Anaconda

At a base cost of almost 147 million credits, the Anaconda used to be the most expensive ship in Elite Dangerous, until the Federal Corvette and the Imperial Cutter took that title when they were added. It is a slow but enormous vessel that excels in all roles: combat, exploration and trading, and was the pinnacle of a late game ship. As it stands the Anaconda is now the third most expensive ship, but it doesn't have any rank requirements with the Federation or the Empire associated with it and is therefore easier to acquire than the Federal Corvette or the Imperial Cutter. Of the ships able to be piloted by a player in the game, the Anaconda is currently the fifth largest in volume and the fourth longest, being surpassed in length and volume by the Beluga Liner, Imperial Cutter and Federal Corvette (in that order), and in volume by the Type-9 Heavy. 

The ship's bridge is located on the top of the ship roughly at its midpoint. The pilot's station is positioned at the center of the bridge, with 2 copilot seats on either side (currently they are for cosmetic only). The bridge features an open design, providing great viewing angles both up and to the sides from the horizontal position from the pilot's point of view. However the ship's nose obstructs view underneath the ship, which makes docking somewhat difficult. In a combat scenario 2 large hardpoints and 2 utility mounts are deployed directly in front of the bridge, which can obstruct the pilot's view when they fire.

Boasting an array of weapon hardpoints, this ship is a formidable combat ship capable of holding its own against multiple opponents. It, the Fer-de-Lance, the Federal Corvette, and the Imperial Cutter are the only ships capable of equipping the powerful Class 4 weaponry. The weapon hardpoint locations are as follows: Two Class 3 Large hardpoints top mounted side-by-side to each other in front of the cockpit and about 1/3 the ship length back from the front tip with slightly blocked aft line of sight. One Class 2 Medium hardpoint side mounted on each side near the front tip of the ship (2x Class 2 medium hardpoints total) with decent lines of sight. One Class 3 Large hardpoint mounted on the underside of the ship, near the tip of the ship, with somewhat blocked aft line of sight. One Class 4 Huge hardpoint mounted on the underside of the ship at about 1/3 of the ship length back from the front tip, mounted slightly lower than the underside class 3 hardpoint, with nearly uninterrupted forward and below lines of sight and somewhat blocked aft lines of sight. Two Class 1 Small hardpoints mounted on the underside of the ship, side-by-side to each other, at the very back of the large rectangular Cargo bay shaped area, with nearly uninterrupted lines of sight in all underside directions but have limited firing arc convergence with the top mounted class 3 large hardpoints, namely in front of the ship. Overall the Anaconda is one of the most heavily armed ships in Elite Dangerous, however players may struggle to utilize this effectively because of its lack of maneuverability and power control problems when high level modules are installed. Also of note is that the Anaconda is currently one of the three ships with 8 Utility Hardpoints. As of the release of Horizons: Guardians it became one of the 7 ships compatible with fighter hangar module for docking ship-launched fighters.

The Anaconda has a class 6 internal module slot for the frame shift drive, which allows it to achieve high jump range albeit at the cost of high fuel consumption due to its high mass. It has a large number of internal compartments to accommodate the various modules needed for exploration such as scanners and fuel scoop. As such it is a popular choice for explorers, provided they can afford the hefty cost.

Some wealthy traders also make use of this ship due to its high jump range, enormous cargo capacity (up to 468T of cargo, a figure surpassed only by the Lakon Type-9 Heavy, the Federal Corvette, and the Imperial Cutter), and superb defensive capabilities.

Overall the Anaconda is ideal for veteran pilots of all trades who have a large sum of credits at their disposal but don't have high rankings with either of the superpowers. The only downsides of the ship are its sub par speed and maneuverability due to its size, as well as the cost to upgrade and maintain the ship: prices for less essential modules will easily exceed 1 million credits, whereas more important modules are priced in the tens of millions of credits each. The repair fees for the Anaconda are also relatively high, since repair costs are calculated the same way as for all ships, meaning they are based on the purchase price of the ship and its modules. It is usually cheaper to repair an Anaconda's modules using an Auto Field-Maintenance Unit.

As with all other ships the Anaconda gets a 15% discount in price in systems controlled by Li Yong-Rui.

The Anaconda has an available 16 piece cosmetic Ship Kit that can be purchased from the Frontier store which allows you to "remodel your ship in your personal style". The ship kit does not affect gameplay.

