From Sidewinder to Anaconda in less than 14 hours | Elite dangerous

[@TinkerXperience]

funny....took me nearly 14 hours to bind my controller/joystick and learn to how to fly, use the fsd drive and dock properly.

[@ThatOneKate]

same unfortunately i dont own a joystick/ controler and have to use my keyboard wich makes speed controll a bit harder

[@Rozzco]

RGR that. I want to play this sim hard core but holy shit. Just want to learn the controls not invent them. I wish not to run another program in the background just to run inputs through another program. The Thrustmaster program default in ED is ok. a few changes only but once you decide to go on the 4 mode path... Your f*****d

[@valgo8128]

Thats exactly how it should be. When you are too fast you are a beginner in a end tier ship. Who doesnt have a clue what hes doing.

[@eduardoroth8207]

(yes, its an old comment) it took me 30 minutes to set up my joystick and learn to fly, supercruise and hyperspace jump, and to dock properly.

[@x67th]

Yeah but that was your first time. This will have been planned for months in advance

[@randomgaming6436]

Pff, it'll take 14 hours just to find police doing something other than loops.

[@Tomb743]

😂

[@NuncHistoria]

Lmao

[@mossthatrules77]

Believe it or not ED police have saved my ass once or twice.

[@PudgeFree]

Selling exploration data one at a time to ally is a great tip in general.

[@Boemel]

First 2 months i just played the game and had fun exploring and trying out all game mechanics and died a lot. Best gaming experience ever. This game is way more fun if you are barely surviving then having billions.

[@AntaresSQ01]

Good luck ever trying to do anything in Colonia or partaking in the Gnosis expedition without money, Money is a massive wall to about 80% of the gameplay and while i agree it's fun faffing about, since i saved up about 5 billion I can actually do whats FUN instead of having to worry about barely being sustainable.

[@behindthen0thing]

I hate barely surviving. You're a loser

[@sc0or]

U r extremely lucky. Because I see no fun with constant 'lost connection's while my optical internet is fast and stable. I'm very angry that I cannot select a planet or a station because the tool tip is above it and is not dismissable. I hate their galaxy map because it was made by a junior developer. Five f..g years they just gather money and do almost nothing relying on our imagination and that we will find fun disregarding of everything.

[@eduardcornea9473]

@@sc0or i like what they did thats why i baked them, who are those "we" you are talking about, might consider Not wasting money in games you dont like. I dont play Shooters becouse i dont like them, i dont buy them and then cry becouse i dont like the gameplay. Grow up.

[@leonmagnushikaru]

And it's completely true! I spent some years not having any fun with games anymore, then I discovered it was because I was focusing too much in "being good", and not in the game. I'm playing ED on my own pace and it's the best thing I've done this year. F*** the tryhards!

[@KABBARANKS]

Great video and a useful exercise but I wouldn't recommend this method to new players. You'll find yourself in over your head very quickly, particularly if you play in 'open'. Take your time and enjoy the journey. Elite isn't about instant gratification, at least not for me. I spent weeks running rares in a Cobra and then an Asp to get the credits for a Python. Then I started trading for a while to get enough money for my first Anaconda. I learned valuable skills along the way which definitely helped when I turned my hand to bounty hunting / conflict zones and assassination missions. The best advice I could give any new player is, take your time. Just my opinion / experience, of course.

[@wiresvn]

Yeah same here I did nothing but bounty hunting till I got a Vulture and then I had to figure out how to make real money and starded hauling shit (literally biowaste) across the galaxy for 1 million credits per ton.

[@Bonzerboy]

I agree. There's is a load of cash to be made in a properly fitted out and cheap Aspex mining void opals.

[@kingflynxi9420]

I’ve found that if you upgrade ships and earn money too fast you end up doing things like crashing into Sagittarius A* for fun

[@jessedunn1728]

You make such amazing videos for Elite! So glad I found your channel and I've already found so many of your videos super helpful. I actually just started playing Elite a couple months ago, so having all of these videos to help me learn the game is just amazing. Keep up the great work with your channel! :)

[@adammoore251]

Just bought the game, Sidewider to T-10 in 4 hours. Crashed and blew it up, back to sidewinder. True story, thanks to clan for helping me with the cash 😁

[@behindthen0thing]

Did you say friendship drive?

