The Top 10 Most Amazing, Stunning and Beautiful Sights you MUST See in Elite Dangerous!

[@Exigeous]

This one took over 100 hours of work over the last several years to curate and put together - as I'm sure I missed MANY of the best places in the bubble and galaxy I look forward to hearing your favorites for a version 2 - please do be specific and share the system for whatever you list.

[@Canadian_Ale]

One of the sights you can add to The list is being at the very top or bottom of the Galaxy at the center. I did that not too long ago when I went to Sag A. I just went straight up for as far as I could and I just looked down on the whole galaxy. It was an amazing sight

[@ultragaming9233]

Traikoa fl-p e5-4

[@thebanana26]

Really nice job with this. Amazing video 👌

[@SonicAvalanche]

Perfect timing, was planning a little road trip. Also watched your videos on exploration tools yesterday (RIP extools)

[@Alain_Escher]

Great video, really enjoyed it!

[@ThePilot_]

By my count, that was 36 places to visit...not just 10. That's a bargain.

[@Exigeous]

Figures you'd be the one anal retentive enough to actually count them! Yeah, this was done in the style of one of my favorite channels, Cinefix. They haven't done this style in a while but their Top 10 lists fucking rock.

[@propittman]

@@Exigeous bro this is so awesome. Thank you for what you do. This list is scary as fuck bro. The game alone just scares me sometimes lol. Commander ProPittman here, signing out.

[@jordanrtx2050]

It's a steal

[@unknownunknown-od2eg]

Better more then less

[@themechanist7875]

Some more places that are a must see in my opinion; - HIP 38064: a system of binary ringed planets in very close orbit to an O-class star. One of the planets is landable so there's opportunity to look into a spectacular sunset with a ringed planet in front of the star. - The Spirograph nebula: a bright green planetary nebula with lagrange clouds in the system, including one inside an astroid ring. - The Crab nebula: a uniquely coloured nebula that contains a system that has an astroid station. - DRYAU AUSMS KG-Y E3390: an incredible star system with a gas giant in EXTREME close orbit to a white dwarf that has landable binary moons also in extreme close orbit to eachother, making for some of the most spectacular views I have seen in ED so far. - The Veil West nebula: there are no systems inside of it but you can get very close to it. A unique and beautifully bright blue coloured nebula. - The Bubble nebula: again no systems inside, you can only get close to it. A perfectly bubble shaped nebula with a bright pink/purple colour that looks like no other nebula.

[@Exigeous]

Thanks so much for sharing, some EXCELLENT ones on that list for sure!

[@Certified_Dude]

When I first started, I got my sidewinder in Matet, in between the bubble, Orion, Witchhead and Coalsack nebulas, about 300 light years from Sol too. Would recommend that area.

[@styanax]

@@Certified_Dude We all start in matet

[@Skix350]

"Attention Commanders, testicle, that is all" -Exigeous

[@OneOceanTenOfficial]

Bravo on the hard work and many years it took to put this together! Great list! Thank you!

[@kurusai]

If anyone ever mentions "places to go in Elite" I immediately start talking about Spoihaae XE-X d2-9 A 1, the landable HMC that dives straight through the jet cone and exclusion zone of a white dwarf. Mitterand Hollow is neat but have you ever seen a gravitational lens rise over the horizon and swallow the sky?

[@Exigeous]

Yeah, damn, that would have been a REALLY good one to add as I know exactly the planet you mean, have visited it many times AND have video of it too boot! ARGH, can't believe I forgot that one!!!

[@kurusai]

@@Exigeous I spent a few orbits on the surface when I visited so I can say the real trick to that planet is that it isn't tidally locked, so you have to plan ahead to be in the right spot to have the star go over you at its closest approach.

[@that_one_shark6887]

in general just being in E:D is amazing

[@Exigeous]

Yeah, I showed this one to some family members that don't know/understand the game at all and the comment was "wow, that's one helluva a game"

[@RunnerTK]

So true, E:D is such a great experience, it has so many magnificent views, every single neutron star or nebula is so beautiful - again and again!

[@TheScottShepard]

Fantastic presentation! As an ED veteran and have seen these, I was still very entertained. You’ve raised the bar. You clearly put a lot of love into this one.

