- Thank you.
- It's EXTREMELY rediculous, stupid, and leaning on hostile to new players that none of this is explained ingame. Some simple flavor text would be great.
Odyssey Engineering Cheat Sheet
- Thread starter Comandante
- Start date
There are probably better ideas than this, but it would help even slightly if when scrolling through them (either from the ship storage menu or at the bar tender) that a smaller panel below the main list displayed the items that the upgrades could be used for.
That would save me having to ALT + TAB from the game to this list.
However, I think they have other things on their plate at the moment so I guess it's ALT + TAB for a while...
I missed this, sorry. Do you have a link to those lists? What are they, player-maintained lists? If it looks feasible and complimentary to the first post I'll chuck some links in... (Especially if it helps the 'cheat' part of the thread title - just kidding...)
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I've added it to a list of links underneath the main table. Thanks!
This is a Godsend. Thanks muchly!o7 CMDRs,
I've put together a cheat sheet for cross-referencing engineering items you find to the upgrades/modifications that can be made from them. I did this because my inner-hoarder likes to know why I am collecting the different things I pick up.
A few points:
I hope you find it useful.
- This is taken from https://inara.cz so if there are mistakes there, they will propagate through to this;
- On Inara, "Improved hip fire accuracy" and "Higher Accuracy" are synonymous; in this list, the term "Higher Accuracy" is used;
- The links in the table take you directly to their Inara counterparts; links in the Usage column aren't always present since they are applicable to several suit or weapon types; in which case, the link in the first column is probably better to select, go to Inara and navigate to the upgrade you're interested in;
- Furthermore there might be mistakes I have made in compiling this; if there is, please point out the error and reply to this thread with @Comandante so I get a notification; I'll update it as soon as I have time if this is the case;
- The 'Engineer Referral' entry in the Usage column means that that is the engineer that will refer you, and now also includes information on who they will refer you to;
- This is based off @Factabulous spread sheet that can be found here: original spread sheet - thanks @Factabulous
Fixes/Updates:
- 06/07/2021: Fixed Circuit Board entry; was incorrectly reporting suit modifications for Audio Masking and Stowed Reloading whereas these are weapon mods, not suit mods;
- 13/07/2021: Updated Extraction Yield Data row; was empty, now contains correct entry for kinetic mod Higher Accuracy;
- 31/07/2021: Added Commander's Toolbox (underneath table, below);
- 12/08/2021: Incorrect entries: removed Kinetic: Higher Accuracy for Electromagnet; removed Plasma, Kinetic: Higher Accuracy for Weapon Component;
Other useful links/resources (to save you having to use this cheat sheet!):
Releases · jixxed/ed-odyssey-materials-helper
Elite Dangerous Odyssey Materials Helper. Contribute to jixxed/ed-odyssey-materials-helper development by creating an account on GitHub.github.com
Excellent tutorial for Jixxed's ED Odyssey Materials Helper (above):
