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I am very grateful that you keep making these guides (Elite Dangerous and No Man's Sky). The universes are changing, the games are updated so we need them. Please keep it up!
Why not just buy some extra containers ,you do it for the limpets so I don't get why you need to engineer a container. What are you going to do put a scope and extra msg on it
Hm, I think cross sample contamination would be bad. It might mutate into an elite dangerous alien intelligence ....like... the... Thargoid.... oh... oh my....Did I do that?
oh great, i bought it recently, completed the ship tutorial and have no clue how to get a mission i can do and how to join the Space (i have fps dlc) it just feel like there is nothing to do, the game doesnt propose anything
@SomostEwergarten some people love the freedom to do whatever they want. You can still follow this Starter guide and can make a small fortune even before mining just on bounties and exploration.
FYI for Surface Scanning he forgot to mention in the loadout that you need a Detailed Surface Scanner in your optional internal slot. Just replace the 2G Planetary Vehicle Hangar.
You actually don't need to delete the Vehicle Hangar, you can put the surface scanner in a size Ii slot. Keep the Vehicle Hangar and Size 3 fuel scoop, removing the 2 x Cargo Pods the Hauler comes with. Bear in mind the surface scanner is 250k so adds significantly to the cost estimate above. You should still be able to outfit the hauler for right around 1Mill if you go with a slightly less expensive scoop and B class upgrades instead of A (albeit quite a bit more mass)
9:57 - Minor correction here about the requirements for life on a planet (for those who go outside the bubble to look for undiscovered life): Brain Trees are a scannable lifeform found on planets with no atmosphere and have geographic activity. Typically these planets are very hot, so scan as quickly as possible and get back in your ship. They're even found on high G planets. They're even sometimes found on planets that are too high G to disembark to scan, or entirely too hot to disembark. They're also indicators of Guardian-related material.
@Everyone who ist starting to do the exploration part: Make sure to add an FUEL SCOOP to ur Hauler, since using those routes from the website, WILL lead you outside of the bubble. You won't be able to refuel when there are no stations and no fuel means ur fucked. The fuel sccop allows you to refuel at star, while flying close to it. Also make sure to have ur heatsink ready incase u get to hot. The fuel scoop for 900k is very quick and easy to use.
To those who read this comment, keep in mind if you DO end up running out of fuel, there is a lovely community known as the fuel rats who will help save you and get you to a station if need be. Be sure to check out their site!
Whats funny is i just picked up the game last week, and i was watching your 2020 version, hoping there would be an update soon. I made about 80mil mining in the Asp Explorer and now this just came out! Perfect!
This is an awesome tutorial. The game should have it as like "Main Quest" with steps like "Mine 100 Platinum" and Anaconda as final ultimate reward (after doing all the steps from the video). Please post more guide like videos!
I did a bunch of life form scanning in a hauler a while back (before the $$ buff, go figure). One thing I can say is you can find patches really easily in your ship. In fact, I found flying from patch to patch was so fast, I stopped deploying my SRV Boarding and disembarking a ship works as fast as it does in an SRV so the barrier to this method is landing and taking off. I found this easy enough to outweigh the benefits of using the SRV.
