Hawk

 

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Hawk

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Hawk Caldari State Caldari State Assault Frigates Merlin Class RELATED UNI-WIKI REFERENCES EVE Online Ships Overview EXTERNAL LINKS Hawk on zKillboard Hawk on EVE Workbench Hawk on Janice Hawk on EVE Ref

Explosive excellence. – Lai Dai marketing division Following in the footsteps of Caldari vessels since time immemorial, the Hawk relies on tremendously powerful shield systems to see it through combat, blending launchers and turrets to provide for a powerful, well-rounded combat vessel. SHIP BONUSES Caldari Frigate bonuses (per skill level): 10% bonus to kinetic rocket damage and kinetic light missile damage 5% bonus to EM, Thermal, and Explosive rocket and light missile damage 5% bonus to Light Missile and Rocket Launcher rate of fire Assault Frigates bonuses (per skill level): 10% bonus to Light Missile and Rocket max velocity 7.5% bonus to Shield Booster amount Role Bonus: 50% reduction in Microwarpdrive signature radius penalty • Can fit Assault Damage Controls Required Skills Caldari Frigate V11d 20h 26m Spaceship Command I8m Assault Frigates I33m Spaceship Command III4h 26m Power Grid Management V5d 22h 13m Mechanics V5d 22h 13m Training Time what's this? 23d 21h 53m 20s Estimated training time only for the listed skills based on zero implants and without neural remaps. Grouping ▪ Variations Harpy Harpy Assault Frigates Merlin Class 5 (1/4) 4 3 50 MW 185 tf 281 m/sec 165 m³ , Worm Worm Pirate Faction Frigates Merlin Class 3 (3/0) 4 2 40 MW 160 tf 320 m/sec 130 m³ , Merlin Merlin Standard Frigates Merlin Class 3 (0/3) 4 3 40 MW 180 tf 320 m/sec 150 m3 Ship Attributes Fittings Powergrid 45 MW CPU 190 tf Capacitor 406.3 GJ High 5 Launchers 4 Turrets 2 Medium 5 Low 2 Rig 2 small Calibration 400 Navigation Max Velocity 290 m/sec Inertia Modifier 3.768 Warp Speed 5.0 AU/s Base Time to Warp 6.36 s what's this? Base Time to Warp is essentially the time needed for this ship to align and accelerate until it reaches 75% of its top speed and goes to warp. The time displayed here is the base calculated time with no account for any warp related skills, modules or any other effects. Ansiblex Activation Cost: 7,000 GJ Drones No drone bay. Targeting Max Tgt. Range 45 km Max Locked Targets 6 Gravimetric Sensor 16 points Sig. Radius 39 m Scan Res. 575 mm Structure Structure Hitpoints 506 HP Mass 1,095,300 kg Volume 16,500 m³ Cargo Capacity 300 m³ Armor Armor Hitpoints 387 HP Armor Resistances EM 50 THR 86.25 KIN 62.5 EXP 10 Shields Shield Capacity 935 HP Shield Resistances EM 0 THR 80 KIN 70 EXP 50

Summary

The Hawk is an assault frigate specialised in missiles and rockets. It can be fitted with light missiles, but is more often mounted with rockets: its velocity bonus to missiles allows it to fire rockets out to overheated web range.

One of the Hawk's distinguishing features is its layout of 5 mid slots, a feature shared by very few other combat frigates, the Jaguar, Griffin Navy Issue, and Hookbill; this gives it a lot of flexibility for fitting shield tank modules and/or tackling modules.

Skills

Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Hawk for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.

Tactics

No sub-article about Hawk roles or piloting tactics. You can write them here.

Notes

• The February Assault Frigate balance update introduced a new module for HACs and AFs, the Assault Damage Controls, which can replace the Damage Control module for these ships.

Patch History

A long, long time ago...

Fractured Skies expansion - 2026-11-10 Expansion Notes Removed bonus: 7.5% bonus to rocket and light missile damage Added new bonus: 10% bonus to kinetic rocket damage and kinetic light missile damage Added new bonus: 5% bonus to EM, Thermal, and Explosive rocket and light missile damage In the Major Update, we made a change to the Hawk that replaced the 10% kinetic missile and rocket damage bonus with a 7.5% bonus to all missiles. However, this ended up lowering the Hawk's damage potential in a lot of areas, like FW PvP where the kinetic lock didn't really matter, and in environments where kinetic missile damage was good (like exotic Abyssal filaments and PvE content against the Guristas and Serpentis factions). This change restores its kinetic damage to what it was, and it now has a smaller bonus of 5% per level for other damage types, which is still a strong improvement for damage versatility over the pre-Major Update Hawk. Think Cerberus, but smaller. Version 24.01 - Build: 3532101 - Release 2026-09-22 (Patch Notes) - Cradle of War Major Update Changed the 10% bonus to kinetic Light Missile and Rocket damage per level of Assault Frigates to a 7.5% bonus to all damage types Version 22.02 - Release 2025-03-12.1 (Patch Notes) The warp speeds of all ships have been adjusted to bring them all together for similar sizes of ships. Warp speed reduced from 5.5 AU/s to 5.0 AU/s October 2019 Release - 2019-10-30.1 - "Howling Interceptors" Update The maximum velocity attribute has been decreased by 10% for all Assault Frigates Max Velocity reduced from 322 m/s to 290 m/s (-32 m/s) February Balance Update - 29.01.18 We are giving Assault Frigates a substantial balance pass. Every AF is getting a speed boost in the form of increased max velocity and lowered mass. Every AF is also getting base capacitor numbers increased by approximately 30%. Also, we have more significant changes for the Ishkur, Retribution, and Jaguar. All Assault Frigates: +18% max velocity -10% mass +30% capacitor Capacity

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