Winter Nexus is an event held from 9 December 2025 to 12 January 2026 (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 34 days from 9 December 2025 onwards to collect all rewards. A total of 130k Skill Points are available to 
Alpha clone accounts, while 
Omega clone accounts have access to an additional 525k skill points and 26,500 EverMarks. The big reward is on day 26, so even if you do not manage to log in for all 30 days, as long as you manage those 26 days you will only miss out on some Boosters and Ice Storm Filaments.
| Day | For Alpha Accounts | Additional for Omega |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yoiul's Ascent Firework Crate (Tier 1 Gift) |
 50,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 2 |  5,000 Skill Points (Tier 2 Gift) |
 Cheetah Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 3 |  Winter Nexus Expert System (Tier 2 Gift) |
 Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 4 |  Silent Midnight Gloss - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift) |
 Wightstorm Manasikara Booster II (Tier 1 Gift)
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| 5 |  DNCR-05H Highsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift) |
 4,000 EverMarks (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 6 | Venture Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift) |
 Winter Filigree - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 7 |  Seasonal Smoke Gloss - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift) |
Pioneer Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 8 | 10,000 Skill Points (Tier 2 Gift) |
Wightstorm Vitarka Booster II (Tier 1 Gift)
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| 9 |  Wightstorm Rapture Booster I (Tier 1 Gift) |
 100,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)
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| 10 |  Historic Yoiul Festival SKIN Crate (Tier 3 Gift) |
 Brumal Spark Metallic - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 11 |  VXN-01N Nullsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 1 Gift) |
Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 12 |  Historic Yoiul Festival SKINR Crate (Tier 3 Gift) |
Svipul Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 13 | Anathema Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift) |
 Wightstorm Sunyata Booster III (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 14 | 15,000 Skill Points (Tier 2 Gift) |
7,500 EverMarks (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 15 |  Glacial Cross - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift) |
 Suspended Aurora - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 16 |  Wightstorm Cetana Booster II (Tier 1 Gift) |
Historic Yoiul Festival SKIN Crate (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 17 | Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 2 Gift) |
 125,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)
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| 18 | Wightstorm Vitarka Booster II (Tier 1 Gift) |
Confessor Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 19 |  25,000 Skill Points (Tier 2 Gift) |
 Wintertide Cyan Gloss - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 20 | Historic Yoiul Festival SKIN Crate (Tier 3 Gift) |
Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 21 | Wightstorm Sunyata Booster III (Tier 2 Gift) |
15,000 EverMarks (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 22 |  Permafrost Stream - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift) |
Machariel Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 23 | Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 2 Gift) |
 Frigid Mosaic - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 24 | Golem Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift) |
 Yoiul Festival Booster Crate (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 25 |  Wightstorm Rapture Booster III (Tier 2 Gift) |
Paladin Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 26 | 75,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift) |
 250,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)
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| 27 | Brumal Spark Metallic - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift) |
 Wightstorm Cetana Booster IV (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 28 |  Wightstorm Vitarka Booster III (Tier 2 Gift) |
Historic Yoiul Festival SKIN Crate (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 29 | Suspended Aurora - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift) |
 Wightstorm Manasikara Booster IV (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 30 | Wightstorm Sunyata Booster III (Tier 2 Gift) |
Historic Yoiul Festival SKINR Crate (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 31 | Wintertide Cyan Gloss - Limited (3x) (Tier 3 Gift) |
 Wightstorm Nirvana Booster IV (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 32 | Wightstorm Rapture Booster III (Tier 2 Gift) |
Historic Yoiul Festival SKIN Crate (Tier 3 Gift)
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| 33 | Historic Yoiul Festival SKINR Crate (Tier 3 Gift) |
Wightstorm Cetana Booster IV (Tier 2 Gift)
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| 34 | Yoiul Festival Booster Crate (Tier 2 Gift) |
 Yoiul Festival Brainfreeze Crate (Tier 3 Gift)
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Agency campaign
| 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
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| 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
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| Combat introduction 3/3 | |||
| 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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| 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
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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! (Hack 2 event exploration cans.) |
25 points
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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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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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| Snowball challenge 3/9 (repeatable) |
Snowball fight! | Target another capsuleer and shoot them with a snowball. | 1x VXN-01N 10 points
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| 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
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| 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
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| Snowball challenge 6/9 (repeatable) |
Snowball fight! | Target another capsuleer and hit them with a snowball. |  1x DNNR-01L 10 points
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| Snowball challenge 7/9 (repeatable) |
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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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| 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
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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. | 25 points
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| Yoiul LADs Challenges | |||
| 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. | 10 points
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| Points | Reward |
|---|---|
| 50 | Endurance Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 90 | Ice Storm Filaments Crate
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| 140 |  15,000 Skill Points
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| 190 | Buzzard Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 250 |  Verity Tech Crate
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| 290 |  Gilded Glory Metallic - Limited (3x)
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| 340 | Nightmare Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 420 |  PLEX (25)
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| 460 |  Numbing Aurora - Limited (3x)
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| 500 | Yoiul Festival Booster Crate
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| 550 | Hulk Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 590 |  Cereulean Crest Metallic - Limited (3x)
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| 640 | 25,000 Skill Points
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| 690 | Bhaalgorn Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 730 |  Twilight Treasure Gloss (3x)
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| 810 | Yoiul Festival Brainfreeze Crate
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| 860 | Babaroga Aurora Universalis SKIN
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| 1050 |  Perseverance Blueprint Crate
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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[Verify] 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.