Thanks a lot for making this. Im not not a beginner at all. But I remember being so overwhelmed when I started a few years ago. And your video's helped me a lot. So I really appreciate you putting in the effort for the new commanders out there
It’s nice too bc following this guide you touch on every part. Exploring, mining, fighting, trading, missions. So by the end of it you’ll probably know what part you like the most
I totally approve this guide. I follow Hawkes best start videos, and have hundreds of millions in Star Citizen, billions in ED, its absurd. Thank you for making this guides for most confusing game genre out there. You definitely will end up with mire money then you ever need
"Finally" I've watched every out of date guide. Almost all ut gave up and just did 10mil trade runs in a type-7 Now I know the Secret and already have a Python
Training: When I bought Elite Dangerous I started with that training session and for some reason I could not get the hang of it. Since Steam back then had another refund policy and it was actually quite hard to get refunds I didn't bother and just uninstalled after a while of trying. For some reason abot a year later I decided to give it another try and i don't know why but.. it clicked. Heve been exploring the Galaxy eversince. Wish I had a guide like this back then lmao. It is good to see you updating tis with the evolving game.People like you, doing these guides, are on the same level to me as Rats.... In any other game, this would have been an insult lmao, in Elite.... not so much :) Mapping: Getting the bonus is actually pretty easy with most planets except for the gas giants. A planet with 6 shots given can be done in 4, a planet with 7 shots given can be done in 5 (most common numbers you will come across). In fact both can be done with one less if you place the probes exactly right. Just divide the planet in 3 when facing head on. Place one probe top side , one probe close to 4 o clock and one probe slightly over 8 o clock using the center of your middle reticule as the targeting point. if done exactly correct, a 6 will be done, if slightly off, just shoot another probe straight ahead to finis the last bit. For a 7 you might need to shoot an aditional 5th, aim slightly below the bottom point of your centre reticule and it should be done.. Is it a little bit of money extra... yes... is it a matter of pride to get the bonus... also yes. Happy Holidays Hawkes
@Hawkes Gaming - When getting to a system and fuel scooping, pro tip: If you get the pirate's warning message. Get as close to the star, about 80% heat level and face your back to it. Interdiction requires a cone behind you. When the pirate tries to fly back there - they crash into the star. Then resume enjoying the wait as your refuel knowing the former threat is now a messy molten memory.
The new secret method is so amazing! It works like a charm. If only I could have some friends to do those mission with me, then I could make even more money
Nice to see a "how I get rich" video from you again! When I rejoined Elite Dangerous a few years ago, your videos were THE entry point for me. Not only did you show me how to earn credits, but you also provided precise quick reference guides for almost every area of Elite. THANK YOU! I have only one problem, I can't find any minor factions that have expansion and bust. Is that possibly due to the current "situation"? I'm looking forward to your next video!
Im a veteran and I still like the videos. I would have killed for these kind of videos when I first started ED well before Horizons Xpac came out. Starting back then was absolutely brutal. I was stuck in a lowly Cobra forever as nothing you did in game then was very profitable. Youd mine Painite and Palladium for hours (LTD and deep core mining wasnt a thing then) and MIGHT make 1M profit lol. BH was a joke, exploration income was pretty much non existant, passenger missions werent a thing then, well you get the jist lol
Your videos are A1. You have no idea how much your videos helped me out when I was starting out in this game and I am really happy that you made an updated guide! You rock!
Always love these how to have the best start videos, brings me back to the one you did in 2019. If it wasn't for that video and the engineering vids you did. I don't think I would've stuck with the game for this long.
I bought Elite a long time ago but just never really got into it. I just picked up Odyssey yesterday as i have started to hear good things about it since its had some updates and man am I having a blast. I'm not a roleplaying kind of person, but there is something about this game that just draws me in and before i know it my wife is laughing at me as i'm acting like a real space CMDR. Thanks so much for these vids.
I'm just now returning to this game after dropping it just before Odyssey came out, so this helps out a lot! Gonna take my time, linger around the protected systems before ultimately braving the frontier.
You eventually learn what ships are pirates and/or hostiles based on how they fly. I've gotten pretty accurate on picking out the pirates w/out scanning
Love your videos, I'm explorer Elite 3*, but your videos helped me about pretty much everything else. Keep up the good work, and all the best from Croatia! o7!
Watching this gets me excited for starting a roleplay playthrough on my second account. And I know a lot of people hate on the Hauler, including myself, but...I've gotta admit, it's growing on me. I went straight to an Adder on my first account, so maybe I should grab a Hauler this time.
