The Conqueror Borg Obliterator is a Conqueror Borg hostile that spawns from level 55 to level 80 in Assimilated systems, and you can only beat it with a Borg Sphere: its Hyperthermic Resonance Beam destroys any player ship that is not a Borg Sphere at the start of combat. It only appears as an Explorer and drops Broken Explorer Parts, with the star tier set by level: 5★ at levels 55 to 59, 6★ at 61 to 70 and 7★ at 71 to 80. Leave Kathryn Janeway, Christopher Pike and Enterprise-E Picard off the crew, because its assimilation ability destroys your ship if any of them are aboard.
Conqueror Borg hostiles at a glance
Three Conqueror Borg hostiles share the level 55 to 80 band. The Obliterator and the Conqueror Borg Suppressor use the same Assimilated systems, stats and Borg Sphere rule, but the Obliterator drops about twice as many Broken Explorer Parts at every tier. The Conqueror Borg Scout is a Survey ship in a different set of systems that drops Broken Survey Parts.
| Hostile | Hull | Levels | Drops | Ship rule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conqueror Borg Obliterator | Explorer | 55–80 | 5★, 6★, 7★ Broken Explorer Parts | Borg Sphere only |
| Conqueror Borg Suppressor | Explorer | 55–80 | 5★, 6★, 7★ Broken Explorer Parts | Borg Sphere only |
| Conqueror Borg Scout | Survey | 55–80 | 5★, 6★, 7★ Broken Survey Parts | No ship restriction |
Borg Sphere: the ship you need
The Borg Sphere is a Grade 5 Epic Battleship built specifically for the Conqueror Borg. It needs 200 blueprints and a level 55 Shipyard to build. Its ship abilities are aimed squarely at this fight: Quantum Nullification Pulse disables the Resonance Beam abilities of Conqueror Borg Suppressors and Obliterators, Omicron Particle Charge raises its base damage against them (1,450,000% at ship level 1, rising to 12,000,000% at level 75), and Apex Dispersion Field adds 50,000 Apex Barrier against them.
If you searched for Borg Sphere parts, note that the Obliterator does not drop Borg Sphere blueprints. It drops Broken Explorer Parts, the materials for tiering up Explorer-class ships. For how the Sphere is obtained and upgraded, see the Borg Sphere ship page.
How to beat the Conqueror Borg Obliterator
The Obliterator only spawns as an Explorer, so under normal counter rules a Battleship would be the pick, with nothing to swap between levels. The Borg Sphere is a Battleship, so the required ship and the counter class line up. Its abilities decide the fight before class matchups come into play.
Every level carries Hyperthermic Resonance Beam: the ship has an 80% chance of applying 100% Hyperthermic Decay at the start of combat, and it immediately destroys any player ship that is not a Borg Sphere. Sending your best ordinary Battleship just loses it at the opening of combat.
It also runs an assimilation ability that punishes specific officers, and it escalates as you climb. At every level, if Kathryn Janeway, Christopher Pike or Enterprise-E Picard is on your crew, the hostile destroys your ship. The version changes by band: Evolutionary Assimilation I at level 55 is only the officer trap, II at 57 to 59 adds 10,000 Apex Barrier, III at 61 to 70 adds 50,000 Apex Barrier and 225% Critical Damage, and IV at 71 to 80 adds another 25% Critical Chance on top. In plain terms, the Obliterator gets much harder to crack and hits much harder from level 61 up.
Beyond those two restrictions, crewing follows the usual anti-hostile principle: a captain whose ability boosts weapon damage against hostiles, backed by officers that add more damage or mitigation. Cadet crews are long outleveled at this range. Check the Officer Tier List for current picks, and expect recommendations to shift with the meta. Whatever crew you fly, those three officers stay home.
