I have an ELW in every galactic region

[sidereal6]

I'm sure someone else has done this before. I realize it's not a huge deal. But, I just handed in the last two at a DSS carrier, and it feels pretty good. I have an ELW with my name on it in all 41 galactic regions.

The hardest one to get was undoubtedly Aquila's Halo. There are few stars out there, and most of them have been tagged. The other regions, like Xibalba and Tenebrae, that look like they might be mostly explored, actually aren't too bad. Parts of The Abyss, out near Beagle Point, are highly saturated due to all the expeditions, but I was able to find a system on the west side where fewer people go.

Oddly, the Trojan Belt gave me a lot of trouble, but not because other people had been there - I just couldn't find an ELW for more than a week, longer than in any other region. Has anyone else been there and found an ELW?

I purchased a second account back in 3304 (2018) with the intention of having a full-time explorer. Just leveling that guy up and unlocking engineers, I had ELWs in three regions before I actually set out with a purpose on 1 January 3306. I headed to Beagle Point first (hadn't noticed Aquila's Halo yet) and made it there, but died by a neutron star some time later. I respawned at Explorer's Anchorage, and left the account there for a while.

In December 3306, I made a fast run back to the bubble, then started my quest again, departing from Earth on 1 January 3307. I took a break of two months from the explorer account when Odyssey came out. So, it probably took me 6 months of real-world time to find 38 ELWs. I wrote down my exploration stats when I departed in 3307, and just now when I turned in the last one, so the in-game starts are as follows:

Stat	Starting Value	Ending Value	Delta
Time Played	8w 6d 17h 35min	14w 3d 14h 38min	5w 3d 21h 2min
Systems Visited	6447	15,934	9487
Total Jumps	7860	17,436	9576
Total Distance	372,697 ly	868,787 ly	496,090 ly
Profits from Exploration	592,685,758	1,576,452,501	983,766,743

So, anyone want to buy a used 'conda with about 500,000 light years on the odometer?

 

[Esteban]

That's a cool accomplishment.

 

[CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN]

Congratz! Ya, Aquila's Halo is a bit thin period, much less trying to find an undiscovered ELW.

 

[Leif_Erikson]

Congratulations on your exploration quest. Started doing this when Codex and Galactic Regions were introduced in game but am still short of a few regions. The hardest region I found was the Perseus Arm to find an ELW. Spent ages checking F and A stars before I stumbled on one. The crazy thing is it's full of stars and found a few ELWs in the area before Codex was introduced.

 

[sidereal6]

Spent ages checking F and A stars before I stumbled on one.

Is there a reason why you're not also checking G and K? I think ELWs are more common in K's than A's.

Even M's are not bad, as far as I know, but I usually exclude them just to keep more K's in my route.

 

[marx]

First off, congrats! Regardless of what others may think of its utility, this does require dedication. As the stats you posted prove it

Is there a reason why you're not also checking G and K? I think ELWs are more common in K's than A's.

That would most likely be due to wanting to maximise the chances of finding some. ELWs are the most common in F, and the lower luminosities of A: see my guide to finding Earth-likes, for more in-depth stuff with data, various stuff of my research, and also this handy chart from @Orvidius 's EDAstro. Earth-likes are more common in A than in K, even with the higher luminosities included. (Which unfortunately also includes Vz stars, as ED does those all as A0 Vz.)

 

[MattG]

Is there a reason why you're not also checking G and K? I think ELWs are more common in K's than A's.

Even M's are not bad, as far as I know, but I usually exclude them just to keep more K's in my route.

You'd be surprised.

Anything yellow is affected by suppression - basically, you can ignore it. You might think that ~2.2% for Ks in mass code e is good - but it more-or-less doesn't exist. It happens in certain places of the suppression zone, and even then the rate is inflated because of the very few samples.

That leaves As in mass code d as your best chance, closely followed by Fs in the same mass code. I think the sweet spot is actually the cooler As and the warmer Fs - but you can't select that in the route plotter. The vast majority of Ms occur in mass code b - and you're looking at over 1 in 1000 there. Gs aren't awful, and are plentiful across both mass code c and mass code d - but there's still better choices. K is also mostly split over c and d - but neither has particularly great chances.


Edit: ninja'd by Marx

 

[marx]

Anything yellow is affected by suppression - basically, you can ignore it. You might think that ~2.2% for Ks in mass code e is good - but it more-or-less doesn't exist. It happens in certain places of the suppression zone, and even then the rate is inflated because of the very few samples.

Yep, exactly. That 3% rate in G stars, mass code H? Let me illustrate with more detail what that entails. From my recent look into class G stars across different mass codes, I have a count of those: the total of such stars uploaded is only 1,141, out of 5.5 million, and from those, just 172 are the main star of the system. Even inside the suppression zone, those would be difficult to find, and you'd pretty much have to select them each manually. In contrast to that, A and F stars are common enoughin most of the galaxy that you can just filter for them in the route plotter, and not have to bother going to the galaxy map for a long while.

 

[CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN]

Is there a reason why you're not also checking G and K? I think ELWs are more common in K's than A's.

Even M's are not bad, as far as I know, but I usually exclude them just to keep more K's in my route.

A7-A9 and F0-F4 (in D mass cubes) I'd rather gouge my eyes with a rusty spoon than sit through any M, K, or G systems looking for ELWs lol

 

[sidereal6]

So, how many ELWs are known within the Trojan Belt region? Was I just unlucky or are they actually sparse there?

 

[CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN]

So, how many ELWs are known within the Trojan Belt region? Was I just unlucky or are they actually sparse there?

I have no clue of total found...I personally have 14 in the region. It isn't one of my usual hunting grounds. As they are all pretty much in a straight line, it was probably from just crossing the region on my way somewhere else.

 

[marx]

So, how many ELWs are known within the Trojan Belt region? Was I just unlucky or are they actually sparse there?

The borders of the region are finicky to define, so a precise total count is more trouble than it's worth. Looking at sectors should be quite enough though, and it doesn't look like there's anything out of the ordinary around there. (Bear in mind that galactic regions were only added to the game at the end of 2018, so they didn't impact neither system nor body generation in any way. They are only used for NSPs, surface life and other handmade content.) So, you were most likely just unlucky. How many systems did you check during that one week?

 

[osser]

This is part of my monstrous bucket list.
I have ~ 6 regions to go.

 

[Nordmarken]

I did this as well and managed to check it of the list. Only have one in the Trojan belt so you might be right that that one maybe is a bit harder to find first discovered elws.