[@Exigeous]

Pretty damn good comment too :D

[@amsyarmalek7]

I imagine this as a holiday vacation advertisement from 100 years in the future 😍

[@ArcherHMR]

My favorite system that I've found is Croomoi AA-A H82. It consists of a Wolf Rayet star right next to an O-type, and further away a B-type supergiant. The B-type is by far the largest, 2,000ls in diameter, but is actually the least massive, at around 45 solar masses. The Wolf Rayet star is six times the larger than the sun, and has an astounding mass of 120 solar masses. It's dwarfed by the O-type, which is around 225 solar radii. And yet, being only 50 solar masses, it practically orbits the Wolf Rayet. It makes you realize just how much the density of stars varies. The best part, though? On the system map, the three stars are stacked smallest to largest, making an adorable stellar snowman. It is, however, pretty far from Sol. It's around 3,000ly from Sag A*. I highly recommend checking it out if you're in the area, though.

[@kriswelsh3844]

Artemis Lodge, Celaeno System, Pleiades Nebula - A station that orbits inside the ice ring of the planet, stunning views, easy access to the ring for mining and close to systems infested with thargoid's for some pew pews - Triple Win!. Awesome station to call home while battling the tharg's. Edit: 'Thargoid's' not 'Thyroids' XD

[@Exigeous]

Sounds like a cool one - on my list for the future.

[@iansteele8644]

"i hope if you've made it this far, I've earned your subscription." CMDR, you earned my sub with the first tutorial I saw of yours years back. I never would've made it through the learning curve without you o7

[@AlmostLiveKaraoke]

Exegious, you just TOTALLY rock, man. This is perfect timing too - I just had a friend decide to DL and try ED, and I've been looking to take him sightseeing. Of COURSE I'll take him to the Guardian ruins and Beacons (he loves puzzles) , but most of these I've never seen, and I've been in the game five years! We can explore them together. This is by FAR one of your best, Exegious!

[@DavidEvans1958]

Watching this video is an absolute thrill. Without doubt its the best video of its kind. If this doesn't inspire new gamers to Elite Dangerous then nothing else will. Us 'old timers', with thousands of ingame hours, still have so much to see. The Elite Galaxy certainly provides a wealth of opportunity to discover strange new worlds, new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no-one has gone before.

[@Codewalker22]

Fantastic video and very energetic and epic music (especially the ending).

[@Exigeous]

Yeah, that was a track by friend Miguel Johnson, be sure to check him out.

[@Codewalker22]

@@Exigeous Thanks for the reply. Will definitely check it out

[@y_ffordd]

This is probably the best list of things to see in Elite, thanks.

[@janejvmmsvictoria5857]

Fantastic video, all of these are indeed sights that should be experienced by all :D Visiting Sol is still one of my favourites tho, finding the Voyager probes is a fun way to spend an hour or two :)

[@Exigeous]

Agreed, those are great ones too - I love stopping by Earth and figuring out roughly what time it is on the planet based on the position of the sun.

[@leonico76]

watch your videos, with the style and visual work they have, it is pure enjoyment to watch them

[@madmags969]

The music.... funky AND able to be used in elevators!... great vid mate.

[@zip7275]

This is the best Elite Dangerous video I've watched. Great work.

[@TheBlueFabbit]

Where is that Pitch Black Lagrange cloud at? I have seen several commanders talk about it but I have never found any of them talking about the system?

[@adrianassault]

Oh nice! Skaude AA-A H294 is actually not too far from where I'm headed to, the Prae Prue Nebula. If you get a chance to, try visiting the Bug Nebula. A single Supergiant Blue-White, and nothing else. The whole nebula is one star.

[@Exigeous]

Great, thanks - on my list for future travels.

[@KubaxKristallmond]

Mic Turner's Base only qualifies as *Planetary Outpost* and as such is smaller then the ringed *Planetary Ports* . For the Station interiors where you want to see the Palm Trees and overall clean looks you need to check the Galaxy for places that sport the *Service* economy. A special one to visit is *Greeboski's Outpost* in the Phiagre System. It was changed, Exterior and Interior, several years ago through winning a CG. The Station itself is a *Industrial* economy but sports Service interior, and two external Habitat rings that weren't originally there. Phiagre is one of the few Systems in Elite that can be changed manually by FD.

