---
esi_data:
  fitting_stats:
    cpu_output: 310
    high_slots: 2
    low_slots: 3
    med_slots: 4
    powergrid_output: 110
    rig_slots: 2
  group: Exhumer
  hull_stats:
    hp_armor: 3000
    hp_shield: 4500
    hp_structure: 4500
  name: Hulk
  race: Unknown
  skill_requirements:
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 22551
  - level: 5
    skill_id: 17940
  type_id: 22544
  velocity: 160
faction: Outer Ring Excavations
faction_group: Independent
image: /22544.png
last_updated: '2026-04-20T03:27:47.494311'
ship_class: Exhumer
source: eve-university
source_stats:
  armorem: 60
  armorexp: 10
  armorhp: 3000
  armorkin: 25
  armortherm: 35
  bandwidth: 50 Mbit/sec
  bonuses: '<b>Mining Barge bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>

    3% bonus in Strip Miner yield<br>

    6% bonus to Strip Miner and Ice Harvester range<br>

    3% reduction Ice and Gas Harvester duration<br

    >''''''Exhumers bonuses (per skill level):''''''<br>

    4% bonus to all shield resistances<br>

    6% bonus to Strip Miner yield<br>

    3% reduction in Strip Miner and Gas Harvester duration<br>

    4% reduction in Ice Harvester duration<br>

    ''''''Role Bonus:''''''<br>

    25% reduction in Strip Miner and Ice Harvester activation cost<br>

    30% reduction in Ice and Gas Harvester duration<br>

    15% reduction in Strip Miner Duration<br>'
  capacitor: 625 GJ
  cargohold: "350 m\xB3"
  class: Exhumer
  cpu: 310
  dronebay: "50 m\xB3"
  externallinks: ''
  extrahold: "11,500 m\xB3"
  extraholdtype: Mining
  faction: Outer Ring Excavations
  grouping: Exhumers
  highlights1: ''
  highlights2: ''
  highlights3: ''
  highlights4: ''
  highs: 2
  hulltype: Covetor Class
  inertia: 0.6
  info: 'The exhumer is the second generation of mining vessels created by ''''''ORE''''''.
    Exhumers, like their mining barge cousins, were each created to excel at a specific
    function, the Hulk''s being mining yield and mining laser range. The additional
    yield comes at a price, as the Hulk has weaker defenses and a smaller ore bay
    than the other exhumers.


    Exhumers are equipped with electronic subsystems specifically designed to accommodate
    Strip Mining and Ice Harvesting modules.'
  launchers: 0
  lows: 3
  mass: 15000000
  maxlockedtargets: 8
  maxvelocity: 160
  mediums: 4
  powergrid: 110
  quote: Efficiency is what separates an amateur from an entrepreneur.
  quote_attribution: Outer Ring Prospecting CEO Obelen Cune
  reqskills: '* {{RequiredSkill|Exhumers|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|IV}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Industry|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Astrogeology|V}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Science|IV}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Mining|IV}}

    * {{RequiredSkill|Mining Barge|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Astrogeology|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Science|IV}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Mining|IV}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Industry|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Mining Frigate|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}}'
  scanres: 660 mm
  sensortype: Magnetometric
  sensorvalue: 13 points
  shieldem: 0
  shieldexp: 50
  shieldhp: 4500
  shieldkin: 40
  shieldtherm: 20
  shipid: 22544
  shipimg: Hulk.jpg
  shipname: Hulk
  sigradius: 200 m
  structurehp: 4500
  targetrange: 55 km
  tech: 2
  totaltraintime: 50d 22h 47m 10s
  turrets: 0
  variations: '{{Ship|Covetor}}'
  volume: 150000
  warpspeed: 3.5 AU/s
  warptime: 12.48 s
  wikireferences: ''
source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Hulk
tech_level: Tech 2
title: Hulk
type_id: 22544
validation_score: 1.0
---

<img src="/22544.png" alt="Hulk" width="300" style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;" />

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## Summary

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The Hulk has the greatest yield out of all the exhumers, but at the cost of the lowest tank and smallest mining hold. As a result, it is best to use the Hulk with fleet support so as to mitigate its weaknesses and allow you to leverage its superior extraction rate. A tank can be fitted, but it is still possible to gank even a maxed Hulk for profit with the correct ship in some areas of highsec, although it's more than able to handle most NPC rats.
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## Skills

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Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Hulk for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.
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## Tactics

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 Due to how vulnerable and cumbersome the exhumers are, it is ill-advised to travel between stargates in lowsec in one, as they make for very juicy targets. Instead, a good idea is to transport your Hulk packaged in a hauler, which raises less (albeit still some) suspicion.
 A Badger, even at base skills, has a capacity of 3,900, allowing it to carry a packaged mining frigate, barge, and even an exhumer, and still have enough cargo space for its modules, can perform the cloak trick, and when designed well, can align in under 6 seconds. Beware however, that when packaging a ship, all its rigs are destroyed, so either use cheap Tech I rigs or design your ship around not using them.
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## Travel Fit

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The , like its T1 cousin the , has the fastest align-time of the Exhumers. With inertial stabilizers and decent skills, it can enter warp in under 5 seconds. With an attentive pilot, the Hulk can realistically use a travel fit to travel in low sec space using the Cloak Trick, and with top skills, skill implants and a proper travel fitting, it can even use the Cloak Trick using only an Afterburner instead of a Microwarp Drive, which allows it to enter warp even faster than with a MWD by about 2 seconds. Overheating the Afterburner makes high skills and implants less necessary --  just be sure to bring plenty of nanite repair paste especially if you are travelling far from stations with repair services.

Whenever harvesting resources in a potentially dangerous system without any accessible stations, it's a good idea to have a strong Safe Spot, and to carry around at least 2 mobile depots, one of which you leave at the safe spot to warp back to in order to refit to a travel fit as necessary.
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## Notes

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You can write additional notes for Hulk here.
## Patch History