Reprocessing Arbitrage
Find items worth buying and reprocessing for profit at trade hubs.
Reprocessing Profit Analysis
Updated 4m agoISK Scout's reprocessing engine has evaluated 191 profitable reprocessing opportunities across 7 trade hubs. Each opportunity is calculated by taking the item's current market buy price, applying the station's reprocessing yield (base 50%) boosted by your Scrapmetal Processing skill level, deducting reprocessing tax, and comparing the resulting mineral/material mix against current sell prices — all minus sales tax and broker fees. Combined potential profit across hubs: 14.5M. The most profitable hub is Jita 4-4 with 6.1M. All prices refresh every 5 minutes from ESI market data.
The single strongest melt right now is Regulated Mega Neutron Phase Cannon I at 3.4M net per batch (4.3% margin), and 71 items across all hubs clear a 20% margin. Deep-margin melts like these usually come from mispriced player listings, so they vanish as soon as someone else runs the same scan — treat the top of this table as first-come, first-served.
Buy 200 units at 400.4K · refines to 7 materials worth 453.8K · repro tax 20.0K · sales tax 16.3K · net 3.4M at 4.3% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 83 units at 410.6K · refines to 7 materials worth 453.8K · repro tax 20.0K · sales tax 16.3K · net 574.8K at 1.7% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 17 units at 399.6K · refines to 7 materials worth 453.8K · repro tax 20.0K · sales tax 16.3K · net 304.3K at 4.5% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 240,500 units at 2.6K · refines to 5 materials worth 2.9K · repro tax 124 · sales tax 103 · net 164.5K at 2.7% margin · daily volume 33,788
Buy 92 units at 240.0K · refines to 4 materials worth 262.2K · repro tax 11.0K · sales tax 9.4K · net 163.6K at 0.7% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 13 units at 50.0K · refines to 4 materials worth 67.7K · repro tax 2.7K · sales tax 2.4K · net 163.1K at 25.1% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 84 units at 6.0K · refines to 4 materials worth 8.5K · repro tax 378 · sales tax 305 · net 149.2K at 29.5% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 44 units at 215.1K · refines to 6 materials worth 237.6K · repro tax 11.2K · sales tax 8.6K · net 120.2K at 1.3% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 67 units at 6.0K · refines to 5 materials worth 8.2K · repro tax 382 · sales tax 296 · net 106.2K at 26.6% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 1 units at 130.1K · refines to 6 materials worth 255.1K · repro tax 11.3K · sales tax 9.2K · net 104.6K at 80.4% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 10,900 units at 1.8K · refines to 2 materials worth 2.9K · repro tax 122 · sales tax 106 · net 98.6K at 49.8% margin · daily volume 574,790
Buy 30 units at 152.3K · refines to 3 materials worth 169.9K · repro tax 8.3K · sales tax 6.1K · net 96.2K at 2.1% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 4 units at 55.1K · refines to 4 materials worth 74.0K · repro tax 3.1K · sales tax 2.7K · net 52.5K at 23.8% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 1 units at 278.2K · refines to 7 materials worth 353.7K · repro tax 15.6K · sales tax 12.7K · net 47.2K at 17.0% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 300 units at 25.9K · refines to 3 materials worth 43.2K · repro tax 1.7K · sales tax 1.6K · net 42.2K at 54.3% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 3 units at 60.1K · refines to 4 materials worth 79.3K · repro tax 3.2K · sales tax 2.9K · net 39.5K at 21.9% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 20 units at 13.0K · refines to 3 materials worth 16.2K · repro tax 714 · sales tax 585 · net 38.1K at 14.6% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 200 units at 43.6K · refines to 3 materials worth 67.0K · repro tax 2.6K · sales tax 2.4K · net 36.7K at 42.1% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 1 units at 24.0K · refines to 4 materials worth 57.8K · repro tax 2.4K · sales tax 2.1K · net 29.3K at 122.1% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 22 units at 3.0K · refines to 3 materials worth 4.7K · repro tax 188 · sales tax 169 · net 29.0K at 43.8% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 42 units at 6.9K · refines to 5 materials worth 8.2K · repro tax 382 · sales tax 296 · net 26.2K at 9.0% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 43 units at 2.9K · refines to 4 materials worth 3.7K · repro tax 156 · sales tax 135 · net 23.5K at 18.8% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 7 units at 23.2K · refines to 5 materials worth 28.9K · repro tax 1.3K · sales tax 1.0K · net 22.8K at 14.0% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 100 units at 23.9K · refines to 3 materials worth 47.7K · repro tax 2.3K · sales tax 1.7K · net 19.8K at 82.8% margin · daily volume 299
Buy 1 units at 200.5K · refines to 6 materials worth 237.6K · repro tax 11.2K · sales tax 8.6K · net 17.3K at 8.6% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 1 units at 400.3K · refines to 7 materials worth 453.8K · repro tax 20.0K · sales tax 16.3K · net 17.2K at 4.3% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 4 units at 58.2K · refines to 4 materials worth 67.7K · repro tax 2.7K · sales tax 2.4K · net 17.2K at 7.4% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 1 units at 332.0K · refines to 4 materials worth 377.1K · repro tax 15.8K · sales tax 13.6K · net 15.7K at 4.7% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 9 units at 49.3K · refines to 4 materials worth 55.1K · repro tax 2.2K · sales tax 2.0K · net 14.7K at 3.3% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 5,800 units at 2.4K · refines to 5 materials worth 2.9K · repro tax 124 · sales tax 103 · net 14.3K at 10.3% margin · daily volume 62,643
