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<div style="text-align:center; margin:0 0 2em 0; padding-top:1em; font-size:90%">'''<span style="font-size:190%;">Welcome to the Elite Dangerous Wiki</span> <br /><span style="font-size:120%;"> A galaxy of knowledge on Elite: Dangerous.</span><br />'''[[Elite: Dangerous]] is an epic space game. Pilot your own ship and trade, blast, explore, sneak, buy, barter, mission, co-op play, solo play your way to the top accolade in the galaxy: Elite! This is the latest installment of the seminal open-world, go-anywhere, do anything space game which, since its launch in 1984 has spawned and inspired a long tradition of open world and space games. But it started with [[Elite]] by Ian Bell and David Braben - one of the most successful games of all times. In the 1990's, David Braben created sequels [[Frontier: Elite II]] and [[Frontier: First Encounters]]<!-- useful links bar --></div>
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'''For overview details about the game and its development, please read [[Elite:_Dangerous_FAQ]].'''<br /><br />
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If you want to support game development, please go to [http://elite.frontier.co.uk/register/ Frontier Developments Elite: Dangerous site] to join the alpha and beta stages of early development. If you prefer to wait until release, then 2014 is the year for you!
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Alpha is now live, this will continue until Frontier decides that the game is ready to go to Premium Beta (1st stage), this is scheduled for early 2014 at the moment, but Frontier will announce details when they are ready to proceed.
Currently the schedule is set as follows.
<ul><li>Alpha Phase 1 started December 2013 </li>
<li>Alpha Phase 2 started 4th Feb 2014 </li>
<li>Alpha Phase 3 started 14th March 2014 (3.01 released 17th March) </li>
<li>Alpha Phase 4 to start after phase 3 has finished
<li>Beta Phase Premium Beta (formally 1st beta) to start after Alpha has finished. </li>
<li>Beta Phase Standard Beta (formally 2nd beta) to start after Premium Beta has finished.</li>
<li>Gamma Phase to start after Standard Beta has finished.</li>
<li>Commercial release end part of 2014</li></ul>
Please note: These dates are estimates and can change.
Elite Dangerous Trading Dev Diary|Trading Dev Diary
Elite Dangerous Dev Diary 3 - Player Roles-0|Dev Diary #3
Elite Dangerous Dev Diary 2- How the Galaxy will Evolve Over Time|How the Galaxy will Evolve Over Time
Elite Dangerous Dev Diary 1- Multiplayer and Ships|Multiplayer and Ships
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This wiki was created to allow collection of game documentation, how-to articles, theory and game data about [[Elite: Dangerous]], the latest project by [[Frontier Developments]]. The game is not fully released yet, but once it is, speculative and design related pages will be moved to make way for the facts and data about the game's systems, processes, controls, etc.
In 1984, the video game Elite, created by David Braben and Ian Bell, released to the public. It quickly became one of the most successful and influential space simulator games of all time. The sequel, Frontier: Elite II, was published by Gametek in 1993. Braben established Frontier Developments in 1994. In 1995, Frontier Developments released Frontier: First Encounters (aka Elite III). Both Frontier titles are famous for their 1:1 scale, dynamic star systems, realistic physics, and seamless freeform planetary landing.
Frontier announced plans to create a fourth game of the legendary Elite series in 2012. Crowdfunding began on Kickstarter for Elite Dangerous (ED) the same year. Backers could test the alpha and beta versions of ED during development. The full PC version launched on 18 Dec 2014.
Elite Dangerous (2014)
The initial year had free post-launch content updates. In season 2, the first paid expansion ED: Horizons released on 15 Dec 2015. Notable features are Planetary Landing, Holo-Me, Surface Recon Vehicles. The game was subsequently ported to Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Season 3 began on 27 Feb 2018 with ED: Beyond which had a year of free updates for Horizons owners. Additional free updates, most notably the Fleet Carriers Update, were released for all players over the course of 2019 and 2020.
Since 27 Oct 2020, all content of Horizons and Beyond are included for free with Elite Dangerous. Console development ended in March 2022 to focus on a single codebase for the PC version.
Welcome to the Elite Dangerous Wiki A galaxy of knowledge
Elite Dangerous is the definitive massively multiplayer space epic with a 1:1 scale simulation of the Milky Way galaxy. It is the fourth video game of the legendary Elite series made by Frontier Developments. Elite is the longest running space simulation series in history.
This encyclopedia is maintained by fans and anyone can edit. Please feel free to contribute by creating new articles or expanding them.
Blaze your trail with various careers. Use a wide array of ships, vehicles and on foot equipment in the endless sandbox and leave your mark on the galaxy. The Pilots Guide is helpful for newbies and returning vets.
1,195 articles have been created since 1 January 2013.
