exploration

How the developers have (currently) set personal Powerplay merits gains from selling exploration or exobiology data remains to be seen. Unfortunately, mentions I've seen so far for UC data or VG samples sold and merits gotten all have missed something crucial: the system they were sold in, and...

Wow I started my own loreplay colonisation in Arcadia system: Lyaiso YW-B b13-5, and sent there two carriers - outfitted as a space station. I made lore for that, some funny stories, and prepared an expredition (1-Nov - start) to the Arcadia. And NOW, today, so great information. Colonisation...

Here's another new list, this time for those who might be looking to do a Codex completionist run. Maybe after getting those new shiny and speedy Mandalays soon, hm? (Assuming no more mandelays.)I made this because I was toying with the idea, but the Canonn Challenge is missing several entries...

I wonder, how to manage the shield power to avoid destroy in case of hitting the ground. My friend did some crash-test, and realised that for Dolphin with 165 RAW shield can survive hit in the ground at planet with 1G gravity with boost (almost 500 m/s). I wonder, what is important for that...

Dear Elite Dangerous developers, I love the game, but I have been waiting for new ideas for a long time. Here are some suggestions that would be great for the game: 1st Stage: All planets outside the human bubble could have minerals that players can mine on foot using a drill. 2nd Stage: The...

Time for a bit more research! I made a count of the various thin atmosphere types, their rarities, and also broke them down per body type. You can see the results at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eFev2Gh182FUporBzgrHGlls1rXVgrEirXbhhqXxrpI/. Note that the various [gas]-rich atmospheres...

This might be of interest to VR players. Currently in closed alpha with a free demo. VR Space exploration game inspired by 1980s sci-fi. https://firsttimegames.com

When you complete your FSS business you get a lovely "System Scan Complete" message. Why is it then when I fly around and do a DSS scan on all the planets and moons do I not get a "System Planetary Scan Complete" message as well? It would be a lovely failsafe to ensure you don't miss one. I...

Hi All, Go gentle on me if this is not the done thing. I am a week or so out from Sag A on my first long range exploration mission. I am about 18 months in the black so far. Before setting out, I was pretty new to ED, and still am tbh. I would like to know any tips or suggestisons for...

o7 everyone, I've taken a break from the game for a long time now, basically stopped playing some time before Odyssey released. Before that I put over 700 hours into the game on Steam and even more then that on the Oculus Store, so I'm well over 1000 hours if not even 1500. I have pretty much...

Inspired by u/Tragicbadger 's post Spot the Bacterium! on the r/EliteDangerous subreddit and with my own and many other explorers quest for every biological signal I wish to present the concept of the (drum-roll please)... The Biological Pulse-Wave Analyser (Ta-Da) The regular Pulse Wave...

I've been out exploring in a large ship, and decided to bring a fighter hangar to scout the terrain before finding a landing spot. It would have been great if I could bring a new kind of "fighter" that functions like a dropship. It should not be viable in combat. At most maybe a symbolic...

While the planet surface generation got better since launch of odyssey it is still extremely bland and tasteless; unlike horizons, where every planet looked unique and the surface was unique with canyons, craters, and mountains of various sizes all over the surface, to the point where you could...

UPDATED: Incorrect Premise: "Previous research by individual commanders (Jackie Silver, Alot and other Commanders [1]) claims that only AA-A boxels can contain a H size system, and that there should only be one H size system per boxel." [2][3] Corrected Premise: A common misconception existing...

Celebration of Early Astronomy 6 Dates: January 7, 2022 to March 18, 2023 Official Announcement Post: https://theexpedition.info/Announcement Map (click for full size): Register Now See Roster Join Discord Come start your new year 3310 with an expedition that tours around to various...

I'm currently out in the middle of nowhere exploring. While i was browsing though the galaxy map, i found a random system with a option to buy cartographic data from. I traveled to the system (Without buying the data) to see what was in it, and saw it was completely undiscovered. I've mapped...

I'm not going to really say much about the Scarab, because it really is a good general purpose vehicle. Unfortunately, the Scorpion was given to the players for combat, and to put it plainly, it's not good at it. I will give it some credit though. It does handle better than the Scarab, the...

Having exobiology life suddenly pop in at 100m (or just over 150m) really really sucks. Or make it so the SRV has a exobio ping. Or the ship. If your not going to fix the absolutely garbage draw distance, give the player a tool in game to over come it. This is absolutely silly that these...

Here's an exotic subject that has come up throughout the years, but more and more often lately: Green Gas Giants. Whether you're looking to find a new one, or would just like to know more about them, read on! Let's cut to the chase and instead of introducing what Green Gas Giants are, let's...

