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Drifters in EVE Online

Every Drifter site in the Atlas, 9 of them, ranked by difficulty inside each type, with how to fight them and where their escalations lead.

How to fight Drifters A ESI-derived / official

Shoot with
Thermal on the shield (20% resist) and EM on the armour (0% resist)
Tank against
EM (25%) / Thermal (25%) / Kinetic (25%) / Explosive (25%)
EWAR
Warp scramblers, stasis webifiers and energy neutralisers
EM 25% Thermal 25% Kinetic 25% Explosive 25%

From the Drifter battleship stats in the maintained Rykki data, regenerated from EVE's API. Individual sites can differ: each site page carries its own roster. All factions side by side: the damage cheat-sheet.

Quick answers

What damage do Drifters deal in EVE Online?

Drifters deal EM (25%) / Thermal (25%) / Kinetic (25%) / Explosive (25%) damage, so tank against that.

What are Drifters weak to?

Drifters are weakest to Thermal on the shield (20% resist) and EM on the armour (0% resist).

What electronic warfare do Drifters use?

Drifters use warp scramblers, stasis webifiers and energy neutralisers.

Where do Drifter sites spawn?

The Atlas lists 9 Drifter sites, in wormhole space and Pochven: 1 combat anomaly and 8 wormhole sites.

Combat Anomalies · 1

Wormhole Sites · 8

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