Can confirm this works in 2024. Currently using it. That said, I'd add these additional destinations and fly the route in the following order starting, then ending at Perry's Folly - Ochosi: Allen Survey and Volynov Base - HIP 67086; Chargaff Installation and Williams Dock - Chakpa; Adam's Station - HIP 67882. A Ship with 25.5+ ly range will make each destination in one jump. Be sure to grab any data delivery missions for these locations at each station. Pay attention to time bonuses when you drop into system, hit the priority stations first, and you'll make a few Mil along the way. Don't be tempted by the other stations in these systems. They're either planet-side or 15k+ls from the star, drastically increasing the circuit time of the route. Time context: I jumped in yesterday from a long break. Starting rank was mid Lieutenant. In roughly 4 hours (maybe 5) I'm 30% into Post Commander.
My dude!!!! I just came back from a deployment safely (US Army) I am dying to get back into Elite!! CPU build finishes tomorrow... she is a beast. I used to watch your vids a while back (10 month deployment) I am so glad you are still at it! Fly safe CMDRS!!!
I miss the station rescues, it was one of the better experiences the game had to offer. It made the rank grind more enjoyable, and in the process you got allied reputation with dozens of factions across the bubble.
@@vitor022 Patch notes for the January update says that they "Fixed issue that meant some deliveries made to repair Thargoid-attacked stations were not being counted". Hopefully after that fix is live they will turn the station attacks back on.
I believe this is the best farm in the game for damaged station rescue. There are multiple damaged stations around the witch head nebula and pretty much that entire area is federation controlled just doesn’t show on the bubble. I recommend going to Evangelis. There is a damaged relay and a rescue ship.
Thanks for the video, I started with it but now I'm not only using Ochosi and Chakpa but doing a little 4 jump loop, which I think gets you more missions done (have not really measured it). Only do the station missions, no surface ones, and for "HIP 67882" only take missions to "Adams Station" the others stations in that system are too far away. You need a ship with at least ~25.5LY jump range. 1. Ochosi - Perry's Folly 2. HIP 67086 - Both Outposts 3. Chakpa - Both Outposts 4. HIP 67882 - Adams Station 5. go to 1.
@@joshuabernardin5215 I do Ceos and Sothis as well, I do a loop in Ceos starting at Brunel then to Babbage(Sinclair market while I'm here if I have any) then to New Dawn Station. After that I will have picked up everything going to Don's Inheritance, then from Don's grab up everything going back to the Ceos stations. You can do courier and hauling cargo missions, and if you're into passenger missions there is a Ceos (Brunel) to Sothis sightseeing adventure you can pick up.
Thank you so much, i have followed your tutorial and managed to get a sol permit in a few hrs of grinding, started yesterday and today i will visit SOL.
I followed D2EA's guide to get started. The key is a triangle between the 3 systems: Chargaff and Williams stations in Chakpa, Perry's folly in Ochosi, and then Adams station in HIP 67882. Rinse and repeat, for a long time. I grinded Empire rank before starting this and it's taking a lot longer to do the fed rank even with 2x. I could get 20 missions at a time doing Empire and only had to go back and forth in 2 systems, yet sometimes in my federation triangle I stop at a station and there isn't anything. Randomly I'd find 10+ missions at one of the stops but boy this is a PITA and not even close to fun. I can't imagine trying to build rank organically in the game. Also the first 5 ranks or so fly by, but once you start getting close to the upper ranks they take dramatically longer to get through each one
Another thing you can do is take plenty of credit with you . Do the first few ranks , build some money , then do a round trip and add the money up . Now , as you do the next round trip you will make that same amount again. Before you then do the next round trip , look at the board for any donation missions as they can be between 2 to 3 rep points each . So what you do is donate that money back that you made the last time around for extra rep points. Then do another round trip , bank the money , start another round trip , donate back the money off the last trip once again. Effectivley you make money then give back each alternative round trip which is helping toward your rep and ranks. ( hope I explained it right )
For anyone looking for a decent way to rank up, travel to the Sol system and become allied with the Fed factions there. Do pirate massacre missions to Barnards Star only, and any other assassination missions that you feel like. Not the fastest way, but certainly more fun, and you get plenty of credits. Good for donation missions too.
This is legit in 2021, and was how I spent my weekend. I picked up everything I could and ranked up my Fed superpower all the way and am a few missions away from getting my Sol permit with Fed Navy jobs. Good times! Also as I allied with different factions, the money I got from these was anywhere from 60k-500km which ain't bad for a noob. Only a few enemies tried ganking me, and at that point I was allied and had a few ships chase off any pirates.
@@Ironislander4302yeah, basically the same but between the systems sothis and ceos. they're like 300ly away from any other populated systems, with ~9ly inbetween. grab a python with full cargo racks and do data and cargo delivery for the federal faction. don't know how good it is right now, but i think it took me around 4-6 days
I would recommend just taking what missions are available from ochosi to chakpa and visa versa because mission stacking takes way to long and in an engineered diamond back it's only one stop away so your back before you know it. I'd also recommend taking any other data missions to fill up on if not mission stacking and waiting for the board to change, I've found this fast so far. Anyway this is an amazing video yet again from the down to earth guy, always on point with his info and knowledge.
