Trouble in Paradise
An expedition — a multi-part escalation chain (typically four sites) obtained by chance (~5%) from an unrated complex, tracked in The Agency. Each completed part has roughly a 50% chance to continue, usually toward lower-security space than where it began.
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Quick answers
Where is the Trouble in Paradise in EVE Online?
The Trouble in Paradise spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.
What spawns in the Trouble in Paradise?
The Trouble in Paradise has 9 waves and about 117 NPCs: 18 battleships, 21 battlecruisers, 22 cruisers, 14 destroyers, 36 frigates and 6 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Sentient Matriarch Alvus and Sentient Alvus Queen.
Does the Trouble in Paradise escalate?
The Trouble in Paradise is itself an escalation from Hierarchy.
What does the Trouble in Paradise drop?
Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.
Access C Single-source / unverified
- Ship restrictions
- Unknown
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 Location — Initial defenders 6 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Strain Sunder Alvi/Raider Alvi | F |
| 4 | Dismantler/Predator Alvior | D |
| 7 | Strain Violator Alvum/Atomizer Alvum/Bomber Alvum | C |
| 3 | Striker/Siege Alvatis | BC |
| 8 | Alvus Queen/Matriarch Alvus | BS |
| 1 | Sentient Matriarch Alvus Drone component, drone faction modules TRIGGER | BS |
First Location — Wave 1 (Last cruiser trigger this) 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Strain Violator Alvum/Atomizer Alvum/Bomber Alvum | C |
First Location — Wave 2 (Last battleship trigger this) 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Strain Sunder Alvi/Raider Alvi | F |
Second Location — Initial defenders 6 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Strain Sunder Alvi/Raider Alvi | F |
| 3-4 | Dismantler/Predator Alvior | D |
| 4 | Strain Violator Alvum/Atomizer Alvum/Bomber Alvum | C |
| 6 | Striker Alvatis/Siege Alvatis | BC |
| 7 | Alvus Queen/Matriarch Alvus | BS |
| 1 | Sentient Alvus Queen Drone component, drone faction modules TRIGGER | BS |
Second Location — Wave 1 (Last cruiser trigger this) 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 0-2 | Strain Sunder Alvi/Raider Alvi | F |
| 4 | Striker/Siege Alvatis | BC |
Second Location — Wave 2 (Last battleship trigger this) 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Strain Sunder Alvi/Raider Alvi | F |
Third Location — Wave 1 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Raider/Hunter Alvi | F |
| 2 | Strain Splinter Alvi | F |
| 2 | Centii Loyal Butcher | F |
| 1 | Centatis Deamon | BC |
| 1 | Sentient Patriarch Alvus | BS |
Third Location — Wave 2 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shatter/Ripper/Predator Alvior | D |
| 3 | Enforcer/Defeater Alvatis | BC |
Fourth Location — Wave 1 6 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Hunter/Barracuda Alvi | F |
| 6 | Strain Hunter/Devilfish/Barracuda Alvi | F |
| 4 | Ripper/Marauder/Dismantler/Shredder Alvior | D |
| 4 | Strain Viral Infector Alvum/Violator Alvum | C |
| 4 | Exterminator Alvatis | BC |
| 6 | Drone Cruise Missile Battery | Sentry |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.
Go deeper
Hunting the Drudge Factory (Expedition chain) Loose Ends (Expedition chain) Mare Sargassum (Expedition chain)
Escalations
Escalates from: Hierarchy
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Trouble in Paradise C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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