# 'Drifter Crisis' Event: Increased Rewards and More Sites! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 30, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485 "2025-01-30T20:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Keayzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/keayzy/32/429899_2.png) [@Keayzy](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Keayzy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/144 "2025-04-29T19:53:07Z")
Did 75 jumps and no even one site spotted - strange ---
**Author:** ![Syzygium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/syzygium/32/510263_2.png) [@Syzygium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Syzygium)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/145 "2025-04-29T20:40:33Z")
> [@Kezrai\_Charzai](#): > > I’m still thinking of the event as ‘a good try’ in general, but TBH just a few tweaks could have turned it from “okay I guess” to “hey great event!”. Yeah exactly. EVE is a prime example of “missed opportunities”. Many good ideas _in their core_, but the actual implementation is beyond bad. I don’t know why exactly that is. Can be that the devs really don’t play the game that much. At least not in a realistic way, maybe inside a somewhat exclusive bubble that doesn’t reflect the stuff an average EVE player experiences. ---
**Author:** ![Keayzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/keayzy/32/429899_2.png) [@Keayzy](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Keayzy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/146 "2025-04-29T21:02:32Z")
Worst event ever - No sites in Hi-Sec, Loot is crap, same with crap blueprints - haha if you can’t find bloody sites how to do BP`s? and CCP has that deep in Black Hole - they want real money not ISK from sites ---
**Author:** ![Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tiger_space_thedark/32/373728_2.png) [@Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tiger_space_Thedark)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/147 "2025-04-29T22:37:04Z")
ever heard of the event in the womrhole ? go join a fleet and smash some drifter dreads ---
**Author:** ![March\_rabbit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/march_rabbit/32/453160_2.png) [@March\_rabbit](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/March_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/148 "2025-04-30T12:09:14Z")
… and get 10 points and 20 million if you lucky? ---
**Author:** ![Kezrai\_Charzai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kezrai_charzai/32/394578_2.png) [@Kezrai\_Charzai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kezrai_Charzai)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/149 "2025-04-30T12:44:30Z")
Speaking of trying the Drifter Wormhole side of the event, EVE News is highlighting that the battle for influence in the WHs ends with this stage of the event: > **[Drifter Battles Turn Around as Deathless Threaten Warden Connections](https://universe.eveonline.com/new-eden-news/drifter-battles-turn-around-as-deathless-threaten-warden-connections)** > > Drifter Wormhole Occupiers Resurgent Inside Drifter Wormholes, occupying factions have taken advantage of new research insights to unlock greater influence. This influence allows them to establish further control over the Drifter wormhole systems.... The Triglavians, Amarr and EDENcom look like they’ve won the tug of war for influence. (I haven’t checked this side of the event yet, so not sure if that’s a solid ‘win’ or if the Drifters can push back.) Minmatar still need some work on their influence project and apparently the Caldari still need a significant push to lock down their WH before the event ends. So head out to the Min/Cal WHs if you’re looking to test the rewards there. Multiple people have told me it’s their favorite part of the event, but I haven’t even hopped into one yet so no idea what happens at those combat sites or how influence works. The WHs can also be used in just a daytripper/WH diver tourist manner to complete the event with little risk (for people tired of looking for sites). The details are in this video. (There’s a lot of background info first and then the specific details start around the 29 minute mark.) [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/c/e/5/ce51bc16c9fa4bf9956267c400b03a064bf7f074.jpeg "How to Crush The Nexus Event Easy! Free Battleship, PLEX and More! - EVE Universe Show 04/22/YC127") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgAjqEEtp4g) ---
**Author:** ![Skjer\_Artrald](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/skjer_artrald/32/462498_2.png) [@Skjer\_Artrald](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Skjer_Artrald)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/150 "2025-05-01T18:28:04Z")
its painful to watch a sponsored content creator explain in depth how to complete the latest game event by repeating hours of mind numbing activity to make number go up ---
**Author:** ![Malak\_Starfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malak_starfire/32/501915_2.png) [@Malak\_Starfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malak_Starfire)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/151 "2025-05-01T19:01:20Z")
He actually is not sponsored. ---