Very good zone to rank up. Even with the double Rep event, thisgrind is mind-numbing. But i've been postponing the corvette for long enough. Already Post Captain 45% in one night thanks to you!
Sothis and Ceos are way better options now for federation rank grind! (2021.05.23.) It has way more delivery and donation missions. And a bonus trick: Non-federation agents can give missions with the target faction of 'Federation Unite!' wich gives you more Fed rank!!! You can easily stack up 20 missions from ONE station if you are allied with the factions there! o7
Hey man, just wanted to say that this coupled with the bonus event going on has helped make ranking up a breeze - I just started out and i'm already 5 ranks down. Thanks again!
For all those people after me: Depending on the Mission Board RNG, it may pay off to branch out to other systems within 20 LY, but you will come back to Ochosi and Chakpa. I think my average was +5% reputation per mission and those missions stacked nicely (even without relogging). Any courier missions that didn't give reputation, at least gave a decent money boost. Interdictions are a thing, especially with (up to) 20 missions stacked, but you should be able to avoid those rather easily. "Federal Navy ..." promotion missions refresh when you re-open the mission board, so no need to re-log for those, Did the grind in a Diamondback Exp. and was done in just a few hours.
A few hours? I've been doing this for 5 hours and just hit Petty Officer. I cannot stack many missions because they are scattered and seem to not be giving me much rep at all. Did the similar courier runs for the Imperial Ranking and it seemed to be MUCH faster. Did they nerf the rep given?
Like you're description of how to do things. I mean just recently I had to find one of those thorg pods. You're location helped so much even when I was just needing 1.
If anyone is trying to farm fed rank using Perry's FollyChargriff Courier missions, it no longer works well, because there are now a lot non-federal factions on those stations. Completing missions for those won't bump your federal rank. You still can rank up, but not very quickly.
Thanks for the tip, but spent 7hrs grinding rank today and Ceos Sothis is far quicker. I was lucky to get 3-4 missions for each jump here, however in Sothis I was regularly maxed on missions. It took around 7 hours to grind the last 4 ranks to Rear Admiral, now I have my Corvette (just over £100m in a Li Yong Rui system). Only disadvantage is Sothis is around 400LY out, which is around 40 jumps in a decently spec’ed Python. I recommend bringing a medium ship with decent cargo (Python has 192T) as there are quite a lot of 5 Star REP courier jobs needing around 100-120T cargo space. o7
@@sygnetshorts the cargo missions are great there.... there´s one with a 50m reward for just 3 loops on a full cargo Python... the downside is that only med ships work there.
i find doing transportation misions in Canopus system faster and more lucrative. rewards are more reputation and if there is no reputation reward there are nice grade 5 materials sometime. the station is 42k ly from the star and you need a big cargo ship but if thats not a problem for you it is faster by a lot. and you never do just 2 or 3 misions because there was no more on the board at the moment. hope this helped some of you. cheers and keep up the good work
Thank you for the tip Commander, i managed to get my permit for the Sol system in 1 day starting from 0. at the end of the session i was able to park in braham Lincoln station. Can't wait to explore the system.
Just an update, most of the missions now are combat/assassination missions with -very- few courier missions. I spent about 4 hours and only gains a couple of ranks
Same for Ceos and Sothis. Most are source and return or boom time deliveries. Courier missions seem hard capped. Mainani for Empire rank is exactly the same.
@@S.ASmith Mainani has somewhat fewer outgoing missions but Ngalinn right next door offers tons of couriour missions to Mainani. That loop is still excellent. Just went from no rank to Duke in the last few hours doing this (June 6 2020) and just bought my Cutter 10 minutes ago =)
I've had much success these days doing Source and Deliver Missions with a High Storage Ship (e.g Python, Anaconda, etc.), originating from the Sol system.
I did the Imperial rank first and I am glad that I did. I like most of their ships, whereas with the Federation I only care for the Corvette. I'm currently rocking an Imperial Courier for my small fighter, a Python for transport, and a Clipper as my explorer/ flagship. It's been a few months since I played last and I was trying to get the advanced FSD drive. Sadly I never did get it because I could not figure it out, and I simply did not have time. I'm hoping that I can get back into this game before Starfield comes out as I think I will probably like Starfield more than Elite.
Heardfrom O.Ant we have double Fed rep from now till 10/12/19 alongside discounts on federal ships, NOW is the time to farm rep! Ta for updating guide DTA, love your stuff as ever.
For the cmdrs trying to rank up federation rank nowadays, go to the system that has many fed factions. And then do some assassination missions or kill the venerable general type of stuff. I've tried it for a week now with 3-5 hours of gameplay per day, and currently my rank is post commander. Yes, just two more to become a rear admiral.
