Guristas Pirates signature battleship: Rattlesnake

Guristas Forlorn Den

Tier 4 · ForlornLow Security Null Security

Guristas Pirates Tier 4 family: Base Hidden ForsakenForlorn

Guristas Forlorn Den is an unrated combat site belonging to the Guristas Pirates pirate faction. It can be found via exploration as a cosmic anomaly within systems owned by the Caldari State or occupied by the Guristas Pirates. As an ungated complex, there are no limitations so up to Titans are allowed. Completing this complex may award the player with valuable Dread Guristas faction modules and ammunition. This combat site consists of a single ungated pocket of space containing a variety of Frigate-, Cruiser-, Battlecruiser- and Battleship-sized enemy ships. Destroying all hostile ships does not trigger an escalation. Three other variations of this combat anomaly exist: Guristas Den, Gurist

Quick answers Access Faction threat profile NPC roster Payout Go deeper Escalations Sources

Quick answers

Where is the Guristas Forlorn Den in EVE Online?

The Guristas Forlorn Den spawns in low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: combat anomaly (on-board scanner, no probing).

What spawns in the Guristas Forlorn Den?

The Guristas Forlorn Den has 6 waves and about 66 NPCs: 10 battleships, 19 battlecruisers, 17 cruisers, 5 destroyers and 15 frigates.

What should I tank and shoot in the Guristas Forlorn Den?

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

Does the Guristas Forlorn Den escalate?

Completing the Guristas Forlorn Den can escalate to Gurista Military Operations Complex.

What does the Guristas Forlorn Den drop?

Bounty: 10.500.000 ISK Loot: Dread Guristas faction modules (rare) and ammunition, implants

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.

Initial defenders (50km-60km away) (Last kill triggers next spawn) 1 ship

Qty	NPC	Hull
6	Pithi Destructor/Demolisher	F

First spawn 3 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
6	Pithi Destructor/Demolisher	F
5	Pithum Inferno/Mortifier	C
2	Pith Obliterator/Eradicator	BS

Second spawn 3 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
5	Pithior Guerilla	D
4	Pithum Abolisher/Eraser	C
2	Pith Obliterator	BS

Third spawn 3 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
5	Pithum Abolisher/Eraser	C
6	Pithatis Death Dealer/Revolter	BC
2	Pith Dismantler	BS

Forth spawn 1 ship

Qty	NPC	Hull
10	Pithatis Death Dealer/Revolter/Assaulter	BC

Fifth spawn (Spawns 1 minute after forth spawn) 5 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
3	Dire Pithi Arrogator/Imputor/Invader/Infiltrator	F
3	Dire Pithum Nullifier/Annihilator	C
3	Pithatis Assaulter/Assassin	BC
4	Pith Destroyer/Conquistador	BS
0-1	Dread Guristas Commander Possible commander; may drop Dread Guristas faction modules or an implant	BS

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Bounty: 10.500.000 ISK Loot: Dread Guristas faction modules (rare) and ammunition, implants

Go deeper

Guristas Den (Tier 4) Guristas Forsaken Den (Tier 4 · Forsaken) Guristas Hidden Den (Tier 4 · Hidden)

Escalations

Gurista Military Operations Complex — Chance to escalate to Gurista Military Operations Complex (DED 7/10) on FULL completion — community-estimated low single digits to ~8%, never published by CCP; see the Escalations & Expeditions page 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 Forlorn Den C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26

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