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This page is intended to serve as a walkthrough for Amarr COSMOS missions. While several COSMOS guides exist on the internet, most do not give indications for what order the missions should be attempted in. This can be troublesome since many missions require good Amarr faction standing, or items from prerequisite missions. This guide will order missions by the highest standings required for the mission or its prerequisites, so players should be able to start at the beginning and work through. Most guides recommend starting around faction standing 4.0, since early missions may not give enough standings for later mission requirements. Due to the recent removal of agent quality, however, agents are now much easier to access. Standings can also be increased by performing normal [[Storyline_Mission#Storyline_Mission|storyline missions]], handing in tags to [[Gaining_faction_standings_fast#Data_Centers|data centers]], or doing Caldari COSMOS missions and datacenters.

Almost all of these missions can only be done once per character, so it's worth training some Social skills to make sure you get the best standings out of them. Social 4 and Connections 4 are recommended. Good ships to bring would be a ~~decently~~-tanked battlecruiser for combat and a ~~Magnate~~ for courier and ~~one~~ scanning ~~mission~~. With ~~three~~ Expanded Cargohold IIs, ~~the Magnate~~ can haul over ~~600m3~~, which is the most you'll be asked to carry. A combat frigate for ratting the belts may also be useful.

Almost all of these missions can only be done once per character, so it's worth training some Social skills to make sure you get the best standings out of them. Social 4 and Connections 4 are recommended. Good ships to bring would be a well-tanked battlecruiser or T2 Heavy Assault Cruiser for combat behind restricted gates and a T1 Exploration Frigate for courier missions and scanning. With Expanded Cargohold IIs, any T1 Exploration Frigate can haul over 600m^3, which is the most you'll be asked to carry. The most difficult combat sites will be easier in a well-tanked battleship or T3 cruiser or in a group. A combat frigate for ratting the belts may also be useful.

The Amarr COSMOS missions are centered around the Araz constellation in the Kador region. There are however also some Amarr agents in lowsec, Anmatar/Khanid (datacenter) and even a few in Minmatar space.

If your plan is to run most or all COSMOS missions, it is advisable to check the [[Amarr COSMOS#Shopping List|shopping list]] and first farm the various complexes, sites and belts listed below for items various agents will ask you for later anyway.

Most missions that give BPC rewards seem to give out randomized BPCs, thus the rewards listed here are intended only as examples.

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These are generally pretty straightforward, and the final missions have a lot of bounties and loot to pick up. Have fun!<br>

Final mission gives 9% Amarr Empire standings.

===Shopping List===

This is a list of all items you can find (and farm) before accepting the relevant COSMOS mission.

If you want to run all COSMOS missions it is recommended to get these items in advance.

You also may be able to buy (or sell) some of the items via contracts.

It is based on Grevinsky's list in the old EVElopedia with some corrections and updates.

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! Amount !! Item Name !! Dropper !! System !! Location !! Notes

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| 1 || Enigma Cypher Book || Warrior rats || Araz constellation || Asteroid belts ||

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| 10 || Encoding Matrix Component || Warrior rats || Araz constellation || Asteroid belts ||

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| 2 || Dynasty Ring || Warrior rats || Araz constellation || Asteroid belts ||

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| 7 || Bug-Ridden Corpse || Biomass Recycling Storage Container || Aphi || Contested Amarr Sanguine Vaults (2nd stage) || Need 7 in total. Also dropped by Corpse Dealers in Koona, see below

|-

| 50 || Amarr Light Marines || Kador Bunker || Chanoun || Kador Military Outpost (5th stage) ||

|-

| 14 || Manel's Servant || Stranded Personnel Transport || Chanoun || Lord Manel's Mansion (entrance) ||

|-

| 10 || Blood Grunt Tag || Blood Phantom, Blood Templar || Chanoun || Lord Manel's Mansion (1st and 2nd stage) || Key needed, given by Odan Poun (mission 4 of 5)

|-

| 5 || Blood Low-Tier Tag || Blood Arch Sage || Chanoun || Lord Manel's Mansion (1st and 2nd stage) || Key needed, given by Odan Poun (mission 4 of 5)

|-

| 2 || Blood Raider Squad Leader Head || Dark Blood Arch Templar || Chanoun || Lord Manel's Mansion (1st and 2nd stage) || Key needed, given by Odan Poun (mission 4 of 5)

|-

| 5 || Blood Raider Scientist || Blood Factory || Garisas || Contested Amarr Crimson (Mire) Keep (1st, 2nd and 3rd stage) ||

