Alright Commanders listen up, I think this is Hawkes Gaming 3rd video on how to have the best start in Elite Dangerous so pay attention because he knows his stuff. Been watching him for years and helped me get started when I was very lost years ago. I love this game and thank you Hawkes for your service to my favorite space game. o7 Commanders
This is a great guide for what to do but a terrible guide for how to do it. I need a separate guide to figure out how to do half the stuff in this video.
Nope training use to be basic controls and then throws you to the wolves like Good Luck Commander! May have changed now since Odyssey but game was brutal
@@rubadubdubb but that's half the fun! It's amazing how many times I've had to dig through every second of the first few minutes for the things I missed.... 😅
The information here is all top-notch, however timestamps for important segments, or chapters would be greatly appreciated, as I often can't find the info i'm looking for when scrubbing through the video to the part I need
Im not sure if i got it all right but here you go! Timestamps: 00:00 - 01:02 Introduction to the guide 01:04 - 01:40 Buying an artemis suit 01:40 - 02:10 Completing the pilot assessment 02:16 - 05:00 Combat tips for beginners 05:05 - 06:45 buying a hauler 06:46 - 11:46 exploring/discovery data 11:47 - 12:58 Selling discovery data for profit 13:03 - 22:13 Farming materials for upgrades 22:14 - 22:24 Final steps to acquire the FSD booster 22:26 - 33:14 farming materials 34:00 - 35:08 type-9 heavy customization 35:10 - 37:05 finding best faction to ally with 37:24 - 37:30 Reaching Allied status with factions 41:57 - 46:58 imperial cutter 47:25 - 49:07 Buying and Setting up your Fleet Carrier
TBH I dont think any new player will take away anything from this video. You are telling then what to do, without telling them why to do it or how to do it. And you are skipping over some important stuff. New player doesnt know what a 2A FSD is, or that reducing weight gives you higher jump range.
Well, darned if this isn't the silliest comment. He says several times in the video that reducing weight gives higher jump range. Also, I noted when buying ship components that they came in different grades. It was a quick 2 minute wiki search to figure out what the grades meant. Anyone who wasn't born yesterday and has played a game before can easily figure out the background information. This is not a "learn to play video games" guide, this is a guide to power grinding in Elite Dangerous, and I for one appreciate that he doesn't hold our hand any more than necessary to convey the most critical information in the shortest time possible. Some RUclipsrs pad their videos for length and it's super annoying.
Thank you. I am new and cannot follow this. Every time I do something slightly wrong I have to do 10 minutes of research because he skips over the basics of things. I was stuck for about 30 minutes trying to find resource extraction sites because he never told me how to find them.
Got the game a few years ago, almost immediately quitted it because too hard to learn. Then a month ago i decided to give it another try and saw this video... You made me fall in love with the game! I m already almost to the carrier, cant wait to have a that big ship for my self. Big Thank you!
I love that you do these every year or so... so helpful. Even for old players there are so many basic things I've forgot over the years. This is really helpful. Thank you for making this!
Completely new player here. Currently stuck on first part of the video in sidewinder. No explanation how to find RES zone once inside a system. Flew around system aimlessly visiting 'undiscovered' stuff, finally found a RES zone. Go to LOW one, there's one guy being shot at by a wanted ship that is in perfect shape. Go to next zone. It's empty. Go to Hazardous, finally found system authority ships fighting wanted ships. They are 6km away, by the time I get there, all the wanted ships are gone. Idk what to do at this point, sit and wait for more to come? Went to other systems, realized I didn't have fuel scoop, self destruct ship to get back to civ faster. Go back to the system that had RES zones before to try again, no more RES zones...
@@Cyrops no don’t need mission for it ended up running into someone random middle nowhere killed them for 20,000 bounty no mission also with google unlike this horrible video I found out extraction site are found near planets with rings and those extraction sites are where to go to find basically a little battle going on for bounty targets and take them out right before they die to claim the bounty could have token like one extra minute to explain that in vid most of these beginner vids for this game are horrible unlike other games I’ve gotten into that are more complex then this people forget that the tutorials don’t tell u any of this just how to control shit
Just got Elite trader after 3 days from scratch, best tutorial ever, thank you so much man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
This should be called "how to win the game" - bought it 7 days ago and have learned everything by working through this video, and searching things when I'm stuck. Almost to the cutter....shuttling metals back and forth for that $1B is the grindiest thing so far...so happy for this guide and LOVE the exploration side of this game.
Dude I been playing for 10 years on and off and I've never seen a billion all at once, nor owned a cutter. this month I'm still grinding towards the vette. I'm only 1 promotion away, finally!!
Im a returning Vr commander and since i’ve never played odyssey This is perfect. Thank you commander ! (And for those that are interested they have optmized the game in the last year, and my average laptop can now run odyssey in VR which was far from possible previously)
Ive only been playing this game for 4 days, and your guides have helped me every step of the way, i managed to earn a lot of CR and have made a few of my very own footfall which feels so amazing, and now im driving the asp explorer which is such a great ship. Thank you so much for these videos
@commander_maddogtheog Hi! I started like 3 days ago and spend arround 10...15h for bio-sacns and returned with 250.000.000cr worth of bio-data. since i made a mistake i had to return to the bubble tho. i coulld have made much more if i coulld have stayed. easy to get the first footfalls once you are like 1000ly from the bubble now i just aqirded the fse-booster-blueprint.
