# 🧚 Does Loot Fairy Come Periodically in Wormholes?

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/does-loot-fairy-come-periodically-in-wormholes/218449>\
**Category:** Wormhole Space\
**Created:** [February 9, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/does-loot-fairy-come-periodically-in-wormholes/218449 "2020-02-09T10:56:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sara\_Astarael](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/sara_astarael/32/175561_2.png) [@Sara\_Astarael](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Sara_Astarael)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/does-loot-fairy-come-periodically-in-wormholes/218449/1 "2020-02-09T10:56:49Z")

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# Short story

If I count all wormhole regions, loot fairy slightly prefers to come every month. In some wormhole regions, loot fairy prefers to come every X days. But X is generally different for different regions.

**Average of Regional Averages**  
| ![spectrum_all_wh](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/a/c/ace6cf8fe1a9ef4bd64ad6a3d45803cec6a87499.png)  
The spectrum shows periodic fluctuations in the amount of Isk lost by T1 exploration frigates.

![time_series_all](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/d/8/d8a32829c09a8d9daf67c45156af009d8699faf7.png)  
The time series shows the normalized Isk lost over time.  
**Regional Averages**

> **Big table of graphs for each wormhole region**
>
> | Region | Spectrum | Time Series |
> | --- | --- | --- |
> | A-R00001 | [spectrum\_A-R00001](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/eQmFRD18yVI7NDit8NDwKIQqAjJ.png) | [time\_series\_A-R00001](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/m0wrXEnXWZPk0k59hFgkKH14BfU.png) |
> | A-R00002 | [spectrum\_A-R00002](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/aeRhKSj73TPL1PHIPNhFOgEIXtT.png) | [time\_series\_A-R00002](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/tef0VaHXlXGra2tECM04lHfUoGG.png) |
> | A-R00003 | [spectrum\_A-R00003](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/5SMvokS58vLYJb4Hh4kOqsLwA6G.png) | [time\_series\_A-R00003](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/oNHfa4cLXiKhNsd6o5NaIZ5mCAV.png) |
> | B-R00004 | [spectrum\_B-R00004](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/tB42q1DHDLsyPOq4eNm77ArlaQc.png) | [time\_series\_B-R00004](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/5ZEj05y8dtgENkbh0wMrGkYJJUF.png) |
> | B-R00005 | [spectrum\_B-R00005](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/sP5FVXwceGu2IGhlm8dmo5CchS2.png) | [time\_series\_B-R00005](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/1KaEQ7rUHbHk6Mhnxwh2Y7G560h.png) |
> | B-R00006 | [spectrum\_B-R00006](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/xBP4UF9TKfuLIjzdVqV9sZsSibI.png) | [time\_series\_B-R00006](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/mw3ixXfNh42ws3NSObiGRRIAZBG.png) |
> | B-R00007 | [spectrum\_B-R00007](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/cyouC1b2MDn2esOpM2wGF3LyIWj.png) | [time\_series\_B-R00007](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/a35JzMmBls83EMs0YZFNpaph8Qe.png) |
> | B-R00008 | [spectrum\_B-R00008](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/9SFC15aFJjc4kvbkaDxkE9RvcAb.png) | [time\_series\_B-R00008](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/rxs8PCOp1cxEjBADksC4MxGnc2F.png) |
> | C-R00009 | [spectrum\_C-R00009](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/xT2JJzgQDEpKf0fqdc5TiERn5es.png) | [time\_series\_C-R00009](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/4fIq9eGpyPC9gPHaHCBIClQOHZH.png) |
> | C-R00010 | [spectrum\_C-R00010](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/e3WIvUEDeUqwpntr73Ig96tky29.png) | [time\_series\_C-R00010](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/hmjsCgPp8Jh1JvFVRmQtXztptLZ.png) |
> | C-R00011 | [spectrum\_C-R00011](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/z79NqT8YtUeHL2lO5QrOom8XzXD.png) | [time\_series\_C-R00011](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/8LaOw1uHU1OYCzE3anLbhbqn1kk.png) |
> | C-R00012 | [spectrum\_C-R00012](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/y0nabw9A7ZSzS0fxLPfJQlU2ICX.png) | [time\_series\_C-R00012](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/7QG1pEmqty9s1tPd3pGWy4fDbcj.png) |
> | C-R00013 | [spectrum\_C-R00013](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/nochV3gdCxzWkUIVT4AGvpbBmtF.png) | [time\_series\_C-R00013](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/visFFQMbYRJd4zr3HNhkvmCFyp7.png) |
