How is the most efficient method chosen?

Each method is ranked by net income per hour, which is its gross ISK rate minus its hourly running cost. The method with the highest net rate banks the most ISK for each hour you play, regardless of how high its gross income looks.

Why subtract costs per hour?

A method that earns a lot but burns expensive ammo, fuel or ships can net less than a cheaper, slower one. Subtracting hourly costs reveals true profit, so a high-gross method does not mislead you into a less profitable choice.

How do I account for ship loss risk?

Add the expected cost of losses to the cost-per-hour field — for example, if you lose a 200 million ISK ship roughly once every ten hours, add about 20 million per hour. This keeps risky null-sec methods honest against safer high-sec ones.

Does this work for any in-game currency?

Yes. The math is currency-agnostic, so you can enter ISK, LP value, PLEX-equivalent income or any other rate. As long as every method uses the same units, the ranking and session totals stay correct.

How accurate are the session totals?

They assume your net rate holds steady for the whole session, which is a good approximation for steady activities like ratting or mining. Methods with warm-up time or diminishing sites will run a little below the projection, so treat the total as an upper estimate.

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Pick the EVE Online farm that actually pays best

Gross ISK per hour is a misleading way to compare farming methods — a flashy income number can hide heavy ammo, fuel or ship-loss costs. This calculator ranks your methods by net income per hour and projects what each would bank over your available time, so you spend your session on the route that genuinely earns the most. It runs entirely in your browser.

How it works

Each method has a gross rate and a running cost per hour. Net income is the difference, and the session total scales that across your available hours:

netPerHour   = grossPerHour - costPerHour
sessionTotal = netPerHour * hours

Methods are then sorted by net per-hour, highest first, so the top of the list is always the most efficient use of your time.

Tips and example

A null-sec ratting line might gross 45 million ISK an hour but cost 3 million in ammo, netting 42 million — still ahead of a 30 million mission runner. To compare fairly, fold expected ship losses into the cost field: if you expect to lose a 300 million ISK ship every fifteen hours, add roughly 20 million per hour to that method. Keep every method in the same currency units, and remember the session totals assume a steady rate, so methods with travel time or drying-up sites will land slightly below the projection.