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.
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!
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
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.
@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.
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)
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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!
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!
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!
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 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.
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...
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!
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.
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
"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
@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!
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
I went and did Star Citizen cuz I stumbled onto your videos. Sigh, suppose I will just have to do and do this one to. Long time Eve player here and lover of space pixels. I heard about both games, but never bothered because all the negative comments of the internets. Always trust anything you here on the internets right? Star Citizen is much better than I heard and I hope that Elite will be the same. Anyway great content. Of course I have since went on to find other content creators and they are pretty good to. Just know that you are the original enabler and oh my god why did I spend that on a frigging space pixel game overlord. Not that much, but three accounts later with the obligatory Cutter/Cutter/Titan starter packs. I did somewhat lighting my bank account. Then I needed a game pad. Then I got sticks. Haven't even been playing that long. I should have just stuck with one lol. There is pirating I want to try and do not want to mess up my stats to badly with my everyday account. Mercenary things. Bad guy things. Ya know. Let us see what Elite will bring.
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
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
Love your content so missing elite. They killed it on console so got a pc. Hope it’s good never played on pc and we’ll need a few more things. Hotas or hosas with throttle control. 🤷🏽. But should be ok. 49” ultra wide
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
The best start for money is, join others telepresence and get millions > buy dbx + artemis for exobiology > do booze cruise event. Then farm materials and build AX ships > do AX combats in spires. And then u hit billions in 500h 😂 or maybe less if u don't waste time in extra less money. But sadly the orthrus is already merfed.
Um, there's no Odyssey (walking) in this video. Great review for Horizons tho, thx. I can't seem to find any true beginner Odyssey video, because suit & weapon upgrades are needed before anyone but an expert can complete a mission in Odyssey. Start Odyssey with no money with just ground missions....unlikely
really nice video, thank you so much. Can you do it with only fighting ? I'm really curious to know if you can be profitable from start to end game with combat
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.
I think something is not quite right with the secret trade mission secret. When you select the faction from the first filter list and go to the states tab, all systems of the faction will be listed, not only the 1billion+ populations ones. Now finding one that is in expansion, bust and 1bio+ population seems just about impossible.
Same here. I went through every single entry on the list and not one state fit the criteria. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if there was a change to the game that rendered this method impossible.
Hey! Can you please share a link to the hauler build youre using? Its not readable from the video. Also what is the name of the station you can buy all the componets? I cannot understand what you say in the video. Please write it down somewhere.
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.
The easiest way to make credits in ED PC. You join a public discord. Ask anyone who's doing massacre missions & that you'd like to join them. Most CMDR's will share their missions making you 100million+ credits. Sometimes I join a channel, and another CMDR asks, hey Halo? You want to join my team? I'm about to hand in a full stack of missions.
@@HawkesGaming That's cool I suppose. I've talked with other CMDR's talk about their afk builds. I'm more hands on. I have a T-10 pve (non-thargoid) build and it only has one turret on it. The rest are gimballed.
And always remember to check in what system youre going .... or you end like me... after hour of scanning and flying to a lot of systems .. i landed in targoid system xD and my ship go boom and everything is lost xD
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!
The Brand NEW Updated Super Mega Best Start Guide for Elite Dangerous is Located here!
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Boy did your vids help when I started 2 years ago. Can't thank you enough! 1200 hours in, I'm gonna watch this one too!
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!
You forgot to mention you need to buy the detailed surface scanner, its not on the parts list of the hauler.
Anyone else think we totally need an engineering upgrade to the genetic sampler that allows for multiple different sample containers at once?
That would certainly be win.
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
Yes please
Any kind of update to this that would let it act like the hopper when you're mining asteroids would be welcome.
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?
I'll be starting work on the 2024 Best Start very soon!
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.
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!
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
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.
Man I hate how they just left console in the dust
quickly realizing a lot of this is irrelevant to an xbox player
Seriously. Thankfully they transferred my Playstation saves to PC so now I can continue
i expected a lot of filler funny music edits or jokes but this was pure information that worked well for me, thanks.
@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.
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.
I FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY LOL
THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP
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)
I knew there was another one I needed but it wasn't in the loadout and here I am at the first location without one lol
@@RionPhotography xD exactly what happened to me so I came back to the video thinking I missed something.
