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| − | '''Cosmic Anomalies''' (not to be confused with [[Cosmic Signatures]]) are [[exploration]] PvE sites that can be found throughout EVE. They are found using the [[Scanning#On-board_System_Scanner|system scanner]], and require no skills to locate (unlike [[Cosmic Signatures]], which require probes and probing skills). There are several types of Cosmic Anomalies:
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| − | * '''[[Cosmic Anomalies#Combat sites|Combat Sites]]''' contain multiple NPC rats to be killed with a combat ship. They come in a variety of difficulties depending on the security level of the space where they are found.
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| − | * '''Ore sites''' contain [[Asteroids and Ore|asteroids]] to be mined for minerals or ice products; the ore often includes types not normally found in systems of that [[Security Rating|security rating]], i.e. anomalies in high sec may contain low sec ore etc.
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| − | * '''[[Ghost Site|Ghost Sites]]''' (also known as "Covert Research Facilities") contain 4 data/relic cans to hack, which explode if the explorer fails the hack. Also, an invisible timer (about 2 minutes) starts on the first warp-in to the site, and once it is up, indestructible NPC rats will warp in, cause all cans to explode and shoot at the explorer for a while. Tanked cruisers or larger ships, or "egg-thief" (hacking only one can quickly, then leaving) tactics are recommended. Either analyzer (and its relevant skill) may be used for the hack.
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| − | * '''[[Cosmic Anomalies#Contested Covert Research Facilities|Contested Covert Research Facilities]]''' may be found in high- or low-sec<ref name="Contested and Besieged Covert Research Facility – Mordus Legion Contraband sites">[http://www.evemanufacturing.co.uk/contested-and-besieged-covert-research-facility/ Contested and Besieged Covert Research Facility – Mordus Legion Contraband sites]</ref> and are very similar to the regular Covert Research Facilities (Ghost Sites). They contain 1 data/relic can that explodes if the hacking/archaeology attempt fails. Just like Ghost Sites, there is also a hidden timer (45-60s) after which the can explodes.
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| − | * '''[[Cosmic Anomalies#Besieged Covert Research Facilities|Besieged Covert Research Facilities]]''', which are found only in low-sec<ref name="Contested and Besieged Covert Research Facility – Mordus Legion Contraband sites" />, are more similar to combat sites, containing multiple cruiser- and battleship-class NPC rats to be killed with a combat ship. In addition, they may contain destructible structures with loot.
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| − | Note that this article only deals with the cosmic anomalies found in [[System Security#Known Space|known space]]; [[Wormhole Space|wormhole space]] has its [[Wormhole Sites|own sites]] with different names and mechanics.
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| − | == How to find Cosmic Anomalies ==
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| − | Cosmic Anomalies can be found by using your [[Scanning#On-board_System_Scanner|onboard scanner]].
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| − | To find these sites, you simply jump into a system, check the onboard scanner and warp to any results. Cosmic Anomalies appear within a 4 AU range around planets. Open your onboard Probe Scanner by pressing ALT+P, and results will update automatically. When you have found an anomaly, warp there or create a bookmark of its position. Once an Anomaly has been completed, it will disappear after some time.
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| − | On occasion you may need to 'jiggle the wires' of your onboard scanner by de-selecting and re-selecting the show all check box to encourage them to appear.
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| − | == Difficulty and classification ==
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| − | === Combat sites ===
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| − | Combat site anomalies are ranked by difficulty into 10 levels/classes, and follow a naming scheme of {{co|#9ef37c|(faction) (anomaly)}}. Generally, the higher the difficulty of the site, the higher the rewards for completing it. Each faction's sites will only appear in regions where their rats are normally found (with the exception of Rogue Drone sites, which can appear anywhere). For example, the Heimatar region has Angel Cartel rats, and therefore only Angel Cartel and Rogue Drone combat sites will be found there. For a list of which pirate factions can be found in which regions, see [http://evemaps.dotlan.net/region dotlan].
