Newcomer / Intro Elite: Dangerous – a comprehensive beginner’s guide

zombieapocalypse · Mar 11, 2018

EDITED 1 June 2019

It has taken me a little while — with real life and all that shizzle getting in the way (plus a holiday in Sciliy) — but I’ve now finished updating my Elite: Dangerous — A Comprehensive Beginner’s Guide to incorporate the changes from the April 2019 game update.

Behind the scenes, I’ve finally converted the guide to WordPress’ block editor (Gutenberg), which makes it a bit easier to manage the increasingly ridiculous size of the page — 36,000 words now plus around 130 images! Well, I suppose I’ve made my own bed …

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Darth Llama · Mar 11, 2018

Nice work, very well written guide.

zombieapocalypse · Mar 11, 2018

Darth Llama said:
Nice work, very well written guide.

Thanks!

dburne · Mar 11, 2018

As a newcomer to ED , this will be very handy - thank you!

ruger_shooter · Mar 11, 2018

Thank you for posting a very useful resource. Just what I need after taking a break from playing.

Rock Hunter · Mar 11, 2018

Added to my favourites for future (and no doubt in-game) reference.

Para Handy · Mar 11, 2018

zombieapocalypse said:
Howdy folks! I've now updated my ED beginners guide to reflect the changes and features introduced in Beyond Chapter 1 (3.0). I will continue to improve, correct and update it when necessary and when I have time

https://thecakeisaliegaming.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/getting-started-in-elite-dangerous-a-guide/

If you were able to put this into a downloadable PDF file that would be great. People could then load it in their tablet or phone at their leisure.

Good work, as always - REP.

zombieapocalypse · Mar 11, 2018

Para Handy said:
If you were able to put this into a downloadable PDF file that would be great. People could then load it in their tablet or phone at their leisure.

Good work, as always - REP.

That has been requested before. It would be a bit of work to do, because the text and images would need to be reformatted to suit a page layout. It's also easier to update and maintain in a purely web format. However, I'll look into when I've got a bit more time

Hooter · Mar 11, 2018

Added to into my ever growing ED file. A simple to follow guide you've created there cmdr.

Rep'd

verbz · Mar 13, 2018

Para Handy said:
If you were able to put this into a downloadable PDF file that would be great. People could then load it in their tablet or phone at their leisure.

Good work, as always - REP.

Ive not read the guide yet but just saved it to bookmarks for easy access...

Could you not just make it available for offline so you can place it on the home screen of tablet/phone?

madmattnz · Mar 13, 2018

Great guide – you have put an enormous amount of work into it!

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zombieapocalypse · Mar 13, 2018

verbz said:
Ive not read the guide yet but just saved it to bookmarks for easy access...

Could you not just make it available for offline so you can place it on the home screen of tablet/phone?

I do keep getting asked this! When I have time, I'll look into creating a PDF version.

br34ker · Mar 13, 2018

Wow, very nice guide - I just convinced my best friend to join me in ED - That's the perfect starter guide for hin. Also a few new things for an Veteran Player like me

Tidal · May 28, 2019

Thank you for this. It's a god send to new players

Para Handy · May 28, 2019

In case people were wondering, yes it has been updated to the latest version of the game and as usual it is a great resource.

zombieapocalypse · May 28, 2019

Para Handy said:
In case people were wondering, yes it has been updated to the latest version of the game and as usual it is a great resource.

Thanks! Yeah, I'm still in the process of revising the guide to reflect the April update.

Avon Sakker · May 30, 2019

A really nice, well thought out and well written guide.
As a new player, it's already answered a few questions I had.
Bookmarked for future reference

Pete22 · May 30, 2019

Just landed on the doorstep of the ED universe - this guide is just what I needed. Thank you for your hard work on this!

Para Handy · May 30, 2019

Avon Sakker said:
A really nice, well thought out and well written guide.
As a new player, it's already answered a few questions I had.
Bookmarked for future reference

Pete22 said:
Just landed on the doorstep of the ED universe - this guide is just what I needed. Thank you for your hard work on this!

Hope you guys are ready to lose a lot of your spare time in this amazing game, welcome. Lots of help on here if you need it, just post a thread in this forum with any questions.

CapitanAceRimmer · May 31, 2019

Good Job, that's a craptonne of work.