My quest to find Raxxla.. (FDev take note?)

I have started go to the brow of casspoeia in super cruise in the bubble but it takes to much time.(but which of all the pictures should be used? Thats a problem)
If Raxxla is small this going to be tricky since Its just on pixel to miss it. If its large(like an undocumented star) it needs to be visible in parallax.
The as I said above its most lilkely in the void between the stars in the bubble but which star is the place of origin.(First I thought founders world since it is excluded from powerplay and the dark wheel faction is there) But I have gone for 2ly from example Shinrarta dezhra in supercruise (aka 12hours) and found nothing.
Running in supercruise for days is not ... fun. I wonder if I will stop this now...the void is simple to large to find anything if Raxxla is too small.
 
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You can't supercruise out of a system. This is long proven by many peoples attempts. The system and skybox are loaded during the jump screen and fixed until you jump again.
 
This will become my own report in guessing where Raxxla exist...
First a philosophical statement to FDev and the iconozation of Raxxla.
I would not have done this search if not for that Drew Wagar had spoken with David Braben and Mr. Braben confirmed that Raxxla is in the game..
Because this goes down to one thing only. Namely what you do with your life.. I will elaborate ...
I will not search for Atlantis in IRL because its a chance it have not existed at all (and what would it give in the end?).
But If someone says Raxxla its in the game, then its a mystery/puzzle and a quest/puzzle to be solved. I would not have started this hunt if the only thing I had was Drew Wagar statement that
had confirmed thats it in the game, but since its also in the codex. That is verifying thats in the game. (But still it would be nice knowing that I dont waste a great part of my life on a mystery that doesnt exist)

Now to the hunt:
The oldest statement says that
Cora comes home soused and raving with wild stories, a new one every night. She claims she's found a map to some pirate stash, and all I have to do is loan her my ship so we can go dig it up. Maybe we should go find Raxxla while we're at it!
— From the journal of Art Tornqvist, circa 2296


  • In 2296 the empire homeworld has just be colonized (2292 , distance 140ly from Sol)
    The means of travel from sol in a 100ly there is 8300systems to visit. Which means that in 150ly there is around 26000 systems.
  • In 2296 was long before the Faraway system, so then there was no jumping FSD(at least not what we know about), slower way of travel (earlier supercruise) (Thanks to Mr Wagar for this one)
  • f it was discovered in a large ship, everyone would know about it
  • If a small ship disovered it (that might be send from a large ship) it need to be close to its star or the smallship left the mothership in the void between stars.
  • If the empire,federation and alliance all know about it. It would not been a secret. (A secret doesnt stay a secret if more people is connected to it)
  • If it was in a populated system everyone would know (it might be in a binary system with a long away binary star, but it would not stay secret at current time)
  • The location of Raxxla increases when you get closer to sol system since it was already a myth in 2296.
Yes I ignored verything about the dark wheel. It doesnt help. Everything about it can be garbage.

As a result I traveled in supercruise between the stars of the core worlds. Its time consuming but since we all work from home now and are bound to our computers, if one screen shows ships HUD instead of a spreadsheet that doesnt matter. But I have noticed a few problems with this :

  • In game credits its very expensive, like 1,5Miljon credits in wear and tear to go from sol to alpha centauri.
  • If its on a rouge planet/ object its VERY hard to catch the dim vanderer when it passes by. If its faraway and dim it will not been seen. If it close you need to be at the computer screen at right moment.
  • If you even go a pixel to either side you will miss it.
  • You need to go from both directions atleast once most likely twice because of limited visiblity from the ship (from both stars) to be certain to get it, since travel between stars in supercruise is not implemented by FDev.
  • You might be able to get the change in supercruise speed when going in a circle around a star but to what degree (a circle every five degress aorund a star?) and there is a remote rouge planet.

Do FDev wants us to find Raxxla?
Yes?
  1. Then it cant be a rougeplane, its to hard to catch.
  2. It somewhere extremly close to a star thats not register on scan.. sure but that extremly hard to catch.(light on light... bad... dark on light.. bad)
  3. Can it be a secondary star that the dark wheel have hidden with from stellarcharts.. sure... its possible. And thats possible to catch but still hard but it can be done.

And so what should we do?

  • Go and find unknown stars(in every 26000system).
  • We need also report in system where the 2001c supercruise limit is reached more slowly or behave unexpected.(its depended on mass)
Anybody whats to join?
Your thesis makes the assumption that Raxxla was found in 2296 by humans. This may not be a safe assumption. The myth could have been born from 3rd hand knowledge. For instance, it's existence was communicated to mankind by finding an alien object or receiving communications from aliens without having set eyes on Raxxla itself.

