This is a video for new players who are stuck or aren't too sure how and where to begin making credits.

Note: it is expected that the user already knows some basic game play knowledge prior to following along with the video.


Video Creator: EndoFury

Priority 1 Bare Minimum for Survival and Movement:

• Thrusters - help you get away, they are vital for staying alive.
  
  
• Power Distributor - let you boost, and cycle power to engines, shields, etc.
  
  
• Sensors - vital for being able to dock your ship... so you must have them.
  
  
• Life Support - give your pilot oxygen even if the ship canopy gets blown.
  
  
• Frame Shift Drive - lets you warp.

Note: Priority 1 should ALWAYS add up to less than that blue line at 40%. Remember that Elite Dangerous features module damage. People can target, shoot at, and kill specific modules! If someone kills your power plant and it malfunctions, then your power will drop to 40%. Anything above that line will SHUT DOWN. If your ship is not power managed and your plant gets hit, your entire ship will shut down, and you'll be a floating coffin.

Priority 2 Ship Defenses/Utilities:

These are all the "constant running" things you rely on, which are generally termed ship defenses/utilities. Priority 2 is what should be running ALL the time even if your weapons deploy.

• Shield Boosters (x2) - boost my shield strength!
  
  
• Chaff Launcher (x1) - throws off other people's aim.
  
  
• Shield Generator - Vital to keeping your shields up. Notice I didn't put this in priority 1. Why?because if your power plant takes a hit, your shield gen is already down/fried.
  
  
• Shield Cell Bank (Active) - These are little batteries you can "fire" to rapidly charge your shield. Generates tons of heat, and uses LOTS of power.
  
  
• Shield Cell Bank (disabled) - Same as above, but I've DISABLED this one. It's a backup, in case run out of shield cells in the fist bank, I can turn that one off, and turn this one on! :D Or, I can keep them both on.
  
  
• Heat Sink Launcher - remember that I said shield cell banks generate tons of heat? well, this guy lets me vent heat immediately. It prevents me from cooking to death :D
  
  
• These are all priority 2. Notice how they are DEFENSIVE attachments. They either boost my shields, or let me throw off people's aim, or vent heat.

Priority 3 Weapon Systems:

Here, I include ONLY weapon systems. When weapons are stowed away, Priority 3 requires NO power.

• Plasma Accelerator (x2) - High power / high damage / low ammo weapon. difficult to use, but deadly as ♥♥♥♥ (6-8 shot kill on most small ships)

These are modules you can disable if your weapons use lots of power. If you enable my second Shield Cell Bank, then these modules get pushed into the "red" which means they shut down during combat for me. So, when I have my weapons deployed, these things DO NOT work. When I have my weapons stowed, they work perfectly.

Priority 4 - Stuff that you do NOT need in combat:

• **Frame Shift Drive - This could also be placed here.

Priority 5 - Stuff that's rarely used, and not needed in combat:

• Cargo Hatch - I'm scooping loot after a fight and can stow weapons for that, so, I won't use this in battle.

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Getting to Dav's Hope

To lessen the grind that is "Engineering" in Elite Dangerous, head over to HYADES SECTOR DR-V C2-23 planet (A5) at coordinates 44.818 / -31.389.



Once you reach the planet surface, search for two big mountains near each other.



Aim for the mountain with the higher peak and land in between it and a larger creator.



There you will find an outpost named DAV'S HOPE.



You then land outside the outpost and begin to follow this short step process:

• 1) Go round it clockwise or anti-clockwise.
  
• 2) Pick up all or some of the materials you see.
  
• 3) Once you have done a lap,log off in to the main menu.
  
• 4) Log back in(same or different game mode).
  
