State of the Frontier · Issue 2026-10-16

Week ending 16 October 2026

EF-Map field report on the second full week of the new EVE Frontier cycle: fewer kills, more structures online, and a leaderboard that turned over.

9 October 2026 to 16 October 2026 UTCCycle-week UTC windowSystem names from the EF-Map community map

Arrows show the change vs previous week.

Recorded kills
307
down 72% was 1,086
Active players
378
up 2.2% was 370
Activity events
92,036
up 17% was 78,631
Online structures
3,783
up 48% was 2,552
Systems with kills
18
up 5.9%
Status changes
12,467
up 7.4%
Smart Gate events
180
up 253%
Active tribes
29
up 12%
Top killer
NooMoahk
36 recorded kills
Top tribe
The Ancients
80 recorded kills

Week in numbers

Kills dropped this week while the count of structures online kept climbing. The killboard recorded 307 kills, down from 1,086 the previous week (-72%). Activity Tracker recorded 92,036 player-triggered on-chain events (+17%) from 378 unique active players, and 3,783 structures were online at the report boundary, +1,231 on the previous boundary. This issue covers 9 October 2026 to 16 October 2026 UTC and compares each count with the previous week.

Show the table (10 rows)
MetricValueChange from previous week
Recorded kills307-779 (-72%)
Systems with recorded kills18+1 (+5.9%)
Online structures at the report boundary3,783+1,231 (+48%)
Structure status changes12,467+860 (+7.4%)
Smart Gate create/link/unlink events180+129 (+253%)
Player-triggered activity events92,036+13,405 (+17%)
Unique active players378+8 (+2.2%)
Unique active tribes29+3 (+12%)
Top recorded killerNooMoahk
Top recorded tribeThe Ancients

Conflict

The killboard recorded 307 kills in this window, down from 1,086 the previous week, with 42 unique killers and 180 unique victims. Structure kills accounted for 135 of them. The busiest UTC day was Friday 9 October, with 103 kills, and the quietest was Tuesday 13 October, with 4.

Recorded kills by UTC dayEach day of the report week beside the same weekday of the previous week
  • Ship kills
  • Structure kills
  • Same weekday, previous week
0100200300103Fri 9 Oct92Sat 10 Oct28Sun 11 Oct41Mon 12 Oct4Tue 13 Oct18Wed 14 Oct21Thu 15 Oct

Kill counts for the most recent days can still rise as late killmails are indexed.

Table view
Recorded kills per UTC day
DayRecorded killsShip killsStructure killsSame weekday, previous week
Friday 9 October1034954132
Saturday 10 October926329274
Sunday 11 October281513181
Monday 12 October41113088
Tuesday 13 October431183
Wednesday 14 October18153106
Thursday 15 October21165122

Kills were spread across 18 systems. G.J7B.S31 saw the most fighting, with 98 recorded kills (-66% on the previous week), ahead of H0L|121 with 55 and G48|L11 with 45. System names come from the EF-Map community map, where players chart the systems they find.

Where the kills happened307 recorded kills across 18 charted systems. Ring area shows kills; lines are gate links players have reported
G.J7B.S3198H0L|12155G48|L1145BNL|32126F5K|22122T.22G.4D18All charted systemsKills50205

Every system with a recorded kill this week has been charted by the community. Positions and names come from the EF-Map community map.

Table view
Recorded kills by charted system
SystemNameRecorded killsStructure kills
G.J7B.S31Confirmed9826
H0L|121Confirmed5531
G48|L11Confirmed458
BNL|321Confirmed2624
F5K|221Reported2213
D.XVB.M81Confirmed106
PAT|321Reported103
T.22G.4D1Confirmed82
ULV|L11Confirmed75
Z4A|V11Reported62
L.80X.6T1Confirmed66
DI7|021Confirmed33
DR2|V11Reported30
FR5|R11Reported33
J51|221Confirmed21
U.L6B.HNXConfirmed11
B17|S11Confirmed10
D.ZTG.T91Confirmed11
Show the table (10 rows)
RankSystemRecorded killsStructure killsChange from previous week
1G.J7B.S319826-188 (-66%)
2H0L|1215531-46 (-46%)
3G48|L11458-26 (-37%)
4BNL|3212624-24 (-48%)
5F5K|2212213-124 (-85%)
6D.XVB.M81106-31 (-76%)
7PAT|321103-96 (-91%)
8T.22G.4D182-42 (-84%)
9ULV|L1175-6 (-46%)
10Z4A|V1162-172 (-97%)
View top kill hotspots on map

Highlights the top 5 recorded kill systems from this report week.

Leaderboards

NooMoahk took the top spot with 36 kills, up from 2nd the previous week, while Social Assassin, who led the previous week's leaderboard, dropped to sixth. Kaligula and NAMAZZIP entered the top ten in second and third. The board turned over heavily: 4 of this week's top 10 players were also ranked the previous week.

