A new year is almost upon us, and what a year 2023 has been for EVE Online! The 20th year of New Eden was filled with excitement and chaos, with pilots pulling off heists, joining pirate factions, and filling the cluster with life and death.

“Wow, what a year! A fitting one for the 20th Anniversary, with two incredible expansions in Viridian and Havoc, a record breaking Fanfest, EVE Vanguard First Strike earlier this month, and whole lot more in between! I can say hand on heart that New Eden is full of life and vibrancy right now, evidenced both in higher concurrent capsuleers in space, but also in the unbelievable stories you continue to create. It’s incredibly exciting to again have boots on the ground in New Eden, and in the coming year, we will continue building on that core experience, creating an FPS experience with the community that we can all be proud of. We had ambitious goals for this year and we hope you agree we've delivered on a lot of our promises to you. But we aren't done by a long shot, we will accelerate into the third decade with renewed vigor and commitment, having laid stronger foundations during 2023, we are already working on the next two expansions for EVE Online in 2024 and have a clear vision of where we are going. I believe the future is bright, and I can't wait to see how you'll shape it with us in 2024."

-Snorri Árnason, EVE Game Director



The Pulse Holiday Special is the perfect excuse to curl up with a hot drink and bask in the warm glow of festive viewing. This special episode of the Pulse features some of the most remarkable stats from this year in EVE, including the most Corporation Projects created, the most expensive SKIN purchase, number of pirate faction signups, a noticeable lack of hats, and much more.



Get ready to find out if you’ve been naughty or nice! An End of Year message overflowing with your* achievements and activities in New Eden this year is making its way around the cluster. If you’re dying to know how many ships you destroyed, how much you mined, how often you jumped, or how much ISK you made or squandered, keep your eye on your inbox, because the Yoiul clones are hard at work hammering out your individual review. You’re sure to find something in there to delight and surprise, whether you’ve been naughty or nice. Although who are we kidding? You’ve most likely been naughty.

Here is a sneak peak of the message. We can neither confirm nor deny that CCP Swift edited his own stats, but Aura has verified all of yours!



*The message is going out to all of you who played from 1 Dec 2022-30 Nov 2023, and will include the year’s stats for your top three characters, as long as they’ve had over three hours of playtime throughout the year.


CCP’s very own band, Crowd Kon7rol, is feeling extra merry this holiday season, and has released your new favorite Christmas Carol: “Adventure of Christmas EVE”. A perfect soundtrack while playing EVE this Yoiultide season with your friends and family.



Winter Nexus is in full, snowy swing, with pilots having snowball fights, shooting fireworks, and having stormy fun. There’s plenty of wintry action left, with the event running until 4 January, so there’s ample time to jump in to take advantage of some of the daily rewards and complete seasonal challenges for some lucrative gains.



Now is the time to treat yourself and your loved ones. Starting tomorrow, 22 December, the EVE Store will be offering a 50% discount on Omega time and MCT bundles. This offer is only available for a limited time, so act fast. To further add to the festivities, until 4 January, pilots that make any purchase at the EVE Merch Store will get four free SKINs from the beautiful Luminae Polaris line, offering your hulls a festive look.



Tickets to Fanfest 2025 have been selling like Mot Mot Delights, which comes as no surprise as capsuleers are social creatures and love hanging out with each other in person. Not to worry, though, there are still some Early Bird Pioneer Passes available, a perfect holiday present for a loved one, or a treat for yourself!



This year was an incredible time for EVE Online, and next year has a lot of excitement in store. Have a very happy holiday season, keep fighting for or against corruption, and ring in the new year within a very festive New Eden. We thank you for making this 20th anniversary year an amazing one, and look forward to seeing you in space - or on the ground - in 2024.

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New Eden is in turmoil, thanks to Havoc being wrought by pirate insurgents and empire militia fighting to suppress corruption. A brand new update to EVE Online’s Havoc expansion only adds to the chaos by introducing an exciting Ice Refinery Heist activity and AIR Daily Goals.



