Serpentis Military Complex
Serpentis Military Complex is an unrated complex that can be found in null-sec. It contains two rooms.
Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources
Quick answers
Where is the Serpentis Military Complex in EVE Online?
The Serpentis Military Complex spawns in null-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning).
What spawns in the Serpentis Military Complex?
The Serpentis Military Complex has 6 waves and about 83 NPCs: 36 battleships, 4 battlecruisers, 16 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 8 frigates and 13 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Slick-Silver's Control Tower and Shadow Serpentis High Admiral.
What should I tank and shoot in the Serpentis Military Complex?
Serpentis Corporation deal Thermal (55%) / Kinetic (45%) damage and are weakest to Kinetic / Thermal; they use Sensor Dampeners.
Does the Serpentis Military Complex escalate?
Completing the Serpentis Military Complex can escalate to Colony Under Fire.
What does the Serpentis Military Complex drop?
Gives around 35.000.000 ISK in bounties. =Escalation= If you get the escalation from destroying Slick-Silver's Control Tower, you see this message: Can escalate to Colony Under Fire Category:Unrated Complexes
Access C Single-source / unverified
- Ship restrictions
- Unknown
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.
First Room — Structures 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gate To Slick-Silver's Pleasure Resort |
First Room — Initial defenders 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | Coreli Guardian Initiate/Scout | F |
| 1-3 | Coreli Guardian | F |
| 2-3 | Corelatis | BC |
| 6-8 | Core Admiral | BS |
| 12 | Serpentis Tower Sentry | Sentry |
First Room — Gate scrambler spawn 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 0-2 | Coreli Guardian | F |
| 5 | Corelatis | C |
| 5 | Core Admiral | BS |
Second Room — Structures 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slick-Silver's Control Tower TRIGGER |
Second Room — Initial defenders 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Coreli Guardian | F |
| 3 | Corelum Guardian Chief Guard/Safeguard | C |
| 5 | Core | BS |
| 1 | Slick-Silvers Cruise Missile Battery | Sentry |
Second Room — Five additional waves that together contain 7 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Coreli Guardian | F |
| ? | Coreli Guardian | F |
| 4 | Corelior | D |
| 8 | Corelium Guardian | C |
| 2-3 | Corelatis | BC |
| 20 | Core Admiral/High Admiral | BS |
| 0-1 | Shadow Serpentis High Admiral Faction modules TRIGGER | BS |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Gives around 35.000.000 ISK in bounties. =Escalation= If you get the escalation from destroying Slick-Silver's Control Tower, you see this message: Can escalate to Colony Under Fire Category:Unrated Complexes
Go deeper
Serpentis Fortress (Unrated · difficulty rank 10) Serpentis Provincial HQ (Unrated · difficulty rank 12) Serpentis Base (Unrated · difficulty rank 9)
Escalations
- Colony Under Fire — ~5% chance on completion to open the Colony Under Fire expedition (multi-part chain via The Agency) 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: Serpentis Military Complex C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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