Is that route more usefull? I made it to Warrant Officer from Petty Officer, but it took like 3 hours or so. At this rate I'm never going to reach Rear Admiral.
I have had my fed rank up since before Thargoids.. Back when my Corvette was a status symbol and they were rare.. I would often be the only one in a fleet with one.. Gosh, i sure do miss those days.. Even the Anaconda was a status symbol that took ages to earn I love that you are getting sponsors :)
If you don't get the career mission you want just back out of the mission board and go back in, it will have changed, keep doing that until you get what you want
no that's not true it could just be your game but I've been grinding this station route for about 2 days now and it's been working perfectly fine for me when getting an average of 3 to 4 courier missions. once I run out I just do one that goes to another nearby system finish that and by the time I come back the mission board will have a few more things for the two systems
I have found that you can yield respect from missions from other non-fed factions as long as it says ”deliver to (insert federation faction name here)” !!!
Small to medium ships only at those outpost stations. I did a similar thing after going 300 ly in a type 9 to a set of systems outside the bubble , to find I couldnt land anywhere LOL ! Had to go back , get a small er ship , go back again
Just be prepared for constant interdiction attempts. Thought it was because I was taking Elite ranked courier missions so did a run with just 'easy ones' - still interdicted regularly only difference being half the attackers I could risk fighting, but the other half were still Master/Dangerous in Anacondas/FLDs
Yea ive been doing this for 3 weeks now and im barely halfway through ive also tryed the popular ceos=sothis route and that was even worse so idk about this one
@@DowntoEarthAstronomy Your written guide page is also very useful. Good luck keeping on the updating, but for top line stuff it would become a good reference site.
Admittedly I prefer doing more fun missions even though it will take longer, but this method is probably 5x faster :P Btw for those who are unsure, mission board refreshes every 10 minutes, so you could accept some missions at 16:57:00, go make a coffee, come back at 16:10:01 and have more missions (just come out of mission board and then back in).
Yo, just wanted to say that this was life-changing. went from maybe 5-7 missions per run to 15-17 at times just by waiting two minutes haha. Only problem now is that I'm stuck at post-captain and the damn thing isn't letting me rank up further for some reason :( no mission is showing up
People...this system has been a feds GOLD MINE for YYYYEEEEEAAAAARRRRSSSSS. Did the feds grind here, 5 years ago...if they were gonna change or nerf it, they woulda done it long ago in the dreaded 2.4 massive massacre/scanner/skimmer mission stacking nerf update.
This video is outdated of course as im typing this. This method seems to be nerfed quite heavily. I am not getting anywhere near the rep that this video shows. Doing many, many missions and still taking a long time to rank.
The main thing I took away from this was "do missions for Federation-associated factions, get credit for promotion points if you do a Federation Navy mission." Pretty straightforward, but I didn't know the precise mechanisms. What's not so clear is why it's so important to go to that particular star system. I've got a lot of reputation with the Federation just from running missions in my local area, and it seems easy enough to pick up anywhere. I don't have much Fed rank yet because I hadn't been specifically looking for Navy missions, even if that's obvious in hindsight.
Doing this now but there seems to be hardly any missions just chakpa and back, is there any other systems good for this method? At the moment I'm getting at most 5 missions a time to do. Even with trying to refresh the mission board. Love your videos and the new elite guide Web page is great! Can't wait to see it more fully formed. Added it to my favourites 👍
Same here, the Chakpa route is underwhelming, hardly ever get to 5-10 missions per loop; it's not what it once was, evidently. The Ochosi - HIP 67086 route (which works the exact same way) seems a little better, but still far far less efficient than the empire Manani-Ngalinn loop. Honestly, I'm about to go back to Ceos-Sothis, the cargo missions there give much higher rep rewards, so even if you don't get a ton of them, even a few in the end will be faster. Plus they also seldomly reward you with rare materials, which is always welcomed.
Yep, I can confirm Ceos-Sothis being much faster: I'm an Admiral now (went all the way because why not), was only petty officer yesterday... The quickest loop for me was like this: New Dawn ---> Don's Inheritance ---> Brunel Hub ---> New Dawn (this is because while Don's give missions for both the other 2, Brunel often also gives missions for the close by New Dawn). Naturally, while there are also quite a few courier jobs that help, cargo missions are the star here, so the bigger your ship the better (I did this in a Cutter), but a full cargo Python is already enough to begin to see the results. Don't do more stops than these, as in-system trips are longer because of slow acceleration, so the loop has to stay tight: three stops like these are usually enough to fill Cutter anyway. Also, remember to not ignore missions given by non fed factions: if the recipient ends up to be a fed faction, then you'll still get the rep reward.
Hi there I’m getting back into elite dangerous after 2 years of not playing. I want to start working towards the federation Corvette. Is there a way to to level up the Federation through hunting pirates but not through the Mission board through free hunting? If that makes sense lol I like combat more and I sit in resource sites and hunt pirates I was hoping there was a system I can do it in to level up my federation rank as well
Is this still working? I returned game with a clear save days ago, tried to do it but missions depleting. Is it takes time to show up again? I did only one run and they wont show up from ochosi to chakpa now.