[@ilovemikuzr3567]

Frame shift drive

[@orion1181]

Lol i know dat

[@frantastic723]

@@ilovemikuzr3567 r/wooosh

[@frantastic723]

@@ilovemikuzr3567 r/wooosh

[@RichardAdkins]

I called it Friendship Drive for ages until I finally saw it written somewhere and actually NOTICED the spelling. LOL

[@haywyre_9074]

From “holy crap this game is awesome!” To “I’m burnt out and hate this game.” In less than 14 hours. Take your time and smell the roses friends.

[@adamnacario6493]

devin burns it's taken me forever to make just shy of 2 mil. credits. Because you know, I have a life...

[@Bigalinbklyn83]

The problem is the roses suck. I really personally didn't enjoy the game.

[@NarrowDipShit]

The roses have no smell sadly. After having tried every profession in the game and being burnt out on them I only had made shy of 30 mill. Playing this game as FD intended doesnt work sadly. The progression is probably slower than a tenth of most open world sandbox games... that is not good. Killing 700 wanted anacondas to have enough money to buy one yourself is neither realistic nor rewarding. The game is amazing, but the experiences are usually short lived... Impressive and memorable, but not engaging in a way that is meaningfull to dedicate your entire being to.

[@haywyre_9074]

Affeks I already gave up on the game. There isn’t enough here to keep me engaged sadly. I have migrated to NMS. I hope Frontier can do what they ultimately want to do with this game before long because I think the potential is there. But it’s just not there right now.

[@NarrowDipShit]

Haywyre _ personally, ive had more memorable moments in Elite, but nms is just far more accessible. Personally neither have what it takes to make me committed to playing it. Eve has made me very spoiled in that sense. Just wish the multiplayer aspects of especially Elite would me more engaging, a player driven economy would make it far more interesting, but again it would require a major balancing effort and more gameplay, and in this regard Elite just isnt there yet.

[@clintbeastwood3245]

i went from a sidewinder to an a rated asp and stock fed corvette in 2 weeks following some of your methods!

[@beating2]

Getting top tier ships without having enough cash on re- buy is just LOL..................

[@izawa9211]

Just get money on insurance

[@tepidtuna7450]

1000 likes ! Good vid, clear, precise and on point. Very good learning. Subbed.

[@NuncHistoria]

This game is the biggest grind ive ever played in my life, but its easily the most rewarding, and im loving every step of the way

[@disgruntledgoatiam]

I just stuck with missions. If you go to the Ekonir system, the Morey Vision has easy boom time delivery missions where you can easily make million plus credit deliveries delivering 2 to 3 items. Some are higher, but overall you make some decent money. I made over 9 million credits on just one mission delivering 180 conductors to a system within one jump. Good video. Its great to see all the players out there offering all this help.

[@sebastianp.r.gingter1936]

If you do the "Exploration - From Zero to Hero" route that will make you Explo Elite directly and also gives you access to the Founders World where you get the Conda with a discount. It might be a bit longer than 14 hours, but I think its worth it.

[@Wither_Strike]

I am way late, but I have 2 questions. One, does it still take you all the way to elite, Or will I need to go a bit farther maybe? And two, where can I find this route?

[@Kipper-Fahrer]

Unfortunately, it's a HUGE grindfest. be it credits or standings, everything is a grind.

[@brianjohns49]

There's some great tips in there even if you're already in an Anaconda. Thank you!

[@drakefiar]

wish this was out sooner, jumped from a sidewinder to viper mk 4 to a type 6 to asp scout then explorer, sat at that ship for a while before switching to a python, after grinding my a%$ off got into the Krait, jumped back into my sidewinder to get some more cash, then back to my diamond back and python to grind rank, im finally sitting happy with a pretty decently outfitted vette engineered and all. though looking back at it im glad i went the hard way, as i have learned how to actually play the game, only time i combat log is with NPC, havnt lost her yet to a player *knocks on wood* 45 mill insurance is not cheap, i feel bad for anyone in a cutter easily 50 ish mill, but i digress. my opinion (not that it matters) play through the game, take your time, work for it, and once you know how to do shit then sure go ahead and use this method, youll be needing the extra boost in funds ;3

[@YahiyaJasem]

I bought my Anaconda today, thank you so much CMDR

[@stevenrempel]

Thanks for this tips friend. Please ignore the newborns who have no mastery over their emotions throwing their venomous comments your direction, you put out interesting content :)

[@xrevolution9179]

Does it still works?

