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Serpentis Forlorn Den

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Serpentis Forlorn Den is an unrated combat site belonging to the Serpentis Corporation pirate faction. It can be found via exploration as a cosmic anomaly within systems owned by the Gallente Federation or occupied by the Serpentis Corporation. As an ungated complex, the limitations as to which ships can complete this site are tied to the security rating of the system where the anomaly spawns (T2 Battleships for high-security systems, and up to Titans in low-security and null-security systems). Completing this complex may award the player with valuable Shadow Serpentis faction modules and ammunition. This combat site consists of a single ungated pocket of space containing a variety of Frigat

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Quick answers

Where is the Serpentis Forlorn Den in EVE Online?

The Serpentis Forlorn Den spawns in low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: combat anomaly (on-board scanner, no probing).

What spawns in the Serpentis Forlorn Den?

The Serpentis Forlorn Den has 7 waves and about 63 NPCs: 10 battleships, 16 battlecruisers, 17 cruisers, 5 destroyers and 15 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Coreli Defender/Protector, Corelium Chief Infantry/Chief Sentinel, Corelatis Captain Sentry/High Captain and Corelatis Captain Sentry/High Captain/Platoon Leader.

What should I tank and shoot in the Serpentis Forlorn Den?

Serpentis Corporation deal Thermal (55%) / Kinetic (45%) damage and are weakest to Kinetic / Thermal; they use Sensor Dampeners.

Does the Serpentis Forlorn Den escalate?

Completing the Serpentis Forlorn Den can escalate to Serpentis Corporation Hydroponics Site and Serpentis Paramilitary Complex.

What does the Serpentis Forlorn Den drop?

Bounties plus a chance of a faction/commander spawn. No structured drop data banked yet — wave and loot detail is exactly what the verified-on-camera tier exists to fill.

Access C Single-source / unverified

Ship restrictions
Not recorded

Faction threat profile C Single-source / unverified

EWAR used
Sensor Dampeners

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.

Type 1 — Initial Defenders 1 ship
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6 Coreli Defender F
Type 1 — First Spawn 3 ships
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6 Coreli Defender/Protector TRIGGER F
5 Corelium Chief Defender/Chief Protector C
2 Core Baron/Commodore BS
Type 1 — Second Spawn 3 ships
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5 Corelior Cannoneer/Sentinel D
4 Corelium Chief Infantry/Chief Sentinel TRIGGER C
2 Core Commodore/Port Admiral/Rear Admiral BS
Type 1 — Third Spawn 3 ships
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5 Corelium Chief Infantry/Chief Sentinel C
6 Corelatis Captain Sentry/High Captain TRIGGER BC
2 Core Port Admiral/High Admiral/Rear Admiral BS
Type 1 — Fourth Spawn 1 ship
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10 Corelatis Captain Sentry/High Captain/Platoon Leader TRIGGER BC
Type 1 — Fifth Spawn 3 ships
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3 Coreli Guardian Initiate/Scout F
3 Corelium Guardian Chief Guard/Chief SafeGuard C
4 Core Admiral/High Admiral BS
Type 1 — Bonus spawn 1 ship
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0-1 Shadow Serpentis Drops Faction Loot C

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Bounties plus a chance of a faction/commander spawn. No structured drop data banked yet — wave and loot detail is exactly what the verified-on-camera tier exists to fill.

Go deeper

Serpentis Den (Tier 4) Serpentis Forsaken Den (Tier 4 · Forsaken) Serpentis Hidden Den (Tier 4 · Hidden)

Escalations

Sources

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