80 Mil/Hour Deep space passenger missions | Elite dangerous

[@KubratTomov]

Great info, thanks! I've done some tests and here are the results: Taking a mission for both the Alliance outpost (45LY away) and the Little blue (200LY away) takes about 17-20 minutes from undocking to docking back, and the payout is around 5 to 5,5 mils. This is with ~48LY jump range. Alternatively taking a mission just to the Alliance outpost (1 jump!) takes about 6 minutes in total with payout 1-2mils. So both options provide relatively the same amount of money timewise BUT stacking missions containing both destinations takes a lot of time login in and out. So my assumption is to just go for the alliance outpost, especially if you are lazy, like me :))

[@Inferno17]

Just to correct the location, the shipyard is in CALIFORNIA SECTOR CQ-Y C5 not C9. I’m doing the missions now and they really do make good cash!

[@okal3m]

There is the megaship, its moving between systems.

[@KashouWannabe]

And nerf in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

[@xXTheWhiteSheepXx]

FDev probably won't nerf this one, they don't pay attention to anything anymore. this is also for kitted condas, so it's balanced

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Exactly - you have to spend around 150 to 200 million credits plus engineer grind to be able to do these missions, plus a fair chunk of very dull play time. Only fair that they should pay out well. Still, they have nerfed less balanced stuff in the past so who knows.

[@NapFloridian]

Don't worry its 4 20 Weekend Cosmos is stoned out of his skull, he will not be able to read any of this

[@eaglelee72]

Big caveat: You need high rep with the local factions to see high payouts like he sees, but it does start around 8-10 mil per run. If you base at the Mahon Research Base in HIP 18077 instead, you shorten your runs by a lot for the same destinations. His run actually takes about an hour with refueling at stars with a class 5 FSD (such as in the type 7).

[@JJGuardian]

Thanks for the video. I got my Conda up to 51.89-55.03ly with all components installed. I did have to replace a level 5 passenger accommodation for a Guardian FSD booster. Now to try the routes you suggest

[@davidkennedy1077]

Great vid, I'd been checking a few of these out. Plus you have the added bonus of seeing some good sites (the ones I saw were Betelgeuse, VJ Canis,nebula etc)

[@jeffghanistan]

I do these exact missions in my 60LY jump range DBX. I store my fuel scoop, scanners, cargo holds and outfit business and economy class cabins and run criminals and rich tourists on tourist runs. I usually make 30-40 mil/hr. I do the cheap one stop missions sometimes too since I can get there in a single hop and back.

[@ajil1966]

yes! really love your advices...very useful (specially the last one for me) > good job cmdr

[@jakewolfe7397]

I can hear Cosmo whining already

[@YourPalQWERTY]

James Wolfe who is this cosmo guy everyone is always talking about?

[@jakewolfe7397]

Cosmo is a player of Elite that basically complains about literally anything that makes more than 50 credits an hour. He reports anything that makes high credits as a "bug" on the official forums.

[@Michael-Eklund]

What a turd.

[@SuperTurbo9001]

Cosmo is a kill on sight commander. I don't PVP, but even I'll have a crack if I see him.

[@timothy3122]

He's on PC? And literally called 'CMDR Cosmo'?

[@GenghisV]

This has recovered a bit. now able to reliable make ~40MC/hour on non-criminal sightseeing to outpost and mounds - one hop only. still very limited +little blue missions. TY. D

[@IsisofDurnham]

I honestly can't think of any reason why this should be "nerfed " , this clearly isn't any exploit .

[@SEPK09]

Sooner stick to local passenger missions that i have cordial rep with no hassles, can make approx the same in hr. :)

[@MegaYoutunes]

Try the parutis Evans dock to mebd vela dock. It's a 35 min super cruise but it pays 80 mil average. You can alt tab in cruise with no issues. Plus since its about a 40 min loop total it technically can be more money overall with a lot less work

[@CloakenDagger666]

Empyrius_Gamer this, so much this, I literally point myself at medb and alt tab out, I've learned so much about other aspects of the game since I'm still only a few months into it while making the obsurd amount of money you need to really get a variety of ships to do things with. This'll get the nerf bat I'm sure so make as much as you can before it gets "brought into balance"

[@jakewolfe7397]

Shhhhhhh

[@Dacogent]

Buddy don't give this kind of Tips to KZbinrs, They already got shit loads of credits in Game, so All they care about are VIEWS and LIKES, They will make a video about it, put an attractive title, then the video goes viral and 2 days later FDev come running with the Nerf Hammer faster than Usain Bolt. So please keep this to yourself and your fellow cmdrs in need ;-)

[@yosharian]

Empyrius_Gamer what kind of passengers? Do you get Fed rep from this?

