Last Updated on 2023-09-03 by Kshal Aideron
Did you know that you can get FREE Eve Online skill books while you’re training a new character?
With a brand new character you can get these free skill books through log in rewards, career agent missions or the AIR Career program. If you use all of the free books, you’ll save over 2.5 million isk on injecting skills.
Free Eve Online Skill Books via Login Rewards
In the chart below, you will find the skill books that you will receive as part of your login rewards as a new player (or a new account).
| Buy and Inject Price | Skill Book | Where to Get FREE Eve Online Skill Books | What the Skill Does |
| 48,750 | Biology | Day 2 log in reward. | The science of life and living organisms, and how chemicals affect them. 20% bonus to attribute booster duration per skill level. (Alpha level 3 max) |
| 195,000 | Destroyer | Day 9 log in reward | Get the skill book that allows you to inject your faction’s destroyer skill instead of buying it. |
Skill Books Earned via the Career Missions
The following skill books are found during the career missions. Once you receive the book, you can inject it and start training it!
| Buy and Inject Price | Skill Book | Where to Get FREE Eve Online Skill Books | What the Skill Does |
| 97,500 | Reprocessing | Industrialist – Balancing the Books 3 | Skill at using reprocessing facilities to break ores and ice down into refined products. 3% bonus to ore and ice reprocessing yield per skill level. (Alpha level 3 max) |
| 162,500 | Broker Relations | Industrialist – Entrepreneur Balancing the Books 6 AND AIR Career Program – Industrialist Market – earn 250,000 isk on the Market | Each level of the skill subtracts a flat 0.3% from the costs associated with setting up a market order in a non-player station. (Alpha level 2 max) |
| 260,000 | Mass Production | Industrialist – Balancing the Books 9 | Allows the operation of multiple factories. 1 additional manufacturing job per skill level. (Alpha level 3 max) |
| 188,500 | Remote Armor Repair Systems | Soldier of Fortune – The Swap 4 | Operation of remote armor repair systems. 5% reduced capacitor need for remote armor repair system modules per skill level. (Alpha level 3 max) |
Skill Books Earned During the Air Career Program
Finally we have the skill books earned during the AIR Career Program. You can look at the different areas that you receive the free Eve Online skill books below and work on that particular area until you earn it!
| Buy and Inject Price | Skill Book | Where to Get FREE Eve Online Skill Books | What the Skill Does |
| 39,000 | Social | AIR Career Program – Enforcer Activities – Increase standings with a corporation to 0.1 | Skill at social interaction. 5% bonus per level to NPC agent, corporation and faction standing increase (Alpha level 3 max) |
| 117,000 | Negotiation | AIR Career Program – Enforcer Activities – Complete 1 level 1 security agent mission | Skill at agent negotiation. 5% additional pay per skill level for agent missions. (Alpha level 2 max) |
| 299,000 | Connections | AIR Career Program – Enforcer Activities – Increase standings with a corporation to .5 | Skill at interacting with friendly NPCs. 4% modifier to effective standing from friendly NPC Corporations and Factions per level. Not cumulative with Diplomacy or Criminal Connections. (Alpha level 2 max) |
| 299,000 | Diplomacy | AIR Career Program – Enforcer Activities – Complete 10 level 1 security agent missions | Skill at interacting with hostile Agents in order to de-escalate tense situations as demonstrated by some of the finest diplomats in New Eden. 4% modifier per level to effective standing towards hostile Agents. Not cumulative with Connections or Criminal Connections. (Alpha level 3 max) |
| 299,000 | Criminal Connections | AIR Career Program – Enforcer Activities – Complete 20 level 1 security agent missions | Skill at interacting with friendly criminal NPCs. 4% modifier per level to effective standing towards NPCs with low Concord standings. Not cumulative with Diplomacy or Connections. (Alpha level 2 max) |
| 65,0000 | Acceleration Control | AIR Career Program – Enforcer Combat Activities – Destroy 100 enemy ships | Skill at efficiently using Afterburners and MicroWarpdrives. 5% bonus to AB and MWD speed boost per skill level. (Alpha level 3 max) |
| 130,000 | Target Painting | AIR Career Program – Soldier of Fortune Electronic Warfare – Webify 5 capsuleer ships | Skill at using target painters. 5% less capacitor need for target painters per skill level. (Alpha level 3 max) |
| 130,000 | Weapon Disruption | AIR Career Program – Soldier of Fortune Electronic Warfare – Target paint 5 capsuleer ships | Skill at using remote weapon disruptors. 5% less capacitor needed for weapon disruptors per skill level. (Alpha level 4 max) |
| 97,500 | Jury Rigging | AIR Career Program – Industrialist Salvage – salvage 50 wrecks | General understanding of the inner workings of starship components. Allows makeshift modifications to ship systems through the use of rigs. Required for further study of the field of rigging. (Alpha level 3 max) |
| 71,500 | Shield Operation | AIR Career Program – Industrialist Distribution – complete 10 Distribution Agent missions | Skill at operating a spaceship’s shield systems, including the use of shield boosters and other basic modules. 5% reduction in shield recharge time per skill level. |
| 65,000 | Frigate | AIR Career Program – Enforcer – Earn 500,000 isk in bounties | You will receive the skill book to inject a different faction’s frigate skill. |