[@monikajasinski9750]

Yes

[@monikajasinski9750]

@@xrevolution9179 but now you just need a asp exploler winh passenger cabins remember there is no mission that fills more than 16 places of yr cabin so if you fit a few buissnes 16 but yr next slot can only fit a buissnes 8 than it is better to fit a economy 16. You use asp and pythons for robigo today becoause the big stations offer shitty missions and the small station robigo mining will give you even 5/4 mil missions per cabin. (Python is better but it is expensive 57 mil and an asp only 6 or so dont remember)

[@xrevolution9179]

@@monikajasinski9750 haha thanks bro, I already Have the federal corvette and the imperial cutter 😂 very helpfull comment for players who still needs them

[@monikajasinski9750]

@@xrevolution9179 xd didnt see the time

[@vermili0n]

yeah sidewinder to anaconda in 14 hours WHEN YOU'RE PRO AT COMBAT.. I went from sidewinder to cobra and found some police attacking criminals, tried to get in on the action and shot one of the police by accident. They blew my cobra out of the sky in under 30 seconds and I had to start all over again. I'm in a viper now with 1mil credits and trying to learn combat better now to get back in my viper

[@mannyram9717]

vermili0n I shot a police a few times by mistake as well. Figured out why I wasn’t always attacked. You got to be care with your targeting system. So long as you’re targeting a criminal, if a police suddenly gets in your line of fire and accidentally catches a laser blast, he won’t notice or react. You get their attention if you accidentally switch targets and fire off a shot tho. Still I am careful making sure I got a clear shot when using this method to rack up bounty vouchers.

[@FABIUSBILE120]

Flew around in a cobra mk 3 getting bountys, ran into carlos then ran the road to riches. o7 carlos.

[@hakunai7227]

In all honesty after playing with at least two of the big four ships for a new person looking to get this thing the pros dont outweigh the cons sadly ( lumbering ship size, skill to dock, skill to fight, expensive upgrade costs to be decent, hit markers everywhere, easy to destroy its reactor and lots of other things ). A good ship for any new player to farm towards are most of the medium sized ships because by far they are most versatile and their pros outweigh their cons. ( decent ship size, easier to dock, easier to fight, upgrades aren't too ungodly expensive, purmaboost and so on ) your video is still great for some players though, dont get me wrong.

[@ImUpsetThatYouStoleMyUsername]

Hakunai honestly smalls are really nice for the average player. Affordable upkeep.. then engineer them. My engi dbx can take on just about anything

[@PageAaron]

I guess you’re right. I don’t think docking is that hard is this game since you can control your ship in all axis.

[@endoblader]

I agree, I grinded my ass off to get the Conda and I don't think I've ever flown it more than twice. As soon as I got it, managed to squeeze it out the mail slot then realised I'm not skilled enough to pilot the thing so I squeezed it back in and I don't think I've flown it since. 😂

[@endoblader]

I'm basically a classic example of "don't try to run before you can walk" 😂 still, I'm getting there, I'm currently on DW2, probably about 2 more hour's worth of jumps away from Beagle Point. Space madness has well and truly set in! 🤣

[@Frankenllama]

Did almost the same thing, but went straight to a hauler, kitted it for exploration, did the first 15 planets on Road2Riches and went straight into a Python, which i kitted for mining and did that until i got a Type 9. Then traded my way to an Anaconda at the rate of about 100mil / hour. Only bump i hit was landing on planets with life. That takes some time but it's worth for that bonus. I loved this method coz it gave me a taste of everything, and i loved exploration. The downside is i have all the ships i need (krait mk2, phantom, imperial eagle, type 9, vulture, type 9, python) that i have no idea what to do with the Anaconda. Just spend 700 mil on it and I'd rather fly anything else.

