Capsuleers,

It’s Black Friday, and it’s time to paint it Event Horizon Black Matte!

Until 10:59 on 3 December, the EVE Store is offering 25% off Omega time, which is a great deal on its own. But you’ll also get free PLEX and SKINR Supply Crates (including nanocoatings, patterns, metallics, and sequencers to craft your own SKINs).

This is the perfect way to dig deeper into the Catalyst expansion, train into the new ships, or just give your hull a unique look (by painting it black!).

Bundles content

Every bundle includes:

• Omega time and PLEX* (except 1M, which comes with bonus items)

• Sequencers

• A SKINR Supply Crate with a guaranteed metallic (Plumbed Depths) and an equal chance to provide components from this list:

  • Event Horizon Black Matte, Glacial Prospects Gloss, Suspect Saffron Gloss, Gelid Omberdust Gloss, Slipstream Crossroads, Treaded Plating, Oxidative Stress, Crumbling Construct, Convergent Reflection

* Prices shown in USD.

What You Can Do

To show what’s possible using just the contents of these crates, CCP Mirage put together a few SKINR designs for the new ships that arrived with the Catalyst expansion — the Odysseus and the Pioneer:

From deep matte blacks to shimmering metallics, they strike a balance between the void of darkness and the menace of industry. Give CCP Mirage a shout on socials if you love these SKINs as much as we do!

But Wait! There’s More:

Odysseus SKINs in NES

The Catalyst expansion introduced the first SoE vessel in over a decade – the Odysseus exploration command ship. It is a stunning ship capable of covering long distances and bringing back a lot of loot.

Its design is about to become even more striking, with several SKINs from previous lines now available for the Odysseus in the New Eden Store (log in to the game client to check those out):

• One Eden SKIN

• Sanctuary SKIN

• Spectral Shift SKIN

• Yoiul Festival YC121 SKIN

• Crystal Blast SKIN

• SoE Gold Cell SKIN

• SoE Fire Cell SKIN

• SoE Blue Cell SKIN

Stand out on your expeditions!

Both offers are available until downtime on 3 December, and they give you everything you need: Omega to accelerate your plans, PLEX for flexibility, classic SKINs for the new ship and SKINR components to make your ships unmistakably yours.

Greetings,

The following page will list patch notes for all updates within this release (Version 23.02). We invite you to join the player discussion about the content of this release on EVE Online forums:

• General Feedback

• Known Issues

Initial Release Date: 2025-11-18 Last update: 2025-11-27

🤝 - Indicates a change inspired by the player's feedback or suggestions.

Patch Notes for 2025-11-27.1

Features & Changes:

Miscellaneous:

• A new batch of Refined Resourcer SKINs enters New Eden.

Defect Fixes:

Map:

• Fixed an issue with the placement of some systems on the 2D map, where it was not fully clear which systems were actually connected to each other.

Patch Notes for 2025-11-26.1

Defect Fixes:

Audio:

• Fixed an issue where the beam sound of the phased fields linking effects sometimes weren’t playing.

Gameplay:

• Soulbound items can no longer be transferred using a structure’s “Deliver To” feature.

Graphics:

• Smoke and fire visual effects now follow Rorquals movement when using the Capital Industrial Core modules.

• Reduced overdraw on Rorqual visual effects for slight performance improvement.

• Added missing visual effects from the Odysseus Yoiul Festival YC121 SKIN.

• Adjusted Marshal Red Stargazer SKIN visual effects to create more symmetrical particle emission.

• Fixed banners clipping inside the Thanatos ship geometry on Dos Rouvenor’s Bequest SKIN.

• Added missing collision to Phased Prismaticite in the Fractured Legacy Epic Arc missions.

User Interface:

• Fixed an issue where volume was not correctly reported on Prismaticite and Compressed Prismaticite’s Show Info page.

• Generally reorganized how volume and reprocessing info is displayed on the Show Info tab for most mineables.

  • Types that can be reprocessed will show batch size (if > 1) and special reprocessing skill (if it exists).

  • Harvestable clouds and Prismaticite will show volume and, when viewed in space, harvested output type.

  • Materials will show volume.

  • All other mineables will show harvested output type.

Patch Notes for 2025-11-25.1

Features & Changes:

Balancing:

Citadel “stand-up” Fighters can no longer decloak ships.

Map:

• Added the option to Exclude Ineligible Systems from the Jump Range Visualization.

User Interface:

• Added pointers for various Map UI elements.

