How to make +400k in an hour(Bounty Hunting)

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[FONT=957317_9]Before I start, I wasn't really sure where to put this So Ill just throw it in here.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]This method was found by myself with trials and errors. I know there are many similar ones on youtube, but I believe mine is safer and easier.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]So what we are going to do is Bounty Hunting.

[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]You may have all seen the ships saying 'wanted' around.

[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]We are basically making money by killing them.

[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]Below is how much I made by doing so.

[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]About 20 million Credits made in 5 days.

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So first things first, you gotta find system with planets similar to Saturn.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
Once You've located them, go into the system, pop up the number 1 console(On your left), go to the Navigation and find High Intensity Resource Extraction Site.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
If there isn't any, go find another system.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
The reason for this, is that Low RES has less pirates and bounties, thus will not be time efficient.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
On the other hand, Hazardous RES has high Individual bounty, but there is no Internal Security Guards.

So it will be risky hunting them by yourself.

Although sometimes Wanted pirates do fight each other, but it's still too slow process.
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In my case, I'm living in Guuguyni System in Alising Duval Empire.

I highly recommend this system, because this not only is High Tech system, but also has High Intensity RES.

Meaning, you can make loads of money and upgrade your ship within the same system.
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Now once you've located your High RES, you got some preparations to make.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]Go to any starport with Outfitting.[/FONT]
[FONT=957317_9]I have a Vulture and Following Equipments. [/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
All of them will cost about 1200~1300K for me.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
If you can't afford such, I highly recommend you to purchase Viper(a.k.a Viper MK III)[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
Viper costs only about 140K, I made 700K with this ship prior to purchasing Vulture.


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Internals, you must purchase Kill Warrant Scanner.(It searches for any additional bounty)

[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]Also, I recommend you get good Shield Generator, scanner and Power Plant.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
For hardpoints, good shield booster will do.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
Power output can go about 1MW over as long as you adjust your modules in number 4 console(on your right)

[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]Any modules not necessary for combat(Fuel scoop, Cargo Hatch etc..)[/FONT][FONT=957317_9].[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
Most important, Weapons, you must purchase Gimbelled Beam Laser[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]

Reason is that, Any projectile weapons like Multi Cannons have ammo limitation. So youll have to return to starport or ammo replenishment.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]Also, when in the middle of hunting, if the ammo runs out its kinda annoying.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
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Ok so preparation done, lets go to High RES.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
You can easily find it in Navigation.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
RES cannot be located inside the starport.

Get out of the starport and then try finding it.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
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[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]Well lucky I am, I have to Wanted Suspects already.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]Useful tip here.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
All Fer-De-Lance are 100% Pirates.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]All ships with Imperial, Federal are most often Pirates.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]All ships with Type- are NOT Pirates.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]All other Python,Anaconda,Cobra MK II, Viper, Vulture, Sidewinder, Eagle could be pirate or not.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
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YOU MUST SCAN THEM FIRST WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE WANTED.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]If you attack any Non-wanted ships, you will become wanted yourself, making impossible for bounty hunting.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
Moreover, Once you die, all the bounties accumulated will be erased.
Try not to die[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
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[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]I had enough firepower to kill this pirate by myself.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]It's been less than a minute and I already made almost 100K already.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]But these are not even close to what We are going to make from now on.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
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If you fly around, you will see Green Colored ships(Default UI Color is Green)[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
They are the heavenly angels that will help us make money.

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These Internal Security Guards(ISG) will attack nearby Pirates.

[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU ATTACK ONE OF THEM, YOU CANT FARM ANYMORE. BE AWARE

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To be honest, if you just stay still, pirates will come to you and scan you.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
If you are confident with your ship's firepower and shield capacity, you can hit them first.

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ISG will join any fights within their range, it doesn't matter any fight as long as one of them is pirate.

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Simply put, if you are fighting a pirate, ISG will join your fight and aid you as long as they are not in the middle of other fight.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
Of course you gotta calculate the distance and time of their arrival.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
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If you are NOT confident with your ship, first find ISG.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
They will either be alone, or in groups of 3 or 4. Keep following them until they begin fighting pirates.

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[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]Above picture clearly will show you how deadly ISG are.
Anaconda(The most expensive ship in Elite Dangerous) are down to 25% HP.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]Be adviced that I didn't do anything to him.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
For those newbies out there, these low hp ships will be your main targets.

Let me put this very simply.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
For example, there are several ISG and some pirates and yourself.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
When ISG is not in conflict with pirates, if you attack pirates first, the ISG will begin aiding you, but the pirates will ignore ISG and you become their main target.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
That will mean you have higher risk of getting killed.
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As you can see, killing a single pirate ship can give you up to 330K.

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[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]This is taken after about 15 mins I began hunting. I already made 2 million!

[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]In 15 Minutes!

