Damage types, NPCs, drones, EWAR
Damage & Resist Field Guide
Fast field reference for what to shoot, what to tank, and why a ship may not follow the simple rule.
OpenFirst pass
Field Manual
Learn the habit, then follow the signal.
Start with orientation, choose a direction, or build the survival habits that keep early losses understandable. Then browse the complete academy of guides, trainers, and connected KillSync tools. This section is growing — please send feedback if something is off or missing.
Field Manual Directory
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Begin here
Orientation, direction, and the first mental models a new or returning pilot needs.
New Pilot RoadmapA chronological first-days route through Exordium, Career Agents, AIR, standings, and leaving starter space.Roadmap
Pilot Path FinderStart with the problem or activity in your head and follow the first useful KillSync path.Navigator
ISK PathfinderMatch income activities to time, attention, risk, replacement capacity, and preferred gameplay.Navigator
Pilot Field ManualThe complete learning hub for guides, trainers, navigators, and connected live tools.Directory
Space TypesUnderstand how high-sec, low-sec, null-sec, wormholes, and Pochven change the rules around you.Guide
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Survive first
The mechanics and habits that prevent the most confusing early losses.
Gate & Station RulesAggression, session timers, CONCORD, gate guns, docking, undocking, and camp behavior.Guide
Tackle & WarpPoints, scrams, bubbles, warp core strength, escape logic, and why the ship would not warp.Guide
Signal ReadingRead danger from Local, D-scan, probes, hulls, traffic, and system context before committing.Guide
Hauling Field GuideCargo-value discipline, hauler roles, route checks, scouting, bookmarks, and safer movement.Guide
Wormhole Field GuideClasses, statics, mass, lifetime, polarization, bookmarks, chain habits, and getting home.Guide
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Understand fights
Read damage, ships, EWAR, fits, and engagement selection faster.
Damage & ResistsDamage types, resist holes, NPC pressure, player hull tendencies, and practical tank reads.Guide
EWAR GuideECM, damps, disruption, painters, neuts, webs, scrams, stacking, and counters.Guide
Fitting BasicsSlots, rigs, tank, range, capacitor, fitting resources, role, and practical fit logic.Guide
Find a FightFind activity, read targets, choose engagements, and stop waiting for content to appear.Guide
Ship ExplorerMove from hull families into item pages, fittings, rankings, matchups, and combat history.Live tool
Gank CheckEstimate common high-sec gank pressure before moving an expensive hull or cargo.Live tool
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Mine & build
Resources, reprocessing, hauling, planetary chains, and industrial decision tools.
Mining Field GuideOre, minerals, crystal families, compression, reprocessing, hauling, and miner safety.Guide
Ice Harvesting GuideIce products, isotope families, compression, logistics, and fuel-chain context.Guide
Gas Harvesting GuideKnown-space gas, fullerites, site behavior, huffing safety, and extraction habits.Guide
Moon Ore GuideR4–R64 rarity, moon materials, fleet mining, compression, and reaction context.Guide
PI Field GuidePlanet types, P0–P4 chains, POCO taxes, factory planets, export cadence, and logistics.Guide
Planetary Industry VisualizerExplore planet resources and production chains with connected market and item pivots.Live tool
Refine Profit ScannerCompare raw, compressed, and refined ore exits with live regional market assumptions.Live tool
Asset Reprocessing ScannerScan linked assets or pasted lists and compare net sale value against reprocessing outputs.Live tool
AppraisalPaste an inventory or contract-style list and get a fast regional valuation.Live tool
Market DepthCheck whether the visible order book can actually absorb the quantity you plan to sell.Live tool
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Missions & standings
Agents, mission hubs, loyalty rewards, standings, and special-agent planning.
Special Agents GuideCareer, epic arc, COSMOS, data center, R&D, locator, storyline, and level-five agent context.Guide
Agent FinderSearch repeatable agents by level, faction, corporation, region, security, and locator role.Live tool
Mission Hub IntelCompare useful agent clusters with security, nearby services, and current danger context.Live tool
LP Store IntelConnect mission corporations and loyalty rewards to market and requirement context.Live tool
Faction Warfare IntelRead ownership, contested systems, victory-point progress, and warzone pivots.Live tool
LP Store BrowserInspect loyalty-point offers, requirements, output value, and ISK-per-LP signals.Live tool
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Practice & tools
Interactive practice and live awareness tools for field decisions.
