Blood Den
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Blood Den is an unrated combat site belonging to the Blood Raider Covenant pirate faction. It can be found via exploration as a cosmic anomaly within systems owned by the Amarr Empire and Ammatar Mandate. As an ungated complex, the limitations as to which ships can complete this site are tied to the security rating of the system where the anomaly spawns (T2 Battleships for high-security systems, and up to Titans in low-security and null-security systems). Completing this complex may award the player with valuable Dark Blood faction modules and ammunition. This combat site consists of a single ungated pocket of space containing a variety of Frigate-, Destroyer- and Cruiser-sized enemy ships.
Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources
Quick answers
Where is the Blood Den in EVE Online?
The Blood Den spawns in high-sec and low-sec. How you find it: combat anomaly (on-board scanner, no probing).
What spawns in the Blood Den?
The Blood Den has 11 waves and about 44 NPCs: 7 cruisers, 17 destroyers, 14 frigates and 6 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the trigger is Blood Light Missile Battery.
What should I tank and shoot in the Blood Den?
Blood Raiders deal EM (50%) / Thermal (48%) damage and are weakest to EM / Thermal; they use Energy Neutralizers, Tracking Disruptors.
Does the Blood Den escalate?
Completing the Blood Den can escalate to Blood_Raider Psychotropics Depot.
What does the Blood 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
- Energy Neutralizers, Tracking Disruptors
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.
Light Missile Battery layout — Initial Defenders 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 | Corpii Engraver/Collector/... | F |
| 3-4 | Corpior Friar/Cleric | D |
| 2 | Blood Light Missile Battery TRIGGER | Sentry |
Light Missile Battery layout — Timed Reinforcement Spawn (10 seconds) 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Centii Reaver/Seeker | F |
Light Missile Battery layout — 1st Reinforcement Spawn 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Centii Follower/Worshipper | F |
Light Missile Battery layout — 1st Battery spawn 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Blood Light Missile Battery TRIGGER | Sentry |
Light Missile Battery layout — 2nd Battery Spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Corpii Raider/Reaver | F |
| 2-3 | Corpior Friar/Cleric | D |
Light Missile Battery layout — 3rd Battery Spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Corpii Seeker/Collector | D |
| 0-1 | Corpum Commander Possible Rare Spawn; Possible Faction charges, modules or tags | C |
Heavy Missile Battery layout — Initial Defenders 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Corpii Reaver/Diviner | F |
| 3-5 | Corpior Friar/Cleric | D |
| 2 | Blood Heavy Missile Battery | Sentry |
Heavy Missile Battery layout — 1st Reinforcement Spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corpior Templar | D |
| 2 | Corpum Arch Reaver | C |
Heavy Missile Battery layout — 2nd Reinforcement Spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corpii Diviner | F |
| 1-2 | Corpum Arch Reaver | C |
Heavy Missile Battery layout — 3rd Reinforcement Spawn 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Corpior Cleric/Converter | D |
| 0-1 | Corpum Arch Templar | C |
| 2 | Corpum Revenant | C |
Heavy Missile Battery layout — 4th Reinforcement Spawn 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Corpii Friar | D |
| 2-3 | Corpum Priest/Sage | C |
| 0-1 | Corpum Commander Possible Rare Spawn; Possible Faction charges, modules or tags | 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
Blood Forlorn Den (Tier 4 · Forlorn) Blood Forsaken Den (Tier 4 · Forsaken) Blood Hidden Den (Tier 4 · Hidden)
Escalations
- Blood_Raider Psychotropics Depot — Chance to escalate to Blood_Raider Psychotropics Depot (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: Blood Den C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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