Guristas Refuge
Guristas PiratesThe Guristas Refuge is a combat anomaly found in high and low security Guristas infested regions.
Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources
Quick answers
Where is the Guristas Refuge in EVE Online?
The Guristas Refuge spawns in high-sec and low-sec. How you find it: combat anomaly (on-board scanner, no probing).
What spawns in the Guristas Refuge?
The Guristas Refuge has 11 waves and about 30 NPCs: 9 destroyers, 17 frigates and 4 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the trigger is Pithi Arrogator/Imputor.
What should I tank and shoot in the Guristas Refuge?
Guristas Pirates deal Kinetic (79%) / Thermal (18%) damage and are weakest to Kinetic / Thermal; they use ECM.
Does the Guristas Refuge escalate?
Completing the Guristas Refuge can escalate to Guristas Scout Outpost.
What does the Guristas Refuge 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.
Variant A — Initial Defending Fleet 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Pithii Arrogator/Infiltrator | F |
| 1 | Tower Sentry Guristas I | Sentry |
| 1 | Guristas Light Missile Battery | Sentry |
Variant A — 1st Reinforcement Spawn 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Pithii Despoiler | F |
Variant A — 2nd Reinforcement Spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Pithii Plunderer/Destructor | F |
| 2 | Pithior Guerilla | D |
Variant A — 3rd Reinforcement Spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Pithii Demolisher | F |
| 2-3 | Pithior Anarchist | D |
Variant A — 4th Reinforcement Spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Pithii Destructor/Demolisher/Wrecker | F |
| 2-3 | Pithior Guerilla/Renegade | D |
Variant A — Possible Rare Spawn 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | Dread Guristas Anarchist/Nihilist Wreck May contain Guristas/Dread Guristas tags/faction modules as well as other modules. | D |
Variant B — Initial defenders 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pithi Arrogator/Imputor TRIGGER | F |
| 1 | Guristas Basic Defense Battery | Sentry |
| 1 | Guristas Light Missile Battery | Sentry |
Variant B — First spawn 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Pithi Despoiler/Saboteur | F |
Variant B — Second spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Pithi Wrecker/Plunderer | F |
| 1-2 | Pithior Anarchist/Nihilist | D |
Variant B — Third spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pithi Destructor/Demolisher | F |
| 2-3 | Pithior Guerilla/Renegade | D |
Variant B — Possible rare commander 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | Dread Guristas Anarchist/Nihilist Wreck May contain Guristas/Dread Guristas tags/faction modules as well as other modules. | D |
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 Burrow (Tier 2) Guristas Den (Tier 4) Guristas Forlorn Den (Tier 4 · Forlorn)
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
- 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 Refuge C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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