To New Eden Capsuleers,
EVE Echoes will undergo maintenance on 1/21/2026 at 08:00 (UTC+0) and will take approximately 180 minutes to complete. During this time, players will be unable to log in to the game. We kindly ask for your understanding and patience during the maintenance.

New Content
Auspice Nanocore
The brand new Auspice Nanocores are now available. Auspice at your door, blessings by the thousand.
New Primary Attribute: All Attribute Damage increases all damage types, including EM, Thermal, Kinetic, and Explosive damage.
When Special Mode is activated, damage dealt to NPC targets increases by 20%, and weapon cycle time is reduced by 20%.
You can also press and hold the mode icon to invest ISK to enhance the mode. After enhancement,
damage dealt to NPC targets increases by 50%, and weapon cycle time is reduced by 20%.
Applies a Resonance Mark to the current target. The drop chances for modules, cargo holds, and wrecks are each increased by 33.3%.
When attacking NPC targets, 20% of the final damage from missiles, turrets, and drones is transferred to other NPC targets within 20 km. Up to 5 targets can be affected.
New Visual Effects: When an Auspice Nanocore is equipped and idle, a fireworks display is shown. As the 5th secondary attribute is unlocked and all secondary attributes are refactored to Overclocked or higher, the fireworks display will further upgrade.
The Prosperity series is now eligible for AI Core upgrades.

Mission Sharing Protocol
The Mission Sharing Protocol is designed to improve cooperation among Capsuleers in New Eden. Capsuleers holding a designated Mission Contract act as publishers and can share combat objectives with other Capsuleers, allowing them to complete high difficulty missions together and earn rewards.
Requirement: Capsuleers must reach Tech Level 10 and have an Omega Clone.
Access: Go to the Encounters interface and select the Mission Sharing tab.
[Publishing Rules]
Cost: Publishing a mission requires paying an ISK publishing fee.
Commission Settings: You may set an optional ISK commission, up to 1,000% of the mission bounty.
Batch Publishing: You can publish up to 10 missions with identical conditions at once.
Publishing Settings:
Time Limit: Can be set from 30 to 120 minutes.
Visibility: Public, Corporation only, or specified Capsuleers by character ID.
Note: For Corporation-only missions, visibility is locked to the Corporation you belong to at the time of publishing. It will not change if you later switch Corporations.
[Assistance Application]
Application: Capsuleers can browse available missions and submit an application, with an optional short note such as ship fitting details.
Qualification Review:
The publisher must review (accept/reject) applications within 120 minutes.
Each mission can have up to 5 backup applicants.
Note: If recruitment expires without selecting a collaborator, the Mission Contract and prepaid commission will be automatically refunded.
[Execution and Settlement]
Execution Restrictions:
Once accepted, collaborators cannot abandon or retake the mission until it is completed or times out. Each collaborator may hold only one shared mission at a time.
Objectives must be completed within the time limit. Failure results in no rewards for either side, and the Mission Contract and commission are refunded to the publisher.
Reward Distribution (upon timely mission completion):
Publisher: Receives the mission items and bounty reward.
Collaborator: Receives the commission (after tax), plus 50% of the mission base ISK and Loyalty Point rewards.
[Limited Missions]
A new Wasteseeker Renewal series of Mission Contracts has been added. They are available for a limited time through the Home-returning Festival Store and the Event Manual.
Each Mission Contract features one of three random difficulty tiers, corresponding to different security levels: High-sec, low-sec, or dangerous.
Higher-difficulty missions grant better bounty rewards and better drop rates for Auspice Supercarrier Datacores.
Reprocessing 200 Auspice Supercarrier Datacores grants a Supercarrier Core Opt Supply (Auspice).
Currently, only this mission series supports sharing. More sharing features will be unlocked in future updates.
Note: Wasteseeker ships within these missions do not generate usable wrecks or bounties. All rewards are issued by CONCORD only after mission completion.

New Emoji System
Standard Emojis: A new batch of emojis has been added.
New Throw Interaction: Dynamic emojis with projectile trajectories have been added and can be thrown at designated targets.
New 3D Holographic Projection: New 3D effects and model projections have been added. These projections serve as permanent ship decorations.
How to obtain: Available through the Visual Protocol Reconstruction event draw.
Reprocessing: Emojis can be reprocessed to obtain Illusory Coins, which can be used to draw emojis again.

Wasteseeker Combat Test
Start Time: (UTC+0)2026.01.22.08:00:00 to 2026.02.25.08:00:00
Stage Adjustment: In this test, Wasteseekers will feature more high-defense ships, and the Wasteseeker stage in Super Expert difficulty will be reduced from two waves to one wave.
Event Schedule: During this event, a batch of stages will unlock every three days, with three stages per batch.
Rewards: LP, Merit Points, Special Medals, Award Vouchers

Logistics Ship Adjustments
To reduce piloting and fitting costs and improve logistics ship performance in standard combat, logistics ships will be optimized and streamlined. These changes mainly affect SoE and Yan-Jung ships.
SoE: Medium to close-range Remote Armor
Astero: Scan resolution and cargo hold capacity bonuses are now base effects and no longer depend on skills. The Resonance Scanner bonus is now affected by the space exploration skills. New bonus added: Remote Armor Repairer repair effect +80% per level.
Stratios - New bonus added: Remote Armor Repairer repair effect +40% per level.
Nestor: Scan resolution and cargo hold capacity bonuses are now base effects and no longer depend on skills. Logistics bonuses are now affected by the Battleship Command skill.

