Tungsten Carbide Reaction

Tungsten Carbide Reaction Formula · Composite reactor · prices as of 2026-10-08 18:31 UTC

Tatara T2 ME / T2 TE rigs Ignoitton (lowsec) Cost index 10.15% Inputs: Jita 4-4 buy orders Outputs: Jita 4-4 sell orders Edit

Profit / slot / day: 1.42M
Profit: 39.73M
Margin: 17.6%
ROI: 22.8%
Total cost: 173.95M
Output value: 225.16M
Runs: 244
Time per run: 1h 22m 5s
Job duration: 6d 22h 53m
Slots: 4

Material flow

Bought Produced in the chain Final product Edge labels: quantity each job consumes.

Slot allocation

Optimal slots: 2 parallel lines sized so every job fits one 7-day cycle; the figures on this page are per steady cycle.

2 lines · 4 slots · 98.5% utilisation

Initial investment 310.69M

Slots per reaction
Reaction	Slots	Runs / slot	Duration / slot	First cycle
Tungsten Carbide	2	122	6d 22h 53m	2
Rolled Tungsten Alloy	1	120	6d 20h 9m	1
Sulfuric Acid	1	120	6d 20h 9m	1

Cycle 1: 2 slots (intermediates)
· Cycle 2+: 4 slots (steady state)

Start-up

One-time cycle before cycle 2, from which every cycle runs the production steps below.

Cycle 1, start-up

Runs Rolled Tungsten Alloy (1 × 120 runs), Sulfuric Acid (1 × 120 runs).

Buy for cycle 1

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Broker fee
Nitrogen Fuel Block	1,172	16.55K	19.40M	290.95K
Tungsten	11,712	1.14K	13.40M	200.98K
Platinum	11,712	7.35K	86.12M	1.29M
Atmospheric Gases	11,712	173	2.03M	30.43K
Evaporite Deposits	11,712	189	2.22M	33.24K
Total			123.16M	1.85M

Multibuy list (5 items)

Nitrogen Fuel Block	1172
Tungsten	11712
Platinum	11712
Atmospheric Gases	11712
Evaporite Deposits	11712

Job cost 11.73M · with purchases 136.74M

Production steps

Every cycle from cycle 2: 2 steps, every job in its own slots, side by side; a step's output feeds the next step in the following cycle.

Multibuy list (5 items)

Nitrogen Fuel Block	2364
Tungsten	11712
Platinum	11712
Atmospheric Gases	11712
Evaporite Deposits	11712

Step 1 of 2 · 2 intermediates in parallel

Reaction jobs of step 1
Job	Slots	Runs / slot	Per run	Duration / slot	Produced	Used	Surplus	Job cost
Rolled Tungsten Alloy	1	120	1h 22m 5s	6d 20h 9m	24,000	23,816	184	10.31M
Sulfuric Acid	1	120	1h 22m 5s	6d 20h 9m	24,000	23,816	184	1.42M

Buy for step 1

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Broker fee
Nitrogen Fuel Block	1,172	16.55K	19.40M	290.95K
Tungsten	11,712	1.14K	13.40M	200.98K
Platinum	11,712	7.35K	86.12M	1.29M
Atmospheric Gases	11,712	173	2.03M	30.43K
Evaporite Deposits	11,712	189	2.22M	33.24K
Total			123.16M	1.85M

Job cost 11.73M = system 7.86M (10.15%) + facility tax 774.56K (1.00%) + SCC 3.10M (4.00%)

Step subtotal 136.74M

Step 2 of 2 · final product

Reaction jobs of step 2
Job	Slots	Runs / slot	Per run	Duration / slot	Produced	Used	Job cost
Tungsten Carbide	2	122	1h 22m 5s	6d 22h 53m	2,440,000	2,440,000	17.18M

Uses 23,816 Rolled Tungsten Alloy from step 1, 23,816 Sulfuric Acid from step 1.

