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{{note box|This article describes the various kinds of drones and explains how they work. For a detailed discussion of the use of drones, including PvP and PvE tactics, see [[Drone mechanics]]. If you are looking for ships that carry drones, see [[Drone Capable Ships]].}}

While most drones are used as support, some ships use drones as their primary way of dealing damage. In addition, there are drones for specialized uses: such as [[mining]], [[EWAR|electronic warfare]], and [[Guide to Logistics|logistics]].

[[File:Drone control window.png|thumb|left|200px|The drone control window, showing drones in the drone bay and drones in space.]]

:Targeting enemy ships, these apply the [[Damage types|basic types of damage]].

:Targeting enemy ships, these [[Electronic warfare|weaken and interfere]] with the enemy.

:Targeting friendly players, these provide aid to ships in a fleet.

:These target wrecks for [[salvage]].

:These target asteroids or ice and [[mining|mine them]] for resources.

A ship must have a drone bay to use drones. You can find out if a ship has a drone bay, and how big it is, by looking at the Attributes tab in its Show Info window. If it has a drone bay, it will tell you the drone bay's capacity in cubic meters (m³). The size of a ship's drone bay determines how many drones you can carry with you, ready to be launched into space; larger and more powerful drones take up more space in your drone bay.

{{example|The [[Tristan]] has a 40 m³ drone bay, which means it can carry up to eight light drones (which take up 5 m³ each), or four medium drones (10 m³ each), or a combination of the two (e.g. two medium and four light drones).}}

The size of your ship's drone bay is fixed and cannot be enlarged using modules or skills. Only drones can be carried in a drone bay; it cannot be used to carry other cargo. While you can carry drones in your cargo bay, you can only use them if they are in the drone bay. You can only move drones in or out of your drone bay while docked at a station, or by using a ship/structure with a fitting service (e.g. a [[Mobile Structure|mobile depot]] or a [[Capital Ship]]).

The other important ship attribute is its "bandwidth". This is the ship's ability to control drones in space and is measured in Mbit/sec. You can only deploy as many drones as you have available bandwidth on your ship, and bigger drones require more bandwidth. Your ship's bandwidth is fixed and is not affected by skills or modules.

Many ships (and especially [[Drone Capable Ships|dedicated drone ships]]) can carry many more drones in their drone bays than they can deploy at once; this allows them to selectively deploy different types of drones, or to replace drones that are destroyed in combat. With the exception of [[fighters]] (which are only used by capital ships) and special limited edition drones, a drone's bandwidth requirements (in Mbit/sec) is always the same number as its volume (in m³).

Almost all drones (except the stationary sentry drones) have a built-in [[Lexicon#MWD|microwarp drive (MWD)]], which allows them to travel quickly to engage a target. Once they arrive near their target, they shut down their MWD, orbit the target, and fire their weapons. This means that drones have to travel to the target and then stay within range of it in order to apply their damage. In practice, this means that drones will have difficulty against faster, more agile targets, as even though they may be able to catch them thanks to their MWD, they may not be able to stay within weapons range for long at their non-MWD speed. Larger drones in particular are almost useless against fast frigates for this reason.

| Launch Drones || (None)

* '''{{co|wheat|Mine}}''': Orders your mining drone(s) to mine the asteroid you have targeted for one cycle (60 seconds), then return to your ship, drop the mined ore off in your cargo or ore bay. They will immediately return to the asteroid after they have dropped off their ore at your ship and continue mining. You can redirect them to a different asteroid at any time.

Once you give a command to your drones, they start carrying it out in the next server tick. In practice, this means that your drones may take 1-2 seconds to respond after you give a command.

=== Flight behavior settings ===

You can modify your drones' default behavior through the drop down menu at the top left of the drone control window.

* '''{{co|wheat|Passive}}'''<br>

Your drones will not automatically attack hostile ships in this mode, but will stay in orbit around your ship until given a specific command. This is the default mode, and it's recommended to keep your drones in this mode for PvE (particularly when running missions, as you want to control which rats you aggro) and for most PvP.

