EVE Online: Starter Pack 2024 · published
The Cradle of War expansion is live, and you can now experience the new Exordium Starter Space: a shared PvP-free area where you can sharpen your skills and connect with fellow rookies as you master the basics of New Eden.
For the first time in EVE Online, PvP is blocked in this new area, giving rookies space to train and build confidence without the risk of unwanted capsuleer combat.
Veterans can also use Starter Space to connect with, recruit, and mentor the next generation of capsuleers.
Can I skip Starter Space?
After 9 June all new players begin in Starter Space, but you can easily leave Starter Space via:
- Stargate in Manifest to Yulai in high security space (highsec).
- Empire shipcasters to that empire's war headquarters in highsec. Note these can only be used once.
How can I get into Starter Space?
If you started playing before 9 June but want to enter Starter Space to hone your skills, you can go to Yulai and use the stargate to warp to Manifest.
Will I get ganked?
No, PvP is not allowed, and safety is locked to green. Plus characters with active combat flags (suspect, criminal) cannot enter until their timer clears.
Can I lose my ship?
Not via PvP, but it is technically possible to lose ships in PvE. However, the content and missions in Starter Space are tailored to new players and thus it is less likely.
What can I do here?
All content is tailored to new players. There is a variety of activities available, including combat, hacking, and mining sites, low-level missions, and Homefront Operations.
To get to know the four main factions, you can visit their embassy systems and stations, do missions, and play through the Visions of Greatness Epic Arc.
You can also trade with other players on the market in the AIR Laboratories Trade Center in Manifest.
Furthermore, you can also take on Freelance Jobs for player corporations to earn ISK and possibly find a corporation that is right for you.
When can I leave?
Whenever you feel ready. After completing your initial onboarding, you can use a one-time shipcaster to jump directly into your chosen empire's highsec space.
How will I meet others?
All new players begin in one region, you can find other players in local chat.
Can I skip Starter Space?
Yes. As a returning player, Exordium is not your starting point. But you can go there to safely brush up on your skills.
What can I do in Starter Space?
All content is tuned for new players and offers an opportunity to brush up on your skills. Here are some examples:
Level 1-2 security and mining missions, exploration sites, combat anomalies, Homefront Operations, Military Campaign objectives, and career agent missions.
What activities can I not do in Exordium?
No Abyssal Deadspace filaments (all tiers blocked in 1.0 security space). No player-owned structures or deployables. No War Declarations, Factional Warfare combat, duels, or killright activation. AND OF COURSE NO PVP!
Where can I go from Starter Space?
Through the stargate in Manifest to Yulai. Each empire constellation in Exordium also has a one-time-use shipcaster that fast-tracks you directly into your chosen empire's highsec space.
How is this different from highsec?
PvP is completely blocked, with safety locked to green. No wars, no limited engagements, no ganks. In exchange, rewards are lower: NPC bounties and LP reduced by 20%, extra market fees, higher industry costs, lower-yield ore.
Why would I ever want to leave?
Because everything worth earning is outside. In Starter Space, the rewards are lower, there are extra taxes, market fees, and industry costs, plus the ore is lower yield. This is a training ground focused on learning.
How do people get in and out?
In through the Manifest stargate in Yulai.
Out via that same gate, or via the one-time shipcasters in the empire embassy constellations. Veterans can enter freely to mentor or recruit. Characters with active criminal or suspect timers cannot enter until those clear.
Are there any SP or age restrictions for me getting to Exordium?
Any character can enter through the Manifest gate in Yulai. There is no age gate or SP requirement.
Where are the shipcasters and where do they lead?
There are four shipcasters, one per empire:
- Tatrys to Onnamon (Caldari),
- Mondaekus to Intaki (Gallente),
- Dettisolin to Amo (Minmatar),
- Ichorah to Mehatoor (Amarr).
Each one fast-tracks you directly into your chosen empire's highsec space.
How often can I use the shipcaster
Each shipcaster is one-time use, one-way. Once you use it to leave Exordium for empire space, access is finished for that character.