Note that you don't have to raise each pylon and then activate it in one go. I find it easier to get the lie of the land by raising the 2 pylons by the alter/terminal first and not charging them, and then do a lap finding all the other pylons and raising them, but again not charging them. Once all they pylons have been raised, charge the 2 near the alter/terminal and zoom round doing a lap to charge all the others. That way you don't get stressed with a timer going off, trying to find the other pylons to raise and charge. So in summary, raise all the pylons first, then charge them all once all are raised. o7
If you bring the 8 HN Shock Mounts with you (and also have the 24 Focus Crystals), you can unlock the FSD booster while you are out there in synuefe en-h d11-96 at a small station there. Makes the trip back to the bubble a little bit shorter!
@@Naz-uh6dg The sites are approximately 900Ly from Sol. It doesn't take that long to get out there and back. I usually go out there 2-3 times a week, to help other Commanders get the blueprints. And there is not more risk than doing anything else in this game.
@@mattsmechanicalssi5833 Well, i'm in serious difficult with the obelisks (i'm not good with srv controls and the timers it's too short for me). Any chance that you can help me too? XD
I can always come back to this game and put another 50+ hours into something new and different from everything I’ve done before. There’s no point to any of it, but I just love the experience so much that I never seem to tire of it.
Also, when you go to grind for guardian modules, make sure you are in a small ship like a DBX. You will have less trouble finding a suitable landing spot nearby the site. And if you want to cheese the sentinel's rocket attacks, make sure the Point defence module is located on top of your ship and not on the bottom.
You are a freaking fount of knowledge! This guide made guardian farming much more approachable. I now have all the guardian mats I will ever need thanks to this vid and your site! Your videos are a godsend thank you so much! Also during my farming I found 4 additional destructible panels not on the map (2 power conduits, 1 power cell, 1 tech component). In case anyone wants to add them to their farming route: Using DtEA's map - the power cell and tech component are by the center-most pylon (facing the alter, with pylon behind, the tech component is on the left wall; the power cell is on the right 'beam'); the 2 power conduits are in the northern and southern-most structures, in-line with the center pylon (located on the center 'beam' of the T-shape). Thanks again for your vids! And to all, fly safe! o7
Excellent video! I am new to ED, about 5 weeks, and just got my Guardian FSD booster unlocked about 5 minutes ago due to this guide. Thank you for your warm, informative and entertaining videos.
I FINALLY got my Guardian FSD Booster!!!! Elite Dangerous is a great game but it is not easy to learn. It requires intelligence, some training, quite a bit of research, and lots of patience. If a gamer is missing any of these attributes then they will, most likely, not like this game. D2EA, thanks for posting this video.
For anyone wondering about Odyssey: The location still exists on the planet, but the layout is different. It's not a difficult to learn layout though, and everything works as expected.
Additionally, the pylons are symetrically laid out. Find the center line of the site. When you find a pylon, cross the center line at a right angle to find its match on the other side.
Excellent instructions, thanks for doing this! The map makes it easy to find the pylons that need to be activated, and after that it's a doddle. The sentinels are fairly easy to kill. As others have mentioned, fit point defence turrets on the top of your ship, and land near the ruins, that way the PD's on the ship will attack the sentinels missiles. There's really nothing here for the inexperienced commander to be worried about, go for it!
New Cmdr here. Your vids are absolutely awesome for a newbie like me who has zero clue about the in-game content. Thanks for making these vids, and please keep going!
I love the fsd booster. I have a stubborn build for my Anaconda. It can handle pve, has research, recon, and repair limpets, fighter, and a full exploration load out. Between all that, the booster gets me back up to 40+ lightyears. It's my "Almost-AnyConda!" The booster also gets my phantom to 65lyr.
if anyone is trying to do this after the odyssey expansion and not finding any blueprints close the game and launch horizons it worked for me first time.
Hey, you probably should mention to mount the on-ship point defense on top side (I recommend Asp Explorer), and park the ship as close to the site as possible to reliably defend the srv vs. missiles. Good guide!
@@khoshekhthecat Nah, it's a utility mount. There's one above the cockpit. Fit in a point defense, and it will shoot down the missiles aimed at the srv, even when you're not in your ship.
I absolutely love these tutorial videos, just built a decent exploration ASP-X without any prior knowledge thanks to your pre-engineered FSD guide and this guide.
Success! Worked like a charm. Thank you, D2EA! Best tip from this vid is: Park your point defense boat as close as possible to the site. If I'd had to face all those missiles with just my srv I think I'd STILL be at it. A small clarification: You can harvest your relic at any time. I'd advise doing it before you start the pylon clock. ALSO: The timer is for activation of all six pylons. It does not include activation of the blueprint ball. So once you've got all six pylons burning, you're off the clock. FINALLY: Be familiar with how to reload your srv gun. When you're under fire is a terrible time to try to figure it out ;/ 66.79 ly unburdened will get me places!
This video was painfully easy to follow, thanks for being awesome. Got my FSD Booster rather quickly! This video, and others you've made have honestly brought back to E:D after several years of hiatus.
Thank you for the video, I just got the blueprint fragment😃 I went around the place a few times to learn what's where, and I finally managed to pull it off. I have never been so motion sick in my life though, I was shaking and sweating and was about to heave my breakfast. Usually driving the srv is fine, but all the jumping and the wonky controls on the srv really did me in. I wish it was a bit more responsive.
