Editing Hacking (section)

===Before 8 It's Bait===

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The theory is that the game always tries to spawn the System Core at least 8 nodes away (by air) from the player if it is possible.

In practice it means that it doesn't make much sense to be looking for the System Core anywhere closer than 8 steps away from the spawn location. It may be better to identify the safest way to those distant nodes using [[#Rule of 6|The Rule of 6]] and start looking for the core there. Following this rule may significantly reduce the amount of nodes to explore on bigger fields.

However, note that there may be exceptions to this rule:

* If the field is small and there are no nodes which are 8 steps away from player spawn the game may generate the core at a random location.
* If a node that is 8 steps away from the player spawn is already occupied the game may generate the core 1 step closer.
* If the player was spawned in a node with more than 2 adjacent nodes, the game may spawn the system core at a random location.

'''Resources'''
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeEW0_3ksX0 Relic / data guide - Eve online - Before 8 it's bait]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UThezypQ3Ts Relic / data research - Eve Online - Mid spawns]
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