Recently, fearless mercenaries went boots-on-the-ground in the EVE Vanguard First Strike event, which gave Omega players the opportunity to jump into the new multiplayer sandbox FPS module for EVE Online. As Vanguard, players fuel the war machine, adding corruption to the frontlines, delivering vital resources to the EVE economy, and completing contracts that turn the tide of battle. The First Strike event was a massive success with the Vanguard adding to the corruption on the frontlines by completing contracts for the Angel Cartel and Guristas, pulling out materials and data of interest from the Bowhead wreckage. This event not only gave players the chance to experience the action of EVE Vanguard, but also provided valuable feedback to aid in the creation of an authentic FPS experience within the EVE Universe. We extend our thanks to everyone who participated, and look forward to the next Vanguard event, coming in January.



As Pirate Insurgencies crop up in more systems around the cluster, new opportunities for illegal pirate activity and wealth accumulation are appearing in the war zones of New Eden. As of today, large fleet-oriented sites will start spawning in Insurgency systems at corruption or suppression stages 3-4. These Ice Refinery Heists include a new resource-movement interaction, allowing pirate-aligned capsuleers to raid the refineries, fight off security, and earn rewards. In turn, faction-aligned pilots can defend the sites by fighting off the attackers and evacuating the tankers to their home base. Groups will receive a point for each tanker ship they guide back to their home base. The first side to retrieve enough tankers wins Loyalty Points and standings rewards, with points subsequently added to corruption or suppression in the system, depending on where their loyalties lie.



If all this action isn’t enough, capsuleers now have even more activities to take on in New Eden, with the introduction of AIR Daily Goals, an upgrade to daily challenges. Every day, pilots are presented with four challenges, and they get the main daily reward of Skill Points by completing two of them, but also earn EverMarks and ISK for each of the goals completed. The challenges are varied and suited to different proficiencies, be it PvE or PvP combat, industry, or exploration.



Capsuleers now have ample opportunity to further their goals every day, whether that is to rack up their Skill Points, amass ISK and EverMarks, honing their skills in different proficiencies, or trying their hand at new activities to experience all that New Eden has to offer. The new challenges add more variety and accessibility and allow you to chart your own path and pursue the right goals for your journey. Tracking your progress is a breeze, as the AIR Daily Goals live in the AIR Opportunities window, giving you easy access to most of your activities in one place.



Every capsuleer gets the same set of daily goals on a given day, which provides an opportunity to fleet up to complete the goals together and makes it easier to complete them with your alternate characters.

The fun doesn’t stop there, because Winter Nexus has arrived, bringing with it spectacular rewards every single day. Among the treats on offer are festive new SKINs, fireworks, and filaments, as well as 125,000 SP for Alphas and 525,000 SP for Omegas, who can also claim the Alpha rewards for a whopping 650,000 SP! Even if you’re late to the party, there’s still time to claim the biggest prize of all, a massive SP cache on day 23. Just think of the possibilities. Will you spend your Skill Points on flying your dream ship or furthering your illustrious career?



The new SKINs are from the Aurora Universalis line and will include stunning styles for a frigate, destroyer, cruiser, and carrier for each empire, in addition to a skin for the Nestor, Kikimora, Barghest, and more. Warp into Winter Nexus today, so you don’t miss out on any of the great gifts!

The Havoc expansion introduced several new ships to New Eden, and for a limited time, you can get a great deal on stunning Luminae Polaris SKINs for some of these new vessels with the Winter Festival Pack in the EVE Store. The Winter Festival Pack also contains 23 days Omega time, 400 PLEX, festival launcher, Rimefrost Starburst firework, and one MCT.



The New Eden Store is also in a festive mood, offering a 30% discount on the stunning Luminae Polaris SKIN line from last year’s Winter Nexus celebrations. Get your Blood Raider, Mordu’s Legion, and Sansha ships looking amazing in time for the Yoiul Festival, ensuring you look your best this winter.

This offer is only valid until 25 December, so don’t delay!

The treats don’t stop there! Throughout the Winter Nexus celebrations, between 5 December and 4 January, pilots that make any purchase at the EVE Merch Store will get four free SKINs from the beautiful Luminae Polaris line.



Each Luminae Polaris SKIN radiates cool greens and icy blues, offering your hulls a perfect look for the festive season. Now is the time to head to the EVE Merch Store, whether you want to pick up some new swag from the “Hot Drops Collection” or pick up a festive gift for yourself or another EVE pilot from the “Winter Collection”.