Thanks D2EA for all this great stuff you are putting up on YT. I've learned a great deal watching these ! These tips help cutting down on the tedious parts of ED, keeping the whole experience really enjoyable.
Thanks for doing this, you're a life saver, my first attempt at getting this FSD booster failed miserably. I simply kept running out of time to activate all the pilons because I constantly kept getting lost in the ruins and those sentinels really weren't making it easy; I finally just ended up giving up. Now I can use your map and the "free camera" view to find out where I am; and I now know to trigger and clear out the sentinels "before" I start gathering the components. I arrived back at the planet, got my ship as close to the site as I can and this weekend hopefully I will finally bag that booster
You’re the absolute best for this. Was watching this for a few weeks and finally got the courage to spend my Sunday on this and I got it successfully. Thank you!
While you’re there do 3 loops. The fsdb, shield booster and module reinforcement are the only ones worth having. Dashboard flip until you have enough components to do all 3. Could go to the ruins and get the data you’ll need for the gauss cannons too.
Nice summary! I did this about two years ago at a different guardian location, took me 30 minutes to land my ship since the terrain was so rough. Definitely will be using your video when i go out for more guardian stuff
Once again Astro you have successfully created a straight forward tutorial! Thanks again for another great video. The detail and simple explanation are perfect and now I have a Guardian FSD booster!
Found the thanks to your toolbox. My only problem now is that my srv handles like a bucking bronco and throws me all over the place. This is going to take a long while. Edit: Never mind. Completed everything today and got my hands on that sweet FSd booster after all this time. Totally worth it. Synuffe was a pain to get to but you were right it spawning the tech components.
Superb helpful guide, thank you very much! Only thing I'd add is it's vital to do this in Horizons mode NOT Odyssey. In Horizons each pylon you activate adds to the time available to find the next, so you have plenty of time overall. In Odyssey, there's a bug so you don't get any more time and that makes it very difficult to get round them all. I found it best to start with the pylon immediately in front of the altar, so I didn't have the challenge of getting up near it at the end (but then I'm not a very good SRV driver). Also to aid navigation around the base (mental map), I found it helpful to think of the central spine of the site, with a pylon each side close to the top/altar, and the two others symmetrically placed easily found by running alongside the earth bank which runs orthogonally to the central spine towards the other end.
Just bumped my AspEx From min 29(and some change)ly to min 40.24ly in a solid 1/2 day of work. :) Plus the UPS guy dropped off my T16000 flight pack today and my tablet for running GameGlass came a couple days ago. Now to make the flight pack, game glass, and voiceattack keybinds all get along with one another and then it's back to continuing to engineer my FSD and then it's off to the black for some well deserved alone time...
LOL! I literally have spent the past 2-3 days cruising in the SRV just to farm mats for SRV ammo/hull/fuel for the guardian tech materials grind. Probably kicking off the journey to synuefe tonight.
I really appreciate the work you did here...this is just me but I vowed never to the "hoop jump" again after unlocking all the engineers. I am happy without the extra jump range...I would like it but my exploring days are over. Thanks though great content. Very concise and helpful.
Love it.! This is probably your best video yet! Very to the point and I really hope people find this. You just convinced me to come back to your Patreon! Thank you!
Life saver. Been using this video to work my way to the Guardian FSD Booster. Just off to a Tech Broker so almost completed the scenario. Cheers Astro :-)
I just did this for my very first time. Make sure you bring materials you can use to synthesize SRV ammunition and SRV fuel. I had to do a top-up of one each (lowest quality) and left with maybe 40% fuel remaining and less than 1,000 rounds. I didn't know entirely what I was doing at first (like I had to google the hotkey to see from my turret lol) but hopefully that contextualizes what you should bring based on your level of confidence/experience (mine are fairly low when it comes to things like this). Also, the Point Defense System thing is helpful. Still worth playing as if you don't have one on your ship. Bringing a small/medium ship helps but I was able to bring a stock Anaconda with a PDS mounted on top and it still worked when it needed to, and I managed to park basically hugging the edge of the site from the corner where the two technology components drop. If you hadn't already noticed, it's worth mentioning in case you didn't: When you charge a pylon, your timer increases. You get a pretty comfortable amount of time to charge each. If you're really, really inexperienced, do yourself a solid by turning OFF your SRV's driving assist procedures if you're experienced with driving a Warthog in Halo lol. Should put you in familiar territory.
That's what my crew was thinking. 4 of us hit a site, with 3 focusing the Sentinels while one person does their thing. Should be crazy easy with 4 ships all with PD mounts.
@@beepy9666 I was in a wing of 4 we had 1 in his ship flying high guard shooting at any sentinels that showed up with his ship's weapons. The rest of us had our ships with PDs on the top shooting anything that got past the high guard. We each took 3 pylons with the 3rd SRV sitting at the altar. I think we did 8 or 9 loops of the pylons in less than an hour. First multi-player activity I ever did in the game and a whole lot of fun. Oh, and we took a Squadron Fleet Carrier out to the site in the first place.
Thank you. So much. I will say, this was not as easy as everyone made it out to be. Now that I have done it once, I am sure the next time will be easier, but as for my first time getting guardian tech... it was tough. Though it would definitely have been much more difficult without you. Thanks!