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| 50 || Elite Laser Pistols || Laser-Pistol Stash || Garisas || Contested Amarr Crimson (Mire) Keep (2nd stage) ||

|-

| 1 || Corpum Commander Medallion || Corpum Blood Duke || Garisas || Contested Amarr Crimson (Mire) Keep (2nd and 3rd stage) ||

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| 1 || Anema Bluechip || Rebuild Asteroid Station || Garisas || Contested Amarr Crimson (Mire) Keep (3rd stage) ||

|-

| 7 || Bug-Ridden Corpse || Corpse Dealer || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (1st stage) || Need 7 in total. Also dropped by Biomass Recycling Storage Container in Aphi, see above

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| 1 || Blood Fund || Blood Kernel || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (2nd stage) ||

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| 2 || Antiseptic Biomass || Corpse Collector || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (2nd and 3rd stage) ||

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| 1 || Foreman's Head || Blood Raider Foreman || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (3rd stage) ||

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| 1 || The Apocryphon || Altar of the Blessed || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (4th stage) || Bastion Master Key needed, used up on entering.

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| 1 || Generator Debris || Generator Building || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (4th stage) || Bastion Master Key needed, used up on entering. Rare spawn!

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| 1 || Runic Inscription || Trial of Skill || Zimse || Museum Arcana (1st stage) || need relic or data analyzer

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| 1 || Takmahl Centrifugal Primer || Takmahl Digital Mezzotint || Zimse || Museum Arcana (2nd stage) || need relic or data analyzer

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| 1 || Holy Statue || Takmahl Striking Curiosity || Zimse || Museum Arcana (2nd stage) || need relic or data analyzer

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| 1 || Ritual Texts || Arcana Patron || Zimse || Museum Arcana (2nd stage) || need relic or data analyzer

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| 1 || Amolah Kesti's Data Fragment I || Drifting Cask || Zimse || signature near Zimse I – Asteroid Belt II ||

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| 1 || Amolah Kesti's Data Fragment II || Drifting Cask || Zimse || signature near Zimse V || L4 defense fleet

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| 1 || Amolah Kesti's Data Fragment III || Drifting Cask || Zimse || signature near Zimse VI – Moon 6 ||

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| 1 || Yamia Mida's Remains || Yamia Mida's Residence || Zimse || signature || L4 defense fleet

