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[[File:Winter nexus event.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Winter Nexus]]
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[[File:Winter nexus event.jpg|thumb|400px|Winter Nexus]]
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'''Winter Nexus''' is an event that ran from 10 December 2020 to 5 January 2021 ([[Server downtime|downtime]] to downtime).
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'''Winter Nexus''' is an event running from 11:00 UTC on 10 December 2020 to 11:00 UTC on 5 January 2021 (downtime to downtime).
 
  
 
The festivities include:
 
The festivities include:
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* Chilling Spree
 
* Chilling Spree
 
* Yoiul Festival-themed [[Triglavian_Collective#Abyssal Proving Grounds|Abyssal Proving Grounds]]
 
* Yoiul Festival-themed [[Triglavian_Collective#Abyssal Proving Grounds|Abyssal Proving Grounds]]
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== Timeline ==
 
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== Volatile Ice Storm ==
 
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[[File:Wightstorm_Forwards_Base.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The view inside Wightstorm Forwards Base. The snowing effect is visible in all systems affected by the storm.]]
 
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Volatile Ice Storm is a [[Metaliminal Storms|Metaliminal Storm]] that moves between High, Low and Null Security systems. The center system and its neighbors experiences the Strong effect, while systems 2-3 jumps out from the center get a Weak effect. Volatile Ice Storms can overlap.
 
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|[[File:Icon damage therm.png|link=|20px]] Overheat damage reduction
 
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=== Wightstorm Combat Anomalies ===
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== Login campaign (13 Days of Nexus) ==
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Capsuleers must log in for 13 out of the 26 days to collect all rewards. A total of 80k [[Skill Points]] are available to {{clonestate|alpha}} accounts, while {{clonestate|omega}} accounts have access to an additional 250k SP (plus up to ~17k SP from the accelerator).
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If a Capsuleer is present at the Combat Anomaly it will appear in the Overview of every Capsuleer in the same System.
 
  
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Different areas of space have different sites:
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* Low Security: [[Wightstorm Muster Point]] is the hardest
 
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=== Volatile Ice Fields ===
 
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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.
 
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* High Security: Fading Volatile Ice Field
 
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* Null Security: Friable Volatile Ice Field
 
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* High Security: Wightstorm Communication Relay is the easiest
 
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* Null Security Wightstorm Cryptographic Array is of intermediate difficulty
 
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* Low Security: Wightstorm Strategic Node is the hardest
 
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* Normal Data Site loot like Tech 1, Tech 2 Salvage and Decryptors
 
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* SKINs: Glacial Drift, Aurora Universalis
 
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* Filaments:
 
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** Yoiul 2v2v2v2 Destroyers Proving, Yoiul 3v3 Frigates Proving, Calm Abyssal
 
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** CMT-05N Nullsec Ice Storm, DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm, DNNR-01L Lowsec Ice Storm
 
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** Noise-5 'Needlejack', Signal-5 'Needlejack'
 
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* Overseer's Personal Effects
 
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* Fireworks: Yoiul Festival Snowballs, Snowstar Crystalburst, Rimefrost Starburst
 
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* Basic/Potent/Extended 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerator
 
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* Agency Drugs: Agency 'Hardshell', Agency 'Pyrolancea',
 
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* Blueprint Copies: Rapture (Lowsec only)
 
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For a detailed breakdown of rewards see [[User:Arin_Mara|Arin Mara]]'s [https://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=119703&p=935845 Winter Nexus Data Site Items] dashboard.
 
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== 13 Days of Nexus ==
 
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Runs from 10th December 2020 to 5th January 2021.
 
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Capsuleers must log in for 13 out of the 26 days to collect all rewards. A total of 80k [[Skill Points]] are available to [[alpha clone]] accounts, while omega clone accounts have access to an additional 250k SP (plus up to ~17k SP from the accelerator).
 