This topic seems to come up more and more often lately, so I thought I'd write another guide. Note that this will follow a more practical approach, mostly focused on explorers who heard about boxels and boxels surveys, and it won't go into detail about how sectors and boxel positions are...

1. Feeling the gravity on foot. Have you noticed that your character runs with the same animation on the 0.05G planet and on the 2g planet? It ruins the atmosphere terribly. Make 10 animations. And let different animations be on each type of planets, let's say you can break the planets on types...

Arrived at NGC 7822 and visited Cupid's Arrow... the message there says "Once arrived, this area is filled with black holes and vibrant stars". The vibrant stars are obvious, but I don't see any black holes when I switch the galaxy map to show only non-sequence stars. So I suppose that means...

Pioneer plugin for EDMC Pioneer is a tool for explorers to have an at-a-glance view of key system information. It will predict a total possible as well as current value of all exploration data in a system. Due to limitations of EDMC journal data parsing, Pioneer works best on newly visited and...

Happy to announce the release of version 1.2.0! Customizable colors: don't like how the Buddy looks? In the settings you can now customize the colors of the windows, their content and icons. New indicator for planet touchdowns: the Landable Body icon now changes after a touchdown, the state...

Elite Dangerous Exploration Buddy is a new companion application for Odyssey (Live mode), that displays relevant information about the route, systems, bodies and biologicals and shows you at a glance what is interesting from an exploration point of view. It uses data from the game (local journal...

I want to be able to see how many bodies I've discovered in the system map instead of just in DSS just to make sure I've discovered everything

Can't believe there is no thread. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STTTp9nDFOE Launching small green aliens into space again.

I didn't know who to tell, but after doing lazy exploration for 4 years, I finally hit Elite :D

Hi I was in elite dangerous (ED) about 1000hours and I have lots of suggerstion. ( I m not eng user so my writing is not perfect. sorry for that) ED experience get more boring after i engaged into exploration game play. there are nothing in large galaxy. just empty. ED need new motivation to...

We are growing and looking for brand new players and veterans to come fly with us. We are setup and ready to give basic flight school as well as advanced trainings in all areas of Elite Dangerous. New players will receive Combat Ship, Exploration Ship, and Trade Ship upon completion of basic...

This subject was originally posted by @ORANGEORANGE here , but I figured that continuing discussing it there would be off-topic, and it's interesting enough to be posted on its own, so here we go. There's a cluster of unexplored sectors at the end of the Outer Arm, beyond what's known as the...

Leviathan Discord Server LSR Facebook Community LSR YouTube Channel Founded in 3303 after a series of serendipitous encounters around the Sol system, the Leviathan Scout Regiment is a private military faction that engages in a wide variety of missions, ranging from trade and transportation...

There is a gap in ships focused on the three primary career paths in Elite, the Alliance is also the only super power that does not have a third tier unlock. The Federation gets a powerful Corvette, and the Empire gets the elegant Cutter. I propose an Alliance, tier 3 ship focused on...

Greetings, best way to explain is to show: I wasn't moving anything and got just bumped out when trying to scan it, first time i get this issue I didn't recorded it, this is the second today (never had this before) I had to go next to said planet to scan it. Anyone getting that issue? Seems...

Hi, I played ED from release but stopped when Odyssey hit ( I have a carrier, 10 or so fully equipped ships and about 30 billion cr) - I will have some time over xmass to play again starting maybe as early as this weekend and would like some advice. I would like to progress my exploration and or...

With how the payouts for exobio samples have shot through the roof recently, and how thin water atmospheric bodies tend to have the highest payouts on average, I decided to write up the data and analysis on them. Well, I did look into them before, but never cleaned up and posted the data...

Right, so I'm out in the black and thought I'd do some biological scanning. After spending half an hour drifting aimlessly around the "blue" area for the one and only signal, a biological one, I found a site of Luteolum Anemones. I scanned the first thing I'm looking for easy enough. I then...

Hi, Exploration rant here. I've been out in the black for about a year now. Off and on for sure. I went from the Bubble to Sag - A to Beagle and now to Colonia. And all I have to show for it is about 300M in data. I made 600M in like 5 weeks playing with some friends doing combat missions...

Asterion is a PC group currently recruiting and is dedicated to the building of a Player Faction. Squadron currently has 2 fleet carriers to call home. Commanders who love exploration can enjoy trips out into the black away from the eyes of the bubble, while other more hands on commanders can...

What is the fastest way to grind Exobiologist Rank ? Right now Im scanning Stratum Tectonicas that have been found before, that means it gives me 806k each. I was using and grinding rock body that has thin water atmosphere but didnt explore before. But between the systems that spansh gave me...