Timestamps: 00:00 - 01:02 Introduction to the guide 01:04 - 01:40 Buying an artemis suit 01:40 - 02:10 Completing the pilot assessment 02:16 - 05:00 Combat tips for beginners 05:05 - 06:45 buying a hauler 06:46 - 11:46 exploring/discovery data 11:47 - 12:58 Selling discovery data for profit 13:03 - 22:13 Farming materials for upgrades 22:14 - 22:24 Final steps to acquire the FSD booster 22:26 - 33:14 farming materials 34:00 - 35:08 type-9 heavy customization 35:10 - 37:05 finding best faction to ally with 37:24 - 37:30 Reaching Allied status with factions 41:57 - 46:58 imperial cutter 47:25 - 49:07 Buying and Setting up your Fleet Carrier
Elite commander here Hawkes but wanted you to know I watched anyway and liked the video. Even I learned a few new tricks. Thank you for all that you do brother. I can’t be the only one with a Robigo python named Hawkes.
I followed this guide to the letter from start to end and after 1 week exactly I got my FC. There's a bit of googling here and there to find out how to get stuff done (like using EDSY to figure out how much materials needed to engineer the cutter) but otherwise this is a really clear guide and perfect if you have 1-3 other wingmates who also want an FC. Thanks Hawkes!
I was sitting at my comp bored. And thought I wonder if Elite Dangerous is still around from being a kick starter back in '14 I'm glad to see the game is still evolving. I'm coming back looks fun still.. Thanks for the video it helped me.
Bro you literally saved me countless hours of farming and i learned to play the game because of your video! god bless, amazing guide so much helpful and detailed!
I can consider myself an Elite veteran at this point with 5 accounts and all of them with Fleet Carriers and boat load of money but I'm still here watching Hawkes' video, why? because believe me, he freaking now his stuff, how do you think I did all my grinding on all of those accounts? yes, by following Hawkes' tips. Consider this video as a shortcut to mid-game, without this, you will be flying around aimlessly in space, unless that's what you're really going for, then it's fine. o7 commanders, see you in space.
Just in time for a couple of personal friends interested in playing. I showed them some of your recent stuff too! And some older stuff that helped me explain some of the hidden fun behind the top layer of Elite. Always excited to see an upload brother!!!!
I just flew to the HIP 98878 galaxy and I'm at the star. I did the 75% slow down key but I don't see how to find the pirates. It looks like you have an extraction site targeted and are in an asteroid belt, but I don't see that anywhere. What did I do wrong? Trying to find the pirates in the beginning of the video.
Trial and Error'd this one. Look for a planet HIP 98878 2 in the system map and target it. Start heading for it and mouse over the little brown circle contacts as you get close to the rings around it. Those will start showing up as extraction sites, also gives a quality rating. You want High or Hazard for best pirate results. Once you drop out, look for a lot of blinking lines flashing towards a single point, it's usually a target surrounded by the system authority. Oh, and don't ignore the "wait til under 20%" part, I got a little over-confident, and they shaved 22% of my hp off before I learned my lesson there. Once you get the hang of it, kill stealing from the system authority is pretty decent cash.
@@BrianComradovichRadovichGot all that. Found a hazardous and a high. Zero combat at either 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ just tons of ships flying around doing nothing ….. aaaaand this is why I quit playing this game the last time 🫡
@@BrianComradovichRadovich Thanks mate. I was in the same position. Ice Fields in the video but I'm sitting here looking at a star. Great video but would have been nice if he left that part in.
What are the chances you can do a more in depth video of expansion farming for the boom trading very interested in this. However have not been able to replicate this.
would you be able to do a more in depth dive on the mining/trade missions? i followed the instructions on this video but i was only ever able to find one using your instructions (argro station with expanding faction). i was able to get a few more on various different stations but there is never more than one or two missions.
I can't seem to find the right faction. I've tried several times, but each faction only has a few missions for 40-50kk, and once I finish them, they don't appear anymore. How to find the right faction, can you please help me? I'm stuck there.
By faaaaar THE best ED tutorials. I've been playing for 2 weeks, and while I got pretty good at dogfights and planet encouters, your ways made me more money in 4 hours than I did in my 80 previous hours. Hats off to you, sir!
Great video as always CMDR. Re the guardian pylons, I learnt very early on that it's easier (for me) to drive around and raise all the pylons first. Then it's easier to find them when you zoom round doing a speed lap to charge each one after against the timer. I always start from the 2 at the alter and zoom round charging all the others. Just calling this out as most guides show each pylon being raised and charged at the same time, and could give new users the impression it HAS to be done this way. o7
Noob Commanders. Do not be like me. When farming for High Grade Emissions, JUMP INTO SUPERCRUISE before you look at your filters. I have just spent a week wondering why I got absolutely no emissions hits until I rewatched and hey presto! First system I got 99 Pharmacuetical Isolators. *facepalm* Oh and nowadays, these materials are dropping in far greater quantities, so yay! Now to get a week of my life back, Forest. ;)
I’ve been a console commander for years and I’m using this vid to prepare to finally make the leap to Odyssey, seeing Felicity Farseer in person was a jumpscare lmao
37:23 guys if your local rep isn’t going up after selling cartographics, you need to exit to main menu and go back in just like hawkes did. But he didn’t say anything abt that so i was confused for a few minutes
Should probably add that the Extraction Zones are in Space Rings... and that you need to look at the system map and explore the locations near ring planet for the POI. That and to scan the Nav Beacon
Thanks for the guide, Commander. Also FYI, had a big brain moment and also forgot the Galvanized Alloys - but, there was a station 1 jump away that solved all my problems. o7
when i try to fight its always like 5-6 pirates trying to blow up one clean ship. if i attack one hes blowing me up in seconds. where am i supose to find these fights where bunch of clean commanders gang up on pirates
Watching this guide as a new player. I wished you slowed down with showing load out so people can match it. Also, when you got the ASP Explorer, some of the loadout items you cant even get at that current stations. I was thinking you got it there but turns out, you used that website earlier. But, not too bad of a guide.
i REALLY dont understand the entire faction expansion part. Can you make a detailed video about how to do you "research"? all those buzzwords dont help a new player.
