Go to a system with lots of asteroid belts. Rats can be found in 0.8 security level systems and below. Yesterday I log on TQ for the first time in a long time and to get get a feel of TQ again. Small Anti-Kinetic Screen Reinforcer I After a quick PYFA session, I came up with the following Catalyst fit: Magnetic Field Stabilizer II Light Ion Blaster II, Antimatter Charge S, Small Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I If no pirates are there, warp to the next belts… Use Void  against the battleships and Antimatter against cruisers and frigates. The loot was sold to one of Horde buyback programs, which paid 90% of the Jita buy value for it within a couple of hours. This is done to collect the bounty on the ships, as well as trying to get rare spawns and rare loot. So, don't rat in Jita (0.9) because you'll never find targets there. It is a terrible mistake to measure your success in EVE Online … I roughly made 100 mil isk after these ratting sessions, which is enough to buy a Vexor Navy Issue (VNI) and start to run cosmic anomalies. which both have bonuses to small hybrid weapons. where are you belt ratting? Belt ratting is usually done to play the lottery. Just wanted to give this fit out to people (newbros especially) who wanted a specific cheap belt-ratting fit for the Catalyst. There are no laws. Magnetic Field Stabilizer II Basically, you could also change this method. Warp from belt to belt and kill all the rats. The general rule is: the lower sec status a system has, the more powerful pirates inhabit its belts. 4 hours pass and I explore a little, did my first abyssal site on TQ, all good fun. Another good choice would be the Algos, which  additionally has a drone bay. Rig Slots: Two Small Screen Reinforcers (kinetic and thermal) to increase your resists against Gurista specific damage types and a Polycarbon Engine Housing to increase speed. Magnetic Field Stabilizer II, 1MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner Super rare, but belts are the only place they show up. After these, kill the frigates and finally deal with the battleships. WTF . The lower the security rating of the system, the more likely you will find rats spawning there. The alternative guide to the EVE-Online forums. There were very few groups of NPCs in some belts, which I could not handle in the above Catalyst fit. I mean, even an Algos belt ratting should make more than a mil per hour. Light Ion Blaster II, Antimatter Charge S I needed about 7k in ammo per hour, so bring plenty. ... One of the keys to effective belt ratting is to focus down targets which are actually a threat to you. The smaller wrecks aren’t usually worth the time looting. Since we deal only with a small number of  NPCs ships in belts, we don’t need a ton of buffer to finish it. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Pirate_forward_operating_base. Similar. No official affiliation or endorsement by CCP Games hf is stated or implied. Belt ratting you are mostly cycling through the normal spawns hoping to get some special spawns. I have now finished the preliminary report on Carrier ratting, requested by Leadership due to the massive amount of misinformation floating around in space.. Light Ion Blaster II, Void S I encountered two belts with too many ECM cruisers and battleships to clear them. Some of the loot I got from wrecks that were already in the belts when I arrived and I also looted a couple of player wrecks that were less fortunate than me while belt ratting. Your buffer tank only needs to hold until all cruisers and battlecruisers are killed. This takes place in either asteroid belts or "encounters" that are scanned down via onboard scanner. Exploration (Data and Relic in Low-Sec) exploring-ruins-and-hacking-data-centers Region: Low Sec Required ISK: 15-80 mill ISK/h: 13 mill. 2. hmm, thats close to my area. During this seven hours I made 71 mil ISK in bounties and 25 mil ISK in loot, which results in around 14 mil ISK per hour. , I want to give you an example how to put that knowledge into practice and do some belt ratting. Ratting … So I kept an eye in D-scan for hostile ships and ratted for around seven hours in total. Additionally albeit off topic, hauler spawns can occur in low sec belts. From: Fleet Master K. To: GOTG Ratting High Command, GOTG Carrier Division, GOTG Ratters, SPAIs. • WS-605 (approx 1mil ISK) • WS-608 (approx 6mil ISK) The loot was sold to one of. Furthermore I fitted a Sensor Booster with ECCM script against jamming, which works great. Ratting - EVE Universe is full of NPC pirate ships, usually called "rats". I picked the Catalyst for my ratting fit, because it deals more damage than the Cormorant. I needed about 7k in ammo per hour, so bring plenty. Should I be rotating belts more often, ive noticed these guys will come in after an hour or so in belt. Catalyst, Blood Raider Ratting fit ... T2 fit for farming bloodraider clone soldiers in lowe sec belts. There are a few different rare spawns you can encounter in asteroid belts, and the article will go more in-depth below. If anyone can help, I'm looking to spend less than 100m and can fly any of the tech 1 gallente ships up to the battlecruises and the navy cruiser/battlecruisers if anyone could help I would appreciate it Ratting is a common nickname for the practice of killing NPCs for profit in the form of bounties or the loot that they drop. ships can also be a pain, who can in groups sometimes permanently jam you. Then I d-scan, force of habit and notice a Blood Raider FOB in the system I was in, so I left and went to another system 2 jumps over, only to discover another Blood Raider FOB. Small Polycarbon Engine Housing I Light Ion Blaster II, Void S If your fitting skills aren’t great, you could fit a Micro Auxiliary Power Core to get more power grid if required. Compared to years ago, there