[@KirstenBayes]

I like this as a good guide to three of the main money routes in Elite (rare goods trading and mining being the other two). Although have the big 3 ships, I'd suggest the game's sweet spot is the medium ships. So, I spend all my time in the Asp Explorer, Alliance Chieftain and Python. If folks get tired of the Robigo/Sothis loops, buying those ships (in that order) will give them a fleet capable of top tier play for half the price of the Conda.

[@TheSubwayHobo]

Can defiently agree with the asp x I love that ship! Best view and very decent jump range. About to buy a chieftain for xeno combat, but will have to look into the python as im yet to go that route with ships just yet. What would you say the python is good for for someone unaware of the python like myself haha

[@KirstenBayes]

@@TheSubwayHobo I used my Python for passenger missions, mining, grinding combat: really they can do all of the game except exploration.

[@BiGG_X]

REMEMBER CARLOS O7 Good VID!!

[@uranictomcat3373]

Well I’ve already got 5 mill in the bank, so luckily I can skip the bounty hunting, thank you for this, you’ve given me something to keep me busy for the week :)

[@ironlungthe3rd]

I got the anaconda in around 9 and a half hours of gameplay. Void opals and a 1.4 million selling price at my system helped out a lot though.

[@JudgeRhadamanthus]

I did almost this but I added a few extra steps. I used the RTR data to get reputation with those factions needed for the Engineers. Blue Mafia etc. Slows the run to the Anaconda but saves time and effort later.

[@redrobby9939]

It took me... Hundreds of hours to get my Anaconda. 700 hours in now, still haven't gotten the best build for it.

[@steviesavagery]

200 hours in and around 500 million creds. Gotta do some mining, about an hour of mining yields 30-50 million in juicy rings.

[@Usernamewastaken.....O_______O]

@@steviesavagery or 200mil with void opals, sitting with almost a billion of cash with my trusty old mining anaconda :D

[@codymaerling5713]

Void opals are dogshit now. 4-500k a pop. Monazite is now the most lucrative to mine. Fit my clipper with 192 tons of cargo and spend an hour or so mining, I walk away with 150mil credits

[@NoSavedDAT4]

Wow, I got the Anaconda after 3 days I bought the game. I'm really grateful to you.

[@BlenderHelixAlpha]

Yeah, what do we do now? I seriously dont know. It shouldnt be so easy to get the best ship in the game. I'm out of goals.

[@tacticalluke8782]

@@BlenderHelixAlpha Annnnd that’s exactly why new players should definitely not follow this guide. It took me months to get my anaconda.

[@LiquidCat-k5w]

Yes u can do it in 14hours of boring money grind or take a month and enjoy the game with your squadron

[@EM-ks5my]

Flying in a WING IS ALWAYS MORE PROFITABLE. Here I play on a Xbox one X and very happy playing with friends or solo. Solo mostly exploration. Combat with friends to gang on Elite ranked ships make it soo fun. Like head to a Conflict zone and tilt a battle. Now I wish there was a realistic mode with NO ENEMY SHIP SOUNDS. YES THERE IS NO SOUND IN SPACE. That's the only thing I would add, as an option.

[@scaredstar9127]

Most expensive ship i have ever got was and asp explore, and i have 150hours

[@danielstokker]

Owke your probebly takimg it really slow barely got 40 hours in and i a graded a krait mk 2 yesterday

[@horndogfred5246]

Dude are you just taking it super slow or what? I've been playing for 3 days and just bought a type 6 yesterday and still have 7 million left over

[@scaredstar9127]

I like exploring ;-;

[@shperax]

Remember your likely telling this to new players. DONT shoot the ship until your scan in done or the cops shoot YOU next.

[@Jin-Ro]

I did similar to this and bought the Type 10. It;s sat in the hanger as I blew it up twice and it near cleaned me out buying it back. I think the top shield is 99 million credits. Best FSD 45 million. It costs a bloody fortune to get it to a top spec, so I'm sticking with the Ask Explorer to generate money for the mods.

[@donners304]

@dtea Do you think this would be possible with all the nerfs in 2020?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

I think i could do it faster now.

