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Elite Dangerous is the definitive massively multiplayer space epic, bringing gaming’s original open world adventure to the modern generation with a connected galaxy, evolving narrative and the entirety of the Milky Way re-created at its full galactic proportions. Here is the Version history of how it has evolved over time.
The current version is Template:CurrentVersion, released on 15th December 2015. Since launch, there have been 2954 documented improvements to the live game.
This page is a quick reference for the purpose of informing returning-CMDRs, after time away from the cockpit, of what has been added to Elite Dangerous and when. Provided are highlights of each release version - approximately 90% of the changelog information is omitted - therefore they are ordered as follows:
- Expansions bring key improvements - so are ordered chronologically, most recent first.
- Patches mostly fix bugs and correct balance issues that appeared - so are ordered by release-date, under their parent expansion.
Each release is briefly described on this page as follows:
- Version identifier, title of headline feature, and date publicly available
- Summary of the content, features and key gameplay improvements added
- Links to the complete changelogs (only ~10% is included here)
Version formatting
Each release version's numeric identifier (n.n.nn) is broken down as follows:
- First digit refers to the Season
- Second digit refers to the major release or expansion
- Third (pair of) digit(s) refers to the minor release or patch
- Example: a version identifier of v1.2.08 = 8th patch, of the 2nd expansion, during Season 1
History
v2.0 "Planetary Landings" & 1.5 "Ships" - 15th Dec 2015
- New 64 bit client
- Vive VR headset support added
- New ships: Asp Scout, Viper MkIV, Federal Corvette, Imperial Cutter, and Keelback
- New CQC-only ship: Imperial Fighter
- New missions and scenarios added: Don't die, Don't get scanned, Multi-stage, Assassination variants, Contact, Unique cargo, Timed window, Search and rescue, Wrecked ships, Deep space salvage, Distress call, Alliance VIP escort
- Missions and scenarios can now be received in space
- Fer-de-Lance's manoeuvrability, Power Plant capacity and heat dissipation all increased
- Balance changes to Shield Cell Banks, Hull Reinforcement Packages and Bulkheads
- More Player Group sponsored Minor Faction descriptions added
- Master Chefs rare good added
- Local emergency rescue NPCs added
- Spanish community-created localisation added
- Background Simulation balance changes
- (Horizons) Ships can land on planet surfaces!
- (Horizons) New flight modes: Orbital cruise, Sub-orbital, Glide path planetary approach, and FA-off support
- (Horizons) Planetary Approach Suite module slot added
- (Horizons) Added the ability to dismiss and recall your ship
- (Horizons) Deployable SRV when landed and at planetary ports
- (Horizons) New GUI indicators added: Landing radar, Gravity strength, Wave scanner, Terrain scanner
- (Horizons) NPC surface skimmers added: Goliath, Sentry, Guardian, Stinger 2
- (Horizons) Surface ports and settlements added, with defences and trespass zones
- (Horizons) Surface points of interest added: Materials, Encounters, Natural, and Structure
- (Horizons) Planetary Missions and Permits added
- (Horizons) Planetary schematic map added
- (Horizons) Overhaul of Planet Surface rendering
- (Horizons) Materials & Synthesis added: AFM module resupply, FSD Boost, Ship projectile resupply, SRV hull repair, SRV refuel, SRV ammo refill
- (PC/OSX) Bobbleheads added
- (PC/OSX) Updated French, German and Russian translations
- Changelog, 955 notes: v2.0/v1.5
v1.4 "CQC" - 6th Oct 2015
- Elite Dangerous released on Xbox One
- CQC Championship added
- New ships: Imperial Eagle, Federal Gunship, and Federal Assault Ship
- New CQC-only ship: F63 Condor
- Hazardous Resource Extraction Sites added
- Compromised Nav Beacons added
- Legal salvage missions added
- Outfitting for CQC added
- Changed how powerplant damage is handled - small chance of instant destruction, otherwise malfunctions and halved power output
- Assign Imperial Eagles to those who should have them from their Kickstarter backer rewards
- (Server) Many matchmaking fixes and refinements
- (Server) Various stability and performance improvements
- (Server) Fixes to Minor-Faction gameplay
- (Server) Minor Factions sponsored by Player Groups added
- (Server) Put more awesome into space :)
- Changelog, 396 notes: v1.4
v1.4.01 - 20th Oct 2015
- New Mission Templates
- CQC Matchmaking improvements
- Improvements to interdictions
- (Xbox) Upload App now supported
- (Xbox) Updated User Guide
- (OSX) Support for Retina native resolutions added
- (OSX) Support for Fullscreen, Borderless & Windowed display modes added
- (Server) Stability fixes & weekly maintenance cycle performance optimizations.
