Asteroid belts

Asteroid belts are made up of many asteroids which can be mined for raw ore. These can be found in missions, through exploration sites, and right-clicking in space.

Some systems will have more than others, but all systems have belts.

In this picture you can see where to find each ore in empire space.

Belts in low security systems tend to be less visited than high security ones, and thus have more ore in them.

Public belts

Right-click in space, and you might see a few in the context menu. These belts are there for everyone to grind on, and in highly visited systems they are frequently mined to oblivion.

Asteroids that have been mined down to nothing are re-spawned during downtime a few times per week.

Those asteroids that have not been destroyed, will instead grow a little, until they reach a Maximum size.

Missions and belts

Many times when a pilot accepts a mission from an agent, an asteroid belt is included in the mission space. These can be mined, and are only available to the pilot doing the mission, or someone with the skills to scan it down.

Often these belts have better ore than what is available in the public belts for that system security.

Exploration belts

Asteroid belts can also be found through exploration, and may contain even more valuable ore than in both public, and mission belts comparing the system security.

See Also

• Asteroids
• Exploration
• Ore
• Mining
• Missions