EVE Frontier has officially announced the launch date for its 3rd game cycle, Silent Tide, set to begin on October 15 at 14:00 UTC. The upcoming cycle brings a wave of new features, gameplay changes, and a reshaped roadmap for the game's future.

Players will once again start fresh, gathering, building, and surviving as the Frontier resets. A free trial will run from October 17 to 27, allowing both returning and new players to step into the world before the storm of updates begins.

Major Update Drops October 29

The heart of Cycle 3 lands later in the month. On October 29, a major update will change how players build, craft, and survive. This includes a fully redesigned Build Mode, where players gain the ability to place structures vertically and more closely together. The new camera system gives more control, letting you fine-tune placements. These changes will let players shape their bases with more freedom, whether they're crafting factories or defending strongholds.

Industry Now Runs Nonstop

One of the key changes in gameplay comes through the new Industry system. Structures will no longer rely on batch processing. As long as you keep them powered and supplied, they'll run continuously. Larger structures will be able to handle bigger loads, pushing base management and production deeper into strategic territory.

Control Over Death and Rebirth

Cycle 3 will also introduce a new respawn mechanic. After destruction, players will be able to choose where they reawaken. This offers more control and strategic depth, letting players return to safer ground, or right back into the fight.

New Sites, Ships, and PvP

2 new exploration sites are set to appear, each guarded by dormant threats that activate only when provoked. Players will also be able to earn 2 new ships by joining an in-game event at the start of the cycle. These won't be handed out freely, as you need to earn them through skill-based participation.

In the second half of the cycle, WASD ship control will be tested. This limited-time prototype lets players steer their ships using keyboard controls, offering a more tactile piloting experience. Along with that, a new PvP tournament will challenge players to test their combat skills against one another.

Roadmap Refresh and Shorter Cycles Ahead

Apart from Cycle 3, CCP Games has shared a fresh roadmap outlining the future of EVE Frontier. Starting in December 2025, each cycle will run for 3 months, rather than the previous shorter format. The goal is to deliver faster content drops, reduce progress wipes, and help players build more stable progress across cycles.

The planned cycle timeline now looks like this:

  • Cycle 3: October 15, 2025
  • Cycle 4: December 2025
  • Cycle 5: March 2026
  • Cycle 6: June 2026

Cycle 3 itself will include ongoing content beyond the October 29 update. Some of the changes in the pipeline include an updated system for how players buy lenses for crude extraction, and rebalancing risk and reward across the Frontier's many exploration zones.

What's Coming After Cycle 3

Looking to Cycle 4, CCP plans to deepen base building and survival elements. The next cycle will introduce overhauled ship controls, a new character system, and early tests for clone creation. Players will also see the start of tribal base building, which focuses on shared construction zones and defined team roles.

Ships will be rebalanced to give each one a clearer role and identity, while bases will evolve through a progression system, backed by ongoing changes to the in-game economy, NPC behavior, and world diversity.

Cycle 5, set for March 2026, will add new scanning and signature systems for stealth and detection. The base combat loop will grow to include new tools for defense and recovery, while the travel system will be overhauled to add more variety and depth across different ship types and distances.

EVE Frontier Joins the Sui Network

In a separate update, CCP confirmed that EVE Frontier is moving its game infrastructure to the Sui blockchain, a Layer-1 network built by Mysten Labs. Known for its object-based design, Sui allows every in-game item, from ships to factories, to exist as a distinct object with its own data and behavior.

This approach closely matches EVE Frontier's own item-centric system, letting builders sync the game's backend with blockchain mechanics. As a result, everything players create or own will be recorded onchain, opening the door for permanent, player-driven changes.

Sui's structure also allows for parallel transaction processing, so if one player is building while another is trading or fighting, their actions won't delay each other. Final confirmation of events happens in under a second, which helps real-time gameplay sync better. 

What is EVE Frontier?

EVE Frontier is a space survival MMO built by CCP Games, set in a broken galaxy where players must rebuild civilization from the ground up. Unlike EVE Online, which focuses on massive wars and trade empires, EVE Frontier places players in the role of Riders, who are clones waking up without memory in a hostile world. The gameplay combines base-building, exploration, and industry with survival mechanics, where every item, from ships to crude extractors, has its own traits and history. The world is fully shaped by players through a system of Smart Assemblies, letting them build custom tools, factories, or even new game systems inside the universe.

Each Cycle brings new updates and resets, creating seasonal progression with new goals, features, and threats. Exploration is dangerous but rewarding, as players face both environmental hazards and encounters with other Riders. Built with moddability in mind, the game is also designed to let players build and run parts of the world themselves, with real-time changes and persistent consequences. EVE Frontier runs on a player-first philosophy, seeking to create a sandbox where survival, creativity, and strategy all matter.

With Cycle 3: Silent Tide just a few days away, players are being invited to step into a world on the edge of change. The free trial window gives everyone a chance to explore the Frontier firsthand before the major update rolls in on October 29.