- (Server) Rares goods' availability & legalities improved for Onionhead, Lucan Onionhead and Tarach Tor Spice!
- (Server) More Minor Factions sponsored by Player Groups added
- (Server) Daily limits to minor faction influence changes added
- (Server) Station/outpost flipping following conflicts fixed
- Changelogs, 24 notes: v1.4.01 and Server #1 & #2
v1.3 "Powerplay" - 5th Jun 2015
- Powerplay added
- Power map views on galaxy map, power information and action screens added
- Power specific ship modules, ambient traffic, defector hunters, goods and actions added
- New ships: Imperial Courier, Diamondback Scout and Diamondback Explorer
- Drones for Cargo/Mining chunk collection, Fuel transfer and Prospecting asteroids added
- Mission system overhaul
- Inbox integration for branching missions
- Missions scaling up based on rank, and reputation with mission giver
- Mission targets can be generated in supercruise rather than USSs
- Spawned AI difficulty determined by mission (if spawned by mission)
- Low and high intensity resource extraction site scenarios added
- Military progression missions revamped
- Founders and Elite ranked missions added
- Minable commodities Painite and Osmium added
- More mission variants added, including slave, mining and alternate-assassination-target
- Updated bounty system:
- Bounties cannot be paid off (Pilot's Fed contact is gone!), but expire after 7 days.
- Major factions don't record crimes anymore, only minor factions
- Fines now take 7 days to expire, but never coexist with bounties (bounties absorb fines and dormant bounties with the same faction).
- Expiry only actually happens when you login, hyperspace or resurrect
- Friendly fire values relaxed
- Select navigation target in system map function added
- Loan ceiling scales based on player's highest Elite rank
- Added crimes for reckless flying (collisions) within Starport no fire zones:
- Shields only collisions above speed limit is a fine
- Hull damage only above speed limit is a larger fine
- Ship destruction within short window after collision above speed limit is a bounty
- Respects 'Report crimes against me' setting
- Allow any general purpose slot on any ship to contain a fuel tank module
- Network stability fixes
- Translations for missions added: French, German, and Russian
- (Server) Minor-Faction gameplay improvements
- Changelogs, 602 notes: v1.3 and Server
v1.3.01 - 9th Jun 2015
- (Server) Various performance and reliability improvements
- Changelog, 27 notes: v1.3.01
v1.3.02 - 10th Jun 2015
- Oculus Rift support updated to SDK 0.5
- (Server) Powerplay balance tweak
- Changelogs, 19 notes: v1.3.02 and Server
v1.3.03 - 12th Jun 2015
- Powerplay balance changes
- (Server) Exploration performance improvements
- (Server) Powerplay balance tweak
- Changelogs, 4 notes: v1.3.03 and Server
v1.3.04 - 16th Jun 2015
- Stellar Forge optimisations
- Changelog, 28 notes: v1.3.04
v1.3.05 - 18th Jun 2015
- Various mission fixes
- Localisation text corrections
- Ship repair costs overhaul
- (Server) Stability improvements
- Changelogs, 29 notes: v1.3.05 and Server
v1.3.06 - 25th Jun 2015
- Galnet news reliability improvements
- Powerplay balance changes
