Pilots and pundits, strategists and spectators, prepare yourself for three days of intense PvP as Alliance Tournament XXI kicks off tomorrow!

Follow the action on Twitch, with the first match kicking off at 14:00 UTC on 24 October. Last year’s champions, the Tuskers Co. face Deteriorated in what promises to be a fierce opening round.

Want to catch up before the action begins? All the matches from the qualifier tournament are available on YouTube, and EVE Partner Damian Warlock has assembled a recap from weekend one:

Tournament Field

This year saw 54 alliances enter, including the top four from ATXX. Now only 32 remain. Here’s who’s still standing and when they fight:

The carnage continues through the weekend, with matches resuming Saturday at 14:00 UTC. On Sunday, the action begins an hour earlier at 13:00 UTC as we enter best-of-three and best-of-five stages. Stay up to date via the schedule sheet, at the AT page, or by using !schedule in Twitch chat.

Gridlocked & Loaded

Content for newcomers has flourished this season. EVE University has hosted AT talks for newer capsuleers, and EVE Rookies offered a practice team for players interested in trying out the tournament format in an easy-to-drop-in role.

Meanwhile, CCP Lumi’s new podcast, Gridlocked, is breaking down the format and helping more capsuleers get tournament-ready. Catch it on Spotify or YouTube now!

I Predict a Riot

Thanks to a new partnership between the Caldari State and the Independent Gaming Commissions (IGC), this year’s tournament is packed with prizes, for competitors and spectators alike.

Head to the ATXXI brackets on Challonge and click “Predictions” to enter your picks. You’ll need to complete 93 choices and select your chosen winners to be eligible.

The top 10 scores win big:

• 1st: XFX Mercury Radeon RX 9070XT graphics card

• 2nd: 6000 PLEX

• 3rd: 3000 PLEX

• 4th: 1500 PLEX

• 5th: 1000 PLEX

• 6th: 500 PLEX

• 7th: 500 PLEX

• 8th: 500 PLEX

• 9th: 200 PLEX

• 10th: 200 PLEX

Two additional entries will be randomly selected for bonus rewards, so even if you don’t feel especially predictive, you still have a shot! We’ll be contacting the winners using the email address submitted on Challonge, so please ensure you enter your details correctly.

Additionally, you can invest Twitch channel points (Loyalty Points) in predictions for each match. Guess correctly and you can multiply your points, which can be exchanged for a random GalNet Streamcast SKIN. Win or lose, it’s worth tuning in.

SKINs, Drops & Decals

Every tournament season, the IGC works hard to produce prize ships and SKINs for participants. To maintain a healthy bottom line, they also make a series of celebratory SKINs available to the public.

They are available in the store now!

A few of these SKINs have also been made available to ATXXI viewers. The Griffin and Skybreaker Shattered Paradigm SKINs will be given out as Twitch Drops, in addition to a Caldari-themed colour and decal for SKINR.

But wait, there’s more!

IGC has chosen two prize ships from Caldari designers, the Skua and Anhinga, and engineers are currently hard at work fine-tuning the designs. Now that the tournament is approaching, they’ve shared more details about these powerful vessels:

The flurry of sponsors for the Alliance Tournament doesn’t stop at the prize ships. A new Caldari Victory SKIN range has been created, where 10 SKINs will be awarded to each team securing a win.

Make sure you tune into Alliance Tournament XXI and don’t miss a single, action-packed moment.

Illustrious capsuleers,

Mining is the foundation of all activity in EVE Online, with entire empires being born from a single rock. The Catalyst expansion, coming on 18 November, highlights it as the frontline of power. A new, highly valuable ore will spark a new resource rush, and capsuleers will once again wield the mightiest ships in pursuit of extraordinary riches.

TL;DR

• Catalyst expansion launches 18 November

• A new, unpredictable ore ignites a galaxy-wide resource rush

• Hyperspace fractures reveal volatile asteroid fields rich in Prismaticite

• Command new ships: the Pioneer mining destroyer and Odysseus exploration ship

• Mining refined with faster cycles, critical hits, and improved UI

• Explore the stars with the new 2D map

• Start your journey with a new epic arc

• Carriers updated, PLEX logs added, and much more to come

A Resource Rush

Mining is now becoming increasingly dynamic, rewarding, and fiercely contested, with mysterious hyperspace fractures revealing volatile asteroids, rich in a powerful ore.

Discover Phased Fields and bring your fleet to harvest great riches, but at great peril. Dispatch new phase anchor deployables to be able to mine the mysterious asteroids and the prismaticite they contain but act fast before the fracture closes.

Prismaticite, a new type of erratic and extremely valuable ore, refines into different minerals at random, although by using reactions to reprocess the ore, you control the outcome.

New industrial and exploration ships expand strategic options, but danger lurks at every junction. The fight for resources fuels creation, destruction, connection, and conflict across the cluster.