[@robertpaws]

lmao it took me 14 hours to find out how to jump to mawson dock

[@Dakarn]

I think it took me about 6 hours to get 1M credits. Bought a Viper Mk III. Fitted it for mining. Sold 30-40 units of LTD each run until I could afford a Python. Fitted it for mining (again), and now I have 444M credits, making 175-200M per run. I stopped for a while to enjoy combat in a Fer de Lance. Now, back to mining until I get to 1B, at which point I'll go back to the Fer de Lance and take some time to start getting Federation rank for the Corvette. How long it takes me is of no consequence.

[@masonzm88]

You are a man amongst boys.

[@riekopo7638]

Can I do this by myself? Video still up to date?

[@TheChestnutBowl]

Nice video, this was extremely helpful.

[@sirannikus]

It only takes one and a half hours to fly to Hutton Orbital!

[@Shaquiifa]

This is a tutorial for the "best situation" a player can have.

[@FreakishWizardthegamingwizard]

just so you guys know incase you missed it hes got a video for all the things you missed in this video. Oh and he has a video explaining that video and why you should watch all of his other videos

[@geminiangels5653]

I'm still sad I can't smuggle like I used to. I'm still trying to keep at it but not being able to stack the way I did makes it hard. Combat can be steady but it's still on the slow end.

[@mackeysasser420]

So the type 7 is a large ship. Robigo is only a medium landing pad no?

[@robinrichards6275]

I'm sorry, one can't appreciate the game if you do that. The game needs to be lived. It needs to be experienced over time. I remember after months of playing, I achieved elite status. I went to Sinrarta Dezhra. Going through the mail slot of Jameson Memorial was like entering Camelot. You have to work to get there. You can't appreciate it if you can get there in a few days.

[@NuncHistoria]

Good video!

[@llMcSH4DYll]

Never played this game. But I found the video very interesting indeed. Gz on your new ship

[@jph7472]

llMcSH4DYll if you like space sims you should definitely get the game.

[@dovacraft5772]

do you have to snan every single planet or is there a scanner that does that?

[@thatrandomguycommenting1261]

You can also do this cheaper with a hauler instead of a cobra and it has higher jump range.

[@sirenia755]

i tried to do a Passenger liner and I don't understand it, can you help me.

[@veteran35th]

Great vid, nice work. Such a pity that RtR is the recommended method for the 5 to 40 million level by so many long term E:D players. I've been putting off doing it but it looks like I'll have to just to get to an Imperial system to rank up for that sweet Cutter.

[@RayHorn5128088056]

The better play in 2024 would be a Python hauler, then a Fleet Carrier in 7 days or less. I did buy an Anaconda along the way.

[@emilbadici5700]

Videochat ad on this video gives me a bad feeling about youtube

[@Harshhaze]

I was playing for a bit before I got this idea naturally by waiting near a Nav Beacon. Got 1mil by accepting contracts on pirates in the system, and about 500k from bounties in about 4-6 hours. Didn't do it with a Sidewinder but I had a ship less than 100k, upgrading as I went along

[@codymaerling5713]

You can make several million credits in 20 mins just from doing delivery reports.

[@Lobo-cg9mv]

How can you pick people from Robigo with a type 7

[@InsaneMossMan44]

So I've been playing for a little bit, been doing cargo missions and wanted more money and stumbled upon your video. Just had a question cuz I have 20mil and was wondering if a more expensive ship other than cobra would be better for reaching Robigo? Like better ship with better jump distance or better for gathering Intel within the systems? Or should I just save my money and just get a cobra like you did for couple hundred thousand and make my way over there? One last question, does this still work today?

[@Chris_winthers]

14 hours? Thats about as Long as IT took me to figure out outfitting

[@theradgegadgie6352]

Do it much quicker than this. Just fly to Hutton Orbital in an hour and a half or so, and you can pick up a free one.

[@Keihryon]

Biggest problem with the game is, the only "Bubble" in the game are Humanity's. You have a 1:1 scale of the galaxy. There is more than enough room for Kilrathi, Klingons, Delvians, Sebatians, the Nox, Ori, Cylon bubbles......see what I am trying to say? There is no reason to not have Alien civilizations littered all over the place. The galaxy just feels empty.

[@pureskill123]

I thought about it just now, and would have agreed with you initially. But the problem with having other Civs is that having the bubble gives players who play in open an incentive to stay inside the bubble and keep those systems populated. Additionally, adding bubbles could be wasted resources as people might still stick to the bubble and those other bubbles only have >100 players in. I've heard Sol is pretty populated, that might change drastically if they added bubbles in other parts of the galaxy. Imagine being in open, going to Sol and seeing no-one. I play in solo so it doesn't affect me, but I can imagine players quitting the game because there are no players to interact with.