|}

===Complexes===

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 This page is intended to serve as a walkthrough for Amarr COSMOS missions. While several COSMOS guides exist on the internet, most do not give indications for what order the missions should be attempted in. This can be troublesome since many missions require good Amarr faction standing, or items from prerequisite missions. This guide will order missions by the highest standings required for the mission or its prerequisites, so players should be able to start at the beginning and work through. Most guides recommend starting around faction standing 4.0, since early missions may not give enough standings for later mission requirements. Due to the recent removal of agent quality, however, agents are now much easier to access. Standings can also be increased by performing normal [[Storyline_Mission#Storyline_Mission|storyline missions]], handing in tags to [[Gaining_faction_standings_fast#Data_Centers|data centers]], or doing Caldari COSMOS missions and datacenters.
-Almost all of these missions can only be done once per character, so it's worth training some Social skills to make sure you get the best standings out of them. Social 4 and Connections 4 are recommended. Good ships to bring would be a decently-tanked battlecruiser for combat and a Magnate for courier and one scanning mission. With three Expanded Cargohold IIs, the Magnate can haul over 600m3, which is the most you'll be asked to carry. A combat frigate for ratting the belts may also be useful.
+Almost all of these missions can only be done once per character, so it's worth training some Social skills to make sure you get the best standings out of them. Social 4 and Connections 4 are recommended. Good ships to bring would be a well-tanked battlecruiser or T2 Heavy Assault Cruiser for combat behind restricted gates and a T1 Exploration Frigate for courier missions and scanning. With Expanded Cargohold IIs, any T1 Exploration Frigate can haul over 600m^3, which is the most you'll be asked to carry. The most difficult combat sites will be easier in a well-tanked battleship or T3 cruiser or in a group. A combat frigate for ratting the belts may also be useful.
+The Amarr COSMOS missions are centered around the Araz constellation in the Kador region. There are however also some Amarr agents in lowsec, Anmatar/Khanid (datacenter) and even a few in Minmatar space.
+If your plan is to run most or all COSMOS missions, it is advisable to check the [[Amarr COSMOS#Shopping List|shopping list]] and first farm the various complexes, sites and belts listed below for items various agents will ask you for later anyway.
 Most missions that give BPC rewards seem to give out randomized BPCs, thus the rewards listed here are intended only as examples.
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 These are generally pretty straightforward, and the final missions have a lot of bounties and loot to pick up. Have fun!<br>
 Final mission gives 9% Amarr Empire standings.
+===Shopping List===
+This is a list of all items you can find (and farm) before accepting the relevant COSMOS mission.
+If you want to run all COSMOS missions it is recommended to get these items in advance.
+You also may be able to buy (or sell) some of the items via contracts.
+It is based on Grevinsky's list in the old EVElopedia with some corrections and updates.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Amount !! Item Name !! Dropper !! System !! Location !! Notes
+|-
+| 1 || Enigma Cypher Book || Warrior rats || Araz constellation || Asteroid belts ||
+|-
+| 10 || Encoding Matrix Component || Warrior rats || Araz constellation || Asteroid belts ||
+|-
+| 2 || Dynasty Ring || Warrior rats || Araz constellation || Asteroid belts ||
+|-
+| 7 || Bug-Ridden Corpse || Biomass Recycling Storage Container || Aphi || Contested Amarr Sanguine Vaults (2nd stage) || Need 7 in total. Also dropped by Corpse Dealers in Koona, see below
+|-
+| 50 || Amarr Light Marines || Kador Bunker || Chanoun || Kador Military Outpost (5th stage) ||
+|-
+| 14 || Manel's Servant || Stranded Personnel Transport || Chanoun || Lord Manel's Mansion (entrance) ||
+|-
+| 10 || Blood Grunt Tag || Blood Phantom, Blood Templar || Chanoun || Lord Manel's Mansion (1st and 2nd stage) || Key needed, given by Odan Poun (mission 4 of 5)
+|-
+| 5 || Blood Low-Tier Tag || Blood Arch Sage || Chanoun || Lord Manel's Mansion (1st and 2nd stage) || Key needed, given by Odan Poun (mission 4 of 5)
+|-
+| 2 || Blood Raider Squad Leader Head || Dark Blood Arch Templar || Chanoun || Lord Manel's Mansion (1st and 2nd stage) || Key needed, given by Odan Poun (mission 4 of 5)
+|-
+| 5 || Blood Raider Scientist || Blood Factory || Garisas || Contested Amarr Crimson (Mire) Keep (1st, 2nd and 3rd stage) ||
+|-
+| 50 || Elite Laser Pistols || Laser-Pistol Stash || Garisas || Contested Amarr Crimson (Mire) Keep (2nd stage) ||
+|-
+| 1 || Corpum Commander Medallion || Corpum Blood Duke || Garisas || Contested Amarr Crimson (Mire) Keep (2nd and 3rd stage) ||
+|-
+| 1 || Anema Bluechip || Rebuild Asteroid Station || Garisas || Contested Amarr Crimson (Mire) Keep (3rd stage) ||
+|-
+| 7 || Bug-Ridden Corpse || Corpse Dealer || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (1st stage) || Need 7 in total. Also dropped by Biomass Recycling Storage Container in Aphi, see above
+|-
+| 1 || Blood Fund || Blood Kernel || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (2nd stage) ||
+|-
+| 2 || Antiseptic Biomass || Corpse Collector || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (2nd and 3rd stage) ||
+|-
+| 1 || Foreman's Head || Blood Raider Foreman || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (3rd stage) ||
+|-
+| 1 || The Apocryphon || Altar of the Blessed || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (4th stage) || Bastion Master Key needed, used up on entering.
+|-
+| 1 || Generator Debris || Generator Building || Koona || Contested Amarr Bastion of Blood (4th stage) || Bastion Master Key needed, used up on entering. Rare spawn!
+|-
+| 1 || Runic Inscription || Trial of Skill || Zimse || Museum Arcana (1st stage) || need relic or data analyzer
+|-
+| 1 || Takmahl Centrifugal Primer || Takmahl Digital Mezzotint || Zimse || Museum Arcana (2nd stage) || need relic or data analyzer
+|-
+| 1 || Holy Statue || Takmahl Striking Curiosity || Zimse || Museum Arcana (2nd stage) || need relic or data analyzer
+|-
+| 1 || Ritual Texts || Arcana Patron || Zimse || Museum Arcana (2nd stage) || need relic or data analyzer
+|-
+| 1 || Amolah Kesti's Data Fragment I || Drifting Cask || Zimse || signature near Zimse I – Asteroid Belt II ||
+|-
+| 1 || Amolah Kesti's Data Fragment II || Drifting Cask || Zimse || signature near Zimse V || L4 defense fleet
+|-
+| 1 || Amolah Kesti's Data Fragment III || Drifting Cask || Zimse || signature near Zimse VI – Moon 6 ||
+|-
+| 1 || Yamia Mida's Remains || Yamia Mida's Residence || Zimse || signature || L4 defense fleet
+|}
 ===Complexes===