Yan-Jung: Medium to close-range Remote Shield
Xian-Yue - New bonus added: Remote Shield Repairer repair effect +50% per level.
Can-Yue - New bonus added: Remote Shield Repairer repair effect +25% per level.
Can-Yue Striker - New bonus added: Sun Chaser Engine Warm-up Time -25%.
Can-Yue Logistics Assault: Logistics drone bonuses are now affected by the Battlecruiser Command skill.
Wang-Yue - New bonus added: Remote Shield Repairer repair effect +20% per level.

Modules
Remote Armor Repairers now require approximately 25% less powergrid.

Empire Ships
8 Logistics Frigates and 8 Logistics Cruisers will be retired from active service. After retirement, they will be removed from the Ship Tree and moved to the Deprecated Item Markets category. These ships can still be manufactured, piloted, and insured. Insurance will no longer receive preferential discounts.

New Event
Auspice Blessings
Take part in searching for Home-returning Festival gifts to earn rare rewards. You also have a chance to obtain the core reward: Capital Ship Core Opt Supply (Auspice).
Each search costs AUR and guarantees one reward. The more searches you perform, the higher the AUR cost. Meanwhile, the chance of obtaining core rewards will gradually increase along too.

Renewed Auspice: Event Manual
Event Time:(UTC+0) January 21, 2026 08:00:00 - February 11, 2026 08:00:00
Winter's Revival: Event Manual is now live!
Complete designated missions to earn generous rewards. Unlocking the manual grants additional rewards, including a large amount of Illusory Coins and Random Mission Contract Supply (Wasteseeker Renewal) along with other valuable items.

New Arrivals
The new Auspice Nanocores are now available. The Home-returning Festival Nanocores have also returned, including all Dragon Chant and Soaring Dragon Nanocores.
The new Random Mission Contract Supply (Wasteseeker Renewal) is now available. When opened, it grants a Wasteseeker Renewal Mission Contract of a random difficulty.
Completing these missions guarantees 1 to 3 Auspice Supercarrier Datacores, which can be traded.
Ship Supply Crates and other items will be added in future updates.

Nanocore Store Adjustment Preview
After the February 4, 2026 update, we will implement the following changes.
The Decryption Key, which is used to open Nanocore Collection, will be removed from the CONCORD Pass Shop and will not return once removed.
The Nanocore Collection Store will be closed and replaced with the Nanocore Collection Lucky Draw Box. The Lucky Draw Box is purchased with Decryption Keys and inherits the Capsuleer's accumulated guaranteed-drop count from the original Collection Store.
A new Research Core Lucky Draw Box will be added to the CONCORD Pass Shop. It includes Research Cores for Frigates, Cruisers, Battleships, and other tonnage categories.

Nanocore Reverse Engineering Adjustment Preview
After the February 4, 2026 update, we will implement the following changes.
The reverse engineering feature for all Nanocores except Capital Ship Cores will be disabled.
Unused Carrier Experimental Data can be reprocessed into a new material called Nanolattice.
The reprocessing efficiency for Nanocores and Carrier Experimental Data will no longer be tied to the Scrapmetal Processing skill. Capsuleers will receive Skill Points equal to the maximum level of Scrapmetal Processing as compensation.

Valuable Item Transaction Protection
During the event, Capsuleers who have enabled Valuable Item Transaction Protection can claim 5 million Lazarus Units. Each Capsuleer may claim this reward once.
Event Duration: January 21, 2026, 08:00 - April 21, 2026, 08:00 (UTC+0)

New Starmap Optimization and Issue Fixes
Fixed an issue where navigation animations could occasionally behave abnormally in the new starmap.
Added a settings memory feature. Starmap settings are now retained after relogging.
Added a quick access button to open the signal list. When signals are present in the current solar system, you can enter the system starmap and view the signal list with one click.
Added a distribution mode for pirate faction fleets, allowing Capsuleers to view fleet distributions for different factions.
The starmap entry beside the Capsuleer avatar has been replaced with the new starmap entry. The new starmap is still in testing. Capsuleers are welcome to provide suggestions during the experience, and future iterations will continue to optimize based on feedback.
A prompt message has been added when switching ships in space during a simulated jump.
Adjustments will be made in the following areas in future patches:
Optimized visual effects by reducing the brightness and saturation of the starmap, enhancing the contrast between selected and unselected states, and improving the explanatory display of certain UI elements.
Support for selecting systems by clicking at the Constellation level.
The Klein Well now distinguishes between Capital Ship Wells and Wormholes.
The starmap entry beside the Capsuleer avatar has been replaced with the new Starmap entry.

Optimizations
Ship fittings now support equipping multiple fighters and lightweight ships.
Improved the travel speed when multiple Capsuleers pass through Stargates at the same time.
Improved the sorting of saved locations. Locations that cannot be reached are now listed last.

Bug Fixes
Fixed an incorrect description of Corrosive Dust on the faction gameplay introduction page.
Fixed an issue where identity credentials were exposed while in Cloaking Mode.
Fixed an issue where structures such as Jammer Towers could not be locked.
Fixed an issue where certain abnormal electronic warfare ship SKINs displayed ships that were not available.

The Scope
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