Datamined Wake Exceptions - Fun and Easy

00:00 - Intro
01:16 - History
01:50 - How to Collect Wake-Data
05:31 - Ships and Equipment
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[@koolj]

For those wondering, this still is viable, including Odyssey . I did as suggested and filtered for Famine states in the galaxy map, scanned the systems nav beacon. The first system I went to did not have any distro centers but the second one did, it popped up in my navigation list after scanning and coming out of the nav beacon. It was 5,000 LS away. After dropping in ships started spawning in and high waking out as shown. I got about 15 Datamined Wake Exceptions after about 15-20 minutes of scanning the wakes. Seems to work fine still!

[@technoviking2415]

Hi ive been doing the same thing but around fleet carriers. If you get it right its just as good as the distribution centre.

[@French32101]

I finally found a use for Convoy Dispersal Pattern. Ships drop in, high wake out and a new set appears... available in any inhabited system

[@DerKaetzer]

You are missed, Astro... :( Thanks once more for your videos, and for keeping them up.

[@nicolaslukasik6036]

its seriously a shame how much effort you put into your videos but so little people watch these :( keep up the good work man you have helped me so much with my elite dangerous journey. Thank you

[@lazaglider]

Yep, massively underrated channel. As a new player of a couple of months, I’ve learned more here than most other channels.

[@bobar84c]

Well its because there is no many new players . Hes sure popular in e:d circles.

[@mattsmechanicalssi5833]

I do a lot of BGS work for my squadron, and I always have a wake scanner on board. A-Rated, Grade 5 Fast Scan. I scan wakes when I arrive and leave stations, NAV Beacons, Res Sites, etc. Like scanning as many ships as I can while in supercruise on the way to a location. Maybe I get something, or maybe I don't. But over time, it adds up. Just ways to reduce the grind, or at least reduce the perception of the grind. Just make sure you deselect the scanned wake before jumping, or you will wind up going to the wake's destination!

[@quizengine]

Did a build around a Cobra MkIII. I'd forgotten what a fun and versatile little ship this is - takes me back - I held on to one of these for the longest time when I started my Elite career. Zooming around the instance scanning wakes is also helping me manage / learn the switch to HOTAS. And that 2 second fast scan - sweeeet!

[@Stills1979]

Your videos are amazing in their information and organization. Thank you

[@styln2nyt]

Been waiting a long time for famine system to pop up. Thanks for the heads up!

[@eblingus]

Thanks for this vid. I watched many videos to try and figure this out, and this is the best.

[@burgle66]

Wow, you nailed it. Having an alternative activity for the various bits of the game is huge. Thanks for additional content!

[@sabertom1936]

Another great Tip - Got 15 Datamined Wake Exceptions in under one hour in a spot in a famine System. Thank you

[@groslegros5619]

Excellent video ! Thanks, It helped me a lot !!

[@ryannightingale2457]

Very useful, thank you.

[@kyr_taap]

Flying is definately more fun than driving the same route over and over again I used the method in the (far) past so thanks for the heads up that it's doable again

[@macmac4050]

thanks for all the help

[@Kaiser_Pineapple]

I have a feeling this got nerfed. I found three Famine systems, only one spawned a distribution center. Once there, I've been getting grade 1-2 encoded mats only. I haven't seen a single Datamined Wake Exception. I did this a few weeks ago and was getting them hand over fist.

[@methamphetamememcmeth3422]

Here's a better method. Population over 1 billion. Station size large. Stay there. You'll be constantly scanning High Wakes non-stop.

[@Volkaer]

Gawd damn I miss the old galaxy map - everything was just neatly organised and made sense. At least it's not as bad as what they've done to the fitting UI

[@4evraggie821]

Could we get an updated cucumber build please? Ty and great video as always!

[@XEyedN00b]

Still works, just did it today. Famine systems are few and far between tho

[@marciozago943]

I bought Elite Dangerous about 3 weeks ago, and I just wanna say that I'm loving the game (currently making my way to the California Nebula in my Krait Phantom), and also loving this channel, your videos are really helpful and entertaining, can't wait for the Odyssey update. Keep up the great work :)

[@originalgameronline3457]

Lol, give it time. The salt will start flowing soon.

[@gautamasakyamuni6688]

In a couple of months you'll put it on the shelf wich is the right place for this dead game.

[@Trpmanne]

I can’t even work the wake scanner. Do I need to deploy hard points to activate wake scanner? Can I deploy hardpoints even if I don’t have weapons installed to activate wake scanner or do I need to buy weapons to get it to activate?