Your drones will automatically attack any entity which attacks your ship (using the same targeting logic as [[Missile Launchers#Auto-Targeting Missiles|auto-targeting missiles]]). Note that they will only react to hostiles which begin attacking you ''after'' the drones were launched.

This mode can be useful if you are being [[ECM|jammed]], as it gives you a chance to attack ''something'' at least. However, as your drones are fairly dumb in their target selection, in almost every other situation you want to command your drones manually as your drones may inadvertently attack something you would rather not.

* '''{{co|wheat|Focus fire}}'''<br>

If you tick this box, then all your drones in space will attack a single target (particularly if they are choosing their own targets in "Aggressive" mode). There are almost no situations in which this box should not be checked.

 

* '''{{co|wheat|Attack and follow}}'''<br>

This option applies to fighter and fighter-bomber drones (as used by [[capital ships]]). As these drones have built-in warp drives, they can follow your targets even if they warp away - if you want to prevent this (and keep your drones with you), uncheck the box. Disabling the "attack and follow" setting is a good idea if you suspect that your target may warp to a [[POS]] and if your fighter drones follow, they will likely be destroyed by the POS' defenses.

If you warp away while your drones are in space, if your ship is destroyed, or if you give the "abandon" command, your drones will become inactive and remain stationary in space. At this point, anyone can recover them (by flying to them and using the "scoop to drone bay" or "scoop to cargo bay" command). You can also reconnect with any drones which you have personally abandoned by right-clicking on your ship (or the capacitor on your HUD) and selecting "reconnect to lost drones"; this works as long as the drones are nearby, [[Eve Lexicon#On-Grid.2C Off-Grid|on the same grid]]. It's not possible to use a tractor beam on abandoned drones.

{| class="wikitable drones" style="text-align:left; max-width:70em;"

| nowrap style="padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | [[File:Logo_faction_gallente_federation.png|64px|link=|Gallente Federation]]

| style="vertical-align: top;" |  The '''Gallente''' have some of the most powerful drone-using ships among the empire factions;  nearly all their combat ships can field drones, with generous drone bays and bandwidths. About half of their ships are heavily focused on drone use, with bonuses to drone damage, hit points, range, tracking speed, and speed.

| nowrap style="padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | [[File:Logo_faction_amarr_empire.png|64px|link=|Amarr Empire]]

| style="vertical-align: top;" |  The '''Amarr''' are the other drone-using empire faction, although they are less focused on them than the Gallente. They tend to have somewhat lower drone bandwidths than the Gallente, but with large drone bays, allowing them to carry a wide variety of drones into combat.

| nowrap style="padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | [[File:logo_faction_guristas_pirates.png|64px|link=|Guristas]]

| style="vertical-align: top;" |  The '''Guristas''' have a very particular way of using drones: their ships can field only two drones of the appropriate size at a time, but each drone is many times stronger than normal. While their drones' total damage output remains comparable to other top-tier drone boats, Guristas drones are much tougher, which gives them an edge in PvP.  

| nowrap style="padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" | [[File:logo_faction_sisters_of_eve.png|64px|link=|Sisters of EVE]]

| style="vertical-align: top;" |  The '''Sisters of EVE''' ships have high drone bandwidths and truly enormous drone bays (even larger than the Gallente), as well as bonuses to drone damage and hit points.  

;Combat drones

:These are the most common drones and are (as the name suggests) used to damage and destroy enemy ships. There are six different types of combat drone:

;Electronic warfare and combat utility drones

:These drones impair an enemy ship using [[electronic warfare]] or similar methods. There are drones for each of the four methods of electronic warfare: '''{{co|wheat|tracking disruption}}''' (TD), '''{{co|wheat|electronic countermeasures}}''' (ECM), '''{{co|wheat|sensor dampening}}''' (SD), and '''{{co|wheat|target painting}}''' (TP). Additionally, there are drones that drain an enemy's capacitor ('''{{co|wheat|energy neutralisers}}'''), or reduce a ship's speed ('''{{co|wheat|stasis webifiers}}''').

;Logistics drones

:These drones assist friendly ships by repairing their '''{{co|wheat|shields}}''', '''{{co|wheat|armor}}''', or '''{{co|wheat|hull}}'''.

