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Guristas Pirates signature battleship: Rattlesnake

Guristas Pirates Tier 1 family: Base HiddenForsakenForlorn

The Guristas Hideaway is a combat anomaly found in high security Guristas infested regions.

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Guristas Hideaway in EVE Online?

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

What spawns in the Guristas Hideaway?

The Guristas Hideaway has 5 waves and about 6 NPCs: 6 frigates.

What should I tank and shoot in the Guristas Hideaway?

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

Does the Guristas Hideaway escalate?

Completing the Guristas Hideaway can escalate to Guristas Scout Outpost.

What does the Guristas Hideaway drop?

Small Faction Spawn 1000 small faction ammo, Guristas Tag

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 Defending Fleet 1 ship
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1 Pithi Arrogator F
1st Reinforcement Spawn 1 ship
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1-2 Pithi Invader/Infiltrator F
2nd Reinforcement Spawn 1 ship
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2-3 Pithi Arrogator/Imputor F
3rd Reinforcement Spawn 1 ship
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2 Pithi Plunderer/Wrecker F
Possible Rare Spawn 1 ship
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0-1 Dread Guristas Saboteur/Despoiler Possible Faction charges, Faction implants BPC or tags F

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Small Faction Spawn 1000 small faction ammo, Guristas Tag

Go deeper

Guristas Forlorn Hideaway (Tier 1 · Forlorn) Guristas Forsaken Hideaway (Tier 1 · Forsaken) Guristas Hidden Hideaway (Tier 1 · Hidden)

Escalations

  • Guristas Scout Outpost — Chance to escalate to Guristas Scout Outpost (DED 4/10) 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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