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Guristas Pirates signature battleship: Rattlesnake

Pirate's Path

Expedition chainHigh SecurityLow SecurityNull SecurityGuristas Pirates

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 Pirate's Path in EVE Online?

The Pirate's Path spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.

What spawns in the Pirate's Path?

The Pirate's Path has 16 waves and about 135 NPCs: 57 battleships, 9 battlecruisers, 21 cruisers, 6 destroyers, 29 frigates and 8 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Dread Guristas Exterminator, Guristas Terrorist Scout, Station and Terrrorist Raid Center and others.

Does the Pirate's Path escalate?

The Pirate's Path is itself an escalation from Gurista Military Complex.

What does the Pirate's Path 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.

Room 1 (ungated) — Structures 1 ship
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1 To room 2
Room 1 (ungated) — Initial Defenders 3 ships
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4 Pithum Abolisher/Inferno/Mortifier C
3 Ptih Massacrer/Usurper BS
0-1 Dread Guristas Exterminator Dread Guristas Battleship Modules TRIGGER BS
Room 2 — Initial Defenders 1 ship
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1 Guristas Terrorist Scout TRIGGER C
Pirate’s Path, Part 2 — Structures 2 ships
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1 Station TRIGGER
1 Terrrorist Raid Center TRIGGER
Pirate’s Path, Part 2 — Initial Defenders 2 ships
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3 Pithior Guerilla D
4 Pith Usurper BS
Pirate’s Path, Part 2 — Station Wave 4 ships
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6 Frigate) Dire Pithi ? F
5 Pith ? BS
0-1 Dread Guristas Battleship Dread Guristas Battleship Modules TRIGGER BS
8 Cruise Missile Battery Sentry
Room 1 — 5 ships
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3 Pithi ? F
2 Dire Pithum ? C
5 Pithatis ? BC
4 Pith ? BS
0-1 Dread Guristas ? may contain Dread Guristas Battleship Modules TRIGGER BS
Room 2 — Structures 2 ships
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1 Guidance Beacon TRIGGER
1 Terrorist Raid Center TRIGGER
Pirate’s Path, Part 4 — First Spawn 1 ship
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4 Pith Massacrer BS
Pirate’s Path, Part 4 — Second Spawn 1 ship
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4 Pith Usurper BS
Pirate’s Path, Part 4 — Third Spwan 2 ships
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2 Dire Pithum Mortifier C
3 Pith Usurper BS
Pirate’s Path, Part 4 — Fourth Spawn 2 ships
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4 Pithatis Death Dealer BC
2 Pith Usurper BS
Pirate’s Path, Part 4 — Fifth Spawn 3 ships
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3 Dire Pithum Killer C
2 Pith Massacrer BS
1 Guristas Relay Commander BS
Pirate’s Path, Part 4 — Reinforcement 1 6 ships
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3 Dire Pithi Arrogator F
3 Dire Pithi Despoiler F
3 Pithior Terrorist D
3 Dire Pithum Nullifier C
7 Pith Massacrer BS
1 Guristas Relay Commander BS
Pirate’s Path, Part 4 — Reinforcement 2 4 ships
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6 Haruo's Genin F
6 Haruo's Chunin C
6 Haruo's Jonin BS
1 Haruo Wako Pith A-Type Modules, Dread Guristas Battleship Modules BS
Pirate’s Path, Part 4 — Mercenary Wave (Triggered by attacking the Stargate) 2 ships
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8 Space Trucker F
10 Space Trucker 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: Gurista Military Complex

Sources

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