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Guristas Pirates signature battleship: Rattlesnake

Guristas Powergrid

An expedition — a multi-part escalation chain (typically four sites) obtained by chance (~5%) from an unrated complex, tracked in The Agency. Each completed part has roughly a 50% chance to continue, usually toward lower-security space than where it began.

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Quick answers

Where is the Guristas Powergrid in EVE Online?

The Guristas Powergrid spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.

What spawns in the Guristas Powergrid?

The Guristas Powergrid has 6 waves and about 90 NPCs: 17 battleships, 14 battlecruisers, 16 cruisers, 11 destroyers and 31 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the trigger is Acceleration Gate.

Does the Guristas Powergrid escalate?

The Guristas Powergrid is itself an escalation from Guristas Annex.

What does the Guristas Powergrid drop?

Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.

Access C Single-source / unverified

Ship restrictions
Not recorded

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.

Part 1 — 50-70km 1 group. 6 ships
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3 Pithi Demolisher/Destructor F
3 Dire Pithi Saboteur F
4 Pithior Guerilla/... D
4 Pithum Ascriber/Silencer C
3 Pith Eradicator/Obliterator BS
1 Dread Guristas Dismantler May drop faction mods BS
Part 2 — 70km 1 group. 6 ships
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4 Pithi Demolisher/Destructor F
2 Dire Pithi Arrogator F
3 Pithior Guerilla/... D
3 Dire Pithum Mortifier/Inferno C
3 Pithatis Revolter/... BC
1 Dread Guristas Eliminator May drop faction mods BS
Part 3 — warp-in 4 ships
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3 Pithatis Revolter/... BC
3 Pith Conquistador/... BS
1 Dread Guristas Exterminator May drop faction loot BS
1 Acceleration Gate TRIGGER
1st Pocket — 1 group. 0km 6 ships
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3 Pithi Demolisher/Destructor F
3 Dire Pithi Saboteur F
4 Pithior Guerilla/... D
6 Dire Pithum Abolisher/... C
4 Pithatis Death Dealer/... BC
4 Pith Eradicator/... BS
2nd pocket — Group 1 25km 3 ships
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4 Dire Pithi Dispoiler/... F
1 Dire Pithum Abolisher C
4 Pithatis Revolter/... BC
2nd pocket — Group 2 55-60km 5 ships
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5 Pithi Demolisher/Destructor F
4 Dire Pithi Wrecker/... F
2 Pithum Abolisher/... C
3 Pith Eradicator/... BS
1 Dread Guristas Colonel Faction mods/implant BS

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.

Go deeper

Consequences Smonsequences (Expedition chain) Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point 2 and 3 (Expedition chain) Gurista Productions Shipment (Expedition chain)

Escalations

Escalates from: Guristas Annex

Sources

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