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
Did not expect this to upload, good to see you're keeping these updated!!
Makes me smile when I think back to when Elite dropped it took me nearly a month to make my first million. And that was playing every evening!
These.are.the.days.of.instant.gratification..."I.become.an.overnight.Billionair.with.no.work.envolved.for.me.or.this.game.is.a.LOSER"...
As said by Wizard Zabobon in 'The Big Knights'
"I like Cheese"
Keep them coming mate.
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
Played console for years just jumped into pc vr version with quest 3... wow what an experience .
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 just started playing Elite Dangerous,and your videos help me a lot, thanks.
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.
Great vids. Always appreciate your stuff.
Started just last month and already a billionaire from watching your videos. Robigo mine runs :)
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.
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.
I have a brain tree video coming soon. It's the only rare acception.
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 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!
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).
You can't get there anymore. if you have odyssey the starting zone there has a bunch of RES to do this method i just did it myself here
@@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!
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!
Yep, that old Asp X got me my first billion. She will always have a place in my heart! LOL
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 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.
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...
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!
Congrats, I just got my explorer elite 3 this morning, killin some exobio lately!
Made a quick 50 mil off your trade route video, thanks.
You are a LEGEND, and you know it Sir :)
o7
Thank you
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.
look at this bot responding to my comment lol
Im 800 hrs in and I feel like I "played the game" more while following your vids than i ever did on my own
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
Awesome tips, every second of it!
"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
@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!
Considering this video is for absolute noobs...you're speaking Greek!
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(fuel rat)
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
Spansh took me right through a Thargoid area, needless to say I got a good slap!
I was starting to like you. Then you made the twilight comment near the end of the video. :D
I went and did Star Citizen cuz I stumbled onto your videos. Sigh, suppose I will just have to do and do this one to.
Long time Eve player here and lover of space pixels.
I heard about both games, but never bothered because all the negative comments of the internets. Always trust anything you here on the internets right?
Star Citizen is much better than I heard and I hope that Elite will be the same.
Anyway great content. Of course I have since went on to find other content creators and they are pretty good to. Just know that you are the original enabler and oh my god why did I spend that on a frigging space pixel game overlord. Not that much, but three accounts later with the obligatory Cutter/Cutter/Titan starter packs. I did somewhat lighting my bank account.
Then I needed a game pad. Then I got sticks. Haven't even been playing that long.
I should have just stuck with one lol. There is pirating I want to try and do not want to mess up my stats to badly with my everyday account. Mercenary things. Bad guy things. Ya know.
Let us see what Elite will bring.
I subbed just because of this video. Just saying. Love this video. 😉👍
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
Wait... When you share a mission with a friend you each get full reward??
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
Love your content so missing elite. They killed it on console so got a pc. Hope it’s good never played on pc and we’ll need a few more things. Hotas or hosas with throttle control. 🤷🏽. But should be ok. 49” ultra wide
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.
Just started again after years of being gone. Deleted my character and created a new one. My New Com ship package starts in the LHS 3447 system.
O7 thanks commander. returning player from years ago............
now you got me all hot for mining again! very naughty hawk! not that i need the money thanks to all your others guides!!
This is a great tutorial but I do think there should be a word or two at the start about getting a fuel scoop and filtering the map for KGBFOAM stars.
Hey hawkes, I love the guides you've been making for all these space sim's. I want you to know that cancer is a wide-diameter dick and you got this!
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Still.gotta.scanem...
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.
Please say again where to start doing this? Was hard to understand the location you mentioned. Thanks for your videos!
Play Solo. Get Python. Get Fleet Carrier. I am 300 mil away from fleet Carrier after about 1 week.
Not just the srv, but upgrade the pulse wave scanner to show hotspots for biologicals. maybe have an engineering blueprint to alter it that way.
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.
Pretend.it's.the.real.thing...What.do.you.do?...You.do.whatever.it.takes.to.make.a.profit...A.PROFIT.means.your.bank.account.is.growing.after.expenses...REAL.THING.means.don't.expect.to.become.an.overnite.Billionair...
I learn and I laugh every time I watch one of your videos. Thank you
Happy solstice and other holidays ☯️
I love your Ren and Stimpy reference. "Nope. I don't like it." - Mr. Horse.
