Haunted Yard
Haunted Yard is an unrated combat site belonging to the Rogue Drones faction. It can be found via exploration by scanning anomalies in high security and low security systems. This site can escalate to Pulverize the Pioneers
Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources
Quick answers
Where is the Haunted Yard in EVE Online?
The Haunted Yard spawns in high-sec and low-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning).
What spawns in the Haunted Yard?
The Haunted Yard has 6 waves and about 26 NPCs: 22 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Sentient Sunder/Decimator Alvi and Leaking casket.
What should I tank and shoot in the Haunted Yard?
Rogue Drones deal Varies by site — low-tier lean EM/Thermal, high-tier lean Explosive/Kinetic damage and are weakest to EM / Thermal.
Which ships can enter the Haunted Yard?
Ship restrictions for the Haunted Yard: Cruiser T1/Faction.
Does the Haunted Yard escalate?
Completing the Haunted Yard can escalate to Pulverize The Pioneers.
What does the Haunted Yard drop?
Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.
Access C Single-source / unverified
- Ship restrictions
- Cruiser T1/Faction
Faction threat profile C Single-source / unverified
- EWAR used
- None
Faction-level profile, not site-specific. Tank their damage, shoot their weakness.
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.
Initial defenders 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Drone Defender | F |
| 4-5 | Render/Sunder/Raider Alvi | F |
| 1-2 | Strain Infester Alvi | F |
Spawn 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Decimator Alvi | F |
Spawn 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Sunder/Decimator Alvi | F |
Spawn 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Splinter Alvi | F |
Spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Devilfish/Barracuda Alvi | F |
| 0-1 | Sentient Sunder/Decimator Alvi May drop Drone components, Rogue Drone 46-X Nexus Chip, Sentient (Faction) modules TRIGGER | F |
Structures 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Leaking casket Each contains 1st tier overseer's effect and one scratched and dented keycard. May contain faction or meta modules TRIGGER |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.
Go deeper
Desolate Site (Unrated · difficulty rank 2) Chemical Yard (Unrated · difficulty rank 3) Rogue Trial Yard (Unrated · difficulty rank 5)
Escalations
- Pulverize The Pioneers — ~5% chance on completion to open the Pulverize The Pioneers expedition (multi-part chain via The Agency) C Single-source / unverified
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: NPC damage types C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Haunted Yard C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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