Sansha Yard
Sansha's NationThe Sansha Yard is an combat anomaly that can be found in Sansha infested territory of Low and Null Sec space. The site itself is a small, open area with no Acceleration Gate. There are two variations of this site, the LCO Habitation and Dark Shipyard.
Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources
Quick answers
Where is the Sansha Yard in EVE Online?
The Sansha Yard spawns in low-sec. How you find it: combat anomaly (on-board scanner, no probing).
What spawns in the Sansha Yard?
The Sansha Yard has 11 waves and about 40 NPCs: 1 battleship, 2 battlecruisers, 22 cruisers, 7 destroyers, 4 frigates and 4 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Centum Mutilator/Fiend/Hellhound, Centum Fiend/Hellhound, Centum Juggernaut and Centum Beast/Juggernaut and others.
What should I tank and shoot in the Sansha Yard?
Sansha's Nation deal EM (53%) / Thermal (47%) damage and are weakest to EM / Thermal; they use Tracking Disruptors.
Does the Sansha Yard escalate?
Completing the Sansha Yard can escalate to Sansha War Supply Complex.
What does the Sansha Yard drop?
Bounty: 4 million ISK for LCO Habitation variant, 2.5 million ISK for Dark Shipyard variant Loot/salvage: typical Sansha salvage materials
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.
Variation 1 (LCO Habitation) — Initial Group 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Centior Devourer/Abomination/Horror | D |
| 2 | Centum Mutilator/Fiend/Hellhound TRIGGER | C |
Variation 1 (LCO Habitation) — Wave #2 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sansha Heavy Missile Battery | Sentry |
| 3 | Centum Fiend/Hellhound TRIGGER | C |
| 2-3 | Centatis Behemoth/Daemon | BC |
Variation 1 (LCO Habitation) — Battery wave (triggered by destroying the Heavy Missile Battery from the previous wave) 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sansha Heavy Missile Battery | Sentry |
Variation 1 (LCO Habitation) — Wave #3 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Centii Loyal Enslaver/Plague | F |
| 2 | Centum Juggernaut TRIGGER | C |
Variation 1 (LCO Habitation) — Wave #4 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Centum Beast/Juggernaut TRIGGER | C |
Variation 1 (LCO Habitation) — Wave #5 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Centum Torturer/Mutilator/Fiend/Hellhound | C |
| 1 | Centus Lord/Slave Lord | BS |
| 0-1 | True Sansha's Hellhound Possible Rare Spawn; Possible to contain faction ammo, tags, modules | C |
Variation 2 (Dark Shipyard) — Initial Group 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sansha Heavy Missile Battery | Sentry |
| 2 | Centum Ravager TRIGGER | C |
Variation 2 (Dark Shipyard) — Wave #2 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Centum Mutilator TRIGGER | C |
Variation 2 (Dark Shipyard) — Wave #3 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Centii Butcher | F |
| 2 | Centum Juggernaut TRIGGER | C |
Variation 2 (Dark Shipyard) — Wave #4 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Centior Monster | D |
| 3 | Centum Mutilator TRIGGER | C |
Variation 2 (Dark Shipyard) — Wave #5 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Centior Misshape | D |
| 3 | Centum Juggernaut | C |
| 0-1 | True Sansha's Fiend Possible Rare Spawn; Possible to contain faction ammo, tags, modules | C |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Bounty: 4 million ISK for LCO Habitation variant, 2.5 million ISK for Dark Shipyard variant Loot/salvage: typical Sansha salvage materials
Go deeper
Sansha Den (Tier 4) Sansha Forlorn Den (Tier 4 · Forlorn) Sansha Forlorn Rally Point (Tier 6 · Forlorn)
Escalations
- Sansha War Supply Complex — Chance to escalate to Sansha War Supply Complex (DED 6/10) on FULL completion — community-estimated low single digits to ~8%, never published by CCP; see the Escalations & Expeditions page 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: Sansha Yard C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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