Dread Assault

Main article: Homefront operation

An empire dreadnought has been dispatched to resolve the conflict in this sector. Your fleet’s mission is to ensure its success by supplying enough capacitor power for the dreadnought to activate its superweapon and obliterate the enemy structure. Hostile ships will attempt to destroy your ships, ECM jam your ships, and drain the dreadnought's capacitor.

Fleet size & composition

Optimal fleet size: 5 ships (see Rewards below)
Ship types: T1 cruisers and below

Type of ships allowed

This homefront operation takes place in a deadspace pocket with an acceleration gate that has ship restrictions.

Tech 1 frigates, navy and pirate frigates
Tech 1 destroyers, navy and pirate destroyers
Tech 1 cruisers
Tech 1 haulers, including Squall
Venture, Venture Consortium Issue
Pioneer, Pioneer Consortium Issue, Perseverance

Complete allowed ship list
Astero Atron Bantam Breacher Burst Condor Crucifier Cruor Damavik Daredevil Dramiel Executioner Garmur Griffin Heron Imicus Incursus Inquisitor Kestrel Magnate Maulus Merlin Metamorphosis Navitas Probe Punisher Rifter Skybreaker Slasher Succubus Tormentor Tristan Vigil Worm Caldari Navy Hookbill Crucifier Navy Issue Federation Navy Comet Griffin Navy Issue Heron Navy Issue Imicus Navy Issue Imperial Navy Slicer Magnate Navy Issue Maulus Navy Issue Probe Fleet Issue Republic Fleet Firetail Vigil Fleet Issue Algos Catalyst Coercer Corax Cormorant Dragoon Kikimora Mamba Mekubal Sunesis Talwar Tholos Thrasher Catalyst Navy Issue Coercer Navy Issue Cormorant Navy Issue Thrasher Fleet Issue Arbitrator Augoror Bellicose Blackbird Caracal Celestis Exequror Maller Moa Omen Osprey Rupture Scythe Stabber Thorax Vexor Venture Badger Bestower Epithal Hoarder Iteron Mark V Kryos Mammoth Miasmos Nereus Sigil Squall Tayra Wreathe Noctis Perseverance Pioneer Consortium Issue Venture Consortium Issue Pioneer

Note:

You can view in-game ship restrictions for each Homefront Operation by opening the Opportunities window (ALT+J) and double-clicking on a mission.

Homefront ship restrictions example

Mission parameters

Time-limit: 20 minutes
Dreadnought Capacitor Requirements (30,000)
Enemy Structure Health
Siege Mode Timer: 90 seconds

Dread Assault: Cartel Racket Mission Parameters

Dread Assault in different empires

There are regional differences in the site’s description, hostile damage types, EWAR and friendlies.

WARNING: Ship fittings are region-specific. Each faction has unique resistances and damage types. An improper fit can cost you your ship.

Region	Site	Damage type	EWAR	Weakness	Enemy Faction
Amarr	Dread Assault: Blood Raider Temple	EM Th	Neuts / Weapon disruption / ECM	Ex	Blood Raiders
Caldari	Dread Assault: Occupied Industry	Ex EM	Neuts /ECM	Th	United Champions of Freedom
Gallente	Dread Assault: Primacy Base	Ex EM	Neuts /ECM	Th	Gallentia Primacy
Minmatar	Dread Assault: Cartel Racket	Ex Kin	Paints /ECM	EM	Angel Cartel

Hostiles

Bug:

There is currently (May 2026) a bug that causes Focused enemies to get shot by other enemy ships.

A fleet consisting of frigates, destroyers, cruisers, and battlecruisers will be present upon arrival. They will concentrate their fire on one capsuleer ship at a time, beginning with the first vessel to enter the site, and may periodically switch targets as a group.

Hostile EWAR ships (such as ECM, see the table below) may target different ships than the rest of the room, and each may pick different targets resulting in (for example) multiple player ships getting jammed at the same time.

"Drone aggro" enemies, those with the Blood, Boycotter, Corruptor, or Errant prefixes target differently. Instead of following the room target, they will randomly (and not all together) target any fleet member or launched drone.

Dread Assault: Blood Raider Temple
Prefix	Info	Targets
Focused Sanguinary	Neut Dreadnought	Ally dreadnaught
Hyphema	ECM	Spread
Blood	Drone aggro	Drones, then room target
Damning	Weapon disruption	Room target
Sanguinary	Neuts	Room target
Scarlet	DPS	Room target
Venerated	DPS	Room target
Shepherd	Logi	None

Dread Assault: Occupied Industry
Prefix	Info	Targets
Focused Negotiator	Neut Dreadnought	Ally dreadnaught
Boycotter	ECM	Spread
Activist	Drone aggro	Drones, then room target
Negotiator	Neuts	Room target
Defiant	DPS	Room target
Instigator	DPS	Room target
Bolstering	Logi	None

Dread Assault: Primacy Base
Prefix	Info	Targets
Focused Liberator	Neut Dreadnought	Ally dreadnaught
Abacinating	ECM	Spread
Errant	Drone aggro	Drones, then room target
Liberator	Neuts	Room target
Supreme Talos	DPS	Room target
Valiant Thorax	DPS	Room target
Bastion	Logi	None

Dread Assault: Cartel Racket
Prefix	Info	Targets
Focused Leeching	Neut Dreadnought	Ally dreadnaught
Deceiver	ECM	Spread
Corruptor	Drone aggro	Drones, then room target
Persecutor	Paints	Room target
Slayer	DPS	Room target
Sundering	DPS	Room target
Malignant	Logi	None

Rewards

Rewards for Dread Assault sites consists of raw ISK payout upon completion, following the standard 5-pilot fleet payout curve with in a maximum payout of 15,000,000 ISK payout per pilot with a fleet of 5.