EVE ONLINE - 237M ISK in first 2.5 hours of alpha account

Brand new Alpha account, first 20 minutes doing exploring missions, buying Heron and jump filaments to hack Relic sites in NULL space. I was trying for 100M within 2 hours, but went a little long to collect a total of 237 MILLION ISK in 2 hours 25 minutes.
My fresh alpha couldn't scan level 4 Relic, so I missed out on ~200M+.
Next step is to buy an Astero to hack level 4 Relic sites and Superior Sleeper Cache sites. Looking to make 1 BILLION ISK in first 10 hours of an alpha account.

[@d1a396]

Thank you for uploading such a raw recording of your gameplay. It really helps a lot to see how and what you're doing step by step, I am learning A LOT than I would have by myself

[@alphabob_eveonline]

thanks! i'm working on new videos will every thing explained as i'm doing it.

[@arhandas2207]

Wow, this was great. I learned a lot more from this than many other videos. You also got me into null exploring, and I have already made around 400m by relic sites so far. Thanks alot!

[@alphabob_eveonline]

Great to hear!

[@lufasumafalu5069]

looked around for alpha ISK making video and this is always the best one

[@guyguyver7552]

I love the look of the AIR space station more than the rest...😊

[@dwillingham]

What were you looking for when you first jumped into NullSec with the system map?

[@thraizz]

I'd guess how much activity currently is in which system, just to avoid players

[@MrSCOTTtheSCOT]

Yeah enjoyable to watch, just gone through a bunch of Air Career missions and been ganked cause its Halloween 90% drop on PVP for all the 3 nice (sarc utterly low value) LP basic implants i had, gee fun, made me want to go F, Big F , however this 2hr episode of Bob goes site seeing has made me realise there's a lot to research that can be done to improve enjoyment of this game, So I will take notes drink coffee and watch your vids, nicely done though there is some advanced skills on show here for a noob to fully appreciate or understand such as filament travel using certain filaments, i was believing they were a one way in no way out key to a set number of battle rooms ,however you seemed to use them to short cut travel across systems.

[@CyrilSneer123]

Two different types of filament. The Abyssal ones T0 to T6 will take you the abyssal rooms, the ones with 3 rooms and 20 mins time limit. These other filaments take you to Pochven space, which are small number of former high sec systems that the Trigs took over.

[@EmvyBeats]

Wish i had your luck. Kept dodging those bubbles!

[@richard38618]

very nice, never seen an eve speedrun before, like the idea. Show this to any noob who says alpha clones can't do anything

[@alphabob_eveonline]

i have been hacking for a long time, and have learned a bunch. even with 1-day Alpha skill i can hack the Relic Level 4 cans with mostly success. I will fail a can or too, but found i can earn 100M+ per hour. My Omega character can earn 250M/hr and easily afford the current PLEX cost. I want to show that anyone can enter NULL and hack for profit, but everyone will need to improve their hacking skills. Once you are comfortable with not getting killed, flying an Astero as an Alpha can earn ISK to become a permanent Omega.

[@richard38618]

@@alphabob_eveonline Very nice video, and considering that an extremely basic exploration frigate is under 1 mil and possible 100mil an hour people ignore it because it is tedious lol

[@damarh]

Show this to a noob who knows absolutely nothing of eve's game mechanics?

[@richard38618]

@@damarh No

[@mace400]

@@alphabob_eveonline you’re not making 250 mil per hour. Can you just stop that lie already…. Is it possible, yes. But that’s not the normal average in the least bit. Alpha/omega can look at about an average ranging from 40-150 mil an hour. Those numbers are way more accurate then ever getting 250.

[@JCT1926]

hur-durs into a predictable interdiction bubble without trying to dscan the gate but waltzes out with a couple hundred million.

