Amarr COSMOS
This page is intended to serve as a walkthrough for Amarr COSMOS missions. While several COSMOS guides exist on the internet, most do not give indications for what order the missions should be attempted in. This can be troublesome since many missions require good Amarr faction standing, or items from prerequisite missions. This guide will order missions by the highest standings required for the mission or its prerequisites, so players should be able to start at the beginning and work through. Most guides recommend starting around faction standing 4.0, since early missions may not give enough standings for later mission requirements. Due to the recent removal of agent quality, however, agents are now much easier to access. Standings can also be increased by performing normal storyline missions, handing in tags to data centers, or doing Caldari COSMOS missions and datacenters.
Almost all of these missions can only be done once per character, so it's worth training some Social skills to make sure you get the best standings out of them. Social 4 and Connections 4 are recommended.
This page refers to several guides:
- h3b.info, written in German but generally understandable using Google Translate.
- Cosmos Missions 101, a guide to Caldari COSMOS missions, which also give some Amarr standing.
- evevault.ign.com, which has a list of Amarr COSMOS agents.
- Amarr COSMOS Guide, a pdf by Jowen Datloran which has details of each agent and deadspace pocket.
Starting off: 0.0 Standing
Datacenters: Graduation Certificate (Courier) and 3xCopper Sansha/Blood tags
Graduation Certificates are a set of 1-jump courier missions, one per datacenter, that will give a small boost in faction standings. The certificates lead to a normal L1Q0 agent in Lossa who can be ignored.
Some COSMOS agents will talk to you at this point, but require items from later missions. Be careful!
Completing the Sisters of Eve epic arc with the Amarr Commander assisting will give a big (8.4% with Social 4) faction standing increase.
Tutorial Missions
The Endless Battle/Encryption Code Book: This is a pair of missions (kill one frigate, courier 1 jump) offered by tutorial agents (list here). The second mission will give a small but significant (0.84% at Social 4) faction standings, and can be repeated 15 times for each of the agents.
Career Tutorials: For each of the career agents, the last tutorial in each series will give a significant faction standings jump.
1.0 Standing
Datacenters: 20xBronze tags
Datacenters: 20xBrass tags
Agent: Chari Shakai - "Civic Court Plaza" beacon, Aphi
Missions: 5 Courier, between 400 and 500 m3, between three to five jumps each.
Final mission gave 0.66% Amarr Empire standings.
Agent: Stem Robikar - "Civic Court Plaza" beacon, Aphi
Missions: 5 missions: 1 L2 kill mission, 1 ratting mission and 3 0.1m3 couriers.
The "Dynasty Ring" needed for the second mission is a chance-based drop from various "Warrior" belt rats around the constellation. Getting a couple before accepting the mission is recommended - you'll need another one later. Hang on to any other unfamiliar objects such as Enigma Cypher Books (1 needed) or Encoding Matrix Components (10 needed) - you'll need these too. The rings cost about 1m on contracts, so you can pick one up if you're not getting lucky.
The final mission gives FIXME Amarr Empire standings and a Robikar's Recommendation which is needed for Torval Kerth.
Agent: Hetras Dakumon - "The Bonfire" beacon, Munory
Missions: 5 missions: 4 L3 combat and 1 2m3 courier.
Parts 1 and 4 require items from the Contested Bastion of Blood in Koona, which you can access before accepting the mission. Getting the mission items before accepting the mission is recommended in case the Bastion is being farmed. The other combat missions have their own deadspace pockets like normal missions.
The final mission gives 1.4% Amarr Empire standings and a Blood Reel item which is required later for Thumal Ebotiz.
