EVE New Citizens Q&A

Okay. Last week I had to explain the whole clone mechanics in EVE a couple of time, so I decided to write down a very little guide about clones for those that actually read the forums for help.

EVE Online uses different types of clones and not all of the time it's clear which does what, so here is a little work down on what clones there are and what they do.

1. Your active clone - It's the body you are currently in. It's the one that controls your ship and holds your current implants that are active.

2. Your medical clone - It's your "respawn" point when you die (get podded). This clone is used to resurrect you to life in case of an early death by another player. They come with a Skillpoint (SP) limit, this limit basically means how much SP it can store.
If you have more SP when you die then your medical clone can hold, you will lose a 5% of the difference of your SP vs the clone limit in one skill. The default medical clone you start with and the free one you get after you get podded is the Alpha clone, which hold 900.000 SP. Upon medical clone activation, it is used up. So if you are above 900.000 SP, you have to buy a new upgrade for it (update it again).

3. Your jump clones (JC) - These are extra bodies you can install and use. When jumping to another jump clone (aka use that one), you will make it that JC your active clone (see point 1) and your old active clone will become a JC. As each JC is a different body, each JC can have it's own set of implants.

Skills needed for jump clones:
Infomorph Psychology - Let's you make 1 additional jump clone for each skill level.
Infomorph Synchronizing - Reduces time between clone jumps by 1 hour per skill level.
Advanced Infomorph Psychology - Let's you set up 1 additional jump clone for each skill level.

Some Q&A I often saw in relation to clones:

Q: Do I have to upgrade my jump clones to hold a certain amount of SP?
A: No. Jump clones have nothing to do with retaining your trained SP. They are only bodies you which you can activate once every 19 - 24 hour (depending on skills). They become your active body once activated. If you die, you are brought back to life in your medical clone. The medical clone is the clone that covers your skillpoints.

Q: If I die, will I lose my jump clone?
A: No. The only way to lose a jump clone is by destroying it yourself from the jumpclone menu in the character sheet. You die in your active clone and are brought back to life in the same active clone (minus any implants that were lost when you got podded). Jump clones are the extra bodies you have in stock docked in a station.

Q: I forgot to update my clone and lost SP when I got podded, is this normal?
A: Yes. Your medical clone only holds a certain amount of SP. If you have more SP then your medical clone can cover. You will lose a portion of SP from a single skill.

Q: How do I set up a jump clone?
A: There are multiple ways to set up a jump clone:
1. Gain enough standings (8.0 or above) with a NPC Corp or Faction that is the owner a NPC station with a medical facility. This can be either personal standings or standings of the player corporation you are part of.
2. Have another capsuleer that has the Clone Vat Bay fitted to his Rorqual / Titan grand you access to use that module to set up a clone.
3. Have access to the medical facility of 0.0 Player owned outposts (this likely requires you to either be part of their alliance or good friends with their alliance).
4. Use one of the services provided by EVE players to setup your jump clones, those services require you to join their corp for the duration of setting up the jump clone and then leave again, they will provide you with the needed standings listed in point 1. The most well known party that offers this is Estel Aradors Corp Service (see here).

Great guide!


Though correct, not complete, and you know how pedantic I can be when my OCD flares-up.

You lose the 5% difference of skill points from the skill with the most skill points, up to a limit of 50% of the skill points in that skill. Typically this is a skill with a lot of skill points because of a high rank (skill points multiplier; for example, racial battleship skills are all rank 8].

The only other thing that made my OCD tingle was the life-cycle of a clone, presented here for "clarity":

Current clone dies (podded) ➙ Medical clone becomes your new current clone ➙ New 'Alpha' grade medical clone is created for you automatically, and free of charge.

Very nice. Another guide we can race to post.