See the galaxy like never before. Touch down on breathtaking planets powered by stunning new tech, soak in suns rising over unforgettable vistas, discover outposts and settlements, and explore with unrestricted freedom.
Take on a wide variety of contracts and play your way, from diplomacy and commerce to lethal stealth and all-out combat. Diverse settings, objectives, and NPCs offer endless mission variety and a near infinite amount of content to enjoy.
Social hubs spread throughout the galaxy give Commanders the ideal place to plan their next move. Form alliances, procure services, and even find expert support in highly coveted Engineers. These public outposts also help you acquire and upgrade weapons and gear to perfect your playing style.
Experience intense first-person combat, kit out your character with an array of weapons and gear, and coordinate with teammates to master a multi-layered, deep, tactical environment where Commanders, SRVs and Starships converge.
Disembark, Commander, and leave your mark on the galaxy in Elite Dangerous: Odyssey. Explore distant worlds on foot and expand the frontier of known space. Be the first to step out onto countless unique planets as you discover land untouched since time began. Elite Dangerous: Odyssey invites you to become a true pioneer.
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Discovery Scanner - 09/01/2023
Greetings Commanders and a very 'Happy New Year' to you!
It's great to be back and are looking forward to an eventful 3309 with you all, in whatever efforts and adventures you may be undertaking within the Elite Dangerous galaxy, looking forward.
Let's get started on immediate plans for the month and a little on the near future roll out.
Game News
INTERIM UPDATE
Discovery Scanner | Happy Holidays, 3308!
Greetings Commanders,
Wow, another year set to conclude in the Galaxy as we face 3309, fast on the approach, we'd like to take a moment now, ahead of the imminent Holidays, to reflect a little on the week just passed and wish you well into the weeks ahead until we meet again in the new year.
Game News
As mentioned last week, the teams have acknowledged a core selection of known issues present since the deployment of Update 14, with a view to tackle these in an interim update early next year.
Discovery Scanner - 12/12/2022
Greetings Commanders,
Welcome to the penultimate instalment of Discovery Scanner for 2022, carrying us festively forth into the Elite Dangerous Galaxy on our week ahead...
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Game News
On December 7th we released update 14.01 in order to tackle some key issues that evolved since deployment of Update 14, the previous week.
Elite Dangerous Update 14.01
Greetings Commanders.
During the week following Update 14, we would all like to thank you for your thoughts and constructive feedback post release.
In light of feedback, the team have been working on an update to address a number of issues outstanding since Update 14 landed.
To that end:
At approximately 15:00 UTC today, Elite Dangerous Live servers will go offline for 1 hour in order to deploy Update 14.01.
Elite Dangerous Update 14.01
Greetings Commanders.
During the week following Update 14, we would all like to thank you for your thoughts and constructive feedback following release.
In light of feedback, the team have been working on an update to address a number of issues outstanding since Update 14 landed.
To that end:
At approximately 14:00 UTC today, Elite Dangerous Live servers will go offline for 2 hours to deploy Update 14.01.
You can find the full list of issues addressed within this update, along with acknowledged known issues below.
Discovery Scanner - 05/12/2022
Greetings Commanders,
Welcome once again to another weekly Discovery Scanner to swoop us into yet another week ahead in the Elite Dangerous Galaxy...and what a week, considering the latest events and happenings.
Elite Dangerous Update 14 Release Notes
Greetings Commanders.
Before we get down to the business of update notes ahead of downtime and deployment of Update 14 today, let’s recap today’s release deployment schedule.
We are still very much on track and working to the following itinerary:
Discovery Scanner - 28/11/2022
Greetings Commanders,
What a week ahead in the Elite Dangerous Galaxy, for sure. Here's hoping you had a good week just passed - let's jump right into what is essentially an 'Update 14' special of this week's Discovery Scanner.
Game News
TUESDAY 29th NOVEMBER, UPDATE 14 RELEASE SCHEDULE (All times below in UTC)
Elite Dangerous Update 14 and Beyond: Live and Legacy Modes
Greetings Commanders.
In our Access to 4.0 post from August, we mentioned that future content would only be available to players on the 4.0 framework and from September we have offered access to version 4.0 to all PC users without requiring a purchase of Odyssey.
On 29 November, Update 14 will bring fundamental and exciting changes to the galaxy, built upon the 4.0 framework. Additionally, from Update 14 onwards, there will be two different modes to Elite Dangerous: Live mode and Legacy Mode.