Thank you for this. I dont know how anyone would figure what or how to do this otherwise. It also ads time when you activate the pilons, so by the time you get all six charged its like 12 minutes for the countdown. No big deal if you take your time and get the lay of the land. Plus your color map really helped me as well. Cheers~ CAP
Great content. Very helpful. In following your guide tho I discovered 2 other destructible panels that gave me guardian technology components. It sped up the process a tad. One I couldn't find again. But the other is on a wall near the farthest pylon strait in line with the orb
Another great, informative vid as always Astro. I unlocked all the guardian stuff when it came out a couple years ago but watched anyway. Thank you for the content.
thanks for this. i’m almost done outfitting my aspx. just have to decide if i want the guardian booster or my docking computer. i’ve gotten spoiled with it so far and have to learn how to dock in order to use the booster!
mange tak for hjælpen, havde aldrig fundet ud af det self, det er nok den mest udførlige guide jeg har set. keep up the good work and you definitely earned a like and a sub
@@scubamage Better. I was able to get three guardian modules in less than 24 hours and the grind isn't that tedious except for the data scanning... that's... dav's hope^2 cuz you relog every 10 seconds
I think its worth mentioning you can also trade down manufactured materials to focus crystals at a manufactured material broker if you have a ton of extra engineering materials sitting around.
It's worth noting, I did this grind a couple of weeks ago, and there's a fifth Technology Component spawn on the center ramp. Just above the destructible panel on the side of the building, if you head back to the center ramp and look backwards towards that building, there's another panel on the arch support that spawns a fifth TC. You can get 5 Tech Component drops per run doing this. I felt so stupid when I realized I kept passing it by without ever realizing it was there. So here's hoping this saves other people the same grief.
I mentioned during your stream that I didn't know to shoot the pylons until they shoot the beam of light to the sky, so I'll take credit for inspiring this video. You're welcome, and thanks for making this :D
There is a fifth tech component drop in a small panel to the left of the center pylon you shoot, if looking towards the data platform. Great videos too.
D2ea...Quality content, as allways...nothing else expected though!!! I am jus using this for a quick-unlock of the guardian-power-distro for a little mamba-build-play-around :D
Had the FSD booster for quite some time now, but didn't know about the alt Davs Hope.... and I'm needing more Tech Components too for other Guardian Modules, so thanks. o7
Gathering the focus crystals was the hardest part. Got to the Exploration Camp and there were a couple of materials to pick up, but I only got maybe 1 or 2 focus crystals. Dav's Hope also was the same story. Still, I was able to take some of the materials from those camps and a bunch of previous combat I had done, and used INARA to find a Materials Trader. I have everything I need finally, so...guess I'll be off to get the module. But not now, do it another time. This game is too hard sometimes, I need a break.
I experience exactly the same! Getting the Focus Crystals is pretty hard. Going to use mats trader, I only got 15 from previous combat and the ones in settlements are (if they spawn at all) always Flawed type. o7
A good informational video but I think you skimmed over the point defense lasers. The missiles the sentinels fire will flip your SRV over and make it difficult to fight back. That's not a huge problem but by having the point defense module on your ship you can avoid being flipped over most of the time. Also, your ship must be parked close to the ruins for the module to be effective. This takes some time but is possible. Once on the ground, don't take off until you have collected everything you need from the site. This might take a couple of log off/on to accomplish. You might get a message about logging off in a dangerous area but it really isn't a problem. Lastly, and I learned this the hard way, make sure you point defense laser is mounted on TOP of your ship. If it is mounted on the bottom, it will be useless. Happy hunting! o7
Amazing tutorial as always! I hope at some point they reduce the grind for materials. It is very tedious after the first lot of filling up! At least let us recycle some materials from previous upgrades rather than lose them all!
Thanks for the video. I am having a hard time with this, but finally I rode up to the last pylon and wtf, out of ammo! Nothing to make more with. Guess I am out of here empty handed. Make sure you can make more ammo for the SRV before going here. especially if you intend collecting a lot of powercells etc.
Also, take 2 SRV's you can restock from the fleet carriers nearby, but now that I lost my damn frustrating to drive SRV, I am out of here. Might come back another day, but realistically I have realised that elite dangerous just isn't that much fun for me to play. Nothing about the last 3 hours I have spent getting dizzy on this planet as this piece of crap SRV gets thrown all over the place has been fun. Not one second haha.
Here I am 3 hours later, finally have the Ancient data terminal glowing blue in front of me. 14% hull left and only 217 shots. Each sentinel takes a min 100 shots as I peck away 1% at a time. Anyway here I am and I cannot f'ing scan the damn thing. I just see Ancient Data Terminal in orange and PUBLIC in red. wtf! nothing works, I cannot scan it.
Quick tip if anyone needs it. Don't waste too much ammo on the towers. I made the mistake of not locking on and wasting a ton of ammo. When I had to fight the last 4 sentinels I only had 200 ammo left so I had to evade them all and my SRV got destroyed. Also you have to hit the glowy blue bits on the pylons. I wasted a ton of ammo just shooting the pillar.
@Down to Earth Astronomy Hi Astro, thank you for another very useful video for Guardian FSD Booster Unlock. If you look below by a couple of posts to @MattsMechanicalSSI he has a really neat idea. Thanks for your Guardian map but there is only one thing missing and that's Sentinal spawn points. I have 1500+ hrs in ED:Horizons and I did not know of a 2nd copy of Dav's Hope - Synuefe JB-G b58-6 Planet: 6 H thanks for that as well. o7 CMDR.
