PvP gets the headlines, but every fleet is paid for somewhere. In TNF, a lot of that ISK comes from the ratting pilots of Catch, and the PvE channel is one of the busiest, friendliest corners of the corp. This field guide is a snapshot of how TNF crabs1, built from what members actually said there in summer 2025.
Ten entries. No particular order. Bring a snack.
1. There is no single right ship
Ask the channel "what should I rat in?" and you will get six answers and a follow-up question. That is a feature. Pilots in TNF rat in everything from multi-account squadrons of small, fast ships to single, heavily tanked battleships, and nobody is snobbish about it.
2. Speed is its own kind of money
One of the most discussed approaches of the summer came from Kloria, who described a setup that cleared sites in under four minutes. That meant around 20 sites in under an hour, and every site completed is another roll of the dice for an escalation. One run he shared netted roughly 600 million ISK in bounties and ESS payouts, plus a couple of juicy escalations.
3. Squads scale
By September, Anhenka had taken the multi-account route and was recommending it to anyone with the accounts for it. His estimate: roughly 500 million ISK an hour in bounties and reprocessed loot, before any faction drops. Results vary with skills, patience and luck, but the channel is full of people happy to help you work out what yours might look like.
Kloria was also quick to point people at the right expert. When a corpmate asked about squad setups in June, he sent them straight to Ramsey Lightseeker: "your man for that."
4. Single-account pilots are well served too
You do not need a fleet of your own to make good money. Heavier, slower setups are popular for the bigger anomalies, and the advice flows freely. When Odysemus asked how to approach a Haven2, SadisticSloth had a tidy answer ready: warp in at 30 or 50, drop a mobile tractor unit, align out to a station, and keep Scorch loaded.
5. Try something new now and then
Xander Ryn spent part of the summer experimenting with a different style of ratting. It took some getting used to, he reported, with "a lot of activity going on," but it was "certainly engaging," and it felt "like a new game all of a sudden." Sometimes the best reason to change your ratting setup is simply that you were getting bored.
Pict1on added the reminder that keeps the channel sane, the same week:
Fun/hr is also a very valuable metric, don't get lost in the min maxing isk/hr rat race. At the end of the day it's a game not a second job ❤️
6. Escalations are where it gets interesting
Escalations turn an ordinary ratting session into real money. In June 2025, after several new members asked how to bookmark and sell them, Odysemus pinned a step-by-step guide in the channel, including rough values so nobody undersold a good find.
The thanks came in straight away, Maggy Lee first with a "thank you!!" And Emperor Caligula shared a tip of his own for anyone chasing the bigger escalations: run them for a few hours and "daisy chain them."
7. Your best insurance is your friends
This is the entry that best explains PvE in a good nullsec corp. In July 2025, Xander was ratting when he got tackled, normally a very bad moment. Instead, help arrived fast enough that the story has a happy ending.
Was amazing. Thank goodness for comms and standing fleet.
That is why TNF asks ratters to sit in standing fleet and stay on comms. Nobody is obliged to chat. Being reachable is the point.
8. More of the ISK stays with you
In September 2025, TNF halved its bounty tax on a trial basis and dropped its loyalty point tax entirely, so more of every ratting session lands straight in members' pockets. Nobody complained.
9. Ratting pairs nicely with planets
Plenty of members combine ratting with planetary industry. Anhenka shared the results of three weeks of PI once he was fully set up, thanked the corpmates who helped with spreadsheets and tips, and gave his verdict.
Absolutely worth the hassle to set up.
9½. Not everything is anomalies
Some pilots prefer their PvE stranger. When Aidon Star picked up a ship for Abyssal Deadspace in June and asked where to start, Galan Kodeis wrote him a proper answer: start at a lower tier than you think, pick a weather type that suits your damage, carry emergency boosters and remember that "heat is your friend." Aidon's reply: "awesome, thanks for the tips."
10. The channel is the real resource
When a group of members pooled their knowledge into a shared ratting guide in July, Sllice summed up the mood: "awesome thank you for putting this together everyone." Even quiet readers like Frost Ikkala chipped in a thank you for tips they had not known.
Fits, escalation values, tax changes and "is this worth it" maths all live in one place, answered by people who rat in the same space you do. Ask a question at a sensible hour and you will usually get two answers and a meme.
Prefer to fund your PvP by ratting with friends? TNF has the space, the advice and a standing fleet that answers. Returning pilots, come and say hello.
