Drone skills overview

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Drones Skill Tree

Primary Attribute: Memory Secondary Attribute: Perception Drones Amarr Drone Specialization Caldari Drone Specialization Minmatar Drone Specialization Gallente Drone Specialization Scout Drone Operation Combat Drone Operation Heavy Drone Operation Mining Drone Operation Electronic Warfare Drone Interfacing Drone Navigation Drone Sharpshooting Drone Durability Repair Drone Operation Drone Interfacing Sentry Drone Interfacing Fighters Advanced Drone Interfacing Salvage Drone Operation1 1 No uses for this skill are known.

Contents 1 Drone skills 2 Base skill: Drones 3 Carriers and drone C&C 4 Drone enhancement skills 5 General Drone enhancement skills 6 Specific drone enhancement skills 7 Other known/suspected drone skills

Drone skills

These skills permit, and enhance, the pilot's ability to command and control drones.

Base skill: Drones

Drones

The skill Drones permits the use of drones at all. You can control up to 1/level.

Drone Interfacing

• Requires Drones (5)

While 5 drones is the limit for most ships, Drone Interfacing makes those 5 drones more effective. By improving damage and mining by 20% per skill level, Drone Interfacing gives you, in effect, an extra drone. Note that the durability of your drones is unaffected, so they may still be destroyed as easily as before.

Carriers and drone C&C

The Carrier class of ship permits 1 additional drone to be employed per skill level in the relevant carrier class skill, and the Mothership-class carriers allow for an extra 3 drones per level instead. This by itself allows up to an additional 15 drones to be deployed.

Advanced Drone Interfacing

• Requires Drone Interfacing (5)

This skill, in conjunction with a Drone Control Unit, allows the deployment of 1 additional drone per skill level. The Drone Control Unit has been constructed such that it may only be used on a carrier. One such control unit is required per drone, so these last 5 drones come at the cost of the same number of other high-slot modules.

Drone enhancement skills

General Drone enhancement skills

All drones benefit from these.

Drone Navigation

• Requires Drones (4)

Increases velocity of all drones by 5%/level

Drone Sharpshooting

• Requires Drones (5)

Increases drone optimal range by 5%/level

Drone Durability

• Requires Drones (4)

Increases Shield, Armor, and Hull hit points by 5%/level

Specific drone enhancement skills

Skills that enhance the performance of particular drone types.

Scout Drone Operation

• Requires Drones (1)

Most drones have an operational range of 20km, by default. This skill extends that range by 5km/level, to a maximum of 45km.

These skills improve the damage done by drones:

Combat Drone Operation

• Requires Drones (3)

Light and Medium drones, +5% damage/level

Heavy Drone Operation

• Requires Drones (5)

Heavy Drones, +5%/level

Sentry Drone Interfacing

• Requires Drone Interfacing (4), Drone Sharpshooting (4)

Sentry Drones, +5%/level

Fighters

• Requires Drone Interfacing (5), Leadership (5)

Fighters (not technically drones, but deployed the same way), +20%/level

Mining Drone Operation

• Requires Drones (1), Mining (2)

Adds 5% to yield of mining drones per level.

Electronic Warfare Drone Interfacing

• Requires Drones (5), Electronic Warfare (4)

Increases the range of Electronic Warfare Drones specifically*, by 3km/level.

* Note: this skill appears to affect all drones, not just EAR drones.

Repair Drone Operation

• Requires Drones (5), Drone Durability (1)

Adds 5% to the repair amount per level.

(Racial) Drone Specialization; Amarr, Caldari, Gallente, Minmatar

• Requires Drones (5)

adds 2%/level to damage done by T2 drones of the appropriate race.

Other known/suspected drone skills

• Salvage Drone Operation
• Propulsion Jamming Drone Interfacing

These skills are believed to exist (and an agent used to offer the Salvage Drone Operation skillbook).