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Teeming Drone Horde

Tier 10 · HiddenNull SecurityRogue Drones

Rogue Drones Tier 10 family: BaseHidden

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 profilePayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Teeming Drone Horde in EVE Online?

The Teeming Drone Horde spawns in null-sec. How you find it: combat anomaly (on-board scanner, no probing).

What should I tank and shoot in the Teeming Drone Horde?

Rogue Drones deal Varies by site — low-tier lean EM/Thermal, high-tier lean Explosive/Kinetic damage and are weakest to EM / Thermal.

What does the Teeming Drone Horde 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
None

Faction-level profile, not site-specific. Tank their damage, shoot their weakness.

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

Drone Horde (Tier 10) Drone Patrol (Tier 9) Drone Squad (Tier 8)

Escalations

  • Chance to escalate to None (DED ?) on FULL completion — community-estimated low single digits to ~8%, never published by CCP; see the Escalations & Expeditions page C Single-source / unverified

Sources

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