Name Useful Category Usage Accident Logs Data Aerogel Y Chemicals Suit Upgrades - Artemis: 5/15/25/35; Weapon Mod – Laser: Higher Accuracy (20) Agricultural Process Sample Items Air Quality Reports Y Data Suit Mod - All: Increased Air Reserves (15) Atmospheric Data Y Data Weapon Mod - All: Noise Suppressor (10) Audio Logs Y Data Weapon Mod - All: Audio Masking (5) AX Combat Logs Data Ballistics Data Y Data Suit Mod - All: Damage Resistance (10); Weapon Mod – Kinetic: Greater Range (10) Biochemical Agent Items Biological Sample Y Items Engineer Unlock: Oden Geiger (20 total, may also combine Employee Genetic Data and Genetic Research) Biological Weapon Data Data Biometric Data Y Data Weapon Mod - All: Scope (5); Weapon Mod - Kinetic: Higher Accuracy (5); Laser: Headshot Damage (5) Blacklist Data Data Blood Test Results Y Data Weapon Mod (Plasma): Headshot Damage (5) Building Schematic Items Californium Items Campaign Plans Data Carbon Fibre Plating Y Tech Suit Upgrades - Maverick: 5/15/25/35; Suit Mods – All: Damage Resistance (5) Cast Fossil Items Cat Media Y Data Engineer Unlock: Wellington Beck (20 total, may also combine Classic Entertainment and Multimedia Entertainment) Census Data Data Chemical Catalyst Y Chemicals Weapon Mod - Kinetic: Headshot Damage (10); Plasma: Higher Accuracy (10); Suit Mod – All: Increased Sprint Duration (15) Chemical Experiment Data Y Data Weapon Mod - Plasma: Headshot Damage (10) Chemical Formulae Y Data Weapon Mod - Plasma: Greater Range (10) Chemical Inventory Y Data Suit Mod – All: Extra Backpack Capacity (10) Chemical Patents Y Data Weapon Mod – Plasma: Higher Accuracy (5) Chemical Process Sample Items Chemical Sample Items Chemical Superbase Y Chemicals Weapon Upgrade: Plasma 5/15/25/35 Chemical Weapon Data Data Circuit Board Y Circuits Suit Mod - All: Enhanced Tracking (5); Weapon Mod – All: Audio Masking (5), Stowed Reloading (5); Weapon Mod – Laser: Greater Range (5) Circuit Switch Y Circuits Suit Mod – All: Night Vision (10) Classic Entertainment Y Data Engineer Unlock: Wellington Beck (20 total, may also combine Cat Media and Multimedia Entertainment) Clinical Trial Records Y Data Suit Mod - All: Increased Sprint Duration (5) Cocktail Recipes Data Combat Training Material Y Data Weapon Mod - All: Faster Handling (10), Reload Speed (10) ; Suit Mod - All: Added Melee Damage (10) Combatant Performance Y Data Weapon Mod - All: Faster Handling (10), Higher Accuracy (10); Suit Mod - All: Added Melee Damage (10) Compact Library Items Compression-Liquefied Gas Y Items Weapon Upgrades – Kinetic (1, 5, 10, 15); Weapon Mod - Kinetic: Greater Range (1) Conflict History Data Criminal Records Data Crop Yield Analysis Data Culinary Recipes Data Deep Mantle Sample Items Degraded Power Regulator Items Digital Designs Y Data Suit Mod - All: Increased Backpack Capacity (10); Weapon Mod - All: Stowed Reloading (10) Duty Rota Data Electrical Fuse Y Circuits Suit Mod - All: Reduced Tool Battery Consumption (5); Weapon Mod – Plasma: Greater Range (5) Electrical Wiring Y Circuits Suit Mod - All: Faster Shield Regen (15), Reduced Tool Battery Consumption (15), Improved Battery Capacity (10); Weapon Mod – Laser: Higher Accuracy (15) Electromagnet Y Circuits Weapon Mod – All: Reload Speed (10); Plasma: Greater Range (10), Headshot Damage (10), Higher Accuracy (20); Employee Directory Data Employee Expenses Data Employee Genetic Data Y Data Engineer Unlock: Oden Geiger (20 total, may also combine Biological Sample and Genetic Research) Employment History Data Encrypted Memory Chip Y Tech Weapon Mod - All: Stowed Reloading (15) Enhanced Interrogation Recordings Data Epinephrine Y Chemicals Suit Mod - All: Added Melee Damage (10), Combat Movement Speed (10) Epoxy Adhesive Y Chemicals Suit Mod - All: Damage Resistance (15), Extra Backpack Capacity (10) Espionage Material Data Evacuation Protocols Y Data Suit Mod - All: Combat Movement Speed (10) Exploration Journals Data Extraction Yield Data Y Data Weapon Mod – Kinetic: Higher Accuracy (10) Faction Associates Data Faction Donator List Data Faction News Data Financial