Wightstorm Forward Base
Found within storms that originate in highsec space appears to be guarded by the weakest Sansha fleets.
- 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.
Wightstorm Comms Relay
- Appear in high-sec
| Nodes | Tools Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|
  50  10
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 40 20
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 30 30
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Site is an ungated pocket with 1 can ~20km from the warp-in point. The site also has a Sansha's Stormfield Projector that when loaded with Verity Cryo Tech unlocks an extra data relay.
Wightstorm Strategic Node
- Appear in low-sec
Site is an ungated pocket with 1 can ~20km from the warp-in point.
Wightstorm Crypto Facility
- Appear in null-sec
Mining sites
Volatile Ice Field anomalies can also be discovered within Volatile Ice Storms. These fields of stellar ice have 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 (Venture and variants, Pioneer and variants, Expedition Frigates, Mining Barges, Exhumers, Haulers, Blockade Runners, Deep Space Transports, Noctis, Outrider and the Porpoise, but not the Upwell haulers Squall, Deluge, or Torrent).
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.
Fading Volatile Ice Field
- Appear in high-sec
- 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:
- Common (i.e. in every package)
- Overseer Personal Effects (5th-8th tier)
- Salvaged materials
- Less common
- Ice Storm Filaments
- Wightstorm Boosters
- Festival Charges (Snowballs and fireworks)
- Skins
- Agency Boosters (Rare)
- Common (i.e. in every package)
- ORE Faded Cache (7 ice and a Cryograph Diffractor)
- (Loot to be reported)
- 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:
- Asteroids can respawn
- Belt rats have been spotted
Fresh Volatile Ice Field
- Appear in low-sec
- Contains Fresh Volatile Ice which can be exchanged for ORE White Salvage packages. The packages, like containers have a capacity that is greater then their volume.
- Common (i.e. in every package)
- Overseer Personal Effects (9th-16th tier)
- Salvaged materials
- Common (i.e. in every package)
Friable Volatile Ice Field
- Appear in null-sec
Yoiul LADs
Needs to be located using combat probes—make sure InterBus Yoiul LADs are enabled in your overview.
Destroying them yields Verity Cryo Tech, an item used to unlock enhanced versions of event content and increase rewards.
Using Verity Cryo Tech
- 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, Marauders cannot enter highsec sites, but they can enter if the gate is rerouted.
- Data Sites
- Use Verity Cryo Tech in a Sansha's Stormfield Projector to unlock an additional data relay, providing extra loot opportunities.
- Mining Sites
- Trade Verity Cryo Tech alongside volatile ice at the on-site item traders to receive an upgraded salvage package.
Special game mechanics
All of the storm systems will feature a special set of environmental effects that reduce heat damage suffered by overheating modules and increases Thermal resistance.
| Volatile Ice Storm | Overheat damage reduction |
Thermal resistances |
|---|---|---|
| Weak | 10% | 4% |
| Strong | 25% | 10% |
Notes
- ^ for example: 3x Battlecruiser or 1x Battleship + 1xCruiser in Gurista Low Sec (Black Rise)
External links
- EVE News: Winter Winter Nexus: Hunters in the Storm
- Patch nores: Version 23.02 Release 2025-12-09.1