Not sure what you mean by buzzwords. When Im explaining exactly what I show on screen. I have an older video on making billions that also does expansion. It'll be the same information but maybe a bit more.
this game looks fun. i want to enjoy it. so far i've yet to complete a mission. no guidance on what to do. gonna try to follow this guide, but it's honestly all just too much for me.
I am kinda stuck at the start where i go and have to "wait" before i kill those pirates for bounty... the problem is that they aren't fighting... or if they are... there are 3-4-5 pirates vs. 1 ship....
Weirdly enough, im not too interested in the fleet carriers, I just needed this to get me warmed up to the game and with how things work in it. Maybe I'll eventually go for one, but for right now I just want the money to mess with stuff lol
I am brand new to this game. How do I know the person is a pirate, when I scan it says wanted is that it?? And no one else is attacking so how do I wait for the health to go low
You just point your ship at the other ship, target lock on, and let it scan on it's own. With better scanners it goes faster. If no one else is fighting the pirate, you're on your own! Ether try to fight and maybe other friendlies will show up, or just flee. In FSD flight, look for "Weapons Fire" signals. Those are usually good guys fighting a bad guy, so to speak. "Conflict" though is usually two factions fighting, so unless you don't mind getting a bad rep hit with one faction, (picking a side), avoid those signals. Also, if you come out of FSD close to a busy planet/moon, especially one with resources for mining, there is often s little battle or two going on between a pirate and a 'good guy'. Hey I'm a relatively new player too.
Like @yourdonefor4454 said, after scanning them (singular) it will show "wanted". Then you should either fight, or run away. If you're referring to CMDR Hawke's statement to wait for others to bring their >(singular) shields down, if no one else (NPC's) are fighting then you are on your own. If the pirate is not attacking you, as soon as you attack, then they>(singular) will attack back. In a generic sidewinder I would recommend retreating. Remember this, a friendly will show up as green, a neutral as yellow, a hostile enemy as red. I made the mistake early on thinking that ment health, so I was attacking the green. Oops! 😆
Just imagine that these days chickens can go to a shop and simply purchase a Guardian FSD booster for stpd money ( And they don’t understand what’s a problem to ride to a 1000000 ls station with passengers. They can even disembark from a ship and pick up 95 mlns from a ground without making a footstep….
Brand new to Elite Dangerous. Awesome video but I think I missed a step somewhere. In the video you set your destination to 98878 and I assume you navigate there. But it shows you jumping in to Resource Extraction Site (high). Is that where the combat is? I jumped in to 98878 and I have a whole list of unexplored things. Do I just have to jump to each one and look for bounties?
Hello Commander, once again, another excellent and brilliant video for Elite Dangerous. What we will do without YOU. We miss you so much. I hope more videos are coming soon my dear friend. You are an inspiration. No more words than THAT.
36:1 to trade Atypical Encryption Archives for Datamined Wake Exceptions. So in order to get the 20 that is needed I need to have 720 Atypical. This isn't even including all the other stuff that is needed. So when you say you should be able to get it done in 1 trip, its actually several. :( Unless reputation makes a difference?
He said the half-moons represent a landable surface. Then saying that,"In almost every single case life can be found on a planet or moon that has an atmosphere of some type. This is represented by the blue bubble that completely surrounds the landable surface.". With that information 3c is only one with the bubble and not just the half-moon.
guys disable drive assist on srv. it'll feel much better to drive. man i started loving srv after disabling that shit. and rebind the forward and backwards to w and s just like any other normal vehicles
Driving around in srv was my favorite thing to do after i did that. I drove around for hours in my normal srv looking for life. And also drove around on mountains with my military srv (lower speed but damn smooth to drive). Haven’t played elite dangerous for a wile though. Maybe i played too much of it.
As an old player returning after years away, I'm running into the issue of hazardous HREs quite often being outside of security range, or any battles going on just aren't advantageous to dip into. Evil ships mop up belts, with nobody to put them in check and it's not feasible to sneak in for the kill and nab easy money. Just death and losing money. Like days and days of trying your approach to the beginning part, even in a souped up combat ship, probably 100+ jumps and checking HREs, and it's the same every time. Is this no longer a thing, or what am I doing wrong? I don't fire first, I don't even warrant scan until I know some wanted dude is agro'd on something else. They always turn right around and pop me.
Why wouldn't you give us amounts to buy at the material trader at 19:14? This guide is very helpful but as a new player you are glaring over some very needed explanations.
as of my date, a lot of the exchange rates and credit rewards have been nerfed. For example, adaptive encryptors on your play trade at 2/3. On my version its 36/1
I started playing yesterday and game had me pick my started ship (I picked the starter ship that came with the rover) and it loaded me into the assessment. Not sure what went wrong..
Is there an update to starting out on foot missions? Ive managed to complete two reactivation missions. But Ive died several times, and also been transported to prison ship, when trying to land or enter the settlement. Getting lots of shooters, dont know if theyre guards or scavengers. Doesnt help the sites are in the dark so gotta use torch to see.
Just started playing ED for the first time and have no idea how I slept on this game! Playing with a dual joystick setup is so awesome. I imagine playing in VR would be next level.
