Check that Bulletin Board
As a trader, you’ll spend 80% of your time studying the commodities market, 10% flying in and out of ports, 8% typing and retyping the names of that system you always spell wrong, and finally 2% scrolling through all of the other options in a space port. Wait, though, that last 2% is more important than you think. In Elite: Dangerous, random missions are made available to players who wish to take them on. As a trader, your mission is to grab these where you can.
While it is possible to obtain some pretty insane profits just by moving the right goods to the right places, Bulletin Board missions of Elite: Dangerous are gateways to easy money. There are more flavors than a good ice-cream shop but the only ones eyou’ll be interested in are the best varieties. The Chocolate, Strawberry, and Rocky Road of directives if you will. Missions that request you either ferry items from point A to point B or return to the port with supplies are a goldmine.
These often open up whole new trade routes too which can lead your trading operations into a shiny network just waiting to be bled dry. Most importantly, the profits that can be earned are (pun warning) astronomical in Elite: Dangerous‘ galaxy. They’re craziest when you start playing with metals. Palladium generally costs around 12-13,000 credits a unit. Find a station that wants you to buy some for them and you can sometimes see a 70 or even 100% profit.
I’d buy that for a dollar. Okay, credit in the case of Elite: Dangerous.
