Want to visit 1000 earth-like worlds without venturing too far from Sol? Well now you can!
Presenting The Great Earth-Like World Tour!
You'll visit 1000 Earth-Like worlds over 967 systems, and you'll never venture more than 7k LY from Sol. But how much will you earn? How long will it take? The answer to these questions varies greatly on a number of factors, but let's make some assumptions. I've seen figures that guess a honked-only system earning on average 10k - I think this is high so have assumed 8k for a honked system. I've assumed 70k for an ELW. For my "fast" times, I've assumed you'll manage to make a jump every 60 secs and you'll spend no longer than 5 mins (on average) scanning each ELW. For the "faster" times, you'll need to go 50 secs per jump and no more than 2.5mins (average) scanning each ELW. Clear? OK, then here are the stats:
You can improve earnings massively by scanning 1 or 2 other terraforming candidates in each ELW system, or water worlds - but this will obviously increase total time for the journey.
In case you're interested, the journey looks like this (-5k LY -> +5k LY on X-axis and -2.5K LY -> +7.5K LY on Z-axis, red dot is Sol)
Not got the stomach for 1000 ELWs? 7K LY from Sol still too far for you? How about a diet version that'll visit 200 ELWs and not venture more than 1K LY from Sol? On the same google doc there's also a "Mini ELW Tour" worksheet that will visit 200 ELWs in 189 systems. With the same assumptions, the stats for this one look like this:
If you're fast, and can jump at least 30 LY you can potentially earn over 1m credits per hour. Yes, it's not as lucrative as neutron farming - but on the plus side it's not neutron farming!
Disclaimer: I haven't actually done either of these tours. All numbers are (mostly) guesses! etc etc. A good portion of both routes is in the bubble, so take shields!
Presenting The Great Earth-Like World Tour!
You'll visit 1000 Earth-Like worlds over 967 systems, and you'll never venture more than 7k LY from Sol. But how much will you earn? How long will it take? The answer to these questions varies greatly on a number of factors, but let's make some assumptions. I've seen figures that guess a honked-only system earning on average 10k - I think this is high so have assumed 8k for a honked system. I've assumed 70k for an ELW. For my "fast" times, I've assumed you'll manage to make a jump every 60 secs and you'll spend no longer than 5 mins (on average) scanning each ELW. For the "faster" times, you'll need to go 50 secs per jump and no more than 2.5mins (average) scanning each ELW. Clear? OK, then here are the stats:
| Jump Range (LY) | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 |
| Total Jumps (est) | 8649 | 7271 | 6315 | 5571 | 5019 | 4561 |
| Avg. jumps between systems | 8.94 | 7.52 | 6.53 | 5.76 | 5.19 | 4.72 |
| Approx total earnings (Millions) | 139.19 | 128.17 | 120.52 | 114.57 | 110.15 | 106.49 |
| Approx total time - fast (hours) | 227.48 | 204.52 | 188.58 | 176.18 | 166.98 | 159.35 |
| Approx total time - faster (hours) | 161.79 | 142.65 | 129.38 | 119.04 | 111.38 | 105.01 |
| Earnings/hour - fast (thousands) | 612 | 627 | 639 | 650 | 660 | 668 |
| Earnings/hour - faster (thousands) | 860 | 898 | 932 | 962 | 989 | 1,014 |
You can improve earnings massively by scanning 1 or 2 other terraforming candidates in each ELW system, or water worlds - but this will obviously increase total time for the journey.
In case you're interested, the journey looks like this (-5k LY -> +5k LY on X-axis and -2.5K LY -> +7.5K LY on Z-axis, red dot is Sol)
Not got the stomach for 1000 ELWs? 7K LY from Sol still too far for you? How about a diet version that'll visit 200 ELWs and not venture more than 1K LY from Sol? On the same google doc there's also a "Mini ELW Tour" worksheet that will visit 200 ELWs in 189 systems. With the same assumptions, the stats for this one look like this:
| Jump Range (LY) | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 |
| Total Jumps (est) | 1083 | 920 | 805 | 715 | 641 | 590 |
| Avg. jumps between systems | 5.73 | 4.87 | 4.26 | 3.78 | 3.39 | 3.12 |
| Approx total earnings (Millions) | 22.66 | 21.36 | 20.44 | 19.72 | 19.13 | 18.72 |
| Approx total time - fast (hours) | 34.72 | 32.00 | 30.08 | 28.58 | 27.35 | 26.50 |
| Approx total time - faster (hours) | 23.38 | 21.11 | 19.51 | 18.26 | 17.24 | 16.53 |
| Earnings/hour - fast (thousands) | 653 | 668 | 679 | 690 | 699 | 706 |
| Earnings/hour - faster (thousands) | 970 | 1,012 | 1,047 | 1,080 | 1,110 | 1,133 |
If you're fast, and can jump at least 30 LY you can potentially earn over 1m credits per hour. Yes, it's not as lucrative as neutron farming - but on the plus side it's not neutron farming!
Disclaimer: I haven't actually done either of these tours. All numbers are (mostly) guesses! etc etc. A good portion of both routes is in the bubble, so take shields!