Tickets to Fanfest 2025 have been selling like hotcakes, which comes as no surprise as capsuleers are social creatures and love hanging out in person. Not to worry, though, there are still some Early Bird Pioneer Passes available, a perfect holiday present for a loved one, or a treat for yourself! Make sure you don’t delay, as the festival is expected to sell out, much like this year’s Fanfest.



Capsuleers have embraced the latest opportunities for Havoc and brought massive action and chaos to New Eden. Rarely has there been a more exciting time to warp to New Eden, and more opportunities to wreak Havoc.

See you in space!

Watch as Alton Haveri reports for the Scope on the latest developments from Pirate Insurgency zones, where the Guristas Pirates ambushed a task force including heavily modified Mordu’s Legion Bowhead freighters. With one of the freighters crash-landing on the planet of Hevrice III, it is rumored that the Deathless Circle have deployed experimental “Vanguard” clone troops to the planet to retrieve equipment valuable to their interests.

The Scope is the leading news agency in the world of EVE. Though based in the Gallente Federation, the company takes pride in its total independence and operates separate agencies throughout New Eden. The Scope swings slightly to the left, but it is conservative enough to be considered a reliable news agency even to the toughest businessmen and politicians.

You have successfully thrown New Eden into chaos, using all the means Havoc has put at your disposal to promote or suppress corruption. Today, the First Strike event kicks off, opening the doors to EVE Vanguard, as a part of a new update to the Havoc expansion.




Today marks the beginning of the First Strike event, the opportunity to be among the first to jump into EVE Vanguard, the new multiplayer sandbox FPS module for EVE Online. The event runs until 11 December, and is open to Omegas only, as part of our Founders’ Access program. Frenetic, dynamic, and socially driven, EVE Vanguard will put you boots-on-the-ground across the hazardous environments of New Eden. As Vanguard, players will fuel the war machine, adding corruption to the frontlines, delivering vital resources to the EVE economy, and completing contracts that turn the tide of battle.
Connected to EVE Online from day one, Vanguard is being evolved in conjunction with EVE players so be sure to jump into the four-day event, add to the chaos, and give us your feedback to aid in creating an authentic FPS set in the EVE Universe.  



All players who join the First Strike event will receive a special reward: an exclusive and non-tradeable Arkombine Arisen capsule, claimable in EVE Online after the event concludes. Rewards will also be available within Vanguard in the future, including a reward for First Strike participants later down the line, so keep your eyes peeled for that, and the other exciting things coming. 



Make sure you join the EVE Discord to follow the discussions around the event, get support, and gameplay tips. You can also join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #EVEVanguard.
To learn more about EVE Vanguard and the First Strike event from members of the team behind the module’s development, check out the EVE Vanguard In Focus video here: 





Pirate insurgencies in EVE Online have seen several changes as a part of the recent Havoc expansion, and the latest updates have brought changes in security status, quality of life updates, and even faster paced action than before. The staging time for pirate FOBs, and forecasting time for Insurgencies, has been decreased from 48 to 24 hours, leading to a more frantic race against time to get prepared. The amount of suppression gained when empire militias complete Insurgency sites has been increased by 33%, and the Factional Warfare HQ systems for each empire have a base suppression level of 2, and can never drop below that level. Additionally, several systems have now had their security status increased so that Insurgencies cannot spread there, the most significant of which are Hek and Villore. Also, the navigation UI has seen an upgrade that warns pilots when entering corrupted space.


If you want even more information on what today’s update brings to the table, you can read all about it in the Patch Notes. Also, make sure to keep your eyes peeled for next week’s update, which will bring AIR Daily Goals and a new site for pirate activities.

Further adding to the mayhem, Winter Nexus has arrived, with stunning snowstorms and wintry action potentially impacting Insurgency systems and bringing extra chaos. With festive winter activities, daily rewards, and seasonal challenges, now is the best time to jump into Havoc.



The Havoc expansion introduced several new ships to New Eden, and for a limited time, you can get a great deal on stunning Luminae Polaris SKINs for some of these new vessels with the Winter Festival Pack in the EVE Store to celebrate Winter Nexus. Warp to the store today and get your new Havoc ships looking their absolute best. The Winter Festival Pack also contains 23 days Omega time, 400 PLEX, festival launcher, Rimefrost Starburst firework, and one MCT, at a great price.



New Eden lies at your feet, capsuleer, and you now have more options than ever to make your mark. Reach your goals, sow your chaos, fight for corruption or suppression, whether in space or on the ground, and emerge victorious.

