⛏️ EVE Online: Mining Skill Plan (2025)
This plan focuses on:
- Boosting mining yield
- Unlocking mining ships (like the Venture, Barges, Exhumers)
- Enhancing efficiency, survivability, and ore processing
📌 Skill Plan Overview
| Phase | Purpose | Time (Est.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1️⃣ Core & Venture | Fast start | ~2–3 days |
| 2️⃣ Barges & Efficiency | Mid-game | ~7–14 days |
| 3️⃣ Advanced Mining | Omega high-yield | 2–4 weeks |
| 4️⃣ Optional Paths | Ice, Gas, Boosting, PI | Varies |
🧱 1. Phase 1 – Core Mining Skills (Alpha & Omega)
🟩 Phase 1 – Starter Miner (Venture, T1 Lasers)
Goal: Efficient Venture mining with upgrades and drones
Time: ~3–5 days (Alpha)
✅ Skills:
Spaceship Command III
Racial Frigate III (e.g., Caldari Frigate)
Mining IV
Mining Upgrades III
Astrogeology III
Science III
Drones III
Mining Drone Operation II
Drone Avionics II
Survey III
CPU Management III
Power Grid Management III
🛠 Result: You can fit two mining lasers, yield-boosting modules, and basic mining drones.
🟨 Phase 2 – Intermediate Miner (Mining Barge)
Goal: Unlock Strip Miners & Barges (Retriever, Procurer, Covetor)
Time: ~10–14 days (Omega Only)
✅ Skills:
Mining V (Required for Strip Miners and Barges)
Mining Barge I–III
Astrogeology IV
Mining Upgrades IV
Industry III
Drones IV
Drone Interfacing III
Science IV
🛠 Result: Fly a Retriever or Procurer with Strip Miners and yield boosts.
🟦 Phase 3 – Advanced Miner (Exhumer & Crystals)
Goal: Fly T2 mining ships like the Hulk or Mackinaw
Time: ~3–4 weeks (Omega only)
✅ Skills:
Mining Barge V
Exhumers I–IV
Astrogeology V
Mining Upgrades V
Industry V
Science V
Drones V
Drone Interfacing IV
Optional (for T2 mining crystals):
Veldspar Processing III+
Scordite Processing III+
Modulated Strip Miner II
🛠 Result: Maximum ore yield with specialized ships and crystals.
🧪 4. Optional Mining Career Branches
🧊 Ice Harvesting
Ice Harvesting I → IV
Ice Harvester Upgrade I → III
Ice Processing (for refining)
🌿 Gas Harvesting
Gas Cloud Harvesting I → V
Science V
Astrogeology IV
🛰️ Fleet Boosting (for Orca/Rorqual pilots)
Leadership I → V
Mining Foreman I → V
Mining Director I → IV
Warfare Link Specialist (legacy)
Command Burst Specialist
🌍 Planetary Industry (to support mining income)
Planet Management III+
Command Center Upgrades IV
Interplanetary Consolidation IV+
🎁 Beginner Mining Skill Plan (Alpha Friendly – 10 Days)
Mining IV
Mining Upgrades III
Astrogeology III
Science III
Survey III
Racial Frigate III
Spaceship Command III
Drones III
Mining Drone Operation III
CPU Management III
Power Grid Management III
🛠 Result: Efficient Venture pilot with mining drones, good yield, and basic survivability.
📈 Pro Tips
- Train Reprocessing and Reprocessing Efficiency if you refine ore yourself.
- Use +3 attribute implants to reduce training time.
- Consider Mining Crystals if using Modulated Strip Miners (T2).
- Join a mining corp with Orca boosts for faster progress.