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[[File:Winter nexus event 2025.jpg|thumb|400px|Winter Nexus]] '''Winter Nexus''' is an event held from 9 December 2025 to 12 January 2026 ([[downtime]] to downtime) and includes [[#Volatile Ice Storm|Volatile Ice Storms]] which feature Wightstorm Sites, [[#Login campaign|Login Campaign]], and the [[#Agency campaign|Winter Nexus Agency Challenge]],. | [[File:Winter nexus event 2025.jpg|thumb|400px|Winter Nexus]] '''Winter Nexus''' is an event held from 9 December 2025 to 12 January 2026 ([[downtime]] to downtime) and includes [[#Volatile Ice Storm|Volatile Ice Storms]] which feature Wightstorm Sites, [[#Login campaign|Login Campaign]], and the [[#Agency campaign|Winter Nexus Agency Challenge]],. | ||
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== Agency campaign == | == Agency campaign == | ||
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! | ! Combat Challenges !! Task Name !! Description !! Reward !! Bonus Reward | ||
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| 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. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points || | |||
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| Combat introduction | | Combat introduction 2/3 || '''Battle the Nation''' || Destroy 5 Sansha's Nation NPCs while in a Wightstorm Forward Base, Muster Point or Transit Site. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 20 points || | ||
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| Combat introduction 3/3 || <!--'''Battle the Sansha's Elite'''--> || <!--When the Wightstorm Fleet battleship arrives, destroy it.--> || <!--[[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 25 points || --> | |||
| Combat introduction 3/3 || <!--'''Battle the Sansha's Elite'''--> || <!--When the Wightstorm Fleet battleship arrives, destroy it.--> || <!--[[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 25 points--> | |||
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| Combat challenge 1/3<br>(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. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points | | Combat challenge 1/3<br>(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. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points || | ||
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| Combat challenge 2/3<br>(repeatable) || '''Not a snowball fight''' || You have entered a combat site. Destroy 5 Sansha's Nation ships. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points | | Combat challenge 2/3<br>(repeatable) || '''Not a snowball fight''' || You have entered a combat site. Destroy 5 Sansha's Nation ships. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points || | ||
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| Combat challenge 3/3<br> (repeatable) || '''For New Eden!''' || Once you defeat enough Sansha's raiding vessels, a Wightstorm Fleet battleship will arrive. Destroy it. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 15 points | | Combat challenge 3/3<br> (repeatable) || '''For New Eden!''' || Once you defeat enough Sansha's raiding vessels, a Wightstorm Fleet battleship will arrive. Destroy it. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 15 points || | ||
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! Exploration Challenges !! Task Name !! Description !! Reward !! Bonus Reward | |||
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| 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. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 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. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| Exploration introduction 2/3 || '''Open the data packets''' || Hack into a Communication Relay, Strategic Node or a Cryptographic Array and see what hides inside. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 20 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. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 20 points|| | ||
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| Exploration introduction 3/3 || '''A few more would not hurt''' || Keep finding and opening Wightstorm Communication Relays, Strategic Nodes and Cryptographic Arrays. Riches await!<br>''(Hack 2 event exploration cans.)'' || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 25 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!<br>''(Hack 2 event exploration cans.)'' || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 25 points|| | ||
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| Exploration challenge 1/3<br>(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.|| [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points | | Exploration challenge 1/3<br>(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.|| [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points|| | ||
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| Exploration challenge 2/3<br>(repeatable) || '''They didn't need it anyway!''' || Hack into a Communication Relay, Strategic Node, or a Cryptographic Array, and retrieve any valuables hidden inside. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points | | Exploration challenge 2/3<br>(repeatable) || '''They didn't need it anyway!''' || Hack into a Communication Relay, Strategic Node, or a Cryptographic Array, and retrieve any valuables hidden inside. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| Exploration challenge 3/3<br>(repeatable) || '''A few more would not hurt''' || Keep finding and opening Wightstorm Communication Relays, Strategic Nodes and Cryptographic Arrays. Riches await!<br>''(Hack 2 event exploration cans.)'' || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 15 points | | Exploration challenge 3/3<br>(repeatable) || '''A few more would not hurt''' || Keep finding and opening Wightstorm Communication Relays, Strategic Nodes and Cryptographic Arrays. Riches await!<br>''(Hack 2 event exploration cans.)'' || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 15 points|| | ||
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! Festival Challenges !! Task Name !! Description !! Reward !! Bonus Reward | |||
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| Festival introduction 1/2 || '''Target Practice''' || Time to dust off your festival launchers. Test your snowball launching prowess on any NPC. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points|| | |||
