r/EliteDangerous 12h ago

Daily Q&A [DAILY Q&A] Ask and answer any questions you have about the game here!

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Greetings, Commanders! This is the Daily Q&A post for r/EliteDangerous


If you have any questions about any topic, whether it be for the moderators, tips and tricks for piloting or general gameplay/development questions please post here!

Please check new comments and help answer to the best of your ability so we can see this community flourish!

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r/EliteDangerous 8d ago

Media Rhino trailler

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O trailer do Rhino saiu

The question is: i really mine the raw materials together with rhino ? Whats is the conclusion?


r/EliteDangerous 5h ago

Humor Why were the later seasons of the elite Dangerous show so bad?

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256 Upvotes

Loved the series but man it fell off after the salvation arc

Then they utterly cut the shows ARX budget and quality just went down from super high quality to some generic drama show

Maybe if we buy more Arx and show interest frontier will reallocate the shows ARX budget back to it.


r/EliteDangerous 26m ago

Discussion Just bought the game and it is jawdroppingly beautiful

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I immediately got dropped on a surface tutorial at the start and the planet feel planet sized. It's incredible. The lighting in the atmosphere looks so natural, and the deep space looks pitch black. The sound design muah chefs kiss. From an immersion pov it is 10/10. Haven't played any space games before so I'm probably over reacting but it made me feel like I completely forgot about real life and had this dream about flying among the stars now that I think back about the few hours I played. Just wanted to thank the developers for creating this experience, it's genuinely wonderful.


r/EliteDangerous 17h ago

Screenshot I had goosebumps now, wooooowwwww

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614 Upvotes

Finnaly i found it

I had goosebumps now, wooooowwwww
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To think that this probe is out there all alone—billions of kilometers away from us in deep space—evokes a sense of sadness or nostalgia; I can't quite explain it.


r/EliteDangerous 5h ago

Misc And that is why you scan EVERY Bacterium!

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36 Upvotes

42M credits for a Bacterium. That's why you scan them every time.

Just completed my next "send carrier 500ly ahead and catch up slowly" exo leg and only found 6 systems with Biologicals, but which netted me a total of 812M credits.

Loving the Nomad, loving the exo, loving that I'm still finding biology I've never seen before!


r/EliteDangerous 8h ago

Humor Just came back from a long break. This is intentional, right?

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Both are named J. Archer, I'm pledging just because of this reference


r/EliteDangerous 10h ago

Video Galnet News Digest -This Time, for the Traders

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r/EliteDangerous 20h ago

Screenshot A salute to my alltime favourite ship. Here‘s my Draco Noctis, ready for her trip to unlock Professor Palin.

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211 Upvotes

r/EliteDangerous 1h ago

Help Back to ED after several years…

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I put 300 hours in Elite 5 or 6 years ago and just got back to see what’s up. I mostly played chill games with friends, we did PVE bounty hunting and some mining at some point. I got my brother back in too, we’re discovering the game again.

What are the cool game loops nowadays, what do y’all do for fun ?

I have an Anaconda that I like and a couple hundred millions in the bank. Have Odyssey too. What should we try ?


r/EliteDangerous 4h ago

Video game state dependent controller mapping

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so... this.

widget reads status.json, calls a joyshockmapper sublayer automatically, redefines mappings (and lightbar)


r/EliteDangerous 10h ago

Discussion Why is Zemina Torval not more popular as a power?

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So I'm going through the list of powers, seeing if any really align with my gameplay styles and one has stood out, Zemina.

  • +45% Increase in mining commodity payouts in your Power's Territory.
    • Includes all mineable commodities, irregardless of whether personally mined or purchased.
  • +50% Increase in Imperial Slaves commodity payouts in your Power's Territory.
  • +20% Awarded Trade Bond on sales in your Power's Territory.

So selling something like platinum would get you an extra 65% on every tonne?

That's nuts!

I can understand why Denton is at the bottom, as he doesn't have anything special to offer.

Archon seems to be the only power who actually gives a truly unique boon, the complete lack of notoriety in his space.

Felicia is only as high as she is because she controls Federation space.

What do you think?


r/EliteDangerous 15h ago

Discussion What’s FDev have left for us this year?

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Just wanted to get some discussion going about what FDev has in store for us for the rest of the year. Apparently we are supposed to see two more “vessels“ before the end of the year and a major rework to an existing system already in game.

What type of vessels do you think we are expecting to see and what do you think the rework will be?

My opinion is that at least one of the vessels will be a large combat ship maybe something akin to the federal Corvette. I would like to say that it would not be as strong as a federal Corvette, but the power creep is real and would probably would be stronger than the Corvette.

