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Provisional Sansha Outpost

Unrated · difficulty rank 5Low SecuritySansha's Nation

Provisional Sansha Outpost is a Unrated Complex found by scanning in Low Security systems with Sansha presence.

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Provisional Sansha Outpost in EVE Online?

The Provisional Sansha Outpost spawns in low-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning).

What spawns in the Provisional Sansha Outpost?

The Provisional Sansha Outpost has 8 waves and about 23 NPCs: 5 cruisers, 8 destroyers and 7 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Centior Horror/Monster, True Sansha Beast/Juggernaut and Sansha Minor Refinery.

What should I tank and shoot in the Provisional Sansha Outpost?

Sansha's Nation deal EM (53%) / Thermal (47%) damage and are weakest to EM / Thermal; they use Tracking Disruptors.

Does the Provisional Sansha Outpost escalate?

Completing the Provisional Sansha Outpost can escalate to Sansha Surveillance Squad.

What does the Provisional Sansha Outpost 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
Not recorded

Faction threat profile C Single-source / unverified

EWAR used
Tracking Disruptors

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.

First Room — First Wave - 2 groups ~100km away 2 ships
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2-3 Centii Enslaver/Plague/... Group 1 (100 km to the left) F
1 Centum Beast/Juggernaut Group 2 (100 km to the right C
First Room — Second Wave - Triggered by approaching the Acceleration Gate - located 70 km away from the gate 2 ships
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2-3 Centii Loyal Plague/Minion... F
2-3 Centior Abomination/Devourer D
First Room — Structures 1 ship
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1 Acceleration Gate
Second Room — Initial defenders - 70km away immediately Aggro 1 ship
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3-4 Centii Enslaver/Plague/... F
Second Room — Timed wave (approx. 1 minute) 1 ship
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2-3 Centum Fiend/Hellhound C
Second Room — Wave 2, 60km 2 ships
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6 Centior Horror/Monster TRIGGER D
0-1 True Sansha Beast/Juggernaut Faction modules TRIGGER C
Second Room — Third Wave 1 ship
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2-3 Centum Mutilator/Torturer C
Second Room — Structures 2 ships
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1 Bunker
1 Sansha Minor Refinery 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

Sansha Outpost (Unrated · difficulty rank 6) Sansha Vigil (Unrated · difficulty rank 4) Minor Sansha Annex (Unrated · difficulty rank 7)

Escalations

  • Sansha Surveillance Squad — ~5% chance on completion to open the Sansha Surveillance Squad expedition (multi-part chain via The Agency) C Single-source / unverified

Sources

Last reviewed 2026-08-19 · game version: Cradle of War (Jun 2026). Spot an error? Corrections land fastest via the channel.