Defect Fixes:

Map:

• Fixed an issue where some map filters had their default upper range set below their maximum value.

• Fixed an issue where the tooltip was missing for the 2D Layout toggle button.

• Fixed an issue where the EverMore icon was missing on the 2D map.

• Fixed an issue where 2D map icons were too small.

• Fixed an issue where the 2D map’s ‘Persistent Data View’ was not the default setting.

• Fixed an issue where the ‘Average Pilots’ filters were displaying decimal numbers on the 2D map.

• Fixed an issue where systems were not being highlighted correctly with Jump Range Visualization in some situations.

Patch Notes for 2025-11-24.1

Features & Changes:

Miscellaneous:

• Odysseus receives a cosmetic uplift with SKIN extensions for the many historic SOE ships SKIN lines.

Defect Fixes:

Gameplay:

• Fixed Lowsec FOBs from being able to spawn in the system of Intaki, which is a high security system.

• Defending a complex in a Stable FW system no longer grants any LP.

• Corrected the reprocessing values on the new Expedition Command Burst Charges.

Patch Notes for 2025-11-21.1

Defect Fixes:

Map:

• The color bar in the Filter Visualization now produce changes in the colors of the Solar System dots for the filter folders “Services” and “Planets”.

• Ore type locations is now visible for Vitrium, Mordunium, Ducinium and Eifyrium.

• Insurgency map works again and shows the solar system dots.

• Alliance is now visible in the 2D map.

User Interface:

• An issue that was preventing you from rearranging your targets is now fixed.

Patch Notes for 2025-11-20.1

Features & Changes:

Factional Warfare:

• Defending a complex will reward the same amount of LP as capturing one offensively.

  • Both the base 25% penalty and system contested percentage scaling have been removed.

• Added NPCs of both attacking and defending factions to the 4 Open Complex sites.

  • These NPCs function the same as those added to standard Complex sites.

Fractured Legacy Epic Arc

• Decreased the amount of ore required in mission 2.

• Increase the amount of ore available to be mined in mission 2.

• Added a highlight on the Mining Surveyor UI button during the initial mission 2 transmission.

• Added the relevant hackable structure to the looting objectives in missions 1 and 3.

• Added an objective that lists any missing required modules in all three missions.

• Items retrieved from the end of mission 3 can now be sold to NPC buy orders.

• Improved handling for when to show the skill training conversation in mission 1.

• Improved handling for when to show fitting recommendation conversations in all three missions.

Pirate Strongholds:

• Decreased the volume of strong boxes dropped by the structure to 50,000 m3 from 400,000 m3.

Defect Fixes:

Audio:

• Cleaned up spamming audio messages in LogLite related to mining scan sound effects

• Adjusted audio of phase anchor and fixed clipping with fracture visual effects in the Fractured Legacy Epic Arc

Gameplay:

• Fixed an issue which caused the Paragon LP store to not have any emblems for sale.

Fractured Legacy

• Fixed an issue causing objective values to not update correctly in all three missions.

• Fixed Becker's Rorqual bracket and group in mission 1.

• Fixed Becker speaking an Elias line in mission 3.

• Fixed the Travel objective’s progress sometimes resetting.

• Fixed some in-site objectives failing to appear in rare cases.

• Fixed a graphic effect appearing on one of the hackable structures in mission 3.

Factional Warfare:

• NPCs will now spawn correctly in Gallente Small NVY-1 Complex sites.

• Thrasher NPCs will now use their correct model in Small Complex sites.

• NPCs will now immediately contest sites when entering the capture point range.

Graphics:

• Added another corporation emblem location on the Odysseus

• Fixed some bad UVs on the rear of the Odysseus

• Adjusted placement of faction decals on the Odysseus

• Increased time of highlight on asteroids scanned with mining scanner

• Adjusted placement of alliance emblems, killmarks, decals, and lights on various ships with the Refined Resourcer SKIN. SLYCE approves.

• Reinstated missing visual effects on Nidhoggur’s Hrada Oki SKIN

• Fixed an issue where lights and blinkies on mining destroyers were not turning off during the ship boarding cinematic. ORE electricians properly reprimanded.

• The Pulse Activated Nexus Invulnerability Core (PANIC) module now encompasses the entire Rorqual when using the Capital Industrial Core module.

User Interface:

• Updated the Phased Fields agency page to clarify that phased field sites last between 20-40 hours, not 2-3 days.

