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EVE Online expansion adds scheduled battles to lowsec faction conflicts
EVE Online’s Fractured Skies expansion launches November 10 with new features, including changes to player-versus-player combat in lowsec space.
Lowsec is an area where rival factions fight regular battles, unlike the larger, less frequent wars associated with nullsec.
Players will choose a faction and compete across a season, earning points that contribute to a scheduled final battle called a Conquest.
The first Conquest is planned for February, giving players a known opportunity to join a large fight without spending thousands of hours reaching the endgame.
The battles will offer clearer victories and lasting recognition for factions, while also affecting the game’s resource and ship prices.
Outside groups may influence the outcome, including by helping an underdog faction, and the expansion is the second in a planned trilogy focused on lowsec faction conflict.
EVE Online’s Fractured Skies expansion will add scheduled final battles to lowsec faction conflicts.
The expansion is set to launch on November 10, 2026, with the first Conquest scheduled for February.
Players will choose a faction and compete for points during a season that leads to a final battle.
EVE design director Greg Hennessey said the schedule could make large battles easier for new players to join.
Conquests will also affect the game’s resource and ship prices, and outside forces may influence their outcomes.
- Who
- EVE Online players in lowsec faction conflicts, including new and experienced players.
- What
- The Fractured Skies expansion will add seasonal faction contests ending in scheduled final battles called Conquests.
- When
- The expansion launches November 10, 2026. The first Conquest is scheduled for February.
- Where
- Lowsec space in EVE Online.
- Why
- The changes aim to give faction conflicts scheduled climaxes and make large battles easier to join.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Cradle of War expansion added ongoing Military Campaigns that players could join.
Fractured Skies is scheduled to launch.
The first Conquest is scheduled to take place.
- Expansion
- Fractured Skies
- Launch date
- November 10, 2026
- First Conquest
- Scheduled for February
- Conflict setting
- Lowsec faction conflicts
- Season length
- Hennessey said a big battle would be scheduled about every 10 weeks or so
What people are saying
You pick a faction, and for a season, you'll face off against another faction across that season
You will fight to earn points, and all of that drives towards a scheduled final battle.
You can win, and you will be recognized for this victory, and that will be recorded in history
Every 10 weeks or so, you're gonna know: I can roll up with whatever I have and go shoot some structures and have a big fight