Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation
Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation is a DED rated combat site found in high and low security space. It is often regarded as a low value site as it contains no faction drones and has a very low chance to drop a single faction module. Interestingly, the site can have low amounts of Rogue Drone alloys in the cans in the last two pockets that can be reprocessed for minerals. There are minable asteroids of Omber and Veldspar, but the site will despawn shortly after the drones guarding the Scratched Cask in the last room are defeated, preventing them from being mined unless someone stays in the site, although you do have enough time to go to a nearby station to drop off. While mining the ore in the
Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources
Quick answers
Where is the Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation in EVE Online?
The Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation spawns in high-sec and low-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning) or escalation from a combat anomaly.
What spawns in the Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation?
The Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation has 6 waves and about 112 NPCs: 17 frigates.
What should I tank and shoot in the Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation?
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 Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation?
Ship restrictions for the Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation: Cruiser class (except for T3 cruiser).
Does the Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation escalate?
The Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation is itself an escalation from Drone Assembly, Drone Gathering and Drone Surveillance.
What does the Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation drop?
Faction/deadspace module drops from the final commander. No structured drop-rate data banked yet.
Access B Community-corroborated
- Ship restrictions
- Cruiser class (except for T3 cruiser)
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.
First Pocket — Asteroids 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omber | |
| 11 | Veldspar |
First Pocket — Defending Group(auto-aggro) 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Incubus/Termite/... Apis |
Second Pocket — Structures 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Drone Container 5th Tier Overseer's Effects | |
| 1 | Rogue Drone Container | |
| 2 | Barren Asteroid | |
| 1 | Acceleration Gate |
Second Pocket — Asteroids 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Omber | |
| 28 | Veldspar | |
| 14 | Arachula/Asmodeus/... Apis | |
| 5 | Decimator/infester/... Alvi | F |
Third Pocket — Structures 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scratched Cask 7th Tier Overseer's Effects and rarely a faction module | |
| 1 | Rogue Drone Container | |
| 4 | Mineral Container |
Third Pocket — Asteroids 7 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Omber | |
| 9 | Veldspar | |
| 8 | Asmodeus/Belpegor/... Apis | |
| 3 | Render Alvi | F |
| 5 | Render/Splinter Alvi | F |
| 2 | Decimator/Render Alvi By the Scratched Cask container | F |
| 2 | Decimator/Render Alvi By the Rogue Drone Container | F |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Faction/deadspace module drops from the final commander. No structured drop-rate data banked yet.
Go deeper
Drone Infested Mine (DED 4/10) Rogue Drone Infestation Sprout (DED 2/10) Outgrowth Rogue Drone Hive (5/10) (DED 5/10)
Escalations
Escalates from: Drone Assembly · Drone Gathering · Drone Surveillance
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- CCP support: DED Complexes (ship-class restrictions) B Community-corroborated retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: NPC damage types C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation 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.