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You must clear the three pockets and exit with the allocated time, or you will lose both your ship and your pod. The third pocket gate returns you to the location in space where you activated the filament. To finish the Abyssal run within the 20-minute limit, you must achieve a faster average pocket clear time than 6.66 minutes.

Each pocket is surrounded by dangerous space which will destroy your ship and pod if you enter it. This space appears as a red graphical effect which becomes more obvious the closer you fly towards it.

* If you submit a probe scan with Core Probes and Combat probes, probes will took damage when they moved out the pocket boundary, and soon destroyed as they only have a very low structure HP.

Abyssal deadspace has several enviromental effects that will all apply to both the player ship and to the NPC ships. These effects will disadvantage unprepared ships, but they can be predicted from the type of filament used, and players can use them to their advantage.

All effects applied to your ship will be shown in same location as EWAR effects; by default this is above the capacitor and health displays, at the centre of the base of your screen. Hover your mouse over the icon to see what effect is applied to your ship.

Each Abyssal Deadspace site will have one of five pairs of weather effects comprised of one bonus, and one penalty. These effects are intrinsic to success, as they are highly impactful. It is important to note that since both the "bonus" and "penalty" component of any weather apply to all entities, the "bonus" can end up being a bonus to the player, and/or a penalty to the player by virtue of being a bonus to the enemies, and similarly vice versa with the "penalty" component. Not every bonus is impactful in every situation, and the same goes for penalties, so it is critical to consider these effects when planning a ship/fleet build, strategies, and tactics.

'''The bonus and penalty effects found in each of the five weathers are as follows:'''

Unlike in most other regions in Eve, Abyssal Deadspace NPCs have very clear naming patterns, and will have either a prefix or suffix which states what special abilities they have.

When the Abyss was created, it the pockets were designed for a single cruiser. However, later updates allowed the Abyss to be entered with fleets of either three frigates, or two destroyers.

Players are not ''required'' to do 2-ship or 3-ship Abyssals in 2 or 3 ships. One tactic used by experienced Abyssal runners is to activate three filaments for three ships--significantly boosting the available loot--and then run the resulting pockets alone. Since the pockets will be balanced for three ships, not one, this requires careful planning and fitting, and is not for the faint-of-heart. It does, however, markedly increase the profits made by successful runners.

File:Electrical-Abyss-Gate.jpg | Approaching the Gate in a Electrical Abyss

Abyssal deadspace was added to the game in the [[Expansions#Into The Abyss|Into The Abyss]] expansion that went live on May 29th 2018. It was further expanded in the [[Expansions#Onslaught|Onslaught]] expansion that was released on the 13th November 2018, and again in the [https://www.eveonline.com/article/qgci27/depths-of-the-abyss-update Depths of the Abyss] update on the 15th September 2020.