• 5) Repeat

Items that spawn include:

• chemical distillery
  
• chemical manipulators
  
• chemical processors
  
• compound shielding
  
• conductive ceramics
  
• conductive components
  
• conductive polymers
  
• configurable components
  
• electrochemical arrays
  
• flawed focus crystals
  
• focus crystal
  
• galvanising alloys
  
• grid resistors
  
• heat conduction wiring
  
• heat dispertion plate
  
• heat exchangers
  
• heat vanes
  
• high density composites
  
• hybrid capacitors
  
• mechanical components
  
• mechanical equipment
  
• mechanical scrap
  
• phase alloys
  
• polymer capacitors
  
• refined focus crystal
  
• salvaged alloys
  
• shield emitters
  
• shielding sensors
  
• worn shield emitters

Great Sources:

• https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/list-of-goodies-at-davs-hope.354425/
  
• https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/updated-list-of-materials-at-davs-hope-pictorial.368279/

This video explains how to change your internal ship hud to a different colour.


Video Creator: Steep

Link to the required site from the video[arkku.com]

Below will be an "In Progress" list containing links to different websites I found were useful:

• EDDB - Elite: Dangerous Database[eddb.io]
  
  
• If you need to find a station containing any specific services and commodities[eddb.io]
  
  
• Void Opals - Finding a system with the best selling price[eddb.io]
  
  
• Dangerous Star Types And Exploration Advices
  
  
• Dav's Hope Forum Post 1[forums.frontier.co.uk]
  
  
• Dav's Hope Forum Post 2[forums.frontier.co.uk]

Current Keybinds (Last Updated: 4/21/2019)

• Increase Speed: W
  
• Decrease Speed: S
  
• Turn left: A
  
• Turn Right: D
  
• Boost: Tab
  
• Speed 0%: Z
  
• Speed 25%: X
  
• Speed 75%: C
  
• Select: T
  
• Frame Shift Drive: J
  
• Landing: L
  
• Lights: INSERT
  
• Night Vision: HOME
  
• Cargo Hatch: PAGEUP
  
• Heatsinks: DELETE
  
• Silent Running: END
  
• Chaff Launchers: PAGEDOWN
  
• Deploy Hardpoints: U
  
• Analysis/Combat Mode: M
  
• Module Selections: N
  
• Galaxy Map: /
  
• System Map: >
  
• HUD Navigation: W,S,A,D,Q,E, SPACE
  
• Pip Management: Arrow Keys
  
• Free Look: Middle Mouse Click
  
• Disable Hud: CTRL + ALT + G
  
• Outside View: CTRL + ALT + SPACE (+0 for free outer cam)

Another Useful Keybind Selection



Source

Hardpoints

• 4A Pulse Laser (Gimballed)
  
• 4A Pulse Laser (Gimballed)
  
• 3E Pulse Laser (Gimballed)
  
• 1D Abrasion Blaster (Fixed)
  
• 2B Seismic Charge Launcher (Turret)
  
• 1G Pulse Laser (Turret)
  
• 1G Pulse Laser (Turret)

Utility Mounts

• 0I Point Defense (Turret)
  
• 0I Point Defense (Turret)
  
• 0I Heatsink Launcher
  
• 0I Heatsink Launcher
  
• 0A Shield Booster
  
• 0A Shield Booster
  
• 0I Chaff Launcher
  
• 0A Pulse Wave Analyser

Core Internal

• 1A Military Grade Composite
  
• 8A Power Plant
  
• 7A Thrusters
  
• 6A Frame Shift Drive
  
• 5A Life Support
  
• 8A Power Distributor
  
• 8A Sensors
  
• 5C Fuel Tank

Optional Internal

• 7A Shield Generator
  
• 7C Fuel Tank
  
• 7E Cargo Rack
  
• 6E Cargo Rack
  
• 6D Fighter Hanger
  
• Fighter Bay - F63 Condor (Rogue F)
  
• Fighter Bay - Taipan (Rogue G)
  