D-scan TrainerPractice directional-scan angle, range, narrowing, and target confirmation.Trainer
Probe Scanner TrainerPractice probe placement, range changes, signal strength, and scanning loops.Trainer
Wormhole Chain MapperBuild a private chain, reconcile probe scans, track mass and lifetime states, and find the route home.Live tool
Exploration Hacking TrainerPractice relic and data board decisions, defenses, utilities, and system-core routes.Trainer
D-scan ParserPaste real scan text and group ships, probes, deployables, and threat signals.Live tool
Local Intel BoardPaste Local names and move from identity into recent behavior and deeper intel.Live tool
Live MapRead current kill activity and move from guide concepts into live spatial context.Live tool
Third-Party EVE ToolsBrowse external EVE community tools by activity, specialty, and the same coverage benchmark used by the KillSync roadmap.Directory
Choose what you need now
Enter the academy through the problem in front of you.
Each path combines explanation, practice, and live KillSync tools. You do not need to learn the whole site before taking the next useful step.
Begin hereOrientation, direction, and the first mental models a new or returning pilot needs.5 destinations →
Survive firstThe mechanics and habits that prevent the most confusing early losses.5 destinations →
Understand fightsRead damage, ships, EWAR, fits, and engagement selection faster.6 destinations →
Mine & buildResources, reprocessing, hauling, planetary chains, and industrial decision tools.10 destinations →
Missions & standingsAgents, mission hubs, loyalty rewards, standings, and special-agent planning.6 destinations →
Practice & toolsInteractive practice and live awareness tools for field decisions.8 destinations →
Start here
Ore, minerals, crystals, safety
Mining Field Guide
Ore baskets, mineral lookup, mining crystals, compression, refining, hauling, and the habits that keep miners alive.
OpenNew
Cone, range, filters, repeat
D-scan Trainer
Practice narrowing targets from 360° awareness to tight-angle confirmation before using the live parser.
OpenInteractive
Wide scan, center, shrink, repeat
Probe Scanner Trainer
Learn the probing loop with clear range, signal, and probe-position feedback.
OpenInteractive
Paste real scans
D-scan Parser
When pilots are ready for actual scan text, group ships, probes, deployables, and threat signals.
OpenLive tool
Who is in system?
Local Intel
Paste names from local and jump from identity to recent activity and deeper KillSync intel.
OpenLive tool
Curiosity path
Ship Explorer
Move from a guide row into hull families, item pages, rankings, matchups, and fittings.
OpenLive tool
Core survival habits
Seven habits that separate pilots who survive from pilots who wonder why they keep dying. They are not an onboarding quest line; they are field habits to revisit as your risks change.
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Awareness
Local is a warning light
Names in local are possible hunters, scouts, allies, neutrals, haulers, miners, and bait. Paste them into Local Intel when you need a faster read.
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Gate & station rules
Know when you're safe
Gate aggression, session timers, CONCORD, criminal flags, and global criminal cooldown. Most new pilots lose ships at gates before they understand why.
3
D-scan
Wide first, narrow next
A 360° scan tells you something is nearby. Smaller angles and shorter ranges tell you where it probably is.
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Probes
Center, shrink, repeat
The probing loop is simple once it clicks. Start wide, center on the result, lower probe range, and scan again.
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Tackle & warp
Why can't I warp?
Points, bubbles, scramblers, warp disruption fields. Understanding tackle is the difference between escaping and losing a ship.
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Damage & EWAR
Rules of thumb are not truth
Damage charts help you start, but pilots patch holes. EWAR changes what the fight even is. Learn both before committing to a fight.
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Read the killmail
What signal did I miss?
Every loss has a readable trail. Hull, attackers, system, fit, time, corp. Good pilots don't just ask "what killed me?" — they ask what they should have seen.
Complete learning map
Guides, trainers, navigators, and live tools.
The directory is generated from the same canonical registry as every Field Manual hero, so new learning pages appear consistently across the academy.
Begin here
Orientation, direction, and the first mental models a new or returning pilot needs.
New Pilot RoadmapA chronological first-days route through Exordium, Career Agents, AIR, standings, and leaving starter space.Roadmap
Pilot Path FinderStart with the problem or activity in your head and follow the first useful KillSync path.Navigator
ISK PathfinderMatch income activities to time, attention, risk, replacement capacity, and preferred gameplay.Navigator
Pilot Field ManualThe complete learning hub for guides, trainers, navigators, and connected live tools.Directory
Space TypesUnderstand how high-sec, low-sec, null-sec, wormholes, and Pochven change the rules around you.Guide
Survive first
The mechanics and habits that prevent the most confusing early losses.
Gate & Station RulesAggression, session timers, CONCORD, gate guns, docking, undocking, and camp behavior.Guide
Tackle & WarpPoints, scrams, bubbles, warp core strength, escape logic, and why the ship would not warp.Guide
Signal ReadingRead danger from Local, D-scan, probes, hulls, traffic, and system context before committing.Guide
Hauling Field GuideCargo-value discipline, hauler roles, route checks, scouting, bookmarks, and safer movement.Guide
Wormhole Field GuideClasses, statics, mass, lifetime, polarization, bookmarks, chain habits, and getting home.Guide
Understand fights
Read damage, ships, EWAR, fits, and engagement selection faster.