Been doing it for about 5 hours, it is ridiculously slow, and not working anymore. All I'm getting is 5/6 maximum missions per run. I am now chief petty officer and only getting a few % per missions. I feel like ive wasted hours already and the other systems I see in the comments are like 25 jumps away so i dont bother trying them.
Ok so I flew for like 40 minutes to get to this station did exactly what you said turned in like 6 missions chose rep and I got like 27% that’s it . Did it get changed or did I fuck up?
Are rank up missions supposed to be rare? I've been grinding and grinding the Ngalinn/Mainani run for I don't know how many hours and I've only gotten a few rank up missions. I started traveling around the Empire systems but still am not finding any. What gives??? I have ranked up a bit with the Federation too but I imagine it's no different.
Thank you for the tip I will subscribe to your Channel. I ranked up and bought my federal Corvette. I must say it's somewhat of a disappointment though. I will give it this, it does sound good LOL Thanks again and happy flying! CMDR COWBOYBARNMAN on ps4
I found a great one go to Anyanwu with a medium, ship with lots of cargo space I.E. Python and jump between Bunsen Base and delbuck base only 500 Ls apart and just load up and bunch back and forth between of course take rep or you can make some serious bank while you rep up if you want
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Can confirm this works in 2024. Currently using it. That said, I'd add these additional destinations and fly the route in the following order starting, then ending at Perry's Folly - Ochosi: Allen Survey and Volynov Base - HIP 67086; Chargaff Installation and Williams Dock - Chakpa; Adam's Station - HIP 67882. A Ship with 25.5+ ly range will make each destination in one jump. Be sure to grab any data delivery missions for these locations at each station. Pay attention to time bonuses when you drop into system, hit the priority stations first, and you'll make a few Mil along the way. Don't be tempted by the other stations in these systems. They're either planet-side or 15k+ls from the star, drastically increasing the circuit time of the route.
Time context: I jumped in yesterday from a long break. Starting rank was mid Lieutenant. In roughly 4 hours (maybe 5) I'm 30% into Post Commander.
My dude!!!! I just came back from a deployment safely (US Army) I am dying to get back into Elite!! CPU build finishes tomorrow... she is a beast. I used to watch your vids a while back (10 month deployment) I am so glad you are still at it! Fly safe CMDRS!!!
Welcone back cmdr :).
Welcome back Cmdr o7
Oorah brother I'm glad you're back home
o7
Welcome back home man!
I miss the station rescues, it was one of the better experiences the game had to offer. It made the rank grind more enjoyable, and in the process you got allied reputation with dozens of factions across the bubble.
Will this ever come back?
@@vitor022 Patch notes for the January update says that they "Fixed issue that meant some deliveries made to repair Thargoid-attacked stations were not being counted". Hopefully after that fix is live they will turn the station attacks back on.
@@vitor022 They are back but not in the bubble anymore which means no Federation nor Empire contacts on damaged stations.
I believe this is the best farm in the game for damaged station rescue. There are multiple damaged stations around the witch head nebula and pretty much that entire area is federation controlled just doesn’t show on the bubble. I recommend going to Evangelis. There is a damaged relay and a rescue ship.
@@duja011 if you check the system allegiance you can still see federation or empire and I've grinded on one next to Bernards loop.
Yes, time to grind for my Imperial Star Destroyer....er...."corvette"! :)
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@@Ironislander4302 DUN DUN DUN...DUN DA DUNN...DUN DA DUNN
@@endoblader DUUN DUUN DUUN DUN DA DUN DUN DA DUUUUN
@@squidwardtentacles244 DUNN DUN DUNN DUUN DUN DUN DUN DUN
Vitcory class star destroyer....
Thanks for the video, I started with it but now I'm not only using Ochosi and Chakpa but doing a little 4 jump loop, which I think gets you more missions done (have not really measured it).
Only do the station missions, no surface ones, and for "HIP 67882" only take missions to "Adams Station" the others stations in that system are too far away.
You need a ship with at least ~25.5LY jump range.
1. Ochosi - Perry's Folly
2. HIP 67086 - Both Outposts
3. Chakpa - Both Outposts
4. HIP 67882 - Adams Station
5. go to 1.
8 months later but I’m going to try this quad trip lol
@@garbagegrove2533 Did it work?
@@dennismichelsen4936 still works
There’s an easier way even! Sothis and Ceos give missions to each other back and forth and they’re very close together (6ly if I remember)
Your not specifying which station
@@joshuabernardin5215 I do Ceos and Sothis as well, I do a loop in Ceos starting at Brunel then to Babbage(Sinclair market while I'm here if I have any) then to New Dawn Station. After that I will have picked up everything going to Don's Inheritance, then from Don's grab up everything going back to the Ceos stations. You can do courier and hauling cargo missions, and if you're into passenger missions there is a Ceos (Brunel) to Sothis sightseeing adventure you can pick up.
