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Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation

DED 3/10High SecurityLow SecurityRogue Drones

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

Access B Community-corroborated

Found via
Cosmic signature (combat scanning) or escalation from a combat anomaly
Ship restrictions
Cruiser class (except for T3 cruiser)

Faction threat profile C Single-source / unverified

They deal
Varies by site β€” low-tier lean EM/Thermal, high-tier lean Explosive/Kinetic
Weak to
EM / Thermal
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 β€” counts and triggers vary between spawns; treat as the shape, not gospel.

First Pocket β€” Asteroids

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
1 Omber β€” β€” β€” β€”
11 Veldspar β€” β€” β€” β€”

First Pocket β€” Defending Group(auto-aggro)

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
3 Incubus/Termite/... Apis β€” β€” β€” β€”

Second Pocket β€” Structures

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
1 Black Drone Container 5th Tier Overseer's Effects β€” β€” β€” β€”
1 Rogue Drone Container β€” β€” β€” β€”
2 Barren Asteroid β€” β€” β€” β€”
1 Acceleration Gate β€” β€” β€” β€”

Second Pocket β€” Asteroids

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
2 Omber β€” β€” β€” β€”
28 Veldspar β€” β€” β€” β€”
14 Arachula/Asmodeus/... Apis β€” β€” β€” β€”
5 Decimator/infester/... Alvi F β€” β€” β€” β€”

Third Pocket β€” Structures

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
1 Scratched Cask 7th Tier Overseer's Effects and rarely a faction module β€” β€” β€” β€”
1 Rogue Drone Container β€” β€” β€” β€”
4 Mineral Container β€” β€” β€” β€”

Third Pocket β€” Asteroids

QtyNPCHullEWARDPS eaAlpha eaEHP eaOrbit
8 Omber β€” β€” β€” β€”
9 Veldspar β€” β€” β€” β€”
8 Asmodeus/Belpegor/... Apis β€” β€” β€” β€”
3 Render Alvi F β€” β€” β€” β€”
5 Render/Splinter Alvi F β€” β€” β€” β€”
2 Decimator/Render Alvi By the Scratched Cask container F β€” β€” β€” β€”
2 Decimator/Render Alvi By the Rogue Drone Container F β€” β€” β€” β€”

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Faction/deadspace module drops from the final commander. No structured drop-rate data banked yet.

Escalations

Escalates from: Drone Assembly Β· Drone Gathering Β· Drone Surveillance

Sources

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