Serpentis Corporation signature battleship: Vindicator

Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point

Unrated · difficulty rank 13Null Security

The Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point is a unrated complex that can be found via exploration and scanned down with probes. The second and third part are considered expeditions.

Quick answers Access Faction threat profile NPC roster Payout Go deeper Escalations Sources

Quick answers

Where is the Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point in EVE Online?

The Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point spawns in null-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning).

What spawns in the Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point?

The Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point has 6 waves and about 55 NPCs: 22 battleships, 2 battlecruisers, 10 cruisers, 12 destroyers and 8 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the trigger is Core Vice Admiral/Grand Admiral.

What should I tank and shoot in the Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point?

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

Does the Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point escalate?

Completing the Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point can escalate to Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point 2 and part 3. The Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point is itself an escalation from Serpentis Forsaken Hub and Serpentis Forlorn Hub.

What does the Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point drop?

First Part: 25.500.000 ISK in bounties Possible faction modules Escalation to part 2

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 Pocket — Structures on site 1 ship

Qty	NPC	Hull
1	Acceleration Gate

First Pocket — Initial Defenders 3 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
3	Corelior Cannoneer/Sentinel	D
3	Corelum Chief Defender/Chief Protector	C
4	Core Vice Admiral/Grand Admiral TRIGGER	BS

First Pocket — Wave 1 (50km in-front of the gate) 3 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
3	Corelior Cannoneer/Sentinel	D
3	Corelum Chief Defender/Chief Protector	C
6	Core Vice Admiral/Grand Admiral	BS

Second Pocket — Initial Defenders 6 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
2	Corelior Cannoneer/Sentinel	D
2	Corelatis Captain/Captain Sentry	BC
4	Core Vice Admiral/Grand Admiral TRIGGER	BS
4	Serpentis Cruise Missile Battery	Sentry
2	Serpentis Energy Neutralizer Sentry II	Sentry
2	Serpentis Point Defense Battery	Sentry

Second Pocket — Wave 2 (30km behind warp-in) 3 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
2	Corelior Cannoneer/Sentinel	D
2	Corelum Chief Defender/Chief Protector	C
4	Core Vice Admiral/Grand Admiral TRIGGER	BS

Second Pocket — Wave 3 (60km behind warp-in) 3 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
2	Serpentis Centior Abomination/Monster	D
2	Corelum Chief Defender/Chief Protector	C
4	Core Vice Admiral/Grand Admiral TRIGGER	BS

Payout C Single-source / unverified

First Part: 25.500.000 ISK in bounties Possible faction modules Escalation to part 2

Go deeper

Serpentis Provincial HQ (Unrated · difficulty rank 12) Serpentis Military Complex (Unrated · difficulty rank 11) Serpentis Fortress (Unrated · difficulty rank 10)

Escalations

Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point 2 and part 3 — ~5% chance on completion to open the Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point 2 and part 3 expedition (multi-part chain via The Agency) C Single-source / unverified

Escalates from: Serpentis Forsaken Hub · Serpentis Forlorn Hub

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: Shadow Serpentis Fleet Staging Point C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26

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