Guristas Hub
Guristas PiratesGuristas Pirates Tier 8 family: Base HiddenForsakenForlorn
Guristas Hub is a cosmic anomaly of moderate difficulty, found in the areas inhabited by the Guristas Pirates.
Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources
Quick answers
Where is the Guristas Hub in EVE Online?
The Guristas Hub spawns in low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: combat anomaly (on-board scanner, no probing).
What spawns in the Guristas Hub?
The Guristas Hub has 4 waves and about 26 NPCs: 9 battleships, 3 battlecruisers, 3 cruisers, 2 destroyers, 3 frigates and 6 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Pith Conquistador/Dismantler, Pithior Gurilla and Pithi Plunderer.
What should I tank and shoot in the Guristas Hub?
Guristas Pirates deal Kinetic (79%) / Thermal (18%) damage and are weakest to Kinetic / Thermal; they use ECM.
Does the Guristas Hub escalate?
Completing the Guristas Hub can escalate to Pith's Penal Complex.
What does the Guristas Hub drop?
Bounties plus a chance of a faction/commander spawn. No structured drop data banked yet — wave and loot detail is exactly what the verified-on-camera tier exists to fill.
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 Group 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Gurista's Cruise Missile Tower | Sentry |
| 2 | Gurista's Heavy Missile Tower | Sentry |
| 2 | Tower Sentry Gurista II | Sentry |
| 3 | Pithum Abolisher/Eraser | C |
| 2-3 | Pith Conquistador/Dismantler TRIGGER | BS |
Wave #2 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pithior Gurilla TRIGGER | D |
| 2 | Pith Usurper | BS |
Wave #3 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pithi Plunderer TRIGGER | F |
| 3 | Pith Destroyer/Extinguisher | BS |
Wave #4 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pithatis Revolter | BC |
| 2 | Pith Dismantler | BS |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Bounties plus a chance of a faction/commander spawn. No structured drop data banked yet — wave and loot detail is exactly what the verified-on-camera tier exists to fill.
Go deeper
Guristas Forlorn Hub (Tier 8 · Forlorn) Guristas Forsaken Hub (Tier 8 · Forsaken) Guristas Hidden Hub (Tier 8 · Hidden)
Escalations
- Pith's Penal Complex — Chance to escalate to Pith's Penal Complex (DED 8/10) 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 Hub C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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