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| Festival introduction | | Festival introduction 2/2 || '''Snowball fight!''' || Target another capsuleer and shoot them with a snowball. Snowballs do no damage and are safe to use even in highsec space. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points|| [[File:Icon ice storm filament highsec.png|32px|link=|DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament]] 1x DSHR-01H | ||
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| | | Snowball challenge 1/9<br>(repeatable) || '''Void the warranty''' || Probe down a Wightstorm data site within an ice storm and hit the hackable tower with a snowball. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| Snowball challenge | | Snowball challenge 2/9<br>(repeatable) || '''Open the data packets''' || Hack into a Communications Relay, Strategic Node or a Cryptographic Array and see what hides inside. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| Snowball challenge | | Snowball challenge 3/9<br>(repeatable) || '''Snowball fight!''' || Target another capsuleer and shoot them with a snowball. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| [[File:Icon ice storm filament nullsec.png|32px|link=]] 1 x VXN-01N | ||
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| Snowball challenge | | Snowball challenge 4/9<br>(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. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| Snowball challenge | | Snowball challenge 5/9<br>(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. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| Snowball challenge | | Snowball challenge 6/9<br>(repeatable) || '''Snowball fight!''' || Target another capsuleer and hit them with a snowball. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points || [[File:Icon ice storm filament lowsec.png|32px|link=]] 1x DNNR-01L | ||
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| Snowball challenge | | Snowball challenge 7/9<br>(repeatable) || <!--'''Insult to injury'''--> || <!--Fight through a Wightstorm combat site within an ice storm and hit the final Stormlord battleship with a snowball.--> || <!--[[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| -->|| | ||
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| Snowball challenge | | Snowball challenge 8/9<br>(repeatable) || '''For New Eden!''' || Destroy a Sansha's Nation Stormlord battleship. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| Snowball challenge 9/9<br>(repeatable) || '''Snowball fight!''' || Target another capsuleer and hit them with a snowball. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points || [[File:Icon ice storm filament highsec.png|32px|link=]] 1x DNCR-05H Highsec Ice Storm Filament<br> | |||
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! Mining Challenges !! Task Name !! Description !! Reward !! Bonus Reward | |||
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| 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 || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | |||
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| 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 || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 20 points|| | |||
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| 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. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 25 points|| | |||
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| | | Mining challenge 1/3<br>(repeatable) || '''Ice Carving''' || Find a 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 || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points|| | ||
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| | | Mining challenge 2/3<br>(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 || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| Mining challenge 3/3<br>(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.<br>''(Do 4 ice conversions with the Orca inside the site.) || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 15 points|| | |||
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! Yoiul LADs Challenges !! Task Name !! Description !! Reward !! Bonus Reward | |||
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| | | Hunting Yoiul LADs 1/13 || '''Destroy Water-Sucker''' || Scan down and destroy Water-Sucker. Sightings have been reported in high-sec Volatile Ice Storms and systems 2 jumps from any storm's center. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| | | Hunting Yoiul LADs 2-4/13 || '''Destroy XXX''' || Scan down and destroy XXX. Sightings have been reported in (HS/LS/NS) Volatile Ice Storms and systems (0/1/2) jumps from any storm's center. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| | | Hunting Yoiul LADs 5/13 || '''Destroy Express Tool-Swiper''' || Scan down and destroy Express Tool-Swiper. Sightings have been reported in high-sec Volatile Ice Storms and systems 2 jumps from any storm's center. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 20 points || {{Imageserver|types|91131|icon|size= 32}} Volatile Vector - Unlimited | ||
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| | | Hunting Yoiul LADs 6-8/13 || '''Destroy XXX''' || Scan down and destroy XXX. Sightings have been reported in (HS/LS/NS) Volatile Ice Storms and systems (0/1/2) jumps from any storm's center. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| | | Hunting Yoiul LADs 9/13 || '''Destroy Express Power-Drainer''' || Scan down and destroy Power-Drainer. Sightings have been reported in null-sec Volatile Ice Storms and systems one jump from any storm's center. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 20 points|| [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Outrider]] Aurora Universalis SKIN | ||
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| | | Hunting Yoiul LADs 10-12/13 || '''Destroy XXX''' || Scan down and destroy XXX. Sightings have been reported in (HS/LS/NS) Volatile Ice Storms and systems (0/1/2) jumps from any storm's center. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| Hunting Yoiul LADs 13/13 || '''Destroy Express Radiation-Rogue''' || Scan down and destroy Express Radiation-Rogue. Sightings have been reported in low-sec Volatile Ice Storms and in the center system of any storm. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 20 points || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Odysseus]] Aurora Universalis SKIN | |||
