Livery

Planets of Sol bobblehead livery

Livery consists of cosmetic items for Ships, Ship-Launched Fighters, and SRVs. Livery items can be purchased with ARX from the in-game Elite Dangerous Store, and added or removed via the Livery menu, which can be accessed from the game's main menu or at any Station with Outfitting services. Available Livery items include decals, paintjobs, dashboard ornaments, ship kits, engine and weapon colours, name plates, and cockpit voice UI options. Livery items are purely visual, and do not alter ship performance or specifications in any way. New items are typically added to the Store every Friday.

Compatibility

Not all Livery options are available for all vehicles. The table below identifies vehicles that are incompatible with certain Livery options. Note that Drake-Class Carriers have their own specific Livery options and are not factored in this table.

Livery Option	Incompatible Vehicles
Cockpit Customisation	F63 Condor, Gu-97, Scarab, Taipan, XG7 Trident, XG8 Javelin, XG9 Lance
COVAS	None
Decals	None
Engine Colours	Scarab
Name Plates	F63 Condor, Gu-97, Scarab, Taipan, XG7 Trident, XG8 Javelin, XG9 Lance
Paintjobs	XG7 Trident, XG8 Javelin, XG9 Lance
Ship Kits	F63 Condor, Gu-97, Scarab, Taipan, XG7 Trident, XG8 Javelin, XG9 Lance
Weapon Colours	None

Decals

Decals are icons, emblems, and logos that can be placed on up to three predetermined locations on a ship's hull. Each slot can be equipped with a different decal, and decal colours automatically change to suit the ship's paintjob. Decals from the Store cost between 50 and 150 ARX, but a number of decals can be earned or acquired for free during gameplay.

Pilots Federation rank decals

The Pilots Federation decals are earned through gameplay. There are three types: Combat, Trade, and Exploration. As a CMDR achieves a higher rank in one of the three fields, they will earn the corresponding decal. There are a total of 8 decals per field (there are no decals for the beginner rank in each).

A Triple Elite decal, unlocked by reaching Elite in all three categories, was added in Chapter Four (3.3) of Elite Dangerous: Beyond.

Combat Elite decal

Trade Elite decal

Explorer Elite decal

Triple Elite decal

Community Goal decals

Beginning on March 29, 2018, exclusive decals were implemented as a reward for participation in select Community Goals. Community Goals featuring decals as a reward are planned to take place once per month. Some CGs will be competitive in nature and only give the decal to players who back the winning side, while cooperative CGs will offer the decal to everyone who contributes above a certain threshold. Higher reward tiers offer additional colors of the decal. Typically, the Top 75% rewards the standard version of the decal, Top 50% rewards a bronze decal, Top 25% rewards a silver decal, and Top 10% rewards a gold decal. On some occasions, "Emissive" variants of decals are offered as top-tier rewards.

Decals can be offered more than once; for example, the Bounty Hunting Decal was first made available in a bounty hunting CG in Vadimo held the week of April 26, 2018, but returned as a reward for a bounty hunting CG in Pleiades Sector IR-W d1-55 held the week of June 21, 2018.

Combat Zone Decal

Bounty Hunting Decal

Rare Commodities Decal "Billionaires Treasure Hunts"

Colonia Decal "Colonial Migration"

Salvage Decal

Mining Decal

Federal (Red) Emissive Combat Zone Decal

Imperial (Blue) Emissive Combat Zone Decal

Independent (White) Emissive Bounty Hunting Decal

Independent (White) Emissive Trading Decal

Interstellar Initiative decals

Interstellar Initiatives can also offer exclusive decals for participation. These decals are only available while an Interstellar Initiative is active, and can be unlocked by docking at specific stations related to them.

Bridging the Gap Decal

Anti-Thargoid Decal

The Scourge Decal

Golconda Initiative Decal

Store decals

The following decals are available for purchase from the Store for 20 to 150 ARX each.

• Commercial
  • 12 decals of generic logos suitable for corporations.

• Creepy Emissive
  • Six luminescent, Halloween-themed decals.

