This is one of the biggest mysteries in Elite Dangerous. The Formidine Rift is a part of space around 10,000 light-years away from the bubble located in the Upper 2 quadrant of our galaxy. It is said that the mystery behind it has been in game ever since version 1.0.

Commanders have been searching the Rift for years without much success up until the end of 2016. when finally, some navigation beacons got discovered in sectors located in that area of space. Those beacons had encoded location coordinates which were quickly revealed to the public.[1]

The story behind the Formidine Rift mystery was written by Drew Wager in his book called Elite: Reclamation, which is one of several books in his series on Elite.

No one knows for sure what actually happened in the Rift. Commanders have been able to find a unique settlement down on one of the planets in the Formidine Rift region, while another has been found in Conflux.

The Formidine Rift has a mystery possibly leading to the planet of Raxxla. The end result is located somewhere in the rift.

Puzzle

Unregistered beacons near the heart nebula and soul nebula

Key used

EXODUSABCFGHIJKLMNPQRTVWYZ

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

System Message Translation Rally point Time repeats Notes Links
EAFOTS LZ-H B10-0 D dyjepqyuwludcqckj

xueokjdjpqyp6unl003

nehhylkcjqd1

sknicdcjuncsq

ueskqpczbx100

ikdupqejdxy

dynasty expedition beacon dnstys6erp003 rallypoint d1 formidine rift eafotsizhb100 mode standby D1 15 minutes after each hour Translated system name and system beacon was found in do not match. (i vs l)
EAFOTS EU-R C4-1 DYJEPQYUWLUDCQCKJ

XUEOKJDJPQYP6UNL003

NEHHYLKCJQO2

SKNICDCJUNCSQ

UESKQPURNO41

IKDUPQEJDXY

dynasty expedition beacon dnstys6erp003 rallypoint c2 formidine rift eafotseurc41 mode standby C2 On the hour, every hour
EAFOTS GL-Y E2 DYJEPQYUWLUDCQCKJ

XUEOKJDJPQYP6UNL003

NEHHYLKCJQ6

SKNICDCJUNCSQ

UESKQPAHYU2

IKDUPQEJDXY

dynasty expedition beacon dnstys6erp003 rallypoint 6  formidine rift eafotsglye2  mode standby 6 45 minutes after each hour
EAFOTS RA-G B11-0 3 30 minutes after each hour

References