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Avalon

Project

Guide to

INVENTION

By: Nutbolt


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ContentsWHAT IS INVENTION? ............................................................................................................................. 3

SO YOU WANT TO INVENT? .................................................................................................................... 3

HOW DO I INCREASE THE CHANCE OF SUCCESS? ................................................................................... 3

FINDING SOMETHING PROFITABLE TO INVENT ...................................................................................... 4

THE PROCESSES AND STEPS IN INVENTION ............................................................................................ 4

OBTAINING A BPC ........................................................................................................................... 4

CHOOSE THE DECRYPTOR AND/OR BASE ITEM .............................................................................. 5

RUNNING THE INVENTION JOB ....................................................................................................... 5

MANUFACTURING YOUR T2 BPC .................................................................................................... 5

SELLING YOUR T2 ITEM(S) ............................................................................................................... 5

FURTHER READING ................................................................................................................................. 6

GLOSSARY................................................................................................................................................ 6

REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................ 6

CREDITS AND THANKS ............................................................................................................................. 7


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WHAT IS INVENTION?

Many years ago CCP ran a lottery which handed out T2 BPOs, however this was stopped and the

only way to produce T2 items now is to invent T1 BPCs and build the resulting T2 BPC. While

building the item isnt the actual process of invention, it is the best way to gain maximum profit from

it all. The overall process is relatively simple and is laid out below:

SO YOU WANT TO INVENT?

First up, with most things in EVE, you need to train some skills. There are some basic skills you need,

like Science V. However for the rest of the skills needed, it varies depending on what you intend to

invent. General areas require the same skill sets, for example shield related items such as shield rigs

like the Medium Core Defence FieldPurger or shield modules like the Photon Scattering Field. To see

what skills are needed, right click the BPO or BPC of the item you wish to invent and Show Info. You

will also notice that these skills are related to race, i.e. shield related items require CaldariEncryption Methods. The most important thing to remember is that invention is chance based, and

while you can do things to increase this chance, it is still only a chance that the job will be successful.

HOW DO I INCREASE THE CHANCE OF SUCCESS?

As previously stated, invention is chance based. The simplest and quickest way to work out your

chance of success is to visitthis website[1]

. There are three ways to increase your chance of success:

If succesful, build theresulting T2 BPC and

sellRun the invention job

Decide on what to use

in the invention job.Decryptors and/or base

items

Copy a BPO to create aBPC

Buy a BPC from acontract

If failure, obtainanother BPC and run

the invention job again
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higher level skills, decryptors and high Meta level items. When looking at the pre-requisite skills for a

BPC the top three skills are stated as level 1 needed, however the higher the level, the greater

chance of success, so if you are only semi interested in invention, level 4 of all three skills is a good

place to aim for. Decryptors are used to affect the resulting T2 BPC and have different names

depending on the race. A table can be found on page 270 of the ISK 3.0 guide[2]

which explains what

ones do what, but one thing to note, is that some can change the % chance of success. The last thing

which can increase the chance of success is by using base items when running an invention job. The

higher the Meta level of the item, the more increase in chance; however the cost of high Meta level

items must be taken into consideration because it can eat heavily into your profit margin. T1 items

have a Meta level of 0 and do not increase the chance; however named items have varying Meta

levels between 1 and 5. Right click and Show Info on an item to view its Meta level in theAttributes

tab.

FINDING SOMETHING PROFITABLE TO INVENT

This is the hardest part of invention, finding something which makes you enough ISK for it to be

worthwhile. People will not tell you what is best because then you start eating into their profit, so

you have to find out for yourself. This can be hard work and tedious as it involves a lot of numbers.

You need to take into account the cost of inventing one T2 BPC and manufacturing it. For example

the chance of success of one BPC is 50% and you are using the Tuning Instruction decryptor; you

need to take into the number of datacores needed to invent two T1 BPCs and also the cost of two

Tuning Instructions. Then add in the cost of materials to build the resulting T2 BPC to create your

production costs. Your profit is the price you could sell this item for, minus the production cost.

To make this process a little bit easier usethis website[3]

. Using the BPM (Blueprint Production

Management) section, you can quickly calculate the profit of different items. Note though that the

prices can be wrong, but it does allow you to manually enter in prices.

THE PROCESSES AND STEPS IN INVENTION

Although the process is laid out at the start of this guide, it is explained in more detail below.

OBTAINING A BPC

There are two ways to obtain a BPC. Firstly, you can copy an existing BPO you have access to using a

POS mobile lab, or finding a free science slot in an NPC station. The number of runs on a BPC

depends on what the item is. For ships and rigs 1 run is all thats needed; however for modules and

other items, such as ammo, the maximum number of runs possible is suggested to help maximise

your profit.

