Loose Ends
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 Loose Ends in EVE Online?
The Loose Ends spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.
What spawns in the Loose Ends?
The Loose Ends has 9 waves and about 62 NPCs: 14 battleships, 7 battlecruisers, 15 cruisers, 4 destroyers and 22 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Strain Splinter/Render Alvi, Sentient Bomber Alvum, Sentient Atomizer Alvum and ???/Colony Captain Overseer.
Does the Loose Ends escalate?
The Loose Ends is itself an escalation from Dirty Site.
What does the Loose Ends drop?
Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.
Access C Single-source / unverified
- Ship restrictions
- Unknown
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 Location (Low Sec) — Initial Defenders 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-4 | Hunter/Raider Alvi | F |
| 3 | Strain Splinter/Render Alvi TRIGGER | F |
| 5 | Annihilator Alvum | C |
| 1 | Sentient Bomber Alvum drone components TRIGGER | C |
| 3-4 | Crippler/Striker Alvatis | BC |
First Location (Low Sec) — Spawn (triggered by elite frigate destruction) 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Strain Decimator/... Alvi | F |
| 2 | Strain Atomizer Alvum | C |
| 4 | Alvus Ruler/Supreme Alvus Parasite Alternate spawn | BS |
Second Location (<span style="color:yellow">Low sec</span>) — Initial Defenders 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Hunter/Raider Alvi | F |
| 2 | Strain Splinter Alvi | F |
| 1 | Sentient Atomizer Alvum drone components TRIGGER | C |
Third Location (<span style="color:yellow">Low sec</span>) — Wave 2 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Strain Sunder/Raider Alvi | F |
| 4 | Dismantler/Marauder Alvior | D |
Fourth Location (<span style="color:red">Null sec</span>) — Despawning group (200 km away) 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Alvus Controller/Supreme Alvus Parasite | BS |
Fourth Location (<span style="color:red">Null sec</span>) — spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cruiser | C |
| 6 | Battleship | BS |
Fourth Location (<span style="color:red">Null sec</span>) — spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Cruiser | C |
| 4 | Battlecruiser | BC |
Fourth Location (<span style="color:red">Null sec</span>) — spawn 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | ???/Colony Captain Overseer TRIGGER | F |
Fourth Location (<span style="color:red">Null sec</span>) — Overseer (triggered by 6 frigate wipe) 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogue Overseer T2 salvage | C |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.
Go deeper
Hunting the Drudge Factory (Expedition chain) Mare Sargassum (Expedition chain) Menacing Mechanics (Expedition chain)
Escalations
Escalates from: Dirty Site
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Loose Ends C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
Last reviewed 2026-08-19 · game version: Cradle of War (Jun 2026). Spot an error? Corrections land fastest via the channel.