I think Ive seen locator agents in the agency before, but cant find them anymore. Found one by accident 
Also, looking at the missions they offer… Are they always ~10 or more jumps away? If so, what would be the advantages to doing them?
Edit: I figured it out. These particular agents Im looking at are faction warfare mission agents, hence the long trips into low-sec
Locator Agents , for a fee, can find the location of another player character within a certain region (excluding Wormholes). Locator Agents require high Faction Standings to work with.
See Locator Agents - EVE University Wiki to learn more about them.
Question.
Do you try to find your own answers to things before asking on forums? For example, if you type “eve online locator agents” into Google, the link provided above is the very first result.
No need to be rude.
Read through the page. Where in the agency? Im in a station looking at a locator agent, and cant find them in the agency window.
Thanks, but that page doesnt answer my question. Are all their missions several jumps away?
Any type of agent can be a locator agent. That part is separate from their main function (security, distribution, etc). You use locator agents to find other players. They tend to be L4 agents from my experience.
Ah didnt know that, thanks
When you open the “Agents and Missions” section on the Agency, grab the display and swipe to the left - the last panel is the Agent Finder, but apparently “less” useful than all those Paragon agents one needs constantly, lol.
From there you do this:
Locator agents are the only NPCs I talk to.
They give no missions, but they can help you locate a player character for a fee.
If you’re looking for an agent that gives you missions you may have gotten the wrong impression of locator agents.
Im pretty sure theres agents for all levels, but the majority that everyone wants is L4s due to the benefits
Which ive noticed the page is incorrect, it mentions faction standings. Weve raised corp standings for folks to still give them access
I haven’t seen any locator agents as such. They seem to be normal agents of all varieties and levels with a Locator function ?
Okay, maybe they also give normal missions. Or are their missions special? (I couldn’t tell - I don’t do missions)
But the thing that makes them locator agents is that they can locate people, which is not related to missions.
As far as I’m aware, they don’t offer missions. They take your money and tell you where someone is.
You don’t have to run a mission to get someone located, that much is true.
As far as I was able to verify, all so-called Locator Agents are also normal agents with normal missions, as you can tell from the icons (and show info on each agent): in the snapshot below, 2 are security agents (red), 2 mining agents (blue), 2 distribution agents (green), 2 RnD agents (yellow), all being Locator agents (white).
Opening a convo with them typically gives these buttons in the window:
According to dotlan there are 1757 agents with the locator function available, the majority are “basic” agents (mining, distribution, security) (1487), CONCORD agents (46), FW agents (201), RnD agents (23)
Ah missed the checkbox! Thanks
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