[@sebdenzil]

@@Trpmanne yes deploy hard points and make sure you’re interested range

[@Trpmanne]

@@sebdenzil ok best to do that from Distribution Centre? I’ve been trying with high grade emissions for chemical manipulators, doesn’t work.

[@AdrianHilder]

When I tried this I could not find famine systems and tried the Sirius Astrometric tourist beacon instead. Lots of passenger ships coming and going. I collected plenty of low grade wake exception data, but never Data Mined Wake Exceptions. I have given up on this approach and sold off my wake scanner. I got what I needed trading 6 for 1 of Encoded Data materials collected from Jameson's crashed Cobra instead - trading at Ray Gateway in Diaguandri. Yes, the relog "trick", but its the only way to get what I need in a realistic time frame. I'd give up on the exploration side of the game otherwise.

[@gilesey9746]

28 March 2021. HIP88553 about 150LY from Sol. Famine system with multiple distribution centres. Only 3x3 datamined wake exceptions in half an hour though. You may get the same effect just sitting outside a station waiting for ships to warp out.

[@boni58]

You are right it is nice to use another method. But in fact if you usually carry a frame shift wake scanner (better G5 enginnered) and scan the wakes in all stations with heavy traffic, probably you will get the same amount or even more. Important is to distribute the wake data periodically in a data trader in a way that you are not full in any grade, so you can always pick up data. (sign comd Boni58)

[@DavideGranato]

Hey Dave! Thanks for saving us from a real pain in the butt-er. We should study - I'm more than eager to collaborate - a way to get easier ship scans , can you fathom a light out of that tunnel in order to make that easier?

[@kasselerfickeneuch]

oh good you made another vid, the old way does not seem to work anymore.

[@YYZ342]

Found them in a famine system at the NAV beacon there. System was LT8456.

[@hanswichmann5047]

FSS for HGE's still today's best data farm method..

[@SusannaSaunders]

Since the additional system states were added into ED in January, the new states like Blight also contain distribution centres! I haven't checked infrastructure failure systems yet though but these too may contain them. Personally, I prefer to use a long range scanner and sit in one spot to scan the high wakes. You can comfortably scan the 4 wakes in the time it takes for the next 4 ships to jump into the system, and also scan the 4 ships before they jump out too, for other encoded mats. Having a fast scanner isn't needed nor can you speed up the spawn rate of the 4 distro ships... So a fast scanner doesn't benefit you any, you just fly around a lot! Lastly, check on EDDB for a famine or blight state in an Anarchy system. If so shoot the three T9s for mats as well and relog.

[@joepiscapo1879]

thanks for the tips

[@T_D_K45]

My preference is to do Jameson crash site, however just watching this, and reading other info, suggestions of scanning Type 7 and Type 9s for Wake Exceptions etc. Here's a thought. Why not have a wing of team mates with Type 7s and Type 9s? And Scan them? Probably not great time wise to do, but here's a thought, if you can figure out the build that generates specific types of results, would that be better?

[@wmgthilgen]

Wanting a change from farming Robigo and Dav's Hope. I was reminded by this video to try again the once viable going to famine locations, which were nerfed to the N-th degree when Materal Trader's were implemented. Yesterday I plotted and went to three dozen different famine location's and not one of them had a distribution center in it.

[@CMDR_Verm]

Enjoyed this video but have a question. Is it true that you must have previously visited a system before it shows its state on the in-game map? For example, if by pure chance, you have never visited a famine system, it will never show on the galaxy map? Hope this is clear and thanks for reading.

[@shannonfartacus9473]

it should show the correct state in any case, what u cant see are the bodies if u werent there before

[@farmaxgaming1543]

Hello Dave, thanks for the very very tutorials you upload or stream! ca u link a Imperial Courier that can boost ta 800, cant get it on coriolis dont know what I am doing wrong.. thx in advance

[@VWoodKatic]

You need the special thrusters, I thin they're only available from felicity, maybe? And you do a different experimental effect on small thrusters. Can't remember which. The info is online.

[@mishterpreshident]

Trying this in mid-2021, and I get no stations at all when I search using the in-game map. EDDB ("systems") reports accurate famine status, however, Inara ("nearest") data has not been accurate (either that or the in-game map status is, itself, out of date).

[@88119966]

ya, this didnt work for me either, also mid 2021

[@ctbram0627]

12-29-20 seems broken again. I have zero famine systems in the bubble! GG Forntier! Gotta love the fucking grind!

