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Angel Annex

Unrated · difficulty rank 8Low SecurityAngel Cartel

The Angel Annex is a Cosmic Signature of the Unrated Complex type, occupied by the Angel Cartel pirate faction. It can be found via exploration by probing in Lowsec systems. This site's acceleration gate allows only Battleship class ships or lower and their Tech 2 equivalents to enter the site.

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Angel Annex in EVE Online?

The Angel Annex spawns in low-sec.

What spawns in the Angel Annex?

The Angel Annex has 5 waves and about 90 NPCs: 27 battleships, 11 battlecruisers, 10 cruisers, 7 destroyers, 18 frigates and 16 sentry towers.

What should I tank and shoot in the Angel Annex?

Angel Cartel deal Explosive (62%) / Kinetic (22%) damage and are weakest to Explosive / Kinetic; they use Target Painters.

Which ships can enter the Angel Annex?

Ship restrictions for the Angel Annex: Battleship class and smaller (acceleration gate).

Does the Angel Annex escalate?

Completing the Angel Annex can escalate to Angel Powergrid.

What does the Angel Annex drop?

Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.

Access C Single-source / unverified

Ship restrictions
Battleship class and smaller (acceleration gate)

Faction threat profile C Single-source / unverified

EWAR used
Target Painters

Faction-level profile, not site-specific. Tank their damage, shoot their weakness.

NPC roster C Single-source / unverified

Community-maintained wave list from the site's own wiki page — counts and triggers vary between spawns; treat as the shape, not gospel.

First room — Initial defenders 6 ships
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7 Tower Sentry II Sentry
3 Tower Sentry III Sentry
3 Gist Cruiser C
1 Gist Warlord BS
2 Gist War General BS
1 Smuggler Commander BS
First room — Second Wave 4 ships
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3 Arch Gistii Cruiser C
1 Gist Cherubim BS
2 Gist Malkim BS
1 Smuggler Commander BS
Second room — Initial defenders 10 ships
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2 Angel Stasis Tower Sentry
4 Angel Cruise Missile Launcher Sentry
3 Gist Frigate F
10 Arch Gistii Frigate F
7 Gist Destroyer D
11 Gist Battle Cruiser BC
4 Gist Warlord BS
6 Gist War General BS
4 Gist Thorne BS
4 Gist Malkim BS
Second room — Shipyard Wave 3 ships
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5 Crokan's Gighters F
4 Crokan's Guardians C
1 Crokan wreck may contain Domination Battleship Modules BS
Second room — Structures 1 ship
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1 Acceleration Gate

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.

Go deeper

Angel Base (Unrated · difficulty rank 9) Minor Angel Annex (Unrated · difficulty rank 7) Angel Fortress (Unrated · difficulty rank 10)

Escalations

  • Angel Powergrid — ~5% chance on completion to open the Angel Powergrid expedition (multi-part chain via The Agency) C Single-source / unverified

Sources

Last reviewed 2026-08-19 · game version: Cradle of War (Jun 2026). Spot an error? Corrections land fastest via the channel.