Starting skills

New characters in EVE start with around 400k skill points with the following skill levels trained. This represents a considerable increase to the past, when (before the Vanguard expansion in September 2015) characters started with around 55k skill points. The higher level of starting skills allows brand-new characters to access a wider range of activities in EVE from the start.

Starting skill points

Amarr	Caldari	Gallente	Minmatar
394,824	399,718	394,824	406,666

Common Skills

• Armor (See Tanking below.)
  • Hull Upgrades II1h 34m
  • Mechanics II47m
  • Repair Systems I8m
• Drones
  • Drone Avionics I8m
  • Drones I8m
• Electronic Systems
  • Electronic Warfare I16m
  • Propulsion Jamming I25m
• Engineering
  • Capacitor Management III13h 20m
  • Capacitor Systems Operation III4h 26m
  • CPU Management IV1d 1h 8m
  • Electronics Upgrades III8h 53m
  • Energy Grid Upgrades I16m
  • Power Grid Management IV1d 1h 8m
  • Thermodynamics I25m
  • Weapon Upgrades II1h 34m
• Gunnery (See Ship and Gunnery Skills below.)
  • Controlled Bursts I16m
  • Gunnery IV1d 1h 8m
  • Motion Prediction II1h 34m
  • Rapid Firing II1h 34m
  • Sharpshooter II1h 34m
  • Surgical Strike I33m
  • Trajectory Analysis I41m
• Missiles
  • Missile Launcher Operation I8m
• Navigation
  • Afterburner III4h 26m
  • Evasive Maneuvering I16m
  • High Speed Maneuvering I41m
  • Navigation III4h 26m
  • Warp Drive Operation I8m
• Neural Enhancement
  • Cybernetics I25m
• Production
  • Industry I8m
• Resource Processing
  • Mining III4h 26m
  • Salvaging III13h 20m
• Scanning
  • Archaeology I25m
  • Astrometric Acquisition I41m
  • Astrometric Rangefinding I1h 6m
  • Astrometrics III13h 20m
  • Hacking I25m
  • Survey III4h 26m
• Science
  • Science IV1d 1h 8m
• Shield (See Tanking below.)
  • Shield Management I25m
  • Shield Operation I8m
  • Shield Upgrades I16m
  • Tactical Shield Manipulation I33m
• Spaceship Command (See Ship and Gunnery Skills below.)
  • Mining Frigate I16m
  • Spaceship Command III4h 26m
• Targeting
  • Long Range Targeting I16m
  • Signature Analysis I8m
  • Target Management II47m
• Trade
  • Trade II47m

Racial Differences

Ship and Gunnery Skills

Amarr	Caldari	Gallente	Minmatar
Amarr Frigate II1h 34m	Caldari Frigate II1h 34m	Gallente Frigate II1h 34m	Minmatar Frigate II1h 34m
[[Skills:Amarr Industrial I]]unknown rank	[[Skills:Caldari Industrial I]]unknown rank	[[Skills:Gallente Industrial I]]unknown rank	[[Skills:Minmatar Industrial I]]unknown rank
Small Energy Turret III4h 26m	Small Hybrid Turret III4h 26m	Small Hybrid Turret III4h 26m	Small Projectile Turret III4h 26m
Controlled Bursts II1h 34m	Controlled Bursts II1h 34m	Controlled Bursts II1h 34m	Controlled Bursts I16m

Tanking

Amarr, Gallente, Minmatar	Caldari
Hull Upgrades III8h 53m	Hull Upgrades II1h 34m
Mechanics III4h 26m	Mechanics II47m
Repair Systems III4h 26m	Repair Systems I8m
Shield Management I25m	Shield Management II2h 21m
Shield Operation I8m	Shield Operation II47m
Shield Upgrades I16m	Shield Upgrades II1h 34m
Tactical Shield Manipulation I33m	Tactical Shield Manipulation II3h 8m