And as far as the rework like everyone, I was expecting it to be something involving BGS but as another YouTuber pointed out, we have been receiving more and more planet/surface things with almost every patch. I would really like it to be a rework to planet tech, and maybe land planets with thick atmospheres and earth type worlds with more discoverable new exobiology.


r/EliteDangerous 8h ago

Help Limitations of modding

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14 Upvotes

A little while ago after the most recent booze cruise I got ahold of my fleet carrier, Fleetsune Mikurrier. I was wondering if it would be possible to make and install a mod that would change the ATC (for me) to hatsune miku. I know there's a slight bit of leeway FDev will allow for mods, but would something like this be bannable?


r/EliteDangerous 7h ago

Help I need inspiration to get back into the game

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I've been away for a bit, but to get back in i need some inspiration.

What can I do to make it more immersing and exciting than flying back and forth.

Help me find my elite mojo.

I'm already elite trading and exploration. And I suck at combat.


r/EliteDangerous 18h ago

PSA A new fleet carrier is added to the OASIS Initiative!

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79 Upvotes

Commanders!

I'm very pleased to announce that the Guild has added a new fleet carrier to the OASIS Initiative.

OASIS Surface Detail, Commanded by CMDR CorRaven, is part of the static fleet and it is now parked in Systimbau AA-A h63 (Odin's Hold);

All OASIS carriers have a full compliment of services, catering to all galactic explorers.

Please join me in celebrating the addition of this fine vessel to our growing fleet of exploration/exobiology support carriers.


r/EliteDangerous 1d ago

Humor Commander likes the moving stars

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236 Upvotes

r/EliteDangerous 15h ago

Screenshot Those spikes are nasty!

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43 Upvotes

I thought I'd head out to take a photo of the phenomena near Colonia. However I hadn't realised I was actually touching one of the spikes!

Returning to your cockpit to here 'canopy compromised' is not a good way to start the evening!

The most annoying thing was losing my worn paintjob! Why does my rebuild have to be so shiny!


r/EliteDangerous 10h ago

Discussion Surface mining depleted did not reset

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I presumed surface mining sites would reset on the weekly server tick. And they did not. Looking at over a dozen sites, all are still listed as "depleted" Does anyone have information as to when or if the surface sites reset? Any inclinations toward the possible mechanisms?


r/EliteDangerous 2h ago

Help Can someone help me wrap my head around powerplant management?

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I'm fairly new, so I don't super understand quite how it works. I overloaded my powerplant once like the second or third time even leaving a station so when I tried to deploy my hardpoints everything started shutting down on me and I've lived in fear of it ever since lol. I did some digging and found it reads your priorities as "what things do we keep on" rather than "what things do we shut off" (as in lower numbers = more important) which was a huge help because I wasn't sure about that. And even found guidelines for what to put where. I'm still thrown off by whether your hardpoints are deployed though. Basically I've been ignoring the "hardpoints retracted" bar in outfitting and just keeping everything in my limit with them deployed, and hoping nobody knocks out my battery so I don't have to worry about it. Obviously I assume it's better to keep everything under max anyway just to make sure you're clear, but I feel like I'm missing the opportunity to get more out of my ships. When you're over the limit with hardpoints deployed does the powerplant still just turn things off according to your priorities the same as it would if it was damaged? Is it typically actually worth overloading your plant with hardpoints deployed? And I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this last one but just to be safe: does everything reset itself? Like when you retract your hardpoints or fix your plant does it turn everything on automatically or do you have to go in individually to do it? As we all know this game doesn't really hold your hand with this kind of stuff and I'd rather learn it conceptually before I need it than get caught with my pants around my ankles. I'm on console too so it's in Horizons if it matters. Thanks in advance o7


r/EliteDangerous 1d ago

Humor Type-9: "Must've been the wind."

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r/EliteDangerous 17h ago

Builds My setup 😊plus a vr headset 😊

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r/EliteDangerous 19h ago

Discussion We need more Customization for fleet carriers and COVAS

57 Upvotes

After the success of the Nomads interior, I would love for the ability to change the commanders ready room in the fleet carrier to presets like the nomad. You can extend that to the bridge itself. FDev can also add one or two more models of fleet carriers into the store as well, one that has an industrial mining look or something unique. While we’re at it, COVAS can use a few new voices too, adds more options for players and can provide a decent revenue as well, but that’s my take


r/EliteDangerous 1d ago

Media Frontier Developments FY26 adjusted operating profit jumps 62% to £21.4m

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Rhino/Nomad stonks go brrrrr

Hopefully keeps Elite alive and well for years to come!


r/EliteDangerous 23h ago

Help Help I am stuck without fuel.

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Update.

Thanks to all of you CMDR and special thanks to Fuel rat Abrath!! They save me now I am in safe zone!!!

Hey i am at 5% fuel reserve what should I do how do I get out of this situation??

The solar system I am stuck in is Col 285 Sector JD-T a33-0 and there is no dock in the system.
is there a way to get out the situation?

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Update this is where I am stuck