1. For the probing, there is an easy fix for most planets. They want you to use 6 probes for efficiency and you can simply use 2 triangels to always get it. the first tirangle is used on max range, so aim out as far as possible which makes it hits the back of the planet. You can start at 12 and then move to 4 and 7 o'clock respectively. Then you make a second triangle which is upside down. Aim your circles outer line so it touches the middle line for the distance. Shoot that one on 10, 2 and 6 o'clock. you wont need to shoot the middle of the planet at the start, as the second triangle overlaps the middle anyways, which takes down the probes used from 7 to 6. PS: You guys need to buy the "Detailed Surface Scanner 1I" in your optional internal 1 slot or you cant probe any planets. 2. You can use Inara to find a system which has the python and all its A-Rated parts, as of 08.02.2024 its the 109 Piscium system. Simply give the system as your endpoint on spansh and the system you're in as the starting one. take out loop, give it all the other stuff like jump distance and how many systems you wanna work on your way to the python and have a pleasant time working towards the python not only economically but phyiscally as well. GL to all the new commanders who stumble across this gem of a video. Update: Finding Monazite is a real pain, for a skilled player its very easy to do but as a new player youre basicly down to chance because it feels like 1/3 of asteroids are bright enough. Notice tho, that smaller asteroids tend to be brighter and bait you, if you ever find a monazite core, dont destroy it. instead you want to go to mdules and turn your prospector controller off and back on, this makes it so that the asteroid is no longer marked and you can ping it again to see how it brightens up at different distances, what the exact shape is from different angles and what you need to look for in order to identify different asteroids later. This wont make it 100% but you will get better at finding them faster this way. Its still gonna suck until you are at least somewhat accurate at spotting them. Laser Mining is really chill but also boring, go for the overlapping ones, engage the middle of the bigger one facing at the smaller point and have it marked. This way, when you enter you will autofocus on the second point whenever you arent focusing on other things, so you can fly from one hotspot in the direction of the other one and have a better chance at finding higher % Asteroids. taking about 100 limpets is a good mark so you can get close to the 190 units of whatever youre grabbing. Its boring but consistant and it only takes a around 5-7 trips to get the type-9 with all upgrades and have enough money to buy allied status in your system of choice while also having the rebuy.
While it is a great moneymaking guide, I don't really agree that it's the best start for a new player. Part of the fun of a new game is learning it's systems and overcoming them. When I started playing, earning enough to buy a Cobra (300,000) was a big thing and hitting my first million was a milestone I was pretty proud of because I figured out how to do it myself. Now you're showing how to make 10's of millions in their first session, but only by following what other people have done and bypassing the discovery. Day 1: buy a Python. Day 2: Buy an Anaconda. Day 5: Buy a fleet carrier. Day 6: Find something else to play because you've finished Elite. Like I said, it's a great moneymaking guide, but you should be aiming it at advanced players that want to grind to a bigger ship, not at people just starting out.
I hardly comment, but I really enjoy your videos. This is a niche sim and I apperiate the humor and concentrated information with pleanty of needed detail. Thank you for updating them, a lot of people don't realise a lot has changed and some old information is completely useless. Keep on truckn' Commander!
Don't need this but I like watching. As of now I hardly ever even fly myself. I use space taxis around and just buy new ships where I need to or transfer my ship to the area.
I don't even use the srv for plant gunning. Just fly around and jump out and scan. Then fly a little bit away with landing gear still down. Seems to be faster for me. What I really would like is a fighter that can land.
Well done Badger. Very good. I just shared it with one of my new noobie Sqn members, on his way form Harmless, Penniless and Directionless. The only way is up.
Whoa, 1kk bounty from mooching? I wish i knew this back when i started. Jumped right into ground combat, don't regret it so far but that amount of money would have really helped me save some time
Nice vid! But my starting experience is contrary to the chain of events you propose. So, I reset my char to begin Odyssey, (haven't played for at least a year) created a character, did the little intro ground mission, and ended up on HIP-29970, (or something) quite a distance from the noobula and Dromi. And I don't have a noobula permit. There didn't seem to be any way to influence my starting location either. So I guess I'll just either fly around until I find a high extraction site to mooch in, or just start with RTR and get a Hauler as soon as I can. *shrugs* Oh, and I wasn't offered the Welcome to the Universe mission either. Also the "exact" hauler layout you show doesn't contain a DSS... so I guess it's not all that exact.
