Angel Yard
Angel CartelCombat anomaly — appears on the on-board anomaly scanner, no probing needed. Higher tier = harder site; Hidden/Forsaken/Forlorn variants of a tier are progressively harder versions with better commander chances.
Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources
Quick answers
Where is the Angel Yard in EVE Online?
The Angel Yard spawns in low-sec. How you find it: combat anomaly (on-board scanner, no probing).
What spawns in the Angel Yard?
The Angel Yard has 11 waves and about 45 NPCs: 1 battleship, 2 battlecruisers, 23 cruisers, 8 destroyers, 5 frigates and 6 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Gistum Liquidator/Marauder, Angel Heavy Missile Battery and Gistum Centurion.
What should I tank and shoot in the Angel Yard?
Angel Cartel deal Explosive (62%) / Kinetic (22%) damage and are weakest to Explosive / Kinetic; they use Target Painters.
Does the Angel Yard escalate?
Completing the Angel Yard can escalate to Angel's Red Light District.
What does the Angel Yard drop?
Bounty: about 970,000 to 1,800,000 ISK Loot/salvage: uncertain
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.
Variation 1 (Shipyard) — Initial Group 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Angel Heavy Missile Battery | Sentry |
| 3-4 | Gistum Liquidator/Marauder TRIGGER | C |
Variation 1 (Shipyard) — Wave #2 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Gistum Crusher/Smasher | C |
Variation 1 (Shipyard) — Wave #3 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Gistii Hunter/Impaler/... | F |
| 2-3 | Gistum Liquidator/Marauder | C |
Variation 1 (Shipyard) — Wave #4 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Gistior Defacer/Defiler | D |
| 3-4 | Gistum Crusher/Smasher | C |
Variation 1 (Shipyard) — Sentry Wave #2 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Gistior Defacer/Defiler | D |
| 2-3 | Gistum Liquidator/Marauder | C |
Variation 2 (Silo) — Initial Group 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Gistior Defacer/Defiler | D |
| 3-4 | Gistum Centurion/Phalanx | C |
Variation 2 (Silo) — Wave #2 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Angel Heavy Missile Battery TRIGGER | Sentry |
| 3-4 | Gistum Centurion TRIGGER | C |
| 2 | Gistatus Legatus/Tribunus | BC |
Variation 2 (Silo) — Sentry Wave 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Angel Heavy Missile Battery | Sentry |
Variation 2 (Silo) — Wave #3 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Arch Gistii Raider/Impaler | F |
| 2-3 | Gistum Crusher/Smasher | C |
Variation 2 (Silo) — Wave #4 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | Gistum Crusher/Smasher | C |
Variation 2 (Silo) — Wave #5 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gistum Liquidator/Marauder | C |
| 1 | Gist General | BS |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Bounty: about 970,000 to 1,800,000 ISK Loot/salvage: uncertain
Go deeper
Angel Den (Tier 4) Angel Forlorn Den (Tier 4 · Forlorn) Angel Forlorn Rally Point (Tier 6 · Forlorn)
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
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: NPC damage types C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Angel Yard C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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