;Salvage drones

:These drones are used to '''{{co|wheat|salvage nearby wrecks}}'''.

;Mining drone

:These drones '''{{co|wheat|mine asteroids or ice}}''' for resources.

* Use 5&nbsp;m³ space and 5&nbsp;Mbit/sec bandwidth

* Use 10&nbsp;m³ space and 10&nbsp;Mbit/sec bandwidth

* Use 25&nbsp;m³ space and 25&nbsp;Mbit/sec bandwidth

* Use 25&nbsp;m³ space and 25&nbsp;Mbit/sec bandwidth

Each race has its own light, medium, heavy, and sentry drones, and they each do one [[NPC Damage Types|damage type]] (for instance, all Amarr drones do EM damage, while all Caldari drones do kinetic damage).

 

 

 

{| class="wikitable drones " style="border: none;"

! colspan=4 style="background-color:#111111;border:none;" |  

! colspan=2 | <span style="cursor:help;" title="Damage type">Damage</span>

! colspan=4 | <span style="cursor:help;" title="Performance of each faction's drones in comparison to the other factions'.">Faction comparison</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Primary damage type, dealt by all drones.">Prim</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Secondary damage type, dealt only by 'Integrated' and 'Augmented' drones.">Sec</span>

! colspan=2 | <span style="cursor:help;" title="Damage per second">DPS</span>

! colspan=2 | <span style="cursor:help;" title="Speed with MWD on, and orbital speed (MWD off)."> Speed</span>

|-

| <!--'''Gallente'''-->[[File:Logo_faction_gallente_federation.png|70pxpx|link=|Gallente Federation]]

| [[File:Hobgoblin.png|60px]]<br />Hobgoblin

| [[File:Hammerhead.png|60px]]<br />Hammerhead

| [[File:Ogre.png|60px]]<br />Ogre

| [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|32pxpx|link=|Thermal damage]]

| [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|32pxpx|link=|Kinetic damage]]

| rowspan=4 style="background-image: linear-gradient(#00AA00, #AA0000); background-color: #111111; width:0em;" |

| rowspan=4 style="background-image: linear-gradient(#AA0000, #00AA00); background-color: #111111; width:0em;" |  

|-

| <!--'''Caldari'''-->[[File:Logo_faction_caldari_state.png|70pxpx|link=|Caldari State]]

| [[File:Hornet.png|60px]]<br />Hornet

| [[File:Vespa.png|60px]]<br />Vespa

| [[File:Wasp.png|60px]]<br />Wasp  

| [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|32pxpx|link=|Kinetic damage]]

| [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|32pxpx|link=|Thermal damage]]

| +13%<br />(+13%)

|-

| <!--'''Amarr'''-->[[File:Logo_faction_amarr_empire.png|70pxpx|link=|Amarr Empire]]

| [[File:Acolyte.png|60px]]<br />Acolyte  

| [[File:Infiltrator.png|60px]]<br />Infiltrator  

| [[File:Praetor.png|60px]]<br />Praetor  

| [[File:icon_damage_em.png|32pxpx|link=|EM damage]]

| [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|32pxpx|link=|Thermal damage]]

| +37%<br />(+26%)

|-

| <!--'''Minmatar''' -->[[File:Logo_faction_minmatar_republic.png|70pxpx|link=|Minmatar Republic]]

| [[File:Warrior.png|60px]]<br />Warrior

| [[File:Valkyrie.png|60px]]<br />Valkyrie

| [[File:Berserker.png|60px]]<br />Berserker

| [[File:icon_damage_exp.png|32pxpx|link=|Explosive damage]]

| [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|32pxpx|link=|Kinetic damage]]

| colspan=10 style="background-color:#222222;text-align:left;font-size:95%;line-height:130%;font-weight:normal;" | All drones do the primary damage type.<br />'Integrated' and 'Augmented' drones do a mix of the primary and secondary damage types.   

