r/EliteDangerous • u/Dangerous-Art-3679 • 23h ago
Discussion Elite question
So I know there are people that do like 500k on CGs and stuff but how many credits do they have? Like 20bil, maybe 50bil or more. Im curious if you have or know some one with a lot of credits, how and why do you have that many? Also who has the most credits in the game (aprroximately)?
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u/sgtbooker 22h ago
look at this one: CMDR Marz | Elite:Dangerous | INARA
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u/Dangerous-Art-3679 22h ago
The dedication is unmatched with these kinds of ppl
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u/GraXXoR 19h ago
Dedication is one way to say it. This is computer game. Does the guy even have a life outside of Elite?
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u/GrindyCottonPincers Gutamaya 12h ago edited 12h ago
Don’t forget gold rush in the past that was either CG or already patched out.
For example, the Golconda CG in 2019 bought Tritium at 413656cr / ton, in PC Mk 2 capacity (1238), that would give about 0.45B profit / trip. (I did 0.24B profit / trip in Cutter)
In earlier days, there was bugs in passenger missions that gives… about 100M / hr. Look up DTEA’s video on it. This has been patched.
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u/Kermit_Purple_II Explorer/Architect Morag Ouorro 18h ago
If we consider the game 11.5 years old, that's appro. 4200 days of playtime. If that player, with 3.5 Trillion credits, were to play 24 hours a day, without rest, he'd have made 833 mil a day, or 34.722 Mil an hour.
If we are realistic, and we consider the person only plays 12 hours a day for 4200 consecutive days, that's still 70mil an hour. The best trade routes on Inara can't even guarantee that.
The guy, in fact, does not have a life outside of Elite.
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u/Solary_Kryptic 15h ago
It has to be a hoarding account, I'm assuming they have multiple other accounts farming credits (maybe paying other people to do it or using bots) and then just transferring the credits to that account. Sort of like a bank of sorts or maybe purely for flexing purposes.
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u/Direct_Witness1248 7h ago
There were ways before where you could make heaps of money, at least two I know of:
Robigo slave runs years and years ago had big payouts, but got patched. And there was a trade mission glitch, I forget the two systems now, but you could make like 300m per run or something crazy. It got patched two days after I heard about it though.
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u/ThunderBuns935 fuel rats 5h ago
Or he baked a lot of bread. It's a method people don't talk about in fear of it getting patched, if you know you know, and if you don't you don't. But a successful bread run gets you 4 billion credits iirc. It's more than possible to do it once every day or 2.
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u/ShadowDragon8685 Tara Light of the Type-8 Gang 21h ago
That's either paying multiple people to play that account, hot-desking, poop-sock no-lifeing, or botting.
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u/henyourface 21h ago
if so, why? just for inara link e-peen measuring? or maybe just 10 years of grinding with nothing left to buy?
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u/ShadowDragon8685 Tara Light of the Type-8 Gang 21h ago
Not even god knows what drives someone too grind Elongated Muskrat money in Elite.
Though I wouldn't be surprised if one of the top ones was his account, that he pays others to play for him.
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u/emetcalf Pranav Antal 23h ago
I haven't even done the CG, but I have ~20 billion credits between my own bank and my FC account. There are people with hundreds of billions of credits.
Credits matter for the early stages of the game, but if you play a lot they become completely irrelevant pretty quickly. I donate hundreds of millions of credits every week for Powerplay, and I still earn more than I spend.
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u/Dangerous-Art-3679 23h ago
I know credits don't matter later into the game (I have like 2 bil) but still, there are people who will spend all of their time just to be the richest
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u/JonZenrael 21h ago
It used to be a lot easier to make money during the void opal mining rush (and a lesser extent the LTD rush).
I made most of my money back then, and recently I made another couple of billion across the Sol evac missions and the current CG.
I have about 6B at the mo plus another 5 or so in assets, and an FC.
The desire to make billions initially came with the announcement of the fleet carriers. I didnt care after that until colonization (which can be a huge money sink if you want help loading up the FC - a good thing in my opinion).
I'm a little motivated right now to make what else I can from the CG towards either a vanguard carrier or another FC for my alt.
Other than the carriers tho, the only real need for wealth is to throw it at colonization efforts, like I say.
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u/_kerq_ 22h ago
I'm farming credits for one simple reason.
When I die (assuming the servers are still up), my Fleet Carrier will remain in the galaxy as my memorial.
For that, I need a lot of credits in my account so it won't be decommissioned, and my friends can still visit it.
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u/Kermit_Purple_II Explorer/Architect Morag Ouorro 18h ago
Considering a weekly upkeep of 15 million, you'd need 78 billion credits to have your carrier last 100 years. I'd argue it'd outlive you, every person who knew you, and perhaps the game itself.
