State of the Frontier

State of the Frontier

EF-Map field report on the week after the opening days of the new EVE Frontier cycle, with killboard leaderboard positions measured against the opening-days issue.

Issue 2026-10-09 2 October 2026 to 9 October 2026 UTC Cycle-week UTC window

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1,021
Recorded kills
15
Systems with recorded kills
2,296
Online structures at report boundary
11,565
Structure status changes
51
Smart Gate create/link/unlink events
78,631
Recorded player-triggered activity events
370
Unique active players
26
Unique active tribes
Social Assassin
Top recorded killer
238 recorded kills
The Agency
Top recorded tribe
328 recorded kills

Week in numbers

This issue covers the first full report week of the new cycle, from 2 October 2026 to 9 October 2026 UTC, picking up where the opening-days issue (29 September 2026 to 2 October 2026 UTC) left off. That issue covered three days rather than seven, so the counts below are not set against it and carry no previous-week change; this week is the baseline for the weekly comparisons that follow. What this issue does compare is leaderboard position: where each player and tribe stood in the opening days, and where they stand this week. The window recorded 1,021 kills across 15 systems, and Activity Tracker recorded 78,631 player-triggered on-chain events from 370 unique active players.

MetricValue
Recorded kills1,021
Systems with recorded kills15
Online structures at the report boundary2,296
Structure status changes11,565
Smart Gate create/link/unlink events51
Player-triggered activity events78,631
Unique active players370
Unique active tribes26
Top recorded killerSocial Assassin
Top recorded tribeThe Agency

Who shows up on chain

The EVE Frontier tutorial ends with building a Network Node, so the on-chain activity in this report mostly comes from pilots who have finished it, and Network Node creations are a rough signal of pilots getting through. This week there were 759 Network Node creations, alongside 2,294 assembly creations, 297 Turret creations and 266 Storage Unit creations. Players who are still in the tutorial, or just trying the game out, do not show up in these numbers yet.

Conflict

The killboard recorded 1,021 kills in this window, with 96 unique killers and 424 unique victims. Structure kills accounted for 348 of the recorded kills. Kills were spread across 15 systems, which are not named in this issue under Fog of War.

The lead changed hands this week: Social Assassin took the top spot from NooMoahk, who had led the opening-days leaderboard. Echizen climbed from 9th to third and Mort from 8th to fourth, while Sgt Grim, Byron DuMont and Lux Interior entered the top ten. Brettius Maximus and Wallyx went the other way, from 4th down to seventh and from 5th down to tenth. In all, 7 of this week's top 10 players were ranked in the opening days.

RankPlayerTribeRecorded killsSince opening days
1Social AssassinThe Agency238Up 1 (was 2nd)
2NooMoahkReapers133Down 1 (was 1st)
3EchizenThe Ancients54Up 6 (was 9th)
4MortClonebank 8649Up 4 (was 8th)
5KhanClonebank 8640Up 1 (was 6th)
6Sgt GrimReapers36New entry
7Brettius MaximusThe Ancients33Down 3 (was 4th)
8Byron DuMontVULTUR29New entry
9Lux InteriorThe Agency29New entry
10WallyxReapers25Down 5 (was 5th)

The tribe leaderboard changed at the top too. The Agency climbed from 4th to take the top spot, Reapers and The Ancients held second and third, and Clonebank 86 dropped from 1st to fourth. The Saints climbed from 9th to fifth, and 6 of the top 10 tribes were ranked in the opening days. Tribe grouping is subject to the tribe membership note below.

RankTribeRecorded killsActive killersSince opening days
1The Agency3289Up 3 (was 4th)
2Reapers25911Held
3The Ancients14711Held
4Clonebank 8613830Down 3 (was 1st)
5The Saints4610Up 4 (was 9th)
6VULTUR354New entry
7The Outer-Rim Coalition224New entry
8Algorithmic Warfare104Down 1 (was 7th)
9Piranesi81New entry
10Silver63New entry

Infrastructure

EF-Map had indexed 4,954 structures by the time this issue was built, with 2,296 online at the report boundary. Structure status changes totaled 11,565 in the window. These cover structures coming online, going offline, and being unanchored or destroyed.

Status change typeCount
Came online6,245
Went offline4,247
Unanchored or destroyed1,073

Smart Gate create, link, and unlink events totaled 51 in this window: 33 gates created, 16 links made and 2 links removed.

Activity

Activity Tracker recorded 78,631 player-triggered on-chain events in this window, involving 370 unique players and 26 unique tribes. Item activity made up most of it, with 36,941 items minted and 18,700 items burned. The most-recorded event types are below.

Event typeCategoryWhat it representsCount
Items mintedInventory and item activityItems minted through recorded on-chain activity.36,941
Items burnedInventory and item activityItems burned through recorded on-chain activity.18,700
Structures brought onlineStructure lifecycleStructures brought online.6,161
Structure anchorsStructure lifecycleStructure anchoring actions.3,649
Item depositsInventory and item activityInventory items deposited into a tracked structure.3,344
Item withdrawalsInventory and item activityInventory items withdrawn from a tracked structure.3,344
Assembly creationsAssembly creationSmart Assembly creation actions.2,294
Fuel burn startsFuel activityFuel burn start events.1,943
Network Node creationsAssembly creationNetwork Node creation actions.759
JumpsTravel and movementA recorded player jump.716
Turret creationsAssembly creationTurret creation actions.297
Storage Unit creationsAssembly creationStorage Unit creation actions.266
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Data note

State of the Frontier covers EVE Frontier universe activity recorded by EF-Map. It does not include EF-Map product usage analytics.