[@koopa9815]

i see famine systems but havent found any distribution centers

[@technoviking2415]

I was trying to find distribution centres but none seemed to spawn in any famine system i went to i even scanned the nav beacon but nothing was i just unlucky

[@BinaryNinjasPOV]

Is there a code or anything when buying a secret lab chair to refer you as the source of the ad ? and is there any discount or promo coupon ?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Unfortunately i do not have any discount codes but if you use the link in the description i get a small cut

[@tigozijlmans4581]

this also works in front of a station, right? the jumps are less frequent, ofcourse, but it could work, right?

[@shadowofraxxla8522]

Nice find! I really wish there were more options like this for getting high grade mats and data.

[@kyr_taap]

I did the 'data tour' of him once and could engineer 3-4 ships of mine.. it's a pain in the ass grind but at least your data computer is full in the end 😅

[@gautamasakyamuni6688]

There are many way to gather the three necessary materials in G4/5 and then exchange for lesser needed ones at the Materila trader,all these activities are the same go there scna/gather log off/log in repeat,mindless grinding that's what ED is,it's just a screenshot generator like NMS was.

[@brianbarr4480]

I can't find any famine systems. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[@DeltaVictorMike]

EDDB has been getting me there since Mar 2020. (Now Mar 2021) without a problem.

[@GaryFlack]

When the scan does return Datamined Wake Exceptions, you actually get 3 units, yes ?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Correct

[@robertpaws]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

[@buggerall]

Is this still necessary though? I was scanning outside my home base Bellamy station some days ago with an Imperial Eagle and got 15 DWE's in about an hour. I spend all my time scanning because there were enough NPC's leaving. Of course an A graded iEagle is slower and I used a non engineered wake scanner but still.

[@Riverboat374]

There are NO systems in Famine at the moment. Wonder if it's been broken again. Any other suggestions?

[@brothermaleuspraetor9505]

Best way to engineer is to be engineered. All cynical jibs aside, thanks D2EA. Great youtuber. You're a good stand up CMDR. o7

[@gianlucamirabelli7481]

thank youuuuu

[@quantistrap8494]

It's always made me laugh that the NPCs coming to get the famine supplies always "hight wake" to ANOTHER system away from who they're supposed to be helping! Typical Frontier thinking!

[@TheRogue12]

they do that because they're getting more food from other systems

[@TheeWilsonator]

do you mouse and keyboard, controller or joysticks?

[@Alexiks]

I believe Astro uses a HOTAS controller.

[@JBGecko13yt]

I like being able to get materials where I am lol like right outside of a station.

[@donneizer3246]

Thanks for updating Wake Scammer/Distribution Center information. Unfortunately, Frontier seems to have broken this again. However, using EDDB works. I'm now heading for Enawai. Also, Sorry I missed your Top of the Galaxy trip. Thanks to one of your other videos, I was on Upsilon Phoenicis 1 collecting a lot of stuff.

[@ElMundoDeHadesOK]

is this stil viable in odyssey?

[@25xxfrostxx]

Can a system be famine and anarchy so this can be used to farm materials from the haulers?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Its rare. But yes it can happen.

[@Wardy782]

Wait this is op. I just went there for 5 mins and got 15 of them

[@BinaryNinjasPOV]

I am in Bhutatani system which is in famine but no distribution centers there, did I do something wrong?

[@silentflyer5498]

I have checked two just now and same here, intriguing why :)

[@joepiscapo1879]

sometimes a minor faction within the system is in famine but not the entire system.. Go fine another system

[@BinaryNinjasPOV]

@@joepiscapo1879 I just logged back in today and now I found them in that system. Weird

[@wingnutsworld6305]

If this has been patched, please update.

[@shiner421]

This doesnt seem to be working anymore after update 13. There is not one single system showing up in the entire bubble that is in famine state. Then again, I am using the in game tools which i really dont trust so there is that. I will however simply have to find another way.

[@GizmoMaltese]

Title said fun. I didn't see any fun here. FDev have to find a way to gather data materials in a fun gaming loop.

[@gautamasakyamuni6688]

There's nothing "fun" in ED,only mindless grind to go nowhere.

[@Hobo_Jelly]

Yes, fdev need to give you all data and materials when you start the game so you don't need to "grind" anything, better give you a few billion credits too so you get to "end game" faster

[@gautamasakyamuni6688]

@@Hobo_Jelly You don't undertsand don't you? It's not what he asked for but your small fanboy mind cannot compute 😂

[@GizmoMaltese]

@@Hobo_Jelly Or they can make fun game loops for gathering materials like they did with mining. Scanning wakes is not fun.

