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Machariel
Angel Cartel signature battleship: Machariel

Angel Cartel Tier 4 family: Base HiddenForsakenForlorn

The Angel Den is a combat anomaly found in Angel infested regions. Easily done with a Faction Cruiser such as a Gila.

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Angel Den in EVE Online?

The Angel Den spawns in high-sec and low-sec. How you find it: combat anomaly (on-board scanner, no probing).

What spawns in the Angel Den?

The Angel Den has 5 waves and about 34 NPCs: 13 cruisers, 11 destroyers, 8 frigates and 2 sentry towers.

What should I tank and shoot in the Angel Den?

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

Does the Angel Den escalate?

Completing the Angel Den can escalate to Angel's Red Light District.

What does the Angel Den drop?

Bounties plus a chance of a faction/commander spawn. No structured drop data banked yet — wave and loot detail is exactly what the verified-on-camera tier exists to fill.

Access C Single-source / unverified

Ship restrictions
Not recorded

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.

Initial defenders 3 ships
QtyNPCHull
6 Gistii Ambusher/ Hunter/ Impaler/ Raider F
2 Gistior Trasher/Gistior Seizor D
2 Angel Heavy Missile Battery Sentry
1st Reinforcement Spawn 2 ships
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2 Gistior Defacer/... D
2 Gistum Centurion/... C
2nd Reinforcement Spawn 2 ships
QtyNPCHull
2 Gistii Ambusher/... F
2 Gistum Centurion/... C
3rd Reinforcement Spawn 2 ships
QtyNPCHull
2 Gistior Defacer/... D
3 Gistum Centurion/... C
4th Reinforcement Spawn 3 ships
QtyNPCHull
5 Gistior Defacer/... D
5 Gistum Centurion/... C
1 Domination Commander Possible Rare Spawn; Possible Domination modules C

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Bounties plus a chance of a faction/commander spawn. No structured drop data banked yet — wave and loot detail is exactly what the verified-on-camera tier exists to fill.

Go deeper

Angel Forlorn Den (Tier 4 · Forlorn) Angel Forsaken Den (Tier 4 · Forsaken) Angel Hidden Den (Tier 4 · Hidden)

Escalations

  • Angel's Red Light District — Chance to escalate to Angel's Red Light District (DED 5/10) on FULL completion — community-estimated low single digits to ~8%, never published by CCP; see the Escalations & Expeditions page C Single-source / unverified

Sources

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