The best start for money is, join others telepresence and get millions > buy dbx + artemis for exobiology > do booze cruise event. Then farm materials and build AX ships > do AX combats in spires. And then u hit billions in 500h 😂 or maybe less if u don't waste time in extra less money. But sadly the orthrus is already merfed.
ah was so nice seeing recent guide, but I've neglected to notice the video is about Odyssey version, hence those fancy space suits...
Thanks for the vid! im assuming this only applies if you have the Odyssey expansion pack? can you still do this without the search for life grind?
6:06 Hauler Build
24:42 Python Laser Miner Build
I have over 3000 hours in this game and still enjoy your newbee vids Cmdr sir.
Um, there's no Odyssey (walking) in this video.
Great review for Horizons tho, thx.
I can't seem to find any true beginner Odyssey video, because suit & weapon upgrades are needed before anyone but an expert can complete a mission in Odyssey. Start Odyssey with no money with just ground missions....unlikely
this was filmed in odyssey...
really nice video, thank you so much. Can you do it with only fighting ? I'm really curious to know if you can be profitable from start to end game with combat
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.
I dont understand, you dont start in a starter zone anymore? I spwan super far from dromi
I think something is not quite right with the secret trade mission secret. When you select the faction from the first filter list and go to the states tab, all systems of the faction will be listed, not only the 1billion+ populations ones. Now finding one that is in expansion, bust and 1bio+ population seems just about impossible.
Same here. I went through every single entry on the list and not one state fit the criteria. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if there was a change to the game that rendered this method impossible.
Hey! Can you please share a link to the hauler build youre using? Its not readable from the video. Also what is the name of the station you can buy all the componets? I cannot understand what you say in the video. Please write it down somewhere.
Going from SC to ED made me forget everything I thought I knew about space simulator games haha. Thank you for your helpful videos :)
Start with bounty hunting then buy a Dolphin with (A rate FSD and Economy seats) head out to robigo mines and millions in minutes.
what do i do if i cant find a system in bust AND expansion? is it more important to find one in bust or expansion
11:16 Hang on a second, do you just fly through an atmosphere in Elite Dangerous?
That's like Chris Redfield running and shooting at the same time.
6:05 Doh! Forgot to put the Surface Scanner on in that empty Optional size 1 slot. Oh well. Nobody is perfect.
I might play Odyssey if I claim it for free. I am still heartbroken about it. Are devs actually fixin things?
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.
back in 2016 took me a entire month of playing 2h a day to make my first 50m and buy a python, FUUUUUUUUU
Back in the day we mined 3P... Platinum, palladium, and painite. Ignore everything else and make cheddar.
The easiest way to make credits in ED PC. You join a public discord. Ask anyone who's doing massacre missions & that you'd like to join them. Most CMDR's will share their missions making you 100million+ credits. Sometimes I join a channel, and another CMDR asks, hey Halo? You want to join my team? I'm about to hand in a full stack of missions.
It's a great thing our discord came up with the afk method.
@@HawkesGaming That's cool I suppose. I've talked with other CMDR's talk about their afk builds. I'm more hands on. I have a T-10 pve (non-thargoid) build and it only has one turret on it. The rest are gimballed.
And always remember to check in what system youre going .... or you end like me... after hour of scanning and flying to a lot of systems .. i landed in targoid system xD and my ship go boom and everything is lost xD
Rule #1 Never fly without rebuy
Rule #2 Never fly without rebuy
Rule #3 Always read the fine print
*This man make me Space bilioner*👍👍
Will the trading in the Type 9 described in the this video's final section also work in Horizons?
You are the reason why i didn't "alt+f4'ed" the game. Thanks CMDR! O7
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!
Not exactly new to the game but still late to the party, hoping to learn something I can use on xbox.
Did bounty go get more worth while again? I dont remember the payouts being that much.
They fixed the payouts to reflect what it said you were getting paid.
Nice to see core mining is functional again. Great video Hawkes. I was thinking about coming back to ED and you show up with a Christmas miracle.
I'm trying to follow this.. but neither of my ships start near close enough to jump to Dromi. My New Commander package starts at LHS 3447.
"hehe, it's like the second he tried to shoot me once, and all of the space po-po's looked at him and totally crapped on hus face"
Lol
I prefer my Krait Phantom.