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! Day !! For Alpha Accounts !! Additional for Omega
 
! Day !! For Alpha Accounts !! Additional for Omega
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 1 || [[Omen]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}} || [[Oracle]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}
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| style="text-align:center" | 1 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Omen]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}} || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Oracle]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 2 || Yoiul Festival Snowballs Crate (Tier 1 Gift)<br>''Festival Launcher + 200x Yoiul Festival Snowball'' || [[File:Icon vorton projector booster gift box.png|32px|link=]] DNCR-05H and PRNCR-10H Highsec Ice Storm Filaments Crate {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}
 
| style="text-align:center" | 2 || Yoiul Festival Snowballs Crate (Tier 1 Gift)<br>''Festival Launcher + 200x Yoiul Festival Snowball'' || [[File:Icon vorton projector booster gift box.png|32px|link=]] DNCR-05H and PRNCR-10H Highsec Ice Storm Filaments Crate {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}
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| style="text-align:center" | 3 || [[File:Icon ice storm filament highsec.png|32px|link=]] DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}} || [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 25,000 Skill Points {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}
 
| style="text-align:center" | 3 || [[File:Icon ice storm filament highsec.png|32px|link=]] DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}} || [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 25,000 Skill Points {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 4 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Caracal]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}} || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Naga]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 5 ||[[File:Icon 10k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 10,000 Skill Points {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}|| [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 25,000 Skill Points {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}
 
| style="text-align:center" | 5 ||[[File:Icon 10k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 10,000 Skill Points {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}|| [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 25,000 Skill Points {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}
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| style="text-align:center" | 8 || Snowstar Crystalburst Fireworks Crate (Tier 1 Gift) || [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 25,000 Skill Points {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}
 
| style="text-align:center" | 8 || Snowstar Crystalburst Fireworks Crate (Tier 1 Gift) || [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 25,000 Skill Points {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 9 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Thorax]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}} || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Talos]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 10 || Yoiul Stormchasers T-Shirt and Pants Crate {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}<br>''Men's & Women's Yoiul Stormchasers T-Shirt & Pants'' || Yoiul Stormchasers Suit and Cap Crate {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}<br>''Men's & Women's Yoiul Stormchasers Suit & Cap''
 
| style="text-align:center" | 10 || Yoiul Stormchasers T-Shirt and Pants Crate {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}<br>''Men's & Women's Yoiul Stormchasers T-Shirt & Pants'' || Yoiul Stormchasers Suit and Cap Crate {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}<br>''Men's & Women's Yoiul Stormchasers Suit & Cap''
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| style="text-align:center" | 11 || [[File:Icon 10k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 10,000 Skill Points {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}} || [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 25,000 Skill Points {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}
 
| style="text-align:center" | 11 || [[File:Icon 10k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 10,000 Skill Points {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}} || [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 25,000 Skill Points {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 12 || [[Stabber]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}} || [[Tornado]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}
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| style="text-align:center" | 12 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Stabber]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}} || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Tornado]] Aurora Universalis SKIN {{color|#5ABF63|(Tier 2 Gift)}}
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 13 || [[File:Icon 50k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 50,000 SP {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}|| [[File:Icon 150k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 150,000 Skill Points {{color|#8063AA|(Tier 4 Gift)}}
 
| style="text-align:center" | 13 || [[File:Icon 50k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 50,000 SP {{color|#5188C2|(Tier 3 Gift)}}|| [[File:Icon 150k Skill Points.png|32px|link=]] 150,000 Skill Points {{color|#8063AA|(Tier 4 Gift)}}
 
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[[File:Yoiul Festival YC122 Agency Window.jpg|thumb|350px|Yoiul Festival points & event tracker in The Agency.]]
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[[File:Yoiul Festival YC122 Agency Window.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Yoiul Festival points & event tracker in The Agency.]]
 
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Daily Challenges earn you points. When you accumulate enough points you will be given a reward. This system was last seen in 2019's [[Guardian's Gala (2019)|Guardian's Gala]], and marks the first time it has returned since the latest version of [[The Agency]] was released in May 2019. Tasks involve the event sites or throwing snowballs, and are categorized as follows:
 
Daily Challenges earn you points. When you accumulate enough points you will be given a reward. This system was last seen in 2019's [[Guardian's Gala (2019)|Guardian's Gala]], and marks the first time it has returned since the latest version of [[The Agency]] was released in May 2019. Tasks involve the event sites or throwing snowballs, and are categorized as follows:
  
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The challenges reward event points and/or a special event filament. An incomplete list of tasks is available in the table below.
 
The challenges reward event points and/or a special event filament. An incomplete list of tasks is available in the table below.
  
