NPC corporations

NPC Corporations are organizations in EVE not run by players. Players can not freely join NPC corps, indeed there are only a few NPC corps a character will be able to join:

• the NPC starter corporation a new character will be in after character creation, which depends on your Education choice
• the default NPC corporation a character will automatically join when leaving a corp, which depends on your Bloodline choice
• one of the four Faction Warfare NPC corporations that a character may join at any time

Regardless of membership, almost all NPC corps offer missions which players may do to earn ISK, Loyalty Points and standing. With the large number of NPC corporations in the game, it is difficult to know what benefits standings with each corporation provides. Some NPC corporations are simply better than others, and blindly grinding standings will not maximize your benefit.

NPC Starter Corporations

A newly created character will always be in one of the NPC starter corporations. These are the three 'school' type NPC corporations of each empire. The specific school will depend on your choice of education, be it military, scientific or civilian. The specific education name varies by empire and bloodline. Note that once you leave the NPC starter corp you can never return.

Empire	Starter NPC Corp
Amarr	Hedion University
Amarr	Imperial Academy
Amarr	Royal Amarr Institute
Caldari	School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari	Science and Trade Institute
Caldari	State War Academy
Gallente	Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente	Federal Navy Academy
Gallente	University of Caille
Minmatar	Pator Tech School
Minmatar	Republic Military School
Minmatar	Republic University

Default NPC Corporations

Whenever characters leave a corporation without joining a new one, they will become member of a specific default NPC corporation. This NPC corp will depend entirely on your choice of bloodline during character creation.

Empire	Bloodline	Default NPC Corp
Amarr	Amarr	Viziam
Amarr	Khanid	Ministry of War
Amarr	Ni-Kunni	Imperial Shipment
Caldari	Achura	Perkone
Caldari	Civire	Caldari Provisions
Caldari	Deteis	Deep Core Mining Inc.
Gallente	Gallente	The Scope
Gallente	Intaki	Aliastra
Gallente	Jin-Mei	Garoun Investment Bank
Minmatar	Brutor	Brutor Tribe
Minmatar	Sebiestor	Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar	Vherokior	Native Freshfood

Epic Arcs

Main Factions

Each of the main factions has one corporation whose standings will allow you to run their faction epic arc. These are probably the best corporations to start improving standings with, since the epic arcs will help improve your entire faction standings.

Arc	Faction	Corporation
Right to Rule	Amarr	Ministry of Internal Order
Penumbra	Caldari	Expert Distribution
Syndication	Gallente	Impetus
Wildfire	Minmatar	Brutor Tribe

Pirate Factions

The pirate faction arcs can be done if your standing is 3.0 or higher with any of the associated factions or corporations. The important thing to note here is that access to the arc can be gained by factions and corporations unrelated to the pirate factions themselves. This means that you can access the pirate arcs even if you have extremely low standings with the pirate factions themselves.

Arc	Faction	Corporation
Angel Sound	Amarr	Amarr Imperial Navy
Smash and Grab	Caldari	Ytiri
Smash and Grab	Gallente	Federal Intelligence Office
Angel Sound	Minmatar	Republic Security Services
Angel Sound	Angel Cartel	Dominations
Smash and Grab	Guristas	Guristas

Trade Hubs

If you have high standings with the corporation that owns a major trade hub, you will pay lower fees in that trade hub.

Trade Hub	Faction	Corporation
Amarr VIII (Oris) - Emperor Family Academy	Amarr	Emperor Family
Tash-Murkon Prime II - Moon 1 - Kaalakiota Corporation Factory	Caldari	Kaalakiota Corporation
Jita IV - Moon 4 - Caldari Navy Assembly Plant	Caldari	Caldari Navy
Motsu VII - Moon 6 - Caldari Navy Logistic Support	Caldari	Caldari Navy
Dodixie IX - Moon 20 - Federation Navy Assembly Plant	Gallente	Federation Navy
Oursulaert III - Federation Navy Testing Facilities	Gallente	Federation Navy
Rens VI - Moon 8 - Brutor Tribe Treasury	Minmatar	Brutor Tribe
Hek VIII - Moon 12 - Boundless Creation Factory	Minmatar	Boundless Creation

Research

These corporations offer research agents.

Faction	Corporation
Amarr	Carthum Conglomerate
Amarr	Viziam
Caldari	Lai Dai Corporation
Caldari	Ishukone Corporation
Caldari	Kaalakiota Corporation
Gallente	CreoDron
Gallente	Duvolle Laboratories
Gallente	Roden Shipyards
Minmatar	Boundless Creation
Minmatar	Core Complexion Inc

Loyalty Point Stores

All corporations with agents that offer missions have loyalty point stores. Of these, some corporations offer particularly valuable items in their stores that are not available elsewhere. In the case of items that are present in multiple stores, prices for these items may vary between corporations.

Faction	Corporation	Notes
Sisters of EVE	The Sanctuary	This corporation has a 20% discount to SoE LP store prices elsewere, but the one and only station with agents is nestled in Pure Blind sovereign null-sec.
Mordu's Legion Command	Mordu's Legion	This corporation has only one station with agents and an LP store, nestled in Pure Blind sovereign null-sec.