I hope you have availed yourself of the extensive research on this subject on the Quest for Raxxla forum thread and other discords etc. Alot of work has been done over the last 6 years. There are some summaries to save tedious thread disgesting. Search for Xaintly's summary of theforum thread or look at #what we know and the publications thread on Independent Raxxla Hunter's Discord.
 
When working with the idea that the dark wheel is known with another name I looked up anything on their symbol and notices that there is only for factions with stars. Then I selected the one that was a theocracy since its most likely if you read the story . TDW behaves as cult. I got allied with "stars of lofi" and nothing happend :D
 
Ok.. now I have crunshed the numbers. I have 745 system with three suns(no special main sun type) or four suns with the largest being an yellow-white star all within 100ly from Shinrarta Dehzra. (Also considered all the possible number combinations of 1,3,6,18 in bodies in system and system closer to milkyway(thinking of this jewel on brow)). Am I supposed to go in supercruise against Lemon slice nebula for how many ly? That will take days for one star.... Thinks I need another clue before I can solve this.
( I hade more than 11000 systems with three or more stars so this had made a little more handble)
 
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If you think it's been undiscovered for 7 years but there is a clue that nobody previously figured out.., you should check out this bridge i have for sale.

for every person who thinks they're in divinci code... there are hundreds of others doing the same thing times 7 years.

there are no clues to raxxla. i highly doubt raxxla is even user accessible.
 
If you think it's been undiscovered for 7 years but there is a clue that nobody previously figured out.., you should check out this bridge i have for sale.

for every person who thinks they're in divinci code... there are hundreds of others doing the same thing times 7 years.

there are no clues to raxxla. i highly doubt raxxla is even user accessible.
I've heard people say they think Raxxla is in that cluster of permit locked systems which I guess is a possibility. As you pointed out, many groups of people have tried to find anything about it and have failed in their attempts.

We know for sure it does exist in the game though as both David Braben and Michael Brookes said it is: https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Raxxla
 
I've heard people say they think Raxxla is in that cluster of permit locked systems which I guess is a possibility. As you pointed out, many groups of people have tried to find anything about it and have failed in their attempts.

We know for sure it does exist in the game though as both David Braben and Michael Brookes said it is: https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Raxxla

it could also be a ship rather than a stellar object ..just sitting around in a asteroid cluster. There are tons of those and they're almost universally ignored because they're good for nothing. You'd have to dive into each one to see what's there.
 
In terms of the rogue planets listed in the wiki article provided, I've only been able to pinpoint a couple in ED that I could check within a reasonable amount of time, and both were normal systems.

Not exactly conclusive, I know, but given the procedural nature of ED's Milky Way, I have my doubts that rogues would look any different from any other system.
 
When working with the idea that the dark wheel is known with another name I looked up anything on their symbol and notices that there is only for factions with stars. Then I selected the one that was a theocracy since its most likely if you read the story . TDW behaves as cult. I got allied with "stars of lofi" and nothing happend :D
What symbol are you looking at? If it is the one here: https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dark_Wheel then you have been mislead as this is fan art and not official. The only official icon is given in the codex.

If I had a penny, etc.
 
What symbol are you looking at? If it is the one here: https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dark_Wheel then you have been mislead as this is fan art and not official. The only official icon is given in the codex.

If I had a penny, etc.
The novella "The dark wheel" that was included for free with the orginal elite. You can also read about the darkwheel on Ian Bells pages. The stars in my interpretetion of the green symbol that is the symbol with raxxla. I thought that it was a four stars system with the major was an sun like our sun. Or a three system there all i like our sun. Or a star like our sun and three planets (and then six gas gigants)

There was a few hundreds in the first 200ly. But that not the hard part. It is between which stars to go.
 
This will become my own report in guessing where Raxxla exist...
First a philosophical statement to FDev and the iconozation of Raxxla.
I would not have done this search if not for that Drew Wagar had spoken with David Braben and Mr. Braben confirmed that Raxxla is in the game..
Because this goes down to one thing only. Namely what you do with your life.. I will elaborate ...
I will not search for Atlantis in IRL because its a chance it have not existed at all (and what would it give in the end?).
But If someone says Raxxla its in the game, then its a mystery/puzzle and a quest/puzzle to be solved. I would not have started this hunt if the only thing I had was Drew Wagar statement that
had confirmed thats it in the game, but since its also in the codex. That is verifying thats in the game. (But still it would be nice knowing that I dont waste a great part of my life on a mystery that doesnt exist)

Now to the hunt:
The oldest statement says that
Cora comes home soused and raving with wild stories, a new one every night. She claims she's found a map to some pirate stash, and all I have to do is loan her my ship so we can go dig it up. Maybe we should go find Raxxla while we're at it!
— From the journal of Art Tornqvist, circa 2296