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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=]] 5 points
 
| 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=]] 5 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=]] 15 points
 
| Combat introduction 3/3 ||'''Battle the Sansha's Elite''' || When the Wightstorm Fleet battleship arrives, destroy it. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 15 points
 
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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=]] 5 points
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| Combat challenge 1/2 (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 2/2 (repeatable) || '''Not a snowball fight''' || You have entered a combat site. Destroy its occupants.<br>''(Destroy 10 rats inside a Wightstorm combat site. Battleship kills don't count.)'' || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points
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| Combat challenge (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=]] 10 points
 
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| Festival introduction 1/3 || '''Target Practice'''|| Test your snowball launching prowess on a station before moving onto something more manueverable. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points<br>[[File:Icon ice storm filament highsec.png|32px|link=]] 1x DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament
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| Combat challenge || '''A dangerous journey''' || Make your way to a Volatile Ice Storm in low-security space to find and complete a Wightstorm Muster Point || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 20 points
 
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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=]] 5 points
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| Combat challenge || '''A treacherous path''' || Make your way to a Volatile Ice Storm in null-security space to find and complete a Wightstorm Transit Site || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 15 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=]] 15 points
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| Combat challenge || '''Fighting the Sansha's Nation''' || Make your way to a Volatile Ice Storm in high, low or null security space, and complete 3 combat sites || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 40 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=]] 15 points
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| Combat challenge || '''Decisive action''' || While in the Wightstorm Forward Base, Muster Point or Transit Site destroy 4 Sansha's Nation battleships || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 50 points
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| Combat challenge 1/2 (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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| 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=]] 5 points
 
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| Combat challenge 2/2 (repeatable) || '''Not a snowball fight''' || You have entered a combat site. Destroy its occupants.<br>''(Destroy 10 rats inside a Wightstorm combat site. Battleship kills don't count.)'' || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points
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| Exploration challenge 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=]] 15 points
 
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| Combat challenge (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=]] 10 points
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| Exploration challenge 3/3 || '''A few more would not hurt''' || Keep finding and opening Wightstorm Communication Relays, Strategic Nodes and Cryptographic Arrays. Riches await!<br>''(Hack 3 event exploration cans.)''|| [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points
 
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| Combat challenge || '''A dangerous journey''' || Make your way to a Volatile Ice Storm in low-security space to find and complete a Wightstorm Muster Point || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 20 points
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| Exploration challenge 1/2 (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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| Combat challenge || '''A treacherous path''' || Make your way to a Volatile ICe Storm in null-security space to find and complete a Wightstorm Transit Site || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 15 points
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| Exploration challenge 2/2 (repeatable) || '''They didn't need it anyway!" || Hack into a Communication Relay, Strategic Node, or a Cryptographic Array, and retrieve any valuables hidden inside.<br>''(Hack 2 event exploration cans.)'' || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points
 
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| Combat challenge || '''Decisive action''' || While in the Wightstorm Forward Base, Muster Point or Transit Site destroy 4 Sansha's Nation battleships || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 50 points
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| Exploration challenge (repeatable) || '''A few more would not hurt''' || Keep finding and opening Wightstorm Communication Relays, Strategic Nodes and Cryptographic Arrays. Riches await!<br>''(Hack 3 event exploration cans.)''|| [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points
 
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| Exploration challenge || '''They're all addressed to you''' || While in a Wightstorm Comms Relay, Strategic Node or Crypto Facility site within a Volatile Ice Storm, successfully access 8 Communications Relays, Strategic Nodes or a [sic] Cryptographic Arrays || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 40 points
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| Exploration challenge (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 (repeatable) || '''A few more would not hurt''' || Keep finding and opening Wightstorm Communication Relays, Strategic Nodes and Cryptographic Arrays. Riches await!<br>''(Find 3 event exploration sites.)''|| [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points
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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=]] 5 points
 
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| Exploration challenge || '''They're all addressed to you''' || While in a Wightstorm Comms Relay, Strategic Node or Crypto Facility site within a Volatile Ice Storm, successfully access 8 Communications Relays, Strategic Nodes or a [sic] Cryptographic Arrays || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 40 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=]] 15 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=]] 15 points
 
