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Provisional Gurista Outpost

Unrated · difficulty rank 5Low SecurityGuristas Pirates

Provisional Gurista Outpost is an Unrated Complex found by scanning in Low Security systems with Gurista presence.

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Provisional Gurista Outpost in EVE Online?

The Provisional Gurista Outpost spawns in low-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning).

What spawns in the Provisional Gurista Outpost?

The Provisional Gurista Outpost has 7 waves and about 28 NPCs: 1 battlecruiser, 7 cruisers, 11 frigates and 2 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Guristas Experimental Weapon Tower and Guristas Heavy Missile Battery.

What should I tank and shoot in the Provisional Gurista Outpost?

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

Which ships can enter the Provisional Gurista Outpost?

Ship restrictions for the Provisional Gurista Outpost: T2 Battelecruiser.

Does the Provisional Gurista Outpost escalate?

Completing the Provisional Gurista Outpost can escalate to Gurista Surveillance Squad.

What does the Provisional Gurista Outpost 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 Battelecruiser

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(auto-aggro) 3 ships
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1 Pithum Eraser 50 km off C
2-3 Pithi Invader/Infiltrator 110 km off F
2-3 Pithi Demolisher Timed spawn; 100 km behind acceleration gate F
First Pocket — Structures 1 ship
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1 Acceleration Gate
Second Pocket — Initial defenders 1 ship
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4 Pithi Wrecker/Plunderer F
Second Pocket — Structures 4 ships
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2 Guristas Bunker
2 Guristas Battery
1 Abandoned Ship Yard
1 Guristas Experimental Weapon Tower TRIGGER
Second Pocket — Reinforcement 1 3 ships
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2 Guristas Heavy Missile Battery TRIGGER Sentry
4 Pithum Abolisher/Eraser C
0-1 Dread Guristas Inferno/Mortifier Faction ammo/tags. Possible Dread Guristas modules or a rare Gila BPC C
Second Pocket — Reinforcement 2 2 ships
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2 Dire Pithum Eraser/Mortifier C
1 Pithatis Executor BC
Second Pocket — Reinforcement 3 1 ship
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3 Pithi Wrecker/Plunderer 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 Outpost (Unrated · difficulty rank 6) Guristas Vigil (Unrated · difficulty rank 4) Guristas Watch (Unrated · difficulty rank 3)

Escalations

  • Gurista Surveillance Squad — ~5% chance on completion to open the Gurista Surveillance Squad expedition (multi-part chain via The Agency) C Single-source / unverified

Sources

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