You forgot to mention that you will most likely be grinding for guardian technology components because they drop the least amount of times, so its best to check how many technology components you have before leaving. Also if you want to farm data go to an ancient site and find an obelisk with 2 data points then just relog infront of it.
I know this is a bit old - But I've not seen it anywhere - Nor is it listed on your map. There is another single Guardian Technology Component at Synuefe NL-N C23-4 B3 close to Pylon 3 (the center one). As you are next to the Material Tower with Guardian Power Cell, Guardian Technology Component, Guardian Power Conduit and as you are looking at the single panel with the 1 Guardian Technology Component. To the right where the open "Hallway" with Pylon #3 - To the right is another single panel with another Guardian Technology Component.
I fly to Guardian Structure. Took jackson' lighthouse. SRV controls are ATROCIOUS. Scan Orb. Jump all the way back to Felicity. She isnt the material trader. Get to a guardian tech broker. 24 FOCUS CRYSTALS need. But I have 60+ Exquisite focus crystals from Robigo farming.... FLY BACK TO GUARDIAN STRUCTURE Log in log out farm 3 or 4 technology component. WHAT A GRIND.....
If this is the simplest way, I wonder who will endure the unspeakable ordeal of the HARD way... dude, this simplest way is beyond my capacity for now. Bummer... :( Thanks anyway, I will bookmark your site. Very useful.
Whew. I'm starting to think I just don't have the time and skills to ever do much more than just cruise around the galaxy. And how would one play the game without access to all these tools and websites? I am probably out of my depth. But I enjoyed the tutorial. Thank you!
If you keep your ship close with point-defence turret close, and keep 4 pips to shields, you can tank multiple sentinels. So unless you get a lot of them on you at the same time, you could pretty much ignore them and focus on the blueprint. I got all 18 weapon blueprint in an evening this way.
Also : Inara can tell you fleet carriers that has the commodities close to you. I saved a 20 jumps roundtrip by paying about 10k credit per Shock Mount... which isn't really an issue for me. It's overpriced, but I like the convenience, so I don't mind it.
Note that you don't have to raise each pylon and then activate it in one go. I find it easier to get the lie of the land by raising the 2 pylons by the alter/terminal first and not charging them, and then do a lap finding all the other pylons and raising them, but again not charging them. Once all they pylons have been raised, charge the 2 near the alter/terminal and zoom round doing a lap to charge all the others. That way you don't get stressed with a timer going off, trying to find the other pylons to raise and charge. So in summary, raise all the pylons first, then charge them all once all are raised. o7
It's still a pain in the ass, 'cause the horrible srv, which get stuck, or change direction without input...
@@massimogreco1410 turn drive assist off to help with the changing directions maybe?
@@boatman783 It's always off, but the bloody srv or glitch and stuck against rocks, or hit something and turn crazy.
@@massimogreco1410 oh well i dont have any advice for that
Next time il read the comments first. I could not find these pylons, and i vent into panik.😊
If you bring the 8 HN Shock Mounts with you (and also have the 24 Focus Crystals), you can unlock the FSD booster while you are out there in synuefe en-h d11-96 at a small station there. Makes the trip back to the bubble a little bit shorter!
The Prospect is the name of the station
@@marlerman111 Indigo Dock also has a Guardian Tech broker there in the system.
But i think, when we go to the site, the trip will take a while right? And bring a cargo make thing *riskier*
@@Naz-uh6dg The sites are approximately 900Ly from Sol. It doesn't take that long to get out there and back. I usually go out there 2-3 times a week, to help other Commanders get the blueprints. And there is not more risk than doing anything else in this game.
@@mattsmechanicalssi5833 Well, i'm in serious difficult with the obelisks (i'm not good with srv controls and the timers it's too short for me). Any chance that you can help me too? XD
Man the Engineer Grind and the Guardian stuff are just another game inside the game. A whole new thing.
Thanks for this tutorial!
I can always come back to this game and put another 50+ hours into something new and different from everything I’ve done before. There’s no point to any of it, but I just love the experience so much that I never seem to tire of it.
Yeah agreed, then add the grinds for the Power Plays for other upgrades like Prismatic shields. That really is a game within the game
Also, when you go to grind for guardian modules, make sure you are in a small ship like a DBX. You will have less trouble finding a suitable landing spot nearby the site.
And if you want to cheese the sentinel's rocket attacks, make sure the Point defence module is located on top of your ship and not on the bottom.
You are a freaking fount of knowledge! This guide made guardian farming much more approachable. I now have all the guardian mats I will ever need thanks to this vid and your site! Your videos are a godsend thank you so much!
Also during my farming I found 4 additional destructible panels not on the map (2 power conduits, 1 power cell, 1 tech component). In case anyone wants to add them to their farming route:
Using DtEA's map - the power cell and tech component are by the center-most pylon (facing the alter, with pylon behind, the tech component is on the left wall; the power cell is on the right 'beam'); the 2 power conduits are in the northern and southern-most structures, in-line with the center pylon (located on the center 'beam' of the T-shape).
Thanks again for your vids! And to all, fly safe! o7
Excellent video! I am new to ED, about 5 weeks, and just got my Guardian FSD booster unlocked about 5 minutes ago due to this guide. Thank you for your warm, informative and entertaining videos.
I FINALLY got my Guardian FSD Booster!!!!