[@mikeashman7665]

Was on my way to that lighting storm lagrange cloud when I found a ring that has 2 tritium overlapping hotspots 1,400 ly from colonia. Ooscs freau qd-r c18-818 a 2 I mined for 20 minutes or so before I had to get off, 59 tons in 20 minutes.

[@angedickterfruchtsaft1321]

This video should be seen by so much more people. Amazing work!! Thank you for sharing!

[@TommyRayzer]

This is such an amazing game. I am surprised it is not far more popular and well known. Considering it came out in 2014 and even before then I was always looking for great space based games I didn't even find out it existed until 2020. It is quite a lot to learn at first but tbh it felt extremely accurate in terms of being a fresh pilot heading out into space in your first ship. It took a lot of control tweaks before I stopped spinning out of control. But thanks to the mouse re-centering it made flight a lot easier.

[@TrainWatcherDon]

Excellent video!! I'm constantly amazed by the depth of Elite Dangerous!

[@EetsMyWar]

Watching this made me feel like I was in a space hotel with the TV playing the resort's channel that shows all the attractions. Right down to the soundtrack.

[@cmdr]

Neverest is stunning as is but imagine how gorgeous it's gonna be after Odyssey released? KZbin will be flooded with videos with comparisons of all the places worth visiting before/after.

[@Exigeous]

Agreed, it's going to be pretty interesting to see what some of these places are like on foot. That said no VR = not nearly as cool in my book.

[@RicCrouch]

@@Exigeous I just changed over to playing in VR and was amazed by the sense of scale it provides! Even little things like the spaciousness of an Anaconda bridge are impressive in VR. :)

[@adityajoies]

@@Exigeous I'm not spoiled by VR yet. I think it will be amazing.

[@raidermaxx2324]

@@Exigeous sooo. will there ever be VR for the Odyssey upgrade? because i only now play elite dangerous in VR, as it is a totally different experience that you cant really go backwards from, imo.. i hope this is just upon release.. i mean how difficult could it be, when they've already had VR support for game up until this point?

[@profozpin227]

@@raidermaxx2324 as someone who owns VR, I'm happy they are delaying the VR implementation for Odyssey. Way too many crappy VR shooters out there rn, I'd rather have quality.

[@jonridley]

Does canis majoris actually look bigger than any other star. What im getting at is the general sense of scale well conveyed? the fact that a sun will always fill your screen if you are close enough and when you beam in kinda makes me wonder

[@Sinisphere]

Funky music and slick editing. Really enjoyed this Elite Tourism video. I've never been super tempted by exploration but you're really selling it.

[@loganthom8604]

If willing to go just a little over 14000 LY from sol you can see one of the best sights I have ever seen. Floarps Sector PI-B E2 A system with 2 interlocking blue nebula and a neutron. There is even one of the DSSA fleet carriers in the system for data selling and repairs

[@Exigeous]

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@jeanramsis1771]

This is the video that made me subscribe to your channel. Great content, editing and music are superb. Bravo ♥️

[@TheCzechmate007]

You've got a subscriber mate, great content! I do a lot of exploration in my DBX, now waiting for my HP Reverb 2... Are these wonders of universe even more stunning in VR? I mean, of course they are, but is it a vast difference? Is it a game changer... (don't tell me if not though... :-)

[@Exigeous]

Well like I said in my Quest 2 review (and have said often) - Elite on a monitor is a very pretty space video game. Elite in VR and you're _flying a FUCKING SPACESHIP_ . So yeah, it's a MASSIVE difference, the sense of scale and, I hate to say it, immersion is incredible. I too am waiting for my G2, have had the Reveb Pro for well over a year and it's an amazing headset, you're gonna be blown away.

[@TheCzechmate007]

@@Exigeous thank you Commander! I am watching your videos a lot and saw your Oculus review yesterday, i don't know why i didn't subscribe earlier... Great content and thanks for sharing your thoughts! 👍

[@napdogs]

Such a great bucket list video. One day I'll hit up all of these

[@shinyobsessed1271]

Many of these I was completely unaware of - thanks for this presentation! Might have made a serious explorer out of me...