[@rainierox4]

If you were omega since day 1, what would you do diferent? Another fit maybe?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

If i started as an Omega, i would buy and fit an Astero (only 1-2 days of training to fit). The Astero gives you better scanning and hacking base skills over a Heron or other T1 frigate. The T2 explorer frigates can take over 30 days of training, and i find the Astero more flexible to carry PvP fits (sometimes the hunted becomes the hunter). An Omega account also lets you train your skills higher and use the T2 data and relic analyzers (which improves hacking). But an Alpha account can still do all the data/relic sites (ghost & sleeper cache) with the right fit. Once you have stead ISK coming in, the move to Omega makes everything easier.

[@rainierox4]

@@alphabob_eveonline Thanks for your quick response. I could afford the omega from the first day with real mone. (worth it?) Would you have at hand which skills should be trained and the fit of the asteros? Sorry for google translate

[@GG4EVA623]

@@rainierox4 just train the skills needed for it, plus hacking V

[@daThird313]

I've been following your series and started playing a month ago, one thing I couldn't tell from your video is how you know when to scan. I saw you passed a system that had 4 signatures. I try picking areas that have low activity and have signatures, but I've had poor luck recently. What is your mapping strategy?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

Hi, yes, on my first jump filament i landed in "drone" space. there are no Pirates in this space, so there are not Relic sites. you can jump to 28:00 to see my jump into drone space, and then i jump out of that region with skipping all the sites because that are only Data sites and not worth much compared to Relic sites. Once in a pirate region of null, i usually with the Agency window to find systems which high number of cosmic signatures to scan. Bob.

[@guidodenbroeder935]

How many times did you have to try?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

This was the first attempt, but i understand these videos can only show the "good" runs. I had only planned to show the first 2 hours, but i continued my run and had some luck after the 2 hour mark, so i increased the video to the 2.5 hour window.

[@Luke-ed6zx]

Can anyone summarize what he was actually doing? what tacitc?

[@lufasumafalu5069]

bob could you add captions / subtitle so i know what are you doing and why ?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

I want to record a whole new video, showing the start of a billion ISK challenge run, plus how I set stuff up with a new character. I think I will start with 333,000 skill points, but not but an Astero.

[@angbrian4357]

May i know what is the shortcut key to mark the 'X' on the high value item?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

I use Tags to make the "X" on my targets. Here's a video i have on tags: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5eyi2qkqa6Yick To use Tags you have to create a "fleet", you can right click on your HUD and select Pilot->Form Fleet with. Then in Settings select Shortcuts->Combat and set a key (i use "4") for "Tag item as: X" Now i hold down my "4" key and click on the target i want to tag with "X". Very useful for cherry-picking sites.

[@knknngor2350]

This just shows how much you can really earn as an alpha clone if you know what you are doing, and have everything planned out in front of you This kinda makes me want to ditch my L1 mission character and do this with a new character instead

[@alphabob_eveonline]

For best results, create a 2nd account for your "new" alpha character to try out hacking in NULL. You can start with 1 Million Skill points using this link: www.eveonline.com/signup?invc=a3a15925-71c2-4c66-a7be-42e52f063c3f My clones (Bob and Joe) have only 1 day of skill points applied. I do this to show you can hack Level IV Relic Site, even with low skills. The bonus of starting with 1,000,000 skill points will make hacking easier.

[@nicolasnicolas3889]

I created a few characters and had a month of Omega in a starter pack. I have a few mates who play who know peeps who have played almost from the beginning who have loads of ISK but I want to get to know the game and enjoy the variety and see what you find. When my Omega ran out I found these videos and eh, I went back to a character which had only a few alpha skills and I'm going to do this, cool! AlphaBob has a video with a skills to train list which I have looked at, for me it will take me around 6 weeks to do this with alpha training speed, but by then I'll hopefully have a few real pilot, scanning and hacking skills as well as having had a real adventure, AlphaBob is immense! ;D

[@lufasumafalu5069]

@@alphabob_eveonline what is your beginjing skill planning at the start of new character journey ? explorer AIR skills ?

[@ragingoracle6239]

But Covert cloak. can only be had if Omega rt?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

yes, Alpha players can not use a cloak at all. So with the Astero, which is great with the covert cloak, you won't have a cloak with being an Alpha. But it still is very useful once you are comfortable with traveling into NULL. you will make more ISK per hour than using a Heron, and if you don't get killed often (1 in 5 trips to null) it's still a better choice. Once you have a good income from hacking Relic sites, you can easily afford an Omega account.