[@doobedi]

Where can i find a Advance surface scanner???

[@PowerofRock24]

And people complain this game is too grindy. Good job with this though. I have over 350h played and still haven't bought an Anaconda yet. I am too busy with exploration and engineers then I will probably get a Corvette first.

[@Unmedicated_Moments]

Great video and all, but I know for a fact that you have much more fun steadily progressing your way to the top. This game is so enchanting in the beginning, but to throw it all away in just 14 hours would essentially kill the experience.

[@invictuspotens9672]

Different strokes for different folks.

[@eduardofreitas8336]

I agree but this is a great guide someone can use to boost their credits at any time. I think it is only actually useful once you start flying the medium ships because before that honestly upgrading ships is very fast and rewarding. Wich means youre right. I fondly remember trading my winder for an eagle, then a viper and trying trading in cobra, than vulture, asp... Than i discovered piracy and this game now has me haha

[@IIAndersII]

Eduardo Freitas piracy is probably the most fun and thrilling part of the game. even though I sucked hard XD tried it once in an asp. found one player but he fled so I had to kill him. got a bounty on me, got catched by a fer-de-lance and begged for my life and he let me go. haven't touched piracy since XD

[@eduardofreitas8336]

@@IIAndersII hahaha thats awesome. But for piracy to be profitable (and it is very profitable unlile what some people say) unfortunately it has to be npc piracy. Hope you join the black sails again! :D

[@sl7730]

why diddntyou just go to huttton orbital?

[@alexrybin3798]

What is "juggling cactus" in left top corner?

[@BelgianDneprGuy2003]

wow...it took you only 14 hours and me 340 hours..i feel bad for myself

[@koolerpure]

I must have 70 hours in the game and still not near a large ship, wow

[@mxcherryblue5943]

I have 40 hours and I have a python, I'm almost near the anaconda

[@tyjoisacoward4010]

I have 390 hours in this game and if i sell everything i would be at 24 million...

[@sirenia755]

where is the exploration vid you said was down an the link below !!!.

[@casualgamerfiend4728]

How can I find a res ?I don’t get it

[@zinta1]

Hell I can't even land my ship in a base.. I just started with this game and have been blown up 3 times. I can't land.. I go into a base.. and try to find the freaking landing pad I'm assigned to and it never happens... no matter what base I'm trying to go into the auto dock thing never comes on.

[@richardp2267]

You start out with the docking assist chip. Once you upgrade ships a couple times they stop coming with those chips, store it when you buy your new one and move it over to the new ship. I can land, but for such little money for a chip, why bother. You have to throttle down to 0 and it kicks on

[@GreatTazGaming]

Would be interested if this still works in 3.3 but I eont wanna wipe my current save file. Anyway to get around that?

[@arturius9715]

Isnt void opal farming a quicker method?

[@geist-2111]

you should make this video again with the new mining update, im sure you can get from 0 to Conda in just a couple hours

[@Zer0Mood]

Thats what im saying. 54mil in under an hour for 69 painite!

[@twanfan1058]

At 6:10 what station is he in? Just wondering.

[@SmittyEh.]

Babbage Gateway in Ceos, i would think.

[@DaemonM]

Am I missing something? Was this nerfed? Robigo Mines has zero missions on offer after attaining Allied rank.

[@invictuspotens9672]

It's not at Robigo Mines, he just turned in exploration data there to raise his rep with the current faction. Watch his other video which describes the passenger missions to sothis for a complete run down.

[@theforgottenelitedangerous4827]

To be Frank , you can get elite and 360 milion in less than 24 hrs gameplay and unluck palin at the same time. in nothng more than the hummble side winder. 1 get a side winder ,(well you already have one so ignore it) 2 remove shields 3 ad fuel tank 4 ad fuel scoop 5 upgrade FSD to A 6 upgrade the internals to D 7 at start set galactic map to civilisations most valuable planets are in these systems.(hell why do you think they are inhabited) 8 ad surface scanner 9 inter mediate scanner ( reason low fuel reserves and most valuable systems are in the 1000 ls range) 10 set galactic map to FGKM systems 11 set course to Medusa's Rock in the Crescent Sector GW-W c1-8 12 land dock repair sell data return to the bubble. 13 Congratulations your elite and are 360 million richer with less than a milion in investment

[@anze2474]

Can someone confirm this actually works?

