Hollow Night Is Coming
From October 20 to November 2, strange ember lights drift through the cluster. Find one first and claim the Hollow Lantern, a 2026 keepsake that will never drop again.
For two weeks the lanes go dark and old spacer superstition wakes. Ember lights appear in the belts, by the gates and far out along the warp lanes, and Crown Lamplighters prowl for anyone carrying a flame.
When
Hollow Night starts on October 20 at 00:00 UTC and runs until November 3 at 00:00 UTC. A countdown on the HUD tracks it, and clicking it opens Almanac > Seasons.
How to take part
- Watch chat for the galaxy-wide hint: "A strange ember light was sighted in" a named system. Drops land in systems of every security level.
- Ember Lantern Troves. Floating caches in belts, off gates and in deep space along the warp lanes.
- Wisp-lights. Drops that drift slowly down a warp lane.
- Crown Lamplighters. Raiders carrying a prize. Shoot one down, and the pilot who did the most damage, with their clan, gets the first claim for 90 seconds.
- Warp in and Loot it within 2.5 km. The first pilot to collect it keeps it. Each drop lasts 25 to 45 minutes.
Hollow Lantern
The Hollow Lantern · 2026 is a carved pumpkin lantern lit by a caged plasma flame. Keep it in your ship's cargo hold and display it from the Seasons panel to project a flickering lantern above your mast.
It is a tradeable collectible, so you can sell it on the market or in contracts. NPCs never sell it. The Hollow Night 2026 edition is minted only during this event, with at most 20,000 ever made, and the count of how many have been minted is public. Once the event ends, it never drops again.
Limits
Each pilot can collect 2 a day and 12 over the event. Each account can collect 3 a day and 18 over the event. Accounts less than a day old can collect 1 a day. Daily limits reset at 00:00 UTC.
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