Hi Hawkes, Sorry if someone already asked this, but Ive been having a hell of a time finding out how to get into the starter system (Dromi to be specific). Ive deleted my save 2x (only like 4hr total, all trying to figure this out) and tried starting in Horizons after it didnt give me the permit in Odyssey. Neither worked. Most guides start out with the mooching method on bounties, which Im happy to do but Id rather do it to start in the starter system. I am a complete newb, coming from (whisper) SC (Dont flame too hard) so I have to unlearn a few things. Im very greatful for all your videos (SC and ED).
@@dodogamarama2294 Hey thanks for the reply. I did eventually come to that conclusion after I realized the diff between horizons and odyssey. Thanks for replying though. I appreciate it!
when i reset my commander i first did a few missions to get enough for a cobra then outfitted for piracy and headed to a good hunting ground.. turns out even though nerfed, piracy is still substantially faster than pretty much everything else in game, if you know where to look. best thing is piracy doesnt require stupid op builds or anything just a pulse lazser and a seeker rack 1 collector limpet and 1 hatch breaker and some somewhat quick drives the rest can be cargo racks and if youre good you can even run shieldless as youre primarily targeting lakon ships and they typically use mine launchers.
i just picked the game up! debating between solo or multiplayer. i do want to do some combat later down the line but i also want to chill and enjoy my time exploring and gathering things
I did 13 jumps of my road to riches route today. I did a bunch of exobiology and turned it in for about 85 million. I think I'm going to do the rest of the route in my new diamondback explorer!
Love your content CMDR Hawkes! When I started playing a year ago, your Road to Riches video put me on the right path in the game! Your mining videos taught me the love of Core and Subsurface mining! Thanks for all you for the community! o7 CMDR
38:20 So remember, Rookies. Never go to hazard enough RES with your paper hull, get at least Reinforced hull pack and if you can engineer it at least on Heavy duty 3 + Angled
6:03 "Here is the exact load-out in the Hauler I will be using to complete our next money making stage." Your Detailed Surface Scanner (the probe launcher) appears to be missing from your "exact load-out". That's kind of a glaring omission.
I just made my first Billion in game by mission stacking team massacre pirates missions, we would take every mission against this one faction in an area from every faction that would offer it. If you take missions against the same targets from different factions, they all stack and you only have to kill 1 pirate for it to count for 1 in each mission total. BIG money in a few hours, especially with friends who have engineered Corvettes with healing lasers.
Get out of the newbie bubble, join squadron that's active and runs wings. jump on a FC and join the thargoid fight by sitting in a multi-crew equipped ship and take over fighters. pop the big bugs before they die. after about 1-4 hours you should have well over 150,000,000. Rinse and repeat for one long holiday weekend and you could hit your first billion. I helped a new player reach over 500 million in one 6 hours session with a group. Now take that sweet cash and use it to min/max grade a jump ship. use that to farm mats and unlock engineers. You should have enough CR for many many weeks while you do the grindy part for how long it takes.
I might be appropriate candidate for "Training Day" anti-achievement - for having Anaconda (from coffee mug event obviously) without any trainings. No struggle at all. And yes - than You for deep mining guide - EZ Anaconda in 2019 for an couple of hours. Yes $1.5M were nice boost for starters.
Exploration is such a cheatcode .. I think I spent around 100h of exploring and banked my first billion ...with a b, yes, and its now up to almost 2b .. I havent the faintest idea what to do with all that money, but it sure is fun to have a whole string of first footfalls and first discoveries to my name. And forget all the nonsense about upgrading your ship .. you need a diamond back explorer, and engineer the drive a little to get to 50ly jumprange, but other than that its the god-tier exploration ship due to being able to land just about anywhere.