**Author:** ![Kezrai\_Charzai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kezrai_charzai/32/394578_2.png) [@Kezrai\_Charzai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kezrai_Charzai)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/152 "2025-05-01T23:36:59Z")
> [@Skjer\_Artrald](#): > > how to complete the latest game event by repeating hours of mind numbing activity He shows a technique to get event points that doesn’t require locating the sites (which has proven tricky for some players). It’s an _option_ to add to the Mining, Combat and Relic sites. As well as the whatever-the-WH-combat stuff is (which I haven’t seen yet). While I agree with many of the issues pointed out about the event in this (and other) threads, that still provides a decent variety of ways to complete the event. “Hours of mind numbing activity” is up to the individual, if they choose not to do a variety of tasks. Which is ‘business as usual’ for a sandbox game. The event track alone gives out roughly 1 Billion ISK worth of rewards (330M in ships, 640M in Plex, 30-50M in skins and SKINR parts). That’s without counting any drops or event item sales. That’s worth some hours of grind for most players, I’d think. ---
**Author:** ![Skjer\_Artrald](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/skjer_artrald/32/462498_2.png) [@Skjer\_Artrald](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Skjer_Artrald)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/153 "2025-05-02T03:59:10Z")
dont get me wrong the guy makes fine videos imo but yea, he is literally saying how you have to repeat it 24 times, in about 5-6 hours… you can fanboi all you want but at the end of the day its pathetic, end of discussion 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Malak\_Starfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malak_starfire/32/501915_2.png) [@Malak\_Starfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malak_Starfire)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/154 "2025-05-02T04:39:53Z")
> [@Skjer\_Artrald](#): > > he is literally saying how you have to repeat it 24 times Well it is a month long event, you can just do a lap a day and be done in 6 days. ---
**Author:** ![Skjer\_Artrald](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/skjer_artrald/32/462498_2.png) [@Skjer\_Artrald](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Skjer_Artrald)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/155 "2025-05-02T04:43:17Z")
grind can be fine if you play a game this event is sad, incompetent fluff ---
**Author:** ![Kezrai\_Charzai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kezrai_charzai/32/394578_2.png) [@Kezrai\_Charzai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kezrai_Charzai)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/156 "2025-05-04T22:06:18Z")
Just cross-posting some tips on completing the event for anyone interested: > [@Scarcity in the Stars: Capsuleer Day XXII Marred by Limited Site Availability](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/scarcity-in-the-stars-capsuleer-day-xxii-marred-by-limited-site-availability/483383/115): > > So, there’s completing the event, and there’s “completing the event in a satisfying (or acceptable) fashion”. For myself, if I have to jump through what I consider to be cumbersome, slow and boring hoops in order to finish, then I simply won’t do the event. As much to add my “players who don’t bother to participate” count to the stats that CCP will inevitably run as for any other reason. So I get it if anyone simply chooses not to finish because it isn’t worth the time, trouble, or change to t… There’s 10 days left in the event so if you need points, or want to help Minmatar and/or Caldari complete their Drifter Wormholes, there’s still time to get in there and get the rewards! ---
**Author:** ![Kezrai\_Charzai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kezrai_charzai/32/394578_2.png) [@Kezrai\_Charzai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kezrai_Charzai)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/157 "2025-05-06T14:19:07Z")
The **Drifter Reckoning** event is approaching a climactic conclusion! (So says CCP… maybe that means we’ll be getting tornados or something.) Reckoning Nexus and Labyrinth sites will be appearing in High and Low sec. More sites spawning! Reward track increased! New combat sites! Danger, Will Robinson! There’s a lot of new news, reward trading, and challenges to be faced, so if you’ve been holding off on the event, now might the time to jump in and grab those rewards more easily. > **[Gallente President Addresses Citizens as Drifter Attacks Spread](https://universe.eveonline.com/new-eden-news/gallente-president-addresses-citizens-as-drifter-attacks-spread)** > > Wrath of Tyrannos Begins Drifter activity has intensified across New Eden as forces previously seen only in the five Drifter wormholes have begun to appear across the cluster. As the factions occupying Drifter wormhole space have kept up the... * * * > **[Capsuleer Day Climax: Wrath of Tyrannos | EVE Online](https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/capsuleer-day-climax-wrath-of-tyrannos)** > > The Drifters are retaliating. It’s time for the final push! * * * While New Eden factions maintain their occupation within wormhole space, Drifter forces attempt to open new fronts and strike back at the cluster! This escalation of the ongoing Nexus Reckoning event invites capsuleers to try out the previously wormhole-exclusive content while offering new rewards and increased opportunities! From the Patch notes: - The seasonal reward track has been expanded with **new rewards**! - A **high-sec** variant of the **Labyrinth Complex** site has emerged: - Earn keys that grant entry to the **Wrath: Locus Point** site. - Locate the secret **Triglavian trader** for additional rewards (including the exclusive **Skybreaker Tyrantbreaker SKIN**!) - Find tokens that can be **redeemed for items** at faction traders within either Drifter wormholes or the following systems: - Amarr, Pator, New Caldari, Raravoss, and Yulai. - _Note: The best deals can still be found within the Drifter wormholes!_ - Like before, these sites are intended for **groups as large as 10** in ships no larger than a **T2 Battlecruiser**. - The **Wrath: Locus Point** , a variant of the **Nexus Point** site, has begun appearing within Empire-controlled low-security space: - The longer your fleet holds against the Drifter onslaught, the greater the rewards! - Bring **Amplifier and/or Limiter keys** to augment the site’s level of challenge. - The truly bravest fleets may discover **Officer modules** within the wreckage! - These sites are intended for **15 characters** and restricted to **T2 Battlecruisers and below**. - **Respawn times** for the following sites have been _greatly reduced_: - Reckoning: Sleeper Foundry - Reckoning: Drifter Stockpile - Reckoning: Sleeper Forge - Reckoning: Sleeper Reserve - The following sites can now also be found in **null-security space** : - Reckoning: Sleeper Foundry - Reckoning: Drifter Stockpile ---
