Science & Industry

Production Efficiency V, as said here already, is an absolute must for profitability.

I'd also add that, small items like ammunition and modules, can be adversly affected by usage tax on NPC stations, and can cut into profits when not built at a POS. (Also worth noting that many modules/ammo are not profitable unless built in very large quantities, which a POS' array's speed bonus is also useful.)

Biggest profits in t1 production is in rigs, ships, and items like fuel blocks. Focusing on the Dodixie market and choosing your products wisely can easily net a 15%+ Rate of Return in that area.

If there are any aspiring industrialists in Gallente space that are small and want to grow, EVEmail or convo me in-game and I can help you get set up and point you in the right direction of what to build.


The biggest thing to note with t1 production though, is simply going after high RoI goods is NOT the route to profit, as the last poster was saying. Profit comes not just from the biggest RoI you can achieve, but in how fast and reliably you can sell off your manufactured items.

I think ya mean "buy BPC".

Great guid for peps starting up nice work.

Yea, I meant BPC. Corrected.
Older players take game too seriously and make it hard for new players, so hoping this will give boost to fresh player in right direction because at the end of the day I will eventually probably use something that new player manufactured.

That works where customer has limited demand (you can guess ship/set combination quite well) and there is no big competition.
To put it short - lowsec hubs for factional warfare.

Production Effiency needs to be at level 5 always if you are planing on a manufacturing careeer.

No point doing any kind of production with out it.

Invest in originals prints and have them on ME10 a minimum. This does not apply to all prints but to majority of blueprints in the game.

Also, T1 profits lie mainly in acquirring mins at a better rate than the competition (aka trading profits). Frankly, with margins as thin as they are (or non-existent for many items) other requirements would include:

- very good trading skills / standings
- freighter
- wide variety of researched BPO's

Ofcourse these are not required for the casual interested player. But for players trying to make a profitable career solely in T1 i would adivse to really do the math beforehand. Otherwise you'll end up at make far less isk/h than other activities.

Good stuff, thanks much. In regard to the essential skills needed, anyone know which Certificates would cover these? Had a corp mate ask me that question: What Certificates recommended to start doing T1 production? I got most of my skills before there were Certificates, so I've never paid attention to them.

Buying an already researched BPO is worth investigating in this case. Especially the cheaper BPO's are fireselling regularly on contracts and on the WTS section of the forum.

Yes, this is what I was saying in my last post. With my own setup, I'm always willing to drop my profits in half for an instant/quick sale. Bulk Trade mailing list is good for this, as is selling to corpmates. A lot of the time you've got corpmates who want a ship but don't want to buy it because of cost. Offer it below market and you'll usually get a bite or two, depending size of your corp. If you're in an NPC corp, you should be able to get plenty of interested players.

Also try to avoid selling things people say are profitable on forums since after a few days or less won't be. And any new items released in a patch are very good till market is saturated