diff --git a/logdb/logdb.go b/logdb/logdb.go
index 3bb9e3f01..d789edd31 100644
--- a/logdb/logdb.go
+++ b/logdb/logdb.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/block"
@@ -24,8 +25,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	refIDQuery  = "(SELECT id FROM ref WHERE data=?)"
-	journalSize = 52428800 // 50MB
+	refIDQuery                = "(SELECT id FROM ref WHERE data=?)"
+	journalSize               = 52428800 // 50MB
+	additionalEventIndexCount = 2
 )
 
 var logger = log.WithContext("pkg", "logdb")
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ func New(path string, createAdditionalIndexes bool, maxReadConns uint64) (logDB
 
 	dbSchema := refTableScheme + eventTableSchema + transferTableSchema
 	if !hasValues {
-		dbSchema += additionalEventIndexSchema
+		dbSchema += additionalEventIndexesSchema
 	}
 	if _, err := writeDB.Exec(dbSchema); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -78,17 +80,17 @@ func New(path string, createAdditionalIndexes bool, maxReadConns uint64) (logDB
 	if hasValues && createAdditionalIndexes {
 		// Check if index already exists
 		var indexExists int
-		row := writeDB.QueryRow("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='index' AND name='event_i5'")
+		row := writeDB.QueryRow("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='index' AND name IN ('event_i5', 'event_i6')")
 		if err = row.Scan(&indexExists); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		if indexExists == 0 {
-			logger.Info("creating additional event index, this may take several minutes on large databases...")
-			if _, err := writeDB.Exec(additionalEventIndexSchema); err != nil {
+		if indexExists < additionalEventIndexCount {
+			logger.Info("creating additional event indexes, this may take several minutes on large databases...")
+			if _, err := writeDB.Exec(additionalEventIndexesSchema); err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			logger.Info("additional event index created successfully")
+			logger.Info("additional event indexes created successfully")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ func NewMem() (*LogDB, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if _, err := db.Exec("CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS event_i5 ON event (topic4, address) WHERE topic4 IS NOT NULL;"); err != nil {
+	if _, err := db.Exec(additionalEventIndexesSchema); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -248,6 +250,25 @@ FROM (%v) e
 
 	metricsHandleEventsFilter(filter)
 
+	subQuery, args, err := buildEventFilterSubQuery(filter)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	subQuery = "SELECT e.* FROM (" + subQuery + ") s LEFT JOIN event e ON s.seq = e.seq"
+
+	eventQuery := fmt.Sprintf(query, subQuery)
+	if filter.Options == nil {
+		if filter.Order == DESC {
+			eventQuery += " ORDER BY seq DESC "
+		} else {
+			eventQuery += " ORDER BY seq ASC "
+		}
+	}
+	return db.queryEvents(ctx, eventQuery, args...)
+}
+
+func buildEventFilterSubQuery(filter *EventFilter) (string, []any, error) {
 	var (
 		subQuery = "SELECT seq FROM event WHERE 1"
 		args     []any
@@ -256,11 +277,11 @@ FROM (%v) e
 	if filter.Range != nil {
 		from, err := newSequence(filter.Range.From, 0, 0)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return "", nil, err
 		}
 		to, err := newSequence(filter.Range.To, txIndexMask, logIndexMask)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return "", nil, err
 		}
 		// Always bind both bounds. For an inverted range (To < From) this yields
 		// seq >= from AND seq <= to with to < from — an empty result — instead of
@@ -270,17 +291,13 @@ FROM (%v) e
 	}
 
 	if len(filter.CriteriaSet) > 0 {
-		subQuery += " AND ("
-
-		for i, c := range filter.CriteriaSet {
+		conds := make([]string, 0, len(filter.CriteriaSet))
+		for _, c := range filter.CriteriaSet {
 			cond, cargs := c.toWhereCondition()
-			if i > 0 {
-				subQuery += " OR"
-			}
-			subQuery += " (" + cond + ")"
+			conds = append(conds, " ("+cond+")")
 			args = append(args, cargs...)
 		}
-		subQuery += ")"
+		subQuery += " AND (" + strings.Join(conds, " OR") + ")"
 	}
 
 	// Options set: order and LIMIT are applied together in the subquery, so LIMIT takes the ordered window.
@@ -297,17 +314,7 @@ FROM (%v) e
 		args = append(args, filter.Options.Offset, filter.Options.Limit)
 	}
 
-	subQuery = "SELECT e.* FROM (" + subQuery + ") s LEFT JOIN event e ON s.seq = e.seq"
-
-	eventQuery := fmt.Sprintf(query, subQuery)
-	if filter.Options == nil {
-		if filter.Order == DESC {
-			eventQuery += " ORDER BY seq DESC "
-		} else {
-			eventQuery += " ORDER BY seq ASC "
-		}
-	}
-	return db.queryEvents(ctx, eventQuery, args...)
+	return subQuery, args, nil
 }
 
