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However, it will not tell you exactly how much those values have degraded since it was first spawned. You can show info on the wormhole and use this link (http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Wormholes#Wormhole_Text) to figure out what the status of the wormhole is. For instance, is it close to collapsing due to being end of fife, or having too much mass pushed through it.

The exit side of a wormhole is always named K162. It spawns when a player initiates warp to the entrance wormhole. Therefore, you always know that if you find a K162, someone else has found the other side. The exit side will give all the same information as the entrance, with the exception of the name. You can still tell what type of space it goes to, what condition the hole is in, and whether or not larger ships can jump through it.

 

By using the show info dialogue, you will see a rough estimate of the time and mass allowances remaining on a wormhole, as well as the size of ship that can jump through. Many players believe there is some variance, as a freshly spawned wormhole does not always seem to have exactly the amount of mass listed. For safety's sake, allow for a 10% variance. Example show infos can be found here: http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Wormholes#Example_Wormholes

A third mass property is regeneration. This is an amount of mass that will regenerate over time, up to when the time limit expires. Frigate holes have the most aggressive mass regeneration, to the point where they are impossible (as far as we know) to collapse.

* Armor plates - these add a lot of mass to your ship. They can be put offline to eliminate the effect, and then onlined again after jumping once 95% capacitor is available.

* Propulsion modules - when active, prop mods add a certain amount of mass to your ship. If a prop mod is active as you enter a wormhole, that additional mass is subtracted from the mass of the wormhole. For instance a battleship running a 100mn microwarpdrive or 100mn afterburner will add 50 million kg when the module is running.

Once a wormhole's lifetime has expired, or its mass limit reached, it will collapse. In k-space, this is the end of the story, but in w-space this may trigger a new wormhole to spawn. All w-systems must always have a wormhole present to prevent capsuleers from being stranded, although there can be several minutes delay for a respawn. All w-space systems 1 or 2 static wormholes, where a certain named wormhole is always present. This wormhole will always reappear when collapsed, and will always lead to the same type of space and have the same characteristics as the collapsed hole. It will, however, lead to a different system.

* Each wormhole can only be jumped once every five minutes in each direction due to a game mechanic called polarization. Thus, if you were to jump X702 to K162, then 1 minute later jump back through the K162 to X702, then you would have to wait four ''more'' minutes prior to make another jump from X702 to K162. This is a very important thing to keep in mind, especially if you need to quickly leave a wormhole.

W-space, is the collection of 2500 star systems reachable only through wormholes. Though they are technically arranged in region and constellations, in practice this means nothing as connections are constantly changing. This space is all described as "unknown", as it does not appear on any map. The true security level is always -1.0 (however the EVE client tells you its 0.0). In addition, its sovereignty is "unclaimable", meaning that players are unable to claim space, build stations, upgrade, or any other benefits of typical 0.0 space.  

Although in general w-space has the same appearance as k-space, note that there are no NPC agents, no stations, and no place to dock up to repair or log off safely. Many w-systems are very large, sometimes over 100 AU across, so care should be taken when using D-scan to survey a system, and when making long warps.  

When learning about being safe in high-security, low-security and null-security space, one of the most touted tactics is to watch local. The local channel contains a list of all the pilots in system, and will alert you the moment someone enters system. In w-space, that's all gone. There is still a local channel, but it will only display pilots that speak!  A new w-space system could be entirely deserted, or contain a large fleet, but local would remain the same. Unless a pilot must do so as a last resort, nobody ever talks in local in w-space - you reveal yourself, and you learn nothing. Not being immediately visible to everyone is a feature of w-space and allows you to scout and collect information that would otherwise be unavailable.

As K-space is ranked by security level, w-space is ranked by class. Class 1 wormholes provide only a moderate challenge for a player with mediocre skills, while a Class 6 will require multiple ships, many T2 or T3, and experienced pilots to survive cosmic signatures and anomalies. It is difficult to describe how challenging each class is, but eve-survival.org will provide exact ships in each sleeper pocket for reference. Before moving into a higher class wormhole, attempt to trigger extra waves and ensure you are still able to sustain your tank and deal sufficient damage.  

If you find yourself going deeper in, make sure you don't lose track of which system you are in, and remember that any link behind you could collapse either due to time or mass without your knowledge.