Running passenger mission to sothis. 16 million a trip
@@jeremyhahn2164 thank you cmdr
mass mayhem a good money maker but doesn’t get you Federal rep if you’re coming from Robigo like I assume you are
Thank you so much, i have followed your tutorial and managed to get a sol permit in a few hrs of grinding, started yesterday and today i will visit SOL.
I love how helpful the Elite Dangerous community is.
unlike roblox's community where more than half are toxic trash cans
Ive been dreading the fed rank grind but want to get my hands on a vette. Thanks so much for this vid man!
I followed D2EA's guide to get started. The key is a triangle between the 3 systems: Chargaff and Williams stations in Chakpa, Perry's folly in Ochosi, and then Adams station in HIP 67882. Rinse and repeat, for a long time. I grinded Empire rank before starting this and it's taking a lot longer to do the fed rank even with 2x. I could get 20 missions at a time doing Empire and only had to go back and forth in 2 systems, yet sometimes in my federation triangle I stop at a station and there isn't anything. Randomly I'd find 10+ missions at one of the stops but boy this is a PITA and not even close to fun. I can't imagine trying to build rank organically in the game. Also the first 5 ranks or so fly by, but once you start getting close to the upper ranks they take dramatically longer to get through each one
Yeah the Federation rank grind is kinda shit.
Another thing you can do is take plenty of credit with you . Do the first few ranks , build some money , then do a round trip and add the money up . Now , as you do the next round trip you will make that same amount again. Before you then do the next round trip , look at the board for any donation missions as they can be between 2 to 3 rep points each . So what you do is donate that money back that you made the last time around for extra rep points. Then do another round trip , bank the money , start another round trip , donate back the money off the last trip once again. Effectivley you make money then give back each alternative round trip which is helping toward your rep and ranks. ( hope I explained it right )
@@MrTimjm009 holy crap, thank you for this, I am Lieutenant at 80% and donated like 10m and just got 15% rank exp! thank you tons
What's involved in a "round" trip?
For anyone looking for a decent way to rank up, travel to the Sol system and become allied with the Fed factions there. Do pirate massacre missions to Barnards Star only, and any other assassination missions that you feel like. Not the fastest way, but certainly more fun, and you get plenty of credits. Good for donation missions too.
can confirm unfortunately doesn't work anymore.
Aw...bummer
Thank you man ! You are making my experience in Elite very enjoyable !
This is legit in 2021, and was how I spent my weekend. I picked up everything I could and ranked up my Fed superpower all the way and am a few missions away from getting my Sol permit with Fed Navy jobs. Good times! Also as I allied with different factions, the money I got from these was anywhere from 60k-500km which ain't bad for a noob. Only a few enemies tried ganking me, and at that point I was allied and had a few ships chase off any pirates.
me, who has rear admiral: i'll watch this just in case
I am at max range everywhere except CQC since November. It was a long quest (player since 2014).
@@ULTIMBANGA weird flex but ok
Hey my guy how long did it take you to get up to Rear Admiral? Did you do courier runs like the video or other activities?
@@Ironislander4302yeah, basically the same but between the systems sothis and ceos. they're like 300ly away from any other populated systems, with ~9ly inbetween. grab a python with full cargo racks and do data and cargo delivery for the federal faction. don't know how good it is right now, but i think it took me around 4-6 days
@@43615 Yea I heard about Sothis from another CMDR on the holo. When I went there the missions were okay but not like they used to be. To Ochosi I go!
I would recommend just taking what missions are available from ochosi to chakpa and visa versa because mission stacking takes way to long and in an engineered diamond back it's only one stop away so your back before you know it. I'd also recommend taking any other data missions to fill up on if not mission stacking and waiting for the board to change, I've found this fast so far. Anyway this is an amazing video yet again from the down to earth guy, always on point with his info and knowledge.
Very good zone to rank up. Even with the double Rep event, thisgrind is mind-numbing. But i've been postponing the corvette for long enough. Already Post Captain 45% in one night thanks to you!
Sothis and Ceos are way better options now for federation rank grind! (2021.05.23.) It has way more delivery and donation missions. And a bonus trick: Non-federation agents can give missions with the target faction of 'Federation Unite!' wich gives you more Fed rank!!! You can easily stack up 20 missions from ONE station if you are allied with the factions there! o7
Are you sure ? The Sothis -> CEOS run is quite old
@@theterminator6121 I don't play it anymore but 5 months ago it was relieable!
@@elegathor4251 Soothis and Ceos are independent stations now
@@whylekat I stopped playing when Odyssey came out so I'm out of the loop now.
After getting permit, I had to logout then back in for server to register permit. Thanks, this worked perfectly, in 2022
Really really appreciate the written guide. Don't always have time to watch a video and having double sources is fabulous
Hey man, just wanted to say that this coupled with the bonus event going on has helped make ranking up a breeze - I just started out and i'm already 5 ranks down. Thanks again!