See you in New Eden.

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Today marks the beginning of the Winter Nexus, and what a party it will be! Multiple snowstorms have started to travel around New Eden, creating a winter wonderland filled with festive Yoiul challenges and sensational rewards. The event runs until 4 January, and it pays to get started right away, as there are amazing daily rewards to be claimed!



Head to the heart of the stormy systems to find stunning winter environments filled with fun activities and challenges, including Sansha combat and exploration hacking sites, as well as a special Yoiul resource site. Tackle these sites in highsec, lowsec, or nullsec systems for amazing rewards in the form of SKINs and lucrative loot drops. Additionally, you can take on seasonal agency challenges, with a magnificent reward track, to further add to your riches.



Winter Nexus brings with it spectacular rewards every single day, so make sure you don’t miss out. Among the treats on offer are festive new SKINs, fireworks, and filaments, as well as 125,000 SP for Alphas and 525,000 SP for Omegas, who can also claim the Alpha rewards for a grand total of 650,000 SP! Just think of the possibilities of that big chunk of SP. Will you spend them on flying your dream ship or furthering your illustrious career? Will you be the first to fly the brand new Angel Titan?



The new SKINs are from the Aurora Universalis line and will include stunning styles for a frigate, destroyer, cruiser, and carrier for each empire, in addition to a skin for the Nestor, Kikimora, Barghest, and more. Don’t sleep on Winter Nexus, as you would be missing out on great gifts!

Throughout the Winter Nexus celebrations, between 5 December and 4 January, pilots that make any purchase at the EVE Merch Store will get four free SKINs from the beautiful Luminae Polaris line:

• Nightmare Luminae Polaris SKIN
  
• Barghest Luminae Polaris SKIN
  
• Orthrus Luminae Polaris SKIN
  
• Phantasm Luminae Polaris SKIN

Each Luminae Polaris SKIN radiates cool greens and icy blues, offering your hulls a perfect look for the festive season. Now is the time to head to the EVE Merch Store, whether you want to pick up some new swag from the ‘Hot Drops Collection’ or pick up a festive gift for another EVE pilot from the ‘Winter Collection’.

There’s no time like the present to start your Yoiul celebrations, capsuleer, so don’t delay. Jump into Winter Nexus today so you don’t miss out on any of the fantastic rewards on offer. Also, keep tuned into CCP TV for wonderful Twitch drops throughout the event.



See you in the snow!

The Winter Nexus festival is coming on 5 December, bringing with it a cornucopia of gifts, games and glory. Multiple snowy metaliminal storms will travel around the cluster, turning New Eden into a winter wonderland filled with Yoiul challenges that allow pilots to earn sensational rewards. Now is the time to start preparing for Winter Nexus, so get your ships and fits ready. You can get inspiration from last year’s fit recommendations on EVE Workbench, and in addition there are guides from last year that can serve as good preparation. Look for “EVE Online Winter Nexus” on YouTube or Reddit to find a wealth of information from other pilots.



Inside the stunning snowstorms capsuleers will find Sansha combat and exploration hacking sites, as well as a special Yoiul resource site. Completing these challenges leads to amazing rewards in the form of SKINs and lucrative loot drops. In addition, special buff effects will improve thermal resistances and allow players to overheat modules longer within the storm systems.


Every day that pilots take on the winter storms brings its own activities and rewards. Log in every day of Winter Nexus and receive wonderful treats such as festive new SKINs, fireworks, and filaments, as well as 125,000 SP for Alphas and 525,000 SP for Omegas, who can claim both the Alpha and Omega rewards. These new SKINs are from the Aurora Universalis line and will include beautiful styles for a frigate, destroyer, cruiser, and carrier for each empire, in addition to a skin for the Nestor, the Kikimora, the Barghest, and more. Make sure you take flight every day during Winter Nexus, so you don’t miss out on any of the rewards.



Winter Nexus is a fantastic way to end the year on a high note, but of course there’s already plenty of action going down in the cluster, with pirate insurgencies, corruption, and chaos spreading throughout New Eden. The Havoc expansion brought with it plenty of action, new ships to fly, and ample opportunity for capsuleers to clash in the fight for or against corruption, and it will continue to sow chaos well into the new year and beyond. The action continues in Winter Nexus, and you can even use the wealth of available Skill Points to train the skills needed to fly the new Angel Titan.