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Too late, this one has been all over KZbin for a while now. Yes, you will get Fed rep from this also, it's not as quick as running data missions but it's not bad either - and since Sothos-Ceos has been nerfed now it's a good option. I didn't start it until I was already Rear Admiral I'm at about 80% to the next ranking mission already just from doing this for a while.

[@maciej2c]

i traveled to gorgon research facility from the edge of the buble to scan first time some systems (want to make that enginer lv for frame shift ) i gone with passengers cabins (aspX i newbe) to grab some passangers from elephant trunk mine to back with them to bubble , ended up making 1 -jump travel missions (2/4 at once) from gorgon research facility to visit cupid arrow , after i back to station i have new missions to cupid arrow , wounder if they will resset all time to travel to cupid arrow back and forward for milions of $

[@Beer_Dad1975]

Easy enough to avoid being scanned, just keep your speed over 200 until you are just about in the toaster rack, and if you detect a scan, deploy your hardpoints as it will break the scan.

[@lifetimesofjcm8582]

tried that, got blewed up instantly.

[@markunderwood5499]

Hi, do you have a a video explaining engines. I’m confused with the multipliers. I can’t seem to find any videos on here

[@Dice_Box]

White Mines to Smeaton Orbital, do it in a Python and you don't need to have a massive jump range. Better for those who don't have dedicated exploration ships.

[@AdrianHilder]

July 2021 - After taking the time to become allied with the factions that don't fill up the passenger board with criminals and rebel leaders that are wanted, I reach the conclusion this location has been "nerfed" and will generate at most 20 million an hour. Getting to allied status does not take long when choosing Rep+++ rewards for the missions. The problem is very few missions to just the Alliance Outpost and Little Blue come up now. Many are for the Bark Mounds next to the Outpost that need a time consuming visit to hover above the planet surface next to an Alliance Base on the ground where you have to deal with being scanned (you probably have wanted passengers at some point). Most passenger missions are Outpost + Hesperus Logs which involves 300+ly and then about 35,000ls supercruise which will take 10 minutes+. It all takes too long. I was hoping to build up the reputation and match the 80 million an hour I can make on the Robigo Mines passenger run and put an Anaconda to good use (perfect ship for this job), but it is not to be. There may be other places sight seeing runs can be stacked....

[@tsw2scotland341]

Would this build work for long range space travel as i would really like to leave the bubble and travel

[@Kokomo733]

I've become allied to all the factions at the station, but they rarely offer passenger missions to alliance outpost+little blue and only a few of those pay more than 4 millions. Is this related to the variuos faction states?

[@jakewilson5971]

I was doing these missions and I got wanted while flying into the station, inara says there isn't an interstellar factor within 500ly, i can't self destruct because I barely have enough money for a rebuy. What do I do?

[@jakewilson5971]

new update let me turn myself in and i was one jump away!!!! YAY

[@foreverspellman]

"Due to bugs reported by forumdads and popular youtubers and redditors that like having fun finding ways to get money, we've temporarily disabled all passenger missions until there's a "fix" to this issue, saving it like the guardian fsd booster for 3.1 update"

[@DAGATHire]

The payouts are not excessive, pretty average really so no need to nerf this. Probably won't be nerfed infact considering the exploit here is the board hopping element while the missions themselves are normal payouts.

[@RexMuffin]

I think 80 mil an hour is perfectly immersive and it dosn't break the game as long as you need an expensive ship. Getting that amount in a sidewinder should get nerfed, but in a conda, it is more than acceptable.

[@jefferybarnes7817]

I think you are the most level headed one of all!

[@lasvista2tech]

I like how almost no one is using saud kruger ships for passengers as far as practicality is concerned.

[@jasonwhitfield1636]

YUP, FD DONE A SHIT JOB BALANCING THOSE

[@tek87]

The Beluga is much cheaper than the conda.

[@jasonwhitfield1636]

tek87 yea it is but point was they introduced passenger missions, passenger ships and then passenger missions top out on the already existing non passenger ship. That's bad balancing, I'm sure most will agree that the highest cash per hour on passenger missions should be in a dedicated passenger ship

[@toxicity2545]

Working good but a lot of of missions to other places starting to crop up thnx Down To Earth Astronomy using 35ly conda

[@chocolnrgaming]

lol, 35. mine is 50ly :P Try to engineer FSD to grade 5 (long range) asap.