[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]2 million isn't a great deal, but for newbies you can fully upgrade your Viper and still have leftovers.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
Ok so for the sake of this thread's purpose, let head back to starport and claim our bounty.

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Within 30 minutes, I made 2.5 Million!

Keep repeating the same process, and everytime you claim bounty, upgrade your ship.

[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]I suck at finishing articles, so ill just end here.

Thanks for reading.[/FONT][FONT=957317_9]
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[Antoniius]

The post is perfect, rich of explanations and images to make it clear to newbies.
Congratulation and thanks for the hard work.

Just want to add my personal opinion for bounty hunters: if you are unexperienced and have a small ship, you "could" try to test first in low RES, just to get the idea on how it works.

 

[Noob]

+1 rep. Great tutorial for fighting noobs like me.

Thank you for your hard work.

(I've posted this 15 minutes ago, and the post disappeared... strange)

 

[Spiridon]

+1 rep. Great tutorial for fighting noobs like me.

Thank you for your hard work.

(I've posted this 15 minutes ago, and the post disappeared... strange)

Maybe they filtered your post for using the word noob - which is silly, being your forum name and all

And OP, fabulous work! One of those things "wish I saw this on my first day of playing ED".

Rep from me too.

 

[samevo4]

Good guide, sure to be helpful for all the new players.

 

[Spanksh]

+1 rep. Great tutorial for fighting noobs like me.

Thank you for your hard work.

(I've posted this 15 minutes ago, and the post disappeared... strange)

Your post doesn't show, because it was in a different thread
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=205634

Had me quite irritated as well, since I saw the 4+mil and was sure I read 400k before. Was questioning my sanity there for a moment.


@Mods - May I suggest closing this thread, since it effectively is a duplicate of the updated version now.

 

[Noob]

Your post doesn't show, because it was in a different thread
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=205634

Had me quite irritated as well, since I saw the 4+mil and was sure I read 400k before. Was questioning my sanity there for a moment.

Oh thank you, I had some very nasty words for Mods back then and I take all back. But hey, I'm Noob after all

Anyways, GREAT JOB OP!!! Kudos and respect!

 

[Spam]

I came into this thread with pretty low expectation.
Kudos to you matey boy :-]
A very nicely written and illustrated guide that many new players could find invaluable.

Have some rep, not just for the work above but also for showing me the error of my preconceptions.

Ta very much.

But for the love of all things holy, that UI colour scheme is bloody awful.

 

[Bran Tse Mallory]

+ Rep

Well written and full of good information for the new players! It's nice to see an influx of new players wanting to get stuck in and help out. This community may have it's fault's but they are outweighed by it's strengths!

 

[DragonIV]

One correction: you can still farm with a bounty. I'm farming in Wurango's hazres and I have more than once shot a non-wanted ship and picked up a bounty. It just means you may have to dock on silent running to turn in your combat bonds, that's all. There are no police in hazrez to give you trouble. I even was doing this with a $0.5M bounty at one point, so it's quite doable.

That said--OP is right on the money if you're farming in a high or low rez zone. Police are present in these--they will eventually scan you and go hostile, which makes farming kind of difficult but does give you the opportunity to raise the bounty on your head significantly.

 

[GammaZ]

Nice guide for those newbies looking how to earn money fast.
Just one comment about Kill Warrant Scanner.
IMO it is not that critical to have it. It takes precious utility mount, consumes power, requires 10s wait to scan target and produce additional bounties from different jurisdictions, which you will have to fly to, possibly hundreds of Ly-s...
Looks like it can be ignored completely, and you will earn similar amounts of cr/h, especially in small ship with high risk of being desroyed/need to frequently turn in those bounties.

 

[Bran Tse Mallory]

Nice guide for those newbies looking how to earn money fast.
Just one comment about Kill Warrant Scanner.
IMO it is not that critical to have it. It takes precious utility mount, consumes power, requires 10s wait to scan target and produce additional bounties from different jurisdictions, which you will have to fly to, possibly hundreds of Ly-s...
Looks like it can be ignored completely, and you will earn similar amounts of cr/h, especially in small ship with high risk of being desroyed/need to frequently turn in those bounties.

The KWS may seem like it can be ignored but if you spend some time bounty hunting and using it you will find a large sum ready to collect in the various factions. 10 Scanned kills may net you 100K in Fed, Emp and Alliance space each, as well as the minor faction bounties in other systems. So if you're looking to make money, take the KWS, it is 10 seconds that really pays off.

 

[LeetNoob]

Probably better in the newcomers forum but either way a very good and helpful guide. Well done. I'd add that once you get better and have a good ship there is more money to be made in the Hazardous RES. But also more danger so be careful.
The pirates in HazRes actually attack each other a lot which is useful as you can let them grind each other down and kill steal.