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</ref><ref name="Footfall">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-q-a-first-footfall.564630/ Frontier Forums: Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Q&A- First Footfall]</ref> In order to disembark from a ship on foot, the player must first land the ship on the ground.<ref name="SV Q&A">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-q-a-ships-and-vehicles.564230/ Frontier Forums: Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Q&A - Ships and Vehicles]</ref> A planet's gravity is also a factor during On Foot activities, and can affect the player's movement, jumping, and their thrown grenades.<ref name="Mission">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_xFJThTGJw YouTube: Elite Dangerous: Odyssey - Mission Playthrough]</ref>
 
The first player to set foot on a planet will receive the "VisitedFirst ByFootfall" credit on the [[System Map]]. VisitedFirst ByFootfall credit can only be claimed on planets in systems with 0 population; inhabited systems have already been explored at some point in the ''Elite Dangerous'' universe's 1300-year history of interstellar exploration, and thus VisitedFirst ByFootfall credit in those systems is already long claimed. Unlike the "First Discovered" and "First Mapped" credits, "VisitedFirst ByFootfall" credit is recorded immediately upon a player dismebarking on a previously unclaimed body, and does not require selling scan data to [[Universal Cartographics]].<ref name="Footfall" />
 
Millions of older planets have refreshed visuals with new levels of detail. Each sunset feels unique with a new algorithm that factors in the composition of the planetary atmosphere, the color, distance of the nearby stars, and other variables. New living creatures are distributed across the galaxy based on complex, in-fiction rules and logic. These biologicals (flora and vegetation) can be located from orbit. The player can then land to sample their genomes, and return to a starport and exchange those discoveries for credits and buy upgrades. Player names are permanently attached to the things they discover.<ref name=":3">[https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/18/21372562/elite-dangerous-odyssey-expansion-details-one-giant-leap-interview Elite: Dangerous expansion aims to give players their own 'Neil Armstrong moment']</ref>
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*'''Phase 3: Exploration''' (April 15 - April 28)
**The bubble of playable space was expanded to 50ly, allowing players to visit unexplored planets and test the "VisitedFirst ByFootfall" discovery mechanic.
**The [[Artemis Suit]] could be purchased.
**The [[Genetic Sampler]] tool was enabled, allowing [[Exobiologist|exobiology]] gameplay.