EVE Fractured Skies Military Campaigns let every capsuleer help one of New Eden’s four empires prepare for a fight over a mysterious Drifter artifact. You do not need to enlist in Factional Warfare to join in. The campaigns began with the expansion on 10 November 2026, and players can contribute through exploration, combat or mining.
Choose an empire, collect the items requested by its campaign objectives, then deliver them to the item traders at that empire’s War HQ. The rewards include ISK, Loyalty Points (LP) and progress towards special cosmetics and achievements. Your contributions also help unlock battlefield advantages for your side.
How to join EVE Fractured Skies Military Campaigns
- Decide which of the four empires you want to support: Amarr, Caldari, Gallente or Minmatar.
- Open the Military Campaigns information in the EVE client and check the four available objectives for that empire.
- Choose an activity that suits your ship and skills. Exploration, PvE combat, mining and Factional Warfare-related objectives all contribute.
- Keep the empire-specific campaign items you earn instead of selling or discarding them.
- Travel to the matching war HQ system and find the campaign item trader.
- Exchange the items for rewards and check your campaign progress before heading out again.
In EVE Fractured Skies Military Campaigns, all four objectives were available from day one, unlike some earlier events. You can check the objective details and progress in the Theatres of War dashboard, then head straight into the activity that suits you. You can stick with the objective that fits your playstyle, while the dashboard shows how close your empire is to completing it.
EVE Fractured Skies Military Campaigns: Where to Find Item Traders
In EVE Fractured Skies Military Campaigns, you deliver items to the empire whose objectives you completed. The campaign’s headquarters systems are Mehatoor for Amarr, Onnamon for Caldari, Intaki for Gallente and Amo for Minmatar. Set a route in the client before loading up with cargo and check the security status of systems along that route. These are not automatically safe delivery runs simply because an NPC trader is waiting at the other end.
Campaign items belong to a particular empire. An Amarr item goes to the Amarr trader, not whichever headquarters happens to be closest. If the hand-in does not appear as expected, check the item’s empire association and the active objective rather than assuming all four campaigns use the same materials.
What activities earn campaign items?
EVE Fractured Skies Military Campaigns let exploration pilots hack campaign containers, while combat pilots can clear hostile NPCs from faction warfare complexes and campaign expedition sites. Some expeditions reward prototypes recovered by salvaging the wrecks, so clearing the NPCs is not always the end of the job. Mining objectives involve mining the specified ore and reprocessing it before delivery. The four objectives span exploration, PvE, PvP and industry. The source of an item matters because the four objectives do not all accept the same resources.
If you’re fairly new, choose an objective your current ship can manage. A cheap exploration frigate can be an easier starting point than rushing to a dangerous combat site, while an experienced group may prefer to clear PvE objectives together. Check the exact item requested by the in-game objective before spending ISK on equipment.
What are the rewards for completing objectives?
In EVE Fractured Skies Military Campaigns, individual deliveries can pay ISK and LP, and item traders offer exchanges tied to your faction’s campaign. There are campaign achievements, titles and Penumbral-themed ship SKINs as well. The expansion notes describe regular and hidden achievements, including Skill Point rewards for completing sets of objectives. These are earned through participation and achievement progress, not handed out automatically simply for choosing an empire.
Progress in EVE Fractured Skies Military Campaigns also unlocks wider benefits for the empire, including improved warp speed, stronger defences and additional damage in the relevant systems. CCP gives 5 January 2027 as the activation date for these bonuses, and they remain available until Conquests begin in February. They are not immediate buffs to every pilot on the launch day of Fractured Skies.
When do the campaigns end and what happens in January?
EVE Fractured Skies Military Campaigns run for roughly two months after the November launch. CCP expects the artifact to appear in mid-January, leading to a four-way battle in low-security space. The first empire to finish all four objectives chooses the battlefield and receives command-carrier reinforcements led by a faction general. The empire that wins the January battle, not simply the first to finish its campaign, earns limited-time access to a special Drifter module in its LP store.
That is separate from the arrival of Conquest technology, which CCP has outlined for February 2027. Helping your empire in November and December is preparation for the wider conflict. It does not mean you can immediately activate the future Conquest mechanics now.
Can you join EVE Fractured Skies Military Campaigns without Factional Warfare?
Yes. CCP explicitly opened the campaigns to pilots who are not enlisted. That is especially useful for industrialists, explorers and relatively new accounts that want to take part in the expansion’s story without committing to faction warfare as their everyday activity. You will still need to consider normal space hazards when travelling or collecting objectives.
If you’re starting Fractured Skies Military Campaigns, open the campaign progress screen, choose the closest objective to your usual playstyle, and bring the requested items to your faction’s trader. The important thing is completing a real hand-in, not just visiting a war HQ and expecting LP to appear.
Official source: CCP Games, Fractured Skies expansion notes.