Purchase Locations

System	Station	Date Seen	Price	Additional Notes
LHS 20	OHM City	2017-01-11	124,924,034cr	15% Discount
LP 356-106	Carrier Dock	2016-10-05	124,924,034cr	15% Discount
72 Ophiuchi	Gerst Gateway	2016-01-01
Alioth	Irkutsk	2015-06-27
Altair	Solo Orbitter	2016-01-12	146,969,451cr
Amenta	Eggen Dock	2016-01-05
Arangorii	Watt Enterprise	2014-12-31
Asellus Primus	Beagle 2 Landing	Beta 3
Asphodel	Saaviks Sanctuary	2015-05-12
Arimil	Pippin Dock	2016-02-27		15% Discount
Aulin	Aulin Enterprise	2015-04-11
BD-11 4932	Morukov Station	2016-01-08
Beta-1 Tucanae	Adams Orbital	2015-01-03
Bhal	Armstrong Enterprise	2016-08-07	146,969,451cr
BORR	Armstrong City	2015-10-25		not sold here as of 12/27/2015
CD-49 1643	Piaget Horizons	2015-02-22
CF 464	Bartini Enterprise	2015-05-12
Corngari	Tedin Station	2015-04-13
Cupis	Boodt Terminal	2015-04-19
Dazhbogati	Lawson Terminal	2015-02-07
Diaguandri	Ray Gateway	2016-07-19		15% Passive Discount
Dinda	Mount Sunday	2016-06-01		15% Discount
Dvorsi	Chernykh Ring	2015-10-02
Ditibi	Volk Enterprise	2015-06-11
Ehecatl	Hackworth Orbital	2016-04-25
Eshu	Shajn Terminal	2015-03-16
Faust 68	Slipher Hub	2015-03-18
FK5 2550	Wundt Gateway	Gamma 1.05
Freng	Bear City	2016-04-03
Frey	Garratt Station	2015-09-23		Not sold here as of 12/21/2015
Fusang	Cleve Vision	2015-05-06
G 181-6	Polansky Enterprise	Gamma 1.05
Guathiti	Messier Port	2016-04-20
HIP 91187	Thompsen Port
HIP 96854	Dowie Port	2015-01-11
HIP 107385	Winthrop Enterprise	2015-05-22
HDS 1879	Shaikh Dock	2015-04-25
Huang Gun	Pittendreigh City	2015-17-06
Huokang	Steiner City
Ipilaqa	Furuta Orbital	2015-04-11
Isleta	Olsen Station
Jaakari	Haxel Orbital	2015-01-10
Kaiakul	Barlowe Station	2015-04-26
Keliuona	Wenzel City	2015-08-19
Kolaga	Britnev Hub	2015-09-28
Kumata	Vishweswarayya Enterprise	2015-01-01
LFT 1748	Otiman Dock	2015-05-31
LHS 115	Aleksandrov Gateway	2015-12-20
LHS 134	Alas City	2015-07-12
LHS 1393	Wyeth Dock	2015-12-05
LHS 371	Pawelczyk Orbital	2016-01-21
LHS 531	Nelson Terminal	2015-05-17
LHS 2764A	Low Orbital	Gamma 1.05
LP 908-11	So-Yeon City	2014-12-29
LP 940-115	May City	2015-01-02
LTT 7548	Boltzmann Gateway	2015-08-07
LTT 15449	Binet port	2015-02-20
Maljenni	Bowsersox Enterprise	2015-04-12
Malloc	Julian Gateway	2015-06-12		Not present as of 12/21/2015
MCC 858	Jacquard Orbital	Beta 3
Minerva	Towarnicki	2016-05-11
Mizar	Judson Station	Gamma 1.05
Namab	Shepard Dock	2015-05-23
Neto	Ising Vision	2016-04-02
Nganji	Christian Dock Vizcaino Enterprise	2015-06-03
Okinura	Fisher Terminal	2016-02-23
Opila	Temple Dock	2015-01-03
Orang	Dilworth City	2016-01-10
Qama	Thurston Ring	2016-05-11		15% discount
Rangtei	Lindblad Ring	2015-04-30
Rauta	1st station	2015-06-09
ROSS 750	Holdstock Hub	2015-03-22
Seleru Bao	Leinster Ring	2016-10-11	124,924,034cr	15% discount
Sharakha	Narita Station	2015-05-25
Socho	Dantec Enterprise	2015-01-16
Songzi	Van Der Riet Woolley Vision	2015-05-24
Thoth	Trevithick Orbital
Turir	Brooks Terminal
Urvane	Lee Dock	2016-01-02
Vaka	Zenbei Oribital
V491 Persei	Rand City	2016-01-16		15% discount
Warigua	Weyne Co-Operative
Wolf 865	McCulley Ring	2015-01-11
Wolf 896	Herbert Dock	2017-01-01	146,969,451
Wuru	Schuster Hub	2015-04-30
Yakabugai	Serebrov Station	2015-01-10
Zaonce	Ridley Scott	2015-04-20
Zaragas	Jenner Hub	2015-01-22
Zibal	Hire Port	2015-07-20
Fire Fade	Tsiolkovsky Ring	2016-06-05
Pienate	Walz Ring	2015-09-19
Lalande 4268	Lowry Ring	2016-10-24	124,924,034cr	15% discount
Zosia	Sharp Enterprise	2016-07-28	146,969,541cr
Arjung	Hiyya Orbital	2016-08-23	124,924,034cr	15% Discount
Capukanga	Melnick Station	2017-01-15	124,924,034cr	15% Discount

Outfitting

Main article: Outfitting

All ships are highly customisable through the Outfitting menu of Station Services. Listed below is the default load-out for the Anaconda.

