- Main article: Homefront operation
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This site will require proficiency in mining, drones, repair, and capacitor transfer. After an initial setup period of 90 seconds, asteroids from beyond the rift will appear and a timer will begin. The site will progress through a total of 9 waves divided into three tiers. The enemy fleet compositions will become more difficult and the wave timers become shorter with each tier.
During each wave, a random Abyssal Weather effect will begin and 12 asteroids will spawn in fixed locations. Each asteroid contains 30 ore (Admixti Mutanite), each with a mass of 4 m3, for a total of 120 m3. The presence of these asteroids causes an anti-warp bubble until all 12 are depleted.
Mining the asteroids can also expose Faulty Triglavian caches containing artifacts. These caches are time-limited structures and must be destroyed quickly to recover their contents.
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| Prior to the Version 20.2 Release 2026-03-19.1 upate, Admixti Mutanite asteroids contained 24 units or 96 m3 of ore. |
A wave is cleared only if all asteroids are depleted before the timer ends; otherwise, the site fails. The warp disruption bubble remains until every asteroid is mined. Each completed wave pays out based on its difficulty tier.
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Abyssal Artifact Recovery: Site Overview -
Abyssal Artifact Recovery: Faulty Triglavian Cache -
Abyssal Artifact Recovery: Mining Positions
Fleet size & composition
- Optimal fleet size: 5 ships
- Fleet composition: T1 Cruisers (DPS), T1 Logistic Cruisers (Logi), Miners
Type of ships allowed
This homefront operation takes place in a deadspace pocket with an acceleration gate that has ship restrictions.
- Tech 1 frigates, navy and pirate frigates
- Tech 1 destroyers, navy and pirate destroyers
- Tech 1 cruisers
- Tech 1 haulers, including Squall
- Venture, Venture Consortium Issue
- Pioneer, Pioneer Consortium Issue, Perseverance
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Frigate
Navy Frigate
Destroyer
Navy Destroyer
Mining Frigate
Hauler
ORE Hauler
Faction Mining Destroyer
Faction Mining Frigate
Mining Destroyer
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You can view in-game ship restrictions for each Homefront Operation by opening the Opportunities window (ALT+J) and double-clicking on a mission. |
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Homefront ship restrictions example
Mission parameters
- Threat Level: Minimal / Moderate / Severe
- Current wave (9)
- Asteroids Depleted (12)
- Mining Timer
- Intermission Timer
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Abyssal Artifact Recovery: Mission Parameters
Abyssal Artifact Recovery in different empires
These sites have no regional differences.
Hostiles
Each wave spawns an enemy fleet belonging to one of three factions: Sleepers, Rogue Drones, or Triglavians. Fleet compositions are randomized and may include logistics, capacitor neutralizers, and other forms of EWAR. Enemies persist until destroyed, so maintaining a minimum level of DPS is essential to avoid being overwhelmed.
Each wave[Verify] will focus one target and switch periodically as a group.
Asteroid belt rats can spawn in the room, as with other sites that involve mining. These rats are the same faction and threat as any that will spawn in the same system's asteroid belts. They will not share room targets with any of the site NPCs, and they are of little danger. They do not despawn with the site, however, so if you plan to later bring a hauler or salvager it may be good to kill them before you leave.
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WARNING: After the 9th and final wave, a 60-second evacuation timer begins. When it ends, a Drifter response fleet led by Tyrannos Basileus will arrive in overwhelming force. No vessel can survive the Basileus battleship’s superweapon. |
 Sleepers
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| Prefix | Info | Weakness |
| Enervating |  Neuts
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    Omni
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| Risen | DPS | Omni
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| Soothing | Logi | Omni
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| Stirring | DPS | Omni
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| Watchful | DPS | Omni
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| Tyrannos Kyrios | Neuts
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Omni
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 Rogue Drones
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| Prefix | Info | Weakness |
| Alienator |  Webs
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Ex
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| Corrupted | DPS | Ex
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| Machinist | Logi | Ex
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| Proliferator | DPS | Ex
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| Vitiator | DPS | Ex
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 Triglavian
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| Prefix | Info | Weakness |
| Dominant | DPS | EM
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| Fervent | DPS | EM
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| Fortifying | Logi | EM
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| Ravenous | Neuts or
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EM
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| Stalker |  Paints
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EM
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| Stifler | Webs
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EM
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| Stoic | DPS | EM
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| Umbral |   Weapon disruption
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EM
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Rewards
Each of the 5 pilots in the fleet receive a total payout of 67,500,000 ISK for completing all 9 waves.
| Tier | Waves | Threat Level | Timer | Payout (ISK) |
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| 1 | 3 | Minimal | 3:00 | 5,000,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Moderate | 2:30 | 7,500,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Severe | 2:00 | 10,000,000 |
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Pilot ISK Payout per Wave[1] -
Pilot ISK Payout per Site -
Fleet ISK Payout per Site
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Not counting any of the Triglavian Artifacts that are recovered from the caches:
- Unaligned Dekaisogen: 500,000 ISK each, sold to NPC buy order
- Fluctuating Entropic Regulator: 200,000 ISK each, sold to NPC buy order
- Spectral Emission Slices
Total Admixti Mutanite ore amount per site is 3240units (12960 m3), with an ISK value of 16,200,000 ISK. The mutanite can only be sold to NPC buy orders. In practice, you may get more or less than this as a result of residue and crits.
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Admixti Mutanite: Description
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Prior to 2026-03-19.1, Electron Spin Resonance keys dropped as loot, and ISK payout per wave per pilot was lower:
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Footnotes
- ^ Some of these numbers are off by 10 ISK due to CCP Rounding
Gallery
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Abyssal Artifact Recovery - Site Overview
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Abyssal Artifact Recovery - Site Overview 2 -
Abyssal Artifact Recovery - Scenic