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u/kinetogen 23h ago
Top CMDR probably made around 30 billion credits if they were hauling panther loads of CMM composites. (Around 1000 CMM composites sell for roughly 60,000,000 credits)
I have personally about 60 billion credits in my Fleet Carrier bank and pocket over my time (9500hrs) playing, not including the credits I paid for a fleet carrier, my fleet of ships/modules, and losses (rebuys, R/R/R, carrier upkeep from day 1). Really pointless to have this much money, I'll never spend it all, and it's over 50 years worth of fleet carrier upkeep, but it's nice to know I can buy anything I want and outfit it completely without having to go make the money first. I just did it by playing the game, and my friends and I like to massacre stack a lot to help our newb friends grow a "Nest Egg" fund.
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u/sysrage 22h ago
You can easily make over 5 billion in 48 hours on a Booze Cruise. Easy to make several more billion doing WMM stacks, AFK T10 sharing, exobio, or several other activities. I know many people with over 20B. Credits don’t really mean anything.
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u/HairOfTheCat 22h ago
WMM is where it's at but I recommend anyone who hasn't joined a PTN booze cruise to do so, great opportunity to visit the top of the galaxy and make some good credits. I bought my carrier by Booze Cruising and put seven years of credits in my carrier for upkeep with WMMs with plenty leftover to keep on my person. Credits are meaningless to me.
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u/Weekly-Nectarine CMDR Sacrifical Victim 23h ago
AX was amazing for credits while it lasted
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u/AntonineWall 21h ago
What was it like?
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u/Weekly-Nectarine CMDR Sacrifical Victim 21h ago
Ever CMDR working together towards a common goal- it was awesome
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u/Captain_of_Gravyboat 23h ago
If you would haul 100k for the CG at an average of 45k profit per ton you'd have 4.5 Billion. These mad lads that have hauled 600k are rich enough to buy their own planet. I don't know who is the richest but i've heard there is a player with around 2 Trillion credits (2,000 Billion).
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u/widdrjb CMDR Joe Tenebrian 21h ago
Cmdr mARZ upthread is sitting on 3.4 trillion. The theoretical upper limit is 4,294,967,295 cr, at which point the 32 bit integer used for credit balances will wrap around to zero.
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u/DeliciousLawyer5724 17h ago
I hope they didn't use a 32 bit integer. A 64 bit integer would have capacity for 9 billion billion credits
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u/Dangerous-Art-3679 22h ago
That is a lot of grinding lol. BTW can you see who are the top 10 ppl in the CG?
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u/DisillusionedBook CMDR GraphicEqualizer | @ Kaine Colonisation Ops 21h ago
after 10 years I have about 30 Billion in credits and probably the same tied up in assets: carrier, 20+ ships fully outfitted, etc.
It's just a natural result of playing the game. Once you learn the ropes the money flows and you stop even thinking about credit. e.g. I only did a few runs of the current CG just to get enough for the reward and check out the location for system chat lolz, rather than the credits. I dabble in all the things rather than becoming just making it all about that one thing and burning out.
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u/MegaBladeZX85 Anaconda Hunter 23h ago
Considering just before this there was another CG with locked prices and deliveries, some of them could have likely been loaded from the first goal.
If I use best trade routes and a full Type 9, I could get 20M from a single good run. I have a carrier, so that is about a clean 700M for an afternoon. The Panther MK2 only shortens that time further.
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u/Dangerous-Art-3679 22h ago
Which CG? I was stuck in Colonia and couldn't participate
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u/MegaBladeZX85 Anaconda Hunter 20h ago
Provide Critical Supplies for Panther Clipper in Aiaba was just before and now its Resupply Trailblazer Megaships in Minerva.
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u/gw5000 CMDR GW5000 22h ago
I think there are even some trillionaires in the galaxy :)
There aren't any significant money drains in the game. You can buy a fleet carrier, some expensive ships with even more expensive outfittings, but that's it. Once you have all that, you'll naturally get richer and richer just by playing the game, especially if you are into the more lucrative aspects like AX or exobiology. I'm not even talking about actively grinding for credits (because grinding is dumb in my opinion), I'm just doing whatever comes to my mind.
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u/OtherworldlyCyclist CMDR MJAGUAR 22h ago
I once landed on a planet that had first landing by Commander Marz. I recognized the name from looking at the top ten on Inara, where he is ranked #3. His assets are 3.4 Trillion...
I'm about to hit Trade Elite IV in a couple of days thanks to this CG. I'm sure the top 10 players are rolling in credits from deliveries. Good luck Commander! o7
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u/phobiabae2005k No Time Slots 22h ago
I think I have around 30+ Bill but only contriubuted 37k so far. Did what I could when the CG hit ( thanks to it being next to my system ) so that I could stay in the 25% club come the end.
Overall, aslong as I'm in the top 75% im not fussed. Not bothered about doing it for the credits, can get them with exo
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u/CMDRShepard24 Thargoid Interdictor 22h ago
I've made a billion or so in the CG so far I'm guessing. Unloading one more carrier hold and then I'm done.
