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Guristas Haven

The Guristas Haven is a combat anomaly found in Guristas infested regions. There are 2 variants of this anomaly, commonly referred to as "gas" or "rock" haven by players. The rock haven variant is readily identified by the warp-in popup received. Each also feature different structures within the site.

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Quick answers

Where is the Guristas Haven in EVE Online?

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

What spawns in the Guristas Haven?

The Guristas Haven has 14 waves and about 90 NPCs: 2 capitals, 35 battleships, 21 battlecruisers, 9 cruisers, 18 frigates and 2 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Pith Conquistador/Destroyer/Massacrer/Usurper, Pithatis Assassin/... and Pith Conquistador/....

What should I tank and shoot in the Guristas Haven?

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

Does the Guristas Haven escalate?

Completing the Guristas Haven can escalate to The Maze.

What does the Guristas Haven drop?

Clearing the site rewards ~30 M isk in bounties.

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.

Walkthrough (rock) — Structures 2 ships
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1 Pirate Gate (Fortified Smuggler's Gate)
1 Giant Snake-Shaped Asteroid
Walkthrough (rock) — Initial Defenders 2 ships
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3- 9 Pithatis Enforcer/Death Dealer BC
2- 4 Pith Usurper/Massacrer BS
Walkthrough (rock) — Wave 2 2 ships
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2- 4 Dire Pithi Destructor/Wrecker F
2- 4 Pith Usurper/Massacrer BS
Walkthrough (rock) — Wave 3 2 ships
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3- 9 Dire Pithi Infiltrator/Imputor F
2- 4 Pith Usurper/Massacrer BS
Walkthrough (rock) — Wave 4 2 ships
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3- 9 Dire Pithi Plunderer/Wrecker F
2- 6 Pith Usurper/Massacrer BS
Walkthrough (rock) — Wave 5 2 ships
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4- 7 Dire Pithum Annihilator/Killer C
2- 6 Pith Usurper/Massacrer BS
Walkthrough (rock) — Wave 6 4 ships
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6- 8 Pithatis Assassin/Enforcer/Executor/Revolter BC
7 Pith Usurper/Massacrer BS
1 Dread Guristas Commander Possible Rare Spawn; Possible Faction charges, modules or tags BS
1 Guristas Dreadnought Possible Rare Spawn; Possible Battleship modules, TBC Cap
Walkthrough (gas) — Structures 1 ship
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1 Chemical Factory (Fortified Guristas Bunker)
Walkthrough (gas) — Initial Defenders 4 ships
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3- 6 Pithum Abolisher/... C
3- 6 Pithatis Assassin/... BC
4- 8 Pith Conquistador/Destroyer/Massacrer/Usurper TRIGGER BS
2 Factory Defense Sentry
Walkthrough (gas) — Wave 2 4 ships
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3- 6 Dire Pithii Arrogator/... F
2- 4 Pithum Abolisher/... C
2- 4 Pithatis Assassin/... TRIGGER BC
2- 6 Pith Conquistador/... BS
Walkthrough (gas) — Wave 3 3 ships
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2- 4 Dire Pithii Arrogator/... F
2- 4 Pithatis Assassin/... BC
2- 6 Pith Conquistador/... BS
Walkthrough (gas) — Wave 4 3 ships
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1- 4 Dire Pithii Arrogator/... F
3- 6 Pithatis Assassin/... BC
2- 6 Pith Conquistador/... BS
Walkthrough (gas) — Wave 5 3 ships
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2- 6 Dire Pithii Arrogator/... F
2- 4 Pithatis Assassin/... BC
4- 8 Pith Conquistador/... TRIGGER BS
Walkthrough (gas) — Wave 6 4 ships
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2-4 Dire Pithii Arrogator/... F
2-4 Pith Conquistador/... BS
1 Dread Guristas Commander Possible Rare Spawn; Possible Faction charges, modules or tags BS
1 Guristas Dreadnought Possible Rare Spawn; Possible Battleship modules, TBC Cap

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Clearing the site rewards ~30 M isk in bounties.

Go deeper

Guristas Forlorn Hub (Tier 8 · Forlorn) Guristas Forsaken Hub (Tier 8 · Forsaken) Guristas Forsaken Sanctum (Tier 10 · Hidden)

Escalations

  • The Maze — Chance to escalate to The Maze (DED 10/10) on FULL completion — community-estimated low single digits to ~8%, never published by CCP; see the Escalations & Expeditions page C Single-source / unverified

Sources

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