Abyssal Artifact Recovery

Main article: Homefront operation

Abyssal Artifact Recovery Miner

This site will require proficiency in mining, drones, repair, and capacitor transfer. After an initial setup period of 90 seconds, asteroids from beyond the rift will appear and a timer will begin. The site will progress through a total of 9 waves divided into three tiers. The enemy fleet compositions will become more difficult and the wave timers become shorter with each tier.

During each wave, a random Abyssal Weather effect will begin and 12 asteroids will spawn in fixed locations. Each asteroid contains 30 ore (Admixti Mutanite), each with a mass of 4 m³, for a total of 120 m³. The presence of these asteroids causes an anti-warp bubble until all 12 are depleted.

Mining the asteroids can also expose Faulty Triglavian caches containing artifacts. These caches are time-limited structures and must be destroyed quickly to recover their contents.

A long, long time ago...
Prior to the Version 20.2 Release 2026-03-19.1 upate, Admixti Mutanite asteroids contained 24 units or 96 m3 of ore.

A wave is cleared only if all asteroids are depleted before the timer ends; otherwise, the site fails. The warp disruption bubble remains until every asteroid is mined. Each completed wave pays out based on its difficulty tier.

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  Abyssal Artifact Recovery: Site Overview
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  Abyssal Artifact Recovery: Faulty Triglavian Cache
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  Abyssal Artifact Recovery: Mining Positions

Fleet size & composition

• Optimal fleet size: 5 ships
• Fleet composition: T1 Cruisers (DPS), T1 Logistic Cruisers (Logi), Miners

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

Frigate 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 Navy Frigate 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 Destroyer Algos Catalyst Coercer Corax Cormorant Dragoon Kikimora Mamba Mekubal Sunesis Talwar Tholos Thrasher Navy Destroyer Catalyst Navy Issue Coercer Navy Issue Cormorant Navy Issue Thrasher Fleet Issue Cruiser Arbitrator Augoror Bellicose Blackbird Caracal Celestis Exequror Maller Moa Omen Osprey Rupture Scythe Stabber Thorax Vexor Mining Frigate Venture Hauler Badger Bestower Epithal Hoarder Iteron Mark V Kryos Mammoth Miasmos Nereus Sigil Squall Tayra Wreathe ORE Hauler Noctis Faction Mining Destroyer Perseverance Pioneer Consortium Issue Faction Mining Frigate Venture Consortium Issue Mining Destroyer 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.

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  Homefront ship restrictions example

Mission parameters

• Threat Level: Minimal / Moderate / Severe
• Current wave (9)
• Asteroids Depleted (12)
• Mining Timer
• Intermission Timer

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  Abyssal Artifact Recovery: Mission Parameters

Abyssal Artifact Recovery in different empires

These sites have no regional differences.

Hostiles

Each wave spawns an enemy fleet belonging to one of three factions: Sleepers, Rogue Drones, or Triglavians. Fleet compositions are randomized and may include logistics, capacitor neutralizers, and other forms of EWAR. Enemies persist until destroyed, so maintaining a minimum level of DPS is essential to avoid being overwhelmed.

Each wave^[Verify] will focus one target and switch periodically as a group.

Asteroid belt rats can spawn in the room, as with other sites that involve mining. These rats are the same faction and threat as any that will spawn in the same system's asteroid belts. They will not share room targets with any of the site NPCs, and they are of little danger. They do not despawn with the site, however, so if you plan to later bring a hauler or salvager it may be good to kill them before you leave.

WARNING: After the 9th and final wave, a 60-second evacuation timer begins. When it ends, a Drifter response fleet led by Tyrannos Basileus will arrive in overwhelming force. No vessel can survive the Basileus battleship’s superweapon.

Sleepers
Prefix	Info	Weakness
Enervating	Neuts	Omni
Risen	DPS	Omni
Soothing	Logi	Omni
Stirring	DPS	Omni
Watchful	DPS	Omni
Tyrannos Kyrios	Neuts	Omni

Rogue Drones
Prefix	Info	Weakness
Alienator	Webs	Ex
Corrupted	DPS	Ex
Machinist	Logi	Ex
Proliferator	DPS	Ex
Vitiator	DPS	Ex

Triglavian
Prefix	Info	Weakness
Dominant	DPS	EM
Fervent	DPS	EM
Fortifying	Logi	EM
Ravenous	Neuts or Damps (Vedmak)	EM
Stalker	Paints	EM
Stifler	Webs	EM
Stoic	DPS	EM
Umbral	Weapon disruption	EM

Rewards

Unaligned Dekaisogen: Description

Fluctuating Entropic Regulator: Description

AAR Loot: Spectral Emission Slices

Each of the 5 pilots in the fleet receive a total payout of 67,500,000 ISK for completing all 9 waves.

ISK payout / wave

Tier	Waves	Threat Level	Timer	Payout (ISK)
1	3	Minimal	3:00	5,000,000
2	3	Moderate	2:30	7,500,000
3	3	Severe	2:00	10,000,000

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  Pilot ISK Payout per Wave
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  Pilot ISK Payout per Site
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  Fleet ISK Payout per Site

Not counting any of the Triglavian Artifacts that are recovered from the caches:

• Unaligned Dekaisogen: 500,000 ISK each, sold to NPC buy order
• Fluctuating Entropic Regulator: 200,000 ISK each, sold to NPC buy order
• Spectral Emission Slices

Total Admixti Mutanite ore amount per site is 3240units (12960 m³), with an ISK value of 16,200,000 ISK. The mutanite can only be sold to NPC buy orders. In practice, you may get more or less than this as a result of residue and crits.

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  Admixti Mutanite: Description

A long, long time ago...
Prior to 2026-03-19.1, Electron Spin Resonance keys dropped as loot, and ISK payout per wave per pilot was lower: First three waves: 5,372,850 ISK Middle three waves: 7,269,130 ISK Final three waves: 9,165,440 ISK Total site payout: 65,422,260 ISK

Gallery

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  Abyssal Artifact Recovery - Site Overview
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  Abyssal Artifact Recovery - Site Overview 2
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  Abyssal Artifact Recovery - Scenic