Editing Sites (section)

=Ore Sites=

Ore sites are cosmic anomalies that contain various types of asteroids which can be mined using special equipment in order to retrieve ore and ice they contain. Both ore and ice can be reprocessed to retrieve various materials which can be used for production. Alternatively, ores, ices and reprocessed materials can be sold on market for profit (beware that demand and therefore prices may change over time).

==Ore Anomalies==

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Virtually all systems in k-space have asteroid belts which can be used for mining various ores depending on a region and security status of systems containing them. Ore Anomalies work in a similar way. On wapr-in capsuleers are presented with a bunch of asteroids to mine. Just as with regular asteroid belts, these sites may be guarded by rats, so miners should be ready to deal with them in one way or another.

Unlike regular asteroid belts these anomalies also spawn in j-space systems, providing a source of minerals for capsuleers who chose to live in this harsh environment. They may contain ores which are not available in high and low security systems.

There are 2 ways to find Ore Sites. Resource Harvesting / Ore Anomalies tab in Agency window can be used to find nearby Ore Sites within k-space. Another way is to use the Probe Scanner window. These anomalies automatically appear there when a pilot enters a system, so there is no need to use scanning equipment to scan them down. However certain precautions should be taken in j-space as wormholes can be rolled unexpectedly.

Ore Anomalies in k-space are called using the following pattern: <Size> <Ore Types> Deposit. For example, Average Hedbergite, Hemorphite, and Jaspet Deposit. Size determines the amount of asteroids the anomaly contains. Ore Types determines what kind of ore can be mined there.

There is a special kind of Ore Anomalies called Asteroid Belt Remnants which can be found in new player starter systems and career agents systems. These anomalies are focused on new players and contain a lot of small Veldspar asteroids.

Yet another type of Ore Anomalies is called using the following pattern: <Size> Asteroid Cluster. For example, Medium Asteroid Cluster. These anomalies are being generated by Ore Prospecting Arrays which can be deployed in player-owned null sec systems. Such asteroid clusters (with the exception of small ones) can contain varying amounts of all null sec ore types.

Ore Anomalies in j-space are called using the following pattern: <Characteristic> <Perimeter or Frontier or Core> Deposit. For example, Isolated Core Deposit. Perimeter and Frontier sites can be found in any j-space class system, and Core ones spawn in C5, C6 and Shattered systems. Shattered systems can also have anomalies called Shattered Debris Field. All of them contain various amounts of the same set of low sec and null sec ores. 

See more information here:
* https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Category:Ore_sites provides information about the contents and yields of these sites
* https://ore.cerlestes.de/ore gives updated data on current ore and refined products prices
* https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Mining has a lot of information about mining

==Ice Belts==

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Ice Belts are Cosmic Anomalies that contain a bunch of ice asteroids which can be mined in order to harvest ice. These sites are protected by hostile NPCs which spawn in waves every 20 minutes. Similar to other activities it requires special equipment and skills, but, unlike ore mining and gas huffing, players are also required to have Omega subscription in order to train and do it.

There are 3 types of ice asteroids. Faction and Enhanced Faction ice asteroids produce small quantities of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone, and Strontium Clathrates, but large amounts of the isotopes needed to fuel a particular faction's jump drives and POS's. Faction ice asteroids are always found within that faction's territory, while enhanced faction ice asteroids are located in a specific faction's nullsec systems or in shattered wormhole systems. The third type of ice asteroid, the standard ice asteroid, contains high amounts of Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone, and Strontium Clathrates, but no faction isotopes; these are found in lowsec and nullsec ice belts, and in Shattered Ice Fields.

Ice belts always spawn in the same systems, which can be found using Resource Harvesting / Ice Belts tab of in-game Agency window or by using external tools and websites. Since Ice Belts are Cosmic Anomalies they appear in the Probe Scanner window automatically when capsuleers enter systems containing them and don't require specialized scanning equipment to scan them down. In j-space Ice Belts can only be found in shattered systems.

Ice Belts in k-space are called using the following template: <Ice Type> Belt. For example, Smooth Glacial Mass Belt. Ice Type determines what kind of asteroids (as well as ice) the site contains. Ice Belts in j-space are called Shattered Ice Field.

One system can have 1-3 ice belts. Once all asteroids in a field are depleted it disappears and re-spawns at a different location of the system in 6 hours or directly after the downtime. Due to their comparative rarity, Ice Belt harvesting has a sense of urgency that most mining activities do not, as numerous miners descend on freshly spawned belts and try to harvest as much as possible for themselves before the ice is depleted. This concentration of mining ships makes these sites attractive to PVP hunters as well. These factors make ice mining a very different and potentially hazardous challenge.

See more information here:
* https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Ice_harvesting contains information about ice harvesting
* https://evemaps.dotlan.net maps can be used to locate systems with ice belts (see map legends)
* https://ore.cerlestes.de/ice gives updated data on current ice and refined products prices
* https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Mining has a lot of information about mining