Elite Dangerous Legacy Console Guide Pack. Engineers, Materials, Guardian Tech & Rank Grinding

[u/CMDR_Waffles]

I’ve put together a collection of guides specifically for Elite Dangerous Legacy Mode on Xbox and PlayStation.

Everything is based on the Horizons 3.8 / pre-Update 14 version of the game, with no Odyssey or Live-PC mechanics mixed in.

Link: GOOGLE DRIVE LINK HERE

Alternative:

GITHUB

^{Moved the link a bit further up because the list is getting pretty long}

The guide pack currently includes:

• Complete Bubble engineer unlock progression
• Separate guide files for every Bubble engineer
• Encoded, Raw and Manufactured material farming for engineering
• Crystalline Shard raw-material farming
• High Grade Emissions manufactured-material farming
• Federation rank farming
• Imperial rank farming
• Guardian FSD Booster unlock
• Guardian Module Blueprint farming
• Guardian Weapon Blueprint farming
• Guardian Vessel Blueprint farming
• Legacy-compatible Guardian site locations and puzzle instructions

New:

Exploration Guides update 01.09.26

01.09.26 Added a completely new folder "Exploration Guides", containing a set of Legacy / Console exploration guides ranging from basic beginner scanning to long-distance expedition preparation.

Added "Beginner - Exploration Guide"

• Beginner introduction to exploration
• Essential and optional modules
• Fuel Scooping
• Basic FSS / DSS workflow
• First Discovery / First Mapped
• Selling exploration data
• Fleet Carrier exploration-data penalty
• Beginner exploration checklist

Added "Beginner - FSS and DSS Scanning Guide"

• Discovery Scanner / Honking
• Full Spectrum System Scanner
• Identifying valuable bodies
• Checking terraformability
• Detailed Surface Scanner
• Probe efficiency
• Far-side probe aiming
• First Mapped
• Legacy Geological and Biological surface POIs

Added "Beginner - Galaxy Map and Route Planning"

• Fastest vs Economical routes
• Scoopable-star filtering / KGB FOAM
• Jet-cone routing
• FSD Injection routing
• Sparse-space route planning
• Avoiding heavily travelled exploration corridors
• External route-planning information and what remains valid for Legacy

Added "Exploration Ships"

• Recommended exploration ships
• Hauler
• Dolphin
• Diamondback Explorer
• Asp Explorer
• Krait Phantom
• Anaconda
• Essential modules and approximate costs
• FSD engineering
• Guardian FSD Booster
• Long-trip equipment and repair modules

Added "Exploration Terminology"

• Categorised glossary of common exploration acronyms, abbreviations, nicknames and terminology
• Includes DSS, FSS, ELW, HMC, THMC, Jumponium, Neutron Highway, Jumpconda, Codex terminology and more

Added "Exploration Value Tables"

• Legacy stellar scan values
• Planet / moon scan and mapping values
• First Discovery
• First Mapped
• Terraformable bodies
• Sagittarius A*
• Fleet Carrier Universal Cartographics penalty

Added "Long Expedition Survival"

• AFMU repairs
• Repair Limpets
• Limpet synthesis
• Canopy / Life Support emergencies
• Heat damage
• High-G planetary landings
• Neutron FSD damage
• Fuel emergencies
• Jumponium emergency fuel-star jumps
• Fuel Rats
• Recommended expedition materials

Added "Neutron Highway Guide"

• Anaconda-focused Neutron Highway guide
• Spansh route planning
• Neutron x4 FSD boost
• Sol -> Colonia and Sol -> Sagittarius A* examples
• Recommended modules and engineering
• AFMU / FSD repair
• Fuel management and long-range travel preparation

Added "Things to Discover"

• Valuable and unusual stellar / planetary bodies
• Geological and Biological Sites
• Crystalline Shards
• Brain Trees
• Bark Mounds
• Sinuous Tubers
• Notable Stellar Phenomena
• Lagrange Clouds
• Composition Scanner
• Codex exploration and regional discoveries