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| 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 || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points
 
| 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 || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points
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| Mining challenge || '''Motherlode''' || While in a Fading Volatile Ice Field, Fresh Volatile Ice Field, or Friable Volatile Ice Field within a Volatile Ice Storm, gather a total of 60 units of Volatile Ice ore || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 80 points
 
| Mining challenge || '''Motherlode''' || While in a Fading Volatile Ice Field, Fresh Volatile Ice Field, or Friable Volatile Ice Field within a Volatile Ice Storm, gather a total of 60 units of Volatile Ice ore || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 80 points
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|-
 
|-
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! colspan=4 style="background-color:#27183C" | Filament Challenges
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! colspan=4 style="background-color: #205FCF;" | Other Challenges
 +
|-
 +
| Festival introduction 1/2 || '''Target Practice'''|| Test your snowball launching prowess on a station before moving onto something more manueverable. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points<br>[[File:Icon ice storm filament highsec.png|32px|link=]] 1x DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament
 +
|-
 +
| Festival introduction 2/2 || '''Accuracy training'''|| Stations seem easy enough for you to hit. Find an NPC and try launching a snowball at them to see if you are lucky or skilled. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points<br>[[File:Icon ice storm filament lowsec.png|32px|link=]] 1x DNNR-01L Lowsec Ice Storm Filament
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Filament (repeatable) || '''Target Practice''' || Launch a snowball at any Station to receive a filament || [[File:Icon ice storm filament highsec.png|32px|link=]] 1x DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament
 
| Filament (repeatable) || '''Target Practice''' || Launch a snowball at any Station to receive a filament || [[File:Icon ice storm filament highsec.png|32px|link=]] 1x DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament
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|-
 
|-
 
| Filament (repeatable) || '''Snowball Fight''' || Launch a snowball at any 3 NPCs to receive a filament || [[File:Icon ice storm filament nullsec.png|32px|link=]] 1x ??? Nullsec Ice Storm Filament
 
| Filament (repeatable) || '''Snowball Fight''' || Launch a snowball at any 3 NPCs to receive a filament || [[File:Icon ice storm filament nullsec.png|32px|link=]] 1x ??? Nullsec Ice Storm Filament
 +
|-
 +
| Travel (repeatable) || '''Return to 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. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points
 
|}
 
|}
  
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The overall event point rewards are available in the table below:
+
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.
−
 
+
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; background-color:#0D2020" width=350px
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|- style="background-color: #205FCF;"
−
|- style="background-color:#4E2F7F"
 
 
! Points !! Reward
 
! Points !! Reward
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 50 || [[Capsule]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 50 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Capsule]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 90 || [[File:Icon cerebral accelerator.png|32px|link=]] Basic 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerator
 
| 90 || [[File:Icon cerebral accelerator.png|32px|link=]] Basic 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerator
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 130 || [[Abaddon]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 130 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Abaddon]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 170 || [[Rokh]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 170 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Rokh]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 210 || [[Hyperion]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 210 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Hyperion]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 250 || [[Maelstrom]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 250 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Maelstrom]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 290 || [[Crusader]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 290 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Crusader]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 330 || [[File:Icon cerebral accelerator.png|32px|link=]] Potent 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerator
 
| 330 || [[File:Icon cerebral accelerator.png|32px|link=]] Potent 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerator
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 370 || [[Raptor]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 370 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Raptor]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 410 || [[Taranis]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 410 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Taranis]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 450 || [[Claw]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 450 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Claw]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 490 || [[Heretic]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 490 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Heretic]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 530 || [[Onyx]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 530 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Onyx]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 570 || [[Phobos]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 570 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Phobos]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 610 || [[Broadsword]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
+
| 610 || [[File:Aurora Universalis SKIN.png|32px|link=]] [[Broadsword]] Aurora Universalis SKIN
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 650 || [[File:Icon cerebral accelerator.png|32px|link=]] Extended 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerator
 
| 650 || [[File:Icon cerebral accelerator.png|32px|link=]] Extended 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerator
 