**Author:** ![March\_rabbit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/march_rabbit/32/453160_2.png) [@March\_rabbit](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/March_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/158 "2025-05-06T15:45:49Z")
Thanks! I was wondering about these new sites. And they are still for fleets so nothing has really changed for me. Back to scanning and running Sleeper Forge. 🤭 ---
**Author:** ![Shion\_Ishii](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shion_ishii/32/389684_2.png) [@Shion\_Ishii](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shion_Ishii)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/159 "2025-05-06T16:10:23Z")
Is the last reward seriously _“maybe yet another plugsuit… if you’re lucky”_? ---
**Author:** ![Skadoos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/skadoos/32/409261_2.png) [@Skadoos](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Skadoos)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/160 "2025-05-06T17:04:35Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/3/4/6/346a4daf3807a707a73ac654a771898c79317b7b.jpeg "Batman Begins (2005) - Does It Come In Black?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXzk9H3hIhc) ---
**Author:** ![Shion\_Ishii](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shion_ishii/32/389684_2.png) [@Shion\_Ishii](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shion_Ishii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/161 "2025-05-09T01:39:13Z")
I thought I’d go ahead and finish up the new stuff added to the event track. 24 jumps. Out in the boonies. Minimal competition. 1 drifter relic site to show for it. Maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Kezrai\_Charzai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kezrai_charzai/32/394578_2.png) [@Kezrai\_Charzai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kezrai_Charzai)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/162 "2025-05-09T01:42:20Z")
The cross-posting (6 posts up from this) might help with various ways to complete the event without doing the various searches or combat sites. ---
**Author:** ![Kezrai\_Charzai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kezrai_charzai/32/394578_2.png) [@Kezrai\_Charzai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kezrai_Charzai)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485/163 "2025-05-22T14:20:03Z")
So the Drifter Crisis has come to an end. I’m sure we will all be sad to see our Drifter buddies wander back to their little burrows in space-time. However at least they left something behind, some sort of as-yet-unknown tech that everybody but the Gallente has access to. > **["The Drifter Crisis is Over!"](https://universe.eveonline.com/new-eden-news/the-drifter-crisis-is-over)** > > Drifter Activity Dies Down Cheers rang out across New Eden as news spread of the Drifter Crisis coming to an end. On YC127-05-15, preliminary reports indicated an almost complete cessation of Drifter activity in the occupied wormholes. Research... Gallente folks, take note: your lifestyle of partying and decadence will be your end, and no amount of protesting about “the greed of those who won’t share new discoveries” will change that. You snooze, you lose, Galbros. Overall I found the event interesting, with a lot of interesting lore, history and discovery involved. See the “Fiction Portal” thread on it for more: > [@The Cluster wide Drifter crisis and its consequences](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cluster-wide-drifter-crisis/475494): > > Here is a topic to exchange information and theories about the new Drifter crisis that has just started. It appears that the Drifters are conducting experiments on kidnapped civilians living in stations, which are targeted by these structures. Edit: it appears that civilians are not being kidnapped but instead are being directly subjected to experiments in the stations. The last stage of the event could have used a bit wider availability of certain types of sites, especially Relic sites in high sec, IMO. Some players really struggled to complete the last stage and some said it wasn’t hard. Overall I found many more highsec players saying they were having high frustration with trying to complete it than otherwise. To the point of giving up participating, in many cases. But it’s possible those players were just the visible vocal portion, since frustrated players seem more likely to talk in chat about it. At any rate, I give the Drifter Crisis event a thumbs-up, job decently well done from CCP. Some lessons from it should be applied to future events but overall I enjoyed this one. Mostly just observing due to limited time, but enjoyable and interesting nonetheless. What did you think? [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485.md?page=7) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drifter-crisis-event-increased-rewards-and-more-sites/475485.md?page=9)