[@firlyansyah6402]

Awesome vids!

[@alphabob_eveonline]

Glad you like them!

[@IzuZ0]

Complete new guy with no idea of playing eve, what exactly are you doing? I read the description but I would love a little explanation. It may not benefit you or you may not care about a person who will be Alpha. But if you can just help me out here on what to do, what faction to pick etc etc

[@mateiwese1845]

he is using a standar day 1 alpha clone explorer frigate to make bank. he filaments in null, proceeds to run around and hack a bunch of sites. To escape null he filaments to pochven and then out of it. Then he gets back to jita trade hub and sells his loots

[@MichaelBauchman-r3y]

What are you flying?

[@TheMule71]

@48:00 any idea why he's spamming D-scan?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

yes, with no one in local there's no reason to use d-scan. This is just purely habit, when ever i start a probe scan or cargo scan, i press my (space bar) d-scan button.

[@rubenoelofse5910]

Hi , How do you know if a Relic Site is safe or not?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

In NULL space, all Relic sites should be safe (no pirates/rats). Just players in local that could be cloaked! In Wormholes C4-C6, all Relic sites will have Sleepers (rats)! In Wormholes C1-C3, there are both types of sites. Avoid sites with "Forgotton" or "Unsecured" in their names. You are looking for the pirate Relic sites which start with "Ruined". (or data sites starting with "Central") The Data sites follow the same pattern, except for "Ghost" sites that have the word "Covert", and "Sleeper Cache" sites, these can blow up your ship is you are not prepared.

[@joffa5555]

whats was the point of forming fleet with yourself?

[@maxvile]

Forming a fleet allows me to use "tags". This is where i mark a container with an "X" so i know it has good loot. Also, to use Filaments, you must be in a fleet.

[@KingOfLeeYT]

Cheeky

[@usernameusernameusername12]

eve online speedrun any%

[@alphabob_eveonline]

i've thought of doing a speedrun to 1 Billion ISK, hopefully under 10 hours. I recently had an alpha run of 450M ISK in 2 hours, but had a bunch of luck with Relic sites. That's why i find exploring fun, it's unpredictable.

[@iamneutr0n]

i didnt know you could use filaments to bring you back to high sec

[@alphabob_eveonline]

Yes, Filaments are a great way to travel around NULL safely. To enter NULL use the Noise-5 'Needlejack' Filament To return to high-sec it's 2 Filaments: use any of the Triglavian Space Inbound Filaments, ie. Home-5 'Pochven' Filament after 15 minutes us the Glorification-1 'Devana' Filament This should return you close to Jita or Rens, but sometimes you will be in low-sec. There is a danger if it's through Tama, so best to carry 2 sets of the Triglavian Inboud/Outbound Filaments. --Happy Hacking

[@themajormoose9641]

world record will be finding a wormholer sugar daddy to give you 250m

[@headmich]

Where is fit please nice video

[@alphabob_eveonline]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnOzmYCqjdF4bJo You can apply these rules to fit any of the T1 explorer ships: Heron, Probe, Magnate, Imicus ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Have at least 72 Base Sensor Strength (needed to scan Level IV Relic Sites) 2) Targeting Range close to 65km (cherry picking improves ISK/hour) 3) Align time under 4 seconds (good start, 3 secs with more skills, 2 secs with Astero) Items for "probe" scan strength: Core Probe Launcher I Sisters Core Scanner Probe (x16) Scan Rangefinding Array I Items for "cherry picking": PL-0 Scoped Cargo Scanner Small Ionic Field Projector I (x2) Auto Targeting System I Rest of items: 5MN Cold-Gas Enduring Microwarpdrive Relic Analyzer I Data Analyzer I Nanofiber Internal Structure II (x2) Small Memetic Algorithm Bank II Noise-5 "Needjack" Filament (x10) = Jumps to a random NULL system Home-15 "Pochven" Filament (x1) = Jumps to a Pochven system (15 minute wait) Glorification-1 'Devana" Filament (x1) = Jumps close to Jita (or Rens)

[@headmich]

@@alphabob_eveonline thank you ☺️

[@jcsmith9518]

Sorry Bob, but without explaination or comment, who will know what you are doing or why?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

Agreed! I'm just now editing a new video with voice over commentary.