[@GizmoMaltese]

@@gautamasakyamuni6688 I enjoy LTD mining and Combat Zones and sometimes HazRes. I also really enjoyed working with others to use FC for LTD mining missions.

[@thee-influence]

I have watch almost 20 videos on wake scanning and still can’t figure out why it wont work, i have a wake scanner, i went to a state of famine to find high wakes to scan, for the engineers upgrades, and every wake i come close to while i have wake scanner active, it just does nothing. I click and hold the scan button, as close a 9 light seconds away. The scan doesn’t scan and if i go any closer the wake disappears. Pls explain why this keeps not working

[@markbryant7042]

you need to be 4km maximum away from the wake. they only last a short while and then disapear so if you get some seeming to vanish it is just that not that your scanner isnt working. with the scanner you have to target the high wake (not low wake), be within the range of your scanner, and hold the trigger (or button if on mouse) until the scan is complete.

[@thee-influence]

@@markbryant7042 i got it to work by not being in fsd, that was my issue i needed do drop out of fsd before it would let me scan them

[@Trpmanne]

I can’t even work the wake scanner. Do I need to deploy hard points to activate wake scanner? Can I deploy hardpoints even if I don’t have weapons installed to activate wake scanner or do I need to buy weapons to get it to activate? It’s a hard game & grind. I don’t mind the grind as I’ve come from Conan, it’s the fact that I can’t find out what to do & tutorials skip vital information leaving me lost. I want to grind just don’t know how to go about it. All I want is G5 FSD & explore to the centre of the galaxy.

[@justinwaltman5506]

Good luck getting. G5 fsd any time quick.

[@Trpmanne]

@@justinwaltman5506 got the grade 5 FSD… I’m a true grinder! It’s the not knowing how to do it that got me. Took time to figure it out. I embrace the grind…

[@kevinmccall6030]

I cant find a single famine system.

[@fcibagtag5803]

The zhao system is currently in famine, if it helps anyone. EDIT - Zhao is also in Civil Unrest, may affect distribution centre spawns.

[@abdulwahabmsc]

Thank you for the video . I got question! Can i transfer modifications from 5a fsd to 6 fsd on the same ship? Thank you

[@BinaryNinjasPOV]

I don't think so, when you purchase the new FSD it comes unmodded and you need to reapply them again

[@abdulwahabmsc]

@@BinaryNinjasPOV thank you

[@gautamasakyamuni6688]

No way

[@TheOriginalCoca]

Did this today and I had to check 3 systems before I found a system with a distribution centres.

[@TacticalGoldfishy]

I've gone to 4 famine systems so far and none of them have had distribution centers. What else is needed in the system for them to be present?

[@thirdfey]

Is there any benefit in scanning in open play near popular home systems to scan wakes of engineered player ships? Would that grant better rng on higher grade wakes?

[@gautamasakyamuni6688]

Same stuff but in Open you'll risk your neck,Data has the same value.

[@WeedPete1]

is this still active? im searching for a whole week now...

[@WeedPete1]

damn 10 seconds later and i found my mistake. Set filter to point of interest not signal source

[@kempo79]

But why? I just hover over my carrier and scan visitor's wakes. It doesn't matter what state the system is. Sooner or later data mined wake expections will pop.

[@rixxo]

Why does your wake scanner do its job so quickly?

[@shannonfartacus9473]

his scanner is engineered

[@StuartSeaton]

Might be easier looking for these high wake wotsits if there wasn't so many navigation beacons! Why are there so many? I can't find ANY datamined wake exceptions!

[@wmgthilgen]

All I ever get is the red indicator stating I'm full.

[@tropical2952]

I'm a bit newer to the game why do we need this?

[@helphelpimbeingrepressed9347]

I'm sure you've figured it by now but just in case: This & other data/materials are needed so engineers can upgrade various ship modules/weapons.

[@tropical2952]

Thx

[@ArbanBlade]

Am i the only one not finding any systems in famine state??

[@ArbanBlade]

Nvm, i found the problem, but its worth noting that you need to have all trade routes cleared as well.