[@Sorcher]

Its so a well produced video! Thanks for putting your effort into it!

[@sadskytristeciel1439]

What a skill you have at making video! The best!

[@mickbohannon1104]

Prolly your best work so far. I've been places, but half of the ones u mentioned here I didn't even know bout their existence! Thx commander!

[@thewilberforce]

An absolutely fantastic video that has me thinking I need to come back to ED.

[@lloydmills5968]

I've seen a few of these, but several were completely new to me. Time to plan some trips. Thanks for another great video, Exigeous!

[@Exigeous]

You're most welcome as that's the entire point - all the locations are in the description for easy visiting.

[@matthewkeeler1106]

Hats off to you Cmdr. O7. I couldn't do it, so I'm glad someone did! Looks wonderful. I'm entering Elite VR for the first time this week with a Quest 2/3080 combo so it will be an entire new game for me from here out, maybe I'll check some of these places out.

[@nafnist]

I have once requested a video like this, and it is even better than hoped. Thanks alot

[@Exigeous]

You're most welcome :D

[@frankdrebin7285]

Beautiful video, mate!!! I truly appreciate you took the time to do this. A freaking 11 for you!!! (Huge fan, bro👍)

[@Exigeous]

Thanks buddy, I love your work in the Naked Gun movies myself, some of my all time favorites!

[@frankdrebin7285]

@@Exigeous hahahahha (i'm gonna tell you a secret... my name is just an alias!)🤣🤣🤣

[@frankdrebin7285]

As if you did not know...🤣🤣🤣

[@oneofdavidsmightymen]

Excellent and a good reminder of things other than ships, combat, etc and you earned my subscription a very long time ago

[@lovethesabres06]

Great video man! I appreciate the effort and am a happy subscriber. I will be visiting most of these places with my buddy's. Thank you!

[@mikeashman7665]

This is why I keep coming back to elite, excellent work sir. 07

[@793Force]

Holy hell that editing sir. Amazing, got looks of things to look at now.

[@happywarrior736]

Eagle nebula while looking at the pillars of creation, its just awesome ngl

[@simonjfear]

That is one of the best ED videos I have watched nice work

[@Exigeous]

Pretty decent comment too!

[@chrismcallister7050]

Great video as always Exigeous! I've learned quite a bit from you over the last year and a half almost since I started playing. I just have one question though. What is the color code that you use for your HUD? It looks really good.

[@nevinphil]

Love this video! Cheers!

[@TechDaddyProxy]

Great video! Certainly earned my subscription! I appreciate your efforts to put this together!

[@jimmaurer8361]

One of your best videos, very well done! What's amazing is thinking of what has NOT been discovered yet. Still hoping for RAXXLA......

[@adawg3032]

Agreed that guardian beacons are insane. A big part of it is FDEVs incredible sound team, the sounds activating one makes is just 10/10

[@cmdrlightwalker_9877]

PSA: To all new commanders and those thinking about deep space exploration, be sure to check on ED fandom wiki about the numerous permit locked systems out in the black. For example there is a 1000Ly swath of systems just 1200Ly from the bubble that is permit locked. Great work Exigeous! Another top notch video.

[@TheFalconerNZ]

Well saving this so l can reference it later for my "Elite Dangerous Bucket lIst" of things l want to do. Thumbs up and already subbed

[@ericcson3429]

I love some of the engineer bases. When I first visited them I was still using the docking computer to land, so I never properly caught sight of them. I now like to use as them as my go-to for data mined wake scanning.

[@Exigeous]

Agreed, they are rather cool - sadly it seems most are on the dark side of planets so it's really hard to enjoy them but I do love that they are all unique and hand made. Also a big fan of the "robot" voice for flight control.

[@wesdavis6942]

thanks for all your help!

[@pluxauag7555]

Superb Video, just got around to watching it.

[@Jarhead-ye8br]

Nice video. Your work is always top notch

[@alexbyearpiano]

So much effort you put into this. Thank you!