Category	Default System	Default Rating	Default Class	Max Class
Small Hardpoint	Pulse Laser	F	1	1
	Pulse Laser	F	1	1
Medium Hardpoint	Empty	--	--	2
	Empty	--	--	2
Large Hardpoint	Empty	--	--	3
	Empty	--	--	3
	Empty	--	--	3
Huge Hardpoint	Empty	--	--	4
Utility Mount	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
Bulkheads	Lightweight Alloys	I	1	8
Reactor Bay	Power Plant	E	8	8
Thrusters Mounting	Thrusters	E	7	7
Frame Shift Drive Housing	Frame Shift Drive	E	6	6
Environment Control	Life Support	E	5	5
Power Coupling	Power Distributor	E	8	8
Sensor Suite	Sensors	E	8	8
Fuel Store	Fuel Tank [x32]	C	5	5
Internal Compartments	Cargo Rack [x64]	E	6	7
	Cargo Rack [x32]	E	5	6
	Shield Generator	E	6	6
	Empty	--	--	6
	Cargo Rack [x16]	E	4	5
	Empty	--	--	5
	Empty	--	--	5
	Empty [m]	--	--	5
	Empty	--	--	4
	Empty	--	--	4
	BDS	E	1	4
	Cargo Rack [x2]	E	1	2

• (L) = Loaned
• [x#] = Capacity
• BDS = Basic Discovery Scanner
• [m] = Military Compartment reserved for Hull Reinforcement Package, Module Reinforcement Package, or Shield Cell Bank.

Gallery

• Bridge view 1
  Bridge view 1
• Bridge view 2
  Bridge view 2
• Docked in a hangar
  Docked in a hangar
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• File:Alpha screenshot3.jpg
• Bridge concept
  Bridge concept
• Hull damage concept
  Hull damage concept
• File:Anaconda 01 Inside.jpg
• File:Bridge.jpg
• File:Anaconda 1.jpg
• File:Anaconda 3.jpg
• File:Anaconda 4.jpg
• Command deck
  Command deck
• Anaconda rear
  Anaconda rear
• Anaconda's massive landing gear
  Anaconda's massive landing gear
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• Concept-art of the F63 being launched from an Anaconda
  Concept-art of the F63 being launched from an Anaconda
• Anaconda with additional tuning parts fitted
  Anaconda with additional tuning parts fitted
• Anaconda - Sunglare
  Anaconda - Sunglare
• Anaconda - Supercruise Aft Top Side View
  Anaconda - Supercruise Aft Top Side View
• Anaconda - Supercruise Front Bottom Side View
  Anaconda - Supercruise Front Bottom Side View
• Anaconda - Supercruise Front Bottom Side View II
  Anaconda - Supercruise Front Bottom Side View II
• Damaged Anaconda 1
  Damaged Anaconda 1
• Docked Anaconda with damage
  Docked Anaconda with damage
• Damaged Anaconda Top View
  Damaged Anaconda Top View
• Severely Damaged Anaconda
  Severely Damaged Anaconda
• Golden Anaconda
  Golden Anaconda
• Gold Skin Frontal Underside View
  Gold Skin Frontal Underside View
• Gold Skin Front Top View
  Gold Skin Front Top View
• Gold Skin Anaconda Fuel Scooping
  Gold Skin Anaconda Fuel Scooping
• Four of the Eight Emergency Escape Hatches on the top deck of the Anaconda
  Four of the Eight Emergency Escape Hatches on the top deck of the Anaconda
• Anaconda on pad
  Anaconda on pad
• Search and Rescue Anaconda
  Search and Rescue Anaconda
• Battle Anaconda
  Battle Anaconda
• Anaconda - planet
  Anaconda - planet
• Anaconda - parking
  Anaconda - parking
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• Out in the Black Exploring
  Out in the Black Exploring
• At the Edge of the Milky Way
  At the Edge of the Milky Way
• File:E-D Anaconda - Crusing above the Rings around a Brown Dwarf.jpg
• File:E-D Anaconda - Launching from Planetary Starport.jpg
• File:E-D Anaconda - Flying past Ocellus Starport.jpg
• I sit- on who sits.
  I sit- on who sits.
• Mining action (dated 11/Mar/16, cargo-bay location has been changed since)
  Mining action (dated 11/Mar/16, cargo-bay location has been changed since)
• Face off with Federal Corvette
  Face off with Federal Corvette
• An Anaconda on a Service Pad
  An Anaconda on a Service Pad
• An Anaconda near a Star
  An Anaconda near a Star
• Anaconda with Squadron Red paint outside of a Station.
  Anaconda with Squadron Red paint outside of a Station.
• Faulcon DeLacy Anaconda Blueprint
  Faulcon DeLacy Anaconda Blueprint