Winter Nexus is an event held typically from early December to early January, and includes Volatile Ice Storms which feature Wightstorm Sites, Login Campaign, and the Winter Nexus Agency Challenge.
Winter Nexus 2024: 5 December 2024 to 7 January 2025 (downtime to downtime)
Information on sites in Deklein
The Ice Fields can be found in the Probe Scanner window, without the need to scan them down. They have an acceleration gate which allows only the following ships:
Mine the Friable Volatile Ice, take them to the ORE Friable Volatile Ice Processor within the site, to trade 7 Ice for 1 ORE Red Salvage Package. Each site averages 25 crates worth of Ice. You also have a chance at obtaining an Unusual Icebound Salvage crate while mining, which has better loot and appears directly into your cargo, no need to turn anything in for these.
[Retriever, Winter Nexus] Ice Harvester Upgrade II Ice Harvester Upgrade II Ice Harvester Upgrade II 10MN Y-S8 Compact Afterburner ML-3 Scoped Survey Scanner Ice Harvester II Ice Harvester II Medium Core Defense Field Extender I Medium Ice Harvester Accelerator I Medium Kinetic Shield Reinforcer I Vespa II x5
[Endurance, Winter Nexus]
The pool of module loot includes Sansha and True Sansha items.
These data sites show as Cosmic Signatures in the Probe Window, and must be scanned down to access. Once scanned you can then warp to them. You will land 13-18km off a Cryptographic Array (Wingstorm Fleet) crate. Use a Data Analyzer on it and complete the mini game to unlock it for the rewards.
[Astero, Winter Nexus] Multispectrum Energized Membrane II Damage Control II 200mm Crystalline Carbonide Restrained Plates Small Armor Repairer II Warp Scrambler II Data Analyzer II 5MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive Scan Acquisition Array I Sisters Core Probe Launcher Covert Ops Cloaking Device II Small Explosive Armor Reinforcer I Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade II Hobgoblin II x10 Hornet EC-300 x5 Sisters Core Scanner Probe x16
[Buzzard, Winter Nexus] Micro Auxiliary Power Core I Nanofiber Internal Structure II Inertial Stabilizers II Relic Analyzer I 5MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive Scan Rangefinding Array I Scan Rangefinding Array I Data Analyzer I Sisters Core Probe Launcher Covert Ops Cloaking Device II Auto Targeting System I Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I Small Semiconductor Memory Cell II Sisters Core Scanner Probe x16
The pool of module loot includes Sansha and True Sansha items.
The Wingstorm Transit Site can be found in the Probe Scanner window, without the need to scan them down. They have an acceleration gate, with no ship restrictions. If a capsuleer is present at the Transit Site it will appear in the Overview of every capsuleer in the same System.
Enemy ships can warp to tactical bookmarks and often target drones. They deal EM & Thermal damage with lasers, and Kinetic & Explosive damage with missiles, similar to their Incursion counterparts. A very well-tanked battleship is a must-have for the boss, which can and will shred you if you do not pilot well.
Standard PvE Marauder can run the sites fairly easily.
Sleipnir Winter Nexus Guide YouTube Video