There are 75 standard shattered wormhole systems. Though they are similar to normal W-Space systems, the differ in significant ways:

• They have no moons and every planet will be shattered.
• They contain landmark sites that relate to ongoing developments in EVE and W-Space lore.
• They have a somewhat higher occurrence of class-appropriate W-Space signatures and anomalies.
• They celestial debris field asteroid belt which are richer than normal W-Space ore anomalies.
• They contain mineable ice fields, the first ice available in W-Space (Note that Sleepers will spawn approximately twenty minutes or less after the site has been initially “activated” (when the first ship enters the site), just like typical gas sites in w-space. However, just like regular gas sites, once the initial wave of Sleepers is dead, the site stays clear.
• They have additional K-Space static connection in addition to the normal statics they receive by virtue of their class.
• They are distributed into all the existing wormhole classes, and some will have one of the current wormhole system effects.
• There are also some “extra unique lore-connected surprises” in a small percentage of these new systems.

There are 25 small ship shattered wormhole systems. Sometimes they are also referred to as C13 systems.They inherit all the features of the standard shattered systems, with the following additional properties:

• All wormholes in or out of these systems will be small ship wormholes. Only Frigates, Destroyers and specially fit Heavy Interdictors can use these wormholes.
• They receive anomaly and signature sites appropriate for wormholes between class 1 and class 3, but will receive the system effects normally reserved for C6 Wolf Rayet systems:
  • +100% armor hit points
  • +200% small weapon damage
  • -50% shield resists
  • -50% signature size
• Signature and Anomaly sites spawn more frequently than in non-shattered systems.

Thera is the only named W-Space system, and the only W-Space system to contain NPC stations.