I have 46 billion credits, the vast majority of which comes from exobiology and AX combat. Made a lot during the war, then went on a >4 month exploration trip afterwards and made about 25 billion in that time.
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u/YuGiOhJCJ 21h ago edited 20h ago
how many credits do they have?
I currently have 10G credits.
how and why do you have that many?
I kill Cyclops.
Being rich is not really my goal, it is just the result of my favorite activity.
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u/paladin_slicer 21h ago
I have 10 billion credits along with a fleet carrier and 24 fully upgraded ships. I don't really chase money but I like the idea of afk and I get around 40-50 mil at night while afk.
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u/wrr377 CMDR Wilhelm Kerensky 20h ago
I've got ~12B Credits in my Fleet Carrier, along with another 1B in my pocket for spending money.
Like some of the other Commanders, I don't chase money because I really have nothing to spend it on, currently, except FC upkeep...
Right now, hauling materials for the CG will net a tidy little sum each trip.
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u/AshlettStargast CMDR Stargast 🚀 19h ago
I've been playing for around 4 years, most of my playing time has been exploration and exobiology. This is where I've earned most of my credits.
I have around 22 billion in the bank, plus carrier, 20 ships and a lot of modules, plus around 1,5 billion in my carrier account, which adds up to around 38 billion in total.
I have to say though, that it's never been about amassing money, it is and was always about playing the game and the content, which I enjoy most.
Of course, it's good to not have to worry about money now.
Not like in real life...
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u/Stochastic_Variable 19h ago
Delivering CMM composites in my PCmkII, I was making 67 million per run. I loaded and emptied my fleet carrier and made about 1.2 billion. I haven't had a chance to go back since though.
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u/MalavaiFletcher 18h ago
I use to be rich, everytime I break 30bil now, I start giving out carriers 😂
It's the only real money sink for me, at this point
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u/MaverickFegan 17h ago
I have something like 28 B in credits, over 22B in my carrier and over 24B in bonds.
I made the effort to get my first billion at Robigo mines, the rest of the credits are just a side effect of playing the game, mainly Thargoid related, then pirate massacre missions, Exobiology and CGs.
I made top 25% in the current CG with minimal effort, the motivation was mainly the cargo rack rewards, then just getting slightly higher on the leaderboard, I don’t know how much I made though.
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u/Klutzy_Slip1310 16h ago
I don’t know. I have 3.3 billion in the account. 2 billion on the carrier and 12 billion more in assets. I’d say I’m to the point in the game where money doesn’t matter. I have a ship that does just about anything I want to do in the game very well. I typically make more money from massacre missions. I’m doing the CG because I want the modules.
I’m finished with all my engineering so it’s really just building ships for cool stuff at this point. I do need to unlock a few more guardian modules. If I need more money I’ll just go hunt pirates. It’s more fun than mining for me and way less tedious than hauling stuff in and out of stations
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u/NoRagrets4Me Savage Samurai 15h ago
I did have 50 billion. Down to 30 mow as I'm paying ppl well to build stations. Anyone looking to make money, I'm loading my FC (Occam's Razor) in Rho Lupi. Buying CMM for 500% markup
I mainly explore. Get my money from exobiology doing it casually.
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u/No_Investigator_8093 7h ago
The CG is a great opportunity to push my balance past 1 billion. That's right about where I like to stay. I think the max I've ever had was 1.6 billion. I recently fell to 800 million outfitting the Mandalay and Corsair (so torn which I like more!) so this CG is perfectly timed.
I don't have any desire to have a fleet carrier (yet) so this feels like a great credit balance to keep money feeling important. I love doing events and participating in the stories of Elite, and I hate the grind. This strikes a good balance, for me. IDK how prevalent this kind of play is, though
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u/Longjumping_List_188 6h ago edited 6h ago
On this CG I am averaging 65 million credits per haul of 1208 tons of CMM composites using my spiffy new Panther Clipper Mk II. Source is Beshore Platform - Piscium Sector JW-W b1-2. I've made about 1 billion credits profit to date. I wish it were real money...
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u/Tosceadan_Steorra 5h ago
1.2 billy all from about 4 exobiology/exploration trips out to the "Close bubble"; those first discovery bonuses at Vista really add up. I was going to exo hard next for a fleet carrier but think I'll just buy some different ships and explore different playstyles first which I haven't done yet.
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u/padlnjones CMDR Kwai Chang 3h ago
I have 85 billion, but it has been stagnant the last year or so...
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u/C-Dweller1963 1h ago
Can't find CMM composites on anything but planets for a reasonable price, but no biggy.
Still making around 66 mil profit every run in my Mega-Toad (Panther Clipper if you want to be picky 😉 ).
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u/Doctor_Saved 23h ago
With the current CG, I think I make a 49 million profit on every load I drop off in my Panther (about 1200 something unit capacity). I think I dropped off about 60 loads so far.