[@g-stergaming4502]

hi there, I have found 2 amazing systems and wondered if you would like to do a vid on them (as I cant do them justice haha) the first one is a gas giant passing through white dwarf, took carrier there we me and nephew on it and it crashed the game and locked us out for a week...mate went there and could see the ghost of carrier but never reach it.....as soon as that was fixed 2 systems later I find a gas giant, white dwarf and red dwarf all 2ls apart, I got carrier into middle but it seems its now an impossible landing hahaha

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Do throw me a email or messge on discord. If I have a ship in the area I'll take a look

[@g-stergaming4502]

@@DowntoEarthAstronomy thanks kindly sir, its only 5k from sol roughly but I shall message you on discord and send you some screens and the whole story ASAP ☺

[@wendigotamer1173]

Does it still work

[@x401]

Yes, tried it yesterday and had good success. About 50 Datamined Wake Exceptions in 90 minutes.

[@TommasoVisconti]

We need an updated method 😁 distribution centers aren't a thing anymore

[@ChristopherSCox]

17 hours after you commented and i'm sitting in a famine system amongst 3 distro centres farming away at one of them. Can confirm that as of 9/3/2021 they still exist

[@TommasoVisconti]

@@ChristopherSCox really? Damn i visited all of them 😅 what's the system?

[@Squad23jta]

I've found famine systems but getting the Datamined Wake Exceptions is glacial slow; I got 9 in over 1 hour of scanning. I just go to the Jameson's crash site and it takes 20-30 minutes to get 100 Adaptive Encryptors capture. I jump over to Diaguanri and go trade with the encoded trader at Ray Station. Its 90ly from Jamesons.

[@ChristopherSCox]

@@Squad23jta to be honest after my farm today I’d have to recommend crash site also for pure speed of Datamined Wake Exceptions. This method is great though if you need all wake types and also slightly less brain dead then the Jameson’s relog simulator.

[@ChristopherSCox]

@@TommasoVisconti Popo Rung. Think there was a distro centre by the nav beacon from memory but if not, check out each planet.

[@JKLM_Family]

There gonna nerf this too... you made a video about it... lol

[@strikeforcealpha9343]

Doesn't work for me, went to a famine system, found no centers at all

[@petezzzz]

Make sure you don't have them filtered out in your NAV panel. POI or signal sources. One or the other.

[@SusannaSaunders]

Not every system in blight or famine states have a Distribution centre. The larger the population the more likely that the system will have at least one though. You may have to visit several blight/famine systems before finding one! Scan the nav beacons...

[@SpaceMercenary]

Noice

[@chefmarcg]

i dont know what im doing wrong, i found a famine system, i found a distribution center....ive been scanning wakes for an hour, scanned at least 100 or more wakes, not one single datamined wake exceptions.....

[@chefmarcg]

atypical distributed wake echoes are 90% of the scans

[@chefmarcg]

this stupid shit is gonna make me uninstall the game, it is literally anti-fun. two hours scanning wakes at a distribution center...not even one single datamined wake exception....

[@Umgewandelt]

I did all this shit, i've visited all systems that eddb show me and found zero distribution centers. Also i visited many systems with war, civil war, civil unrest, blight and others for 2 hours and found very nice, huge and lovely nothing. I'm upset. What i have to do now?

[@toe2thaknee]

LOL we travel to a system that has starving citizens. Then sit around watching them get food, and scan their exhaust when they leave. this is silly.

[@meepmeep6923]

Apparently FDEV did again what they do best: nerfing stuff that works and replacing it with stuff that is much more boring and makes this game a pain in the a... While this still worked a few months ago, it does not seem to any more. I scanned wakes at a distribution center for 40 minutes now, result: 1 wake with DWEs.

[@dudeslayer.imba0721]

the real problem is:how to find a famine system

[@dangernoodle8813]

"fun" yea... about that...

[@GokouZWAR]

The problem is finding the famine system. Since it’s impossibly rare... it does make it impossible to use that method.

[@slow-mover12745]

Video starts at 1:50

[@originalgameronline3457]

Fun? Easy? Two words FDev know NOTHING about.

[@neurotoxik]

elite dangerous repetitive mind numbing simplistic unengaging game mechanics as usual

[@Michael-Eklund]

Fun? Name one thing in ED that is fun atm... No? Alright then.

[@alcaron82]

This just straight up doesn't work. I flew to three famine systems and not a single one had a single distribution center...so there is something else that makes this work that isn't included in these steps...it was a fantastic way to waste an hour though I guess...

[@sidrat2009]

This is really scrapping the bottom of the barrel that is Elite Dangerous. Yes it's much better than quitting the game and re-loading. Sure alternatives are good, but damn FDEV make it more interesting!