\_Little](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Do_Little)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ships-skins/138812/3 "2019-02-09T13:46:49Z")

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Many skins are limited edition. A few were offered as part of a subscription campaign, event skins may only be offered during the event - after that you need to get them from the market. Skins are periodically retired from the store. Scarcity tends to add value to skins on the market and better tools allow CCP to produce far more sophisticated skins than the basic 2 color ones we were getting a couple of years ago.

I expect this pattern will continue - increasingly sophisticated limited edition skins that are only offered for a short period of time - after that you need to pay market price - if they are available at all.

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**Author:** ![elitatwo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/elitatwo/32/373473_2.png) [@elitatwo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/elitatwo)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ships-skins/138812/4 "2019-02-09T14:55:15Z")

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And even some other skins are on special sales like the last Black Friday one, where I got this suit also.

Sad thing is, I can no longer buy the Emergency Response skins ☹

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**Author:** ![Solonius\_Rex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/solonius_rex/32/388172_2.png) [@Solonius\_Rex](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Solonius_Rex)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ships-skins/138812/5 "2019-02-09T17:13:41Z")

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> [@ArtiSan\_Ostus](#):
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> yet thers alot of skins in the market that are not from any of those 4

How would you know?

Unless youve done every single special event, how would you know that a skin wasnt from an event that you missed?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ships-skins/138812/6 "2019-05-10T17:13:42Z")

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