• Onionhead
  • One "Oh" quasi-periodic table emblem, and two smiley faces.

Powerplay decals

• Powerplay
  • 11 Powerplay decals representing each of the 11 Powers.

• Skulls
  • Six skull-themed decals, suitable for raiders and pirates.

• Xeno Ally
  • Six decals featuring symbols expressing peace and friendship towards alien species.

• Xeno Hunter
  • Six decals featuring symbols expressing aggression towards alien species.

Kickstarter backer rewards

The following decals were offered as backer rewards during the Kickstarter campaign.

Skull 3 - For "day one" backers and purchasers of the Elite Dangerous Mercenary Edition

Ringed Planet - For £5-tier backers and above

Founder - For £150-tier backers and above

Backer upgrade decals

For Kickstarter backers who pledged a tier of at least £30, any of these additional 10 upgrade decals were available for £5 each. They include a skull with mohawk, a bird of prey, a tiger, a scorpion, a fist, a bat, a skull with chemical mask, a moon, a shark, and a snake (cobra).

Promotional event decals

These decals were obtained by redemption of special promotional codes distributed during certain major events.

EGX X - Distributed to EGX 2015 attendees

PAX Prime - Distributed to PAX SOuth 2016 attendees

2.3.10 Beta CG - Distributed to 2.3.10 beta players in June 2017

GalNet - Distributed in December 2018 to all players who re-confirmed their subscription to the official Elite Dangerous newsletter email

Other promotional decals

• Elite Community - Distributed to Elite Meet 2015 attendees
• Gamescom Bullseye - Distributed to Gamescom 2015 attendees
• Lavecon Phoenix - Distributed to Lavecon 2015 and 2016 attendees

Dangerous Games faction decals

Wolves of Jonai

Players who supported a player faction(s) in the Dangerous Games have access to that faction's decal. The player factions are:

• Adle's Armada
• Alliance Elite Diplomatic Corps (uses the insignia of the Alliance)
• Blackbird Squadron
• Border Coalition
• EG Pilots
• GalCop
• Interstellar Communist Union
• Social Eliu Progressive Party
• United German Commanders
• Wolves of Jonai

Other player group decals

Decals have been granted by Frontier Developments to other groups of players:

Distant Worlds 3302 participants

Fuel Rats

The Canonn Interstellar Research Group

Distant Worlds 3305 participants

Paintjobs

A paintjob can only be applied to the specific ship, SRV, or ship-launched fighter for which it was created and thus cannot be equipped on any other type. If the painted ship is destroyed the player can re-apply it to the replacement ship any time they are docked at a station with an "Outfitting" facility.

Paint degrades by wear over time, which can be seen in the external camera view. If a new paintjob is applied to the ship, the wear remains. Paint wear can only be removed by specifically repairing the paint in the ship maintenance facility at a station (Station Services > Advanced Maintenance > Repair > Paintwork). Note the "repair all" option does not repair paint wear.

Paintjobs for SRVs and Ship-Launched Fighters cost between 460 and 3,280 ARX each. Paintjobs for Ships cost between 620 and 5,520 ARX each.

Standard paintjobs

All 62 standard paintjob series, which are permanently available in the Store, are listed below. Most paintjob series are only available to a subset of vehicle models.

Apollo Aquatic Asemic Camo Chase Chevron Community Corroded Crossfire Crypsis Dazzle Destination Ember Emissary Excursion Flag Fractional Fusion Galvanized Gladiator Hunter Icarus Ignition Lakon Lakon Metallic Mechanist Military Military Stripe Mojave Momentum Onionhead

Operator Overdrive Pathfinder Pharaoh Pirate Faction Polarity Predator Precision Prestige Pulse Rattler Razor Ridgenose Sabotage Salvage Serpent Shatter Sheer Line Sidestripe Slipstream Snake Wrap Sonoran Speedway Sprint Squadron Synth Tactical Taxi Turbulence Vibrant Wayfarer

Limited edition paintjobs

Some paintjobs are made available only during limited-time offers, such as holiday sales or special events. These paintjobs and the events in which they were made available are listed below.