- (OSX) Various control device issues fixed
- Changelogs, 34 notes: v1.3.06 and Server
v1.3.07 - 2nd Jul 2015
- Radius of the sphere of systems used to generate missions increased to 15ly
- Cargo dumping limit increased to 100, when away from stations and outposts
- (Server) Galnet news reports Powerplay predictions
- (Server) Exploration optimisations
- (Server) Powerplay gameplay and rewards' improvements
- Changelogs, 19 notes: v1.3.07 and Server #1, #2 & #3
v1.3.08 - 5th Aug 2015
- Various matchmaking fixes
- Appconfig option RouterPort added
- Changelog, 13 notes: v1.3.08
v1.2 "Wings" - 10th Mar 2015
- Wings functionality added
- New ships: Fer-de-Lance and Vulture
- Comms interface overhaul
- NPC Groups added
- Ability to reboot destroyed sub systems (modules) added
- Flyable debug camera with limited range added
- Changelog, 336 notes: v1.2
v1.2.01 - 11th Mar 2015
- Wing instancing improvements
- Hotfix identified as v1.2.02 fixed critical crash bug
- Changelog, 16 notes: v1.2.01
v1.2.03 - 12th Mar 2015
- Earnings from bounties, combat bonds, and exploration data all increased
- Changelog, 21 notes: v1.2.03
v1.2.04 - 13th Mar 2015
- Head-tracking fixes
- (Server) Minor-Faction gameplay improvements
- Changelog, 6 notes: v1.2.04
v1.2.05 - 18th Mar 2015
- Smaller ships are now better at smuggling
- Changelog, 23 notes: v1.2.05
v1.2.06 - 25th Mar 2015
- (Server) Minor-Faction gameplay improvements
- Changelog, 21 notes: v1.2.06
v1.2.07 - 10th Apr 2015
- Prevent docking after the police 'notice' that a player is wanted
- (Server) Various performance and reliability improvements
- (Server) Cap all bounties to 1 million credits per minor faction
- Changelogs, 19 notes: v1.2.07 and Server
v1.1 "Community Goals" - 10th Feb 2015
- Community Goals added
- Route planning extended to 1,000ly
- Russian language translations added
- 'Discovered by' tag to system map added
- New graphics shaders for planets, and city lights added
- Explored system details added to cartographics shop
- Top benefactors support added to system map
- Hotfix identified as v1.1.01 fixed critical crash bug
- Changelog, 306 notes: v1.1
v1.1.02 - 11th Feb 2015
- Backers and Elite-rank discounts added
- Collision damage tweaked
- Changelog, 9 notes: v1.1.02
v1.1.03 - 12th Feb 2015
- Various gameplay fixes
- Changelog, 18 notes: v1.1.03
v1.1.04 - 13th Feb 2015
- Bounty vouchers can be redeemed at any local starport
- Changelog, 8 notes: v1.1.04
v1.1.05 - 19th Feb 2015
- Friendly fire relaxed
- Changelog, 15 notes: v1.1.05
v1.1.06 - 5th Mar 2015
- Various gameplay fixes
- Changelog, 6 notes: v1.1.06
v1.0 "Welcome to the Galaxy, CMDR" - 16th Dec 2014
- Initial public version of the game :)
v1.01 - 17th Dec 2014
- Various gameplay fixes
- Changelog, 11 notes: v1.01
v1.02 - 18th Dec 2014
- Rare commodities supply limit added
- Changelog, 13 notes: v1.02
v1.03 - 19th Dec 2014
- More UI and Control options added
- Background Simulation improvements
- Changelogs, 8 notes: v1.03 and Server #1 & #2
v1.04 - 8th Jan 2015
- Minor-Faction gameplay improvements
- Changelog, 18 notes: v1.04
v1.05 - 15th Jan 2015
v1.06 - 22nd Jan 2015
- Matchmaking improvements
- Changelog, 16 notes: v1.06