Down the Chain
Bhaalgorn
Blood Raiders signature battleship: Bhaalgorn

An 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 Frentex in EVE Online?

The Frentex spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.

What spawns in the Frentex?

The Frentex has 6 waves and about 29 NPCs: 12 destroyers and 14 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Domination Thug, Newly Constructed Acceleration Gate, Dark Blood Upholder and Corpior Cleric.

Which ships can enter the Frentex?

Ship restrictions for the Frentex: Destroyer.

Does the Frentex escalate?

The Frentex is itself an escalation from Blood Hideout.

What does the Frentex drop?

Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.

Access C Single-source / unverified

Ship restrictions
Destroyer

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.

Warp-in — Structures 4 ships
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1 Newly Constructed Acceleration Gate
3-4 Corpii Raider/Diviner/Reaver/... F
0-1 Domination Thug Can drop faction items TRIGGER F
3 Corpior Visionary D
Warp-in — Structures 4 ships
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1 Newly Constructed Acceleration Gate TRIGGER
3-4 Corpii Raider/Diviner/Reaver/... F
0-1 Dark Blood Upholder Can drop a faction module TRIGGER F
3-4 Corpior Friar/Cleric D
Warp-in — Structures 4 ships
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1 Newly Constructed Acceleration Gate
3 Elder Corpii Reaver/Diviner F
0-1 Dark Blood Upholder Can drop faction items TRIGGER F
3 Corpior Templar/Devoter D
Fourth location — initial defenders 3 ships
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2-5 Corpii Reaver/Engraver F
2-5 Corpior Friar D
1-4 Corpior Cleric TRIGGER D
Fourth location — First spawn 1 ship
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2-3 Corpii Seeker F
Fourth location — Overseer spawn 1 ship
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1 Vlye Cadille Faction items, Corpii C-Type modules, Cruor BPC F

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 Hideout

Sources

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