  • In 2296 the empire homeworld has just be colonized (2292 , distance 140ly from Sol)
    The means of travel from sol in a 100ly there is 8300systems to visit. Which means that in 150ly there is around 26000 systems.
  • In 2296 was long before the Faraway system, so then there was no jumping FSD(at least not what we know about), slower way of travel (earlier supercruise) (Thanks to Mr Wagar for this one)
  • f it was discovered in a large ship, everyone would know about it
  • If a small ship disovered it (that might be send from a large ship) it need to be close to its star or the smallship left the mothership in the void between stars.
  • If the empire,federation and alliance all know about it. It would not been a secret. (A secret doesnt stay a secret if more people is connected to it)
  • If it was in a populated system everyone would know (it might be in a binary system with a long away binary star, but it would not stay secret at current time)
  • The location of Raxxla increases when you get closer to sol system since it was already a myth in 2296.
Yes I ignored verything about the dark wheel. It doesnt help. Everything about it can be garbage.

As a result I traveled in supercruise between the stars of the core worlds. Its time consuming but since we all work from home now and are bound to our computers, if one screen shows ships HUD instead of a spreadsheet that doesnt matter. But I have noticed a few problems with this :

  • In game credits its very expensive, like 1,5Miljon credits in wear and tear to go from sol to alpha centauri.
  • If its on a rouge planet/ object its VERY hard to catch the dim vanderer when it passes by. If its faraway and dim it will not been seen. If it close you need to be at the computer screen at right moment.
  • If you even go a pixel to either side you will miss it.
  • You need to go from both directions atleast once most likely twice because of limited visiblity from the ship (from both stars) to be certain to get it, since travel between stars in supercruise is not implemented by FDev.
  • You might be able to get the change in supercruise speed when going in a circle around a star but to what degree (a circle every five degress aorund a star?) and there is a remote rouge planet.

Do FDev wants us to find Raxxla?
Yes?
  1. Then it cant be a rougeplane, its to hard to catch.
  2. It somewhere extremly close to a star thats not register on scan.. sure but that extremly hard to catch.(light on light... bad... dark on light.. bad)
  3. Can it be a secondary star that the dark wheel have hidden with from stellarcharts.. sure... its possible. And thats possible to catch but still hard but it can be done.

And so what should we do?

  • Go and find unknown stars(in every 26000system).
  • We need also report in system where the 2001c supercruise limit is reached more slowly or behave unexpected.(its depended on mass)
Anybody whats to join?
Has this raxxla been found.??? I recently experienced a longer than normal jump. But took no notice of it at the time. I also found 2 types of crystals molluscs and spheres in system Swoiwns ih-b c1-1. I will retrace my old routes.
 
Has this raxxla been found.??? I recently experienced a longer than normal jump. But took no notice of it at the time. I also found 2 types of crystals molluscs and spheres in system Swoiwns ih-b c1-1. I will retrace my old routes.

Longer than normal, as in time? Or longer as in exceeded your typical jump range?

Because one is likely due to the horrendous connectivity issues with ED. The other, without having used FSD injections or neutron boost...well, that could be something interesting.
 
Longer than normal, as in time? Or longer as in exceeded your typical jump range?

Because one is likely due to the horrendous connectivity issues with ED. The other, without having used FSD injections or neutron boost...well, that could be something interesting.
The time in witch space was longer seemed like twice as long to make the jump.
Does the witch space time vary? Seems always the same time apart from that one jump. Maybe the lucky codex finds I had was on route.
For a beginner like me to find 4 codex finds near the start system seems unlikely coincidence?
 
The time in witch space was longer seemed like twice as long to make the jump.
Does the witch space time vary? Seems always the same time apart from that one jump. Maybe the lucky codex finds I had was on route.
For a beginner like me to find 4 codex finds near the start system seems unlikely coincidence?

Witch space time can vary, yes. Has nothing to do with distance. It's simply a loading screen. Playing with wingmates and entering busy systems can cause witch space times get into the 30 second mark, especially if you have questionable internet reliability like I do.

As for the codex finds...they're kind of all over the place. That isn't to say don't go back and give it a more detailed look if you feel you should.
 
Finding Raxxla will focus on one of (at least) two ideas:

  1. Raxxla is a hidden place that, once found, anyone will be able to visit (respecting game-related data such as permits, rank etc.);
  2. Raxxla has to be unlocked on a per-player basis via some kind of trail
Obviously we don't know which one of these it will be but my bets are on (2). Either way it's good to see players doing things like the Great Raxxla Potato Hunt etc. - great way to get together with others and play the game.

I still lurk on the Quest to Find Raxxla thread, though my time there is over mainly because everything we tried in our small group yielded nothing - and it got demoralising to us, and we agreed to do other things instead. Glad others aren't as despondent as us!

Keep up the good work, CMDRs!
 
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