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* Tank the explosion and the rats

=== ~~Recommended~~ ships ===

There are 2 methods in running Ghost Site. Blitzing and Face tanking.

Blitzing goal is to hack and run before the rats appears, while having enough tank to survive a can explosion.

Face tanking allows you to hack and tank the rats while surviving an explosion.

It is recommended to prepare for the blitzing method as the face tank option suffers from horrible hacking performance and renders it useless in higher difficulty hacks. Face tanking in theory will have a lower player skill threshold while allowing one to learn about the site first hand.

== Blitzing ==

'''A regular cloaky frigate equipped with Mobile Depot!'''

* [[Heron Navy Issue]] as a low budget option

* Covert op Frigate (Primarily [[Buzzard]] and [[Helios]], while [[Cheetah]] and [[Anathema]] require rigs to work)

* [[Metamorphosis]] require Explosive Shield Reinforcer and Core Defense Field Extender rigs to meet the requirement

* [[Astero]] require Explosive Shield Reinforcer or Core Defense Field Extender rigs to meet the requirement, and suffers from high price (Circa April 2025)

Blitzing entire idea is to hack as fast as you can and run when rats shows up, while completely disregarding explosion threat. This is made possible using Explosive Shield Hardener and Medium Shield Extender combined. The cost of Pith-X Explosive Shield Hardener are very cheap due to shield high innate explosive resist, while Medium Shield Extender give the buffer needed to reach the required shield EHP to tank the highest explosion damage without burdening the ship slots and fitting resources.

When rats show up, you want to drop your hacking progress and either leave the site or burn 40 km away from them. Make sure your hardener is online/overheated before you tank the explosion that's about to come.

=== High slots ===

* Cloak (T1 for Heron, Covert Op Cloak for Cov Op ships) allows you to wait until the rats leave if you wish to. This is often done in Low Sec Ghost Sites as players often leave the middle can which will not explode for last.

=== Mid slots ===

* Microwarpdrive (to fly as quickly as possible between containers).

* Data Analyzer (to hack the site). Sites are data only, without relics. It's always better to use the T2 version, if you can fit one.

* Explosive Shield Hardener (preferably Pith-X or Pith-A) Can fit 2 of these in [[Buzzard]] or [[Helios]]

* Medium Shield Extender

* Multispectrum Shield Hardener (for Covert Ops ships) Optional substitute for a second explosive hardener

=== Low slots ===

* Damage Control (gives a blanket of resist buff) helps tanking explosion and rats.

* Micro Auxiliary Power Core (gives PowerGrid) to fit Medium Shield Extender.

=== Rigs ===

[[Cheetah]], [[Anathema]], [[Metamorphosis]] and [[Astero]] do not have enough slots or stats which makes them reliant to rigs to meet the standard (13000 explosive shield EHP). If your demand is lower you may skip adding rigs. The other ships do not suffer this issue.

* Small Explosive Shield Reinforcer (more explosive resist)

* Small Core Defense Field Extender (more shield amount)

=== Tank ===

You want to have at least 13000 Explosive Shield EHP cold so you will have a little bit of buffer to escape the rats after tanking an explosion. This can be achieved by having at least two hardeners and one extender module, which will set your mid slots format as follow:

* Microwarpdrive

* Data Analyzer

* Explosive Shield Hardener

* Medium Shield Extender

* Shield Hardener (Multispectrum/Explosive/Empty Slot)

and low slots as follow:

* Damage Control

* Micro Auxiliary Power Core

== Face Tanking ==

'''Not a regular cloaky frigate!'''