For all those people after me:
Depending on the Mission Board RNG, it may pay off to branch out to other systems within 20 LY, but you will come back to Ochosi and Chakpa.
I think my average was +5% reputation per mission and those missions stacked nicely (even without relogging). Any courier missions that didn't give reputation, at least gave a decent money boost.
Interdictions are a thing, especially with (up to) 20 missions stacked, but you should be able to avoid those rather easily.
"Federal Navy ..." promotion missions refresh when you re-open the mission board, so no need to re-log for those,
Did the grind in a Diamondback Exp. and was done in just a few hours.
A few hours? I've been doing this for 5 hours and just hit Petty Officer. I cannot stack many missions because they are scattered and seem to not be giving me much rep at all. Did the similar courier runs for the Imperial Ranking and it seemed to be MUCH faster. Did they nerf the rep given?
Like you're description of how to do things. I mean just recently I had to find one of those thorg pods. You're location helped so much even when I was just needing 1.
Thanks for the previous video covering this subject, that's what I used for my Fed rank and it worked perfectly.
doesnt work anymore. i get max 1 mission a day.
Perfect. Exactly what I. Was looking for. I've been to ochosi and chackpa a lot befors so I'm guessing I used your advice last time too
If anyone is trying to farm fed rank using Perry's FollyChargriff Courier missions, it no longer works well, because there are now a lot non-federal factions on those stations. Completing missions for those won't bump your federal rank. You still can rank up, but not very quickly.
Then what's the better option now?
Thanks for the tip, but spent 7hrs grinding rank today and Ceos Sothis is far quicker. I was lucky to get 3-4 missions for each jump here, however in Sothis I was regularly maxed on missions. It took around 7 hours to grind the last 4 ranks to Rear Admiral, now I have my Corvette (just over £100m in a Li Yong Rui system). Only disadvantage is Sothis is around 400LY out, which is around 40 jumps in a decently spec’ed Python. I recommend bringing a medium ship with decent cargo (Python has 192T) as there are quite a lot of 5 Star REP courier jobs needing around 100-120T cargo space. o7
Does it have to be courier jobs tho, or can I just do any tasks preferably bounties?
@@sygnetshorts the cargo missions are great there.... there´s one with a 50m reward for just 3 loops on a full cargo Python... the downside is that only med ships work there.
Ty so much now i can stop being a cargo ship
Thanks this is the most clear guide ever this helped me so much now I have a permit.
i find doing transportation misions in Canopus system faster and more lucrative. rewards are more reputation and if there is no reputation reward there are nice grade 5 materials sometime. the station is 42k ly from the star and you need a big cargo ship but if thats not a problem for you it is faster by a lot. and you never do just 2 or 3 misions because there was no more on the board at the moment. hope this helped some of you. cheers and keep up the good work
I actually found the site today and im loving it very helpful thank you
Thank you for the tip Commander, i managed to get my permit for the Sol system in 1 day starting from 0. at the end of the session i was able to park in braham Lincoln station. Can't wait to explore the system.
I got the sol permit days a go but whats so special about it? I even got Vega
@@abdullahamem Well it is the solar system we live in. Also terraformed Mars looks freaking awesome.
@@gerikekisgvel so there is no lucrative credits involved in it :)
Braham, the president known for the mancipation of laves.
@@pureskill123 you cn alwys recognize a gmer by how fucked up one of their WASD keys are lol
Just an update, most of the missions now are combat/assassination missions with -very- few courier missions. I spent about 4 hours and only gains a couple of ranks
I was coming here to say the same thing. This spot is no bueno
Same for Ceos and Sothis. Most are source and return or boom time deliveries.
Courier missions seem hard capped. Mainani for Empire rank is exactly the same.
@@S.ASmith Mainani has somewhat fewer outgoing missions but Ngalinn right next door offers tons of couriour missions to Mainani. That loop is still excellent. Just went from no rank to Duke in the last few hours doing this (June 6 2020) and just bought my Cutter 10 minutes ago =)
I've had much success these days doing Source and Deliver Missions with a High Storage Ship (e.g Python, Anaconda, etc.), originating from the Sol system.
This looks like it was nerfed
I did the Imperial rank first and I am glad that I did. I like most of their ships, whereas with the Federation I only care for the Corvette. I'm currently rocking an Imperial Courier for my small fighter, a Python for transport, and a Clipper as my explorer/ flagship. It's been a few months since I played last and I was trying to get the advanced FSD drive. Sadly I never did get it because I could not figure it out, and I simply did not have time. I'm hoping that I can get back into this game before Starfield comes out as I think I will probably like Starfield more than Elite.
Heardfrom O.Ant we have double Fed rep from now till 10/12/19 alongside discounts on federal ships, NOW is the time to farm rep! Ta for updating guide DTA, love your stuff as ever.
Collected my Fed Corvette later that day, such a beast of a ship!
Unfortunately, this is not the case in 2023. Any different stations as of late?
Thanks a lot for the info is very easy keep up the great videos.
