Winter Nexus (2024)
Winter Nexus is an event held from 5 December 2024 to 7 January 2025 (downtime to downtime) and includes Volatile Ice Storms which feature Wightstorm Sites, Login Campaign, and the Winter Nexus Agency Challenge,.
Login campaign
Capsuleers must log in daily for 30(TBC) days from 5 December 2024 onwards to collect all rewards. A total of ??k Skill Points are available to 
Alpha clone accounts, while 
Omega clone accounts have access to an additional ??k skill points and ?? EverMarks. The big reward is on day 25, so even if you do not manage to log in for all 30 days, as long as you manage those 25 days you will only miss out on some Boosters and Ice Storm Filaments.
| Day | For Alpha Accounts | Additional for Omega |
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| 1 |
Agency campaign
| Category | Task Name | Description | Reward |
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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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.[Verify]
- Main article: Wightstorm Forward Base
Wightstorm Muster Point
Found within storms that originate in lowsec space appears to be guarded by the strongest Sansha fleets.[Verify]
- Main article: Wightstorm Muster Point
Wightstorm Transit Site
Found within storms that originate in nullsec space appears to be guarded by intermediate strength Sansha fleets.[Verify]
- Main article: Wightstorm Transit Site
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.
Wightstorm Comms Relay
TBS
Wightstorm Strategic Node
TBA
Wightstorm Crypto Facility
TBA
Mining sites
TBA
Fading Volatile Ice Field
TBA
Fresh Volatile Ice Field
TBA
Friable Volatile Ice Field
TBA
Special game mechanics
TBA
External links
- EVE News: Winter Nexus is Coming 5 December