LOOK guys , It's a learning curve. You may not grasp things at first, You may not understand something on the first pass, and times it will feel like a grind and a bit frustrating, but be patient! If you can put the time in and are willing to learn, then the game will be rewarding in return. Follow the guides as a tool for research into how things work but ultimately forge your own path across the stars. Trying to learn and accomplish everything at once or even just retain so much information will make you feel frustrated and like you're not progressing fast enough, so i advise breaking things down into segments. Pick one task, accomplish it, and then move onto the next one. Only then will you start to progress faster and faster. Sometimes, watching these tutorials myself, i need to pause or rewatch something multiple times to fully understand the mechanics, Due to the fact i've just been playing the game and have a load of other stuff on my mind i've been doing and then trying to take in more knowledge or new mechanics can be conflicting and difficult, So again take your time and split things up into singular tasks. If you feel overwhelmed at any point, then take a step back. Take a break and think about it first. Prioritise your goals and objectives 1 at a time. Patience is key. Keeping calm will help you enjoy the game more and progress faster. Don't try to take in all the information all at once 🤯😂
I tried to get the Guardian Module Blueprint for 4 hours, and have no luck. Scanned the Ancient Data Terminal over and over again and got nothing but the codex entry message.
Hey Hawkes! Another amazing guide, as always. Like others, I'm in the comments looking for a little more detail on the Expansion trade farming as I've been through several systems and am having shit luck getting the big score missions. Is it really just a crap shoot as to what contracts spawn, or are there more "golden ticket" specifics you look for in systems such as number of hubs or an economy combo to avoid? While running out to farm expo data is making me money, having to do it repeatedly between each system bust is so time consuming when all i want to do is make "real space cheddar" 😂 Keep up the great work bud!
Not sure if I'm playing a different game over here or missed something important but I went to the 98878 system...and there's nothing there. Just a big ass star, nothing else and a bunch of planets, no pirates so uhh..where exactly in this system are they supposed to be? A little more detail would be like really helpful for new players
Went the the nearest system for space pirates and flew around for about an hour until i found a big gang and none of them were getting damaged. Am i doing something wrong?
Hey instead of going after the pirates I was paid 14million just for doing genetic samples on a planet in the starter system. No jumps required and no pirates to worry about, and that was only 1 of the planets, though I got lucky because I never scanned the planet.
Is any of this even relevant if you don't have Odyssey? I haven't played in years so I was looking for a refresher. All of this is completely alien to me, though.
@@theodore7313 your not wrong. You will get there. If I could give a piece of advice. Don't chase high specs, a mid tier pc with say an i7 10700k and a 3060 or the amd equivalent will be very solid for the average gamer
A rehash of an already great tutorial, great work man. I used your other guides when i first started. Thanks for the info even I didnt know. keep it up :)
hi, I stugle with this. I spend time on 2 systems where is suposed be expansion. I spend lot of time to get alied from all factions. and I never have same results like you. when you have lot of or full of 50mil missions. what Im doing wrong. its really pain duing reputations and spend time for nothing
ok so quick question. how did you not get interdicted or at least attempted to get interdicted carrying all that ripe cargo in the type 9? I am sure you must have, but did not talk about it?
Always a great guide, Just reset my 2nd account and will be looking at following this guide - Will you be updating you material and engineering guide following the new update?
Alright Commanders listen up, I think this is Hawkes Gaming 3rd video on how to have the best start in Elite Dangerous so pay attention because he knows his stuff. Been watching him for years and helped me get started when I was very lost years ago. I love this game and thank you Hawkes for your service to my favorite space game. o7 Commanders
07 Commander.
This is a great guide for what to do but a terrible guide for how to do it. I need a separate guide to figure out how to do half the stuff in this video.
@@rubadubdubb wait so the training doesn't tell you how to do any of this?
Nope training use to be basic controls and then throws you to the wolves like Good Luck Commander!
May have changed now since Odyssey but game was brutal
@@rubadubdubb but that's half the fun! It's amazing how many times I've had to dig through every second of the first few minutes for the things I missed.... 😅
The information here is all top-notch, however timestamps for important segments, or chapters would be greatly appreciated, as I often can't find the info i'm looking for when scrubbing through the video to the part I need
Im not sure if i got it all right but here you go!
Timestamps:
00:00 - 01:02 Introduction to the guide
01:04 - 01:40 Buying an artemis suit
01:40 - 02:10 Completing the pilot assessment
02:16 - 05:00 Combat tips for beginners
05:05 - 06:45 buying a hauler
06:46 - 11:46 exploring/discovery data
11:47 - 12:58 Selling discovery data for profit
13:03 - 22:13 Farming materials for upgrades
22:14 - 22:24 Final steps to acquire the FSD booster
22:26 - 33:14 farming materials
34:00 - 35:08 type-9 heavy customization
35:10 - 37:05 finding best faction to ally with
37:24 - 37:30 Reaching Allied status with factions
41:57 - 46:58 imperial cutter
47:25 - 49:07 Buying and Setting up your Fleet Carrier
@@Mukalian243 thanks for the work it made my life easier.
TBH I dont think any new player will take away anything from this video. You are telling then what to do, without telling them why to do it or how to do it. And you are skipping over some important stuff. New player doesnt know what a 2A FSD is, or that reducing weight gives you higher jump range.
They are new players not idiots, Less weight = better is something we know since birth
Well, darned if this isn't the silliest comment. He says several times in the video that reducing weight gives higher jump range. Also, I noted when buying ship components that they came in different grades. It was a quick 2 minute wiki search to figure out what the grades meant.
Anyone who wasn't born yesterday and has played a game before can easily figure out the background information. This is not a "learn to play video games" guide, this is a guide to power grinding in Elite Dangerous, and I for one appreciate that he doesn't hold our hand any more than necessary to convey the most critical information in the shortest time possible. Some RUclipsrs pad their videos for length and it's super annoying.
Things I took away, follow the tutorial, wait while others do the work and sniper the enemy before they die.
Snan scan scan and more scan.
Thank you. I am new and cannot follow this. Every time I do something slightly wrong I have to do 10 minutes of research because he skips over the basics of things. I was stuck for about 30 minutes trying to find resource extraction sites because he never told me how to find them.
