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Serpentis Corporation signature battleship: Vindicator

Serpentis Yard

Combat anomaly — appears on the on-board anomaly scanner, no probing needed. Higher tier = harder site; Hidden/Forsaken/Forlorn variants of a tier are progressively harder versions with better commander chances.

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Serpentis Yard in EVE Online?

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

What spawns in the Serpentis Yard?

The Serpentis Yard has 10 waves and about 49 NPCs: 2 battleships, 3 battlecruisers, 28 cruisers, 10 destroyers, 4 frigates and 2 sentry towers.

What should I tank and shoot in the Serpentis Yard?

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

Does the Serpentis Yard escalate?

Completing the Serpentis Yard can escalate to Serpentis Logistical Outpost.

What does the Serpentis Yard 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: Silos — Initial spawn 2 ships
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4 Corelior D
4 Corelum C
Type 1: Silos — First spawn 2 ships
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2-3 Corelum C
3 Corelatis BC
Type 1: Silos — Second spawn 2 ships
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2 Coreli F
2 Corelum C
Type 1: Silos — Third spawn 1 ship
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2 Corelum C
Type 1: Silos — Fourth spawn 3 ships
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2 Corelum C
1 Core Commodore BS
1 Core Baron BS
Type 2: Shipyard — Initial spawn 2 ships
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2 Heavy Missile Batteries Sentry
3 Corelum C
Type 2: Shipyard — First spawn 1 ship
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4 Corelum C
Type 2: Shipyard — Second spawn 2 ships
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2 Coreli F
3 Corelum C
Type 2: Shipyard — Third spawn 2 ships
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4 Corelum D
3 Corelum C
Type 2: Shipyard — Fourth spawn 2 ships
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2 Corelior D
3 Corelum 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 Forlorn Den (Tier 4 · Forlorn) Serpentis Forlorn Rally Point (Tier 6 · Forlorn)

Escalations

  • Serpentis Logistical Outpost — Chance to escalate to Serpentis Logistical Outpost (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

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