Some wormholes have special effects such as reducing shield boosting, or decreasing velocity. There are many environments, each with multiple effects. The environments are: Black Hole, Cataclysmic Variable, Magnetar, Pulsar, Red Giant, and Wolf-Rayet. Each environment pairs with the class of wormhole to determine the effects. See more here [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Wormholes#Wormhole_Environments]. Note that these effects do not have any impact on POSes or NPCs.  See the comment by CCP Rust [http://eve-search.com/thread/18462-1/page/1#27].

Each system in w-space has at least one 'static wormhole', leading to k-space if it's a C1 or C3, or to w-space if it's a C4, C5 or C6. C2 systems have both a static to k-space and another to w-space. This wormhole doesn't always lead to the same system, but it always leads to the same ''class'' of system -- for example, a class 4 w-space system might have a static wormhole that leads to a class 6. Once the wormhole closes, the signature for a new one will appear usually within a minute and a new wormhole will appear (once probed down and warped to), connected to a different system of the same class. This means you cannot be trapped inside a wormhole system with no way out (unless of course you neglected to bring a probe launcher & probes).  

Other wormholes may appear in the system, but the static wormhole will always be present.

Sleeper drones are deadly because they are very strong, and act more intelligently than most NPCs. They lack shields, but instead have heavy armor with even resists of 70/70/70/70. They attack with both beams and missiles, which combined will deal all types of damage as well. Depending on the class of wormhole, they will web, scram, nos, and remote repair. In addition, they will not hold aggro to a single target, but instead will switch to whichever target within range they feel is the greatest threat or the easiest picking.

Combat sites focus on - you guessed it - combat, with the only resources being the wrecks or the sleepers found there. These sites contain three waves typically, and are easier to clear than Data or Relic sites, but much more difficult than Gas or Ore sites. Most of your ISK will come from Combat sites. Anomalies up to 64AU away can be found using a ship's On Board Scanner.<br>

Ore sites are asteroid belts. Since w-space is null security, you will find all kinds of ore present, although higher class and more advanced sites will yield greater quantities of rare ore such as Arkonor and Mercoxit. There will be sleepers present, but only a single wave. However, they are not present on first warp in, instead spawning 15-30 minutes after a player has first initiated warp to the site. The sleeper spawn timer will start even if the player cancels warp and never actually arrives at the site. This is a good way to "activate" all Ore sites in the system and come back later to clear the sleepers. The asteroids are often very, very large, and even a modest Arkonor roid will be 5,000 units. At 16m^3 per unit, that's 80,000 m^3 in a single asteroid.

Gas sites contain one or more gas clouds, that can be harvested using gas cloud harvesters, also referred to [[Gas Cloud Mining]] or "huffing". Unlike k-space gas, which is used in the manufacture of mostly illegal boosters, w-space gas is used in [[Tech 3 Production]] to manufacture Strategic Cruisers and sub systems. Like Ore sites, they are guarded by a single wave of sleepers, but sometimes have turrets as well. Also similar to Ore sites, the sleepers are not present on first warp in, instead spawning ~20 minutes after a player has first initiated warp to the site. The sleeper spawn timer will start even if the player cancels warp and never actually arrives at the site. This is a good way to "activate" all Gas sites in the system and come back later to clear the sleepers.

Sometimes when no or not enough combat ships are available, Gas sites can be "ninja huffed" (still for decent profit of up to about 25mil ISK depending on your skill, especially in sites containing the most expensive C320 or C540 gas) by harvesting and warping off as soon as the sleepers arrive - this can be done with great success in the [[Venture]] mining frigate for example. Information on [[Gas in W-space]].

Note: The Ordinary Perimeter Reservoir Gas sites contain 5 Sentries on initial warp-in so "ninja huffing" is not really possible in these particular sites.

Data sites have multiple containers, often in a grid or array of some kind, that can be accessed using the Data Analyzer module. They will contain SubSystem Datacores, RAMs, or other production/invention components. However, they will be guarded by usually four waves of sleepers.

Relic sites are similiar to Data sites, except that they require the Relic Analyzer module to access the containers. Relic loot will be components from which T3 blueprints can be [http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Tech_3_Production#Reverse_Engineering Reverse Engineered]. These components will be wrecked, malfunctioning, or intact; the qualities will produce either 1, 2, or 3 run blueprint copies. Relic sites are also guarded by usually four waves of sleepers.

[[Image:BlueLoot.png|thumb|right|BlueLoot.png]] Unlike k-space rats, either in belts or complexes, there are no bounties associated with sleepers. Also, they will not drop any modules of any kind. Instead, each wreck will contain at least two items of Blue Loot, the sole purpose of which is to be sold in to NPC buy orders. NPC orders will always have a duration of 364 days. These items can be very valuable, being worth 50k, 200k, 1.5m, or 5m InterStellar Kredits.  