 func (db *LogDB) FilterTransfers(ctx context.Context, filter *TransferFilter) ([]*Transfer, error) {
diff --git a/logdb/logdb_test.go b/logdb/logdb_test.go
index 85d858d02..f662faaad 100644
--- a/logdb/logdb_test.go
+++ b/logdb/logdb_test.go
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"database/sql"
 	"math/big"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/block"
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/thor"
@@ -320,6 +323,165 @@ func TestEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAdditionalEventIndexes(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                    string
+		existingAdditionalIndex string
+		createAdditionalIndexes bool
+		wantEventI5             bool
+		wantEventI6             bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "fresh database creates all additional indexes",
+			wantEventI5: true,
+			wantEventI6: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "existing database does not create missing indexes when disabled",
+			existingAdditionalIndex: "event_i5",
+			wantEventI5:             true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "existing database creates event_i6 when event_i5 already exists",
+			existingAdditionalIndex: "event_i5",
+			createAdditionalIndexes: true,
+			wantEventI5:             true,
+			wantEventI6:             true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                    "existing database creates event_i5 when event_i6 already exists",
+			existingAdditionalIndex: "event_i6",
+			createAdditionalIndexes: true,
+			wantEventI5:             true,
+			wantEventI6:             true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "logs.db")
+			if tt.existingAdditionalIndex != "" {
+				seedDB, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", path)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				_, err = seedDB.Exec(refTableScheme + eventTableSchema + transferTableSchema)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				switch tt.existingAdditionalIndex {
+				case "event_i5":
+					_, err = seedDB.Exec("CREATE INDEX event_i5 ON event (topic4, address) WHERE topic4 IS NOT NULL")
+				case "event_i6":
+					_, err = seedDB.Exec("CREATE INDEX event_i6 ON event (topic0)")
+				}
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.NoError(t, seedDB.Close())
+			}
+
+			db, err := New(path, tt.createAdditionalIndexes, 4)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer db.Close()
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantEventI5, indexExists(t, db.readDB, "event_i5"))
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantEventI6, indexExists(t, db.readDB, "event_i6"))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTopicOnlyQueryPlanUsesSequenceBounds(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := NewMem()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	singleTopic := randBytes32()
+	multipleTopics := []thor.Bytes32{randBytes32(), randBytes32(), randBytes32()}
+	showAPITopics := []thor.Bytes32{
+		thor.MustParseBytes32("0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef"),
+		thor.MustParseBytes32("0x8c5be1e5ebec7d5bd14f71427d1e84f3dd0314c0f7b2291e5b200ac8c7c3b925"),
+		thor.MustParseBytes32("0xe1fffcc4923d04b559f4d29a8bfc6cda04eb5b0d3c460751c2402c5c5cc9109c"),
+		thor.MustParseBytes32("0x7fcf532c15f0a6db0bd6d0e038bea71d30d808c7d98cb3bf7268a95bf5081b65"),
+		thor.MustParseBytes32("0xda9fa7c1b00402c17d0161b249b1ab8bbec047c5a52207b9c112deffd817036b"),
+		thor.MustParseBytes32("0xc6a377bfc4eb120024a8ac08eef205be16b817020812c73223e81d1bdb9708ec"),
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name             string
+		filter           *EventFilter
+		wantOrderedIndex bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "single topic",
+			filter: &EventFilter{
+				Range:       &Range{From: 100, To: 100},
+				CriteriaSet: topicOnlyCriteria(singleTopic),
+				Options:     &Options{Limit: 1000},
+			},
+			wantOrderedIndex: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple topics",
+			filter: &EventFilter{
+				Range:       &Range{From: 100, To: 100},
+				CriteriaSet: topicOnlyCriteria(multipleTopics...),
+				Options:     &Options{Limit: 1000},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "show-api request",
+			filter: &EventFilter{
+				Range:       &Range{From: 25_769_599, To: 25_769_599},
+				CriteriaSet: topicOnlyCriteria(showAPITopics...),
+				Order:       ASC,
+				Options:     &Options{Offset: 0, Limit: 1000},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			query, args, err := buildEventFilterSubQuery(tt.filter)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			rows, err := db.readDB.QueryContext(context.Background(), "EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN "+query, args...)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer rows.Close()
+
+			var details []string
+			for rows.Next() {
+				var id, parent, notUsed int
+				var detail string
+				require.NoError(t, rows.Scan(&id, &parent, &notUsed, &detail))
+				details = append(details, detail)
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, rows.Err())
+
+			plan := strings.Join(details, "\n")
+			assert.Contains(t, plan, "USING COVERING INDEX event_i6")
+			assert.Contains(t, plan, "rowid>?")
+			assert.Contains(t, plan, "rowid<?")
+			if tt.wantOrderedIndex {
+				assert.NotContains(t, plan, "USE TEMP B-TREE FOR ORDER BY")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func topicOnlyCriteria(topics ...thor.Bytes32) []*EventCriteria {
+	criteria := make([]*EventCriteria, len(topics))
+	for i := range topics {
+		criteria[i] = &EventCriteria{Topics: [5]*thor.Bytes32{&topics[i]}}
+	}
+	return criteria
+}
+
+func indexExists(t *testing.T, db *sql.DB, name string) bool {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var exists bool
+	err := db.QueryRow("SELECT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='index' AND name=?)", name).Scan(&exists)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return exists
+}
+
 // TestLogDB_NewestBlockID performs a series of read/write tests on the NewestBlockID functionality of the
 // It validates the correctness of the NewestBlockID method under various scenarios.
 func TestLogDB_NewestBlockID(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/logdb/schema.go b/logdb/schema.go
index 77e1971ec..85c6ae083 100644
--- a/logdb/schema.go
+++ b/logdb/schema.go
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS event_i2 ON event(topic1, topic0, address) WHERE topi
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS event_i3 ON event(topic2, topic0, address) WHERE topic2 IS NOT NULL;
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS event_i4 ON event(topic3, topic0, address) WHERE topic3 IS NOT NULL;`
 
-	// additional index for topic4
-	additionalEventIndexSchema = `CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS event_i5 ON event (topic4, address) WHERE topic4 IS NOT NULL;`
+	// additional indexes for topic-only queries
+	additionalEventIndexesSchema = `CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS event_i5 ON event (topic4, address) WHERE topic4 IS NOT NULL;
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS event_i6 ON event (topic0);`
 
 	// create transfers table
 	transferTableSchema = `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS transfer (