Ghost Sites: Difference between revisions

'''Ghost Sites''' are pirate facilities which can be [[Hacking|hacked]] (like [[Exploration#Cosmic Signatures|Data sites]]), but which have unique mechanics which set them apart.

Ghost Sites can be found using the probe scanner, [[Probe scanning|using probes]]. They show up as [[Cosmic Signatures|cosmic signatures]] (type: Data sites), and occur in all [[System Security|categories of space]] (hi-sec, low-sec, null-sec and wormhole). They show up in the anomaly list as "{{co|wheat|<size> <faction> Covert Research Facility}}". The {{co|wheat|<size>}} is solely dependent on the security rating of the system:

== Getting Loot ==

 

The stashes are opened by the hacking mini game known from [[Relic and data sites|data sites]]; once the hack is complete, you can loot the cans directly. The cans are normally in a square, equal distance from each other, with one having better loot than the rest. (There are reports that the can having the best loot is named differently than the rest, though this has not been extensively tested.)

The hacking difficulty is comparable to the difficulty of hacking a data or relic site in a system with the same security status. If you fail your hacking attempt, either all the containers in the site will explode immediately or just the container you were working on will explode (see also below), unlike with normal data sites. If just the single can explodes rather than all of them, you can continue hacking but the hidden timer is still running. Unlike regular data sites, when these cans explode, they do damage to your ship.

{{ note box | In each site there is now a 5th can placed above and to the center of the 4 original ones, directly above the warpin point. It shares a name with the other cans but seems to consistently drop 1x Electro-Neural Signaller and nothing else (TESTED ONLY IN LS) 16/05/2023| italics = no }}

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| style="padding:8px;" | '''WARNING:''' DO NOT underestimate the damage from the NPCs.  In high-tier sites they can shred even a well-tanked ship.  

 

* The hidden timer (see above) runs out, or

* Superior Ghost site (wormholes): 12000 damage

* Improved Ghost site (nullsec): 10000 damage

* Standard Ghost site (lowsec): 8000 damage

* Lesser Ghost site (highsec): 6000 damage

It is worth remembering that the explosion of the cans is ALWAYS explosive damage, but the rats will [[NPC Damage Types|deal damage according to their faction]], so tank accordingly.

Note; You can comfortably tank the rats in a hi-sec Angel Cartel Ghost site with just a damage control and two explosive shield hardeners on a [[Gnosis]]. This leaves room for overdrive injectors/I-stabs in the lows and a cargo scanner, data analyzer, sensor booster, and mwd in the mids.

Any [[Corvette]]. Fit it with

* a MWD (Micro Warp Drive)

One final thing to remember is that a single hacking failure costs you your corvette/ untanked T1 explorer. If you are about to fail a hack, eject all of your cargo into space and [[Bookmarks|bookmark]] it. That way, your cargo will not be affected by the destruction of your ship. Return later to pick up the loot after the site despawns.

* Dev blog introducing [[Ghost Site]]s: https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/ghastly-hotbed-of-spaceship-trauma