Been playing Elite for a couple years, and I have to say the Expansion+Bust trick was brand new to me (hunting missions by system state as a whole is new, tbh). I will admit though, trying to find that pairing has been somewhat infuriating lately, as I have found 1 such system in the last month. Made the most of it while I could though, and was able to upgrade the armor on my 'Conda to get military grade and reactive surface composite. All in all, I am very appreciative of your videos and the new little tricks that I've learned from them.
Hey, this seems super thorough and entertaining. Unfortunately, with Odyssey, I start as a brand new player at Chamberlain's Rest and don't have access to Dromi. So I'm not sure what to do or where to go. Your advice about finding a High Resource Extraction Site doesn't work. There aren't any showing on the list here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I literally was sorting through the comments looking to see if this was asked and answered. I reset my commander because I forgot more about this game than I think I ever knew and figured better to start from scratch and the first several steps of his guide don't seem to apply to where the game actually has you start, not only are we not in Dromi there are no "Welcome to the galaxy" missions. In fact you have to do the on foot training as the first thing your character does and then you are dropped on foot inside Chamberlain's Rest. Would be nice to see an update that includes the actual way the modern game starts and isn't referencing the horizons' start.
Dude, you could make videos about paint drying or grass growing, and I would still like your relaxing, informative, and funny way to learn everything about it.
Great stuff. The only thing that threw me off is i was taking 16 jumps for what spansh said was a 4 jump trip. Beginner's need to know to change route settings on the galaxy map! I got blasted by some Thargoids.
I just jumped into the game & it was a little awkward to say the least but I like a good challenge that's what game's are for and it's nice to come on a site and learn how to mine or learn the ropes & personally looking back I'm happier I did it without the help of anything outside of the game.
Can you kindly add the build as a link to the description please? Not that I wouldn't love to keep coming back. You've earned my like and subscribe. Cheers bud!
RIP to me. Following the core mining section and realized I bought a 7A power plant when I need nowhere near that amount of power! Also hauling around an extra 20T 🤦♂
Picked up the game last week and decided to go the explorer rout with a tinge of bounty hunter, and damn, I thought I was doin good when I got 5 mil credits from cartographic data on my last expedition which lasted like 6 hrs and was so happy to get the diamondback explorer which was what I was gunning for when I started. This video is properly making me feel like the noob that I am, but damn do I just find exploration fun
I love the last method of trading missions. Discovered it by myself a while ago. Cash is in abundance. First in Anaconda, later in Type 9, and now in Cutter. Cutter is really best for this. I almost never got interdicted, but the few times it happenes, NPCs do not have a chance of catch up with me. Cutter engeneered ofc. I fly without shields and weapons so fight is not an option. Type 9 is soooo much slower that I wonder why I waited for so long to switch to Cutter. I had it for some time...
Tip: If you're close to the optimum yield strength don't just tap your charge on any fissure, make sure you're tapping it on a high strength fissure as low strengths will pretty much always go beyond optimum yield.
When I started I wasn't in the newbie zone. Every mission near me was too hard. Died, and then it spawned me in a different system and I no longer have my ship.
Really good video, one thing tho, i've (atleast for me personally) found that it's faster to use the ship to go around for plants, and also i suffer from massive motion sickness/naussia when i use the SRV, so that's something to consider. And yes i've tried the focus on horrizon and all that, but without success i often spend about 5 mins on a surface when i use the ship, to seach for plants, when i only go after one type of plant.
35:40 it is so strong bug, they can't patch it up for a looong time. Rumors says you neen to obey charge templates AND use small bombs first, other one says you need to fill only lower blue line, not both. Still unclear.
I think this might already be out of date. I didn't end up in a newbie zone rather got dropped in some place called Chamberlain's Rest. No sign of the "Welcome" missions either.
Video is awesome, a massive help for a nube. Wish you included the advanced planetary scanner in the load out. As I was following it, and I got to that part and didn't have the device I needed after my first load of jumps 😂. Had to fly all the way back.