Damage & ResistsDamage types, resist holes, NPC pressure, player hull tendencies, and practical tank reads.Guide
EWAR GuideECM, damps, disruption, painters, neuts, webs, scrams, stacking, and counters.Guide
Fitting BasicsSlots, rigs, tank, range, capacitor, fitting resources, role, and practical fit logic.Guide
Find a FightFind activity, read targets, choose engagements, and stop waiting for content to appear.Guide
Ship ExplorerMove from hull families into item pages, fittings, rankings, matchups, and combat history.Live tool
Gank CheckEstimate common high-sec gank pressure before moving an expensive hull or cargo.Live tool
Mine & build
Resources, reprocessing, hauling, planetary chains, and industrial decision tools.
Mining Field GuideOre, minerals, crystal families, compression, reprocessing, hauling, and miner safety.Guide
Ice Harvesting GuideIce products, isotope families, compression, logistics, and fuel-chain context.Guide
Gas Harvesting GuideKnown-space gas, fullerites, site behavior, huffing safety, and extraction habits.Guide
Moon Ore GuideR4–R64 rarity, moon materials, fleet mining, compression, and reaction context.Guide
PI Field GuidePlanet types, P0–P4 chains, POCO taxes, factory planets, export cadence, and logistics.Guide
Planetary Industry VisualizerExplore planet resources and production chains with connected market and item pivots.Live tool
Refine Profit ScannerCompare raw, compressed, and refined ore exits with live regional market assumptions.Live tool
Asset Reprocessing ScannerScan linked assets or pasted lists and compare net sale value against reprocessing outputs.Live tool
AppraisalPaste an inventory or contract-style list and get a fast regional valuation.Live tool
Market DepthCheck whether the visible order book can actually absorb the quantity you plan to sell.Live tool
Missions & standings
Agents, mission hubs, loyalty rewards, standings, and special-agent planning.
Special Agents GuideCareer, epic arc, COSMOS, data center, R&D, locator, storyline, and level-five agent context.Guide
Agent FinderSearch repeatable agents by level, faction, corporation, region, security, and locator role.Live tool
Mission Hub IntelCompare useful agent clusters with security, nearby services, and current danger context.Live tool
LP Store IntelConnect mission corporations and loyalty rewards to market and requirement context.Live tool
Faction Warfare IntelRead ownership, contested systems, victory-point progress, and warzone pivots.Live tool
LP Store BrowserInspect loyalty-point offers, requirements, output value, and ISK-per-LP signals.Live tool
Practice & tools
Interactive practice and live awareness tools for field decisions.
D-scan TrainerPractice directional-scan angle, range, narrowing, and target confirmation.Trainer
Probe Scanner TrainerPractice probe placement, range changes, signal strength, and scanning loops.Trainer
Wormhole Chain MapperBuild a private chain, reconcile probe scans, track mass and lifetime states, and find the route home.Live tool
Exploration Hacking TrainerPractice relic and data board decisions, defenses, utilities, and system-core routes.Trainer
D-scan ParserPaste real scan text and group ships, probes, deployables, and threat signals.Live tool
Local Intel BoardPaste Local names and move from identity into recent behavior and deeper intel.Live tool
Live MapRead current kill activity and move from guide concepts into live spatial context.Live tool
Third-Party EVE ToolsBrowse external EVE community tools by activity, specialty, and the same coverage benchmark used by the KillSync roadmap.Directory
What killed me?
Read the killmail like a timeline
Start with the victim ship, final blow, top damage, damage taken, system, time, and involved corporations. Then ask whether it was a solo catch, bait, gatecamp, fleet action, war target, suspect bait, or gank.
Turn the loss into curiosity
Click the hull, the attackers, the system, the corporation, and the fit if available. Good pilots do not just ask "what killed me?" They ask "what signal did I miss?" Then go read Reading the Signals.
Find a fight
The offensive pilot path — how to locate content, read a target before committing, and use KillSync data to pick the right engagement.
Where is content happening?
Hotspots, Solo Upsets, Kill Trends, and the Live Map surface active systems and unusual wins. Look for small ships beating larger ones — those fights are findable and repeatable.
Read the target before committing
Ship Matchup and Ship Rankings give you baseline expectations. Character Intel shows what that pilot actually flies and loses to. Solo Fights shows 1v1 results for the hull you're considering.
Keep moving
Turn the lesson into a live decision.
Choose another learning path, practice a mechanic, or move into the full KillSync tool map when you are ready to act on what you learned.