> | C-R00014 | [spectrum\_C-R00014](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/sM1X9aZqDwsimOlBipW29gzlpHd.png) | [time\_series\_C-R00014](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/nRg40Xj9gdksjQoXBmjIOEtBuOc.png) |
> | C-R00015 | [spectrum\_C-R00015](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/hGd9zGoSM2EWUJ3hL4EdJMTlnAk.png) | [time\_series\_C-R00015](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/znypjnk1dSHX72uf9Vz4NiEpxpG.png) |
> | D-R00016 | [spectrum\_D-R00016](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/28ZL4XBvnPH3dUBbNFIiJyngYbr.png) | [time\_series\_D-R00016](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/bNtSM2tA1PjxENxf7vIN9ZliZat.png) |
> | D-R00017 | [spectrum\_D-R00017](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/i9P8PjAXnGoWtfFJh8615G1f2Me.png) | [time\_series\_D-R00017](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/8O0TFthQSst57fjo1y7Xc4jFV8l.png) |
> | D-R00018 | [spectrum\_D-R00018](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/qtwPluJlMXsDzderb6OCBX71KAz.png) | [time\_series\_D-R00018](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/lADUyRxeao7E90dvny1YAMh4B04.png) |
> | D-R00019 | [spectrum\_D-R00019](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/gXBkxLbquX7unWUfL0FC9HHUhl6.png) | [time\_series\_D-R00019](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/ezwYT9unxvQddcei7DuXPCYuERy.png) |
> | D-R00020 | [spectrum\_D-R00020](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/54BzkTUkpwbOoK8VKxSJjt84MOD.png) | [time\_series\_D-R00020](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/62rl3ilM0M4FgVYGHxnP3mowX4h.png) |
> | D-R00021 | [spectrum\_D-R00021](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/Aq2VxAoSu9Ctp6TKu6p6ny4J0WM.png) | [time\_series\_D-R00021](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/xyqY57jkbDONpCF0U6g52k5ui28.png) |
> | D-R00022 | [spectrum\_D-R00022](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/nmQV5gssfKZZRul4oa28Kyeskve.png) | [time\_series\_D-R00022](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/oFKHSl8UNnlKx20okbtLo9HF5Gw.png) |
> | D-R00023 | [spectrum\_D-R00023](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/sy0h9CYPb5DVKzjlKRzQsj2fDNN.png) | [time\_series\_D-R00023](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/leKr9wLtO01VpWGDYE5eLXScAMo.png) |
> | E-R00024 | [spectrum\_E-R00024](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/uSQ2956rPxgu35f8DUQflp9sGym.png) | [time\_series\_E-R00024](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/sMkv4zbs2bqFUIn5Q6AnjgAx7mA.png) |
> | E-R00025 | [spectrum\_E-R00025](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/iY7X8NRYE6stydk2OyaoQ6ooikP.png) | [time\_series\_E-R00025](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/t7Z9XeTMcwumf8bMzyCOHyhNVD1.png) |
> | E-R00026 | [spectrum\_E-R00026](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/59TPREWqaGZrPXwdzIa2LMlYRqj.png) | [time\_series\_E-R00026](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/pQ8dq1sYHaVIeL9BTKIj8fFIuHi.png) |
> | E-R00027 | [spectrum\_E-R00027](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/ufN5xyzHsEMMD3iopIHP5f5bqXA.png) | [time\_series\_E-R00027](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/huN6Uk6qsfCVEfNHZIcIki6zWrc.png) |
> | E-R00028 | [spectrum\_E-R00028](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/dV7fva52iEbnsMboMRuVVAiPpff.png) | [time\_series\_E-R00028](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/ugF5PbkSmf8TwryMEitBEp2xGB9.png) |
> | E-R00029 | [spectrum\_E-R00029](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/hL0DY6LXtsn7ls35VCP2TBuVkI3.png) | [time\_series\_E-R00029](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/2JdeC8CoGJ7fR6OgkdJFdRZ7H85.png) |
> | F-R00030 | [spectrum\_F-R00030](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/vaxWeeuTHkJwlvuvB4MFVycbeCN.png) | [time\_series\_F-R00030](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/w5VCbx6qbfk9um49EOVl0ZZK1ak.png) |
> | G-R00031 | [spectrum\_G-R00031](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/qICZyW1pWPKp4TozheQyXAMPnzk.png) | [time\_series\_G-R00031](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/bTcaZZfmW3hU5mxiLPncLOFQC9u.png) |
> | H-R00032 | [spectrum\_H-R00032](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/ikHfPRVvmz6NVJgabvpRS28ea2y.png) | [time\_series\_H-R00032](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/zxHCWdHFVkgrC3NTiZHAktJjHjr.png) |
> | K-R00033 | [spectrum\_K-R00033](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/nFgF6dcHYggqZJYgJAmcarJ4C6D.png) | [time\_series\_K-R00033](https://forums.eveonline.com/uploads/short-url/8TpcxwoznlvOxOWjL0tAgyAXd6B.png) |

