Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Phew, what a lift! Thank you to all CMDRs (and there were MANY) who provided input, help, content, and quality control. Version 2 is now live! Inclusive of all the latest changes to Colonization mechanics.
Document link here: docs.google.com/document/d/1toXyDQglwVACFKx8umXhP8QcMSAUYPcP6k3STIV2-hE/edit?usp=sharing
This guide is now mature enough to officially be out of beta, noting additional tweaks and improvements will still be made, but the core of it is solid, and the information authoritative enough, to be circulated even more widely.
This is meant to be the definitive "Game Manual" that you deserve, but you never got, for Colonization in Elite Dangerous - and that we thus ourselves built.
Glory, To Mankind!
- CMDR Mechan, on behalf of the whole team who worked on this megaguide
# Support us!
Join this channel to support CMDR Mechan's content creation!
All contributions go 100% back into the game and into creating content for it.
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# Listen to our latest music album!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/0vthvS2YhugD1SEJri6Zcl
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/heroes-of-mankind/1809685674
YouTube Music: youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k18xLV_FFJ-KUl-cbUCFUt1bP_Fe75bh0
Amazon Music: amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0F5P9Y92N
Bandcamp: astyrrean.bandcamp.com/album/heroes-of-mankind
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Phew, what a lift! Thank you to all CMDRs (and there were MANY) who provided input, help, content, and quality control. Version 2 is now live! Inclusive of all the latest changes to Colonization mechanics.
Document link here: docs.google.com/document/d/1toXyDQglwVACFKx8umXhP8QcMSAUYPcP6k3STIV2-hE/edit?usp=sharing
This guide is now mature enough to officially be out of beta, noting additional tweaks and improvements will still be made, but the core of it is solid, and the information authoritative enough, to be circulated even more widely.
This is meant to be the definitive "Game Manual" that you deserve, but you never got, for Colonization in Elite Dangerous - and that we thus ourselves built.
Glory, To Mankind!
- CMDR Mechan, on behalf of the whole team who worked on this megaguide
# Support us!
Join this channel to support CMDR Mechan's content creation!
All contributions go 100% back into the game and into creating content for it.
youtube.com/channel/UCtyD_9ULGJqda2tSkF4FwYw/join
# Listen to our latest music album!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/0vthvS2YhugD1SEJri6Zcl
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/heroes-of-mankind/1809685674
YouTube Music: youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k18xLV_FFJ-KUl-cbUCFUt1bP_Fe75bh0
Amazon Music: amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0F5P9Y92N
Bandcamp: astyrrean.bandcamp.com/album/heroes-of-mankind
Deezer: dzr.page.link/nMU4L3Ztq2ZG6fQ2A
