User:Boniface Vachon/Homefront Strategy

Note:

Work in progress as I vet current fits and strategies and update them following the March 2026 game update

Many strategies work for Homefronts. Different groups and fleets will balance priorities differently: site speed, ISK/hr, SP requirement, fit cost, competition resilience, execution simplicity, themes, versatility, interoperability, and more. This page will outline a number of strategies, focusing on the ones used by the HFC.

Thank You 💗

These fits and strategies were put together with the help of many people, starting with the people who first tackled Homefronts on release and continuing to the people improving our understanding and mastery to this day. You are all champions. Thank you! I cannot mention everyone by name, and I will feel bad about that. I will work on this list over time, but some is better than none so I will thank a few of you specifically: Lynna Hilanen: As much the source of many of these fits as anyone else. Bouncing both genius and dumbass ideas back and forth has led to some of our most noteworthy breakthroughs. Many correcting mistakes, lots of checked math. Bastion of experience and knowledge to our newer friends. Ellis Ofsol: The frontman, the organizer, the workhorse. The fleets you ran brought us together, the scheduled events kept us going. You bring in new people, and new people are awesome. The space paperwork behind the scenes is invisible to most but makes everything run smoothly. Hondo Otsito: The calm, the experience, the willingness and ability to help. The best kind of rock. barb4r1an: The insatiable warrior, the definition of flying boldly. The kind of player anyone would want on their team. DeMoonKing: Quick to help and contribute as anyone else. Ran fleets when no one else stepped up. Never-give-up-er. Tibix QLS: Energy. He does things, all the time. Give him a bone and he steals the rest of the T-Rex from the museum and starts an archeology club. Sometimes I worry that the fits I theorycraft will never see the light of day, then they show up the next day in a Tibix Fleettm near you. Motanica Yaken: The first introduction to Homefronts (AARs especially) for many of us was by Motanica. Early mentor that gave us the tools to start this journey. Has continued to help, with the wiki and elsewhere. Amonte: Ever-present in our early science fleets. Emotional support in voice. Generous. He's building me a Sin for free. This isn't Homefront related, he's just wonderful. Sithue Leatteci Danny Kent Inuki Odunen Corthous Sibess, Akshcorp, Redaous Thered, Kraiklyn Vuld, Gorchakov I and the rest of the US PvE SIG: Every fleet with you folks is a pleasure and an inspiration. We push limits one way, you push limits another way. I have learned from your way and it has noticably improved how I approach things. The SIG corp is such a useful tool and resource, too. SeeZur Akuma: Hype. He keeps the Homefront Operations Discord a functional place, and we can all use more functional places. Has anyone else flown a Dramiel in AAR? Evon R'al: Guidance and example-setting for all the wiki work we have done. Updating the Homefront wiki was the fundamental, cornerstone effort of this community. Without Evon R'al it wouldn't be as polished and wouldn't be as good. Every E-UNI member, ex-member, and non-member who continues to improve the wider EVE community despite any drama. Some of you really rise above the bullshit, I admire you.

Abyssal Artifact Recovery

Pioneer Duet

Basic Strategy

1. Vexors/Arbitrators capchain each other and rep the solo logi
2. Assign drone bunny. Priority targets: Tyrannos Kyrios, Ravenous ___, Enervating ___
3. Two Pioneers mine 6 rocks each per wave (see images for split examples)
4. Warp out after wave 9 or die

• 
  Inner/Outer split
• 
  Dancing Snakes and Squid Split

Breakpoints and Splits

Yield breakpoints:

• 40 m³ per cycle: finishes each rock in 3 cycles. 90 seconds for all 6 rocks. 30 second margin.
• 60 m³ per cycle: finishes each rock in 2 cycles. 60 seconds for all 6 rocks. 60 seconds margin.
• 90 m³ per cycle: finishes each rock in 1.5 cycles. 46 seconds for all 6 rocks. 74 second margin.
• 120 m³ per cycle: finishes each rock in 1 cycle. 30 seconds for all 6 rocks. 90 second margin.

Practically, 40 m³ is the minimum requirement. Slightly less is possible but requires a great deal of attention with little room for error.

Range breakpoints (refer to the images above):

• 12km: can handle the head of the Squid split
• 13km: can handle the near rocks of the Inner/Outer split
• 18km: can handle the Dancing Snakes split
• 22km: can handle the arms of the Squid split
• 25km: can handle the far rocks of the Inner/Outer split

• Inner/Outer: This split is easiest to execute but has the highest SP requirement, as one miner needs
• Dancing Snakes: This split requires two miners of moderate skills
• Squid: This split requires one miner with moderate skills and one miner with low skills