Solar Cell
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 Solar Cell in EVE Online?
The Solar Cell spawns in wormhole space (C3 systems). How you find it: anomaly.
What spawns in the Solar Cell?
The Solar Cell has 3 waves and about 15 NPCs: 3 battleships, 7 cruisers and 5 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Emergent Preserver and Emergent Upholder.
What should I tank and shoot in the Solar Cell?
The heaviest wave in the Solar Cell deals about 787 DPS and the site holds about 448,353 EHP to grind through. Up to 1 NPCs scram at once, so you cannot simply warp out. Peak capacitor neutralising is about 12 GJ/s.
What ship do I need for the Solar Cell?
As a rule of thumb, tanking the heaviest wave of the Solar Cell in full (about 787 DPS) takes a battlecruiser, heavy assault cruiser or T3 cruiser. Its NPCs scram, so if your tank breaks you cannot simply warp out. Pulling waves carefully lowers what you need to tank.
How much is the Solar Cell worth?
The Solar Cell is worth about 43.0M 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 3 ships
437 DPS · 108.1k EHP · neut 9 GJ/s
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Emergent Preserver TRIGGER |
F | scram · web · neut | 32 | 228 | 1,820 | 5,000 m |
| 1 |  Awakened Upholder |
C | web · neut | 43 | 372 | 12,250 | 30,000 m |
| 1 |  Sleepless Defender |
B | web | 362 | 4469 | 94,000 | 19,000 m |
Wave 2 4 ships
301 DPS · 106.8k EHP · neut 12 GJ/s
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Emergent Defender |
F | web | 23 | 161 | 4,200 | 6,500 m |
| 2 |  Emergent Upholder TRIGGER |
F | neut · rrep | 17 | 133 | 2,800 | 5,000 m |
| 3 |  Awakened Defender |
C | 59 | 605 | 26,833 | 15,000 m | |
| 1 | Awakened Upholder |
C | web · neut | 43 | 372 | 12,250 | 30,000 m |
Wave 3 3 ships
787 DPS · 233.5k EHP
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Awakened Defender |
C | 59 | 605 | 26,833 | 15,000 m | |
| 1 | Sleepless Defender |
B | web | 362 | 4469 | 94,000 | 19,000 m |
| 1 |  Sleepless Preserver |
B | rrep | 308 | 4962 | 85,867 | 55,000 m |
Payout A ESI-derived / official
- Blue loot
- 43,000,000 ISK (43M)
Blue loot sells to NPC buy orders at fixed prices — the value is not market-dependent.
Our fits for this site
Go deeper
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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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