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| − | The rank of the anomaly depends on the [[System Security|security status]] of the system you are searching in. Within [[high-sec]] (security status 1.0 to 0.5) the lowest third (in terms of difficulty/value) will be found. [[Low-sec]] (security status of 0.4 to 0.1) contains the mid third of them and the highest third will be found within [[nullsec]]. The anomaly names are identical for all factions with the exception of Rogue Drone sites, which also differ slightly in which classes of space they are found in.
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| − | ! scope="col" style="width: 6em;" | Class !! Found in !! Angel Cartel !! Blood Raider !! Guristas !! Sansha's Nation !! Serpentis !! Rogue Drone !! Drone sites found in
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| − | | 1 || High sec || [[Angel Hideaway]] || [[Blood Hideaway]] || [[Guristas Hideaway]] || [[Sansha Hideaway]] || [[Serpentis Hideaway]] || [[Drone Cluster]] || High sec
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| − | | 1 Level 2 || || [[Angel Hidden Hideaway]] || [[Blood Hidden Hideaway]] || [[Guristas Hidden Hideaway]] || [[Sansha Hidden Hideaway]] || [[Serpentis Hidden Hideaway]] || ||
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| − | | 1 Level 3 || || [[Angel Forsaken Hideaway]] || [[Blood Forsaken Hideaway]] || [[Guristas Forsaken Hideaway]] || [[Sansha Forsaken Hideaway]] || [[Serpentis Forsaken Hideaway]] || ||
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| − | | 1 Level 4 || || [[Angel Forlorn Hideaway]] || [[Blood Forlorn Hideaway]] || [[Guristas Forlorn Hideaway]] || [[Sansha Forlorn Hideaway]] || [[Serpentis Forlorn Hideaway]] || ||
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| − | | 2 || High sec || [[Angel Burrow]] || [[Blood Burrow]] || [[Guristas Burrow]] || [[Sansha Burrow]] || [[Serpentis Burrow]] || [[Drone Collection]] || High sec
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| − | | 3 || High sec || [[Angel Refuge]] || [[Blood Refuge]] || [[Guristas Refuge]] || [[Sansha Refuge]] || [[Serpentis Refuge]] || [[Drone Assembly ]] || High & Low sec
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| − | | 4 || High & Low sec || [[Angel Den]] || [[Blood Den]] || [[Guristas Den]] || [[Sansha Den]] || [[Serpentis Den]] || [[Drone Gathering ]] || High & Low sec
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| − | | 4 Level 2 || || [[Angel Hidden Den]] || [[Blood Hidden Den]] || [[Guristas Hidden Den]] || [[Sansha Hidden Den]] || [[Serpentis Hidden Den]] || ||
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| − | | 4 Level 3 || || [[Angel Forsaken Den]] || [[Blood Forsaken Den]] || [[Guristas Forsaken Den]] || [[Sansha Forsaken Den]] || [[Serpentis Forsaken Den]] || ||
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| − | | 4 Level 4 || || [[Angel Forlorn Den]] || [[Blood Forlorn Den]] || [[Guristas Forlorn Den]] || [[Sansha Forlorn Den]] || [[Serpentis Forlorn Den]] || ||
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| − | | 5 || Low sec || [[Angel Yard]] || [[Blood Yard]] || [[Guristas Yard]] || [[Sansha Yard]] || [[Serpentis Yard]] || [[Drone Surveillance ]] || Low & Null sec
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| − | | 6 || Low & Null sec || [[Angel Rally Point]] || [[Blood Raider Rally Point]] || [[Guristas Rally Point]] || [[Sansha Rally Point]] || [[Serpentis Rally Point]] || [[Drone Menagerie ]] || Low & Null Sec
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| − | | 6 Level 2 || || [[Angel Hidden Rally Point]] || [[Blood Hidden Rally Point]] || [[Guristas Hidden Rally Point]] || [[Sansha Hidden Rally Point]] || [[Serpentis Hidden Rally Point]] || ||
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| − | | 6 Level 3 || || [[Angel Forsaken Rally Point]] || [[Blood Forsaken Rally Point]] || [[Guristas Forsaken Rally Point]] || [[Sansha Forsaken Rally Point]] || [[Serpentis Forsaken Rally Point]] || ||
