Pilots Guide: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 06:38, 25 April 2024

This guide is designed to help new and experienced pilots utilize their spaceship. The Sidewinder is used as an example, but the concepts are applicable to all ships in Elite Dangerous. The Careers page has an overview of pursuable vocations.

Codex

The Codex shows information and stats of your findings, progress, session logs and a curated archive of your discoveries.

The Homepage has the most important stats with a full body image of your Commander. You can customize the appearance with Holo-Me.

The Discoveries section shows 42 galactic regions with things that players found and things that aren't discovered yet. For example within a star system there are stars, planets, terrestrials, gas giants, species, settlements, generation ships, text and audio logs etc.

The Knowledge Base has encyclopedia-style lore topics about e.g. historical events, important characters, factions and alien species.

The Pilot's Handbook has detailed information about possible activities, ship outfitting and more. There's also a news feed.

Guides

New pilots should check the following guides. Note: some guides may have outdated information.

Elite: Dangerous Pilot Training Tutorials
Elite Dangerous: Horizons Training Guides
Official Players Guide (latest version), other languages
- Official Players Guide (XBOX) (latest version)
- Official Players Guide (PS4) (latest version)
EXO Pilot's Manual (dead link)
The Guide for Almost Everything
Forger's "Elite Pilots Guide"
Technophebe's "Harmless' Guide to the Galaxy"
Elite Dangerous – a comprehensive beginner's guide
Blazing your own trail in Elite: Dangerous: profession overview overview and insightful starting information for each profession.
A visual guide to exploration
Lave Wiki Tutorials

For support issues check the following places before submitting a ticket:

Official FAQ
Official game support forum
Official customer support
The Galactic Academy is a portal for new and inexperienced Commanders to get help and support.

Epic Games version support guides:

Pilot Training

These videos outline the basics of Elite Dangerous for new players.

Fan-Made Video Guides

Ship HUD

The HUD, also known as a "head-up display" or "heads-up display", is how all information inside of a ship is displayed in Elite Dangerous. <tabview> HUD/Center|Ship: Center HUD/Right|Ship: Right HUD/Left|Ship: Left HUD/Down|Ship: Down HUD/Odyssey|On foot (Odyssey) </tabview>

Gallery

Cobra cockpit interface
Sidewinder cockpit interface
Planetary Flight HUD

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 == Guides ==
-It is recommended that new pilots check the following guides. Note: some guides may have outdated information.
+New pilots should check the following guides. Note: some guides may have outdated information.
 * [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7glm5rbPHKxnltQU1SLxdqQrENIXJGUr Elite: Dangerous Pilot Training Tutorials]
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 *[https://lavewiki.com/#tutorials Lave Wiki Tutorials]
-For support issues it is recommended to check the following places before submitting a ticket:
+For support issues check the following places before submitting a ticket:
 *[https://customersupport.frontier.co.uk/hc/en-us/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=FAQ Official FAQ]
 *[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/categories/elite-dangerous/ Official game support forum]
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 ==Pilot Training==
-These videos outline the basics of ''Elite Dangerous'' and are recommended for all new players.
+These videos outline the basics of ''Elite Dangerous'' for new players.
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