are a lot more dangers in highsec from rats. You can even find commander spawns in belts in high/low sec. 1. Those things are madness and are surrounding me. You will not get very good bounty payouts, but people rat belts for 3 main reasons. F-90 Compact Sensor Booster, ECCM Script, Light Ion Blaster II, Void S There are no sentry guns at asteroid belts, planets or moons. I once lived in a -1.0 system where I found a 6 billion isk NPC Officer loot drop while belt ratting. If you live in perpetual fear of being targeted by another player, you can stop reading the guide at this point, as that more or less can cover ratting in high sec space. and have a low resist against the same damage types. When you finished all belts in a system, move to the next system. Hunting rats is a prevalent method of earning ISK for the type of players that like PvE Combat. If you encounter more than two ECM ships in the belt, it might be best to pick another than spending minutes jammed. in low sec? Hello All, Keyes reporting in. I ratted in Pandemic Horde space for this guide, who currently live in Geminate null sec. Blasters are a good choice to deal these damage types, so the ship of choice could be either a Catalyst or Cormorant. Magnetic Field Stabilizer II, 1MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner Say you come to a spawn of 2 500k BS and 3 measely frigs. So stay tuned for the next  part of this guide and my experiences with anomalies. Light Ion Blaster II, Antimatter Charge S There are two types of frigates in the high-sec belts, the Rhomben and the Meten. Ammunition: lots of Antimatter Charge S and also Void S, if you can use T2 blasters. which both have bonuses to small hybrid weapons. Magnetic Field Stabilizer II Always kill the smaller ships first, before dealing with the battleships. On the down side (from some peoples’ point of view) with the additional mining being done, the high sec belts get emptied out. Some of the Gurista ships will use ECM against you, which can seriously slow you down killing them, so it is best to avoid belts with too many jamming ships. This fit results in 400+ dps with Antimatter loaded (550 with Void), goes around 750 m/s and has more than 4k HP against kinetic damage depending on skills. and if you are in null just run the green anomalies for better ticks. does anyone know what kind of loot they drop. This amount of income is not the greatest, but  – as a beginning player – a lot more than you can earn by running low level high sec missions or mine in a venture. The only other thing to remember is more belts = more spawns = more isk. 0.0 null-sec space. Most belts are quite easy to clear if you stick to killing cruisers first and battleships last. If you’re in pandemic horde (I guess that’s what PH means) then there should be someone that could help explain how to make more. From there, I mostly checked the belts one or two jumps off Horde’s current home system which is. If you encounter rats in a belt, the basic idea of the catalyst fit is to close in fast and orbit the NPC ships at 500 meters with your afterburner switched on all the time. A quick, , that Geminate is inhabited by Gurista NPCs , who mostly deal. The Algos also has drones, which still fight even when jammed by an NPC. 3: officer spawns. hard to lose a billion isk to these guys. Mining Missions (LV 1-4) mission-running-mining-missions Region: High Sec 13. Drone Damage Amplifier II Other than that, this fit is very similar to the Catalyst. You can easily  replace the T2 modules by T1 meta versions if you don’t have the skills yet or to save some ISK on the fit. Both the size of the bounties, as well as the chance of rare spawns, being affected by it, with lower true-sec … The first wave of three are just Rhomben. Rats can appear in cosmic anomalies, asteroid belts, and near gateways and stations in null-sec space. 11. I think the truesec value applies, so if i call up Dotlan Eve maps and view the Stain Region I can see there are system which are -0.37 and -0.02. From there, I mostly checked the belts one or two jumps off Horde’s current home system which is O-WVPB. Basically if you do have the misfortune of occupying the same grid quickly gtfo. Null Sec Ratting in belts I'm trying to find a fit to kill some null sec belt rats and I'm having some trouble. Check out my gear on Kit: https://kit.com/jurius.doctorThis video covers how to get started Ratting for Income. First thing you need to figure out is where you are going to rat. The jamming gurista ships can also be a pain, who can in groups sometimes permanently jam you. Im returning to the game after about a four year break, I ve lost two lokis and a couple hulks to rats in high sec belts. The skills I have are pretty limited, I can only use T1 Mods except for a few T2s so please keep the fit to T1s. The -0.37 systems are great to rat in with much better spawns and loot. TIPS (MUST READ) -Preferably used in 0.4 systems against Serpentis rats. hmm, thats close to my area. Battleship wrecks sometimes contain good loot that you should take. 2017 UPDATE: Since the this article was published over 32,000 EVE Pilots have used this information to get out into Null Sec and start making ISK. Next time it happens if i’m on, i’ll help your friend out. Mid Slots: An 1MN Afterburner to increase speed and mitigate incoming damage from battleship NPCs. Cause high sec miners know what these types of rats are. By the way those FOBs are a good way to keep players from logging on. Since you are too fast for the battleships to hit you properly, the only dangerous ships will be the cruisers and battlecruisers, which you should kill first. The easiest choice for this – as far as I know – is to join Pandemic Horde or Karma Fleet, both alliances that accept any new player, no matter how little ISK and skill points you have. Im returning to the game after about a four year break, I ve lost two lokis and a couple hulks to rats in high sec belts. If mineral prices drop, they park the exhumers and jump into ratting ships. The Algos drone ship is the best T1 destroyer for low sec ratting. Click here for a text version of the Catalyst fit, As many Magnetic Field Stabilizer as you can fit, to further increase the damage. 