|}
 
|}
 +
 +
== Volatile Ice Storm ==
 +
[[File:Wightstorm_Forwards_Base.jpg|thumb|400px|The view inside Wightstorm Forwards Base. The snowing effect is visible in all systems affected by the storm.]]
 +
 +
Volatile Ice Storm is a [[Metaliminal Storms|Metaliminal Storm]] that moves between High, Low and Null Security systems. During the event, there are approximately 14 highsec, 5 lowsec, and 14 nullsec storms. The center system and its neighbors experiences 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).
 +
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width=350px
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!Effect
 +
!Weak
 +
!Strong
 +
|-
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|[[File:Icon damage therm.png|link=|20px]] Overheat damage reduction
 +
|{{co|lightgreen|10%}}
 +
|{{co|lightgreen|25%}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[File:Icon resist therm.png|link=|20px]] Thermal resistance bonus
 +
|{{co|lightgreen|4%}}
 +
|{{co|lightgreen|10%}}
 +
|}
 +
 +
=== 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.
 +
 +
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 400px; background-color: #0D2020; text-align: center;"
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|- style="background-color: #205FCF;"
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! Area / Ship Count !! 1 !! 5 !! 10
 +
|-
 +
| [[File:Icon ice storm filament highsec.png|32px|link=]] Highsec || DSHR-01H || DNCR-05H || PRNCR-10H
 +
|-
 +
| [[File:Icon ice storm filament lowsec.png|32px|link=]] Lowsec || DNNR-01L || BLTZN-05L || RDLF-10L
 +
|-
 +
| [[File:Icon ice storm filament nullsec.png|32px|link=]] Nullsec || VXN-01N || CMT-05N || CPD-10N
 +
|}
 +
 +
=== Wightstorm Combat Anomalies ===
 +
If a capsuleer has warped to a combat anomaly, it will appear in the overview as a beacon.
 +
 +
Different areas of space have different sites:
 +
* High Security: [[Wightstorm Forward Base]] is the easiest
 +
* Null Security: [[Wightstorm Transit Site]] is of intermediate difficulty
 +
* Low Security: [[Wightstorm Muster Point]] is the hardest
 +
 +
=== 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:
 +
* Normal Data Site loot like Tech 1, Tech 2 Salvage and Decryptors
 +
* SKINs: Glacial Drift, Aurora Universalis
 +
* Filaments:
 +
** Yoiul 2v2v2v2 Destroyers Proving, Yoiul 3v3 Frigates Proving, Calm Abyssal
 +
** CMT-05N Nullsec Ice Storm, DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm, DNNR-01L Lowsec Ice Storm
 +
** Noise-5 'Needlejack', Signal-5 'Needlejack'
 +
* Overseer's Personal Effects
 +
** High: 5th - 8th Tier
 +
** Low: 6th - 12th Tier
 +
** Null: 5th - 11th Tier
 +
* Fireworks: Yoiul Festival Snowballs, Snowstar Crystalburst, Rimefrost Starburst
 +
* Basic/Potent/Extended 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerators (Basic/Potent/Extended)
 +
* Agency Drugs: Agency 'Hardshell', Agency 'Pyrolancea',
 +
* Sansha Faction modules and ammo
 +
* Blueprint Copies: Rapture (Lowsec only)
  
 
== Yoiul Chilling Spree ==
 
== Yoiul Chilling Spree ==
−
 
 
From 10th December 2020 and 5th January 2020 you will earn 5,000 Skill Points a day for hitting other Capsuleers with Snowballs. During the 2v2v2v2 T1 Destroyer Proving Grounds event, the daily 5k SP reward was replaced with 5 Proving Ground filaments, with the 5k SP reward moved to entering the Proving Grounds.
 
From 10th December 2020 and 5th January 2020 you will earn 5,000 Skill Points a day for hitting other Capsuleers with Snowballs. During the 2v2v2v2 T1 Destroyer Proving Grounds event, the daily 5k SP reward was replaced with 5 Proving Ground filaments, with the 5k SP reward moved to entering the Proving Grounds.
  
−
From 12th December 2020 to 24th December 2020, you will receive Daily Challenges involving lobbing snowballs at various NPCs. The reward so far for the NPC snowballing portion has been lore items. The items rewarded so far are:
+
From 12th December 2020 to 24th December 2020, Capsuleers had the option of snowballing an NPC to receive a lore display item. Each day had a different item as a reward. The items rewarded were:
  
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|- style="background-color:#4E2F7F"
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|- style="background-color: #205FCF;"
 
! Date !! Reward
 
! Date !! Reward
 
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|-
 
| Dec 24 || Power-Drainer Display
 
| Dec 24 || Power-Drainer Display
−
|}
 
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== 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.
 
