Guristas Watch
Guristas PiratesGuristas Watch is an Unrated Complex found in high security space through exploration.
Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources
Quick answers
Where is the Guristas Watch in EVE Online?
The Guristas Watch spawns in high-sec and low-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning).
What spawns in the Guristas Watch?
The Guristas Watch has 9 waves and about 62 NPCs: 1 battlecruiser, 23 cruisers, 23 destroyers, 10 frigates and 4 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Pithum Communications Officer, Guristas Heavy Missile Battery and Pithatis Militant Supervisor (Pithatis Enforcer/Assaulter).
What should I tank and shoot in the Guristas Watch?
Guristas Pirates deal Kinetic (79%) / Thermal (18%) damage and are weakest to Kinetic / Thermal; they use ECM.
Which ships can enter the Guristas Watch?
Ship restrictions for the Guristas Watch: T2 Battlecruiser.
Does the Guristas Watch escalate?
Completing the Guristas Watch can escalate to Terrorist Plot!.
What does the Guristas Watch drop?
Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.
Access C Single-source / unverified
- Ship restrictions
- T2 Battlecruiser
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 — Initial defenders 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pith Missile Battery | Sentry |
| 4-6 | Pithi Wrecker/Plunderer/Destructor/Demolisher | F |
| 4-6 | Pithior Supremacist/Terrorist | D |
| 1-2 | Pithum Nullifier/Murderer | C |
| 1 | Pithum Communications Officer TRIGGER | C |
First Pocket — Wave 2 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Pithi Wrecker/Plunderer/Destructor | F |
| 1-3 | Dire Pithi Wrecker/Destructor/Demolisher | F |
| 1-2 | Pithior Anarchist/Nihilist | D |
| 2-3 | Pithum Annihilator/Killer/Nullifier/... | C |
| 1 | Pithum Communications Officer TRIGGER | C |
First Pocket — Wave 3 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4-6 | Pithior Guerilla/Renegade/... | D |
| 3-6 | Pithum Killer/Nullifier/Murderer | C |
| 1 | Pithum Communications Officer TRIGGER | C |
First Pocket — Militant Commander wave 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 | Pithum Commander's Henchman (Pithior Guerilla/Renegade) | D |
| 3-4 | Pithum Commander's Guardian (Pithum Annihilator/Killer) | C |
| 1 | Pithum Militant Commander (Pithum Inferno/Mortifier) | C |
First Pocket — Structures 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acceleration Gate |
Second Pocket — Initial defenders 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Guristas Heavy Missile Battery TRIGGER | Sentry |
| 8-10 | Pithior Anarchist/Nihilist/Guerilla/... | D |
| 2-3 | Pithum Ascriber/Silencer/Killer/... | C |
Second Pocket — Wave 2 (on a timer) 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pithior Guerilla/Renegade | D |
| 4-6 | Pithum Killer/Murderer | C |
Second Pocket — Supervisor wave (triggered by attacking the Weapons Manufacturing Plant) 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Supervisor's Henchman (Dire Pithi Wrecker/Plunderer) | F |
| 4 | Supervisor's Guardian (Pithum Annihilator/Killer/Murderer/Nullifier) | C |
| 1 | Pithatis Militant Supervisor (Pithatis Enforcer/Assaulter) TRIGGER | BC |
Second Pocket — Possible Rare Spawn 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | Dread Guristas Saboteur/Wrecker Can drop Dread Guristas tags and faction ammo, Worm BPC, may contain dread gurista modules (unconfirmed) | F |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.
Go deeper
Gurista Lookout (Unrated · difficulty rank 2) Guristas Vigil (Unrated · difficulty rank 4) Gurista Hideout (Unrated · difficulty rank 1)
Escalations
- Terrorist Plot! — ~5% chance on completion to open the Terrorist Plot! expedition (multi-part chain via The Agency) 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 Watch C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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