Congrats! You’ve made it to T6: the last and hardest tier of abyssal deadspace, where players use multi-billion ISK fits to make some of the best PVE income in EVE Online outside of high-class wormholes. While there are a lot of ship options for lower tiers, hull selection really thins out here, since some T5-capable ships simply don’t have the slot layout, base stats, or bonuses to consistently clear T6 abyss even with considerable bling. Using implants and pre-rolling boosters is vital here. Solid spawn and piloting knowledge is also critical, and experienced players still lose their T6 abyss ships all the time to dumb mistakes or just bad luck.
However, there are quite a few fits that are proven to clear T6 abyss consistently, and most of them aren’t even that expensive as far as these things go. This series of guides will go through them ship by ship, along with piloting and spawn advice. I’ll be focusing on cruisers (though destroyers and frigates can clear T6 abyss too), since that’s what I’m most familiar with, and every fit you see here will be known to work either through community vetting or because I’ve used it extensively myself.
Speaking of community vetting, I highly recommend joining the Abyssal Lurkers Discord and/or ingame channel: they’re a great bunch of experienced abyss runners who can help you sort out a fit that works for you in any tier or weather you want to run.
These guides are meant for players who have some abyss experience but are still dipping their toes into T6. The absolute basics won’t be covered, though I encourage taking a look at Caldari Joans’ site if you’re new to the abyss and aren’t sure where to start. That site also has some great T4-5 fits and room overviews. I might mention off-meta or alternative fits, but I’ll stick to actually promoting more standard ones that demonstrably work and don’t require heaps of piloting skill to use.
I’ll be posting guides on new ships regularly. If there’s anything abyss-related you’d like covered, or if you have any tips for abyss runners, just leave a comment!
T6 Abyss Index
Additional Abyss Resources