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed drones"

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Damage per second.">DPS</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Activated when approaching targets and not firing.">MWD Speed</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Orbiting distance (m) and velocity (m/s).">Orbit</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Tracking (rad/sec)">Tracking</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Optimal + falloff weapon range (m).">Weapon range</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Effective hit points">EHP</span>

|7.0 [[File:icon_damage_em.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 3850 m/s

|800 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 830 m/s

|2.49 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|2400+2000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 4400 m]]

|500 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|7.5 [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 3150 m/s

|800 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 745 m/s

|2.04 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|2400+2000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 4400 m]]

|500 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|8.0 [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 2800 m/s

|700 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 660 m/s

|1.815 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|2100+2000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 4100 m]]

|400 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|6.5 [[File:icon_damage_exp.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 4200 m/s

|700 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 900 m/s

|2.70 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|2100+2000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 4100 m]]

|400 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

| colspan=8 style="background-color:#222222;line-height:0.5em;" | &nbsp;

|11.2 [[File:icon_damage_em.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 2300 m/s

|1600 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 525 m/s

|0.80 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|4800+3000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 7800 m]]

|1000 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|12.0 [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 1890 m/s

|1600 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 470 m/s

|0.65 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|4800+3000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 7800 m]]

|1000 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|12.8 [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 1680 m/s

|1400 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 440 m/s

|0.58 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|4200+3000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 7200 m]]

|800 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|10.4 [[File:icon_damage_exp.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 2500 m/s

|1400 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 550 m/s

|0.87 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|4200+3000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 7200 m]]

|800 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

| colspan=8 style="background-color:#222222;line-height:0.5em;" | &nbsp;

|22.4 [[File:icon_damage_em.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 1380 m/s

|3200 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 320 m/s

|0.63 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|4800+5000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 9800 m]]

|2000 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|24.0 [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 1125 m/s

|3200 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 280 m/s

|0.54 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|4800+5000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 9800 m]]

|2000 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|25.6 [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 1000 m/s

|2800 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 250 m/s

|0.45 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|4200+5000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 9200 m]]

|1600 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|20.8 [[File:icon_damage_exp.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 1500 m/s

|2800 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 350 m/s

|0.71 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|4200+5000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 9200 m]]

|1600 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

| colspan=8 style="background-color:#222222;line-height:0.5em;" | &nbsp;

|Gecko <ref name="Gecko">The Gecko is a cross between a heavy and a fighter drone, which was given out for free to every pilot before the Kronos expansion. It can be flown by subcapital ships but requires 50 Mbit/s of bandwidth (twice as much as a heavy drone) and deals omni-damage (ie its damage is split equally between the four damage types). It requires the same skills to fly as a Tech 1 heavy drone, and there are no Tech 2 or other variants of it.</ref>

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 1820 m/s

|3200 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 400 m/s

|0.85 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|4800+5000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 9800 m]]

|6140 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|'Subverted' JVN-UC49 <ref name="'Subverted' JVN-UC49 ">The 'Subverted' JVN-UC49 is a cross between a medium and a heavy drone. It can be flown by subcapital ships but requires 20 Mbit/s of bandwidth (twice as much as a medium drone) and deals omni-damage (ie its damage is split equally between the four damage types). It requires the same skills to fly as a Tech 1 medium drone, and there are no Tech 2 or other variants of it.</ref>

|[[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] 1680 m/s

|1400 m [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]] 440 m/s

|0.65 [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]]

|4200+3000 m [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=|First falloff: 7200 m]]

|1722 [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

In addition to the basic Tech 1 drones (described above), there are four other [[Techs, Tiers and Meta levels|variants]] of drone within each race's light/medium/heavy drone lineup:

{| class="wikitable collapsible drones"  

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Damage per second">DPS</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Speed (MWD on)">Speed</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Orbiting velocity">Orbit</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Effective hit points">EHP</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Minimum skills required">Skills</span>

| [[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] +10%

| +10% [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]]

| +10% [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

| [[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] +20%

| +20% [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]]

| +100% [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

| +22% to +30%<ref name="T2">Tech 2 and 'Augmented' drones gain an additional +2% damage for every level of the appropriate racial drone specialization skill (e.g. {{sk|Amarr Drone Specialization}} for Amarr drones) you have trained.</ref>

| [[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] +20%

| +20% [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]]

| +20% [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

| +34% to +42%<ref name="T2"/>

| [[File:Icon_velocity.png|24pxpx|link=]] +32%

| +20% [[File:icon_orbit.png|24pxpx|link=]]

| +80% [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]]

<small><references /></small>

At the same size (25m³) and bandwidth (25Mbit/sec) as heavy drones, sentries are powerful, long range damage dealers. Their immobility and somewhat low tracking speeds makes them most effective against slower, larger targets, and generally, they are deployed from battleships or similar combat vessels.

