Winter Nexus (2022)

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Winter Nexus

Winter Nexus is an event held from 15 December 2022 to 03 January 2023 (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, and Yoiul Festival-themed Abyssal Proving Grounds.

Login campaign (13 Days of Nexus)

Capsuleers must log in for 13 out of the 19 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 skill points and 20,000 EverMarks.

Day	For Alpha Accounts	Additional for Omega
1	Yoiul Festival Snowballs Crate (Tier 1 Gift)	25,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)
2	Yoiul's Ascent Fireworks Crate (Tier 1 Gift)	Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 2 Gift)
3	Winter Nexus Expert System (Tier 1 Gift)	Cruor Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)
4	DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift)	2,500 EverMarks (Tier 4 Gift)
5	10,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)	50,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)
6	Worm Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)	Skybreaker Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
7	Dramiel Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)	4,000 EverMarks (Tier 4 Gift)
8	DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift)	Daredevil Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
9	25,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)	100,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)
10	Succubus Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)	6,000 EverMarks (Tier 4 Gift)
11	DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift)	Damavik Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
12	Astero Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)	7,500 EverMarks (Tier 4 Gift)
13	50,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)	250,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)

Agency campaign (Yoiul festival)

Category	Task Name	Description	Reward
Combat 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			points
Exploration Challenges
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
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 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
Mining challenge 1/3 (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	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
Festival Challenges
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. Snowballs do no damage and are safe to use even in highsec space.	1x DSHR-01H 5 points
Snowball challenge 1/9 (repeatable)	Void the warranty	Probe down a Wightstorm data site within an ice storm 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)			points
Snowball challenge 8/9 (repeatable)			points
Snowball challenge 9/9 (repeatable)			points

Points	Reward
50	Typhoon Aurora Universalis SKIN
100	DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament
150	Dominix Aurora Universalis SKIN
200	Wightstorm Sunyata Booster II
250	VXN-01N Nullsec Ice Storm Filament
300	Scorpion Aurora Universalis SKIN
350	Armageddon Aurora Universalis SKIN
400	DNNR-01L Lowsec Ice Storm Filament
450	Garmur Aurora Universalis SKIN
500	Wightstorm Nirvana Booster II
550	Ice Storm Filaments Crate
600	Sacrilege Aurora Universalis SKIN
650	Ice Storm Filaments Crate
700	Ishtar Aurora Universalis SKIN
750	Wightstorm Cetana Booster II
800	Ice Storm Filaments Crate
850	Cerberus Aurora Universalis SKIN
900	Muninn Aurora Universalis SKIN

Volatile Ice Storm

Volatile Ice Storms have begun to appear across highsec, lowsec, and nullsec space. These ice storms spread out across the stargate network two jumps from a central system, and occasionally move from system to system just like metaliminal storms. These storms provide bonuses to ship thermal resistances and module overheating for all capsuleers flying within them.

Sansha's Nation and Outer Ring Excavations have both mobilized to take advantage of the novel forms of stellar ice found within these storms.

Ice Storm Filaments

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

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

Combat anomalies

Wightstorm combat anomalies have begun appearing within the Volatile Ice Storms. These sites are full of hostile Sansha's nation vessels, and CONCORD advises capsuleers to bring a battlecruiser or better when attempting to engage with these forces.

Wightstorm Forward Base

Found within storms that originate in highsec space appears to be guarded by the weakest Sansha fleets.

Wightstorm Transit Site

Found within storms that originate in lowsec space appears to be guarded by intermediate strength Sansha fleets.

Wightstorm Muster Point

Found within storms that originate in nullsec space appears to be guarded by the strongest Sansha fleets.

Hacking sites

Wightstorm data signatures can be found within Volatile Ice Storms. These Sansha's Nation data sites require scan probes and data analyzer modules.

Mining sites

Volatile Ice Field anomalies can also be discovered within Volatile Ice Storms. These fields of newly discovered stellar ice have recently been captured by ORE and Mordu's Legion forces who have driven away the Sansha harvesting fleets. These ice fields can be accessed through a special ORE-commandeered acceleration gate that only allows medium and small mining and hauling ships to enter (Expedition Frigates, Mining Barges, Exhumers, Haulers, Blockade Runners, Deep Space Transports, and the Porpoise).

The volatile ice found within these fields cannot be reprocessed by standard facilities, however Outer Ring Excavations has set up mobile ice collection operations within each of these ice fields, and is willing to trade with capsuleers who contribute to their mining operation. Capsuleers can trade seven units of volatile ice with the ORE representatives in the ice fields to receive a package of valuable salvage and items that ORE forces collected from the wrecks of Sansha ships.

Rumors suggest that other valuable Sansha salvage has frozen directly into some of the ice chunks and can be occasionally picked up along with the ice by normal mining activities.

Yoiul Chilling Spree (Daily Campaign)

The Chilling Spree will offer up Skill Points for hitting fellow capsuleers with snowballs daily!

Abyssal Proving Grounds

If slinging snowballs at each other isn’t enough, you’ll also be able to go nose to nose with your fellow capsuleers in dedicated Abyssal Proving Grounds events, themed around the special Ice Storm environment! You’ll have new opportunities to overheat your modules for longer and get a bigger speed boost from afterburner modules too! 

Timeline

16th December - 19th December	Yoiul 1v1 T1 Cuisers
30th December - 2nd January	Yoiul T1 destroyer 4-player free-for-all
7th January - 8th January	2v2 Battleships arena

Note: The battleship 2v2 will feature a repeatable challenge that grants 100 million ISK for doing 10,000 damage in the arena.

Special game mechanics

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 News: Winter Nexus Returns!
• Patch Notes: Version 20.11 2022-12-15.1