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Outpost 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 Outpost Frontier Stronghold in EVE Online?

The Outpost Frontier Stronghold spawns in wormhole space (C3 systems). How you find it: anomaly.

What spawns in the Outpost Frontier Stronghold?

The Outpost Frontier Stronghold has 3 waves and about 14 NPCs: 3 battleships, 4 cruisers, 3 tactical destroyers and 4 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Sleepless Defender and Awakened Defender.

What should I tank and shoot in the Outpost Frontier Stronghold?

The heaviest wave in the Outpost Frontier Stronghold deals about 814 DPS and the site holds about 451,633 EHP to grind through.

What ship do I need for the Outpost Frontier Stronghold?

As a rule of thumb, tanking the heaviest wave of the Outpost Frontier Stronghold in full (about 814 DPS) takes a battleship or marauder. Pulling waves carefully lowers what you need to tank.

How much is the Outpost Frontier Stronghold worth?

The Outpost Frontier Stronghold is worth about 45.1M ISK in blue loot at current prices.

Access A ESI-derived / official

Ship restrictions
Not recorded

Threat profile derived from the roster below

814tank required (peak-wave DPS)
451.6ktotal EHP to grind
0peak neut GJ/s
0s / 6wmax scram / web ships
Noremote reps
3waves (peak: Wave 3)

Incoming damage (peak wave)

EM 22% Thermal 22% Kinetic 28% Explosive 28%

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

580 DPS · 139.5k EHP

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
3 Wakeful Sentry Tower T 73109215,1670 m
1 Sleepless Defender TRIGGER B web 362446994,00019,000 m
Wave 2 1 ship

236 DPS · 107.3k EHP

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
4 Awakened Defender TRIGGER C 5960526,83315,000 m
Wave 3 2 ships

814 DPS · 204.8k EHP

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
4 Emergent Defender F web 231614,2006,500 m
2 Sleepless Defender B web 362446994,00019,000 m

Payout A ESI-derived / official

Blue loot
45,100,000 ISK (45.1M)

Blue loot sells to NPC buy orders at fixed prices — the value is not market-dependent.

Our fits for this site

Raven Clears, and the only C3 site with nothing sitting beyond heavy missile range
Ishtar Face tanks it, per cedrictheonly
Drekavac Face tanks it, per cedrictheonly
Praxis Face tanks it, per cedrictheonly

Go deeper

Forgotten Frontier Quarantine Outpost (C3) Forgotten Frontier Recursive Depot (C3) Fortification 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

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