Pith Merchant Depot
Guristas PiratesPith Merchant Depot is a DED Complex that can be found via exploration. Only Destroyers (including tech 2 and tech 3) and below can enter the complex.
Access B Community-corroborated
- Found via
- Cosmic signature (combat scanning) or escalation from a combat anomaly
- Ship restrictions
- Destroyer class (including T3)
Faction threat profile C Single-source / unverified
- They deal
- Kinetic (79%) / Thermal (18%)
- Weak to
- Kinetic / Thermal
- 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.
Room 1 — Initial defenders
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Pith Guristas Sentry | Sentry | — | — | — | — | |
| 1 | Blockade General Sade Drops Sade's Pass to Room 2 and 3rd Tier Overseer's Personal Effects. Low chance to contain Dread Guristas modules | F | — | — | — | — |
Room 1 — Spawns very quickly
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-11 | Pithi Infiltrator/Invader/Arrogator/Imputor | F | — | — | — | — |
Room 1 — Structures
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Acceleration Gate | — | — | — | — |
Room 3 — Structures
| Qty | NPC | Hull | EWAR | DPS ea | Alpha ea | EHP ea | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acceleration Gate | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1 | Storage Taxes 5th Tier Overseer's Personal Effects. Can drop Dread Guristas modules. | — | — | — | — |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Faction/deadspace module drops from the final commander. No structured drop-rate data banked yet.
Escalations
No escalations currently mapped. That is a statement about the Atlas, not the site. Mapping escalation chains is ongoing original research.
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- CCP support: DED Complexes (ship-class restrictions) B Community-corroborated retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: NPC damage types C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Pith Merchant Depot C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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