Minerals

Isogen Light-bluish crystal, formed by intense pressure deep within large asteroids and moons. Used...		Megacyte An extremely rare mineral found in comets and very occasionally in asteroids that have traveled...
Mexallon Very flexible metallic mineral, dull to bright silvery green in color. Can be mixed with tritanium...		Morphite Morphite is a highly unorthodox mineral that can only be found in the hard-to-get Mercoxit...
Nocxium A highly volatile mineral only formed during supernovas, thus severely limiting the extent...		Pyerite A soft crystal-like mineral with a very distinguishing orange glow as if on fire. Used as conduit...
Tritanium The main building block in space structures. A very hard, yet bendable metal. Cannot be used...		Zydrine Only found in huge geodes; rocks on the outside with crystal-like quartz on the inside. The...

Minerals are used in the construction of virtually everything in New Eden. Their most common sources are from raw asteroids, reprocessed items, and from alloys and compounds dropped by rogue drones.

Mineral Types

There are 8 varieties of minerals in EVE.

All Tech 1 ships and equipment are comprised of the first seven minerals. Tech 2 ships and equipment also require Morphite, an extremely rare and valuable eighth mineral type, along with a number of special components. It requires Deep Core Mining techniques to extract the ore (Mercoxit) that is refined into Morphite.

Mineral Value

These are the base mineral values that were used prior to the Tyrannis expansion to calculate a ship's insurance payout. For actual mineral prices, consult your local market. Prices are generally determined by their scarcity and the quantities needed to construct popular ships and equipment. Usually Tritanium is the cheapest and most abundant, and Morphite the most expensive and rare.

Ores vs Minerals

This table shows how many minerals one batch size of each ore type will yield.