Projections Y Data Engineer Unlock: Terra Velasquez (15), referral to Oden Geiger Fleet Registry Data G-Meds Y Items Suit Mod - All: Improved Jump Assist (10) Gene Sequencing Data Y Data Suit Mod - All: Increased Sprint Duration (5) Genetic Repair Meds Y Items Engineer Referral: Jude Navarro (5), referral to Terra Velasquez Genetic Research Y Data Engineer Unlock: Oden Geiger (20 total, may also combine Biological Sample and Employee Genetic Data); Suit Mod - All: Combat Movement Speed (5) Geographical Data Data Geological Data Data Graphene Y Chemicals Suit Upgrades - All: 5/15/25/35 Health Monitor Y Items Suit Upgrades - All: 1/5/10/15 Hush Items Hydroponic Data Data Incident Logs Data Inertia Canister Items Infinity Items Influence Projections Data Inorganic Contaminant Items Insight Items Insight Data Bank Items Insight Entertainment Suite Y Items Engineer Referral: Wellington Beck (5), referral to Uma Lazlo Internal Correspondence Data Interrogation Recordings Data Interview Recordings Data Ion Battery Y Circuits Suit Mod - All: Faster Shield Regen (5), Improved Battery Capacity (5); Weapon Mod (Plasma, Laser): Headshot Damage (10); Laser: Greater Range (20) Ionised Gas Y Items Weapon Upgrade (Plasma, Laser): 1/5/10/15; Weapon Mod – Plasma, Laser: Greater Range (1), Laser: Headshot Damage (1) Job Applications Data Kompromat Data Lazarus Items Literary Fiction Data Maintenance Logs Y Data Suit Mod - All: Improved Battery Capacity (15) Manufacturing Instructions Y Data Suit Upgrades - All: 1/5/10/15; Weapon Upgrades - All: 1/5/10/15 Medical Records Y Data Weapon Mod - Kinetic: Headshot Damage (5) Meeting Minutes Data Memory Chip Y Tech Suit Mod - All: Extra Backpack Capacity (5) Metal Coil Y Circuits Weapon Mod - All: Higher Accuracy (20), Magazine Size (10); Kinetic/Plasma: Greater Range (10) Micro Hydraulics Y Tech Suit Mod - All: Quieter Footsteps (5); Weapon Mod - All: Reload Speed (10), Stability (10) Micro Supercapacitor Y Circuits Suit Mod - All: Improved Battery Capacity (10); Weapon Mod – Plasma: Headshot Damage (15) Micro Thrusters Y Tech Suit Mod - All: Added Melee Damage (15), Improved Jump Assist (5) Micro Transformer Y Circuits Suit Mod - All: Faster Shield Regen (15), Reduced Tool Battery Consumption (10); Weapon Mod – Laser: Greater Range (15) Microbial Inhibitor Items Microelectrode Y Circuits Weapon Upgrade – Plasma, Laser: 5/15/25/35; Weapon Mod – Plasma: Higher Accuracy (20) Mineral Survey Y Data Weapon Mod – Plasma: Greater Range (15) Mining Analytics Y Data Weapon Mod - All: Noise Suppressor (10), Stability (10) Motor Y Circuits Suit Mod - All: Improved Jump Assist (10); Weapon Mod – Plasma: Greater Range (5) Multimedia Entertainment Y Data Engineer Unlock: Wellington Beck (20 total, may also combine Classic Entertainment and Cat Media) Mutagenic Catalyst Items Network Access History Data Network Security Protocols Data Next of Kin Records Data NOC Data Y Data Suit Mod - All: Night Vision (5) Nutritional Concentrate Items Operational Manual Y Data Weapon Mod - All: Faster Handling (10), Reload Speed (10), Stowed Reloading (10) Opinion Polls Y Data Engineer Unlock: Kit Fowler (20) Optical Fibre Y Circuits Weapon Upgrade Laser: 5/15/25/35; Weapon Mod - All: Scope (5), Laser: Higher Accuracy (25) Optical Lens Y Tech Weapon Mod - All: Scope (10); Laser: Greater Range (5), Headshot Damage (5), Higher Accuracy (5) Oxygenic Bacteria Y Chemicals Suit Mod - All: Increased Air Reserves (10), Increased Sprint Duration (10); Patient History Data Patrol Routes Y Data Suit Mod - All: Quieter Footsteps (10); Weapon Mod - All: Audio Masking (10) Payroll Information Data Personal Computer Items Personal Documents Items Personal Logs