Fortification Frontier Stronghold
Found in: C3 B Community-corroborated Class confirmed by two independent sources: the maintained Rykki guide's per-class tabs and the EVE University site list.
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Quick answers
Where is the Fortification Frontier Stronghold in EVE Online?
The Fortification Frontier Stronghold spawns in wormhole space (C3 systems). How you find it: anomaly.
What spawns in the Fortification Frontier Stronghold?
The Fortification Frontier Stronghold has 3 waves and about 13 NPCs: 1 battleship, 10 cruisers and 2 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Awakened Defender and Awakened Upholder.
What should I tank and shoot in the Fortification Frontier Stronghold?
The heaviest wave in the Fortification Frontier Stronghold deals about 678 DPS and the site holds about 279,351 EHP to grind through. Peak capacitor neutralising is about 16 GJ/s.
What ship do I need for the Fortification Frontier Stronghold?
As a rule of thumb, tanking the heaviest wave of the Fortification Frontier Stronghold in full (about 678 DPS) takes a battlecruiser, heavy assault cruiser or T3 cruiser. Pulling waves carefully lowers what you need to tank.
How much is the Fortification Frontier Stronghold worth?
The Fortification Frontier Stronghold is worth about 41.1M ISK in blue loot at current prices.
Access A ESI-derived / official
- Ship restrictions
- Not recorded
Threat profile derived from the roster below
Incoming damage (peak wave)
Best damage to deal derived from per-NPC resist profiles, weighted by EHP
This roster is effectively omni-resist. No damage type has a meaningful edge, so pick on application and range instead.
NPC roster A ESI-derived / official
Per-NPC stats regenerate from live ESI; wave structure and triggers are actively maintained by the guide's maintainer.
Wave 1 2 ships
164 DPS · 62.1k EHP
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Emergent Defender |
F | web | 23 | 161 | 4,200 | 6,500 m |
| 2 |  Awakened Defender TRIGGER |
C | 59 | 605 | 26,833 | 15,000 m |
Wave 2 2 ships
205 DPS · 78.2k EHP · neut 12 GJ/s
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Awakened Defender |
C | 59 | 605 | 26,833 | 15,000 m | |
| 2 |  Awakened Upholder TRIGGER |
C | web · neut | 43 | 372 | 12,250 | 30,000 m |
Wave 3 4 ships
678 DPS · 139.1k EHP · neut 16 GJ/s
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Awakened Defender |
C | 59 | 605 | 26,833 | 15,000 m | |
| 1 |  Awakened Preserver |
C | rrep | 77 | 540 | 16,800 | 45,000 m |
| 1 | Awakened Upholder |
C | web · neut | 43 | 372 | 12,250 | 30,000 m |
| 1 |  Sleepless Upholder |
B | neut | 439 | 2957 | 56,400 | 65,000 m |
Payout A ESI-derived / official
- Blue loot
- 41,100,000 ISK (41.1M)
Blue loot sells to NPC buy orders at fixed prices — the value is not market-dependent.
Our fits for this site
Go deeper
Forgotten Frontier Quarantine Outpost (C3) Forgotten Frontier Recursive Depot (C3) Outpost Frontier Stronghold (C3)
Escalations
No escalations currently mapped. That is a statement about the Atlas, not the site. Mapping escalation chains is ongoing original research.
Sources
- Rykki's Guide 1.5 (Grubu-maintained, regenerates from live ESI) A ESI-derived / official retrieved 2026-08-10
- EVE University Wiki - Wormhole sites (rev 231740) C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-06-18
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