Engineering
EDFM // Engineering
How Engineering works, and where to find blueprints, Experimental Effects, Engineers, and materials.
Engineering lets commanders modify ship modules using materials gathered around the galaxy and the services of specific Engineers. This page is the central hub for the Engineering section of the Field Manual — it is being built out in stages. See Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Engineering Architecture for how the section is organised and how new articles should be added.
Key Reference Articles
The most fully worked-out Engineer chain on EDFM so far — a good starting point for what a complete Engineering article looks like:
What Is Engineering?
Engineering data to be added.
How Engineering Works
Engineering data to be added.
Engineering Grades
Engineering data to be added.
Engineer Reputation
Engineering data to be added.
Engineer Unlocks
Engineering data to be added.
Blueprints
Engineering data to be added. See Engineering Blueprints to browse individual blueprint articles as they're written.
Experimental Effects
Engineering data to be added. See Experimental Effects to browse individual effect articles as they're written.
Pinned Blueprints
Engineering data to be added.
Remote Workshop
Engineering data to be added.
Engineering Materials
Engineering data to be added. See Engineering Materials for the materials hub.
Material Traders
Engineering data to be added.
Engineers
Engineering data to be added. See Engineers to browse individual Engineer articles as they're written.
Engineering Guides
Engineering data to be added. See Unlocking Broo Tarquin for a worked example of a standalone unlock guide, and Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Creating a Guide for how the encyclopedia/guide split works.
Lists & Comparisons
Structured-data proof of concept, generated from Module:Data/Engineers rather than hand-maintained — see Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Adding Structured Data. Partial (4 of 38 Engineers) until backfilled further.
External Tools
See the Engineering material tracking section of Tools and Resources for community apps that track blueprint/material progress.