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Gurista Lookout

Unrated · difficulty rank 2High SecurityLow SecurityGuristas Pirates

Gurista Lookout is an unrated combat site belonging to the Guristas Pirates faction. It can be found via exploration by scanning signatures in high security systems.

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Gurista Lookout in EVE Online?

The Gurista Lookout spawns in high-sec and low-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning).

What spawns in the Gurista Lookout?

The Gurista Lookout has 4 waves and about 30 NPCs: 9 destroyers, 19 frigates and 1 sentry tower. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Guristas Control Center and Dread Guristas Infiltrator.

What should I tank and shoot in the Gurista Lookout?

Guristas Pirates deal Kinetic (79%) / Thermal (18%) damage and are weakest to Kinetic / Thermal; they use ECM.

Which ships can enter the Gurista Lookout?

Ship restrictions for the Gurista Lookout: T3 Destroyer.

Does the Gurista Lookout escalate?

Completing the Gurista Lookout can escalate to Trap?.

What does the Gurista Lookout 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
T3 Destroyer

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 Room — Initial defenders 9 ships
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1 Pithi Wrecker Group 1 F
1 Pithi Demolisher Group 1 F
3 Pithior Guerilla Group 1 D
1 Pithi Plunderer Group 2 F
1 Dire Pithi Imputor Group 2 F
1 Pithior Nihilist Group 2 D
4 Pithi Imputor Group 3 F
1 Pithior Renegade Group 3 D
1 Guristas Light Missile Battery Group 3 Sentry
Second Room — Structures 1 ship
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1 Guristas Control Center TRIGGER
Second Room — Initial defenders 10 ships
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2 Pithi Infiltrator Group 1 F
1 Pithi Invader Group 1 F
1 Pithi Infiltrator Group 2 F
3 Pithi Invader Group 2 F
1 Pithi Demolisher Group 2 F
1 Pithior Renegade Group 2 D
1 Pithi Arogator Group 3 F
1 Pithi Plunderer Group 3 F
1 Pithi Demolisher Group 3 F
1 Pithior Nihilist Group 3 D
Second Room — After destroying the Control Center 3 ships
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1-2 Pithior Anarchist D
1-2 Pithior Renegade D
0-1 Dread Guristas Infiltrator Can drop faction modules and ammo, may contain Dread Gurista modules (unconfirmed) TRIGGER F

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 Hideout (Unrated · difficulty rank 1) Guristas Watch (Unrated · difficulty rank 3) Guristas Vigil (Unrated · difficulty rank 4)

Escalations

  • Trap? — ~5% chance on completion to open the Trap? expedition (multi-part chain via The Agency) C Single-source / unverified

Sources

Last reviewed 2026-08-19 · game version: Cradle of War (Jun 2026). Spot an error? Corrections land fastest via the channel.