[@RE-jm9un]

I know! But I played the game for 13 years :D

[@jcsmith9518]

@@RE-jm9un Wow! Means you have a lot to offer us new capsules. I Just lost $30Mil. by buying 2 "Proof of Discovery's" that I didn't need. Hurt me. But what a lesson. Thanks for reply.

[@RE-jm9un]

@@jcsmith9518 You generally don't need to buy any mission rewards although that can be a valid shortcut for some missions.

[@DrummerCAS]

@@alphabob_eveonline Damn you are good. Please include when you use hotkeys.😇

[@houstonmahoney9297]

Is there like a tldr to this video? 🤪

[@alphabob_eveonline]

working on that...

[@davidj9977]

congrats. 237M ISK is worth about $1.. Demand CCP ban ISK selling, it ruins the game.

[@alphabob_eveonline]

Yes, it’s mostly for the challenge to make this game free.

[@alphabob_eveonline]

And have fun making ISK

[@kroto7451]

so deceiving though cause you likely are in a corp that is protecting you anyway so it's not a realistic title

[@alphabob_eveonline]

Hi, maybe my title (237M in first 2.5hr) is not achievable by a new player, but i wanted to show it's possible to start making lots of ISK from the beginning of a new Alpha account. I do believe that anyone can make 100M ISK/Hr once they learn the basics of hacking in NULL. I have many videos showing how to do it. Finding the Relic sites in NULL can be a bit random, sometimes you won't find any for 30 minutes, but then you can make 100M ISK from one Relic sit. As for me using a corp to clear the way and protect me in NULL, that's not true. I use Filaments, which jumps me to a random location and it would be hard to coordinate with another player to protect me. Now, in a later video, i plan to show a way to run characters in the same NULL location where you use one to make jumps and verify there are no gate camps before logging back to your main character to then hack the local Relic sites in safety.

[@davidnovitzky3592]

Thanks for the video, but your hacking is awful

[@alphabob_eveonline]

I am always trying to improve my hacking skills. what parts of my hacking are awful? choosing the wrong spots, choosing the wrong tools, wrong path, too fast, too slow, cherry picking?

[@davidnovitzky3592]

​​@@alphabob_eveonline I rewatched more carefully this time and you could've done better on some using the appropriate utilities on some defensive systems. But otherwise forget what I said, you did great! Its just that you were doing everything fast haha

[@barycza]

This game is still a garbage. Looks like spreadsheet not space simulator.

[@cristiangaban960]

You don't need a space simulator, you need something nice to look at. A space simulator would look like EVE, numbers, tables, graphs ,vectors and so on.

[@balls2thewall724]

can you explain your reasoning for picking specific null systems for exploration? choosing the low capsuleer activity ones is obvious but besides that?

[@lufasumafalu5069]

bob i love this video , instant like and sub.. but why you don train any skill at the brginning

[@alphabob_eveonline]

thanks! the reason i don't train any skills is so i can show how an Alpha can make ISK even at day 1. I will use my other Alpha character "Daffina" to show what you can do with maxed alpha skills, like fly an Astero and hack "Ghost" and Superior Sleeper sites.

[@bluestuff3876]

Tnx for nice video , would be nice to have in description links to filters/overlay videos , very good amount of this game decisions depends on those filter settings. I know , fresh EVE consumer here , 6 days playing. Keep up posting m8.

[@TheGUARDIANOFFOR]

exept all the experience you have to have to pull this off. This is EQUAL to the one day WOW max level char. If you know what to do perfectly you make bucks. BUT FOR ALL THE OTHER NEWBROS THIS IS F TRAP THAT WILL KILL THEM''

[@darkerrorcode]

Trial and error. Do the tutorial missions and you're not going to run out of money if you decide to run null sec missions, even if you die a few times the couple of times you profit will make your money back ten-fold.