Where to find the Conqueror Borg Obliterator
The Obliterator ladders through Assimilated space, starting in Assimilated Sirius, Sol, Tellar and Wolf at level 55 and topping out in Assimilated Vulcan at level 80. Warp range is the real gatekeeper: 320 gets you into the level 55 systems, and the requirement climbs to 6,000 at level 80, so check your range before setting course.
| Level | Warp | Systems |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | 320 | Assimilated Sirius, Assimilated Sol, Assimilated Tellar, Assimilated Wolf |
| 57 | 400 | Assimilated Andoria, Assimilated Denobula |
| 59 | 500 | Assimilated Altair, Assimilated Archer |
| 61 | 900 | Assimilated Vega |
| 63 | 1,100 | Assimilated Teneebia |
| 65 | 1,250 | Assimilated Riktor |
| 66 | 1,300 | Assimilated Benzar |
| 68 | 1,500 | Assimilated Axanar |
| 70 | 1,550 | Assimilated Trill |
| 71 | 1,550 | Assimilated Baelos |
| 73 | 2,100 | Assimilated Fellebia |
| 75 | 3,500 | Assimilated Hysperia |
| 76 | 4,000 | Assimilated Tau Ceti |
| 78 | 5,000 | Assimilated Thama |
| 80 | 6,000 | Assimilated Vulcan |
Rewards and what it drops
Every kill pays out Broken Explorer Parts, and the star tier follows the level band, so farm the band that matches the parts you need. Ship XP is a flat 957 per kill at every level, so climbing higher earns better parts but no extra XP.
| Drop | Levels | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 5★ Broken Explorer Parts (800–3,028) | 55–59 | Material for tiering up 5★ (Grade 5) Explorer-class ships. |
| 6★ Broken Explorer Parts (3,526–50,254) | 61–70 | The next parts tier up, for Grade 6 Explorers. |
| 7★ Broken Explorer Parts (1,188–9,766) | 71–80 | The top parts tier in this range, for Grade 7 Explorers. |
| Ship XP (957) | All | Experience for the ship that lands the kill, flat across all levels. |
Conqueror Borg Obliterator stats
The Obliterator has a single hull variant, so the spread below is pure level scaling: total strength goes from billions at level 55 to quadrillions at level 80.
| Level | Total strength | Hull HP | Shield HP | Attack | Defense | Ship XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 8,881,301,990 | 11,670,578,800 | 875,279,640 | 273,518,870 | 2,334,853,900 | 957 |
| 68 | 10,960,973,966,524 | 19,502,586,593,000 | 1,300,172,439,400 | 14,906,667,324 | 544,687,783,000 | 957 |
| 80 | 2,744,945,141,030,368 | 5,380,098,455,070,800 | 105,344,585,134,254 | 176,946,098,236 | 2,046,674,829,605 | 957 |
Conqueror Borg Obliterator firing pattern
At level 55 the Obliterator fires six weapons every round: one heavy Energy gun and five Kinetic guns whose crits land at 2x. The Kinetic volley is where most of the damage comes from, and with every gun firing each round there is no quiet round to time repairs around. From level 61 its assimilation ability adds 225% Critical Damage, so the crits hurt far more at higher levels.
| Weapon type | Count | Damage per shot | Fires | Crit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 1 | 29,029,945–35,480,785 | Every round | 10% (1.5x) |
| Kinetic | 5 | 12,095,725–14,783,755 | Every round | 10% (2x) |
The Borg in Star Trek
The Borg are a collective of cybernetic drones that assimilate other species and their technology into a single hive mind. The Federation first met them in The Next Generation episode Q Who, and a single Borg cube later destroyed 39 starships at Wolf 359 after assimilating Captain Picard as Locutus. In the film First Contact, the Borg Queen traveled back in time from a Borg sphere to stop humanity’s first warp flight. Voyager spent years crossing Borg territory and freed the drone Seven of Nine. The Conqueror Borg in the game carry that threat into endgame space.
Is the Conqueror Borg Obliterator worth grinding?
Yes, once you have a Borg Sphere. It exists to farm Broken Explorer Parts for late-game Explorers, and the 5★, 6★ and 7★ bands let one hostile cover the whole parts ladder, at double the Suppressor’s payout. XP is flat, so fight in the band that drops the tier you need, at the highest level your Sphere can handle. Match your warp range to the system and check the crew screen before every run: one stray Janeway, Pike or Enterprise-E Picard costs you the ship. For the rest of the Borg targets, see the Borg hostiles hub.
