Elite Dangerousis an absolutely massive space simulation. Thanks to the incredible Stellar Forge technology it’s based on,Elite Dangerousis able to generate a 1:1 simulation of the Milky Way Galaxy. There’s 400 billion star systems to be explored. In the eight years since the game was released, players have explored a whopping 0.05% of it.
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That’s still 222 million star systems that have been explored though, and theElitecommunity is nothing if not resourceful. Many fan-created tools make use of players’ game data to extrapolate game details that can be used to help the entire player base.Road to Richesis one such tool.
Road to Richesis one of manygreat ways to earn credits fast inElite. It uses player data about systems—particularly the value of scanning them—to plot routes other commanders can use to optimize their exploration. It has a database of the values of all the systems and bodies that people have scanned.
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Players enter a starting point, customize some options, and Road to Riches creates a route of systems to travel through for maximum earning potential.
How To Customize a Route
The tool itself is pretty simple to use, but getting the most out of it can be a challenge. The following are the fields in the tool and a brief description of what they do:
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It isn’t necessary to ownthe best exploration ship inEliteto get a lot out of Road to Riches. On the contrary, with the route settings customized appropriately, any ship with a surface scanner can be an explorer. A few of the settings can’t be helped, such as theStarting SystemorRange. Those are just based on where the player is in the game and what they’re flying.Destination systemandLoopare also just details. However, the following fields, set accordingly, will have a large impact on the overall efficiency of the route:
That’s Road to Riches: a brilliant tool with a lot of use. It’s a mainstay money-making method in most commanders’ careers. With its settings customized correctly, the earnings from a route will take half the time and pay double or even triple what it could if left at default values. That makes a big difference inElite, since it’s easily one ofthe longest PC games ever made. Any way to shortcut the grind is a blessing. Road to Riches is a great way to build up credits early-on and gain Explorer ranks in the process.