[@ScottSlooper]

Cool, thanks! I'd like to see a list of best places to go to meet the 5000 LY requirement to open that one engineer. It's early game, so 5000 LY is a huge distance to go, and picking a good destination would be really nice when heading out on such a long trip at this point in the game.

[@Exigeous]

Sure, honestly for that I'd say if you want it done fast head toward Witch head or California nebula, take in the view and then just keep going - when you hit 5,000 self destruct and POW back in the bubble. You don't have to sell the data, just to have gone that far so you can cut the trip in half by not flying back.

[@ScottSlooper]

@@Exigeous I actually got a Tourist Mission that will pay me to do this to a Nebula 8500 LY away. So it's a Three-fer: Open the engineer, exploration data, and mission. I already started, and I learned how to do Neutron Star Supercharged Jumps. This game is so cool. Endless learning. And thank you for all your great instruction!

[@ScottSlooper]

Well... That mission ended in self destruct. I used the Neutron Star tool to find a path to the "Glorious Nebula" in Hen 2-23. I've never used it before, but let me tell you to use this tool with a lot of caution, because it sent me on a path that could not be completed in my ship. The beginning 5000-5500 LYs went fine. At the beginning of the path you could see that at most there were 3 legs in a row of the trip directly from Neutron Star to Neutron Star. Legs of the trip with more than 1 jump mean there are Scoopable Stars on the path to refuel. But the last 3000 LY or so of the trip, the ratio of Neutron Stars to Scoopable Stars increased dramatically, and Scoopable Stars eventually became very far apart. I wasn't going to just quit because I thought there must be a way through if it sent me that way, knowing my Jump Range, but about 10-15 jumps from Hen 2-23, in a final long series of about 20 direct Neutron Star to Neutron Star jumps, I had to detour to the nearest Scoopable Star for Fuel, and then I was stranded. I had already recovered from a similar situation on the previous four-direct- Neutron Star jump series, by looping back to the last Neutron Star using 15 regular jumps. But not this time. The closest star of any kind that I could jump to was 83 LY, and my Orca has a 55 LY jump range. I looked forward in the trip, and this was not a singular isolated star. They just became very far apart in this area of space. I was totally stranded. Self Destruct. So if you use the Neutron Star tool to make a jump path, and you see a series of individual jumps between Neutron Stars that is more than 3 or 4 in a row, be very careful about that trip. Make sure you can get off the Neutron Star jump path and continue the trip with regular jumps without either running out of Fuel or becoming stranded. Not even the Fuel Rats can save you out there because you are Jump Range stranded, not Fuel stranded. The only thing that could have saved me there was a Carrier, and I didn't have the heart to ask one of my buddies to spend 2 hours RL to fuel up and come get me and take me back.

[@TheLampMan-JaE]

If you don't want to go all the way out to the Green Nebula, you can head towards the Spirograph Nebula between the witch head and Barnard's loop. It's not quite the same, being a different color for the most part and an O class star rather than a black hole, but it's still awesome!

[@Exigeous]

Thanks added to my list!

[@lytneo6492]

good job man, love your work

[@Scorp-I0n]

What about Void Hearts? Always loved Collection of Wonders. Great clip!

[@Exigeous]

Oh sure, absolutely - just couldn't cram every form of life in as it was only one section. But yeah, those are cool as shit.

[@noodlefoo]

Awesome video CMDR Exigeous. I am keeping this video in my Watch List so I can come back to decide which interesting sites to visit next time. P.S. LOL Testicle Moon. Could have nicely named it Sultana Moon.

[@raidermaxx2324]

terrific video.. cant wait till we can get out and walk around

[@marcus_electric]

This is excellent. Cheers CMDR!

[@Teedeedubbelu]

Once again a amazing upload!

[@SemD2005]

Imagine being able to control one of those megaships and fight other megaships, that'd be pretty cool imo

[@adrian3482]

Nothing tops getting yanked out of hyperspace on your way out of Maia for the first time. By that point in the game you've already jumped hundreds of times to different systems. To have your ship suddenly glitch up and spiral out of the hyperspace tunnel only to be left defenseless while a Thargoid interceptor scans your ship is both exhilarating and terrifying.

[@GanajaD]

I made it! I'm here! Coffee still hot? Time for another great video!