Salvage, on the other hand, is used by players. To be specific, it is used in [[Tech 3 Production]], and can be difficult to salvage. Wrecks may require a salvaging skill of 4 or higher, although a salvage tackle may be used in place of a rank in the skill. One item of salvage in particular, Melted Nanoribbons, far exceeds the ISK value of all others with an average price of over 5.5m ISK.

[[Strategic Cruiser]], Tech Level 3 ships, are the fully assembled loot that you extract from w-space. They have very high resistances, are modular and customizable, are the only ship that can fit an interdiction nullifier, but still fit in a package the size of a cruiser. As such, they are tailor made for w-space, being able to adapt to new situations while having great survivability, firepower, and low mass as to not destabilize wormholes. However, beware the price tag. The hull alone will run you over 100 million ISK, and each of the five subsytems will cost you anywhere from 20 to 100 million, or more, making for a very expensive ship once fitted out. A T3 ship must have all subsystems filled to undock but subsystems can now also be swapped in space.

Because there is no list of those in local like in K-Space, players are always at great risk of being attacked without provocation. The terms of an engagement are almost always set by the aggressing party, and thus it's not a fight, but a gank. Players are ganked for profit, fun, or control of space. Despite the seemingly vast stretches of empty w-space, a happenstance connecting wormhole can link an empty system to a highly active, aggressive, residential wormhole corporation.  

The Directional Scanner is often your primary source of intelligence regarding what else is in system with you. When jumping into a w-space system, you should always, always, always check your D-Scan while holding your jump cloak. No matter how recently you were in the same system, or if you have a friend in system, check your D-Scan. Things can change very quickly, and any warning at all will help.  

Many pilots will use certain overview filters to aid them in determining what is in system with them. These filters are often personalized, and can be added gradually as a user becomes adept at using D-Scan.

Unless you happen to want to go to a moon or planet, you will always need a bookmark to go somewhere in w-space. Every time you warp somewhere new, you must book mark it to be able to return without aid or doing work all over again. Nota bene: If a wormhole is bookmarked from the scan result window, it will be inaccurate up to approximately 5km. Instead, a bookmark should be made from the overview once on grid with the wormhole.  

In addition to the basic bookmarks such as an entrance or exit wormhole, other points such as a hostile control tower, observation points, group safe spots, or bombing points can be very useful. Thankfully, with the Crucible Expansion in Winter 2011, CCP introduced Corp Locations (aka : Corp Bookmarks).  This has been a great update for W-Space since prior to that the only way to share bookmarks was through the use of a jet-can. While any corporate member may create corp bookmarks, and edit/delete his own bookmarks, only those that have the Corp role "Communication Officer" may edit/delete corp bookmarks that are not his own. In EVE University that role is assigned to the Sophomore title.  Copying Bookmarks is still required however if you are part of a group that is not all in the same corp (no, there are no Alliance Bookmarks).  Corp locations are limited to 250 per corp.

With the local channel in delayed mode, once a person is cloaked there is no way to detect them. Therefore, with very rare exception, as long as you are cloaked you are safe. There are tactics to try to decloak possible covops or recons, such as anchoring containers near drag bubbles, especially on approaches to POSes. If you have a cloak, keep it up as much as possible. There is nothing to gain by being visible, and safety comes in being invisible.

Although everything has to be scanned down, not everything needs probes to find. While in a cosmic signature you have reasonable expectation that there will be probes in space before any unfriendlies arrive, although they may only be out for under a minute before company arrives. Also be aware that hostiles may have visited your system earlier and already have bookmarks for all the signatures, making it unnecessary to launch probes.

In an anomaly, hostiles can enter through a wormhole out of D-Scan range, cloak, warp to your nearby planet, on board scan, d-scan to narrow down your anomaly, warp in at range, and position themselves next to you.... and there's no way you can see them coming. The only way to detect this intrusion is to be constantly probing for new signatures... and to remember that every ship can find your site while you're in an anomaly.

W-Space is an advanced area of EVE Online, meant for more experienced players. It takes many aspects of EVE such as teamwork, research, information gathering, negotiation, resource management, and yes combat, and distills them into relatively small, intense encounters. Even within the vast reaches of EVE space, w-space is the frontier, a place that is still unmapped. If you rush into these areas, you can be overwhelmed. If you feel ready, you may find them rewarding. Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly, no reservations, and may Bob the Wormhole God smile upon you.