[@edwardmelaugh4841]

where is the shipyard in California Sector CQ-Y C9?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

At the mega ship.

[@snotling5]

So its the same credit per hour you get from doing exactly the same with the smeaton orbital doing this, but far further out and more annoying?

[@StarCitizenGameplay]

Skimmer missions are still paying up to $120 mil per hour as they stack. Load a board of 20 missions and you only need to complete about 1/5 to get credit for all of them. The trick is to find the right system that offers lots of them and that go to a base that allows you to hide under a pipe or find a niche where air support can't get you. Easy peasy.

[@virtualsolid3439]

marco cipriani where. I must know

[@willrobb797]

Indeed

[@janahinrichs9107]

me as well pls. not for money but high grade mats ;___;

[@DanTKD87]

This is very true.

[@SteveCourtright]

These places are not hard to find, do a little research. Look for systems in civil war. If he tells you exactly what to do, you learn nothing. Also everyone will flock to that location & it won't last as these missions will defeat one of the sides in the civil war. If you find your own, you will A) learn how to do it again and B) it will last much longer which is good for you.

[@peter58murray]

this amount of credits can be made doing passenger missions inside the bubble and has been available for months without being nerfed.....not gonna say where but its the usual places like before

[@NomaDz2K]

Nearest Station for me was: The Quarry In System: California Sector CQ-Y c5

[@williamread5652]

You forgot to add the grind required to get to Allied status first!!

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

They have plenty of donationis you can do. If you dont want to do that just run some passenger mission and choose rep until you are allied. After the 3.0 update is so easy to get allied that I left it out of the video.

[@williamread5652]

Down to Earth Astronomy okey dokey

[@kangaroo4024]

Will this work with a 30ly Cutter? I'm currently out of engineering materials so i won't get any more out of it and my anaconda is already an established combat/cargo boat. However, my Cutter, is fairly empty

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Yeah that should work too.

[@kangaroo4024]

ty kindly. after a little bit of mining I might go check this out. (both mining and passenger missions are a first for me, despite having the game since launch)

[@cmdrryzenfoxx2135]

@DTEA How likely is it that even these mission will be nerf'd to hell?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

I don't think they will nerf it. Not right away at least

[@BobThresher]

Nice, looks fun, if I can ever finish the guardian stuff, I'll try it

[@mikedimimd]

I️ forgot I️ commented negatively. It works like a charm. Great money maker thank you

[@MichaelLonerganPhelim]

Great Vid. Are the Guardian modules worth it? I've grinded and maxed out most of the resources but don't want to drop any until all modules are released.

[@davidkennedy1077]

Michael Lonergan yeah, they've got some great weapons, and when they 're release the FSD boosters they look good. I'm fairly sure some of the others are good, plus they're bound to release more, so your collected materials will definitely be worth keeping. o7

[@MichaelLonerganPhelim]

Sweet. I'm busy kitting out my conda for thargoid hunting. I'll take the plunge tonight. o7

[@DavidUtau]

Weapons are bad or pretty meh for anything non-thargoid... The powerplant is pretty meh The power distributor is kinda ok (the pp power increase sounds sweet, but there's no indication ingame that it currently does that) The FSD Booster is pretty strong (must have IMO) with big ships that have low jump, like the vette

[@MichaelLonerganPhelim]

Yeah can't wait for the FSD booster to be fixed. Key component for me Vette. I think I'll get the Gauss & PD for now hold off and see what else they release. Cheers

[@davidkennedy1077]

DavidUtau nice info. I've picked up the Gauss and Plasma so I think I'll go for a Distributor next, and get stocked up for the FSD.

[@LordsOfElite]

Thanks for the tip. My bank is low. Though this is risky starting out cause unalied only wanted passengers are available. But 1 hour later i got 14m. That helps. Thanks

[@GaryMillerUK]

How did you know that way out here would be a good place for high paying missions?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

I test a lot of methods, most of then turn out to be nothing, but from time to time i come across good. Other time people come and tell me about places they have found

[@thomashellman92]

I went to the California sector cq-y c9 and there was no stations

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

it's not a station. it's mega ship.

[@BDenjoyer]

the megaship is in California sector cq-y c5

[@skinwalker5456]

Was I missing something I couldn't find a shipyard in the sector he said?

[@owsllews2182]

Wait what? How did you get 50 ly jump?

[@Stef791]

Engineering

[@gkizilis]

Anyone knows if this is active post 3.1?