{| class="wikitable";"

|+ '''Sentry Drones: Comparison'''

|- style="background-color:#222222;"

! scope="col" width="60px" | Name  

! scope="col" width="60px" | Race  

! scope="col" width="40px" | Range

! scope="col" width="40px" | Tracking

! scope="col" width="70px" | Damage (type)

|| Bouncer || Minmatar ||align="center" | + ||align="center"| -  ||align="center"|- [[File:icon_damage_exp.png|18pxpx|link=|Explosive damage]]

|| Curator || Amarr  ||align="center"|  - ||align="center"| +  ||align="center"|+ [[File:icon_damage_em.png|18pxpx|link=|EM damage]]

|| Garde || Gallente  ||align="center" | --||align="center"| ++||align="center"|++ [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|18pxpx|link=|Thermal damage]]

|| Warden || Caldari  ||align="center"|  ++||align="center" |--||align="center"|-- [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|18pxpx|link=|Kinetic damage]]

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:left; font-size:80%;"

|+ '''Sentry Drones Attributes'''<br>''+ Shows T2 Values If Different''

|- style="background-color:#222222;"

! scope="col" width="60px" | Name

! scope="col" width="40px" | Race  

! scope="col" width="40px" |Damage Type

! scope="col" width="40px" | Optimal (km) +TII

! scope="col" width="40px" | Falloff (km) +TII

! scope="col" width="40px" | Tracking (rad) +TII

! scope="col" width="40px" | Damage (hp)

! scope="col" width="40px" | Damage Modifier (%)

|| [[File:Bouncer.png|30px]] Bouncer|| Minmatar || [[File:icon_damage_exp.png|24pxpx|link=|Explosive damage]] || 30 +6 ||45 +9  ||.014 + .003 || 64  || 1.45  

|| [[File:Curator.png|30px]] Curator || Amarr || [[File:icon_damage_em.png|24pxpx|link=|EM damage]] || 35 +7 ||10 +2  ||.020 + .004 || 64  || 1.55

|| [[File:Garde.png|30px]] Garde|| Gallente|| [[File:icon_damage_therm.png|24pxpx|link=|Thermal damage]]   || 15 +3||25 +5||.028 + .006|| 64 || 1.65

|| [[File:Warden.png|30px]] Warden|| Caldari || [[File:icon_damage_kin.png|24pxpx|link=|Kinetic damage]]   || 50 +10||35  +7||.010 + .002|| 64 || 1.4

{| class="wikitable collapsible drones"  

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Damage per second">DPS</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Optimal and falloff">Range</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Tracking">Tracking</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Effective hit points">EHP</span>

! <span style="cursor:help;" title="Minimum skills required">Skills</span>

| [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=]] +20%

| [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]] +26%

| [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]] +80%

| +2% to +10%<ref name="T2">Tech 2 sentry drones gain an additional +2% damage for every level of the appropriate racial drone specialization skill (e.g. {{sk|Amarr Drone Specialization}} for Amarr drones) you have trained.</ref>

| [[File:Icon_target_range.png|24pxpx|link=]] +20%

| [[File:Icon_remote_tracking_computer_i.png|24pxpx|link=]] +20%

| [[File:icon_hull.png|24pxpx|link=]] +20%

| Sentry Drone Operation V<br />(Race) Drone Specialization I

Each race has three EW drones, based on their light, medium and heavy combat drones. The type of EWAR is indicated by a two-letter abbreviation in the drone's name, while the size is indicated by the numbers 300 (small), 600 (medium) and 900 (large). So, for example, the small sensor dampening drone is called a Hobgoblin SD-300 (based on the Hobgoblin light drone), while the medium tracking disruption drone is called a Valkyrie TD-600 (based on the Valkyrie medium drone).

