Down the Chain

Exceptional Core Deposit

WH depositWormhole SpaceSleeper

Found in: C5C6 C Single-source / unverified Class band stated by the EVE University wiki only - no second source carries per-class spawn data for this site type. The wiki notes core deposits occasionally spawn in low-class wormholes, though rarely, and may spawn in shattered systems.

Wormhole mining site, warpable without scanning. Sleeper defenders arrive on a timer after warp-in, so it is the same huff-or-mine-until-the-rats-land pattern as gas. Classes it spawns in are listed above.

Access A ESI-derived / official

Found via
Cosmic signature (scanning) in J-space
Ship restrictions
Not recorded

Threat profile derived from the roster below

465tank required (peak-wave DPS)
147.7ktotal EHP to grind
0peak neut GJ/s
1s / 1wmax scram / web ships
Noremote reps
1waves (peak: Defenders)

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.

Ore manifest

  • Arkonor: 80,000 units (1,280,000 m3) — ~207.3M ISK
  • Bistot: 120,000 units (1,920,000 m3) — ~377.1M ISK
  • Gneiss: 160,000 units (800,000 m3) — ~325.0M ISK
  • Kernite: 1,000,000 units (1,200,000 m3) — ~509.4M ISK
  • Omber: 1,000,000 units (600,000 m3) — ~112.1M ISK
  • Pyroxeres: 1,530,000 units (459,000 m3) — ~38.2M ISK

NPC roster A ESI-derived / official

Sleeper defenders — stats regenerate from live ESI via the maintained guide.

Defenders 465 DPS · 147.7k EHP

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
1 Sleepless Sentinel B scram · web · neut 465 5746 147,714 19,000 m

Payout A ESI-derived / official

Ore value
1,569,050,700 ISK (1.6B)
Blue loot (defenders)
15,900,000 ISK (15.9M)

Two separate payouts. The ore in the site is the reason to come: ~1,569M ISK at the sheet's live prices. Killing the Sleeper defenders drops a further ~15.9M ISK in blue loot. Recheck prices before planning income, they move; the manifest quantities are the stable part.

Sources

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