[@chrisstevens5652]

Very interesting, I will have to give a few of these places and methods a try. Thank you for the work you put into these videos and to all the helpful contributors in the comments. I know the overly dramatic and silly complaints are more for entertainment value than anything else, but some of you do seem to be suffering from nerf-anxiety. Its a common problem in well maintained and developed games, especially where content and balancing updates are fairly regular. Try not to fall into the folly of blaming the community for nerfs. If the majority of the players are making 1b credits over the course of weeks or months, and then a small handful figure out a way to make billions per hour, the devs don't find out about it through google searches, youtube videos and support tickets. That is a statistical aberration that would probably stand out immediately and the chances are they have investigated and concluded a nerf is needed long before it becomes common knowledge.

[@obi108]

Fastest way to make good money!! Very monotonous and can get boring but very good money!! Also there are missions to Mic turner mounds and little blue u can do if u don't mind go down to the planet no need to land just scan beacon!! Right next to the alliance beacon!!

[@figjam9530]

ok, so this video was posted 8 hours ago, i figure there's only a few more hours before FD take this away. no point, won't bother.

[@adevioushyena3828]

It's always nice to know what the current "gold rush" is but I enjoy the game enough to grind the normal way. Well...except for exploration,I'm elite in that so all is good.

[@Captain_Chloroform]

Waiting to see how fast FD pulls all passenger missions from the game to nerf those too.

[@DerekSpeareDSD]

How difficult is it to become allied with all of the factions in that system?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Very easy. Most of the faction offers lots of donation mission. So if you have some startup cash you can just pay your way to allied. You should make the money back after one of two runs.

[@stevenszmek7007]

i already have the feeling the passenger missions will be taken out of the game for an nerf. ... because Sandro does not want to waste our time

[@Scryder]

Think the nerf is probably happening soon. The System has been put on lockdown! Ah well, I was going to grind it for another week... passenger missions were a surprisingly relaxing way to get money. Don't see why they need to nerf it (if that is what's happening). Guess I won't be playing Elite for a while till I see what's going on with Darwin Research... I was looking for a reason to not grind elite and play something else, FDev just gave me the reason.

[@lifetimesofjcm8582]

are they gonna nerf this too? cause i can't even go out and do that one!

[@GenghisV]

And... ZERO with baby blue added... :-]

[@stofsk]

Nobody is going to nerf this people, relax

[@tek87]

FD has made it very clear that they don't people making 80+ mil an hour. This will be nerfed.

[@venomsss001]

And passanger missions are turned off

[@ChrisGilcher]

Nice... Ceos / Sothis passenger missions with a Beluga are still approximately 60 to 80 Mio. ...

[@jasonwhitfield1636]

TRUE STORY

[@WilliamWilson_org]

Why do I not believe you? Can I get a free anaconda out there too?

[@jasonwhitfield1636]

William Wilson mate its still an easy 40-50mil/ph even if you dont get great board flips but if the board loves ya an you dont loose any time making the trips its still a great earner, tho i would still use Annie myself, screw those 1st class pricks

[@ChrisGilcher]

William, no one forces you. Nothing to see (or earn) here ;p

[@BDenjoyer]

oh my god... another thing that's gonna get nerfed into oblivion. better make quick use of my 99% engineered anaconda!

[@kangaroo4024]

Lets just hope people don't put it up on Reddit or the Elite forums where Cosmos can complain to F:D about it :D

[@1802D]

You have to title the videos "Balanced money making for Endgame players" so they don't nerf it just because of some videotitle on youtube without checking the logic behind their actions.

[@av8mm]

Just arrived...station on lockdown :/

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Sounds like someone is trying to spoil the fun for others.

[@chocolnrgaming]

like 2-3 days ago it was in Lockdown also on Playstation 4. Since yesterday i think it turned to Status: "None" and short after that to "Boom". So its fine now again =) Thanks for the tip D2EA =) Thx to your video i also bought the Anaconda and now have identical outfit. Tried this with Fed Corvette, but its a pain... The best for this are ships with big jump range.

[@meistarkus]

There it is! :D

[@RittingsTN]

Typical... I invest 80 million credits in gearing up my Conda (since i think i'll make it back in an hour or two) and arrive to find lockdown. lol.

[@Sup_711]

Hi. I really enjoy ur vids

[@TheDring44]

Anyone else finding this is nerfed? i was getting 6 mill missions. now im lucky if i get over 2.5

[@chocolnrgaming]

+Adam Dring those mission that have "Little Blue" can have like from 3.5 to 6.5mil credits. Search for them. Also if you take "Mic Turner" missions, you can get alot of credits.