Still works as of today 25/02/2020. Swapping to private & then solo does also still give some extra missions. Thanks a lot!
Guys!! to make it way easier and only going to 2 systems go to CEO’s and it only gives u missions for sothis system it’s way easier
For the cmdrs trying to rank up federation rank nowadays, go to the system that has many fed factions. And then do some assassination missions or kill the venerable general type of stuff. I've tried it for a week now with 3-5 hours of gameplay per day, and currently my rank is post commander. Yes, just two more to become a rear admiral.
I just spammed trade/ass missions in LYR space, got the 6 ranks needed in no time and was close to a 108 million purchase station.
ceos: brunel > babbage -> new dawn --->>> sothis: dons inheritance
Is that route more usefull? I made it to Warrant Officer from Petty Officer, but it took like 3 hours or so. At this rate I'm never going to reach Rear Admiral.
Thanks for the Tutorial. Just flew up today in my ASPX, gonna finish my Fed Rank, so I can fly to SOL.
Perfect timing! Tnx for ur work and info!
thx mate, best elite vids out there, cheers
Thanks for the video, it was very helpful. Subscribing ! 👍
New Systems to go to are Ceos and Sothis
TIME TO GRIND THAT FED RANK!! THANKS SO MUCH BRO!!!!
Works for me still, gone up 6 ranks in a day and made about 25mil
I have had my fed rank up since before Thargoids.. Back when my Corvette was a status symbol and they were rare.. I would often be the only one in a fleet with one.. Gosh, i sure do miss those days.. Even the Anaconda was a status symbol that took ages to earn
I love that you are getting sponsors :)
Thank you alot for the video i was confused on what to do also pretty cool intro title
If you don't get the career mission you want just back out of the mission board and go back in, it will have changed, keep doing that until you get what you want
Going in and out of the hangar helps change the rank up fed navy mission type
This works. Did 2h of data delivery last weekend. Had min 4 missions per station
This sadly no longer works. i've gotten 2 missions in a hour :/
no that's not true it could just be your game but I've been grinding this station route for about 2 days now and it's been working perfectly fine for me when getting an average of 3 to 4 courier missions. once I run out I just do one that goes to another nearby system finish that and by the time I come back the mission board will have a few more things for the two systems
It also depends on your standing with the station
Is there an updated version of this? It used to work but seem to be nerfed now. Thanks in advance.
Very informative! How are you switching between "characters"?
Thx for sharing!!
Awesome video you rock😎👍
I have found that you can yield respect from missions from other non-fed factions as long as it says ”deliver to (insert federation faction name here)” !!!
Wonderful: need to get that promotion from Vice Admiral!
I was refused docking at Perry’s Folley
Small to medium ships only at those outpost stations. I did a similar thing after going 300 ly in a type 9 to a set of systems outside the bubble , to find I couldnt land anywhere LOL ! Had to go back , get a small er ship , go back again
I appreciate this tip, thank you for this.
Auf Englisch heißt es "as," nicht "als." ;) Hab mich doch gefreut, dein Video anzuschauen, es war eigentlich hilfreich. Servus!
Short and sweet. GJ cmdr! o7
Screwed up and took the Hutton Orbital courier mission for a million. Stupid me.
Ceos/Sothis is the go now - heaps of missions available.
passenger missions?
cheers buddy will have a looksie
@@gawyntheknightguy Courier missions
Just be prepared for constant interdiction attempts. Thought it was because I was taking Elite ranked courier missions so did a run with just 'easy ones' - still interdicted regularly only difference being half the attackers I could risk fighting, but the other half were still Master/Dangerous in Anacondas/FLDs
Hella good timing on this video with the whole Golconda Federation sale going on rn
Love you Astro.
Yea ive been doing this for 3 weeks now and im barely halfway through ive also tryed the popular ceos=sothis route and that was even worse so idk about this one
I had a courier mission from the federal navy that was 4.21 million Ls from the sun. i opted out lol
Supercruise assist and cine back in a couple hours
Super video!! Could you look at doing another update based on getting hold of Decoded Emission Data please?
This list might be of help to you: www.eliteguides.info/engineering/material-finder
@@DowntoEarthAstronomy Cheers!
@@DowntoEarthAstronomy Your written guide page is also very useful. Good luck keeping on the updating, but for top line stuff it would become a good reference site.
great video
There's also multiple data scan missions at the same location. Great for frarming money.
Its has been nerfed, need some fresh info
Why does the inside of your ship look nice? I’m jealous.🥺
Admittedly I prefer doing more fun missions even though it will take longer, but this method is probably 5x faster :P
Btw for those who are unsure, mission board refreshes every 10 minutes, so you could accept some missions at 16:57:00, go make a coffee, come back at 16:10:01 and have more missions (just come out of mission board and then back in).
