Field Procedures

i

Draft

This article is still being written and may be incomplete.

Status

Draft

Last reviewed

never

Reviewer

none

Game mode

Both

Version coverage

unspecified

Source quality

unassessed

Known uncertainty

none noted

Field Procedures are practical, step-by-step instructions for completing specific tasks in Elite Dangerous. They are intended to be followed while carrying out a task, from preparing a mining ship to completing an Engineer unlock or another operational workflow.

Unlike reference articles, which explain mechanics, locations, equipment, requirements, and other factual information, Field Procedures focus on what to do and in what order. Reference articles should explain the background; procedures should help a commander complete a task.

How Field Procedures work

A Field Procedure is built around a specific objective with a recognizable completion point.

Depending on the task, a procedure may include:

• prerequisites that should be completed before starting;
• equipment, materials, commodities, or other preparation;
• an ordered sequence of actions;
• warnings and common mistakes;
• an expected result or completion check; and
• troubleshooting for common problems.

Field Procedures may link to reference articles for detailed background information rather than repeating material already documented elsewhere on EDFM.

Mining

Procedures for finding mining locations, extracting resources from asteroids, handling limpets and refinery bins, and selling mined commodities.

• How to Core Mine (Draft) — Identify core asteroids, place seismic charges, crack the asteroid safely, and collect exposed deposits.
• How to Find Somewhere to Sell Mined Commodities (Draft) — Choose a market for mined commodities using in-game market data and current third-party trade tools where appropriate.
• How to Find a Mining Hotspot (Draft) — Travel to a mapped ring hotspot, drop into the ring safely, and begin prospecting inside the target area.
• How to Ignore Unwanted Mining Commodities (Draft) — Use the contacts and refinery workflow to stop collector limpets from repeatedly bringing in fragments you do not want to keep.
• How to Laser Mine (Draft) — Extract surface fragments from asteroids with mining lasers, collect them with limpets, and refine useful commodities.
• How to Mine Surface Deposits (Draft) — Break surface deposits from asteroids with an abrasion blaster and collect the resulting materials or commodities.
• How to Resolve a Full Refinery (Draft) — Clear blocked refinery bins and cargo problems so mining can continue without losing valuable fragments unnecessarily.
• How to Scan Planetary Rings for Mining Hotspots (Draft) — Use a Detailed Surface Scanner to map a planetary ring and reveal mining hotspots that can guide commodity targeting.
• How to Start Mining (Draft) — Prepare a ship for a first mining run and complete the basic loop of finding, extracting, refining, and selling mined commodities.
• How to Sub-surface Mine (Draft) — Extract sub-surface deposits from asteroids with displacement missiles and collect the released chunks.
• How to Use Collector Limpets (Draft) — Deploy collector limpets efficiently and avoid common mistakes that destroy limpets or slow collection.
• How to Use a Prospector Limpet (Draft) — Launch and read prospector limpets to identify asteroid contents before committing time and collector limpets.
• How to Use a Refinery (Draft) — Turn collected fragments into cargo by managing refinery bins and transferring completed tonnes into the cargo hold.

Engineering

Procedures for gaining access to ship Engineers and completing Engineering-related unlock workflows.

• Unlocking Bill Turner — Gain access to Bill Turner and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Broo Tarquin — Gain access to Broo Tarquin and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Chloe Sedesi — Gain access to Chloe Sedesi and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Colonel Bris Dekker — Gain access to Colonel Bris Dekker and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Didi Vatermann — Gain access to Didi Vatermann and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Elvira Martuuk — Gain access to Elvira Martuuk and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Etienne Dorn — Gain access to Etienne Dorn and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Felicity Farseer — Gain access to Felicity Farseer and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Hera Tani — Gain access to Hera Tani and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Juri Ishmaak — Gain access to Juri Ishmaak and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Lei Cheung — Gain access to Lei Cheung and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Liz Ryder — Gain access to Liz Ryder and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Lori Jameson — Gain access to Lori Jameson and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Marco Qwent — Gain access to Marco Qwent and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Marsha Hicks — Gain access to Marsha Hicks and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Mel Brandon — Gain access to Mel Brandon and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Petra Olmanova — Gain access to Petra Olmanova and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Professor Palin — Gain access to Professor Palin and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Ram Tah — Gain access to Ram Tah and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Selene Jean — Gain access to Selene Jean and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking The Dweller — Gain access to The Dweller and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking The Sarge — Gain access to The Sarge and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Tiana Fortune — Gain access to Tiana Fortune and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Tod "The Blaster" McQuinn — Gain access to Tod "The Blaster" McQuinn and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Zacariah Nemo — Gain access to Zacariah Nemo and their Engineering services.

Odyssey / On-foot

Procedures for gaining access to Odyssey Engineers and completing on-foot Engineering-related workflows.

• Unlocking Baltanos — Gain access to Baltanos and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Domino Green — Gain access to Domino Green and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Eleanor Bresa — Gain access to Eleanor Bresa and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Hero Ferrari — Gain access to Hero Ferrari and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Jude Navarro — Gain access to Jude Navarro and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Kit Fowler — Gain access to Kit Fowler and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Oden Geiger — Gain access to Oden Geiger and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Rosa Dayette — Gain access to Rosa Dayette and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Terra Velasquez — Gain access to Terra Velasquez and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Uma Laszlo — Gain access to Uma Laszlo and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Wellington Beck — Gain access to Wellington Beck and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Yarden Bond — Gain access to Yarden Bond and their Engineering services.
• Unlocking Yi Shen — Gain access to Yi Shen and their Engineering services.

Complete category listing

The curated procedure groups above are generated from canonical procedure metadata. For MediaWiki's complete category listing, see Category:Field Procedures.