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Gurista Outpost

Unrated · difficulty rank 6Low SecurityGuristas Pirates

Unrated complex — a cosmic signature (combat probing required) with gated pockets. Good chance of a commander spawn that can drop faction items; may escalate into an expedition.

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Gurista Outpost in EVE Online?

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

What spawns in the Gurista Outpost?

The Gurista Outpost has 5 waves and about 45 NPCs: 6 battlecruisers, 7 cruisers, 8 destroyers and 18 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Pithatis Enforcer/Revolter, Dread Guristas Annihilator/Mortifer and Guristas Control Center.

What should I tank and shoot in the Gurista Outpost?

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

Does the Gurista Outpost escalate?

Completing the Gurista Outpost can escalate to Gurista Productions Shipment.

What does the Gurista Outpost 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
Unknown

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 — 5 ships
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4 Pithi Demolisher/Destructor F
2 Dire Pithi Imputor F
4-8 Pithior Renegate/Terrorist/Nihilist D
3-4 Pithum Abolisher/Eraser C
2-3 Pithatis Abolisher/Eraser/Revolter BC
First Pocket — Structures 1 ship
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1 Acceleration Gate
Second Pocket — 5 ships
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4 Pithi Plunderer/Wrecker F
6 Dire Pithi Arrogator/Demolisher F
4 Pithior Renegate/Suprematist D
4 Pithum Annihilator/Nullifier C
4 Pithatis Enforcer/Revolter TRIGGER BC
Second Pocket — Commander wave 2 ships
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2 Pithi Plunderer/Wrecker F
0-1 Dread Guristas Annihilator/Mortifer Possible Dread Guristas modules TRIGGER C
Second Pocket — Structures 2 ships
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4 Guristas Bunker
1 Guristas Control Center TRIGGER

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.

Go deeper

Minor Guristas Annex (Unrated · difficulty rank 7) Provisional Gurista Outpost (Unrated · difficulty rank 5) Guristas Annex (Unrated · difficulty rank 8)

Escalations

  • Gurista Productions Shipment — ~5% chance on completion to open the Gurista Productions Shipment 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.