Secondly, you can buy a BPC from a contract, which is now easy to find using the new contract

search feature introduced in the Incursion expansion. Bear in mind this reduces your profit margin

and remember to check the number of runs.
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Please note that the ME and PE levels of the BPC do not matter, as the base ME and PE of an

invented T2 BPC is -4.

CHOOSE THE DECRYPTOR AND/OR BASE ITEM

A general rule of thumb I follow is to use Tuning Instructions (a type of Caldari decryptor) on rigs and

nothing on modules; however this by no means applies all the time. To choose what decryptor to

use,this site[3]

has a fantastic section under the Blueprint Production Manager (BPM), select

Production calculation Decryptor calculation.

To choose what/if any base item to use takes a bit more work and messing about with numbers is

required. Sometimes the % increase in chance is so small it is not worth the cost. This is hard to

comment on as there is such a variety of items and the prices are always changing.

RUNNING THE INVENTION JOB

To run the invention job, the best option is to have access to a mobile lab located at a POS, yet not

everyone has access to a POS, so another option is to use an NPC station which has a free inventionslot. When starting the job, all the items needed (apart from the BPC) must be in the hanger (and

lab) being used. These items include the decryptor and base item if being used, the two types of

datacores which are needed, and the correct interface required for the job, which can be found by

looking at the Bill of Materials for Invention. Like decryptors, the interfaces are different for the

various races. It should be noted that everything is used up, apart from the interface, whether the

job is successful or not. If the job fails, simply run it again with new materials until it is successful.

MANUFACTURING YOUR T2 BPC

So you finally got a successful job? You now have two options: to sell the BPC via a contract, or to

build it and sell the items. As previously mentioned, it is suggested that you build and sell the item togain the maximum profit. To manufacture your T2 BPC, there may be a few more skills you need but

the one you need at level 5 is Production Efficiencyas this reduces the amount of materials needed

by the maximum amount.

The materials needed to manufacture T2 items varies, however in most cases both minerals and

components are needed. Again, you have two options here, you can either build the components to

use, or you can simply buy the components to use, which saves time, but lowers the profit margin a

fraction, depending on the components. As mentioned in a previous section, the BPM on the XN7

website[3]

is a quick and easy way to determine the profit of an item; however it is also very useful in

creating shopping lists of materials needed to build an item, or batch of items.

Like the invention jobs, you can run a manufacturing job at either an NPC station or a POS.

SELLING YOUR T2 ITEM(S)

If you dont plan on keeping your items for your own use, you can sell them on the market. The

easiest and simplest option is to take them to a nearby station which has a buy order in place for the

item. Nonetheless in order to increase your profits you can take move your items to a trade hub

where you will likely get a better price for them. To increase your profits even more you can place a

sell order, but this means keeping an eye on it and adjusting the price all the time; it also requires an

entire new set of Trade skills to reduce taxes etc....

For note, the major trade hubs are as follows, although minor ones also exist:
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Faction Space System

Caldari Jita (The biggest in EVE)

Amarr Amarr

Minmatar

Gallente Dodixe

FURTHER READING

For more information on invention please read pages 268 275 (pgs 135-138 in PDF) of the ISK 3.0

guide[3]

, orthis wiki article[4]

is also very useful; although it should be noted that the steps explained

in this guide dont technically all count as invention such as the manufacturing and selling of the

items., but it is all needed to gain profit from invention and so was included in this guide.

GLOSSARY

T1 Tier 1

T2 Tier 2

BPO Blueprint Original

BPC Blueprint Copy

Decryptor Items used in invention to change the resulting

T2 BPCs attributes

Meta level Items in EVE have a Meta level, the higher the

Meta level, the better the item (normally)

Named items Some items have variations which are better

than the T1 equivalent but not normally as

good as the T2 item

ME Material Efficiency: The amount of materials

needed to manufacture the item

PE Production Efficiency: The length of time needed

to complete a manufacturing job

POS Player Owned Structure

NPC Non-Playing character. In terms of this guide thismeans all stations in high/low-security space

REFERENCES

[1]http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/invention_chance.php

[2] ISK 3.0 -http://www.isktheguide.com/- Pages 268 275 (pgs 135-138 in PDF)

[3] BPM -http://www.xn7.de/
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[4]http://eve.wikia.com/wiki/Invention

CREDITS AND THANKS

Written by Nutbolt

Proof read by Khan Amarrid

Artwork by BombTech
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