[@gppl77]

This is the best guide by far of what I've seen!)

[@jordanrtx2050]

I feel like elite dangerous is super underrated I also started a month and a half ago and I already have an asp explorer

[@tubelessfish8673]

Wonderful collection. Well done!

[@dreaux88]

Blueged--- Thank you for all your hard work. I can tell you put mega hours in this video. Great fun to watch.

[@robertslattery6464]

Milcayac 1 does not show up in google or in game map??

[@darkzide7558]

Well done! Love the cinematics and audio.

[@Exigeous]

Thanks amigo, this one was fun to put together.

[@BannorPhil]

I thought I'd seen pretty much most of what the game has to offer. I was wrong. Thanks for this awesome video - but now I gotta go dust off my exploration ships....

[@BattlePlayer11]

Will get this game this weekend, can't wait to finally fly to all these places

[@jmr0411]

I have like 900 hours and never heard of the legrange clouds. Def gonna check them out

[@nicoalvarezp2]

Thanks man!! I'll check them out for sure!! O7

[@mysticaldragon2740]

BD-12 1172 is a MUST see. its stunning and only 1k ly from the bubble. Its a wonderful green system.

[@here4good]

I wasn't expecting to come across a vacation brochure here in all honesty

[@spec7re664]

Love your work dude, would have given up if not for your tutorials ..... So thanks 👍

[@mikecarvalho4416]

Epic Well done mate

[@LaDeCR]

This was an amazing video - thank you so much for going out of your way to compile this top 10. I hope the Frontier Devs take note of your dedication because there are some things you listed that not even the Codex has on file for easy admiration. I discovered the Collection of Wonders as it was the destination for a passenger mission I haphazardly accepted, but then I loitered for several days just to admire what the system has to offer. Everything else on your video blew my mind though :D

[@krifnahal1926]

VY Canis Majoris looks like any other star in supercruise until you look at the distance meter, the best way to see its size tho imo is to get right up on the exclusion zone and drop out.

[@tobythefox6631]

I love storms I'm on my way to the lightning thank you so much really great video

[@BradleyMountford]

For the life of me I can't find the ice geysers on Ariel...any tips?

[@BradleyMountford]

So I looked closer at the video and noticed that the planet in the background is Jupiter so while Exigeous says "Ariel" it clearly cannot be. I looked at the system map and found that the only planet around Jupiter with volcanism is Europa. I went there and found the geysers at geo 5...there are probably more. Driving into these is great fun as they launched me about 3km above the surface. Took about 50% damage coming back down even trying to strategically slow my descent.

[@_aleventure_1304]

Amazing sights into an amazing video

[@LordOstrik]

I feel like I am watching Travel Channel lmao

[@leechowning2712]

No, the old travel movies, back when people depended on VHS to decide to take a vacation.

[@fixthepix18]

11:20 How he turn off the ship hub?

[@yuboon]

Well, now I know what to do after getting my AspX jump range to 55ly (thanks to the recent CG, got the fsd booster for cheap).

[@Exigeous]

Sweet, but you should be able to get that sucker up above 65 pretty easily - if you need a hand we have a Ship Builds channel in the Level 11 Discord, link in the description.

[@yuboon]

@@Exigeous yeah I know there's more potential to unlock, but I don't really want to grind those lightweight engineering

[@PaulKononenko]

Thanks for the effort! Really intersting, like and subscription!

[@RunnerTK]

The Lagrange storm clouds are my No. 1 favourites too, but I missed the anomalies, beautiful and fascinating, but some of them can be very dangerous - be careful!

[@Exigeous]

Agreed, the first time I found the system from that section, as it has 2 clouds in it with storms, I flew around them for literally hours in VR as the experience is just incredible. The audio, the lighting, it's just fantastic.

[@LaughingAndy]

Makes notes of places to visit once Odyssey hits.. hell maybe even on the 29th of March

[@68Snaps]

Wonderful list, but my number one is the void hearts in the Empyrean Straits. Their beauty is stunning, esp if you have the chance to see them in the shadow part of the ring they occupy. Highly highly highly recommended! :-)

[@joeholdsworth4078]

theres also a huge blue supergiant in the canopus system