Top recorded killersRecorded kills in the report week. Badges show movement since the issue covering 2 October 2026 to 9 October 2026 UTC
  • Ship kills
  • Structure kills
  1. 1 1 up NooMoahkReapers [REAP] 36
  2. 2 New KaligulaClonebank 86 [CO86] 29
  3. 3 New NAMAZZIPWandering Order of the Last Frontier [WOLF] 22
  4. 4 1 down EchizenThe Ancients [ANCT] 21
  5. 5 New Yoda79The Agency [Agent] 21
  6. 6 5 down Social AssassinThe Agency [Agent] 19
  7. 7 New Daemon XelReapers [REAP] 15
  8. 8 New OnatacThe Ancients [ANCT] 15
  9. 9 2 down Brettius MaximusThe Ancients [ANCT] 13
  10. 10 New MykaltinMykaltiners [MYKA] 12
Show the table (10 rows)
RankPlayerTribeRecorded killsSince last week
1NooMoahkReapers36Up 1 (was 2nd)
2KaligulaClonebank 8629New entry
3NAMAZZIPWandering Order of the Last Frontier22New entry
4EchizenThe Ancients21Down 1 (was 3rd)
5Yoda79The Agency21New entry
6Social AssassinThe Agency19Down 5 (was 1st)
7Daemon XelReapers15New entry
8OnatacThe Ancients15New entry
9Brettius MaximusThe Ancients13Down 2 (was 7th)
10MykaltinMykaltiners 12New entry

The Ancients climbed from 3rd to take the top tribe spot with 80 kills, while The Agency and Reapers each slipped one place. Clonebank 86 held fourth, and Wandering Order of the Last Frontier entered the top ten in fifth. 7 of the top 10 tribes were also ranked the previous week. Tribe grouping is subject to the tribe membership note below.

Top tribes by recorded killsKills credited to tribe members in the report week. Badges show movement since the issue covering 2 October 2026 to 9 October 2026 UTC
  • Ship kills
  • Structure kills
  1. 1 2 up The Ancients[ANCT] 8 active killers 80
  2. 2 1 down The Agency[Agent] 8 active killers 65
  3. 3 1 down Reapers[REAP] 4 active killers 56
  4. 4 Held Clonebank 86[CO86] 8 active killers 43
  5. 5 New Wandering Order of the Last Frontier[WOLF] 1 active killer 22
  6. 6 1 down The Saints[SAINT] 6 active killers 20
  7. 7 New Mykaltiners[MYKA] 1 active killer 12
  8. 8 Held Algorithmic Warfare[AWAR] 2 active killers 4
  9. 9 3 down VULTUR[VLTR] 1 active killer 2
  10. 10 New WILDFIRE[WF] 1 active killer 1
Show the table (10 rows)
RankTribeRecorded killsActive killersSince last week
1The Ancients808Up 2 (was 3rd)
2The Agency658Down 1 (was 1st)
3Reapers564Down 1 (was 2nd)
4Clonebank 86438Held
5Wandering Order of the Last Frontier221New entry
6The Saints206Down 1 (was 5th)
7Mykaltiners 121New entry
8Algorithmic Warfare42Held
9VULTUR21Down 3 (was 6th)
10WILDFIRE11New entry

Infrastructure

EF-Map was tracking 8,375 structures by the time this issue was built, with 3,783 online at the report boundary, +1,231 (+48%) on the previous boundary. Structure status changes totaled 12,467 in the window (+7.4%). These cover structures coming online, going offline, and being unanchored or destroyed.

Structures this weekStructures online at the week boundary, and status changes during the week, against the previous week
  • This week
  • Previous week
Online at the boundary
Online at the report boundary 3,783 2,552 +1,231 (+48%)
Status changes in the week
Came online 6,624 6,245 +379 (+6.1%)
Went offline 4,641 4,247 +394 (+9.3%)
Unanchored or destroyed 1,202 1,115 +87 (+7.8%)
Show the table (3 rows)
Status change typeCountChange from previous week
Came online6,624+379 (+6.1%)
Went offline4,641+394 (+9.3%)
Unanchored or destroyed1,202+87 (+7.8%)

Smart Gate building picked up. Create, link, and unlink events totaled 180 in this window (+129 (+253%)): 99 gates created, 61 links made and 20 links removed, with 126 active Smart Gate links tracked by EF-Map when this issue was built.

Smart Gate network changesCreate, link and unlink events. These are network changes, not travel traffic
  • This week
  • Previous week
Gates created 99 33 +66 (+200%)
Links made 61 16 +45 (+281%)
Links removed 20 2 +18 (+900%)

126 active Smart Gate links tracked by EF-Map when this issue was built

Activity

Activity Tracker recorded 92,036 player-triggered on-chain events in this window (+17% on the previous week), involving 378 unique players and 29 unique tribes. Item activity made up most of it, with 42,615 items minted and 23,265 items burned, and recorded jumps reached 3,962 (+453%).