Buy for step 2

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Broker fee
Nitrogen Fuel Block	1,192	16.55K	19.73M	295.91K
Total			19.73M	295.91K

Job cost 17.18M = system 11.51M (10.15%) + facility tax 1.13M (1.00%) + SCC 4.54M (4.00%)

Step subtotal 37.21M

Summary

Costs

Purchases: 142.89M
Broker fees: 2.14M
Job cost: 28.92M
Total cost: 173.95M

Sale

Output value: 225.16M
Sales tax & broker fees: 11.48M
Profit: 39.73M

Slot time

Jobs (2 steps): 4
Slot time (4 slots × 7 d): 28d
Profit / run (244 runs): 162.84K
Profit / slot / day: 1.42M

Outputs

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Tax & fees	Volume m³
Tungsten Carbide	2,440,000	92.28	225.16M	11.48M	24,400.00
Total			225.16M	11.48M	24,400.00

Surplus intermediates (not counted as profit)

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Volume m³
Rolled Tungsten Alloy	184	5.87K	1.08M	36.80
Sulfuric Acid	184	888	163.34K	36.80
Total			1.24M	73.60

Price timing

Default 14 days (chain depth × cycle length). Input prices as of 2026-09-24.

Approximate (daily averages)

Profit, inputs bought 14 days ago: 29.26M
Profit at today's prices: 39.73M
Difference: -10.48M

Price and volume history

Profit / slot / day

Output value

Input cost

Traded per day, The Forge

30 of 30 days (≈ in the table) use the region's average daily trade price where no hub prices were collected, for buying and selling alike.

Data table (30 days)

Date	Profit / slot / day	Output value	Input cost	Traded
2026-09-08 ≈	374.83K	212.28M	159.65M	30,392,133
2026-09-09 ≈	186.41K	212.26M	164.82M	19,760,655
2026-09-10 ≈	481.06K	212.28M	156.72M	57,875,144
2026-09-11 ≈	438.25K	224.41M	169.24M	34,204,864
2026-09-12 ≈	658.76K	219.53M	158.59M	23,328,591
2026-09-13 ≈	672.86K	219.58M	158.25M	78,694,322
2026-09-14 ≈	669.00K	219.43M	158.22M	39,077,342
2026-09-15 ≈	679.58K	219.43M	157.92M	66,569,271
2026-09-16 ≈	744.48K	219.33M	156.04M	41,541,360
2026-09-17 ≈	812.38K	219.33M	154.17M	54,541,365
2026-09-18 ≈	902.69K	219.60M	151.93M	68,165,078
2026-09-19 ≈	1.01M	224.48M	153.48M	14,096,015
2026-09-20 ≈	1.40M	226.46M	144.70M	73,069,287
2026-09-21 ≈	1.08M	222.04M	149.32M	21,807,643
2026-09-22 ≈	932.69K	222.04M	153.38M	44,475,358
2026-09-23 ≈	753.98K	214.74M	151.49M	56,195,744
2026-09-24 ≈	1.08M	226.21M	153.21M	42,512,545
2026-09-25 ≈	1.23M	225.70M	148.73M	38,445,416
2026-09-26 ≈	1.02M	224.24M	153.04M	43,738,408
2026-09-27 ≈	1.12M	223.99M	149.97M	30,452,444
2026-09-28 ≈	1.02M	223.80M	152.69M	52,238,049
2026-09-29 ≈	1.16M	223.94M	148.87M	69,567,710
2026-09-30 ≈	1.05M	223.70M	151.77M	52,136,507
2026-10-01 ≈	1.30M	224.24M	145.17M	64,798,103
2026-10-02 ≈	1.11M	226.33M	152.38M	58,850,241
2026-10-03 ≈	1.14M	226.51M	151.77M	98,751,709
2026-10-04 ≈	1.14M	226.60M	151.87M	70,814,075
2026-10-05 ≈	1.29M	225.31M	146.66M	41,345,402
2026-10-06 ≈	989.54K	225.31M	154.87M	22,522,485
2026-10-07 ≈	792.54K	209.84M	145.84M	37,126,073