Elite Dangerous is a great game but it is not easy to learn. It requires intelligence, some training, quite a bit of research, and lots of patience. If a gamer is missing any of these attributes then they will, most likely, not like this game. D2EA, thanks for posting this video.
For anyone wondering about Odyssey: The location still exists on the planet, but the layout is different. It's not a difficult to learn layout though, and everything works as expected.
Additionally, the pylons are symetrically laid out. Find the center line of the site. When you find a pylon, cross the center line at a right angle to find its match on the other side.
Excellent instructions, thanks for doing this! The map makes it easy to find the pylons that need to be activated, and after that it's a doddle. The sentinels are fairly easy to kill. As others have mentioned, fit point defence turrets on the top of your ship, and land near the ruins, that way the PD's on the ship will attack the sentinels missiles. There's really nothing here for the inexperienced commander to be worried about, go for it!
3000+ hours in and this will be my first Guardian adventure. I need to improve the legs on my Phantom!
How did it go? I'm probably kicking off the trek tonight or tomorrow with a Phantom.
Heh playing for 2 weeks now yesterday got the pre engineered fsd he also did a vid about and now planning to get this fsd booster
New Cmdr here. Your vids are absolutely awesome for a newbie like me who has zero clue about the in-game content. Thanks for making these vids, and please keep going!
Perfect timing I just sat on the toilet when this video popped. Couldn’t be happier 🤣
Relief of the body system and the pleasure of easier grind
@@raywarlock like I said, I couldn’t have been happier 😁
Double dinger dookie day!
No shit...!
Dudeee no cap... I did the sameeee
Thank you so much a year later I’m still finding all of your contents relevant and super useful and easy to follow Much appreciate it
God bless you for that map. Thank you for pioneering the way!
God doesn't exist
@@arcticwolf6402 who
asked
I love the fsd booster. I have a stubborn build for my Anaconda. It can handle pve, has research, recon, and repair limpets, fighter, and a full exploration load out. Between all that, the booster gets me back up to 40+ lightyears. It's my "Almost-AnyConda!" The booster also gets my phantom to 65lyr.
You weren't lying about saying this is the simplest way to get the FSD Booster. Thank you for all the videos you make!!
if anyone is trying to do this after the odyssey expansion and not finding any blueprints close the game and launch horizons it worked for me first time.
I was about to fly back in defeat. What a load of horseshit
worked for me first try luckily
worked for me in odyssey, only thing is, sentinels fire lazer beams, not missiles.
Ps4. Can't get blueprints
@@scottyalto I have the same problem
Hey, you probably should mention to mount the on-ship point defense on top side (I recommend Asp Explorer), and park the ship as close to the site as possible to reliably defend the srv vs. missiles. Good guide!
Was looking for this comment - makes dealing with the sentinels so much less irritating!
Point defence is a hardpoint?
@@khoshekhthecat Nah, it's a utility mount. There's one above the cockpit. Fit in a point defense, and it will shoot down the missiles aimed at the srv, even when you're not in your ship.
These sentinels are super easy to take down tho.. 10-20 hits and their gone :)
I did hear him mention this.
I absolutely love these tutorial videos, just built a decent exploration ASP-X without any prior knowledge thanks to your pre-engineered FSD guide and this guide.
Success! Worked like a charm. Thank you, D2EA! Best tip from this vid is: Park your point defense boat as close as possible to the site. If I'd had to face all those missiles with just my srv I think I'd STILL be at it. A small clarification: You can harvest your relic at any time. I'd advise doing it before you start the pylon clock. ALSO: The timer is for activation of all six pylons. It does not include activation of the blueprint ball. So once you've got all six pylons burning, you're off the clock. FINALLY: Be familiar with how to reload your srv gun. When you're under fire is a terrible time to try to figure it out ;/ 66.79 ly unburdened will get me places!
Recap Mr Astro, D2EA.
I'm now on my way to your destination, video on loop repeat.
Loving my Limpet mug.
Stay safe
This video was painfully easy to follow, thanks for being awesome. Got my FSD Booster rather quickly!
This video, and others you've made have honestly brought back to E:D after several years of hiatus.
Thank you for the video, I just got the blueprint fragment😃 I went around the place a few times to learn what's where, and I finally managed to pull it off. I have never been so motion sick in my life though, I was shaking and sweating and was about to heave my breakfast. Usually driving the srv is fine, but all the jumping and the wonky controls on the srv really did me in. I wish it was a bit more responsive.
Thanks D2EA for all this great stuff you are putting up on YT. I've learned a great deal watching these ! These tips help cutting down on the tedious parts of ED, keeping the whole experience really enjoyable.
Thanks for doing this, you're a life saver, my first attempt at getting this FSD booster failed miserably. I simply kept running out of time to activate all the pilons because I constantly kept getting lost in the ruins and those sentinels really weren't making it easy; I finally just ended up giving up. Now I can use your map and the "free camera" view to find out where I am; and I now know to trigger and clear out the sentinels "before" I start gathering the components. I arrived back at the planet, got my ship as close to the site as I can and this weekend hopefully I will finally bag that booster
You’re the absolute best for this. Was watching this for a few weeks and finally got the courage to spend my Sunday on this and I got it successfully. Thank you!
While you’re there do 3 loops. The fsdb, shield booster and module reinforcement are the only ones worth having. Dashboard flip until you have enough components to do all 3. Could go to the ruins and get the data you’ll need for the gauss cannons too.
Good call! Saving me some time later!