• Fixed a tpyo in the description of the Infomorph Decryption Key

• UI elements from the fighter bay hold in the ship inventory window no longer overflow out of the window if the player chooses to decrease the width.

• Added brackets to Mobile Phase Anchors

• Adjusted the image for Phased Asteroids in the User Manual info window.

AIR Rewards:

• Occasionally the ISK reward for completing an AIR Daily Goal was not properly sent. We have identified the issue and have retroactively awarded any missing rewards.

Patch Notes for 2025-11-19.1

Defect Fixes:

Gameplay:

• Fixed an Issue which prevented the Odysseus Blueprint from being able to be manufactured in stations and player structures.

• Players are now able to obtain the Mining Efficiency Charge from ORE NPC stations and the blueprint is now fixed.

• Fixed an issue which could cause Epic Arc missions to overlap with each other or celestials like stargates.

• Temporarily reverted the Mining Barge skill needing Mining Destroyer level 3, it now requires Mining Frigate level 3 again to fix issues with pausing players skill queues.

• Restored attribute implants, like +3 learning implants, to the Caldari Navy, Gallente Navy, and Republic Fleet LP stores.

User Interface:

• Fixed an issue where some custom UI settings didn't get saved and loaded correctly.

Patch Notes for 2025-11-18.1

The Catalyst expansion is out!

Full overview of the contents of the expansion can be found here: Catalyst Expansion Notes!

Features and Changes:

Miscellaneous:

• Brand new Refined Resourcer SKINs line has been released.

Defect Fixes:

Gameplay:

• Added Astrogeology level 1 skill requirements to Strip Miner I and Ore Strip Miner since they can effectively only be fitted on Mining Barges which also require Astrogeology to add the Omega Only icon to them so alpha clones better understand they cannot use them.

• Added missing traits and elements to the Boobook.

• Freighters now show they require Advanced Spaceship Command V in the ship tree.

• Fixed an issue which could cause the Serpentis Vigil site to not be able to be completed and the acceleration gate to get stuck in a state where no player could reach the final room of the site.

• Several set bonus implant blueprints are no longer incorrectly categorized as tech II and are now in the faction meta group instead.

• Fixed several issues with skillbooks being priced incorrectly in the Command Guri LP store.

• Sensor Warfare Resistance (AKA sensor damp resistance) is now shown in the show info window for all ships. Players could get this resistance from some sources, like the electronic hardening command burst effect or T3D sharpshooter mode and it wouldn’t be displayed in the ship info which made it unintentionally hidden.

• Several sleeper/drifter NPCs that spawned in Pochven or outside wormhole space have had the activity difficulty chance for salvaging updated to -5 instead of 1e-06.

• Made some adjustments to Forsaken Hub and Haven dungeons to try and fix a very rare defect in where NPCs could become stuck and not warp in and the anomaly not able to be finished.

Localization:

• All Afocal Meta named lasers which were named “Masers” in their name and description has been changed to “Laser” to stop confusing players.

• Fixed several mission text defects.

• Fixed the description of nocxium incorrectly mentioning ores found through sovereignty upgrades that do not provide nocxium.

• Clarified that only offensive module usage breaks your invulnerability when returning from an abyssal filament.

Worldwide capsuleers,

Early-bird tickets to Fanfest offer the best value, and time is running out!

Now is also the perfect time to make your travel arrangements. May is a popular time to visit Iceland, and prices for flights and accommodations will rise rapidly as time goes on.

Interstellar Speakers

Two guest speakers will be featured at Fanfest 2026:

Paul M. Sutter is a cosmologist, award-winning science communicator, author, and NASA advisor. He hosts several podcasts and a YouTube series as well as consulting for television and film productions.

Dr. Beth Healey is an emergency medicine doctor, a research physician, and an extreme environment specialist. She has worked for the European Space Agency, researching the effects of physical and psychological isolation on a group of people.

Make the Most of Your Stay

Whether it’s your first time in Iceland or you’re a returning visitor, our guide to visiting Iceland provides helpful tips for navigating the city and making the most of your time outside the event.

You can also find great tips and advice for planning your trip on the Visit Reykjavik and Visit Iceland websites.

As ever, Fanfest attendees will have the option to participate in amazing activities, including the infamous Party at the Top of the World, stunning tours with EVE Devs, a pub crawl, a charity dinner, and much more. That’s in addition to the fun-filled schedule in Harpa, the majestic conference hall in the heart of Reykjavik.

Don’t delay, book your ticket today and join us in May!

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