![]() ![]() The Retriever and Covetor are mainly used in high-sec. These are only used to mine the Mercoxit ore, which is a volatile rock that can form a damaging cloud and do damage. Tech II strip miners will only mine more ore when used with crystals, but if you want to specialize in obtaining certain types of ore it’s well worth the effort. My advice is to first train for the ore you mine most of the time and work your way up from there. It will also take a fair amount of time to train all these skills. If you wish to train all these skills you’re looking at a rather decent investment. The most expensive are the skill books for moon ore crystals. Most of the skills are fairly cheap, but there are skill books for each type of ore. If you want to go the extra mile then you can train to use tech II strip miners and the mining laser crystals that they use. Therefore, it’s better to mine together with a Porpoise or Orca to ditch the ice into.Ĭovetor mining fitting Covetor ice mining fitting Tech II strip miners This means you actively need to ‘work’ while mining with this ship.įor Ice mining, the Covetor can hold 7 cycles, which is an odd number when you are using 2 Ice Harvesters. When you are receiving mining boosts, you need to empty the ore hold every two cycles. The low defense makes it a favored target for any kind of PVP pilot. This ship is also the least suited for AFK mining. I use the large ore hold on the booster ship to collect all the ore the Covetors mine. My regular mining setup is an Orca/Porpoise and two tech II fitted Covetors. When used together with a Porpoise or Orca it’s especially good for mining a lot of ore in a short period of time. ![]() This ship is less effective when used as a solo miner in high-sec, as it needs to drop off the ore often. It’s almost half of what the Procurer has to offer, 7000 m3, and a regular fitted Covetor has around 10.000 hitpoints. It does have the lowest amount of hitpoints and the smallest ore hold. The Covetor is the mining barge with the highest ore yield. Retriever mining fitting Retriever ice mining fitting Covetor Keeping an eye out for enemy targets is advisable when mining in this ship. ![]() This ship can be easily taken out by one or two blaster-fitted Catalysts, which are often used in ‘gank’ attacks. I like to use these ships when I am semi-AFK mining in high-sec, so I don’t have to dock up as often to drop off the ore.īecause of the exponentially lower hitpoints, in comparison to the Procurer, this ship is susceptible to being an easy target to enemy players, even in high-sec. It has a semi-decent defense, and better mining yield than the Procurer. This makes it an excellent ship if you want to mine for extended periods of time, or when you want to mine several systems away from your home system. It also has a 5% bonus to ore hold capacity per level of the Mining Barges skill. The Retriever is the mining barge with the biggest ore hold. Procurer mining fitting Procurer ice mining fitting Battle Procurer fitting Retriever Otherwise, the PVP fleet, that was on standby to help the miners, can then destroy the attackers. If you have enough Procurers you can kill the attackers easily. The mining barges catch the pilot that warped onto them, hoping to kill a Procurer. The Procurer can also be fitted as a ‘Battleproc’, which mostly features a Warp Disruptor and/or a Warp Scrambler. Each Procurer can easily have 60.000/70.000+ hitpoints, and 100+ DPS with their light drones. It’s pretty difficult for a simple roaming gang to take down a 15 man Procurer fleet. In null-sec and low-sec you can find these often in large groups. ![]() This makes the ship perfect for fending off spawned NPC ships. Its 50 m3 drone bay can provide you with a full set of mining drones and light combat drones. The Procurer has a 12.000 m3 ore hold but has the lowest mining yield of the three ships. It is an excellent ship to use for solo mining, even for hi-sec AFK mining. I also use the Procurer in wormhole space. It has the most available hitpoints, which makes it a perfect ship for low-sec or null-sec mining. The Procurer is the beefiest of the three available mining barges. If you want to switch to ice mining, you can simply swap the modules for ice harvesters and the ice harvester upgrade module. All mining barges can be used to mine ore with their strip miners and mining laser upgrades. This article will go into which mining barges are available to you and how to fit them. These ships are pretty much the everyday tool for most miners in New Eden. The next step up from mining frigates are mining barges. Fittings for Capsuleers Episode IV – Mining barges ![]()
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