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Starters Guide for new players
By Slash2x
Crossover guide of one of the highest rated guides in the Elite Dangerous game community section! Just picked up the game and do not know what to do or where to go? I have some of the essential game tools linked in here. Plus I have a whole series explaining some of the things the training does not cover. I have been playing this game for over 1,000 hours before it even hit Steam.
   
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Category: Characters, Classes, Co-op, Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Loot, Maps or Levels, Multiplayer, Secrets, Walkthroughs, Weapons
Languages: English
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8 Jan, 2016 @ 7:01pm
29 Jan, 2016 @ 5:59am
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Guide Index
Overview
Intro 
Essential tools to make your game experience more fun. 
Starting with your Sidewinder 
Getting into and out of the Station and picking a Career 
It is time to make some $$$ Money! Credits are king! 
Tired of that starting Sidewinder? Get a better ship! 
Ready to make a mark on the Galaxy? Lets pick a Faction in Power Play! 
Now that you have a faction lets get some Merit 
Been looking at that planet over there wanting to land on it? 
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Intro
If you are new to Horizons and new to Elite this is the guide for brand new players. If you are just new to Horizons then you can skip to the final section dealing with planetary landings.
Essential tools to make your game experience more fun.
http://coriolis.io
This is an amazing ship building tool that lets you experiment with ship layout options without wasting money on trial and error with parts.

http://eft.recoil.org
This site takes all the developer posts on the Frontier forums and drops them into one webpage. It is a really handy tool to see what it going on in the game without having to read the entire forums.
Starting with your Sidewinder
First things first commander you need to know how to get from one side of the galaxy to the other. This section deals with thos inital chalenges as a new player.
Getting into and out of the Station and picking a Career
So you know how to move around now, but you need to practice entering and leaving the station. Also what kind of game are you going to play? Trader? Bounty Hunter? Pirate? Explorer?
It is time to make some $$$ Money! Credits are king!
Now that you have decided what direction you need to go in your career it is time to get some starting credits. Lets go snipe some money!
Tired of that starting Sidewinder? Get a better ship!
So you have those stacks of credits just taunting you now. Lets go blow all that money on some gear in a better ship!
Ready to make a mark on the Galaxy? Lets pick a Faction in Power Play!
There are factions out there that need your help getting more control of star systems and worlds. Picking a faction can make or break relationships in the Galaxy and you need to pick one that matches your preferred playing area and play style.

Steam is eating the preview for some reason here is the direct link to the video
Now that you have a faction lets get some Merit
So merit is the factions currency. In order to advance and get more rank you need to earn merits and the best way to do this is to go and destroy ships from hostile factions!

Looks like Steam wants to eat this one too. So yet another direct link.
Been looking at that planet over there wanting to land on it?
Time to take advantage of the reason Horizons exists, let's go land on one of these planets!
Keep in mind you will need to have the correct landing equipment to be able to make planetfall.
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MaximeDelaroux 1 Feb, 2016 @ 12:41pm 
Great stuff!
Slash2x  [author] 29 Jan, 2016 @ 5:22pm 
Glad I could help! I am flying one of these monsters http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Fer-de-Lance . I have no idea where I bought it about 5 months ago..... I think it was at an Empire core planet if memory serves.
Light 29 Jan, 2016 @ 10:33am 
Nice starters guide, really helped. Can i ask what ship your were using for your latest video? And where did you get it?