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|- style="background-color:#4E2F7F"
 
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! Area / Ship Count !! 1 !! 5 !! 10
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[File:Icon ice storm filament highsec.png|32px|link=]] Highsec || DSHR-01H || DNCR-05H || PRNCR-10H
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[File:Icon ice storm filament lowsec.png|32px|link=]] Lowsec || DNNR-01L || BLTZN-05L || RDLF-10L
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[File:Icon ice storm filament nullsec.png|32px|link=]] Nullsec || VXN-01N || CMT-05N || CPD-10N
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
== Abyssal Proving Grounds ==
 
== Abyssal Proving Grounds ==
  
−
From 18th December 2020 to 22th December 2020 four teams of two Capsuleers will do combat in Tech 1 Destroyers.
+
From 18th December 2020 to 22nd December 2020 four teams of two Capsuleers will do combat in Tech 1 Destroyers.
  
 
From 1st January 2021 to 5th January 2021 two teams of three Capsuleers will do combat in T1 Frigates.
 
From 1st January 2021 to 5th January 2021 two teams of three Capsuleers will do combat in T1 Frigates.

Latest revision as of 01:06, 3 December 2023

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Winter Nexus

Winter Nexus is an event that ran from 10 December 2020 to 5 January 2021 (downtime to downtime).

The festivities include:

  • Volatile Ice Storms which feature Wightstorm Sites
  • 13 Days of Nexus Login Event
  • Yoiul Festival YC122 Daily Challenges
  • Chilling Spree
  • Yoiul Festival-themed Abyssal Proving Grounds


Timeline

Timeline
Date Winter Nexus 13 Days of Nexus Chilling Spree Abyssal Proving Grounds
10th December 2020 5k SP Start
12th December 2020 NPC Trinket Start
18th December 2020 2v2v2v2 T1 Destroyers
22nd December 2020 2v2v2v2 T1 Destroyers
24th December 2020 NPC Trinket End
1st January 2021 3v3 T1 Frigates
5th January 2021 5k SP End 3v3 T1 Frigates

Login campaign (13 Days of Nexus)

Capsuleers must log in for 13 out of the 26 days to collect all rewards. A total of 80k Skill Points are available to Alpha.png Alpha clone accounts, while Omega.png Omega clone accounts have access to an additional 250k SP (plus up to ~17k SP from the accelerator).

Day For Alpha Accounts Additional for Omega
1 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Omen Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift) Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Oracle Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)
2 Yoiul Festival Snowballs Crate (Tier 1 Gift)
Festival Launcher + 200x Yoiul Festival Snowball		 Icon vorton projector booster gift box.png DNCR-05H and PRNCR-10H Highsec Ice Storm Filaments Crate (Tier 3 Gift)
3 Icon ice storm filament highsec.png DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 2 Gift) Icon 25k Skill Points.png 25,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)
4 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Caracal Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift) Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Naga Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)
5 Icon 10k Skill Points.png 10,000 Skill Points (Tier 2 Gift) Icon 25k Skill Points.png 25,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)
6 Icon quafe zero.png Quafe Zero (Tier 1 Gift) Icon cerebral accelerator.png Basic 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerator (Tier 3 Gift)
+4 all stats, 24 hour base duration
7 Icon 10k Skill Points.png 10,000 Skill Points (Tier 2 Gift) Icon ice storm filament lowsec.png DNNR-01L Lowsec Ice Storm Filament (Tier 3 Gift)
8 Snowstar Crystalburst Fireworks Crate (Tier 1 Gift) Icon 25k Skill Points.png 25,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)
9 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Thorax Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift) Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Talos Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)
10 Yoiul Stormchasers T-Shirt and Pants Crate (Tier 2 Gift)
Men's & Women's Yoiul Stormchasers T-Shirt & Pants		 Yoiul Stormchasers Suit and Cap Crate (Tier 2 Gift)
Men's & Women's Yoiul Stormchasers Suit & Cap
11 Icon 10k Skill Points.png 10,000 Skill Points (Tier 2 Gift) Icon 25k Skill Points.png 25,000 Skill Points (Tier 3 Gift)
12 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Stabber Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift) Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Tornado Aurora Universalis SKIN (Tier 2 Gift)
13 Icon 50k Skill Points.png 50,000 SP (Tier 3 Gift) Icon 150k Skill Points.png 150,000 Skill Points (Tier 4 Gift)

Agency campaign (Yoiul Festival)

Yoiul Festival points & event tracker in The Agency.

