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Guristas Scout Outpost

Guristas Scout Outpost is a DED rated complex which can be found in High-sec or Low-sec through exploration. Can be obtained through an escalation of Guristas Hideaway and Guristas Refuge.

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Guristas Scout Outpost in EVE Online?

The Guristas Scout Outpost spawns in high-sec and low-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning) or escalation from a combat anomaly.

What spawns in the Guristas Scout Outpost?

The Guristas Scout Outpost has 4 waves and about 100 NPCs: 18 cruisers, 34 frigates and 1 sentry tower.

What should I tank and shoot in the Guristas Scout Outpost?

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

Which ships can enter the Guristas Scout Outpost?

Ship restrictions for the Guristas Scout Outpost: Battlecruiser class (except for T3 Cruiser).

Does the Guristas Scout Outpost escalate?

The Guristas Scout Outpost is itself an escalation from Guristas Hideaway and Guristas Refuge.

What does the Guristas Scout Outpost drop?

Faction/deadspace module drops from the final commander. No structured drop-rate data banked yet.

Access B Community-corroborated

Ship restrictions
Battlecruiser class (except for T3 Cruiser)

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.

First pocket — 4 ships
QtyNPCHull
16 Pithi Infiltrator/Invader/Plunderer/Wrecker F
5 Pithi Despoiler/Saboteur F
7 Pithum Inferno/Mortifier C
1 Guristas Scout Officer C
First pocket — Structures 9 ships
QtyNPCHull
1 Supply Canister
1 Security Acceleration Gate
1 Nebulaic Data Harvester
1 Landing Pad
4 Lookout Tower
1 Scanner Post
2 Scout Post
5 Scout Relay Pylon
20 Wall
Second pocket — 7 ships
QtyNPCHull
8 Pithi Destructor/Plunderer/Wrecker F
5 Pithi Despoiler/Saboteur F
1 Pithum Ascriber/Silencer C
3 Pithum Annihilator/Killer/Nullifier C
5-6 Pithum Inferno/Mortifier C
1 Guristas Reconnaissance Officer C
1 Sentry Guns Sentry
Second pocket — Structures 7 ships
QtyNPCHull
2 Supply Crate
1 Radiating Telescope Contains 8th Tier Overseer's Personal Effects and may contain Pithum C-Type Modules, Gila BPC, or Dread Guristas Modules.
1 Nebular Data Harvester
2 Bunker
1 Cargo Rig
2 Scout Post
2 Scout Relay Pylon

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Faction/deadspace module drops from the final commander. No structured drop-rate data banked yet.

Go deeper

Guristas Guerilla Grounds (DED 3/10) Guristas Hallucinogen Supply Waypoint (DED 5/10) Guristas Troop Reinvigoration Camp (DED 6/10)

Escalations

Escalates from: Guristas Hideaway · Guristas Refuge

Sources

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