Mercenary Den Guide

Unistas may not deploy Mercenary Dens, as per EUNI rules. The rules does not apply to non-unistas.

This page is adapted from a different source. Thanks to Kismeeter for providing permission to do so.

Mercenary Dens

Added in the Revenant release, Mercenary Dens are unique content to individual players that produce infomorphs for you sell or use. All you need to do is train the necessary skill (Mercenary Den Management), find a safe place to drop it, do some PVE, and get some ISK.

• Firstly, you need to train at least level 1 of "Mercenary Den Management", a 1 million isk skill. You need one level for each mercenary den you maintain.

• Then you need to ensure you have a PVE ship to run the content to keep the anarchy low on the den. A Vexor Navy Issue or Gila can run the Mercenary Tactical Operation (MTO) pretty easily.

• Then, you need some PVP experience to deal with possible player pirates attacking the den. Knowing how to call for help with your group is important. It has a 24 hour reinforcement timer with a 6 hour window. You then need to repair it's shields to 50% and will be inaccessible while in this state. If destroyed, has a 50% chance to drop the infomorphs inside. Therefore, it is a good idea to empty it often.

• Next, you drop your Mercenary Den near a Skyhook and it will started to generate several Infomorph Decryption Keys every hour. A Mercenary Den costs approximately 24 million (Q2 2025).

• Next, you run the MTOs that it allows you to run. These drop loot as well.

• Then, you pick up the Informorphs Decryption Keys and sell for deathless BPCs and other items. Each of these infomorphs sell for approximately 9k (Q2 2025).

A reminder, this is all tied to a single player character in game, it cannot be managed by an external entity. In Sov Null, you usually pay a tax for helping maintain the structure.

Mercenary Tactical Operations

Over time, Mercenary Dens rack up anarchy and Development indexes will increase. If your anarchy reaches maximum levels, after about 8 days, it will go offline. Therefore, you need to reduce the anarchy. This requires that you run Mercenary Tactical Operations, or MTOs.

It is recommended you run these every 3 days or so.

[show]This is a recommended fit for a Gila to run them:

You can also meta the fit or add another power relay for more defense. [Gila, Gila] Shield Power Relay II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Multispectrum Shield Hardener II Multispectrum Shield Hardener II Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II EM Shield Amplifier II Prototype 'Arbalest' Rapid Light Missile Launcher Prototype 'Arbalest' Rapid Light Missile Launcher Prototype 'Arbalest' Rapid Light Missile Launcher Prototype 'Arbalest' Rapid Light Missile Launcher Medium Ghoul Compact Energy Nosferatu Medium Core Defense Field Purger I Medium Core Defense Field Purger I Medium Core Defense Field Purger I Imperial Navy Infiltrator x2 Federation Navy Hammerhead x4 Inferno Light Missile x15076

Cashing in Infomorphs

To cash in the Infomorphs, you can sell them locally, haul them to Jita, or go to Zarzakh. Luckily, due to the Eve Scout bookmarks, you can get to Zarzakh very quickly. Using Thera talks about it, but instead of Thera, you are aiming for Turnur wormholes, as Turnur is right next door to Zarzakh.

Some players are making around 6 billion ISK a week doing these, as of Q2 2025. You can get around 580 million in loot from running 10-12 MTOs.

After you get your Infomorphs, head to Zarzakh in a cloaked ship. Warp to the Infomorph Decryption Trader, in your cloaked ship. Then, slowboat to about 5km off it, still cloaked, to trade with it. Once you are done trading, warp off again, again not decloaking. A blockade runner works fine for this operation.

The Infomorph Decryption Trader is a Large Collidable Item and need it on your overview.

Alternately, if you are collecting Atavums, can warp to the Atavum Research Trader.

This is where you can buy the new Breacher Pod skills as well. As of Q2 2025, they cost 1,895 Atavums (742 million ISK), or 53,280 Infomorph Decryption Keys (522 million ISK).

Pricing of Infomorphs

Here's where you make your money!

Every item is exchanged for Infomorph Decryption Keys or Atavums, not both!

Ammo Blueprints

Item	Volume /(m^3)	Amount of Decryption Keys	Amount of Atavums
SCARAB Breacher Pod M Blueprint	1	720	25
CARAB Breacher Pod S Blueprint Crate	1	360	15

Note: Each BPC builds 20 breacher pods.

Ship/Module Blueprint Crates

Item	Volume /(m^3)	Amount of Decryption Keys	Amount of Atavums
Cenotaph Blueprint Crate	1	67200	2390
Medium Breacher Pod Launcher Blueprint Crate	1	4080	145
Small Breacher Pod Launcher Blueprint Crate	1	2400	85
Tholos Blueprint Crate	1	25200	895

Skillbooks

Item	Volume /(m^3)	Amount of Decryption Keys	Amount of Atavums
Breacher Pod Clone Efficacity	0.01	10800	385
Breacher Pod Clone Longevity	0.01	14400	510
Breacher Pod Launcher Operation	0.01	6480	230
Breacher Pod Projection	0.01	10800	385
Breacher Pod Rapid Firing	0.01	10800	385

SKINR Components

Item	Volume /(m^3)	Amount of Decryption Keys	Amount of Atavums
Circle Carmine Matte - Limited	0.1	4800	170
Coronal Horizon Bronze Metallic - Limited	0.1	12000	425
Deathless Covenant - Limited	0.1	26400	940
Edge of Cerulean Matte - Limited	0.1	4800	170

Currently, this is https://janice.e-351.com/a/RBfsuD 1.84 bilion ISK to buy one of everything, with 190,440 Infomorphs as of Q2 2025.