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Angel Hidden Den

Angel Cartel Tier 4 family: BaseHidden ForsakenForlorn

The Angel Hidden Den is a combat anomaly found in Angel infested regions. It is a level 2 variant of the Angel Den.

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Angel Hidden Den in EVE Online?

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

What spawns in the Angel Hidden Den?

The Angel Hidden Den has 10 waves and about 104 NPCs: 2 battleships, 26 battlecruisers, 21 cruisers, 17 destroyers, 37 frigates and 1 sentry tower.

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

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

What does the Angel Hidden 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 (23- 38km) 5 ships
QtyNPCHull
8 Gistii Ambusher/ Hunter/ Impaler/ Raider F
11 Gistior Seizer/ Trasher D
5 Gistum Liquidator/ Marauder C
3 Gistatis Legatus/ Praefectus/ Tribuni BC
1 Angel Heavy Missile Battery Sentry
1st Reinforcement Spawn (44- 49km) 2 ships
QtyNPCHull
3 Gistii Ambusher/ Raider F
3 Gistum Depredator/ Predator C
2nd Reinforcement Spawn (38- 43km) 2 ships
QtyNPCHull
4 Gistii Ambusher/ Raider F
3 Gistior Defiler/ Seizer/ Trasher D
3rd Reinforcement Spawn (30- 40km) 2 ships
QtyNPCHull
2 Gistii Raider F
3 Gistior Seizer/ Trasher D
4th Reinforcement Spawn (17- 22km) 3 ships
QtyNPCHull
3 Gistii Nomad F
2 Gistum Liquidator C
3 Gistatis Legatus/ Tribunus BC
5th Reinforcement Spawn (23- 31km) 3 ships
QtyNPCHull
6 Gistii Nomad F
5 Gistatis Legatus/ Primus/ Tribunus BC
2 Gist Commander/... BS
6th Reinforcement Spawn (44- 48km) 2 ships
QtyNPCHull
4 Gistii Nomad F
2 Gistum Liquidator/ Marauder C
7th Reinforcement Spawn (32- 39km) 3 ships
QtyNPCHull
2 Arch Gistii Hijacker/ Outlaw F
2 Gistum Depredator C
5 Gistatis Legatus/ Tribunus BC
8th Reinforcement Spawn (19- 68km) 3 ships
QtyNPCHull
2 Gistii Ambusher/ Raider F
3 Gistum Depredator/ Liquidator C
3 Gistatis Legatus/ Tribunus BC
9th Reinforcement Spawn (34- 41km) 3 ships
QtyNPCHull
3 Arch Gistii Hijacker/ Outlaw/ Thug F
4 Gistum Depredator/ Liquidator/ Predator C
7 Gistatis Legatus/ Tribunus BC

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

Escalations

No escalations currently mapped. That is a statement about the Atlas, not the site. Mapping escalation chains is ongoing original research.

Sources

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