Tracking disruption drones need {{sk|Weapon Disruption|III|icon=yes}}.

|+Tracking disruption drones

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Acolyte TD-300

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Infiltrator TD-600  

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Praetor TD-900  

|+ECM drones

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Hornet EC-300

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Vespa EC-600

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Wasp EC-900

Sensor dampening drones need {{sk|Sensor Linking|III|icon=yes}}.

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|+Sensor dampening drones

! style="text-align:left" | Drone

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Reduction in enemy targeting range.">Targeting range</span>

! style=";cursor:help" | <span title="Reduction in enemy scan resolution.">Scan resolution</span>

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Hobgoblin SD-300

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Hammerhead SD-600

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Ogre SD-900

Target painting drones need {{sk|Target Painting|III|icon=yes}}.

|+Target painting drones

! style="text-align:left" | Drone

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Increase in enemy's signature radius." >Signature radius</span>

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Warrior TP-300

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Valkyrie TP-600

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Berserker TP-900

Just like EW drones, these drones need {{sk|Advanced Drone Avionics|icon=yes}} and the EW skill {{sk|Capacitor Emission Systems|III|icon=yes}}.

|+Energy neutralizing drones

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Acolyte EV-300

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Infiltrator EV-600

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Praetor EV-900

To use these drones, train {{sk|Drone Navigation|icon=yes}} and {{sk|Propulsion Jamming|III|icon=yes}} (which is also needed for stasis webifier modules).

|+Statis webifier drones

! style="text-align:left" | Drone

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Reduction in enemy ship's speed.">Speed</span>

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Warrior SW-300

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Valkyrie SW-600

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Berserker SW-900

The hull repair drones are half as effective as the shield and armor counterparts. All logistics drones need {{sk|Repair Drone Operation|icon=yes}} as well as the skills for remote repair modules ({{sk|Shield Emission Systems|icon=yes}}, {{sk|Remote Armor Repair Systems|icon=yes}}, and {{sk|Remote Hull Repair Systems|icon=yes}}, respectively).

For comparison, the small, medium and large remote shield and armor repair modules repair 80 HP, 160 HP, and 320 HP every 5 seconds, respectively.

! style="text-align:left" | Drone

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Shield HP repaired per cycle (5 seconds).">Shield repair</span>

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Light Shield Maintenance Bot I

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Medium Shield Maintenance Bot I

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Heavy Shield Maintenance Bot I

! style="text-align:left" | Drone

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Armor HP repaired per cycle (5 seconds).">Armor repair</span>

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Light Armor Maintenance Bot I

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Medium Armor Maintenance Bot I

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Heavy Armor Maintenance Bot I

! style="text-align:left" | Drone

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Hull HP repaired per cycle (5 seconds).">Hull repair</span>

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Light Hull Maintenance Bot I

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Medium Hull Maintenance Bot I

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Heavy Hull Maintenance Bot I

Salvage drones work like Salvager modules, and extract salvage from the wrecks of destroyed ships. The Salvage Drone I and II need 5 m³ of drone bay space and 5 Mbit/s of bandwidth (like a light combat drone). They have a lower chance to salvage wrecks than the salvager modules (3% and 4% base access difficulty, compared with 5% and 7% for the Tech 1 and Tech 2 modules, respectively). This can be increased by training {{sk|Salvage Drone Operation|icon=yes}} and {{sk|Salvage Drone Specialization|icon=yes}}, allowing them (if trained to level V) to salvage any wreck. Their chance to salvage cannot be improved by other skills, or by modules, rigs, or implants. Just like for salvager modules, salvage drones do not loot wrecks; if a wreck containing loot is salvaged, the loot is left in a container in space.

Making salvage drones salvage wrecks automatically can be tricky. If you target a wreck and command your drones to salvage it they will not move to a new wreck after they are done. Instead, you need to select the drones (such as through the drone window) and command them to salvage (either in right click menu or in the selected item window). After this, the salvage drones will keep on salvaging all wrecks that are in range.

