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Super Market Sweep achievement in Elite: Dangerous

Super Market Sweep

Sell at 500 different markets

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How to unlock the Super Market Sweep achievement

  • Ashen SeraphAshen Seraph
    Locked 18 Oct 2015 18 Oct 2015
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    You can check your progress by going trade network stat under the Status page under the system panel. If it's like other achievements however, you may have to progress well beyond the required number for the achievement to unlock.

    The simplest way to get progress would be to buy an immediately sell back an item at each station you stop at. Hydrogen fuel tends to be a good choice for this as it is near the top of the commodities list and will only result in a loss of 4-5 credits, depending on system value.

    For actually making some actual profit off of doing this, I found the following website EXTREMELY helpful:
    http://eddb.io/

    That site can help for a variety of trade routes, but for this achievement you'll want to avoid trade loops. It should be easy enough to enter the current station you are at and the next station or system you know you're going to in order to start making some serious profit. Sometimes even trading within a single system can net large profits.

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    GXYou have to grind this eventually, the easiest and quickest way is to use the Galaxy map to filter the systems that you have not visited and jump to the uniquely named systems which are likely to have atleast 1 if not multiple stations. Using the "Not Visited" filter avoids stations you may have already visited so you're not wasting time with potential duplicate stations. When you're at the stations just buy and sell back any commodity. Ignore the planetary stations as they're a waste of time.

    If you don't want to blindly jump to systems you could use eddb.io/system to check systems for stations before you jump there but as long as you're jumping to uniquely named systems like "Zaonce" for example, there will usually be at least 1 station.
    Posted by GX#2070 on 29 Jun 20 at 18:39
    RondundAnother Galaxy Map trick is to set the population filter so the system dots are bigger for higher populations. Should increase your chances of finding stations or even multiple stations.

    Also, make sure before you fly to Outposts (the small blocky stations in space) you check in the system map that Commodities are listed under facilities - move cursor over it and RB one tab over.
    Posted by Rondund on 10 Mar 21 at 10:16
    flickriteI got this recently and it does take a lot of time. Made sense to me to make as many credits as possible while chipping away. I used Inara.cz to plan hop to hop buying/selling ores and metals to work my way through new markets. Best to choose stations nearest beacons to keep supercruise time to a minimum.
    Posted by flickrite on 18 May 21 at 22:04

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  • TheUndeadCPLTheUndeadCPL
    20 Feb 2022 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2021
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    I'm writing this a a fresh guide as of the games build 12/31/2021.
    The easiest way to do this is to get yourself ahold of a Hauler. It is the smallest of the cargo like ships.
    Equip as follows:
    Cargo racks (10 suggested but not limited)
    Advanced Docking computer (just easier if you have trouble flying through the mail slot)
    Fuel scoop (so you don't waste money on fuel at stations)
    Everything else is up to commander's discretion

    From here go to your galaxy map. Set your map section from realistic to map. Set filter to vistited star. Finally uncheck visited stars. Now your are set to start plotting your routes commanders.

    For quicker resolution towards this achievement. I suggest only hitting up orbiting starports and outpost. Planetside outpost just take to much time landing at.

    A final bit of advice is always check your stats under the codex to make sure that under the trading tab your market network is updating. There were times I would go to sell at a outpost and even though it had a market. It would not count.
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