Data Petrified Fossil Items pH Neutraliser Y Chemicals Suit Mod - All: Combat Movement Speed (15), Increased Air Reserves (15) Pharmaceutical Patents Y Data Suit Mod - All: Increased Air Reserves (5) Photo Albums Data Plant Growth Charts Data Political Affiliations Data Power Regulator Y Items Suit Upgrades - All: 1/5/10/15 Prisoner Logs Data Production Reports Y Data Suit Mod - All: Extra Ammo Capacity (10); Weapon Mod - All: Reload Speed (10) Production Schedule Y Data Weapon Mod - All: Stowed Reloading (10) Propaganda Data Purchase Records Data Purchase Requests Data Push Y Items Engineer Referral: Domino Green (5), referral to Kit Fowler Pyrolytic Catalyst Items Radioactivity Data Y Data Suit Mod - All: Night Vision (5); Weapon Mod - Laser: Higher Accuracy (5) RDX Y Chemicals Weapon Mod – Kinetic: Greater Range (10), Headshot Damage (15), Higher Accuracy (10) Reactor Output Review Y Data Suit Mod – All: Faster Shield Regen (10), Battery Energy Capacity (10), Reduced Tool Energy Drain Multiplier (10) Recycling Logs Y Data Suit Mod - All: Extra Ammo Capacity (15) Refinement Process Sample Items Residential Directory Data Risk Assessments Y Data Weapon Mod - All: Stability (15); Laser: Greater Range (15) Sales Records Data Scrambler Y Tech Weapon Mod - All: Audio Masking (10); Laser: Headshot Damage (10) Security Expenses Y Data Weapon Mod - All: Magazine Size (5) Seed Geneaology Data Settlement Assault Plans Y Data Suit Mod - All: Quieter Footsteps (5) Settlement Defence Plans Y Data Engineer Referral: Hero Ferrari (15), referral to Wellington Beck Shareholder Information Data Ship Schematic Items Slush Fund Logs Data Smear Campaign Plans Y Data Engineer Unlock: Yarden Bond (8) Spectral Analysis Data Y Data Suit Mod - All: Enhanced Tracking (10); Weapon Mod - All: Scope (10); Laser: Headshot Damage (10) Spyware Data Stellar Activity Logs Y Data Suit Mod - All: Enhanced Tracking (10); Weapon Mod – Laser: Greater Range (10) Suit Schematic Y Items Suit Upgrades - All: 1/5/10/15 Surveillance Equipment Y Items Engineer Referral: Kit Fowler, referral to Yarden Bond; Suit Mod - All: Night Vision (10) Surveillance Logs Y Data Suit Mod - All: Night Vision (5) Synthetic Genome Items Synthetic Pathogen Items Tactical Plans Y Data Suit Mod - All: Quieter Footsteps (10) Tax Records Data Titanium Plating Y Tech Suit Upgrades – Dominator: 5/15/25/35; Suit Mod - All: Damage Resistance (5) Topographical Surveys Y Data Suit Mod - All: Enhanced Tracking (10), Improved Jump Assist (10); Weapon Mod – Kinetic: Greater Range (10) Transmitter Y Tech Suit Mod - All: Enhanced Tracking (5); Weapon Mod - All: Audio Masking (15) Travel Permits Data Troop Deployment Records Y Data Suit Mod - All: Increased Sprint Duration (5) True Form Fossil Items Tungsten Carbide Y Tech Weapon Upgrade - Kinetic: 5/15/25/35; Weapon Mod - All: Magazine Size (5) Union Membership Data Universal Translator Items Vaccination Records Data Vaccine Research Data Vehicle Schematic Items VIP Security Detail Data Virology Data Data Virus Data Viscoelastic Polymer Y Chemicals Suit Mod - All: Quieter Footsteps (15); Weapon Mod - All: Faster Handling (5), Noise Suppressor (15), Stability (10); Kinetic: Higher Accuracy (10) Visitor Register Data Weapon Component Y Tech Suit Mod - All: Extra Ammo Capacity (5); Weapon Upgrades - Kinetic: 5/15/25/35; Weapon Mod - All: Noise Suppressor (5), Magazine Size (5); Kinetic: Greater Range (5), Headshot Damage (5) Weapon Inventory Y Data Suit Mod - All: Damage Resistance (10), Extra Backpack Capacity (10) Weapon Schematic Y Items Weapon Upgrades - All: 1/5/10/15 Weapon Test Data Y Data Suit Mod - All: Extra Ammo Capacity (10); Weapon Mod - All: Magazine Size (10); Kinetic: Headshot Damage (10) Xeno-Defence Protocols Data