Yo, just wanted to say that this was life-changing. went from maybe 5-7 missions per run to 15-17 at times just by waiting two minutes haha. Only problem now is that I'm stuck at post-captain and the damn thing isn't letting me rank up further for some reason :( no mission is showing up
People...this system has been a feds GOLD MINE for YYYYEEEEEAAAAARRRRSSSSS. Did the feds grind here, 5 years ago...if they were gonna change or nerf it, they woulda done it long ago in the dreaded 2.4 massive massacre/scanner/skimmer mission stacking nerf update.
I flew out to Sothis, called up a ship and the missions suck. Maybe I need to try this place, but the flight back...
CEOs and sothis works a bit better because they are further from other stations so the only missions you get are between those two systems
Those two are A LOT worse. spent 10 hours there and not even a single rank
@@thuban6371 idk, I ranked up there three times yesterday. Finally got my Corvette. Maybe it's an rng thing.
This video is outdated of course as im typing this. This method seems to be nerfed quite heavily. I am not getting anywhere near the rep that this video shows. Doing many, many missions and still taking a long time to rank.
Thanks it's helped me a lot o7
The main thing I took away from this was "do missions for Federation-associated factions, get credit for promotion points if you do a Federation Navy mission." Pretty straightforward, but I didn't know the precise mechanisms.
What's not so clear is why it's so important to go to that particular star system. I've got a lot of reputation with the Federation just from running missions in my local area, and it seems easy enough to pick up anywhere. I don't have much Fed rank yet because I hadn't been specifically looking for Navy missions, even if that's obvious in hindsight.
Doing this now but there seems to be hardly any missions just chakpa and back, is there any other systems good for this method? At the moment I'm getting at most 5 missions a time to do. Even with trying to refresh the mission board.
Love your videos and the new elite guide Web page is great! Can't wait to see it more fully formed. Added it to my favourites 👍
Same here, the Chakpa route is underwhelming, hardly ever get to 5-10 missions per loop; it's not what it once was, evidently. The Ochosi - HIP 67086 route (which works the exact same way) seems a little better, but still far far less efficient than the empire Manani-Ngalinn loop. Honestly, I'm about to go back to Ceos-Sothis, the cargo missions there give much higher rep rewards, so even if you don't get a ton of them, even a few in the end will be faster. Plus they also seldomly reward you with rare materials, which is always welcomed.
Yep, I can confirm Ceos-Sothis being much faster: I'm an Admiral now (went all the way because why not), was only petty officer yesterday...
The quickest loop for me was like this: New Dawn ---> Don's Inheritance ---> Brunel Hub ---> New Dawn (this is because while Don's give missions for both the other 2, Brunel often also gives missions for the close by New Dawn). Naturally, while there are also quite a few courier jobs that help, cargo missions are the star here, so the bigger your ship the better (I did this in a Cutter), but a full cargo Python is already enough to begin to see the results. Don't do more stops than these, as in-system trips are longer because of slow acceleration, so the loop has to stay tight: three stops like these are usually enough to fill Cutter anyway.
Also, remember to not ignore missions given by non fed factions: if the recipient ends up to be a fed faction, then you'll still get the rep reward.
@@kadatherion_ nice one! Thanks for the help
Thank you! I just need a Federal Corvette and I’ve got the big 3
thanks!
Hi there I’m getting back into elite dangerous after 2 years of not playing. I want to start working towards the federation Corvette. Is there a way to to level up the Federation through hunting pirates but not through the Mission board through free hunting? If that makes sense lol I like combat more and I sit in resource sites and hunt pirates I was hoping there was a system I can do it in to level up my federation rank as well
Is this still working? I returned game with a clear save days ago, tried to do it but missions depleting. Is it takes time to show up again? I did only one run and they wont show up from ochosi to chakpa now.
Been doing it for about 5 hours, it is ridiculously slow, and not working anymore. All I'm getting is 5/6 maximum missions per run. I am now chief petty officer and only getting a few % per missions. I feel like ive wasted hours already and the other systems I see in the comments are like 25 jumps away so i dont bother trying them.
Ok so I flew for like 40 minutes to get to this station did exactly what you said turned in like 6 missions chose rep and I got like 27% that’s it . Did it get changed or did I fuck up?
Make sure the missions you're accepting are controlled by the federation!
Are rank up missions supposed to be rare? I've been grinding and grinding the Ngalinn/Mainani run for I don't know how many hours and I've only gotten a few rank up missions. I started traveling around the Empire systems but still am not finding any. What gives??? I have ranked up a bit with the Federation too but I imagine it's no different.
Possible for an update video? Been 4 years :)
Thanks
10 trips 17 pirates
Thank you for the tip I will subscribe to your Channel. I ranked up and bought my federal Corvette. I must say it's somewhat of a disappointment though. I will give it this, it does sound good LOL Thanks again and happy flying! CMDR COWBOYBARNMAN on ps4
Thx!
This doesn't seem to work anymore. Anyone have any updated tips?
I found a great one go to Anyanwu with a medium, ship with lots of cargo space I.E. Python and jump between Bunsen Base and delbuck base only 500 Ls apart and just load up and bunch back and forth between of course take rep or you can make some serious bank while you rep up if you want