[@TheDring44]

ChocolinoR Gaming yeah weird. I had some 6 mil ones again yesterday morning ! Thanks

[@jjamo5]

Hiya Dave

[@GenghisV]

so... all factions in boom. allied with ALL factions. No missions for either bark mounds / alliance outpost and little blue for more than 2.2 MC... so fickle its not worth it. RNG two hours to fill my Conda with 30 MC... WOW!!!

[@GenghisV]

This is nerfed to pphhuukkk!!! Board refreshes not updating/changing missions - open and private offer same missions and maybe only one or two new after the 10-12 minute normal refresh. Non-criminal passengers are at an ALL TIME low. Its taking me 30 minutes to not even fill my Conda 9 cabins with outpost and mounds missions. Impossible to even grind ANYTHING anymore to get the great game content... byby billion credit Corvette - see you next year. I'm a >1000 hour veteran of this game and they making it worse than ever with this preventive play forcing. No elevation of mission value based on rank and minimal on rep. WTF???!!!! #end rant

[@zontarr22-zon]

for fuck sake not again.........

[@mikedimimd]

Didn’t work well even with board hopping. I️ made more per hr selling system data

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Are you allied with the factions in system ?

[@KirstenBayes]

You are a true blessing to us poor CMDRs.

[@shadowofraxxla8522]

NERFED as of noon EST on Xbox One. Duel passenger missions at this location seldom appear. Sincerely DTEA, I like your channel and I know these videos get you more views, but please stop showing this stuff. For those of us investigative enough to find these kinds of payouts on our own, our favorite runs get nerfed. Frontier has literally dedicated more staff to NERFING stuff on you tube than to fixing pirate massacre missions which have been broken for years. I love this game but frontier has really mismanaged it. FEDERAL NAVY FOREVER and keep the vids coming. Love your channel!

[@figjam9530]

that was quick, i figured they'd wait till weekly maintenance. in a way, i hope they did dedicate actual staff to nerfing. that means they are spending very REAL money in order to stop us from making fake money, and i want to live in a world where this kind of a retarded absurdity is a thing.

[@anderslolle2147]

Don’t blame D2EA for Frontiers inability to see sense, they are running a tryrant enterprise here, and the only reason they can is because there are no other real competition atleast on Xbox where I play.

[@shadowofraxxla8522]

No blame intended. Just a simple request. There are a few others asking the same thing of the "big" ED channels. DTEA is great. I'll watch regardless of what's posted.

[@miguelfonseca5289]

Bit late ... I knew about this ages ago...

[@dangerclosemofo6306]

Are you using anaconda?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Yes

[@Steve-el5rn]

Please do not show stuff like this as it will get nerfed in the next update

[@JarvoD]

But then no one will know about it - also this shouldn't be nerfed, you don't actually get that much unless you have an anaconda maxed out, and in which case you deserve that much because you're going to be spending more

[@porozex3061]

you just need to be fast.

[@porozex3061]

faster than cosmo

[@StarCitizenGameplay]

Skimmer missions are still paying up to $120 mil per hour as they stack. Load a board of 20 missions and you only need to complete about 1/5 to get credit for all of them. The trick is to find the right system that offers lots of them and that go to a base that allows you to hide under a pipe or find a niche where air support can't get you. Easy peasy.

[@kangaroo4024]

Just don't post this all over reddit or the forums people :)

[@nmanjos]

Your build .... is very poor, Shields you just need 3A, Fuel Scoop is more than enough a 7B and mush less expensive, you should engineer to lightweight every core component that is not related to jumping, you should get at least 60 LY Yours Truly CMDR Darkminded of the White Templars !!!

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

I need to make sure my shield dont go down even is i hot the station or someone rams me, there for 3A will nor cut it. Sure a 7B fuel scoop would cut it, but i had the credits and the station had it for sale. so why not just get it. About the engineering. I know i can get a lot more jump rang if i spend more time engineering the ship, but then didn't want to give the impression that that you had to fully engineer the ship. This way it's more accessible for people. trust me i know how to fit a ship.

[@nmanjos]

I have done many missions like that in Colonia, and really an anaconda like that is so slow, you just have to fly it very aligned with the airlock, and respect the velocity limits, anyway suggestion for a new episode, revisit PowerPlay from as Modules grabbing Perspective, but still look for the inconsistencies of the Lore, Actualy my opinion is that AEGIs should have been the Excuse to end PowerPlay or at least suspend it until the Thargoid Threat is over

[@arclat361]

Useless!

[@Pawgasm]

I went to the California nebula specifically searching for proper missions, and nothing showed up. -.- Now this. Frontier gonna nerf this to the ground.