The second chapter in Elite Dangerous’ Beyond content is due to land early this afternoon, with the Alliance Challenger as well as a “selection of new wing missions, installation interactions, new settlements to explore and, to combat the ever-growing and ever-encroaching Thargoid threat, a cache of new Guardian weapons and technology from the Tech Brokers.” The update is a free one and rolls out to PC and console together. Full patch notes just went up on the official forums a few minutes ago!
“Beyond, the third Elite Dangerous season will be free for all players, and will focus on community-requested enhancements to the overall player experience. Alongside those core foundational changes, new in-game content will progress the ever-expanding player-driven storyline and give pilots across the galaxy new tools to shape the ongoing narrative. Chapter Two is a smaller update, but still filled with content. Players will find two new ships – the Krait Mk II and the Alliance Challenger – as well as a selection of new Wing Missions, installation interactions, new settlements to explore and a cache of new Guardian weapons and technology from the Tech Brokers to combat the ever-growing and ever-encroaching Thargoid threat.”
As we’ve previously noted, a much larger update for Beyond is still slated for later this year with squadrons and improvements to mining and exploration. If all goes well, the servers should return around noon EDT. Check out the launch trailer in the meantime!
Commanders, the Elite Dangerous galaxy servers are now offline for all platforms for the Beyond – Chapter Two update. Expected downtime is 9 hours.
In the meantime, join us for our pre-launch livestream with developer guests over on https://t.co/56z7JcMYze at 12PM BST! pic.twitter.com/2ukl3KQ3K8
— Elite Dangerous (@EliteDangerous) June 28, 2018
