Skills and learning: Difference between revisions

{{hatnote|If you are a member of EVE University, [[The Skillbook Program]] will reimburse the cost of any skill which is NPC-seeded and costs no more than 1 million ISK. See the linked page for details.}}

Pilots who completed the starter missions from the [[Tutorial_and_Career_Agents_in_Eve|tutorial agents]] will have already been given some useful skillbooks.

The main way to acquire other new skillbooks is from the market. Pilots can browse the available skillbooks under 'Skills' in the Browse tab, or just search for a particular skill. Currently most skillbooks are sold by NPC corporations for a fixed price.

The NPC sell orders can be distinguished in two ways: they have a uniform price, and they have nearly a year's worth of time listed in the 'Expires In' column. (The maximum amount of time a player can put a sell order up for, by contrast, is 90 days.)

Players also sometimes put up sell orders for NPC seeded skillbooks. If the order is priced below the NPC price, the player is probably selling off books they bought in error; if the order is above the NPC price, the player is probably hoping to trick someone into buying. It is good practice to check the NPC price before buying an NPC-seeded skill from a player sell order.

Some skillbooks are not directly seeded onto the market. Instead, they are acquired through the [[Skillbooks from Loyalty Point Stores|Loyalty Point (LP) stores]] of NPC corporations or from [[exploration]] sites. These tend to be more advanced skills, such as {{sk|Small Autocannon Specialization}}, which lets you use T2 small autocannons. Some players trade in these skills by finding them or buying them from LP stores where they have LP and then putting them up on the regular market for a profit. Depending on how hard it is to obtain these skills outside of the market, buying them from players selling them on the regular market can often be the simplest option.