Nice summary! I did this about two years ago at a different guardian location, took me 30 minutes to land my ship since the terrain was so rough. Definitely will be using your video when i go out for more guardian stuff
Thanks man! Just bought my 5H FSD booster for my ExploraConta using your guide!
Once again Astro you have successfully created a straight forward tutorial! Thanks again for another great video. The detail and simple explanation are perfect and now I have a Guardian FSD booster!
Thanks for the guide. I'm pretty new to the game but I'm engineering and kitting out an Asp Explorer for deep space and this helped a lot.
Found the thanks to your toolbox. My only problem now is that my srv handles like a bucking bronco and throws me all over the place. This is going to take a long while.
Edit: Never mind. Completed everything today and got my hands on that sweet FSd booster after all this time. Totally worth it. Synuffe was a pain to get to but you were right it spawning the tech components.
Just reset my CMDR and this will be very useful. Thanks!
Superb helpful guide, thank you very much! Only thing I'd add is it's vital to do this in Horizons mode NOT Odyssey. In Horizons each pylon you activate adds to the time available to find the next, so you have plenty of time overall. In Odyssey, there's a bug so you don't get any more time and that makes it very difficult to get round them all. I found it best to start with the pylon immediately in front of the altar, so I didn't have the challenge of getting up near it at the end (but then I'm not a very good SRV driver).
Also to aid navigation around the base (mental map), I found it helpful to think of the central spine of the site, with a pylon each side close to the top/altar, and the two others symmetrically placed easily found by running alongside the earth bank which runs orthogonally to the central spine towards the other end.
thank so much
also do I need to use legacy horizons?
I did it in odyssey and it worked out fine (at least getting the data terminal to appear). I didn't get a module frag drop though...
Very good guide... worked great and helped me no one. Quite a stressful mission as so much to contemplate (for a newish player), so well done.
Just bumped my AspEx From min 29(and some change)ly to min 40.24ly in a solid 1/2 day of work. :) Plus the UPS guy dropped off my T16000 flight pack today and my tablet for running GameGlass came a couple days ago. Now to make the flight pack, game glass, and voiceattack keybinds all get along with one another and then it's back to continuing to engineer my FSD and then it's off to the black for some well deserved alone time...
Best Elite Dangerous teacher in the Milkyway galaxy. Love your content, keep up the good work mate!
Thanks for adding the coordinates to the Dav's hope substitute, I forgot my DSS so had to rely on those to find the site.
For commanders rushing here from a fresh save: BRING MATERIALS TO SYNTHESIZE SRV AMMO
LOL! I literally have spent the past 2-3 days cruising in the SRV just to farm mats for SRV ammo/hull/fuel for the guardian tech materials grind. Probably kicking off the journey to synuefe tonight.
I went with no reserve ammo, and left with 50 remaining. So close to becoming space dust lol!
Or be like me and bring 4srv with you lol
I went to the nearest station in 150ly every time when I have to re-ammo lol But actually it takes only 3 jumps so that was fine for me
Fleet carriers for the win!!
I really appreciate the work you did here...this is just me but I vowed never to the "hoop jump" again after unlocking all the engineers. I am happy without the extra jump range...I would like it but my exploring days are over. Thanks though great content. Very concise and helpful.
Love it.! This is probably your best video yet! Very to the point and I really hope people find this. You just convinced me to come back to your Patreon! Thank you!
This was absolutely wonderful in how helpful it was. Thank you. I now have the zoomies.
Many MANY thanks for this. So helpful and easy to follow. You seriously made this so painless. Thank you!
Life saver. Been using this video to work my way to the Guardian FSD Booster. Just off to a Tech Broker so almost completed the scenario. Cheers Astro :-)
I just did this for my very first time.
Make sure you bring materials you can use to synthesize SRV ammunition and SRV fuel. I had to do a top-up of one each (lowest quality) and left with maybe 40% fuel remaining and less than 1,000 rounds. I didn't know entirely what I was doing at first (like I had to google the hotkey to see from my turret lol) but hopefully that contextualizes what you should bring based on your level of confidence/experience (mine are fairly low when it comes to things like this).
Also, the Point Defense System thing is helpful. Still worth playing as if you don't have one on your ship. Bringing a small/medium ship helps but I was able to bring a stock Anaconda with a PDS mounted on top and it still worked when it needed to, and I managed to park basically hugging the edge of the site from the corner where the two technology components drop.
If you hadn't already noticed, it's worth mentioning in case you didn't: When you charge a pylon, your timer increases. You get a pretty comfortable amount of time to charge each.
If you're really, really inexperienced, do yourself a solid by turning OFF your SRV's driving assist procedures if you're experienced with driving a Warthog in Halo lol. Should put you in familiar territory.
Did you get the module fragment? I did not after scanning the data terminal...
Maaaaaaannn... I was just thinking about this this week, no lie. I know what I'm doing this weekend. Thank you!
Same.
When I did this I joined a wing of squadron mates. It was a lot of fun and much easier than doing it solo.
That's what my crew was thinking. 4 of us hit a site, with 3 focusing the Sentinels while one person does their thing. Should be crazy easy with 4 ships all with PD mounts.