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| − | | 6 Level 4 || || [[Angel Forlorn Rally Point]] || [[Blood Forlorn Rally Point]] || [[Guristas Forlorn Rally Point]] || [[Sansha Forlorn Rally Point]] || [[Serpentis Forlorn Rally Point]] || ||
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| − | | 7 || Low & Null sec || [[Angel Port]] || [[Blood Port]] || [[Guristas Port]] || [[Sansha Port]] || [[Serpentis Port]] || [[Drone Herd]] || Low & Null sec
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| − | | 8 || Low & Null sec || [[Angel Hub]] || [[Blood Hub]] || [[Guristas Hub]] || [[Sansha Hub]] || [[Serpentis Hub]] || [[Drone Squad]] || Low & Null sec
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| − | | 8 Level 2 || || [[Angel Hidden Hub]] || [[Blood Hidden Hub]] || [[Guristas Hidden Hub]] || [[Sansha Hidden Hub]] || [[Serpentis Hidden Hub]] || ||
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| − | | 8 Level 3 || || [[Angel Forsaken Hub]] || [[Blood Forsaken Hub]] || [[Guristas Forsaken Hub]] || [[Sansha Forsaken Hub]] || [[Serpentis Forsaken Hub]] || ||
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| − | | 8 Level 4 || || [[Angel Forlorn Hub]] || [[Blood Forlorn Hub]] || [[Guristas Forlorn Hub]] || [[Sansha Forlorn Hub]] || [[Serpentis Forlorn Hub]] || ||
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| − | | 9 || Null sec || [[Angel Haven]] || [[Blood Haven]] || [[Guristas Haven]] || [[Sansha Haven]] || [[Serpentis Haven]] || [[Drone Patrol]] || Null sec
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| − | | 10 || Null sec || [[Angel Sanctum]] || [[Blood Sanctum]] || [[Guristas Sanctum]] || [[Sansha Sanctum]] || [[Serpentis Sanctum]] || [[Drone Horde]] || Null sec
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| − | Some anomaly types may have more difficult variants (featuring elite/commander rats) in addition to the basic version, sub-divided into 3 more categories:
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| − | * {{co|#9ef37c|(Faction)}} Hidden {{co|#9ef37c|(anomaly)}} - easiest, but still harder than the basic version
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| − | * {{co|#9ef37c|(Faction)}} Forsaken {{co|#9ef37c|(anomaly)}} - middle
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| − | * {{co|#9ef37c|(Faction)}} Forlorn {{co|#9ef37c|(anomaly)}} - hardest
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| − | === Ghost Sites ===
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| − | Ghost Sites occur in all classes of space, from high-sec to null-sec, and even in [[Wormhole Space|wormhole space]]. They are only divided into 4 difficulty/size categories, with progressively better loot but also more damage and rats (but always having 4 cans to hack). Ghost Sites are named according to a standard scheme of (size) (faction) Covert Research Facility, with (size) depending only on the security class of the system:
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| − | * "Lesser" in high sec
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| − | * "Standard" in low sec
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| − | * "Improved" in null sec
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| − | * "Superior" in wormholes
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| − | === Besieged Covert Research Facilities ===
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| − | Only 1 version is known, the Besieged Guristas Covert Research Facility<ref>[https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Besieged_Covert_Research_Facility EVElopedia: Besieged Guristas Covert Research Facility]</ref>. They appear only in lowsec. The site has two waves of Mordu's Legion cruiser and battleship rats. They use missiles and will use different damage types to test your resistances to find the weakest one, in addition to tackling you with webs and points. Notable loot, some of it coming from the destructible structures (Guristas Research and Trade Hubs and/or Thukker Labs) which may be found in these sites, includes higher-end implants and ship [[skin]] [[BPC]]s, as well as some special module BPCs.
