A space war rages through the northern reaches of EVE Online. Thousands of pilots are throwing ships at each other in ever-increasing numbers, resulting in similarly inflated quantities of explosions. The need for replacement ships can quickly outpace the local supply, causing new hulls to fetch a high price on the market. But how can an industrialist profit from that?
Problems And Solutions
Moving battleships to the front lines is deeply impractical: they are too big to effectively move with a carrier or jump freighter, and too slow and vulnerable to fly out. Producing them on the front lines can also be a tumultuous affair because of how dangerous procuring local mineral sources can be.
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style="font-style: italic;">Wars are won and lost based on the availability of ship hulls.
The solution that I offer in this guide is to bring carefully chosen modules and ammunition that can be refined by a suitably skilled pilot to produce the minerals needed for a given battleship. Because the modules and ammunition occupy much less space than the raw minerals or finished battleship would, it is possible to effectively transport a great many battleships at once and assemble them at your destination.
This guide explains what is needed as an ingredient to make each battleship care package, and assumes a familiarity with our battlecruiser care packages guide. If you want to find out more about mineral compression, care packages, or the decompression process, check there.
Note that unlike the previous guide, some of these ships' ingredients are too large to fit into a single giant secure container. To facilitate your planning around this, I have totaled the volume of each care package.
Amarr Battleship Care Packages
Armageddon
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
- x1 Armageddon blueprint copy (1-run)
- x31 425mm Railgun I
- x2 350mm Railgun I
- x3200 Doom Torpedo I
- x18,870 Tritanium
- x12,670 Pyerite
Total Volume: 2925.4 m3
Apocalypse
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
- x1 Apocalypse blueprint copy (1-run)
- x52 425mm Railgun I
- x6 350mm Railgun I
- x5800 Doom Torpedo I
- x27,570 Tritanium
- x21,030 Pyerite
Total Volume: 5126 m3
Abaddon
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
- x1 Abaddon blueprint copy (1-run)
- x89 425mm Railgun I
- x12,900 Doom Torpedo I
- x53,330 Pyerite
Total Volume: 11,778.7 m3
Caldari Battleship Care Packages
Scorpion
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
- x1 Scorpion blueprint copy (1-run)
- x33 425mm Railgun I
- x4000 Thor Torpedo I
- x8 800mm Repeating Artillery I
- x32,980 Tritanium
- x5,290 Pyerite
Total Volume: 3432.7 m3
Raven
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style="font-style: italic;">Another good reason to use a Raven care package is if you don't want to fly a battleship all the way out to an NPC null-sec mission hub.
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
- x1 Raven blueprint copy (1-run)
- x52 425mm Railgun I
- x5800 Doom Torpedo
- x6 350mm Railgun I
- x27,920 Tritanium
- x21,070 Pyerite
Total Volume: 5129.9 m3
Rokh
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
- x1 Rokh blueprint copy (1-run)
- x41 425mm Railgun I
- x49 800mm Repeating Artillery I
- x34 Medium EMP Smartbomb I
- x30 Armor EM Hardener I
- x7300 Doom Torpedo I
- x37,040 Pyerite
Total Volume: 7435.4 m3
Gallente Battleship Care Packages
Dominix
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
- x1 Dominix blueprint copy (1-run)
- x31 425mm Railgun I
- x3200 Doom Torpedo I
- x2 350mm Railgun I
- x19,120 Tritanium
- x12,430 Pyerite
Total Volume: 2925.5 m3
Megathron
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
- x1 Megathron blueprint copy (1-run)
- x50 425mm Railgun I
- x6 350mm Railgun I
- x5600 Doom Torpedo I
- x26,850 Tritanium
- x20,980 Pyerite
Total Volume: 4958.3 m3
Hyperion
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
x1 Hyperion blueprint copy (1-run)
x86 425mm Railgun I
x3 350mm Railgun I
x11,000 Doom Torpedo
x18,490 Tritanium
x43,640 Pyerite
Total Volume: 8371.3 m3
Minmatar Battleship Care Packages
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style="font-style: italic;">It is virtually always cheaper to make your own ships rather than buy them in a contested area of space.
Typhoon
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
- x1 Typhoon blueprint copy (1-run)
- x36 424mm Railgun I
- x3 350mm Railgun I
- x3800 Doom Torpedo I
- x21,050 Tritanium
- x14,840 Pyerite
Total Volume: 3448.9 m3
Tempest
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
- x1 Tempest blueprint copy (1-run)
- x50 425mm Railgun I
- x6 350mm Railgun I
- x5600 Doom Torpedo I
- x26,740 Tritanium
- x21,080 Pyerite
Total Volume: 4958.2 m3
Maelstrom
The following is needed for making this care package under ideal conditions:
- x1 Maelstrom blueprint copy (1-run)
- x71 425mm Railgun I
- x11 350mm Railgun I
- x8100 Doom Torpedo I
- x34,930 Tritanium
- x29,700 Pyerite
Total Volume: 7176.3 m3
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