@@beepy9666 I was in a wing of 4 we had 1 in his ship flying high guard shooting at any sentinels that showed up with his ship's weapons. The rest of us had our ships with PDs on the top shooting anything that got past the high guard. We each took 3 pylons with the 3rd SRV sitting at the altar. I think we did 8 or 9 loops of the pylons in less than an hour. First multi-player activity I ever did in the game and a whole lot of fun. Oh, and we took a Squadron Fleet Carrier out to the site in the first place.
what a great explanation video! thanks for posting that....also, really enjoyed the Saturn 5 model on the shelf right behing you...awesome!!!
Thank you. So much.
I will say, this was not as easy as everyone made it out to be. Now that I have done it once, I am sure the next time will be easier, but as for my first time getting guardian tech... it was tough.
Though it would definitely have been much more difficult without you.
Thanks!
Huge thanks for this. Knocked out the guardian FSD today and loving the extra range.
Hey thanks for this tutorial, I was able to learn how to unlock the module!
Im working on the guardian FSD and i want to build up a few of the guardian fighters, this was very helpful!
Thank you for this. I dont know how anyone would figure what or how to do this otherwise. It also ads time when you activate the pilons, so by the time you get all six charged its like 12 minutes for the countdown. No big deal if you take your time and get the lay of the land. Plus your color map really helped me as well. Cheers~ CAP
Thank you!
I found some guides/videos but none of them as clear as this one!
Great content. Very helpful. In following your guide tho I discovered 2 other destructible panels that gave me guardian technology components. It sped up the process a tad. One I couldn't find again. But the other is on a wall near the farthest pylon strait in line with the orb
Thanks so much for the video...I had just finished checking out the distress signal and wanted to look to getting my FSD upgraded more. 07
Thanks for this guide. I'm gearing up for the base run tonight for this.
Another great, informative vid as always Astro. I unlocked all the guardian stuff when it came out a couple years ago but watched anyway. Thank you for the content.
thanks for this. i’m almost done outfitting my aspx. just have to decide if i want the guardian booster or my docking computer. i’ve gotten spoiled with it so far and have to learn how to dock in order to use the booster!
mange tak for hjælpen, havde aldrig fundet ud af det self, det er nok den mest udførlige guide jeg har set.
keep up the good work and you definitely earned a like and a sub
Just followed all the steps, great video! 👍
I can’t bring myself to do any of the grind
I just fly around and enjoy the sights
The only video i jumped on was the map data 3x bonus
The reality is that guardian grind isn't that long really... It just feels slow and tedious.
@@novelaforme Better or worse than the imperial/federal rep grinds?
@@scubamage Better. I was able to get three guardian modules in less than 24 hours and the grind isn't that tedious except for the data scanning... that's... dav's hope^2 cuz you relog every 10 seconds
Dav's Hope copy: Synuefe JB-G B8-6
Exploration Camp C-N04: System: Synuefe JB-G b58-6
Planet: 6 h Coordinates: -22.1323, 177.7064
I think its worth mentioning you can also trade down manufactured materials to focus crystals at a manufactured material broker if you have a ton of extra engineering materials sitting around.
It's worth noting, I did this grind a couple of weeks ago, and there's a fifth Technology Component spawn on the center ramp. Just above the destructible panel on the side of the building, if you head back to the center ramp and look backwards towards that building, there's another panel on the arch support that spawns a fifth TC. You can get 5 Tech Component drops per run doing this.
I felt so stupid when I realized I kept passing it by without ever realizing it was there. So here's hoping this saves other people the same grief.
wow, without D2EA, this game would be impossible !!
A life saver as always. Thanks so much for these great vids!! PS: your site's awesome ;)
I mentioned during your stream that I didn't know to shoot the pylons until they shoot the beam of light to the sky, so I'll take credit for inspiring this video. You're welcome, and thanks for making this :D
Worked like a charm!
Thanks for taking the time to create this guide. o7
There is a fifth tech component drop in a small panel to the left of the center pylon you shoot, if looking towards the data platform.
Great videos too.
D2ea...Quality content, as allways...nothing else expected though!!! I am jus using this for a quick-unlock of the guardian-power-distro for a little mamba-build-play-around :D
Very useful tutorial - thanks for reminding us that we need at least 8 tons of cargo space . . . o7
To anyone not being able to see Camp C-N04, you have to be in supercruise to see planet signals from orbit.
Thank you for video, it's useful information . It's much more interesting than to read a lot of guides
Had the FSD booster for quite some time now, but didn't know about the alt Davs Hope.... and I'm needing more Tech Components too for other Guardian Modules, so thanks. o7
The 7 dislikes are people who keep dying to the sentinels
Gathering the focus crystals was the hardest part.
Got to the Exploration Camp and there were a couple of materials to pick up, but I only got maybe 1 or 2 focus crystals. Dav's Hope also was the same story. Still, I was able to take some of the materials from those camps and a bunch of previous combat I had done, and used INARA to find a Materials Trader. I have everything I need finally, so...guess I'll be off to get the module. But not now, do it another time. This game is too hard sometimes, I need a break.
I experience exactly the same! Getting the Focus Crystals is pretty hard. Going to use mats trader, I only got 15 from previous combat and the ones in settlements are (if they spawn at all) always Flawed type. o7
Getting a focus crystal spawn is like finding a fuking unicorn
Just did it. ASP EXP 55Ly jump range, from start in bubble all the way to the site, then back to tech broker. ~1 hour and 20 minutes.
Getting back into the game after a 2 year break. This info is still very useful. The timer is a pain though.
Thx for the guide I just got the fsd booster it was surprisingly easy.
Just noting, when you said to jettison the relic, you actually selected abandon.