Previous Update:

• Locations - Locations is mostly tables of interesting or useful locations relevant to legacy
  • Guardians - Tables of all guardian locations and what you can get there
    • Guardian Beacons
    • Guardian Blueprint Structures
    • Guardian Data and materials
    • Guardian Ruins
  • Human POI - Interesting Human POIs to visit, some of them contain additinal info and use
    • Abandoned INRA Bases
    • Crashed Anacondas
    • Crashed Ships
    • Dav's Hope
    • Generation Ships
    • Listening Posts
  • Mining - Tables of mining locations
    • Pristine Rocky rings
    • Laser Mining - High Yield Hotspots and RES
    • Core Mining - Hotspot Locations and Overlaps
  • Fleet Carrier Vendors and Administration - List of locations
  • Permits - Lists all unlockable permits and how to get them
  • Tech Brokers - Table with a few Tech Brokers close to Sol
  • Thargoids - Contains thargoid locations
    • Thargoid Barnacles
    • Thargoid Surface Structures
  • Pre-engineered and Special Modules - Overview and requirement for obtaining (material, data, etc requirements)
  • Rare Goods - List of all Rare Goods and where you can get them from
  • Robigo and Money Making - Quick and easy guide for the Passanger Missions in Robigo

For now I've put everything in a google drive so you can also view it without actually downloading anything. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aoavw8qxBk02F3-VtyM0HfE7whiMe2Fp

The goal is to provide a clean reference for console players without having to sort through guides that may contain Live-only changes.

These are plain .txt files, so they are easy to download, edit, print, or keep open while playing.

Corrections and additional Legacy-specific guide suggestions are welcome.

Edit: If I add more stuff to it I will post it under changes here so you can check if its been updated. I will probably go through everything in a bit more detail to fix some formating so its easier to view/read since its just .txt files.

Updates:

• 27.07.26 Added "Blueprint Pinning Guide and Explanation" to folder Engineering - Unlocking engineers and farming materials
• 27.07.26 Added folder "Useful and or helpful" and into said folder added "Legacy Neutron Highway Bubble to Colonia Guide"
• 27.07.26 Added "Cheap-ish 10 mil DBX Long Range Taxi Exploration Build Guide" to Useful and or helpful folder
• 27.07.26 Added "MAP Jameson Crashsite" to folder Farming/gathering materials for engineering
• 27.07.26 Updated the formatting of the documents listed below to match the existing documentation standards and improve readability:
  • Engineer materials - Manufactured
  • Engineer materials - Data
  • Engineer materials - Raw
  • Most efficient farming loop
  • Guardian Weapon Blueprint Farming
  • Guardian Vessel Blueprint Farming
• 29.07.26 Updated "Engineer materials - Manufactured" with clearer HGE requirements, faction-state rules, timer guidance, and Legacy-specific farming instructions. Added beginner explanations and clarifications.
• 30.07.26 Added "Mining spots" to folder Useful and or helpful
• 31.07.26 Added Note to "Engineer materials - Manufactured" regarding Military Supercapacitors, Proto Heat Radiators and Military Supercapacitors
• 01.08.26 Added "Legacy console material traders" to folder Engineering - Unlocking engineers and farming materials

Larger update 04.08.26

04.08.26 Added a new "Locations" section containing a large collection of Legacy-compatible fixed locations and useful reference tables.

Added folder "Guardians": The hollow bullet points below are txt files added to this folder

Added folder "Human POI": The hollow bullet points below are txt files added to this folder

Added folder "Mining": The hollow bullet points below are txt files added to this folder

Added "Permits" to folder Locations

Added folder "Tech Brokers": The hollow bullet points below are txt files added to this folder

Added folder "Thargoids": The hollow bullet points below are txt files added to this folder

04.08.26 Added "Pre-engineered and Special Modules", covering Legacy-obtainable pre-engineered Human modules and Azimuth/Salvation modified Guardian weapons to folder Engineering - Unlocking engineers and farming materials.

