Fountain of Youth
Blood RaidersAn expedition — a multi-part escalation chain (typically four sites) obtained by chance (~5%) from an unrated complex, tracked in The Agency. Each completed part has roughly a 50% chance to continue, usually toward lower-security space than where it began.
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Quick answers
Where is the Fountain of Youth in EVE Online?
The Fountain of Youth spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.
What spawns in the Fountain of Youth?
The Fountain of Youth has 7 waves and about 200 NPCs: 54 battleships, 3 battlecruisers, 20 cruisers, 10 destroyers, 24 frigates and 17 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Blood Control Center, Blood Raider Chapel, Blood Defense Outpost and Dark Blood Pope.
Does the Fountain of Youth escalate?
The Fountain of Youth is itself an escalation from Blood Provincial HQ.
What does the Fountain of Youth drop?
Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.
Access C Single-source / unverified
- Ship restrictions
- Unverified
NPC roster C Single-source / unverified
Community-maintained wave list from the site's own wiki page — counts and triggers vary between spawns; treat as the shape, not gospel.
First Pocket — Passive ships and structures 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Spy Drone | |
| 1 | Cura Gigno | C |
| 60 | Storage Silo |
Second Location — Structures 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood Control Center TRIGGER | |
| 4 | Blood Raider Chapel TRIGGER |
Third Location — Initial defenders 8 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood Defense Outpost TRIGGER | Sentry |
| 2 | Siege Beam Laser Sentry | Sentry |
| 2 | Blood Stasis Tower | Sentry |
| 1 | Corpior Converter | D |
| 2 | Corpum Dark Priest/Shadow Sage | C |
| 4 | Elder Corpum Priest/Sage | C |
| 8 | Corpus Patriarch/Pope | BS |
| 0-1 | Dark Blood Pope may drop Dark Blood faction modules or an implant; wreck may produce Tech 2 salvage TRIGGER | BS |
Third Location — Outpost reinforcements 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Elder Corpii Follower/Herald/Upholder | F |
| 3 | Elder Corpum Arch Priest/Arch Sage | C |
| 11 | Corpus Patriarch/Pope | BS |
Fourth Location — Initial defenders 8 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Blood Stasis Tower | Sentry |
| 5 | Siege Beam Laser Sentry | Sentry |
| 5 | Siege Pulse Laser Sentry | Sentry |
| 2 | Corpii Reaver/Engraver | F |
| 4 | Elder Corpii Worshipper/Herald/Upholder | F |
| 9 | Corpior Cleric/Devoter/Friar | D |
| 2 | Elder Corpum Arch Templar/Revenant | C |
| 19 | Corpus Patriarch/Pope | BS |
Fourth Location — Reinforcements (Military Outpost attacked) 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Elder Corpii Herald/Upholder | F |
| 8 | Elder Corpum Arch Templar/Revenant/Priest/Sage Elder Corpum Arch Templar/Revenant neuts and tracking disrupts; Elder Corpum Priest/Sage neuts only | C |
| 3 | Corpatis Bishop/Seer/Fanatic | BC |
| 15 | Corpus Patriarch/Pope | BS |
Fourth Location — Overseer wave (Outpost 55% structure) 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Spider Drone II | |
| 8 | Padio's Disciple | F |
| 1 | High Ritualist Padio Atour Corpus X-Type modules, possible Dark Blood faction modules or a Bhaalgorn BPC | BS |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.
Go deeper
Blood Owned Station (Expedition chain) Blood Raider Powergrid (Expedition chain) Blood Surveillance Squad (Expedition chain)
Escalations
Escalates from: Blood Provincial HQ
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Fountain of Youth C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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