

You can cheese the system by getting the last hit on fighting NPC ships, if you hit the bounty target last, you get the reward. General tips to make early credits at RES: Grab a fuel scoop, your Sidewinder will need one, and head out in search of some RES. We've covered these areas already in our Bounty Hunting guide, but in short: Resource Extraction Sites are often overflowing with NPC ships that can make an easy, juicy target for low-level bounty hunting missions. Instead, you want to take your first few steps towards a Resource Extraction Site. RELATED: Elite Dangerous: Guide To Mining This baby ship isn't completely useless (it will take you from Space point A to Space point B) but is of no use for high-level combat missions. You want to upgrade as quickly as you can.Įvery player embarks on their Elite Dangerous journey with the same ship: the Sidewinder. As a side note, the Sidewinder isn't great for this. Each ship will have a different amount of energy available. All of these things need energy. You need to manage where the energy is allocated in your ship.


You should begin by practicing with your Thrusters. Don't worry, with time all those flashing things on your HUD will start to make sense. Piloting in the game will sometimes feel as fiddly and complicated as if you were flying a real spaceship. RELATED: Elite Dangerous: Guide To Fleet Carriers Piloting Your Ship During CombatĮlite Dangerous is a complicated game, there is no hiding from it. If you do, by some sheer skill or blind luck, manage to take an Elite ship down you will be rewarded with an immense pile of experience points. We recommend you steer well clear of fighting with any Elite-class ships early on. It begins with Harmless, which you will be at the beginning of the game, and ranges all the way to Elite. There is a ranking system in Elite Dangerous that governs the skill-rating of Pilots. Here are some things you should really know about combat before you get stuck in: Combat is one of the available Pilot roles in the game, alongside more peaceful activities like mining and trading.