@@graygreen3917 it took me reaching out to the discord support group to figure out what I am missing.
Got the game a few years ago, almost immediately quitted it because too hard to learn. Then a month ago i decided to give it another try and saw this video... You made me fall in love with the game! I m already almost to the carrier, cant wait to have a that big ship for my self. Big Thank you!
I love that you do these every year or so... so helpful. Even for old players there are so many basic things I've forgot over the years. This is really helpful. Thank you for making this!
I would recommend fitting the SCO frame shift drives only from now on, it makes life much easier getting around systems.
Completely new player here. Currently stuck on first part of the video in sidewinder. No explanation how to find RES zone once inside a system. Flew around system aimlessly visiting 'undiscovered' stuff, finally found a RES zone. Go to LOW one, there's one guy being shot at by a wanted ship that is in perfect shape. Go to next zone. It's empty. Go to Hazardous, finally found system authority ships fighting wanted ships. They are 6km away, by the time I get there, all the wanted ships are gone. Idk what to do at this point, sit and wait for more to come? Went to other systems, realized I didn't have fuel scoop, self destruct ship to get back to civ faster. Go back to the system that had RES zones before to try again, no more RES zones...
right did alll tutoriials got controls down but he says when u find ur target what target what am i lookiing or tf horrible video
You need a mission for bounty hunter
@@Cyrops no don’t need mission for it ended up running into someone random middle nowhere killed them for 20,000 bounty no mission also with google unlike this horrible video I found out extraction site are found near planets with rings and those extraction sites are where to go to find basically a little battle going on for bounty targets and take them out right before they die to claim the bounty could have token like one extra minute to explain that in vid most of these beginner vids for this game are horrible unlike other games I’ve gotten into that are more complex then this people forget that the tutorials don’t tell u any of this just how to control shit
Just got Elite trader after 3 days from scratch, best tutorial ever, thank you so much man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
This should be called "how to win the game" - bought it 7 days ago and have learned everything by working through this video, and searching things when I'm stuck. Almost to the cutter....shuttling metals back and forth for that $1B is the grindiest thing so far...so happy for this guide and LOVE the exploration side of this game.
How did you go killing pirates at the start? They just don't seem to spawn enough for me to kill anything
Dude I been playing for 10 years on and off and I've never seen a billion all at once, nor owned a cutter. this month I'm still grinding towards the vette. I'm only 1 promotion away, finally!!
Lol... I grinded 3 billion credits in 2 months around april or may 2020. (Low temp diamonds mining, biggest haul sold for 600m credits.. @ARouser15
@@ARouser15how are you grinding for corvette rep?
@AtheismF7W just doing missions outa sol. Bounties, data delivery, pirate hunting, black boxes, etc.
Im a returning Vr commander and since i’ve never played odyssey This is perfect. Thank you commander ! (And for those that are interested they have optmized the game in the last year, and my average laptop can now run odyssey in VR which was far from possible previously)
Ive only been playing this game for 4 days, and your guides have helped me every step of the way, i managed to earn a lot of CR and have made a few of my very own footfall which feels so amazing, and now im driving the asp explorer which is such a great ship. Thank you so much for these videos
@commander_maddogtheog Hi! I started like 3 days ago and spend arround 10...15h for bio-sacns and returned with 250.000.000cr worth of bio-data. since i made a mistake i had to return to the bubble tho. i coulld have made much more if i coulld have stayed. easy to get the first footfalls once you are like 1000ly from the bubble
now i just aqirded the fse-booster-blueprint.
Timestamps:
00:00 - 01:02 Introduction to the guide
01:04 - 01:40 Buying an artemis suit
01:40 - 02:10 Completing the pilot assessment
02:16 - 05:00 Combat tips for beginners
05:05 - 06:45 buying a hauler
06:46 - 11:46 exploring/discovery data
11:47 - 12:58 Selling discovery data for profit
13:03 - 22:13 Farming materials for upgrades
22:14 - 22:24 Final steps to acquire the FSD booster
22:26 - 33:14 farming materials
34:00 - 35:08 type-9 heavy customization
35:10 - 37:05 finding best faction to ally with
37:24 - 37:30 Reaching Allied status with factions
41:57 - 46:58 imperial cutter
47:25 - 49:07 Buying and Setting up your Fleet Carrier
You really are talented at serving up the sweet sweet space cheddar. Please, keep up the amazing work!
This one was a lot of work!
Elite commander here Hawkes but wanted you to know I watched anyway and liked the video. Even I learned a few new tricks. Thank you for all that you do brother. I can’t be the only one with a Robigo python named Hawkes.
What was the time frame for you to go from sidewinder to fleet carrier? And thanks for this ive recently started playing on pc from scratch.
It took warteck and I 6 days but we also did the full material grind as well.
@@HawkesGamingso approximately 12 days solo????
@@Kallivak The majority of those 6 days was spent farming engineering materials. We did expansion trading for 2-1/2 days total.
I followed this guide to the letter from start to end and after 1 week exactly I got my FC. There's a bit of googling here and there to find out how to get stuff done (like using EDSY to figure out how much materials needed to engineer the cutter) but otherwise this is a really clear guide and perfect if you have 1-3 other wingmates who also want an FC. Thanks Hawkes!
Mom get in here! I'm officially a Commander! Thanks for getting me this far Hawkes. God speed!
I was sitting at my comp bored. And thought I wonder if Elite Dangerous is still around from being a kick starter back in '14 I'm glad to see the game is still evolving. I'm coming back looks fun still.. Thanks for the video it helped me.
Bro you literally saved me countless hours of farming and i learned to play the game because of your video! god bless, amazing guide so much helpful and detailed!