also recommend the elite odessey material helper app. tells you about suits and materials required.and weapons mods too
Thx to everyone for the info in this thread. I will need it
Agreed. The wish list part of that app brings order to the chaos.
92 (a quick, and possibly not entierly accurate, count) materials that has no purpose beyond selling, and are barely worth anything when you do. Which would be absolutely fine...if there was a reasonable in-game way to know what material is usefull and what isn't.
Commanders tool box is Horizon's data not Odessey unless i couldn't find the link to the Odessey materials
In my few months of playing i found some interesting tricks, not just including the supercruise station trick.
for farming material items i found some nice spots:
small satellite POI mission
Odessey mission for some mechanical part threat 2 or 3. Park within jumping distance from top of your ship (ship shields extend over your ship to cover you), on entering area use dumbfire missles to clear hostiles (wait for reinforcements and kill them too same way) then land with tail facing data port of satellite within sprint jump distance. after data gathered jump back on top of ship, relog. If enemy shows esc wait the 15 secs ( you are shielded so you will be fine ) and then relog. If no enemy jump to data port and gather. 4:5 times enemies show. There are some locations where no enemy will show, they are rare.
noc data
manufacturing data
surveillance logs
(not complete)
JUNK:
internal correspondence
census data
faction news
blacklist data
Large Satalite
Operation manual
Stellar Activity logs
Topographical Surveys
atmospherical data
Manufacturing instructions
Radioactivity data
mineral survey
downed skimmers POI
go to war or civil war state systems, check out horizon missions that have surface recovery of something in (civil) war state in the 'transport' tab (need cargo space and a SRV). Look for one with SRV and 2 downed skimmers. Skimmers have a data port on them. No cost on cancel
ballistics data, 1:3
manufacturing instructions, 1:4 <- optimal gather
settlement defense plans, 1:5 <- only gather
operation manual 1:2
patrol routes 1:2
surveillance logs, 1:7
maintenance logs 1:2
Junk:
Blacklist data 1:7
conflict history 1:10
Suit schematics: Large power stations main power room locked locker and upstairs in a locked locker 1:3 chance of a locker having a suit schematic. Arai's mine is very good for this as the fast farm is the CMD station, sec room and cmd room data ports, then over to the PWR building, 2 guards then loot. Hop back into ship just outside the CMD station and boost away at an inverted 50 degrees. exit SC just past the blue orbit (about 40k) reverse direction SC when ready right into glide back to the mine.
weapon schematics: larceny missions with 3 containers, relog after looting just don't get the mission loot.
power regulators: Find mission for some non-mechanical part, get to area and should say distress beacon threat 1. The one to find is a landed (not crashed) ship that has a open enough area just behind its engines for you to land. Go tail to tail (exit/boarding area) as close as possible so the ship can read the regulators that are present on the other ship. Hopefully you find one without enemy ( a few relogs will tell ). Then relog inside the ship. When a regulator shows, disembark grab and board then relog again. If you have enemy shooting you just relog, wait the 15 seconds for the danger exit, your shields are strong enough. Should get a good regulator in 1:4 Its faster than powerstation as you dont have to wait 3 minutes for shut down and possibly no enemies.
