Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point
Guristas PiratesDread Guristas Fleet Staging Point is an Unrated Complex found by scanning in Null Security systems with Guristas presence. It can also be received as an escalation from a Guristas Forsaken Hub or Guristas Hidden Rally Point.
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Quick answers
Where is the Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point in EVE Online?
The Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point spawns in null-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning).
What spawns in the Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point?
The Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point has 5 waves and about 51 NPCs: 21 battleships, 12 battlecruisers, 10 destroyers and 8 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the trigger is Pith Usurper/Massacrer.
What should I tank and shoot in the Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point?
Guristas Pirates deal Kinetic (79%) / Thermal (18%) damage and are weakest to Kinetic / Thermal; they use ECM.
Does the Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point escalate?
Completing the Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point can escalate to Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point 2 and 3. The Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point is itself an escalation from Guristas Hidden Rally Point, Guristas Hidden Hub, Guristas Forsaken Hub and Guristas Forlorn Hub.
What does the Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point drop?
Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.
Access C Single-source / unverified
- Ship restrictions
- Not recorded
Faction threat profile C Single-source / unverified
- EWAR used
- ECM
Faction-level profile, not site-specific. Tank their damage, shoot their weakness.
NPC roster C Single-source / unverified
Community-maintained wave list from the site's own wiki page — counts and triggers vary between spawns; treat as the shape, not gospel.
First pocket — Initial defenders (45-55 km from acceleration gate) 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Pithior Guerilla/Renegade | D |
| 3 | Pithatis Assassin/Assaulter | BC |
| 4 | Pith Usurper/Massacrer TRIGGER | BS |
First pocket — Reinforcement (20-30 km from acceleration gate) 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Pithior Supremacist/Terrorist | D |
| 3 | Pithatis Assassin/Assaulter | BC |
| 6 | Pith Usurper/Massacrer | BS |
Second pocket — Initial defenders (60 km away) 6 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pithior Guerilla/Renegade | D |
| 2 | Pithatis Assassin/Death Dealer | BC |
| 4 | Pith Usurper/Massacrer TRIGGER | BS |
| 2 | Guristas Energy Neutralizing Sentry II | Sentry |
| 4 | Guristas Cruise Missile Batteries | Sentry |
| 2 | Guristas Point Defense Battery | Sentry |
Second pocket — Wave 2 (20 km away from warp-in 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pithior Supremacist/Terrorist | D |
| 2 | Pithatis Assassin/Assaulter | BC |
| 4 | Pith Usurper/Massacrer TRIGGER | BS |
Second pocket — Wave 3 (60-75 km from warp-in) 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pithior Supremacist/Terrorist | D |
| 2 | Pithatis Assassin/Death Dealer | BC |
| 3 | Pith Usurper/Massacrer TRIGGER | BS |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.
Go deeper
Gurista Provincial HQ (Unrated · difficulty rank 12) Gurista Military Complex (Unrated · difficulty rank 11) Gurista Fortress (Unrated · difficulty rank 10)
Escalations
- Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point 2 and 3 — ~5% chance on completion to open the Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point 2 and 3 expedition (multi-part chain via The Agency) C Single-source / unverified
Escalates from: Guristas Hidden Rally Point · Guristas Hidden Hub · Guristas Forsaken Hub · Guristas Forlorn Hub
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: NPC damage types C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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