I can consider myself an Elite veteran at this point with 5 accounts and all of them with Fleet Carriers and boat load of money but I'm still here watching Hawkes' video, why? because believe me, he freaking now his stuff, how do you think I did all my grinding on all of those accounts? yes, by following Hawkes' tips. Consider this video as a shortcut to mid-game, without this, you will be flying around aimlessly in space, unless that's what you're really going for, then it's fine. o7 commanders, see you in space.
I got to HIP 98878 but I cant find the extraction site. Did you omit the part on how to get there?
Used this guide to finally engineer my fsd and get guardian fsd. Huge help!
I spent the weekend farming lifeforms, not being sure of how much i needed to earn 250M, and i ended up close to 1 billion credits... XD
Just in time for a couple of personal friends interested in playing. I showed them some of your recent stuff too! And some older stuff that helped me explain some of the hidden fun behind the top layer of Elite. Always excited to see an upload brother!!!!
Thank you I hope you all have fun together!
best guide on youtube 10/10 would recommend
I just flew to the HIP 98878 galaxy and I'm at the star. I did the 75% slow down key but I don't see how to find the pirates. It looks like you have an extraction site targeted and are in an asteroid belt, but I don't see that anywhere. What did I do wrong? Trying to find the pirates in the beginning of the video.
Trial and Error'd this one. Look for a planet HIP 98878 2 in the system map and target it. Start heading for it and mouse over the little brown circle contacts as you get close to the rings around it. Those will start showing up as extraction sites, also gives a quality rating. You want High or Hazard for best pirate results. Once you drop out, look for a lot of blinking lines flashing towards a single point, it's usually a target surrounded by the system authority. Oh, and don't ignore the "wait til under 20%" part, I got a little over-confident, and they shaved 22% of my hp off before I learned my lesson there. Once you get the hang of it, kill stealing from the system authority is pretty decent cash.
@@BrianComradovichRadovichGot all that. Found a hazardous and a high. Zero combat at either 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ just tons of ships flying around doing nothing ….. aaaaand this is why I quit playing this game the last time 🫡
@@BrianComradovichRadovich Thanks mate. I was in the same position. Ice Fields in the video but I'm sitting here looking at a star. Great video but would have been nice if he left that part in.
Also You can use fss for finding high extraction site
Best Guide on RUclips! 👍
What are the chances you can do a more in depth video of expansion farming for the boom trading very interested in this. However have not been able to replicate this.
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Total bump to this!
I'd like more info on this as well.
would you be able to do a more in depth dive on the mining/trade missions? i followed the instructions on this video but i was only ever able to find one using your instructions (argro station with expanding faction). i was able to get a few more on various different stations but there is never more than one or two missions.
picked up my fleet carrier today.... long ass time coming..... now im broke again LOL o7 dude your vids are great
This is the best video to start out with ED.
At 3:53 how the heck did you find that extraction site?
I am thinking the same....how how how?!
I can't seem to find the right faction. I've tried several times, but each faction only has a few missions for 40-50kk, and once I finish them, they don't appear anymore. How to find the right faction, can you please help me? I'm stuck there.
By faaaaar THE best ED tutorials.
I've been playing for 2 weeks, and while I got pretty good at dogfights and planet encouters, your ways made me more money in 4 hours than I did in my 80 previous hours.
Hats off to you, sir!
It's really cool of you to not put in galvanising alloys so we get to make the same mistake as you, thanks!!!
I have a thing for ASP Explorer too, this ship just feels right. I love exploring on it like some futuristic antarctic explorer.
Great video as always CMDR. Re the guardian pylons, I learnt very early on that it's easier (for me) to drive around and raise all the pylons first. Then it's easier to find them when you zoom round doing a speed lap to charge each one after against the timer. I always start from the 2 at the alter and zoom round charging all the others. Just calling this out as most guides show each pylon being raised and charged at the same time, and could give new users the impression it HAS to be done this way. o7
32:31 i love the sound he makes
Thanks as always Hawkes! Hang in there, we love you ❤
Returned to this game after two years, and fell in love all over again....
7 years for me. I managed to recover my old save, so I'm starting out in an Asp and enjoying getting back into the game.
Noob Commanders. Do not be like me. When farming for High Grade Emissions, JUMP INTO SUPERCRUISE before you look at your filters. I have just spent a week wondering why I got absolutely no emissions hits until I rewatched and hey presto! First system I got 99 Pharmacuetical Isolators. *facepalm*
Oh and nowadays, these materials are dropping in far greater quantities, so yay! Now to get a week of my life back, Forest. ;)
Hawkes how many planets did you go to to scan life forms ? Plz also ❤ ur content keep it up
I’ve been a console commander for years and I’m using this vid to prepare to finally make the leap to Odyssey, seeing Felicity Farseer in person was a jumpscare lmao
LOL I know right? It's like when you first see her you think youre meeting her grandmother instead of her! Kind of scary! haha
Really appreciate this and your Elite Dangerous videos. Definitely subbing
37:23 guys if your local rep isn’t going up after selling cartographics, you need to exit to main menu and go back in just like hawkes did. But he didn’t say anything abt that so i was confused for a few minutes
Should probably add that the Extraction Zones are in Space Rings... and that you need to look at the system map and explore the locations near ring planet for the POI. That and to scan the Nav Beacon
thanks mate.. not sure why he wouldnt explain this on a beginners guide...
This is alot of info, thanks. I got the game after watching this video. great job.
Really liked the video, straight to the point.