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| Hunting Yoiul LADs | | Hunting Yoiul LADs (repeatable) || '''Destroy Yoiul LADs''' || Scan down and destroy 5 Yoiul LADs in Volatile Ice Storms. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points|| | ||
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| 1050 || {{Imageserver|types|91233|icon|size= 32}} Perseverance Blueprint Crate | | 1050 || {{Imageserver|types|91233|icon|size= 32}} Perseverance Blueprint Crate | ||
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| colspan=2 | 6 January 2026 Extension<ref>Patch notes: [https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/UniWiki:Patch_Notes/Patch_Notes_-_Version_23.02 Version 23.02] Release 2026-01-06.1</ref> | |||
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| 1090 || [[File:Icon ExpertSystem 3.png|link=|32px]] Persverance Expert System | |||
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| 1150 || [[File:Icon 100k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 100,000 skill Points | |||
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| 1200 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Perseverance]] Aurora Universalis SKIN | |||
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| 1250 || {{Imageserver|types|91132|icon|size= 32}} Frozen Obelisk - Unlimited (1x) | |||
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| 1350 || [[File:Icon PLEX.png|32px|link=]] PLEX (75) | |||
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* Contains Faded Volatile Ice which can be exchanged for: | * Contains Faded Volatile Ice which can be exchanged for: | ||
** ORE Green Salvage packages (at a ratio of 7 to 1). The packages, like [[containers]] have a capacity that is greater then their volume. They contain 2 to 7 items: | ** ORE Green Salvage packages (at a ratio of 7 to 1). The packages, like [[containers]] have a capacity that is greater then their volume. They contain 2 to 7 items: | ||
*** Common (i.e. in every package) | *** Common (i.e. in almost every package) | ||
**** | **** Nation Stormhive Shard | ||
**** Salvaged materials | **** Salvaged materials | ||
*** Less common | *** Less common | ||
**** Ice Storm Filaments | **** Ice Storm Filaments | ||
**** Wightstorm Boosters | **** [[Ship SKINR|SKINR]] materials | ||
<!--**** Wightstorm Boosters--> | |||
**** Festival Charges (Snowballs and fireworks) | **** Festival Charges (Snowballs and fireworks) | ||
**** Skins | <!--**** Skins | ||
**** [[Medical boosters#Other boosters|Agency Boosters]] (Rare) | **** [[Medical boosters#Other boosters|Agency Boosters]] (Rare)--> | ||
** ORE Faded Cache (7 ice and a Cryograph Diffractor) | ** ORE Faded Cache (7 ice and a Cryograph Diffractor) | ||
*** (Loot to be reported) | *** (Loot to be reported) | ||
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=== Yoiul LADs === | === Yoiul LADs === | ||
Needs to be located using combat | Needs to be located using combat probes or skillful D-Scan usage —make sure InterBus Yoiul LADs are enabled in your overview. They will usually hang around moons, planets and stations, and frequently warp around. Most LADs only have a chance to drop decent loot and can sometimes be empty, except in the cases of LADs with the '''Express''' prefix, which guarantee a loot drop. | ||
Destroying them yields Verity Cryo Tech, an item used to unlock enhanced versions of event content and increase rewards. | Destroying them yields Verity Cryo Tech, an item used to unlock enhanced versions of event content and increase rewards. | ||
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==== Using Verity Cryo Tech ==== | ==== Using Verity Cryo Tech ==== | ||
* Combat Sites | * Combat Sites | ||
** Deposit Verity Cryo Tech into a Sansha's Transit Modulator to reroute the acceleration gate to a hidden high-difficulty pocket in space with greater rewards. Normally, [[Marauder]]s cannot enter highsec sites, but they can enter if the gate is rerouted. | ** Deposit Verity Cryo Tech into a Sansha's Transit Modulator to reroute the acceleration gate to a hidden high-difficulty pocket in space with greater rewards. | ||
** Normally, [[Marauder]]s cannot enter highsec sites, but they can enter if the gate is rerouted. | |||
** Cryo Tech: | |||
*** Cryostorm Clarifier for Wightstorm Forward Base | |||
*** Cryostorm Reconciler for Wightstorm Muster Point | |||
*** Cryostorm Mapper for Wightstorm Transit Site | |||
* Data Sites | * Data Sites | ||
** Use Verity Cryo Tech in a Sansha's Stormfield Projector to unlock an additional data relay, providing extra loot opportunities. | ** Use Verity Cryo Tech in a Sansha's Stormfield Projector to unlock an additional data relay, providing extra loot opportunities. | ||
** Cryo Tech: | |||
*** Cryostatic Estimator for Wightstorm Comms Relay | |||
*** Cryostatic Nullifier for Wightstorm Strategic Node | |||
*** Cryostatic Suppresssor for Wightstorm Crypto Facility | |||
* Mining Sites | * Mining Sites | ||
** Trade Verity Cryo Tech alongside volatile ice at the on-site item traders to receive an upgraded salvage package. | ** Trade Verity Cryo Tech alongside volatile ice at the on-site item traders to receive an upgraded salvage package. | ||
** Cryo Tech: | |||
*** Crygraph Diffractor for Fading Volatile Ice | |||
*** Crygraph Resolver for Fresh Volatile Ice | |||
*** Crygraph Exactor for Friable Volatile Ice | |||
=== Special game mechanics === | === Special game mechanics === | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* EVE News: [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/winter-nexus-hunters-in-the-storm Winter Winter Nexus: Hunters in the Storm] | * EVE News: [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/winter-nexus-hunters-in-the-storm Winter Winter Nexus: Hunters in the Storm] | ||
* Patch | * Patch notes: [https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/UniWiki:Patch_Notes/Patch_Notes_-_Version_23.02 Version 23.02] Release 2025-12-09.1 en Release 2026-01-06.1 | ||
* [https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/winter-nexus-more-plex-sp-and-cryo-tech Winter Nexus: More PLEX, SP & Cryo Tech] | |||
{{Limited time events}} | {{Limited time events}} | ||