* Armor-tanked T1 cruisers (e.g. a [[Vexor]] or a [[Maller]])

* [[Gnosis]] battlecruiser

* [[Stratios]]

* [[Strategic Cruisers|Strategic (T3) Cruiser]]

~~'''Not a regular cloaky frigate!'''~~

=== Mid slots ===

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 * Tank the explosion and the rats
-=== Recommended ships ===
+There are 2 methods in running Ghost Site. Blitzing and Face tanking.
+Blitzing goal is to hack and run before the rats appears, while having enough tank to survive a can explosion.
+Face tanking allows you to hack and tank the rats while surviving an explosion.
+It is recommended to prepare for the blitzing method as the face tank option suffers from horrible hacking performance and renders it useless in higher difficulty hacks. Face tanking in theory will have a lower player skill threshold while allowing one to learn about the site first hand.
+== Blitzing ==
+'''A regular cloaky frigate equipped with Mobile Depot!'''
+* [[Heron Navy Issue]] as a low budget option
+* Covert op Frigate (Primarily [[Buzzard]] and [[Helios]], while [[Cheetah]] and [[Anathema]] require rigs to work)
+* [[Metamorphosis]] require Explosive Shield Reinforcer and Core Defense Field Extender rigs to meet the requirement
+* [[Astero]] require Explosive Shield Reinforcer or Core Defense Field Extender rigs to meet the requirement, and suffers from high price (Circa April 2025)
+Blitzing entire idea is to hack as fast as you can and run when rats shows up, while completely disregarding explosion threat. This is made possible using Explosive Shield Hardener and Medium Shield Extender combined. The cost of Pith-X Explosive Shield Hardener are very cheap due to shield high innate explosive resist, while Medium Shield Extender give the buffer needed to reach the required shield EHP to tank the highest explosion damage without burdening the ship slots and fitting resources.
+When rats show up, you want to drop your hacking progress and either leave the site or burn 40 km away from them. Make sure your hardener is online/overheated before you tank the explosion that's about to come.
+=== High slots ===
+* Cloak (T1 for Heron, Covert Op Cloak for Cov Op ships) allows you to wait until the rats leave if you wish to. This is often done in Low Sec Ghost Sites as players often leave the middle can which will not explode for last.
+=== Mid slots ===
+* Microwarpdrive (to fly as quickly as possible between containers).
+* Data Analyzer (to hack the site). Sites are data only, without relics. It's always better to use the T2 version, if you can fit one.
+* Explosive Shield Hardener (preferably Pith-X or Pith-A) Can fit 2 of these in [[Buzzard]] or [[Helios]]
+* Medium Shield Extender
+* Multispectrum Shield Hardener (for Covert Ops ships) Optional substitute for a second explosive hardener
+=== Low slots ===
+* Damage Control (gives a blanket of resist buff) helps tanking explosion and rats.
+* Micro Auxiliary Power Core (gives PowerGrid) to fit Medium Shield Extender.
+=== Rigs ===
+[[Cheetah]], [[Anathema]], [[Metamorphosis]] and [[Astero]] do not have enough slots or stats which makes them reliant to rigs to meet the standard (13000 explosive shield EHP). If your demand is lower you may skip adding rigs. The other ships do not suffer this issue.
+* Small Explosive Shield Reinforcer (more explosive resist)
+* Small Core Defense Field Extender (more shield amount)
+=== Tank ===
+You want to have at least 13000 Explosive Shield EHP cold so you will have a little bit of buffer to escape the rats after tanking an explosion. This can be achieved by having at least two hardeners and one extender module, which will set your mid slots format as follow:
+* Microwarpdrive
+* Data Analyzer
+* Explosive Shield Hardener
+* Medium Shield Extender
+* Shield Hardener (Multispectrum/Explosive/Empty Slot)
+and low slots as follow:
+* Damage Control
+* Micro Auxiliary Power Core
+== Face Tanking ==
+'''Not a regular cloaky frigate!'''
 * Armor-tanked T1 cruisers (e.g. a [[Vexor]] or a [[Maller]])
 * [[Gnosis]] battlecruiser
 * [[Stratios]]
 * [[Strategic Cruisers|Strategic (T3) Cruiser]]
-'''Not a regular cloaky frigate!'''
 === Mid slots ===