Whether you rise to build or strike to destroy, every story begins with ore.

Pioneer: A New Mining Destroyer

Level up your industry game with the Pioneer, a perfect middle ground between a mining frigate and mining barges. Even brand new capsuleers can obtain this new mining destroyer after only a few hours in New Eden, and fly it as Alphas. There is even more to unlock for Omegas, too, so this vessel can scale as you realize your industrialist ambitions.

In all, there will be three versions of the Pioneer, including a Tech II version and a Consortium Issue variant.

Odysseus: Exploration Command Ship

Lead your fleet further afield with this new exploration command ship and conquer uncharted territory.

With new expedition command bursts and a massive new exploration hold, you can stay out longer, venture further, and carry more loot back home.

Mining Refined

Resource harvesting is getting more responsive, immersive, tactical, and rewarding than ever before.

Faster Mining Cycles

While total yield remains the same, faster mining cycles make the process more responsive and dynamic. Feel progress every second as your lasers tear through asteroids in shorter, more engaging bursts.

Mining Crits

Critical mining hits bring a thrill to every operation, offering a potential bonus yield on successful strikes from your mining lasers. All mining lasers have a chance for critical hits, but skills and modules can improve your odds.

Mining UI/UX Improvements

The mining interface has been reworked, with clear, real-time data and a cleaner presentation integrated into the space scene itself. New scanners will work faster and give you clear, color-coded readouts so you can quickly see which asteroids will be worth your while, and many more improvements have been made to the mining experience.

Highsec Mining Improved

Highsec mining has never looked better. New visual updates and the return of anomaly sites bring omber and kernite back to highsec. Complete them for a rare chance at highsec mining escalations or use your scan probes to discover hidden combat sites with valuable ore.

Mining Mutaplasmids

Mutate your mining modules and drones for potential bonuses. The new Mining Mutaplasmids introduce risk and reward to industry fittings, letting you push your yield and efficiency to unpredictable extremes.

A new way to see the stars.

A tactical, easy-to-read 2D map gives capsuleers the clarity they need for planning and exploration. It’s a long-requested feature that enhances both accessibility and strategic gameplay.

The new 2D view delivers improved system visualization, clear jump ranges, and dual data overlays, offering precise navigation and sharper tactical insight directly in-game. It’s the map new pilots needed and veterans wanted (thanks for all the feedback!).

Both 2D and 3D maps will feature ore availability indicators, enhanced data readability, and customizable scales, including logarithmic options, for greater clarity in every view.

Learn the Ropes with a New Epic Arc

Whether you’re warping into New Eden for the first time, or just want to explore everything the new expansion has to offer, a new accessible and brief epic arc has got you covered.

Explore and experience the new mining content through an introductory narrative journey, intended to test a new way to introduce expansion content. At the end, you will have a new Pioneer mining destroyer to launch your mining career.

This new arc will introduce the Catalyst expansion to pilots of all experience levels, and help new capsuleers set goals and discover some of the wonders of New Eden.

PLEX Logs

Monitor your PLEX-flow with new personal PLEX transaction logs, bringing transparency by showing where it comes from and how it’s spent. The first iteration will display entries for the last 30 days, with a cap of 2,000 entries, covering inflow and outflow.

Carriers Forward

Carriers are receiving a buff to utility, a visual refresh, and a reduction in manufacturing cost. These are not drastic changes, but rather incremental adjustments so we can monitor the effects and work with capsuleers to refine their role in the ecosystem.

Get an Early Taste

You have an opportunity to see the new hyperspace fractures, rare asteroids, and more mining improvements in advance by jumping into a mass test on the Singularity test server from 17:00 –19:00 UTC on 23 October. Since it’s still in active development, this will not be fully representative of the final product, but primarily serve as a performance test. We do, however, welcome any feedback on design, balance, and user experience.

Check out this forum post for all the details on the mass test.

Catalyst Arrives 18 November

Prepare to dive into the heart of New Eden’s next great transformation. The rush begins soon, be ready to mine, fight, and rise.

Alliance Tournament XXI is almost here! For a limited time, you can save 15% on 1 month Omega, 10% on 3 months Omega, and get free Shattered Paradigm SKINs in the bargain! The 6 month Omega package has no discount, but six stunning SKINs. 

These SKINs by T’amber feature lighting effects that initiate when you get a kill. They are a part of the Independent Gaming Commission’s to elevating competitive sports, style, and the thrill of victory across New Eden. 

• 1 Month Omega + Squall & Skybreaker Shattered Paradigm SKIN 

• 3 Months Omega + Squall, Skybreaker, Deacon & Curse Shattered Paradigm SKINs 

• 6 Months Omega + Squall, Skybreaker, Deacon, Curse, Nighthawk & Barghest Shattered Paradigm SKINs 

Offers are available until 26 October.