A good informational video but I think you skimmed over the point defense lasers. The missiles the sentinels fire will flip your SRV over and make it difficult to fight back. That's not a huge problem but by having the point defense module on your ship you can avoid being flipped over most of the time. Also, your ship must be parked close to the ruins for the module to be effective. This takes some time but is possible. Once on the ground, don't take off until you have collected everything you need from the site. This might take a couple of log off/on to accomplish. You might get a message about logging off in a dangerous area but it really isn't a problem. Lastly, and I learned this the hard way, make sure you point defense laser is mounted on TOP of your ship. If it is mounted on the bottom, it will be useless. Happy hunting! o7
Amazing tutorial as always! I hope at some point they reduce the grind for materials. It is very tedious after the first lot of filling up! At least let us recycle some materials from previous upgrades rather than lose them all!
Thanks for the video. I am having a hard time with this, but finally I rode up to the last pylon and wtf, out of ammo! Nothing to make more with. Guess I am out of here empty handed. Make sure you can make more ammo for the SRV before going here. especially if you intend collecting a lot of powercells etc.
Also, take 2 SRV's you can restock from the fleet carriers nearby, but now that I lost my damn frustrating to drive SRV, I am out of here. Might come back another day, but realistically I have realised that elite dangerous just isn't that much fun for me to play. Nothing about the last 3 hours I have spent getting dizzy on this planet as this piece of crap SRV gets thrown all over the place has been fun. Not one second haha.
Here I am 3 hours later, finally have the Ancient data terminal glowing blue in front of me. 14% hull left and only 217 shots. Each sentinel takes a min 100 shots as I peck away 1% at a time. Anyway here I am and I cannot f'ing scan the damn thing. I just see Ancient Data Terminal in orange and PUBLIC in red. wtf! nothing works, I cannot scan it.
Quick tip if anyone needs it. Don't waste too much ammo on the towers.
I made the mistake of not locking on and wasting a ton of ammo. When I had to fight the last 4 sentinels I only had 200 ammo left so I had to evade them all and my SRV got destroyed.
Also you have to hit the glowy blue bits on the pylons. I wasted a ton of ammo just shooting the pillar.
Did this on stream last night, thanks mate!
Question: how do I get the focus cristals ?
@Down to Earth Astronomy Hi Astro, thank you for another very useful video for Guardian FSD Booster Unlock. If you look below by a couple of posts to @MattsMechanicalSSI he has a really neat idea. Thanks for your Guardian map but there is only one thing missing and that's Sentinal spawn points. I have 1500+ hrs in ED:Horizons and I did not know of a 2nd copy of Dav's Hope - Synuefe JB-G b58-6 Planet: 6 H thanks for that as well. o7 CMDR.
That grind had me sweating..lol. Thanks for the video,
You forgot to mention that you will most likely be grinding for guardian technology components because they drop the least amount of times, so its best to check how many technology components you have before leaving. Also if you want to farm data go to an ancient site and find an obelisk with 2 data points then just relog infront of it.
I know this is a bit old - But I've not seen it anywhere - Nor is it listed on your map.
There is another single Guardian Technology Component at Synuefe NL-N C23-4 B3 close to Pylon 3 (the center one).
As you are next to the Material Tower with Guardian Power Cell, Guardian Technology Component, Guardian Power Conduit and as you are looking at the single panel with the 1 Guardian Technology Component. To the right where the open "Hallway" with Pylon #3 - To the right is another single panel with another Guardian Technology Component.
wow, i had just decided to start unlocking the fsd booster and here it is, the guide :D
Frontier really need to add tools to their game!
I fly to Guardian Structure.
Took jackson' lighthouse.
SRV controls are ATROCIOUS.
Scan Orb.
Jump all the way back to Felicity.
She isnt the material trader.
Get to a guardian tech broker.
24 FOCUS CRYSTALS need.
But I have 60+ Exquisite focus crystals from Robigo farming....
FLY BACK TO GUARDIAN STRUCTURE
Log in log out farm 3 or 4 technology component.
WHAT A GRIND.....
Welcome to Frontier's concept of fun.
That is why I stopped playing... The grind is insane
SRV controls are just crap.
Awesome Vid. my friend...by the end I'm like ...oh boy .. here's a day's work lol..
OmG. Give that aliens designer a promotion! this looks so awesome. Reminds me of MassEffect1 on steroids. Now that what a good taste looks like
Used the tool box to get me a cutter, bought it and don’t know what to do with it 😂 I’ll keep it as an ornament
If this is the simplest way, I wonder who will endure the unspeakable ordeal of the HARD way... dude, this simplest way is beyond my capacity for now. Bummer... :( Thanks anyway, I will bookmark your site. Very useful.
Whew. I'm starting to think I just don't have the time and skills to ever do much more than just cruise around the galaxy. And how would one play the game without access to all these tools and websites? I am probably out of my depth. But I enjoyed the tutorial. Thank you!
If you keep your ship close with point-defence turret close, and keep 4 pips to shields, you can tank multiple sentinels. So unless you get a lot of them on you at the same time, you could pretty much ignore them and focus on the blueprint. I got all 18 weapon blueprint in an evening this way.
Also : Inara can tell you fleet carriers that has the commodities close to you. I saved a 20 jumps roundtrip by paying about 10k credit per Shock Mount... which isn't really an issue for me. It's overpriced, but I like the convenience, so I don't mind it.