4. Belt ratting involves a lot of warping around belts, so you want a ship that warps relatively fast and can deal lots of kinetic/thermal damage. Low Slots: As many Magnetic Field Stabilizer as you can fit, to further increase the damage. I just had this happen today to a friend. One of the oldest and most popular ways to make a reliable income in EVE is hunting the pirate NPCs that spawn in asteroid belts, an activity known as "ratting". Light Ion Blaster II, Antimatter Charge S Should I be rotating belts more often, ive noticed these guys will come in after an hour or so in belt. Look for pirates. Blasters are a good choice to deal these damage types, so the ship of choice could be either a Catalyst or Cormorant. Amarr Caldari Minmatar [Arbitrator, Ratting Arbitrator] Medium ACM Compact Armor Repairer Compact Thermal Energized Membrane Drone Damage Amplifier I Drone Damage Amplifier I Drone Damage Amplifier I 100MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner Cap Recharger II Cap Recharger II Cap Recharger II Drone Link Augmentor I Drone Link Augmentor I [Empty High slot] [Empty High slot] … However, is does less damage and is slower than the Catalyst. This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. I ratted in Pandemic Horde space for this guide, who currently live in Geminate null sec. This isn't the best belt-ratting fit you're gonna find, its just for until you feel like you can upgrade/afford a better fit/ship for belt ratting. Light Ion Blaster II, Antimatter Charge S Caution: there are some systems that show up as 0.0 but actually aren't null-sec space. but the drop rate in DEDs is way better imo. Light Ion Blaster II, Void S If you encounter more than two ECM ships in the belt, it might be best to pick another than spending minutes jammed. Now to the important part: What was the total income? Light Ion Blaster II, Void S Comments Be the first to leave a comment for this fit! Next time it happens if i’m on, i’ll help your friend out. Medium F-S9 Regolith Compact Shield Extender He just started mining, and haven’t killed enough rats to have negative standing with them. 2: hauler spawns. If you notice that you haven’t got enough buffer tank to run belts with a lot of cruisers, replace the engine housing with a second kinetic screen reinforcer or a small core defence field extender. ... Whilst each nation has two destroyers these are considered the best for ratting in belts due to the high damage. New replies are no longer allowed. He did not engage the Gurista mining fleet, but he got attacked as soon as he landed on the belt, by these gang fleet rats (yes they looked and responded as a gang fleet). [Empty High slot], Small Polycarbon Engine Housing I Hell, you’d probably make more per hour salvaging lvl 4 missions in high sec. 12. I somewhat disagree with the Algos gun fit. Right-click in space for quick access to the list of celestial bodies. This amount is after Horde’s 10% ratting tax,  includes short times of staying docked when hostile player fleets passed through system, and to bring back loot to my home station and buy new ammunition. The Belt Ratting Catalyst Belt ratting involves a lot of warping around belts, so you want a ship that warps relatively fast and can deal lots of kinetic/thermal damage. Those special spawns can drop faction stuff but they are also harder to kill. (Updated 2021 March)Everyone should be familiar with Altrue's EVE Online Careers Chart. I wish we had this kind of tanky Ospreys. Lvl 4 missions in high sec. Goose99 Posted - 2011.01.15 17:40:00 - [ 18 ] After the last post explained the theory of fitting a ratting ship, I want to give you an example how to put that knowledge into practice and do some belt ratting. I logged of since it was pointless to continue. Belt Ratting in Null belt-ratting/ Region: Null Sec Required ISK: 15-20 mill ISK/h: 14 mill. as Kodo already mentioned you can make way more isk going for DED sites. yea , i definetly got doomsdayed about 15 mins ago. 1: faction spawns (dark blood, true Sansha, etc.) You need to go to 0.8 space or below in order to find rats. I also added a Algos fitting in the end of this post. A kingdom for an Osprey that can easily tank carrier DPS. id like to note, just in case you haven’t experienced this yet, but just by warping onto grid with diamond rats causes them to call for backup. , which paid 90% of the Jita buy value for it within a couple of hours. Medium F-S9 Regolith Compact Shield Extender, Light Ion Blaster II, Antimatter Charge S sure, you might find a commander in a belt if you're lucky that drops a tag (I think these go for around 35mil or something?) After that, it will slowly regenerate, while killing the battleships and frigates that deal very little damage to you. Light Ion Blaster II, Antimatter Charge S To belt rat in this ship, you will need to check the asteroid belts in your system of choice for NPC rats. These guys called absolute lancers or something like that and just killed what looked like drifter sleepers or named sleepers in a 0.5 belt. ... Material related to EVE-Online is used with limited permission of CCP Games hf by using official Toolkit. Don’t attack the lancers … they call reinforcement of Drifter Battleships which doomsday you off the field. For beginning players with little skill points the Catalyst might be the better choice, but that is just my personal opinion. 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