Skills
29 skills across 9 categories.
Combat (8)
Commerce (3)
Drones (1)
Empire (5)
Engineering (1)
Exploration (1)
Industry (5)
Ships (4)
Wormholes (1)
Combat
Skill Max Level Description
Armor 100
Armor and hull expertise. Increases armor effectiveness by 1% per level and hull HP by 1% per level.
Bounty Hunting 100
Hunting pirates and collecting bounties. Increases bounty reward payouts by 1% per level.
Gunnery 100
Weapon specialization expertise. Increases damage with all weapon types by 1% per level.
Leadership 100
Command and social influence. Increases fleet coordination bonuses.
Piracy 100
The art of raiding and plundering. Increases loot from raids by 1% per level and improves scan evasion against customs and NPC inspections by 1% per level.
Shields 100
Shield systems mastery. Increases shield capacity by 1% per level, shield recharge rate by 1% per level, and shield damage resistance by 1% per level.
Tactics 100
Combat awareness and maneuvering. Increases accuracy by 1% per level, evasion by 1% per level, and combat speed by 1% per level.
Weapons 100
General weapon proficiency. Increases all weapon damage by 1% per level and critical hit chance by 0.2% per level.
Commerce
Skill Max Level Description
Corporation Management 100
Organization leadership and station operations. Required for building player-owned stations.
Smuggling 100
Contraband transport and black market operations. Increases scan evasion against customs and NPC inspections by 1% per level.
Trading 100
Market expertise and commercial operations.
Drones
Skill Max Level Description
Drone Control 100
Neural interface proficiency for autonomous drone operation. Improves drone combat damage, mining yield, and repair rate by 1% per level. Drone deployment count is gated by the bandwidth of installed drone bay modules — this skill makes the drones you deploy more effective.
Empire
Skill Max Level Description
Crimson Fury Crimson 100
Crimson Fleet battle rage. Increases damage when hull is damaged and armor bypass chance.
Nebula Attunement Nebula 100
Nebula Collective environmental harmony. Increases gas harvest yield by 1% per level and sensor range by 1% per level.
Outer Rim Survival Outer Rim 100
Outer Rim resourcefulness. Increases salvage yield by 1% per level and field repair speed by 1% per level.
Solarian Doctrine Solarian 100
Solarian scientific discipline. Increases accuracy by 1% per level.
Voidborn Mastery Voidborn 100
Voidborn phase technology. Increases cloak effectiveness by 1% per level and energy weapon damage by 1% per level.
Engineering
Skill Max Level Description
Engineering 100
Ship systems and fitting expertise. Improves module power and CPU efficiency by 1% per level.
Exploration
Skill Max Level Description
Exploration 100
Discovery and surveying. Increases scan range and detail level.
Industry
Skill Max Level Description
Crafting 100
Manufacturing expertise. Higher levels unlock bulk crafting and increase bonus output chance by 0.25% per level.
Deep Core Mining 100
Specialized deep core extraction techniques. Increases deep core mining yield by 2% per level.
Mining 100
Ore extraction and resource harvesting. Increases mining yield by 1% per level across all resource types.
Refining 100
Material processing and refinement. Increases refining efficiency by 1% per level with a chance of bonus output.
Salvaging 100
Wreck analysis and material recovery. Increases salvage yield by 1% per level.
Ships
Skill Max Level Description
Navigation 100
Travel efficiency and fuel management. Reduces fuel consumption by 1% per level, jump fuel by 1% per level, and jump time by 1% per level.
Piloting 100
Ship handling proficiency. Higher piloting skill improves module effectiveness on larger ships. Capital ships require piloting level 70.
Scanning 100
Sensor operations and target detection. Increases scanner effectiveness by 1% per level.
Stealth 100
Cloaking and concealment. Increases cloak effectiveness by 1% per level and scan evasion against customs and NPC inspections by 1% per level.
Wormholes
Skill Max Level Description
Wormhole Navigation 100
Navigating unstable wormhole passages. Improves wormhole transit accuracy.