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Strange Energy Readings

Found in: C6 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 Strange Energy Readings in EVE Online?

The Strange Energy Readings spawns in wormhole space (C6 systems). How you find it: anomaly.

What spawns in the Strange Energy Readings?

The Strange Energy Readings has 3 waves and about 36 NPCs: 10 battleships, 15 cruisers and 11 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Awakened Warden and Sleepless Guardian.

What should I tank and shoot in the Strange Energy Readings?

The heaviest wave in the Strange Energy Readings deals about 3,354 DPS and the site holds about 1,799,137 EHP to grind through. Up to 9 NPCs scram at once, so you cannot simply warp out. Peak capacitor neutralising is about 144 GJ/s.

What ship do I need for the Strange Energy Readings?

As a rule of thumb, tanking the heaviest wave of the Strange Energy Readings in full (about 3,354 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 Strange Energy Readings worth?

The Strange Energy Readings is worth about 291.8M ISK in blue loot at current prices.

Access A ESI-derived / official

Ship restrictions
Not recorded

Threat profile derived from the roster below

3,354tank required (peak-wave DPS)
1.8Mtotal EHP to grind
144peak neut GJ/s
9s / 9wmax scram / web ships
Yesremote reps
3waves (peak: Wave 3)

Incoming damage (peak wave)

EM 42% Thermal 42% Kinetic 8% Explosive 8%

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

1736 DPS · 331.3k EHP · neut 39 GJ/s

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
5 Emergent Keeper F neut · rrep 221714,4005,000 m
5 Awakened Warden TRIGGER C rrep 9969526,40045,000 m
2 Sleepless Keeper B neut 565380288,62965,000 m
Wave 2 2 ships

2414 DPS · 892.7k EHP · neut 144 GJ/s

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
6 Awakened Keeper C scram · web · neut 5647919,25030,000 m
3 Sleepless Guardian TRIGGER B scram · web · neut 6938352259,07935,000 m
Wave 3 3 ships

3354 DPS · 575.1k EHP · neut 78 GJ/s

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
6 Emergent Keeper F neut · rrep 221714,4005,000 m
4 Awakened Warden C rrep 9969526,40045,000 m
5 Sleepless Keeper B neut 565380288,62965,000 m

Payout A ESI-derived / official

Blue loot
291,800,000 ISK (291.8M)

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

Go deeper

Core Bastion (C6) Core Citadel (C6) Forgotten Core Assembly Hall (C6)

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.