[@claw400]

​@@anze2474 It'll probably take a while, and 360 million purely in exploration means, very very many planets to be scanned. A good and promising terraformable now will give roughly 1 million credits with a scan, and mapping. Currently, the main way to get profit is deep core mining, with some initial investment. Mostly, just find an icy ring, and use a pulse scanner to find the rocks you need(Takes a bit of meta knowhow to find it, should be some videos better explaining this) After that, you collect 10-15 tons of ore that can be sold for between 500k, to 1.6 million per ton, if you find the right system. It may take some time, but the payout is rather strong. I recommend at least 32 cargo space, 64 is more comfortable. At least 2 active collector limpets Pulse Wave Scanner Seismic Mining charge Abrasion Blaster A refinery with at least 2 slots, 4 if possible. A surface scanner to scan rings Maybe a few other things I forgot about, but if you search/google around you should find it.

[@MMatty2]

is this still viable in 2021 or have patches/changes made this not as viable

[@kitchensyncing]

and now you can do it in a few jumps

[@christopherhawker4372]

Did he use Horizons? to check planets and go down to them?

[@SophiaAphrodite]

Cool. You managed to play this game for 14 hours! Now what.................

[@ZorroComputers]

This is after you played ED for a year.

[@benedictvoon812]

FYI, an ultimate build of an Anaconda cost about 800 million CR

[@Zer0Mood]

Erm, I looked on Cori today and it was like 500mil

[@dr_arcade]

Sothus and robigo runs still work?

[@soth69]

Any plans on doing an after-patch version?

[@alexstewart2]

And there's me attempting to mine astroids for a couple of thousand credits a trip 😐

[@dr.redstone7980]

Low. Temperature. Diamonds.

[@Grisbane]

Could have saved more money by selling the cobra after bounty hunting and fitting a hauler, which jumps even better.. is cheaper and easier to refuel and handle in supercruise

[@brutlern]

I missed the livestream, is there a VOD for it? I would love to see the whole thing.

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

There is. Just go to my channel All 24 hours are uploaded there.

[@christopherhawker4372]

I only see one faction - sirius corporation - where is the other one?

[@Nusszucker]

I will listen to these advice, it will not take me 14 hours to get to the anaconda, but I think I will get there now a bit faster then before. Thanks again

[@TheCwpan]

you could make this into a series slower paced survival using every possible method of making credits to see which is most enjoyable :)

[@oli9050]

Oh wow congrats... you made the game from a fun experience in which you can do anything you wish into a 14 hour drive, after which you're not gonna wanna play again...

[@antwan1357]

Oh following a anaconda authority vessel in my sidewinder shooting what he shoots good memories. Don't play fast it's bad form. Enjoy your own path I went from sidewinder directly to Asp Explorer for trading , because I heard it was a ship people stayed in I stripped down everything and cargo racked it up. Did in system commodity trading.I still went back to do bounty hunting in my sidewinder cause small ship bounty hunting is more fun , but those lucrative trade offers got me. Got greedy bought a type 7 started making even more money then then sold everything to afford a type 9 and could afford every ship in game after that grinded imperial agriculture famine and got myself a Cutter.

[@behindthen0thing]

What now?

[@antwan1357]

Oh man , I just ate coleslaw if I was in a spacesuit , I would die from my own flatulence.

[@mikedimimd]

Super Dave!

[@vizionthing]

Zero to Elite in 13hrs

[@03bigdave]

Been thinking about getting the Conda but I'm not good at making money and that's a lot. Is it worth it.

[@mikehatcher2348]

No, get and spend some time in a python first... the conda is such a dog to fly...

[@craigmoran8078]

Made 40mil hauling stuff aiming for a python may may give the exploration thing a go

[@jaqliqht8186]

Just go to hutton orbital

[@E.K939]

So you didn't do the Hudson run. Not what I expected but ok.