Thanks for the guide, Commander. Also FYI, had a big brain moment and also forgot the Galvanized Alloys - but, there was a station 1 jump away that solved all my problems. o7
when i try to fight its always like 5-6 pirates trying to blow up one clean ship. if i attack one hes blowing me up in seconds. where am i supose to find these fights where bunch of clean commanders gang up on pirates
Watching this guide as a new player. I wished you slowed down with showing load out so people can match it. Also, when you got the ASP Explorer, some of the loadout items you cant even get at that current stations. I was thinking you got it there but turns out, you used that website earlier. But, not too bad of a guide.
i REALLY dont understand the entire faction expansion part. Can you make a detailed video about how to do you "research"? all those buzzwords dont help a new player.
Not sure what you mean by buzzwords. When Im explaining exactly what I show on screen. I have an older video on making billions that also does expansion. It'll be the same information but maybe a bit more.
this game looks fun. i want to enjoy it. so far i've yet to complete a mission. no guidance on what to do. gonna try to follow this guide, but it's honestly all just too much for me.
I am kinda stuck at the start where i go and have to "wait" before i kill those pirates for bounty... the problem is that they aren't fighting... or if they are... there are 3-4-5 pirates vs. 1 ship....
Honestly, you could do what I did to get started. Just run a bunch of courier delivery missions instead.
Weirdly enough, im not too interested in the fleet carriers, I just needed this to get me warmed up to the game and with how things work in it. Maybe I'll eventually go for one, but for right now I just want the money to mess with stuff lol
Been watching your vids since 2015, great to see you again commander. I hope you and your family are doing well. o7
I am brand new to this game.
How do I know the person is a pirate, when I scan it says wanted is that it??
And no one else is attacking so how do I wait for the health to go low
You just point your ship at the other ship, target lock on, and let it scan on it's own. With better scanners it goes faster.
If no one else is fighting the pirate, you're on your own! Ether try to fight and maybe other friendlies will show up, or just flee. In FSD flight, look for "Weapons Fire" signals. Those are usually good guys fighting a bad guy, so to speak. "Conflict" though is usually two factions fighting, so unless you don't mind getting a bad rep hit with one faction, (picking a side), avoid those signals.
Also, if you come out of FSD close to a busy planet/moon, especially one with resources for mining, there is often s little battle or two going on between a pirate and a 'good guy'.
Hey I'm a relatively new player too.
When you scan a ship, it will show [Wanted] in red text under their name if they are an NPC pirate.
Like @yourdonefor4454 said, after scanning them (singular) it will show "wanted". Then you should either fight, or run away.
If you're referring to CMDR Hawke's statement to wait for others to bring their >(singular) shields down, if no one else (NPC's) are fighting then you are on your own.
If the pirate is not attacking you, as soon as you attack, then they>(singular) will attack back.
In a generic sidewinder I would recommend retreating.
Remember this, a friendly will show up as green, a neutral as yellow, a hostile enemy as red.
I made the mistake early on thinking that ment health, so I was attacking the green. Oops! 😆
Returning after 5 years away this is the real info i need. o7
Just imagine that these days chickens can go to a shop and simply purchase a Guardian FSD booster for stpd money ( And they don’t understand what’s a problem to ride to a 1000000 ls station with passengers. They can even disembark from a ship and pick up 95 mlns from a ground without making a footstep….
Brand new to Elite Dangerous. Awesome video but I think I missed a step somewhere. In the video you set your destination to 98878 and I assume you navigate there. But it shows you jumping in to Resource Extraction Site (high). Is that where the combat is? I jumped in to 98878 and I have a whole list of unexplored things. Do I just have to jump to each one and look for bounties?
this just happened to me too and Im so confused what to do next.
@@Blahgada22go to the planet with rings. On those rings You will find 3 extraction sites.
I had to look this up--if you fly to the planet with rings then the RES will show up in your navigation menu.
Hello Commander, once again, another excellent and brilliant video for Elite Dangerous. What we will do without YOU. We miss you so much. I hope more videos are coming soon my dear friend. You are an inspiration. No more words than THAT.
36:1 to trade Atypical Encryption Archives for Datamined Wake Exceptions. So in order to get the 20 that is needed I need to have 720 Atypical. This isn't even including all the other stuff that is needed. So when you say you should be able to get it done in 1 trip, its actually several. :( Unless reputation makes a difference?
I sometimes feel like there is missing information, why is moon 3c at 7:30 the best choice?
He said the half-moons represent a landable surface. Then saying that,"In almost every single case life can be found on a planet or moon that has an atmosphere of some type. This is represented by the blue bubble that completely surrounds the landable surface.". With that information 3c is only one with the bubble and not just the half-moon.
guys disable drive assist on srv. it'll feel much better to drive. man i started loving srv after disabling that shit. and rebind the forward and backwards to w and s just like any other normal vehicles
This is a godly tip. Thank you
Gonna have to try that. I still need to rebind some stuff for that damn thing anyways lol
Driving around in srv was my favorite thing to do after i did that. I drove around for hours in my normal srv looking for life. And also drove around on mountains with my military srv (lower speed but damn smooth to drive). Haven’t played elite dangerous for a wile though. Maybe i played too much of it.
As an old player returning after years away, I'm running into the issue of hazardous HREs quite often being outside of security range, or any battles going on just aren't advantageous to dip into. Evil ships mop up belts, with nobody to put them in check and it's not feasible to sneak in for the kill and nab easy money. Just death and losing money. Like days and days of trying your approach to the beginning part, even in a souped up combat ship, probably 100+ jumps and checking HREs, and it's the same every time.
Is this no longer a thing, or what am I doing wrong? I don't fire first, I don't even warrant scan until I know some wanted dude is agro'd on something else. They always turn right around and pop me.
Why wouldn't you give us amounts to buy at the material trader at 19:14? This guide is very helpful but as a new player you are glaring over some very needed explanations.
At the turn in you can pause the video.