Daily Challenges earn you points. When you accumulate enough points you will be given a reward. This system was last seen in 2019's Guardian's Gala, and marks the first time it has returned since the latest version of The Agency was released in May 2019. Tasks involve the event sites or throwing snowballs, and are categorized as follows:

The challenges reward event points and/or a special event filament. An incomplete list of tasks is available in the table below.

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.

Points Reward
50 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Capsule Aurora Universalis SKIN
90 Icon cerebral accelerator.png Basic 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerator
130 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Abaddon Aurora Universalis SKIN
170 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Rokh Aurora Universalis SKIN
210 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Hyperion Aurora Universalis SKIN
250 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Maelstrom Aurora Universalis SKIN
290 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Crusader Aurora Universalis SKIN
330 Icon cerebral accelerator.png Potent 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerator
370 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Raptor Aurora Universalis SKIN
410 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Taranis Aurora Universalis SKIN
450 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Claw Aurora Universalis SKIN
490 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Heretic Aurora Universalis SKIN
530 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Onyx Aurora Universalis SKIN
570 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Phobos Aurora Universalis SKIN
610 Aurora Universalis SKIN.png Broadsword Aurora Universalis SKIN
650 Icon cerebral accelerator.png Extended 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerator

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. During the event, there are approximately 14 highsec, 5 lowsec, and 14 nullsec storms. The center system and its neighbors experiences 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
Icon damage therm.png Overheat damage reduction 10% 25%
Icon resist therm.png Thermal resistance bonus 4% 10%

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
Icon ice storm filament highsec.png Highsec DSHR-01H DNCR-05H PRNCR-10H
Icon ice storm filament lowsec.png Lowsec DNNR-01L BLTZN-05L RDLF-10L
Icon ice storm filament nullsec.png Nullsec VXN-01N CMT-05N CPD-10N

Wightstorm Combat Anomalies

If a capsuleer has warped to a combat anomaly, it will appear in the overview as a beacon.

Different areas of space have different sites:

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:

  • Normal Data Site loot like Tech 1, Tech 2 Salvage and Decryptors
  • SKINs: Glacial Drift, Aurora Universalis
  • Filaments:
    • Yoiul 2v2v2v2 Destroyers Proving, Yoiul 3v3 Frigates Proving, Calm Abyssal
    • CMT-05N Nullsec Ice Storm, DSHR-01H Highsec Ice Storm, DNNR-01L Lowsec Ice Storm
    • Noise-5 'Needlejack', Signal-5 'Needlejack'
  • Overseer's Personal Effects
    • High: 5th - 8th Tier
    • Low: 6th - 12th Tier
    • Null: 5th - 11th Tier
  • Fireworks: Yoiul Festival Snowballs, Snowstar Crystalburst, Rimefrost Starburst
  • Basic/Potent/Extended 'Brainfreeze' Cerebral Accelerators (Basic/Potent/Extended)
  • Agency Drugs: Agency 'Hardshell', Agency 'Pyrolancea',
  • Sansha Faction modules and ammo
  • Blueprint Copies: Rapture (Lowsec only)

Yoiul Chilling Spree

From 10th December 2020 and 5th January 2020 you will earn 5,000 Skill Points a day for hitting other Capsuleers with Snowballs. During the 2v2v2v2 T1 Destroyer Proving Grounds event, the daily 5k SP reward was replaced with 5 Proving Ground filaments, with the 5k SP reward moved to entering the Proving Grounds.

From 12th December 2020 to 24th December 2020, Capsuleers had the option of snowballing an NPC to receive a lore display item. Each day had a different item as a reward. The items rewarded were:

Date Reward
Dec 12 Lifestock-Liberator Display
Dec 13 Fuel-Stealer Display
Dec 14 Radiation-Rogue Display
Dec 15 Tool-Swiper Display
Dec 16 Recycler-Raider Display
Dec 17 Water-Sucker Display
Dec 18 Airlock-Slammer Display
Dec 19 Ectoplasm-Skimmer Display
Dec 20 Ration-Grabber Display
Dec 21 Scanner-Jacker Display
Dec 22 Data-Sniffer Display
Dec 23 Freezer-Thief Display
Dec 24 Power-Drainer Display

Abyssal Proving Grounds

From 18th December 2020 to 22nd December 2020 four teams of two Capsuleers will do combat in Tech 1 Destroyers.

From 1st January 2021 to 5th January 2021 two teams of three Capsuleers will do combat in T1 Frigates.

Both events feature a modifier to heat damage.

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