When the Frontier was busyRecorded player-triggered activity events per hour, UTC. Brighter cells mean more events
Fri 9 Oct11kSat 10 Oct15kSun 11 Oct15kMon 12 Oct14kTue 13 Oct14kWed 14 Oct11kThu 15 Oct12k00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00Events per day
Table view
Recorded activity events and active players per UTC day
DayActivity eventsPlayers with eventsBusiest hour (UTC)
Friday 9 October11,45019312:00 (863)
Saturday 10 October15,15118821:00 (1,184)
Sunday 11 October15,06019518:00 (1,086)
Monday 12 October13,95618913:00 (1,013)
Tuesday 13 October13,69621101:00 (884)
Wednesday 14 October10,85619819:00 (847)
Thursday 15 October11,86719720:00 (1,050)

The busiest UTC day for recorded events was Saturday 10 October, with 15,151 on the day, and the most players recorded events on Tuesday 13 October (211 on the day). Across the week the busiest hour of the day was 21:00 to 22:00 UTC and the quietest was 10:00 to 11:00 UTC.

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 707 Network Node creations (-52 on the previous week), alongside 2,181 assembly creations, 325 Turret creations and 280 Storage Unit creations. Players who are still in the tutorial, or just trying the game out, do not show up in these numbers yet.

Every recorded event typeMost-recorded first, this week against the previous week
  • This week
  • Previous week
Items mintedInventory and item activity 42,615 +15%
Items burnedInventory and item activity 23,265 +24%
Structures brought onlineStructure lifecycle 6,389 +3.7%
JumpsTravel and movement 3,962 +453%
Structure anchorsStructure lifecycle 3,592 -1.6%
Item depositsInventory and item activity 3,245 -3.0%
Item withdrawalsInventory and item activity 3,245 -3.0%
Assembly creationsAssembly creation 2,181 -4.9%
Fuel burn startsFuel activity 1,999 +2.9%
Network Node creationsAssembly creation 707 -6.9%
Turret creationsAssembly creation 325 +9.4%
Storage Unit creationsAssembly creation 280 +5.3%
Fuel withdrawalsFuel activity 117 -18%
Gate linksGate infrastructure 61 +281%
Location revealsStructure lifecycle 47 -15%
Ownership transfersOwnership changes 6 +100%

Recorded on-chain actions from the approved player-instigated event list, not online user counts.

Show the table (12 rows)
Event typeCategoryWhat it representsCountChange from previous week
Items mintedInventory and item activityItems minted through recorded on-chain activity.42,615+5,674 (+15%)
Items burnedInventory and item activityItems burned through recorded on-chain activity.23,265+4,565 (+24%)
Structures brought onlineStructure lifecycleStructures brought online.6,389+228 (+3.7%)
JumpsTravel and movementA recorded player jump.3,962+3,246 (+453%)
Structure anchorsStructure lifecycleStructure anchoring actions.3,592-57 (-1.6%)
Item depositsInventory and item activityInventory items deposited into a tracked structure.3,245-99 (-3.0%)
Item withdrawalsInventory and item activityInventory items withdrawn from a tracked structure.3,245-99 (-3.0%)
Assembly creationsAssembly creationSmart Assembly creation actions.2,181-113 (-4.9%)
Fuel burn startsFuel activityFuel burn start events.1,999+56 (+2.9%)
Network Node creationsAssembly creationNetwork Node creation actions.707-52 (-6.9%)
Turret creationsAssembly creationTurret creation actions.325+28 (+9.4%)
Storage Unit creationsAssembly creationStorage Unit creation actions.280+14 (+5.3%)

The cycle so far

Each full week of this cycle is plotted against the same point of the previous cycle, using the numbers from published issues. The counts above compare with the previous week; these panels show where that week sits in the run of a whole cycle.

Cycle 7 so far, against Cycle 6Weekly totals from published issues, placed at the day of the cycle each week ended
  • Cycle 7
  • Cycle 6
Recorded kills per week
05001k1.5kStartDay 14Day 28Day 42Day 56Day 70Day 84Day 98307
Players with recorded activity
0200400600800StartDay 14Day 28Day 42Day 56Day 70Day 84Day 98378
Online structures at the boundary
02k4k6kStartDay 14Day 28Day 42Day 56Day 70Day 84Day 983,783
Network Node creations
05001k1.5kStartDay 14Day 28Day 42Day 56Day 70Day 84Day 98707

Full seven-day issues; shorter opening and closing windows are left out. Earlier weeks are as their issues published them; the previous week uses the recount made for this issue, so its values can differ from that issue.

Table view
Weekly values, Cycle 7 and Cycle 6 (full seven-day issues)
Week endingCycleDay of cycleRecorded killsActive playersOnline structuresNetwork Nodes
2026-10-09Cycle 7101,0863702,552759
2026-10-16Cycle 7173073783,783707
2026-07-02Cycle 678696672,0881,056
2026-07-09Cycle 6142975373,062501
2026-07-16Cycle 6217626023,725701
2026-07-23Cycle 6283705564,021611
2026-07-30Cycle 6354744594,172462
2026-08-06Cycle 6425124014,264404
2026-08-13Cycle 6493473584,157293
2026-08-20Cycle 6564373664,297311
2026-08-27Cycle 6634573594,265260
2026-09-03Cycle 6704743084,289220
2026-09-10Cycle 6771482614,075206
2026-09-17Cycle 6842492643,924135
2026-09-24Cycle 6915623064,100228

Data note

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