Buy 6 units at 71.1K · refines to 4 materials worth 79.3K · repro tax 3.2K · sales tax 2.9K · net 13.0K at 3.0% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 2 units at 126 · refines to 2 materials worth 5.4K · repro tax 226 · sales tax 196 · net 9.8K at 3864.8% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 2 units at 229.9K · refines to 6 materials worth 255.1K · repro tax 11.3K · sales tax 9.2K · net 9.4K at 2.0% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 20 units at 1.7K · refines to 3 materials worth 2.3K · repro tax 101 · sales tax 83 · net 8.0K at 23.2% margin · daily volume 2,192
Buy 51 units at 15.2K · refines to 3 materials worth 16.6K · repro tax 685 · sales tax 597 · net 7.5K at 1.0% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 2 units at 70.3K · refines to 4 materials worth 79.3K · repro tax 3.2K · sales tax 2.9K · net 5.9K at 4.2% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 117 units at 5.0K · refines to 2 materials worth 5.4K · repro tax 226 · sales tax 196 · net 5.7K at 1.0% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 1 units at 500.0K · refines to 7 materials worth 548.5K · repro tax 24.1K · sales tax 19.7K · net 4.7K at 0.9% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 5 units at 50.0K · refines to 4 materials worth 55.1K · repro tax 2.2K · sales tax 2.0K · net 4.6K at 1.8% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 4 units at 72.2K · refines to 4 materials worth 79.3K · repro tax 3.2K · sales tax 2.9K · net 4.1K at 1.4% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 52 units at 13.9K · refines to 5 materials worth 15.1K · repro tax 653 · sales tax 545 · net 4.1K at 0.6% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 3 units at 61.3K · refines to 4 materials worth 67.7K · repro tax 2.7K · sales tax 2.4K · net 3.8K at 2.1% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 5 units at 17.8K · refines to 6 materials worth 19.9K · repro tax 866 · sales tax 718 · net 2.6K at 2.9% margin · daily volume 15
Buy 15 units at 37.5K · refines to 3 materials worth 40.7K · repro tax 1.6K · sales tax 1.5K · net 1.8K at 0.3% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 1 units at 501 · refines to 2 materials worth 2.2K · repro tax 103 · sales tax 79 · net 1.5K at 303.7% margin · daily volume 231
Buy 23 units at 3.9K · refines to 3 materials worth 4.3K · repro tax 181 · sales tax 153 · net 1.5K at 1.7% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 5 units at 22.0K · refines to 3 materials worth 24.1K · repro tax 964 · sales tax 868 · net 1.5K at 1.3% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 1 units at 6.5K · refines to 5 materials worth 8.6K · repro tax 353 · sales tax 309 · net 1.4K at 21.1% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 2 units at 1.4K · refines to 2 materials worth 2.2K · repro tax 103 · sales tax 79 · net 1.2K at 44.4% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 1,000 units at 113 · refines to 2 materials worth 239 · repro tax 10 · sales tax 9 · net 1.1K at 95.0% margin · daily volume 41,128
Buy 8 units at 8.5K · refines to 3 materials worth 9.3K · repro tax 371 · sales tax 335 · net 1.1K at 1.6% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 1 units at 7.0K · refines to 4 materials worth 8.5K · repro tax 378 · sales tax 305 · net 777 at 11.1% margin · daily volume 0
Buy 2 units at 708 · refines to 5 materials worth 1.0K · repro tax 46 · sales tax 36 · net 424 at 29.9% margin · daily volume 735
Buy 2 units at 21.0K · refines to 3 materials worth 22.9K · repro tax 949 · sales tax 824 · net 206 at 0.5% margin · daily volume 0
About this tool
Some EVE Online items are worth more as reprocessed minerals than at their current market price. ISK Scout's reprocessing analyzer compares the buy cost of every reprocessable item against the sell value of its mineral output — surfacing only items with immediate arbitrage. Station yields are configurable: NPC station 50%, high-sec citadel, null-sec citadel, etc. Skill levels for Reprocessing, Reprocessing Efficiency, and Scrapmetal Processing automatically adjust the actual mineral output. Tax and fees apply from your character's skills, so the displayed profit reflects what you'll actually pocket. Data refreshes every 5 minutes from major hubs including Jita.
View full FAQHow reprocessing profits are calculated
Every item with a published reprocessing recipe in the Static Data Export is evaluated against real-time ESI market data. The effective yield is station_yield × (1 + 0.02 × Scrapmetal_level), which means perfect skills deliver 55% yield at an NPC station with 50% base. The engine multiplies this yield by the recipe's base material output, caps at current sell orders at the chosen hub, then subtracts reprocessing tax (5% default at NPC stations) and a configurable sales tax + broker fee. Items where the resulting mineral stack exceeds the buy cost are listed as profitable. Historical market volume determines how quickly the position can realistically clear.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Which skills matter most for reprocessing profit?
- Reprocessing (+3%/level, all materials), Reprocessing Efficiency (+2%/level, all materials), and Scrapmetal Processing (+2%/level, modules and ammo only). If you're focused on module/ammo reprocessing, Scrapmetal Processing V is the highest-leverage skill to train first.
- What does 50% station yield mean?
- The base reprocessing efficiency at NPC stations. Process 100 units of ore, get back 50 units of refined minerals. High-sec citadels usually offer 50–52%, low-sec NPC stations 50%, null-sec citadels up to 56%.
- Which item types are usually profitable to reprocess?
- T1 modules, ships, and ammo frequently exceed their market price as recovered minerals. T2 modules vary based on small morphite (T2 byproduct) yields. Ore prices fluctuate daily with mining activity.