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Angel Forlorn Den

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The Angel Forlorn Den is a combat anomaly found in Angel infested regions. It is a level 4 variant of the Angel Den. Easily done with sniper Dominix T2 fit.

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Quick answers

Where is the Angel Forlorn Den in EVE Online?

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

What spawns in the Angel Forlorn Den?

The Angel Forlorn Den has 6 waves and about 63 NPCs: 10 battleships, 16 battlecruisers, 17 cruisers, 5 destroyers and 15 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the trigger is Gistatis Legatus/ Praefectus/ Tribuni/ Tribunus.

What should I tank and shoot in the Angel Forlorn Den?

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

Does the Angel Forlorn Den escalate?

Completing the Angel Forlorn Den can escalate to Angel Military Operations Complex.

What does the Angel Forlorn 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 (51- 67km) 1 ship
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6 Arch Gistii Impaler/ Raider F
1st Reinforcement Spawn (68- 72km) 3 ships
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6 Arch Gistii Hunter/ Impaler F
5 Gistum Liquidator/ Marauder C
2 Gist Commander BS
2nd Reinforcement Spawn (58- 62km) 3 ships
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5 Gistior Defiler/ Seizer D
4 Gistum Centurion/ Phalanx C
2 Gist General BS
3rd Reinforcement Spawn (23- 28km) 3 ships
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5 Gistum Centurion/ Phalanx C
6 Gistatis Legatus/ Tribunus BC
2 Gist Warlord/ War General BS
4th Reinforcement Spawn (36- 40km) 1 ship
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10 Gistatis Legatus/ Praefectus/ Tribuni/ Tribunus TRIGGER BC
5th Reinforcement Spawn (34- 41km) 3 ships
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3 Arch Gistii Hijacker/ Rogue F
3 Arch Gistum Breaker/ Defeater C
4 Gist Malakim/ Throne BS

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

Escalations

  • Angel Military Operations Complex — Chance to escalate to Angel Military Operations Complex (DED 7/10) 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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