Settlement reset fast: Exit, lift gear boost to negative 65 degrees, inverted, supercruise. Then when past the blue line, you start to speed up from 250 km/s supercruise state, count 2 seconds then finished the loop rotating back to settlement you just left. you get to glide almost right away at 45 degrees or so, perfect glide. after glide at about 3-4 km out lower landing gear and then land at same area you left. You will be lined up the same.
for farming material items i found some nice spots:
small satellite POI mission
Odessey mission for some mechanical part threat 2 or 3. Park within jumping distance from top of your ship (ship shields extend over your ship to cover you), on entering area use dumbfire missles to clear hostiles (wait for reinforcements and kill them too same way) then land with tail facing data port of satellite within sprint jump distance. after data gathered jump back on top of ship, relog. If enemy shows esc wait the 15 secs ( you are shielded so you will be fine ) and then relog. If no enemy jump to data port and gather. 4:5 times enemies show. There are some locations where no enemy will show, they are rare.
noc data
manufacturing data
surveillance logs
(not complete)
JUNK:
internal correspondence
census data
faction news
blacklist data
Large Satalite
Operation manual
Stellar Activity logs
Topographical Surveys
atmospherical data
Manufacturing instructions
Radioactivity data
mineral survey
downed skimmers POI
go to war or civil war state systems, check out horizon missions that have surface recovery of something in (civil) war state in the 'transport' tab (need cargo space and a SRV). Look for one with SRV and 2 downed skimmers. Skimmers have a data port on them. No cost on cancel
ballistics data, 1:3
manufacturing instructions, 1:4 <- optimal gather
settlement defense plans, 1:5 <- only gather
operation manual 1:2
patrol routes 1:2
surveillance logs, 1:7
maintenance logs 1:2
Junk:
Blacklist data 1:7
conflict history 1:10
Suit schematics: Large power stations main power room locked locker and upstairs in a locked locker 1:3 chance of a locker having a suit schematic. Arai's mine is very good for this as the fast farm is the CMD station, sec room and cmd room data ports, then over to the PWR building, 2 guards then loot. Hop back into ship just outside the CMD station and boost away at an inverted 50 degrees. exit SC just past the blue orbit (about 40k) reverse direction SC when ready right into glide back to the mine.
weapon schematics: larceny missions with 3 containers, relog after looting just don't get the mission loot.
power regulators: Find mission for some non-mechanical part, get to area and should say distress beacon threat 1. The one to find is a landed (not crashed) ship that has a open enough area just behind its engines for you to land. Go tail to tail (exit/boarding area) as close as possible so the ship can read the regulators that are present on the other ship. Hopefully you find one without enemy ( a few relogs will tell ). Then relog inside the ship. When a regulator shows, disembark grab and board then relog again. If you have enemy shooting you just relog, wait the 15 seconds for the danger exit, your shields are strong enough. Should get a good regulator in 1:4 Its faster than powerstation as you dont have to wait 3 minutes for shut down and possibly no enemies.
Settlement reset fast: Exit, lift gear boost to negative 65 degrees, inverted, supercruise. Then when past the blue line, you start to speed up from 250 km/s supercruise state, count 2 seconds then finished the loop rotating back to settlement you just left. you get to glide almost right away at 45 degrees or so, perfect glide. after glide at about 3-4 km out lower landing gear and then land at same area you left. You will be lined up the same.
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