[@jonsnow1740]

I followed your guide in a heron successfully but got killed in Pochven is there an alternative to wait 15 minutes?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

the other 2 ways out of NULL are to fly through the gates directly back to high-sec (danger of gate camps) or to scan down wormholes to find a path back to high or low-sec. The wormhole method is a bit more safe, but involves a lot of scanning. When you got killed in Pochven, were you at a bookmark? and did you see combat scanner probes? When you are at a bookmark, fly up or down with your microwarp drive on, this will keep you moving fast so any one warping to you from combat scanning will (depending on how far they warp from) land 30+ km away, giving you a chance to warp away. Also, you should make a few bookmarks so you have the next bookmark to warp to if you are getting hunten. I have a video here that I use this technique to avoid some hunters with combat probes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWa6poCbpMymnq8

[@jonsnow1740]

@@alphabob_eveonline No i did no planning at all just got into null sec and made a low pilot route it was on a alt character so i didnt care im still basically new to eve but i have a 5 mil skill points main character i deleted the game for about a year

[@vergil-__]

why did you skip the relic site at 56:40?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

Because this was a Level 4 Relic site, and my probe strength wasn't strong enough to scan this site down to 100%. It takes at least 72 points of probe scan strength. See this videos for details: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4GXYnuaqrZ6pZI

[@damarh]

@@alphabob_eveonline oh snap, i never knew if you hovered above it that it gived you the lvl of the site

[@frofr9545]

whats ur fit?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

From my video for a Heron Alpha Fit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnOzmYCqjdF4bJo 1) Have at least 72 Base Sensor Strength (needed to scan Level IV Relic Sites) 2) Targeting Range close to 65km (cherry picking improves ISK/hour) 3) Align time under 4 seconds (good start, 3 secs with more skills, 2 secs with Astero) Items for "probe" scan strength: Core Probe Launcher I Sisters Core Scanner Probe (x16) Scan Rangefinding Array I Items for "cherry picking": PL-0 Scoped Cargo Scanner Small Ionic Field Projector I (x2) Auto Targeting System I Rest of items: 5MN Cold-Gas Enduring Microwarpdrive Relic Analyzer I Data Analyzer I Nanofiber Internal Structure II (x2) Small Memetic Algorithm Bank II Noise-5 "Needjack" Filament (x10) = Jumps to a random NULL system Home-15 "Pochven" Filament (x1) = Jumps to a Pochven system (15 minute wait) Glorification-1 'Devana" Filament (x1) = Jumps close to Jita (or Rens) (later on using an Astero will increase the ISK/hr)

[@mrobfire]

@@alphabob_eveonline How big of an improvement is cherry picking?

[@alphabob_eveonline]

@@mrobfire Looking at the numbers from this run, i ran 11 relic sites (skipping 41 cans) in just under 2 hours making 237M. So 118M isk/hr. If i did those 41 cans (at 1 minute per) that would have been an extra 41 minutes and at my estimate increase my ISK by 27M. so 264M isk/2hr41m, which is 98M isk/hr. Cherry-picking in this case increase my earnings by 20M ISK/HR. If you are not racing to get a high ISK/HR, doing all the cans might be better. When you complete a site, there's a chance a new relic site will spawn for you to find. If the systems are empty you should complete your sites without stress. I will sometimes explode (2 failed hacks) the cans under 1M isk. But in wormholes, i will always cherry-pick to hack sites quickly, you never know when you are being watched by a cloaked hunter.

[@martincoton6623]

So, Needlejack filaments don't work unless you're a commmander in a fleet. That's a fairly critical peice of info that's missing here...

[@whodoesntlikewindows5925]

Bro, u just gotta right click on ur ship, go to pilot, click on form fleet with. Basically u have formed fleet with urself so u can now use any filament without playing with someone else.

[@onetwo-gt2tr]

just read, u can make fleet urself alone