Put on your winter SKINs, capsuleers, and get ready to brave the storms and take on the festive challenges coming up. We will see you in the snow!

The latest episode of the Pulse comes to you from a hidden location, featuring the new Havoc expansion, EVE Vanguard First Strike, Winter Nexus, the Nullsec heist & more!

This week's episode contains details on the following:

00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Havoc: Pirate Insurgencies & Corp Projects
01:52 - Havoc: New fleet-oriented site
02:34 - EVE Vanguard First Strike & tech test
03:22 - SCC update on EverMark donations
03:40 - Athounon – Samanuni stargate
03:54 - Winter Nexus
04:40 - Luminaire snowball fight
04:55 - Nullsec heist
05:49 - New EVE launcher
06:06 - EVE Academy
06:26 - Havoc & Black Friday offers
07:09 - Outro

The gates to the recently discovered Zarzakh system are open to all who dare enter, and now is the time to venture forth and choose where your loyalties lie. Will you side with the Angel Cartel or Guristas pirate factions, becoming an insurgent, or do you intend to play the hero with empire militias?




EVE Online: Havoc is the second major expansion for EVE Online in 2023, and as of today, it opens up a wealth of choices, adventures, and combat options. It is a hazardous world, filled with ancient mysteries, and it gives pilots the opportunity to live a pirate’s life in New Eden. In addition to new ships, activities, and locations such as the visually stunning Jovian megastructure, “The Fulcrum”, capsuleers can expect great adventures as pirates attempt to corrupt systems, spurred on by the mysterious Deathless.




The Havoc expansion finally allows capsuleers to fulfill what has long been a dream of many: To enlist with New Eden’s notorious pirate factions. You will get the chance to aid The Deathless in spreading chaos throughout empire warzones by aligning with the Angel Cartel or Guristas. The completion of the new interstellar shipcaster in Zarzakh enables you to get there even faster and start making your mark. Pilots will be able to spread corruption as insurgents, or fight for order as empire militia, with a wealth of Loyalty Points on the line. Siding with the pirates will bring access to new ships, including the Azariel-class titan and Khizriel-class battlecruiser from the Angel Cartel, Alligator-class battlecruiser from the Guristas, as well as making Mekubal and Mamba destroyers available through the dedicated Pirate Insurgent LP Stores.




The insurgencies get under way today as the pirate Forward Operating Base (FOB) chooses systems for pilots to compete over. After the FOB appears, however, there will be a 48 hour forecasting period, as the pirates set up and prepare their assault. This gives capsuleers a chance to get their ships into position (or out of harm’s way, as the case may be) before the actual insurgency begins. So, once you have chosen your side, you should begin getting ready, as the proper battle over corruption or stability begins in two days’ time.




In addition to providing access to pirate Forward Operating Bases and the stunning Fulcrum hangar, Havoc brings with it EVE Vanguard, a dynamic and evolving FPS experience in early development, which will be connected to EVE Online from day one. When it comes online in December, capsuleers will be able to impact New Eden, and fuel its war machine, directly through Frontline corruption. You can sign up here to be among the first to join the ranks of Vanguard.




Havoc will further empower organizations by making Corporation Projects bigger and better than ever before. ISK payments will now be integrated into projects, meaning that manual payments will no longer be necessary, new project types will be added, and there will now be a dedicated project manager role. AIR Opportunities will now be available to new capsuleers earlier through the AIR NPE, and the expansion adds the ability to take a break from the NPE and come back to it any time. The expansion introduces seven new project types, including Remote Repair Armor and Remote Boost Shields, Destroy Capsuleer’s Ship, Scan Signature, and more. In addition, project cloning is now available for ease of creating similar or recurring projects.

Further adding to capsuleers’ ability to find things to do on a daily basis in New Eden, Havoc will see the introduction of the new AIR Daily Goals system in December 2023, which will build upon the current daily challenges. This system will give capsuleers a selection of four tasks every day but will require only two of them to be completed for the main reward to be given.

In the spirit of strengthening organizations and making life easier for capsuleers in and out of corps, better accessibility to features and gameplay in the Havoc expansion also comes in the form of improvements to the Photon UI interface. Omega pilots now have the option to personalize their experience by customizing the UI color scheme, and there are updates to the Settings menu, presenting a more modernized look consistent with the rest of Photon UI, including the addition of two new font sizes. Alphas get access to pre-made UI themes, previously only available to Omega capsuleers.



Speaking of personalization, Havoc will also see the release of corporation and alliance emblems for the new ships coming with this expansion, specifically the Mekubal, Mamba, Khizriel, Alligator, and Azariel. So even if you are aligning with pirates, you can still proudly fly your organization’s colors! This is only the beginning of Havoc. There are further enhancements coming in an update tomorrow, and the coming weeks and months will see even more Havoc updates. So, keep your eyes and ears open, capsuleers.


As the chaos on the frontlines unfolds, be sure to stay tuned to CCP TV for amazing Twitch drops, full of fun goodies to make your pirate adventures even more fruitful. Some of the treats you can expect to drop are Glamourex boosters, mysterious crates, EverMarks, and SKINs. Stay tuned so you don’t miss a thing.


To celebrate the chaos and corruption of Havoc, all capsuleers can now claim 7 free days of Omega by visiting the New Eden Store until 20 November. Omega time gives you unlimited access to a wide range of EVE’s best ships, doubled skill training speed, 10x the number of EverMarks received for completing Paragon missions, and much more. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to enjoy a full week for free.




Arm yourself for Havoc with two expansion-themed packs loaded with PLEX, Skill Points, Angel and Guristas-themed apparel and SKINs, a Glamourex booster, and more! The Insurgent Initiate Pack provides an additional 14 days of Omega to empower novice capsuleers looking to involve themselves in pirate insurgencies, and the Insurgent Commander Pack includes SKINs for an assortment of Angel and Guristas ships – including the brand-new Alligator and Khizriel!





The Insurgent Initiate Pack is ideal for new pilots who want to get started on the best foot in New Eden, and it contains:

• 14 days of Omega
  
• 14 PLEX
  
• Basic Glamourex Booster
  
• 150,000 Skill Points
  
• Worm Empyrean Outlaws SKIN
  
• Dramiel Empyrean Outlaws SKIN
  
• Men's 'Outlaw' Jacket (Guristas)
  
• Women's 'Outlaw' Coat (Guristas)
  
• Women's 'Gunner' Jacket (Angel Cartel)
  
• Men's 'Marshal' Jacket (Angel Cartel)

The Insurgent Commander Pack, tailor made for more experienced pilots, contains:

• 1,350 PLEX
  
• 250,000 Skill Points
  
• Basic Glamourex Booster
  
• Worm Empyrean Outlaws SKIN
  
• Mamba Empyrean Outlaws SKIN
  
• Dramiel Empyrean Outlaws SKIN
  
• Mekubal Empyrean Outlaws SKIN
  
• Alligator Empyrean Outlaws SKIN
  
• Khizriel Empyrean Outlaws SKIN
  
• Machariel Empyrean Outlaws SKIN
  
• Men's 'Outlaw' Jacket (Guristas)
  
• Women's 'Outlaw' Coat (Guristas)
  
• Women's 'Gunner' Jacket (Angel Cartel)
  
• Men's 'Marshal' Jacket (Angel Cartel)

Both packs can be purchased once per account, and are available until 11 December, so act fast!



In addition to the amazing deals you can get in the EVE Store, the New Eden Store is offering massive discounts on Redclaw Sable SKINs as well as pirate Hex bundles, in a special Black Friday sale, so make sure to check that out before it’s too late.


The Pirate Insurgencies are under way, and now is the time to choose where your loyalties lie, capsuleers. Become a pirate insurgent, spread corruption and wreak Havoc wherever you go, or join an empire militia, suppress criminal activity and establish your reputation as an honorable upholder of the law. Take part in Corporation Projects and reap the rewards, contributing to a greater cause and strengthening your organizations. Dock at the visually stunning Fulcrum hangar, and so much more. Dive into the expansion today, get 7 days free Omega time, and gain unparalleled power as you choose your alliances and unlock limitless potential.

For more in-depth information on all the new features Havoc brings to New Eden, you can watch a replay of the Havoc in Focus Director’s Chat here.

The countdown to EVE Online: Havoc - the upcoming second major expansion for EVE in 2023 - continues with this third installment of the Havoc in Focus series, giving you early insight into more specific elements of the expansion due 14 November.  

Havoc will introduce the brand-new Angel Cartel Khizriel-class battlecruiser, the Guristas Alligator-class battlecruiser, and the long-awaited Angel Cartel Azariel-class titan. The recently added new Angel and Guristas destroyers will also be touched on in this article. 

These stunning new ships were unveiled in detail at EVE Fanfest 2023 to much excitement. Get the lowdown on these pirate ships as they are discussed throughout this article, in the video below, as well as on stream via CCP TV at 16:00 UTC on 26 October! 



The appeal of pirate spacecraft is never far from the dream of representing the pirate factions in New Eden, and the new ships being introduced in Havoc will absolutely fuel that fantasy, along with staying true to offering unique bonuses and challenges to unlock as with other pirate ships in EVE. The Angel Cartel and Guristas pirate factions will be getting new battlecruisers when Havoc is launched, and the new destroyers for both factions are already in the game, with BPCs available to those who have successfully carried out all the necessary tasks in the Awakening Zarzakh event. 

The Guristas have the Mamba-class destroyer, which is based on the Corax, as well as the upcoming Alligator-class battlecruiser based on the Drake hull. Both the Mamba and the Alligator share the same missile firepower as the hulls they are based on, while also having Guristas drone boat bonuses and shield resistances, making them incredibly durable and also capable of delivering significant damage at the same time. 



The Angel Cartel has the Mekubal-class destroyer and the upcoming Khizriel-class battlecruiser, both of which are completely new hulls. The Mekubal and Khizriel feature high projectile DPS and fall off bonuses, while also boasting the high level of mobility capsuleers would expect from Angel ships, with warp speed bonuses and top speeds for their class. 



These are the first pirate faction destroyers and battlecruisers introduced into EVE that capsuleers can fly, and they are ships that the community has wanted for some time. Adding them into the Havoc expansion builds on the introduction of navy issue destroyers and battlecruisers in 2022’s Uprising expansion. The design and balance of these pirate destroyers and battlecruisers takes strong inspiration from existing pirate craft, for example the Guristas Alligator battlecruiser could be seen as a merging of the Caldari Drake-class battlecruiser hull and the Guristas Gila-class cruiser in terms of attributes. 

The Guristas Mamba and Alligator share the same slot layouts as the Corax and the Drake respectively. As for the Angel ships, the Mekubal has a high/mid/low slot layout of 6/3/4, and the Khizriel has a 7/5/6 layout, meaning that these new Angel ships are fairly flexible to be either armor or shield tanked. 
The battlecruiser and the destroyer BPCs will be in the Pirate Insurgent Loyalty Point Stores come 14 November and the release of Havoc, and capsuleers will be able to exchange Pirate Insurgent LP obtained from Pirate Insurgency activities for those BPCs. 



If pirate destroyers and battlecruisers were ships that capsuleers were hungry for, then they were positively ravenous for the Angel Cartel titan that was introduced some years ago in the form of concept art! Effectively the Angel logo viewed from above and turned into a ship design, that concept art has often been referred to by those wishing to see the Angel titan take actual form within EVE. 

In the Havoc expansion, the Angel Cartel will finally roll out their long-awaited titan, the Azariel. Although the ship is based on older concept designs, there was always something promising there to work with, and further concepts were produced based on subsequent passes made on those original designs. Modified to reflect the standard seen in today’s EVE ship designs, inspiration for all the new Angel ship designs was drawn from sources such as animal skulls and insect armor plates, and thus the Azariel was born. 



This pirate behemoth maintains one of the signature Angel Cartel ship bonuses to warp speed, which at first glance may not make a great deal of sense for a ship the size of a titan, however it works very well for a specific type of gameplay. Its warp speed bonus will allow the Azariel to get safe from hazardous circumstances in a shorter time, giving it something of an edge. With its extremely high projectile turret DPS – second only in the titan ecosystem to the Vanquisher – it has the highest potential alpha strike of all EVE ships. That ability to get in and out quickly, applying a monstrous amount of immediate DPS in alpha, makes the Azariel the ultimate hyper dunking titan. 

The Azariel BPC will be available in the Angel Cartel Pirate Insurgent LP Store, and over the last couple of years, pirate faction titans have had a wide range of build materials, cost, and methods of acquisition. The addition of the Azariel, another pirate titan, meant that there was an opportunity to simplify the field, make balancing easier, and make the titans comparative to one another – ultimately to make sure these ships are reasonable to acquire and build.  

As a result, the build materials for pirate titans have been adjusted to be equivalent to that of a Tech I titan. This simplification means that the building of a Vanquisher, Azariel, or Komodo pirate titan will require as much material as that of an Erebus or Leviathan.  



With the build materials coming down, the intention of keeping pirate titans as the pinnacle ships in EVE meant that some of that pirate titan premium had been moved to the blueprint acquisition cost. These BPCs have been expensive to source, many of them only being obtainable from pirate shipyard sites.  In the case of the Serpentis Vanquisher-class titan – only available through the Serpentis LP Store – the majority of its cost was in its build materials, with a comparatively cheap blueprint cost. Consequently, the base cost of the LP needed to purchase its BPC was increased at the same time as the reduction in build materials. Having that upfront premium means that changes to a ship’s position in the ecosystem based on their valuation will be more impactful, and not dependent on the alteration of blueprint materials. 

Come 14 November, the mighty Azariel from the Angel Cartel will claim its place in the formidable titan ecosystem, and its monstrous DPS and killer looks promise to make it every bit as special as capsuleers have been hoping since those original concept drawings were shared. A lot of love has been put into the Azariel, both in terms of design and aesthetics. We can’t wait to see it in space, and in your hands! 

Once a year, EVE Game Masters (GMs) take to the sky and throw down in New Eden for an entire week. This year’s GM week is almost upon us, running from 23 - 27 October, featuring favorite events from previous years, along with a few new twists as always. EVE GMs are cooking up a variety of in-game happenings, contests, streams, prizes, and other shenanigans, so jump in, meet the GMs who maintain the world of EVE and join the celebrations! Furthermore, this year’s GM Week coincides with Crimson Harvest, meaning the traditional gifts and assets the GMs bring with them will be even more likely to drop!




GMs will be actively present in New Eden throughout the week on various help channels, as well as in person aboard impressive & aspirational ships. They can be found across various starter, career agent, and Sisters of EVE Epic Arc systems, engaging with players and answering questions in chat – marked by their signature red text!

Traditionally, one of the most popular activities of GM week has been the super fun Whack-a-Bot event, where pilots have gotten the chance to bring their wrath down on bots in Capital and Super-Capital ships. In a whopper of a first-world problem, Team Security has been so effective of late that the pool of bots to whack is now virtually non-existent. As such, the Whack-a-Bot event will be laid to rest and replaced with ships populated by Game Masters, old and new, giving capsuleers a chance to score some juicy loot and even juicier corpses!



The GM and ISD fleet will take off on their annual epic roam into the unknown on 26 October. Normally the fleet has been commanded by BjornBee, and these romps have always been a hoot. This year, however, we are recruiting a new streaming partner to FC them to greatness. Don’t miss a second of this fun-filled misadventure.

Seek out easy-to-find containers across the cluster, in a treasure hunt of epic proportions. Each stash will be named with an EVE-related riddle and accessible only by inputting the correct answer as a passcode! All answers will be in lower-case to avoid confusion.

The Orbital stashes will also become comfortable streams with pretty backgrounds. Tune in to see the soothing colors, take a breath, and relax a little before you shoot off to locate the containers and reap the rewards.

Put your detective hats on, capsuleers, and start gathering clues to the locations of pesky GMs, hiding in various places around New Eden. Keep your eyes peeled, as various hints will be dropped both onstream and through in-game channels. Hunt down Game Masters and you’ll be rewarded with handsome goodies.



A GM might suddenly appear in your neck of New Eden carrying lots of loot - PLEX, SKINs, and fun vanity items! The caveat is that they will not surrender their prize until they explode, and they WILL shoot first. Get ready for some epic PVG (player vs GM) action, and some truly epic loot!

GM week sees some super-fun contests with lots of goodies to win, open for submissions until 27 October at 23:59 UTC. Keep an eye on the forums and the official EVE Discord for more information!
Action All Week Long

Each of these events will run for the entire duration of the GM week celebrations, so no matter where or when you play, you’re certain to find something fun to participate in!

We can’t wait to share another bombastic and action-packed GM week with you all.

See you in space!
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