Core Stronghold
Found in: C5 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 Core Stronghold in EVE Online?
The Core Stronghold spawns in wormhole space (C5 systems). How you find it: anomaly.
What spawns in the Core Stronghold?
The Core Stronghold has 4 waves and about 36 NPCs: 9 battleships, 11 cruisers, 6 tactical destroyers and 10 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Emergent Sentinel, Sleepless Warden and Awakened Sentinel.
What should I tank and shoot in the Core Stronghold?
The heaviest wave in the Core Stronghold deals about 2,714 DPS and the site holds about 1,616,508 EHP to grind through. Up to 6 NPCs scram at once, so you cannot simply warp out. Peak capacitor neutralising is about 24 GJ/s.
What ship do I need for the Core Stronghold?
As a rule of thumb, tanking the heaviest wave of the Core Stronghold in full (about 2,714 DPS) takes a group, or a marauder or capital fleet. 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 Core Stronghold worth?
The Core Stronghold is worth about 234.9M 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
679 DPS · 169.4k EHP
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 |  Restless Sentry Tower |
T | 94 | 1404 | 23,833 | 0 m | |
| 4 |  Emergent Sentinel TRIGGER |
F | scram · web | 29 | 207 | 6,600 | 6,500 m |
Wave 2 2 ships
1922 DPS · 447.1k EHP · neut 24 GJ/s
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Sleepless Keeper |
B | neut | 565 | 3802 | 88,629 | 65,000 m |
| 2 |  Sleepless Warden TRIGGER |
B | rrep | 396 | 6379 | 134,933 | 55,000 m |
Wave 3 2 ships
774 DPS · 312.3k EHP · neut 18 GJ/s
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 |  Emergent Warden |
F | scram · web · neut | 41 | 293 | 2,860 | 5,000 m |
| 7 |  Awakened Sentinel TRIGGER |
C | web | 76 | 778 | 42,167 | 15,000 m |
Wave 4 3 ships
2714 DPS · 687.7k EHP · neut 24 GJ/s
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |  Awakened Warden |
C | rrep | 99 | 695 | 26,400 | 45,000 m |
| 2 | Sleepless Keeper |
B | neut | 565 | 3802 | 88,629 | 65,000 m |
| 3 | Sleepless Warden |
B | rrep | 396 | 6379 | 134,933 | 55,000 m |
Payout A ESI-derived / official
- Blue loot
- 234,900,000 ISK (234.9M)
Blue loot sells to NPC buy orders at fixed prices — the value is not market-dependent.
Go deeper
Core Garrison (C5) Forgotten Core Data Field (C5) Forgotten Core Information Pen (C5)
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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