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|- style="background-color: #222222;"

:''See also: [[Drone mechanics#Mining drones|Drone Mechanics:Mining Drones]], [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Guide#Drones|Ore Ship Guide: Mining Drones]]

As their name suggests, these drones [[mining|mine]] [[Asteroids and Ore|ore from asteroids]].

Mining drones will mine the targeted asteroid for one cycle (60 seconds), then return to your ship, drop off the mined ore (into your cargo bay or ore hold), and fly back to the asteroid to continue mining. Despite these drones having a MWD that is always running, they are very slow (about half as fast as heavy combat drones), and therefore it's important to keep your ship as close as possible to the asteroid they are mining, to avoid losing too much time in transit. Training {{sk|Mining Drone Operation|icon=yes}} and {{sk|Drone Interfacing|icon=yes}} improves their mining yield, and training {{sk|Drone Navigation|icon=yes}} increases their speed.

For comparison, a Miner I mining module can mine 40&nbsp;m³/min of ore. There are no mining drones for [[gas cloud harvesting]].

! style="text-align:left" | Drone

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Volume required in drone bay (m3) and drone bandwidth required (MBit/s).">Volume/Bandwidth</span>

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Volume of ore mined per minute (m³/min).">Ore yield</span>

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Drone flight speed.">Speed</span>

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Civilian Mining Drone

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Mining Drone I

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | [[File:Icon tech2.png|16px]] Mining Drone II

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | [[File:Icon faction.png|16px]] 'Augmented' Mining Drone

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | [[File:Icon faction.png|16px]] Harvester Mining Drone

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | [[File:Icon faction.png|16px]]'Excavator' Mining Drone<ref name="rorqOnly">Can only be used by the [[Rorqual]]</ref>

! style="text-align:left" | Drone

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Volume required in drone bay (m3) and drone bandwidth required (MBit/s).">Volume/Bandwidth</span>

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Time to mine 1,000 m3.">Cycle time</span>

! style="cursor:help" | <span title="Drone flight speed.">Speed</span>

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | Ice Harvesting Drone I

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | [[File:Icon tech2.png|16px]] Ice Harvesting Drone II

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | [[File:Icon faction.png|16px]] 'Augmented' Ice Harvesting Drone

| style="text-align:left; background-color:#333333" | [[File:Icon faction.png|16px]]'Excavator' Ice Harvesting Drone<ref name="rorqOnly">Can only be used by the [[Rorqual]]</ref>

:''See also: [[Skills:Drones]]''

'''Basic skills:'''<br>

* {{sk|Drones|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Allows you to operate 1 drone per level (up to 5 at level V). This is the foundation skill of any drone pilot, and should be trained to at least level III as a top priority, and to level V soon after (at latest when you start flying ships with 25m³ drone bays or larger).

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|style="text-align:center;background:#222222" colspan = 2| High slot modules

|[[File:Icon drone link augmentor i.png|link=|]]

|'''{{co|wheat|Drone Link Augmentor}}''' increases your drone control range by 20km (24km for the Tech 2 variant). This module is particularly useful for sentry drones (allowing them to snipe distant targets), but less useful for other drones, as the travel time usually precludes using drones at long ranges. Unlike the rest of the list, this module is not subject to stacking penalties.

|style="text-align:center;background:#222222" colspan = 2| Medium slot modules

|[[File:Icon drone navigation computer.png|link=|]]

|[[File:Icon tracking enhancer.png|link=|]]

|style="text-align:center;background:#222222" colspan = 2| Low slot modules

|[[File:Icon drone damage amplifier.png|link=|]]

|'''{{co|wheat|Drone Damage Amplifier}}''' increases the damage your drones deal by 15% (20.5% for the Tech 2 variant).

|[[File:Icon tracking enhancer.png|link=|]]

|style="text-align:center;background:#222222" colspan = 2| Other

|[[File:Module_icon_drone_rig.png|link=|]]

:''See also: [[Fitting Modules and Rigs Guide#Rigs|Rigs list]]''<br>

|[[File:Icon implant hardwiring.png|link=|]]