Wormhole & Pochven patch notes

Apex summarizes Fenris Creations–tagged (FC) wormhole and Pochven changes only.

Official notes for 24.01 · Expansion notes

Apex curated through 2026-09-22.

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24.01 Cradle of WarCurrent

  • Pochvengameplay

    Extra-Pochven wormholes cycle faster and spawn scouts

    Phase time between extra-Pochven hole states is 30 minutes (from 60). Warp-in is 75 km from the hole. New scout roamers spawn on first warp-in, and roaming NPCs linger for a while after that hole closes.

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  • Pochvengameplay

    Observatory Flashpoints and Vigilance Points retuned

    Flashpoints drop to an optimal fleet of 12 (from 15) and Vigilance Points rise to 12 (from 10). Per-pilot payout is unchanged, so total ISK moves about 20% down or up with fleet size. EDENCOM and Vigilance Point Data loot is unchanged. Stirring NPCs in Vigilance Points deal double damage to drones.

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  • Pochvengameplay

    Intra-Pochven wormholes get more mass and lifetime

    Internal Pochven connections now have 750,000,000 kg base mass stability (from 100,000,000 kg) and a 12-hour base lifetime (from 4.5 hours), so backdoor paths last long enough to find and hold.

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  • Pochvengameplay

    More roaming NPC fleets in Pochven

    Roaming NPC fleets in the region are more common. AI is improved for roamers that did not spawn from a wormhole, so large NPC fights and salvage lurking are easier to find.

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  • Pochvenbugfix

    Pochven payout, spawn, and NPC range fixes

    The final Vigilance Point payout only pays pilots within 50 km of the Vigilance Spire. Completing a phase in a high-sec Pochven wormhole site no longer grants a second payout. Acceleration Flashpoints can spawn in Palmon. NPCs in Pochven (and some Homefront/FW sites) no longer orbit outside their EWAR range.

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  • Wormholesgameplay

    Rampant Drone Fabricator returns to C1–C6

    The site is exclusive to C1–C6 wormholes again. Threat now follows Rampancy from ships on grid (12 / 36 / 72), with a 100-wave cap, so hole mass and hull mix set the risk.

    1. Site no longer sticks after all NPCs are dead; false escalations without prerequisites were fixed.
    2. Stability can only be lost from wave 5 onward. Later waves skew larger hulls so NPC count drops without a large DPS change.
    3. Extra stagger when spawning large NPC waves to ease client load.
    4. Infested Drone Naglfar added on severe and critical waves, with more spawn stagger.
    5. Fabricator stays invulnerable until wave 5. Smartbombs no longer damage site NPCs; Disruptive Lances deal 5% and Vorton Projectors 10%. Nanoswarms can be repaired.

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  • Pochvengameplay

    Urhinichi Continental landmark

    The Urhinichi Continental site now has a permanent landmark for the region’s best view.

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  • Wormholesbugfix

    Wormhole mining site placement fixes

    Average Frontier Deposit rocks no longer spawn far off based on sun direction. Isolated Core Deposit’s non-interactable asteroid hitbox matches the model so cloaking works at the intended range.

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  • Wormholesgameplay

    Wormhole ore anomalies moved to IV-Grade

    Regular J-space mining anomalies now spawn the highest-yield (IV-Grade) asteroids, packed closer together and closer to the warp-in.

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  • Wormholesbugfix

    Sleeper wreck access difficulty is readable

    Sleeper Small Intermediate wrecks now show a human-readable access difficulty instead of scientific notation.

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A curated list of FC (Fenris Creations) patch and expansion notes that are tagged for wormhole space or Pochven. Ship and module meta that FC did not file under those headings is omitted.
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