Horizons: 1.5 & 2.0

Horizons 1.5 & 2.0 is the first expansion to Elite: Dangerous and was released on the 15th December 2015. The update also comes with base game update 1.5 – Ships. You do not need to purchase Horizons to have these listed features. Purchasing the expansion gives access to the entire season of updates (2.0 – 2.4). You can get an overview of those Horizons releases, here.

Note: Since this was initially released there have been subsequent changes to the planets and their content. The below does not necessarily reflect the current status of the game.

> 1.5 – Ships

The release of 1.5 – Ships sees the number of ships in the game increase to 30 (31 if you own Horizons). As well as some additional mission types and scenarios.

Ships

Asp Scout

Viper MkIV

Federal Corvette

Imperial Cutter

Keelback

Imperial Fighter (CQC)

> Missions

Several new mission types were added to the game which added some variety to the missions system.

Crashed ships
Don’t die missions
Don’t get scanned missions
Multi-stage missions
Missions can be received in space
Assassination variants
Contact missions
Unique cargo missions
Timed window missions

Additionally there were some scenarios included which require the player to drop into various situations in space.

Search and rescue scenarios
Wrecked ships scenarios
New deep space salvage scenarios
Distress call scenarios

> 2.0 – HORIZONS

The headline feature of 2.0 is the ability to land your ship anywhere on the airless planets and moons which make up 61% of the in-game total. These consist of four planet types:

Rocky
Metal
Ice
Rock & Ice
View from above an icy planet.

On the planets surfaces there are various installations to visit and in some cases interact with. These include: