Winter Nexus (2021)

Winter Nexus

Winter Nexus is an event held from 09 December 2021 to 4 January 2022 (downtime to downtime) and includes Volatile Ice Storms which feature Wightstorm Sites, 13 Days of Nexus Login Campaign, the Winter Nexus Agency Challenge, the Yoiul Chilling Spree Daily Campaign, and Yoiul Festival-themed Abyssal Proving Grounds.

Volatile Ice Storm

The view inside Wightstorm Forwards Base. The snowing effect is visible in all systems affected by the storm.

Volatile Ice Storm is a Metaliminal Storm that moves between High, Low and Null Security systems. The center system and its neighbors experience the Strong effect, while systems 2-3 jumps out from the center get a Weak effect. Volatile Ice Storms can overlap. The sites spawned depend on the security status of the center system (e.g. a low security system in a highsec-centered ice storm will have highsec sites).

Effect	Weak	Strong
Overheat damage reduction	10%	25%
Thermal resistance bonus	4%	10%

Volatile Ice Storms spawn:

• Wightstorm Combat Anomalies
• Volatile Ice Fields
• Wightstorm Data Sites

Wightstorm Combat Anomalies

Wightstorm Forward Base

These sites appear in Highsec within systems with the Volatile Ice Storm Effect. Similar to the event site from 2020, the site is doable with a well-fit Battlecruiser with application support.

Main article: Wightstorm Forward Base

Wightstorm Transit Site

These sites appear in Nullsec within systems with the Volatile Ice Storm Effect. Similar to the event site from 2020, the site is doable with a well-fit Battleship with application support.

Main article: Wightstorm Transit Site

Wightstorm Muster Point

These sites appear in Lowsec within systems with the Volatile Ice Storm Effect. Similar to the event site from 2020, the site is doable with a well-fit Battleship with application support.

Main article: Wightstorm Muster Point

Wightstorm Anchorage

These sites are rare and appear in Low- and Nullsec within systems with the Volatile Ice Storm Effect.

Main article: Wightstorm Anchorage

Volatile Ice Fields

Volatile Ice Fields contain Ice that cannot be processed but can be traded in 7 at a time for a package of Salvage and Sansha items at the Site.

Different areas of space have different sites:

• High Security: Fading Volatile Ice Field
• Low Security: Fresh Volatile Ice Field
• Null Security: Friable Volatile Ice Field

Only the following ships can fit through the Acceleration Gate:

• Expedition Frigates
• Mining Barges
• Exhumers
• Industrial Ships
• Blockade Runners
• Deep Space Transports
• Porpoise

Wightstorm Data Sites

All Sites are:

• Level IV Data Sites. 86 scanner probe strength is able to scan them down but higher is recommended.
• only have one container that requires a Data Analyzer to unlock

Different areas of space have different sites:

• High Security: Wightstorm Communication Relay is the easiest
• Null Security Wightstorm Cryptographic Array is of intermediate difficulty
• Low Security: Wightstorm Strategic Node is the hardest

Rewards

• SKINs: Glacial Drift, Aurora Universalis
• Filaments: Proving Grounds, Calm Abyssal, Needlejack and Ice Strom
• Overseer's Personal Effects 5th - 23th Tier
• Fireworks: Yoiul Festival Snowballs, Snowstar Crystalburst, Rimefrost Starburst
• Basic/Potent/Extended 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerators
• Agency Drugs: Agency 'Hardshell', Agency 'Pyrolancea'
• Wightstorm Booster: Sunyata, Nirvana, Rapture, Cetana, Manasikara, Vitarka
• Sansha Faction modules and ammo

13 Days of Nexus (Login Campaign)

Runs from 9th December 2021 to 4th January 2022.

Capsuleers must log in for 13 out of the 27 days to collect all rewards. A total of 85k Skill Points are available to alpha clone accounts, while omega clone accounts have access to an additional 425k.

Day	For Alpha Accounts	Additional for Omega
1	Yoiul Festival Snowballs Crate (Tier 1 Gift)	25,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)
2	Wightstorm Sunyata Booster I (Tier 1 Gift)	Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 2 Gift)
3	DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift)	Nemesis Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)
4	Rifter Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)	Wightstorm Vitarka Booster II (Tier 2 Gift)
5	10,000 Skill Points (Tier 2 Gift)	50,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)
6	Wightstorm Rapture Booster (Tier 1 Gift)	Purifier Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)
7	Kestrel Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)	Wightstorm Manasikara Booster II (Tier 2 Gift)
8	Wightstorm Nirvana Booster I (Tier 2 Gift)	Manticore Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)
9	25,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)	100,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)
10	Punisher Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)	Wightstorm Cetana Booster II (Tier 2 Gift)
11	Wightstorm Vitarka Booster I (Tier 1 Gift)	Hound Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)
12	Tristan Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)	Wightstorm Sunyata Booster III (Tier 3 Gift)
13	50,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)	250,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)

Winter Nexus (Agency Challenge)

The overall event point rewards are available in the table below. Rewards are immediately attached to the redeeming character, and can not be attained as an item.

Category	Task Name	Description	Reward
Introduction Challenges
Combat introduction 1/3	Burst through the gate	Enter a Wightstorm Forward Base, Muster Point, or Transit Site located in a Volatile Ice Storm in high-security, low-security, or null-security space. You will need a Tech II fit battleship (or equivalent) for the fight ahead.	10 points
Combat introduction 2/3	Battle the Nation	Destroy 5 Sansha's Nation NPCs while in a Wightstorm Forward Base, Muster Point or Transit Site.	20 points
Combat introduction 3/3	Battle the Sansha's Elite	When the Wightstorm Fleet battleship arrives, destroy it.	25 points
Exploration introduction 1/3	Slip through the back door	Enter a Wightstorm Comms Relay, Strategic Node or Crypto Facility site located in a Volatile Ice Storm in high-security, low-security or null-security space. You will need a data analyzer module and a probe scanner for the task ahead.	10 points
Exploration introduction 2/3	Open the data packets	Hack into a Communication Relay, Strategic Node or a Cryptographic Array and see what hides inside.	20 points
Exploration introduction 3/3	A few more would not hurt	Keep finding and opening Wightstorm Communication Relays, Strategic Nodes and Cryptographic Arrays. Riches await! (Hack 2 event exploration cans.)	25 points
Festival introduction 1/2	Target Practice	Time to dust off your festival launchers. Test your snowball launching prowess on any NPC.	5 points
Festival introduction 2/2	Snowball fight!	Target another capsuleer and shoot them with a snowball.	1x DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament 5 points
Mining introduction 1/3	Into the eye of the storm	Enter a Fading Volatile Ice Field, Fresh Volatile Ice Field, or Friable Volatile Ice Field located in a Volatile Ice Storm in high-security, low-security, or null-security space. You will need ice harvesting equipment for the task ahead	10 points
Mining introduction 2/3	This is not a drill!	Harvest 7 Faded Volatile Ice, Fresh Volatile Ice, or Friable Volatile Ice from a Fading Volatile Ice Field, Fresh Volatile Ice Field, or Friable Volatile Ice Field	20 points
Mining introduction 3/3	Frozen chunks of space gas	While frozen volatiles may look worthless to you, ORE are rewarding those who provide them with Faded Volatile Ice, Fresh Volatile Ice, or Friable Volatile Ice. Visit an ORE Volatile Ice Processor accepting the correct form of Volatile Ice to exchange the ice you have mined for rewards.	25 points
Combat Challenges
Combat challenge 1/3 (repeatable)	Challenging the Nation	Hunt down the Sansha's Nation Wightstorm Fleet in the Volatile Ice Storms in high-security, low-security or null-security. The fight will become harder in lower security areas.	5 points
Combat challenge 2/3 (repeatable)	Not a snowball fight	You have entered a combat site. Destroy 5 Sansha's Nation ships.	10 points
Combat challenge 3/3 (repeatable)	For New Eden!	Once you defeat enough Sansha's raiding vessels, a Wightstorm Fleet battleship will arrive. Destroy it.	15 points
Exploration Challenges
Exploration challenge 1/3 (repeatable)	Infiltration	Find a Wightstorm Comms Relay, Strategic Node or Crypto Facility located in the Volatile Ice Storms. Bring a data analyzer, a probe scanner and prepare to open some presents.	5 points
Exploration challenge 2/3 (repeatable)	They didn't need it anyway!	Hack into a Communication Relay, Strategic Node, or a Cryptographic Array, and retrieve any valuables hidden inside.	10 points
Exploration challenge 3/3 (repeatable)	A few more would not hurt	Keep finding and opening Wightstorm Communication Relays, Strategic Nodes and Cryptographic Arrays. Riches await! (Hack 2 event exploration cans.)	15 points
Mining Challenges
Mining challenge 1/3 (repeatable)	Ice Carving	Find a a [sic] Fading Volatile Ice Field, Fresh Volatile Ice Field, or Friable Volatile Ice Field located in a Volatile Ice Storm. Bring an ice harvester and be ready to harvest	5 points
Mining challenge 2/3 (repeatable)	Volatiles Galore	Harvest 7 Faded Volatile Ice, Fresh Volatile Ice, or Friable Volatile Ice from a Fading Volatile Ice Field, Fresh Volatile Ice Field, or Friable Volatile Ice Field	10 points
Mining challenge 3/3 (repeatable)	Something more usable	Visit an ORE Volatile ICE Processor accepting the correct form of Volatile Ice to exchange the ice you have mined for rewards. (Do 4 ice conversions with the Orca inside the site.)	15 points
Snowball Challenges
Snowball challenge 1/9 (repeatable)	Void the warranty	Probe down a Wightstorm data sight and hit the hackable tower with a snowball.	10 points
Snowball challenge 2/9 (repeatable)	Open the data packets	Hack into a Communications Relay, Strategic Node or a Cryptographic Array and see what hides inside.	10 points
Snowball challenge 3/9 (repeatable)	Snowball fight!	Target another capsuleer and shoot them with a snowball.	1x VXN-01N Nullsec Ice Storm Filament 10 points
Snowball challenge 4/9 (repeatable)	Ice delivery	Warp to a Volatile Ice Field within an ice storm and hit the ORE Volatile Ice Processor Orca with a snowball. Only subcapital mining and industrial ships can pass through the acceleration gate.	10 points
Snowball challenge 5/9 (repeatable)	Frozen chunks of space gas	Visit an ORE Volatile Ice Processor accepting the correct form of Volatile Ice to exchange the ice you have mined for rewards.	10 points
Snowball challenge 6/9 (repeatable)	Snowball fight!	Target another capsuleer and hit them with a snowball.	1x DNNR-01L Lowsec Ice Storm Filament 10 points
Snowball challenge 7/9 (repeatable)	Insult to injury	Fight through a Wightstorm combat site within an ice storm and hit the final Stormlord with a snowball.	10 points
Snowball challenge 8/9 (repeatable)	For New Eden!	Destroy a Sansha's Nation Stormlord battleship.	10 points
Snowball challenge 9/9 (repeatable)	Snowball fight!	Target another capsuleer and hit them with a snowball.	1x DNCR-05H Highsec Ice Storm Filament 10 points

Points	Reward
50	DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament
100	Augoror Aurora Universalis SKIN
150	Osprey Aurora Universalis SKIN
200	VXN-01N Nullsec Ice Storm Filament
250	Exequror Aurora Universalis SKIN
300	Scythe Aurora Universalis SKIN
350	DNNR-01L Lowsec Ice Storm Filament
400	Stormbringer Aurora Universalis SKIN
450	Vedmak Aurora Universalis SKIN
500	Ice Storm Filaments Crate
550	Orthrus Aurora Universalis SKIN
600	Stratios Aurora Universalis SKIN
650	Ice Storm Filaments Crate
700	Phantasm Aurora Universalis SKIN
750	Ashimmu Aurora Universalis SKIN
800	Vigilant Aurora Universalis SKIN
850	Cynabal Aurora Universalis SKIN
900	Gila Aurora Universalis SKIN

Yoiul Chilling Spree (Daily Campaign)

During the event, you will earn 5,000 Skill Points a day for hitting other Capsuleers with Snowballs. During the Proving Grounds event, an additional 5k SP per day can be earned for entering the Proving Grounds.

Ice Storm Filaments

Ice Storm Filaments transport capsuleers to a System affected by the Volatile Ice Storm.

There are separate Ice Storm Filaments for High, Low and Null security systems, capable of taking up to one, five, or ten ships.

Area / Ship Count	1	5	10
Highsec	DSHR-01H	DNCR-05H	PRNCR-10H
Lowsec	DNNR-01L	BLTZN-05L	RDLF-10L
Nullsec	VXN-01N	CMT-05N	CPD-10N

Abyssal Proving Grounds

Timeline
10th December - 14th December	2v2 Assault Frigates
18th December	1v1 Navy Frigates
31th December - 4th January	T1 Cruiser with T1 modules FFA
8th January	1v1 Battleships

All of these proving events will feature a special set of environmental effects that increase afterburner speed bonuses by 100% and reduce heat damage suffered by overheating modules by 50%.

External Links

• EVE-Online News: Winter Nexus Holiday Season Returns!
• EVE-Online Patch Notes: Version 19.11.2
• YouTube: djAFK's EVE Online - Winter Nexus Exploration / Data Sites (from last year, still viable)
• YouTube: djAFK's EVE Online - Winter Nexus Mining (from last year, still viable)