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[[File:Elite-Dangerous-Odyssey_Key-Art.png|thumb|300px|Elite Dangerous: Odyssey key art]]
'''Elite Dangerous: Odyssey''' is the second paid expansion for ''[[Elite Dangerous]]''. [[Frontier Developments]] has described it as the biggest update yet and a defining moment in the history of the game.<ref name=":5" /> It has been in active development since August 2018, and was officially announced on June 3, 2020.<ref name="Odyssey">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-announcement.546389/ Frontier Forums: Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Announcement]</ref
''Odyssey'' was originally scheduled to release in December 2020 on all platforms, but was delayed to early 2021 due to the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="Delay1">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/community-update-01-05.543730/ Frontier Forums: Community Update (01/05)]</ref> It was then delayed a second time as COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom were renewed, and is currently scheduled to release in late spring 2021 for PC and autumn for Xbox and PlayStation.<ref name="Delay2">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/odyssey-update-2021.563138/ Frontier Forums: Odyssey Update 2021]</ref>
== Overview ==
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In the leak, Elite Dangerous' NewEra/Odyssey was code named "Watson". It matches the promo image filename "ed_watson_announce_gleam_1920-jpg" of the Odyssey/OverclockersUK competition post (June 2020).<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/gxx6qk/seeming_confirmation_that_the_leak_was_about/</ref>
== Stellar Forge ==
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Across a planet there is now a large scale mask processed which determines different zones of types of terrain based. The mask depends on things like how gravitationally stressed the planet is, the crust thickness and if the planet is, or has been, tectonically active. These zones mask out further subzones of terrain and material types, and follow the flow patterns laid out by the layer above it, creating a seamless landscape across the planet.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" />
== Alpha ==
''Elite Dangerous: Odyssey'' will be preceded by an alpha period on PC in early spring 2021. Players who own the [[Lifetime Expansion Pass]] or purchase the ''Odyssey'' Deluxe Alpha edition will have access to the alpha. Over the course of the alpha, ''Odyssey'' features will be introduced incrementally in order to focus community feedback.<ref name="Delay2" />
== Editions ==
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