Haha, I remember learning this game years ago and i like the way you put it. I would often forget things and be very "space butthurt" 😅
as of my date, a lot of the exchange rates and credit rewards have been nerfed. For example, adaptive encryptors on your play trade at 2/3. On my version its 36/1
I started playing yesterday and game had me pick my started ship (I picked the starter ship that came with the rover) and it loaded me into the assessment. Not sure what went wrong..
Is there an update to starting out on foot missions? Ive managed to complete two reactivation missions. But Ive died several times, and also been transported to prison ship, when trying to land or enter the settlement. Getting lots of shooters, dont know if theyre guards or scavengers. Doesnt help the sites are in the dark so gotta use torch to see.
Just started playing ED for the first time and have no idea how I slept on this game! Playing with a dual joystick setup is so awesome. I imagine playing in VR would be next level.
LOOK guys , It's a learning curve. You may not grasp things at first, You may not understand something on the first pass, and times it will feel like a grind and a bit frustrating, but be patient! If you can put the time in and are willing to learn, then the game will be rewarding in return. Follow the guides as a tool for research into how things work but ultimately forge your own path across the stars. Trying to learn and accomplish everything at once or even just retain so much information will make you feel frustrated and like you're not progressing fast enough, so i advise breaking things down into segments. Pick one task, accomplish it, and then move onto the next one. Only then will you start to progress faster and faster. Sometimes, watching these tutorials myself, i need to pause or rewatch something multiple times to fully understand the mechanics, Due to the fact i've just been playing the game and have a load of other stuff on my mind i've been doing and then trying to take in more knowledge or new mechanics can be conflicting and difficult, So again take your time and split things up into singular tasks. If you feel overwhelmed at any point, then take a step back. Take a break and think about it first. Prioritise your goals and objectives 1 at a time. Patience is key. Keeping calm will help you enjoy the game more and progress faster. Don't try to take in all the information all at once 🤯😂
I tried to get the Guardian Module Blueprint for 4 hours, and have no luck. Scanned the Ancient Data Terminal over and over again and got nothing but the codex entry message.
Ur moving me along this vast simulated plane, and idk if I mean that figuratively or literally.
Thank you but i dont have any resource extraction site on my navigation tab in 98878
Why when I get to the system and then try to travel to the site even with the frame shift or supercruise it says it’s gonna take 60 days?…..
Love your vids. However, I find the grind of engineering a bit much as I don’t have the time to grind and do other things in the game.
Can u do a extensive video on what u need for engineering
Great work, as always.
Hey Hawkes! Another amazing guide, as always. Like others, I'm in the comments looking for a little more detail on the Expansion trade farming as I've been through several systems and am having shit luck getting the big score missions.
Is it really just a crap shoot as to what contracts spawn, or are there more "golden ticket" specifics you look for in systems such as number of hubs or an economy combo to avoid?
While running out to farm expo data is making me money, having to do it repeatedly between each system bust is so time consuming when all i want to do is make "real space cheddar" 😂
Keep up the great work bud!
Not sure if I'm playing a different game over here or missed something important but I went to the 98878 system...and there's nothing there. Just a big ass star, nothing else and a bunch of planets, no pirates so uhh..where exactly in this system are they supposed to be? A little more detail would be like really helpful for new players
Best guide yet. Thanks!
Went the the nearest system for space pirates and flew around for about an hour until i found a big gang and none of them were getting damaged. Am i doing something wrong?
yes but how do you lock the camera in third person?
Love traveling 1000+ years at the speed of light just to scan some grass
Hey instead of going after the pirates I was paid 14million just for doing genetic samples on a planet in the starter system. No jumps required and no pirates to worry about, and that was only 1 of the planets, though I got lucky because I never scanned the planet.
Nice tut man! Do you happen to have one for the horizon? haven't gotten the Odyssey yet.
Why can i jump like you ? When I try it says that there is no route...
Is any of this even relevant if you don't have Odyssey? I haven't played in years so I was looking for a refresher. All of this is completely alien to me, though.
I am a new player and I've dropped in HIP 98878 for the bounties like in the video. But I have only 25% fuel, what's wrong? How can I recharge it?
Hhhhhhh if only they didn't stop support for the consoles. Miss this game.
So buy a mid tier pc....
@Kallivakgames working on it lol. I save money only for something to come up....... adulting sucks lol.
@@theodore7313 your not wrong. You will get there. If I could give a piece of advice. Don't chase high specs, a mid tier pc with say an i7 10700k and a 3060 or the amd equivalent will be very solid for the average gamer
@@Kallivak thats not mid tier, thats still a high tier pc
@@theodore7313 good luck bro. This game is amazing.
How do i find a res that isnt a battle between two factions but i keep dying after i tap one of the factions
A rehash of an already great tutorial, great work man. I used your other guides when i first started. Thanks for the info even I didnt know. keep it up :)
Surface Operation does not show up in my menu. Is there a prerequisite for that?
Hi hawkes thanks for all your videos peace man cheers
I play on ps5 and I don’t think Odyssey has come to the console yet. Will this guide still help me?
If this game has internal views of ships, it will be the best space game currently. Better than the bug star citizen
hi, I stugle with this. I spend time on 2 systems where is suposed be expansion. I spend lot of time to get alied from all factions. and I never have same results like you. when you have lot of or full of 50mil missions. what Im doing wrong. its really pain duing reputations and spend time for nothing
ok so quick question. how did you not get interdicted or at least attempted to get interdicted carrying all that ripe cargo in the type 9? I am sure you must have, but did not talk about it?
Always a great guide, Just reset my 2nd account and will be looking at following this guide - Will you be updating you material and engineering guide following the new update?
@hawkes - at 46 minutes you're with Farseer and have all the materials needed for engineering. I have none, where did you get all of that?