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| − | === Contested Covert Research Facilities ===
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| − | {{ note box | Note that it is unclear to this author whether Contested Covert Research Facilities are still in the game; some sources seem to indicate that they were removed when the Besieged Covert Research Facilities were added. Another thing to consider is that the reward received may not be worth the effort and risk of doing them: you will almost certainly lose your ship if you attempt them in an untanked frigate, but carrying around tanking modules just for these sites may be inconvenient. }}
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| − | The only known variant is the Contested Guristas Covert Research Facility<ref>[https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Contested_guristas_covert_research_facility EVElopedia: Contested Guristas Covert Research Facility]</ref>. It contains 1 hackable can, called a Guristas Transponder Tower. If the hack fails or after about 45-60s from the first warp-in to the site (even if the can has already been emptied), the can explodes for roughly 2000 raw explosive damage. The tower has 1 Guristas Data Sequence ([https://eve-central.com/home/quicklook.html?typeid=33988 eve-central price]) as loot, 75/200/700 of which can be turned in at the [[Mordu's Legion]] headquarters in [[nullsec]] for BPCs to build the Mordu's Legion ships.
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| − | Even an exploration frigate (Magnate, Heron, Imicus or Probe) can be fitted to survive this with 2-3 cheap T1/meta [[Tanking|tanking]] modules swapped into the regular exploration fit: for example, on the [[Imicus]]/[[Heron]]/[[Probe]] using this wiki's basic exploration/scanning fits, one could:
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| − | # keep 1 analyzer and the microwarpdrive in the mid slots,
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| − | # remove the other analyzer and the cargo scanner/rangefinding array (and optionally the Heron's 5th slot, but this isn't even really necessary, the Heron has/ends up with the largest shield tank anyway) | |
| − | # add a small shield extender and a explosive deflection field (add a 2nd explosive deflection field on the Heron if you want)
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| − | # change 1 lowslot module (usually speed/align modules on exploration ships) for a damage control if the fit doesn't have one yet.
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| − | These modules take up only 10-15m³ in your cargo hold and can be fitted in at any nearby station whenever you come across a contested covert research site while exploring, and back out once you've done the site.
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| − | With a [[Magnate]] using the "exploration basic" fitting, just switching the drone damage amplifier to an armor explosive hardener should be enough, thanks to the 100mm reinforced plates, damage control and energized adaptive nano membrane already included in the fit. After fitting the armor explosive hardener, the EANM isn't necessary anymore to prevent the 2k damage from spilling over into structure hp, so the EANM can be swapped for a small armor repairer if you don't want to pay to repair your armor, but you may run into lack of power grid with low/mediocre fitting skills. In any case, the limited mid slots and low base shield hp of the Magnate make pure shield tanking impossible while keeping both the microwarpdrive and an analyzer, compared to the extra low available for armor tanking.
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| − | Note: The author of this section did model all 4 frigates in [[EFT]], using a damage control I + explosive deflection field I + small shield extender I (except for the Magnate, as noted) and with the "without skills" option, and got just over 2k (Imicus) to 2.7k (Heron with 1 EDF) shield ehp vs. explosive damage on all the above ships except the armor-tanked magnate (which had about 2.5k shield+armor ehp vs. explosive, with AEH+100mm plates+DC+EANM). However, TEST YOUR OWN FIT with a fitting tool and/or calculate your [[EHP]] vs. explosive damage before you go blow yourself up. Remember to repair any armor/hull damage you may have suffered afterwards (as noted, this should only be necessary with the Magnate).
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | * [[Exploration combat sites for new players]]
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| − | * [http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/ghastly-hotbed-of-spaceship-trauma/ Dev blog introducing Ghost Sites]
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| − | * [http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/sweeping-death-and-chaos/ Dev blog introducing the Contested and Besieged Covert Research Facilities]
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| − | == References ==
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| − | [[Category:Exploration]]
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| − | [[Category:Cosmic Anomalies|*]]
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