diff --git a/documentation/changeLog.txt b/documentation/changeLog.txt
index 14ad3c26e..6873e453f 100644
--- a/documentation/changeLog.txt
+++ b/documentation/changeLog.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Server Fixes
 --Fixed bug that caused Eve spawn to jump to the west of a donkeytown homeland.
   Fixes #633.
 
+--New method for putting Eve to west of homelands.  Completely ignore any
+  d-town or tutorial homelands, and compute the average location of the rest.
+  Place Eve to the west of the furthest-west homeland that is not > 1500 to the
+  west of this average.
 
 
 
diff --git a/server/map.cpp b/server/map.cpp
index 383015c10..900e844a5 100644
--- a/server/map.cpp
+++ b/server/map.cpp
@@ -539,7 +539,10 @@ typedef struct Homeland {
         // did the creation of this homeland tapout-trigger
         // a +primaryHomeland object?
         char primary;
-        
+
+        // should Eve placement ignore this homeland?
+        char ignoredForEve;
+
     } Homeland;
 
 
@@ -6958,6 +6961,7 @@ static char runTapoutOperation( int inX, int inY,
 
 // from server.cpp
 extern int getPlayerLineage( int inID );
+extern char isPlayerIgnoredForEvePlacement( int inID );
 
     
 
@@ -7311,7 +7315,8 @@ void setMapObjectRaw( int inX, int inY, int inID ) {
                                   false,
                                   // changed
                                   true,
-                                  tappedOutPrimaryHomeland };
+                                  tappedOutPrimaryHomeland,
+                                  isPlayerIgnoredForEvePlacement( p ) };
                 homelands.push_back( newH );
                 }
             else if( h->expired ) {
@@ -8461,7 +8466,8 @@ void getEvePosition( const char *inEmail, int inID, int *outX, int *outY,
             for( int i=0; i<homelands.size(); i++ ) {
                 Homeland *h = homelands.getElement( i );
                 
-                if( ! h->expired ) {
+                // any d-town or tutorial homelands are ignored
+                if( ! h->expired && ! h->ignoredForEve ) {
                     homelandXCount ++;
                     homelandXSum += h->x;
                     }
@@ -8474,11 +8480,11 @@ void getEvePosition( const char *inEmail, int inID, int *outX, int *outY,
                     
                     Homeland *h = homelands.getElement( i );
                     
-                    // d-town placed 20K away
-                    // by looking for homelands not more than 9K past average
-                    // in negative (west) direction
-                    // we avoid d-town homelands
-                    if( ! h->expired && h->x > homelandXAve - 9000 ) {
+                    // avoid extreme outlier homelands that are more
+                    // than 1500 to the West of the average homeland location
+                    if( ! h->expired && ! h->ignoredForEve &&
+                        h->x > homelandXAve - 1500 ) {
+                        
                         int xBoundary = h->x - 2 * h->radius;
                         
                         if( xBoundary < ave.x ) {
diff --git a/server/server.cpp b/server/server.cpp
index 5b13011d3..4375ec07e 100644
--- a/server/server.cpp
+++ b/server/server.cpp
@@ -1587,6 +1587,18 @@ int getPlayerLineage( int inID ) {
 
 
 
+char isPlayerIgnoredForEvePlacement( int inID ) {
+    LiveObject *o = getLiveObject( inID );
+    if( o != NULL ) {
+        return ( o->curseStatus.curseLevel > 0 ) || o->isTutorial;
+        }
+
+    // player id doesn't even exist
+    return true;
+    }
+
+
+
 
 static double pickBirthCooldownSeconds() {
     // Kumaraswamy distribution