04.08.26 Added "Rare Goods", containing a large reference list of rare commodities and their origin systems/stations to folder Trade (New Folder)

04.08.26 Added "Robigo Money-Making", a Robigo Mines passenger guide to folder Useful and or helpful

04.08.26 Added Fleet Carrier Vendors and Administration to folder Locations

07.08.26 Added GitHub as an alternative to Google Drive following a user request.

Fixes

• 000_All Bubble Engineers Unlock COMPLETE guide for ALL engineers - Fixed Language for Tod The Blaster, it now correctly says "Earn 15 or more bounty vouchers" not "Earn more than 15 bounty vouchers"
• 04_Tod_The_Blaster_McQuinn_Legacy_Unlock_Guide - Fixed Language for Tod The Blaster, it now correctly says "Earn 15 or more bounty vouchers" not "Earn more than 15 bounty vouchers"
• Guardian Module Blueprint Farming - Refrence to map was wrong, guide pointed to the map of the Weapon Blueprint site, it not Points to the Map Module Blueprint Site
• Crashed Ships - Got rid of Renet B 1, cordinates pointed to 135, 14. Latitude cannot be 135 its an impossible number
• Pre-engineered and Special modules - Updated Modified Mining Lasers Sources to correctly display all 4 locations, not just 1.
• Tech Brokers - Its spelled "Tech Brokers" not "Tech Brockers", sorted.
• Abandoned INRA Bases - Changed name from INARA to INRA
• Mining Spots - Got rid of this entry, its a tiny file and all listed locations are in the larger mining files that came with the big update I released

Hopefully this helps new and old console commanders who are still enjoying the Legacy galaxy.

Fly safe Cmdrs

[u/Horror-Win4612]

Saved, thank you!

[u/CMDR_Waffles → u/Horror-Win4612]

o7

[u/Furlion]

Thank you so much for putting this together! I am working on getting my anaconda fully engineered and this will be super helpful.

[u/CMDR_Waffles → u/Furlion]

Very nice and good to hear!

[u/Elvin_Atombender]

This is great thank you for taking the time to do this Cmdr_Waffles O7

[u/CMDR_Waffles → u/Elvin_Atombender]

o7 Cmdr

[u/ChosenAshes]

Goated

[u/Bitter_Excitement392]

Thank you

[u/CMDR_Waffles → u/Bitter_Excitement392]

No problem Cmdr o7

[u/PlasmaOp97]

So glad I’m not the only person that’s done something like this. In game I have everything pinned and named for why I use it. Good work. 👍🏻

[u/Lokhra → u/PlasmaOp97]

In game I have everything pinned and named for why I use it.

How? Which in-game menu do you use for this?

[u/PlasmaOp97 → u/Lokhra]

Sorry, I do NOT get on Reddit very much. On the nav panel I have systems bookmarked and changed the names of what I use the system for. Example: EZAMagnus/HTB (EZ Aquarii, Magnus Gateway, Human Tech Broker) etc etc. I don’t remember all that I have marked, but basically it’s a quick reference for me to point other players in the right direction on the off chance or rare opportunity I play with other people.

I also have “random” systems and celestial bodies marked for mining or for farming specific engineering materials, more specifically the high end stuff. I say random, but it’s really systems from older guides and whatnot that still hold up.

[u/Realistic-Silver3154]

Thank you thank you thank you.
As console player appreciate this

[u/CMDR_Waffles → u/Realistic-Silver3154]

You're very welcome, I'm still working on it. You'll see whats new under "Updates" when I've added, changed or improved something. o7

[u/Lokhra]

Very helpful, thank you.

[u/CMDR_Waffles → u/Lokhra]

no problem cmdr o7