Eve Online News & Events & Guides

 EVE Online is a deep and complex game. The choices are limitless and chances for fun and adventure abound. ISK is one thing that every player needs to get their dreams in motion and the interstellar of EVE online. It does not try to limit what a new player can do, just unlike many other MMORPG. The amount of ISK you can obtain is limited only by your knowledge and dedication. The more you learn about EVE Online the more opportunities you will see for making EVE ISK and soon your wallet will be stuffed.
EVE Online ISK will be obtained through mission rewards, bounties for killing NPC pirates, mining and selling loot obtained from slain enemies for the newer player in the game. There are some useful ways to help you make money, which you want to get into the game with enough knowledge not to wind up throwing good money away due to lack of understanding.
The first way is a bounty. Killing an NPC that belongs to one of the pirate organizations will net the player a reward in the form of a bounty. These pirates can be found most often lurking in the asteroid belts of solar systems that have a .7 security rating or lower. The amount of bounty awarded for the kill is based on how tough that particular NPC is. In the starter systems, the pirates will be about 11,000 ISK and below, with the big money bounties in the millions of ISK reserved for pirates in the furthest reaches of space and in the hardest player missions.
The NPC pirates in the .7 security status systems should pose little problem for players who followed the tutorial with most of them dying with a single volley from your weapons. However they always spawn in groups, so don't assume that you will win and be prepared to warp off if you are in a tight spot. Hop out of the belt, repair up, and get back in and finish off any pirates you left behind.
If you want some quick cash but don't want to mess about with doing a mission at the moment, then go belt hopping and kill some NPC pirates and rake in some cash from the bounties. Just remember that the bounties are paid out every 15 minutes, so you won't see the reward show up immediately. Also after you kill the pirates, you can check their wrecks for loot, which leads us to the next section.
The second way is loot. Knowing about everything in game that enemies drop after killed is useful to someone. This is a big change from other MMOs where the loot that the enemies leave behind is mostly trash to be dumped off at the nearest NPC vendor. Because just about everything you will find is in demand somewhat, it makes liquidating the items you found a bit more challenging if you want to get the best price.
Once you have obtained a piece of loot, you can check the market screen to see how much it is worth. When looking at the "Sell" section of the market screen, you will see that some of the items in that list are highlighted green. The green orders are the ones that can be filled in your current location. For instance someone might be buying Foxfire Rockets for 100 isk 2 jumps away, but they are only paying that price if you are in that system so that order will be listed without a green highlight. Now you must decide whether you want to fly over 2 jumps to and sell your rockets for 100 ISK, or stay in your current system and sell them to someone who is offering less than 100 ISK.