Guristas Annex
Guristas PiratesGuristas Annex is an Unrated Complex that can be found in Low Security systems with Gurista presence through exploration. Battleships and their T2 counterparts can enter the site.
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Quick answers
Where is the Guristas Annex in EVE Online?
The Guristas Annex spawns in low-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning).
What spawns in the Guristas Annex?
The Guristas Annex has 8 waves and about 59 NPCs: 27 battleships, 7 battlecruisers, 14 cruisers, 5 frigates and 4 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Smuggler Gate and Pith Eradicator/Obliterator.
What should I tank and shoot in the Guristas Annex?
Guristas Pirates deal Kinetic (79%) / Thermal (18%) damage and are weakest to Kinetic / Thermal; they use ECM.
Does the Guristas Annex escalate?
Completing the Guristas Annex can escalate to Guristas Powergrid.
What does the Guristas Annex 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 — Structures 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smuggler Gate TRIGGER | |
| 1 | Acceleration Gate |
First Pocket — Initial defenders 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Guristas Stasis Tower | Sentry |
| 3-4 | Dire Pithi Infiltrator/Plunderer | F |
| 3 | Dire Pithum Inferno/Mortifier | C |
| 3 | Pithatis Assassin/Death Dealer | BC |
| 9-12 | Pith Exterminator/Extinguisher/Eliminator/... | BS |
First Pocket — Smuggler Gate Wave 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Port Authority Guardian (Dire Pithum Abolisher/Eraser) | C |
| 1 | Port Authority Officer (Pith Destroyer) | BS |
Second Pocket — Initial defenders 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Guristas Stasis Tower | Sentry |
| 4 | Dire Pithum Nullifier/Murderer | C |
| 6 | Pith Conquistador/Destroyer/Dismantler | BS |
Second Pocket — Timed wave (~3-5 minutes) 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Pithatis Assassin/Death Dealer | BC |
| 2 | Pith Conquistador/Destroyer | BS |
Second Pocket — Timed wave 2 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dire Pithi Arrogator/Imputor | F |
| 2-3 | Pithatis Assassin/Death Dealer | BC |
| 5-6 | Pith Dismantler/Extinguisher | BS |
Second Pocket — Timed wave 3 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Dire Pithum Inferno/Mortifier | C |
| 3 | Pith Eradicator/Obliterator TRIGGER | BS |
Second Pocket — Commander wave (battleship from last wave destroyed) 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dread Guristas Dismantler/Obliterator Faction ammo/tags; Possible Dread Guristas modules | 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 Base (Unrated · difficulty rank 9) Minor Guristas Annex (Unrated · difficulty rank 7) Gurista Fortress (Unrated · difficulty rank 10)
Escalations
- Guristas Powergrid — ~5% chance on completion to open the Guristas Powergrid expedition (multi-part chain via The Agency) C Single-source / unverified
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: Guristas Annex C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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