Serpentis Vigil
Serpentis CorporationSerpentis Vigil is an unrated combat site belonging to the Serpentis Corporation pirate faction. It can be found via exploration by scanning anomalies in high security and low security systems. It is presumed that Battlecruisers (and their Tech 2 equivalents) are the maximum ship class allowed to enter the site. Completing this complex may award the player with valuable Shadow Serpentis faction modules, as well as Tech 2 implants. This combat site consists of two deadspace complexes, the second of which hosts Tago Uriken, the site's overseer. Access to the second complex is given by destroying all remaining hostile ships at the first complex. Defeating Tago Uriken may escalate into the Boost
Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources
Quick answers
Where is the Serpentis Vigil in EVE Online?
The Serpentis Vigil spawns in high-sec and low-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning).
What spawns in the Serpentis Vigil?
The Serpentis Vigil has 8 waves and about 224 NPCs: 13 battlecruisers, 1 cruiser, 5 destroyers, 7 frigates and 3 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Tower Sentry Serpentis III and Tago Uriken.
What should I tank and shoot in the Serpentis Vigil?
Serpentis Corporation deal Thermal (55%) / Kinetic (45%) damage and are weakest to Kinetic / Thermal; they use Sensor Dampeners.
Which ships can enter the Serpentis Vigil?
Ship restrictions for the Serpentis Vigil: Battlecruiser.
Does the Serpentis Vigil escalate?
Completing the Serpentis Vigil can escalate to Booster R&D.
What does the Serpentis Vigil drop?
Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.
Access C Single-source / unverified
- Ship restrictions
- Battlecruiser
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 — Initial defenders 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | Coreli Guardian Safeguard/Protector | F |
| 5-6 | Corelatis Captain/Platoon Leader | BC |
First Room — Spawn #2 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Coreli Guardian Patroller/Watchman | F |
| 1-2 | Coreli Cannoner | D |
First Room — Spawn #3 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Core Drug Trader | BC |
First Room — Spawn #4 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coreli Guardian Patroller/Watchman | F |
| 2 | Coreli Cannoner | D |
First Room — Structures 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acceleration Gate | |
| 1 | Serpentis Hangar | |
| 30 | Plagioclase | |
| 16 | Pyroxeres | |
| 45 | Veldspar |
Second room — Initial defenders 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 5-7 | Corelatis High Captain / Captain Sentry | BC |
| 3 | Tower Sentry Serpentis III TRIGGER | Sentry |
Second room — Overseer Spawn 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Tago's Escorter (Coreli Guardian Scout) | F |
| 2-3 | Corelior Infantry / Soldier / Sentinel / Cannoneer | D |
| 1 | Tago Uriken May drop Shadow Serpentis faction modules, T2 implants or a Vigilant BPC TRIGGER | C |
| 2-3 | Corelatis High Captain / Captain Sentry | BC |
Second room — Structures 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 102 | Veldspar |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.
Go deeper
Provisional Serpentis Outpost (Unrated · difficulty rank 5) Serpentis Watch (Unrated · difficulty rank 3) Serpentis Lookout (Unrated · difficulty rank 2)
Escalations
- Booster R&D — ~5% chance on completion to open the Booster R&D 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 Vigil C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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