• 5A Collector Limpet Controller
  
• 5A Collector Limpet Controller
  
• 5D Hull Reinforcement Package
  
• 5D Module Reinforcement Package
  
• 4A Fuel Scoop
  
• 4A Refinery
  
• 3A Prospector Limpet Controller
  
• 1I Detailed Surface Scanner
  
• 1I Planetary Approach Suite

Notes:

• Cargo Capacity: 192

Hardpoints

• 4A Pulse Laser (Gimballed)
  
• 4A Pulse Laser (Gimballed)
  
• 3E Pulse Laser (Gimballed)
  
• 2F Pulse Laser (Turret)
  
• 2F Pulse Laser (Turret)
  
• 1G Pulse Laser (Turret)
  
• 1G Pulse Laser (Turret)

Utility Mounts

• 0I Point Defense (Turret)
  
• 0I Point Defense (Turret)
  
• 0I Heatsink Launcher
  
• 0I Heatsink Launcher
  
• 0A Shield Booster
  
• 0A Shield Booster
  
• 0C Frame Shift Wake Scanner
  
• 0A Kill Warrant Scanner

Core Internal

• 1A Military Grade Composite
  
• 8A Power Plant
  
• 7A Thrusters
  
• 6A Frame Shift Drive
  
• 5A Life Support
  
• 8A Power Distributor
  
• 8A Sensors
  
• 5C Fuel Tank

Optional Internal

• 7A Shield Generator
  
• 7A Shield Cell Bank
  
• 7C Fuel Tank
  
• 6D Fighter Hanger
  
• Fighter Bay - F63 Condor (Rogue F)
  
• Fighter Bay - Taipan (Rogue G)
  
• 5D Hull Reinforcement Package
  
• 5D Hull Reinforcement Package
  
• 5A Hull Reinforcement Package
  
• 5A Module Reinforcement Package
  
• 5D Module Reinforcement Package
  
• 4A Frame Shift Interdictor
  
• 4D Hull Reinforcement Package
  
• 2H Planetary Vehicle Hanger
  
• SRV Bay - Scarab
  
• 1I Detailed Surface Scanner
  
• 1I Planetary Approach Suite

Notes:

• Weaponry lock on system heavily affected by enemy activated Chaff Launchers.

Hardpoints

• Empty
  
• Empty
  
• Empty
  
• Empty
  
• Empty
  
• Empty
  
• Empty

Utility Mounts

• 0A Shield Booster
  
• 0A Shield Booster
  
• 0I Heatsink Launcher
  
• 0I Heatsink Launcher
  
• 0A Shield Booster
  
• 0A Shield Booster
  
• 0I Chaff Launcher
  
• 0F Electronic Countermeasure

Core Internal

• 1A Military Grade Composite
  
• 8A Power Plant
  
• 7A Thrusters
  
• 6A Frame Shift Drive
  
• 5A Life Support
  
• 8A Power Distributor
  
• 8A Sensors
  
• 5C Fuel Tank

Optional Internal

• 7A Shield Generator
  
• 6E Economy Class Passenger Cabin
  
• 6E Economy Class Passenger Cabin
  
• 6E Economy Class Passenger Cabin
  
• 6E Economy Class Passenger Cabin
  
• 5E Economy Class Passenger Cabin
  
• 5E Economy Class Passenger Cabin
  
• 5D Hull Reinforcement Package
  
• 5D Module Reinforcement Package
  
• 4A Fuel Scoop
  
• 4E Economy Class Passenger Cabin
  
• 3E Economy Class Passenger Cabin
  
• 1E Advanced Docking Computer
  
• 1I Planetary Approach Suite

Notes:

• Passenger Capacity: 172
  
• Be mindful and plan your routes of travel ahead of time.
  
• Fuel Scoop at each available star system if traveling long distances as to avoid running out of fuel.

This is a collection of the beautiful moments I've come across on my journey in Elite.
Feel free to use any as wallpaper. They are in stunning 3840x2160 "4K" resolution, maxed out settings!