# Details

- For every _week_, I calculate the **normalized Isk lost in a region** with two steps:
  1. I calculate (raw isk lost) = (Isk lost in this worm hole region) / [(#Ship killed in this region) \* (Isk lost all the worm hole regions)]  
This should remove the effect of inflation and account for the regional differences of the amount of ships killed.
  2. Standardize the (raw isk lost) over all weeks. I subtract the average over time from all the (raw isk lost). Then I divide the result by the standard deviation.  
This would make all the spectra for all regions have similar magnitudes.

- The **average of regional average** is: average of normalized Isk lost over all regions.  
Notice that this give all regions equal importance. The regions don’t have the same number of systems.
- The data is from the monthly economic reports and a kill dump for March, 2016.
- I group kills every 7 days to remove the strong weekly cycle.

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**Author:** ![Bernie\_Nator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/bernie_nator/32/390552_2.png) [@Bernie\_Nator](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Bernie_Nator)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/does-loot-fairy-come-periodically-in-wormholes/218449/2 "2020-02-09T11:16:32Z")

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Have you sacrificed a ship at the sun to appease Bob?

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**Author:** ![Kaivarian\_Coste](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kaivarian_coste/32/413759_2.png) [@Kaivarian\_Coste](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kaivarian_Coste)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/does-loot-fairy-come-periodically-in-wormholes/218449/3 "2020-02-09T20:08:43Z")

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interdasting

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**Author:** ![Raes\_Ongrard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/raes_ongrard/32/249602_2.png) [@Raes\_Ongrard](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Raes_Ongrard)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/does-loot-fairy-come-periodically-in-wormholes/218449/4 "2020-02-09T23:31:53Z")

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> [@Bernie\_Nator](#):
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> Have you sacrificed a ship at the sun to appease Bob?

And what is the conclusion?

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**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/does-loot-fairy-come-periodically-in-wormholes/218449/5 "2020-02-10T15:11:01Z")

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“Does Loot Fairy Come Periodically in Wormholes?”

You gotta ask Bob about that … ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

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**Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/does-loot-fairy-come-periodically-in-wormholes/218449/6 "2020-05-10T15:11:01Z")

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