Chrome

A series of metallic silver paintjobs that have been discontinued.

• 2016 Festive Countdown
  • Adder
  • Asp Scout
  • Cobra MkIV
  • Federal Corvette
  • Federal Gunship
  • Hauler
  • Imperial Cutter
  • Sidewinder MkI

• Free Reward for "Festive Appeal" CG participation (Dec. 29, 2016 - Jan. 5, 2017)
  • Eagle MkII

• Other event or individual limited-time sale
  • Anaconda
  • Fer-de-Lance
  • Viper MkIII
  • Vulture

Chromed

Chromed Cobra MkIII

A redesign of the Chrome series. Players who owned any Chrome paintjobs were given the respective Chromed variants as a free bonus.

• 2017 Festive Countdown
  • Anaconda
  • Ascendant Flight Suit
  • Asp Explorer
  • Cobra MkIII
  • Fer-de-Lance
  • Keelback
  • Python
  • SRV
  • Type-10 Defender
  • Vulture

• February 2018 Sale
  • Diamondback Explorer
  • Federal Corvette
  • Imperial Cutter
  • Sidewinder MkI

• 2018 Festive Countdown
  • Beluga Liner
  • Dolphin
  • Federal Assault Ship
  • Keelback
  • Krait MkII
  • Orca
  • Viper MkIII

• 2019 Festive Countdown
  • All vehicles with paintjob customization except the Gu-97, Sidewinder MkI, and Taipan

Exclusive Giveaways

A number of unique paintjobs can only be obtained from prize packs offered at exclusive giveaways. An official list of these prize packs can be found here.

• EGX 2015
  • Cobra MkIII

• Gamescom 2015
  • Asp Explorer
  • Asp Scout
  • Cobra MkIII
  • Vulture

• Lavecon 2015
  • Asp Explorer
  • Asp Scout
  • Cobra MkIII
  • Vulture

• PAX 2015
  • Vulture

• PAX South 2016
  • Eagle MkII

• PC Gamer February 2016 Issue
  • Cobra MkIII

• Frontier Expo 2017
  • Asp Explorer
  • Anaconda
  • Flight Suit

• SpecialEffect 2017 24-Hour Charity Livestream Auction
  • Anaconda
  • Sidewinder MkI
  • Type-9 Heavy

• Beyond 3.1 Content Showcase Livestream
  • Krait MkII

• PCGamesN July 2018 Giveaway
  • Cobra MkIII

• Gamescom 2018 Giveaway
  • Anaconda

• PC Gamer Club 2018 Legendary Member Welcome Pack
  • Cobra MkIII
  • Krait MkII

• SpecialEffect 2018 Charity Auction ("Festive Gold")
  • Anaconda
  • Krait MkII

• 2018 Elite Dangerous Newsletter Confirmation Gift ("GalNet")
  • Anaconda

• SpecialEffect 2018 Charity Livestream: £40,000 milestone reward for all active players ("Special Effect Xmas")
  • Krait MkII

• Frontier Developments 25th Anniversary event reward ("F25")
  • Cobra MkIII

• April Update Content Reveal Livestream
  • Krait Phantom

Festive

Festive Red Asp Explorer

Festive paintjobs are made available every December for the Alliance Chieftain, Asp Explorer, Cobra MkIII, Krait MkII, and Sidewinder MkI. There are six colours for each ship: White, Black, Red, Green, Blue, and Purple.

Gold

A series of metallic gold paintjobs that have been discontinued.

• Elite Dangerous Launch Day Sale
  • Cobra MkIII

• Free to all players who purchased Horizons before February 5, 2016
  • Asp Explorer

• Winning Prize for Nvidia GeForce Elite Dangerous Sweepstakes
  • Viper MkIII

• Other event or individual limited-time sale
  • Anaconda
  • Sidewinder MkI

Golden

Golden Type-6 Transporter

A redesign of the Gold series. Players who owned any Gold paintjobs were given the respective Golden variants as a free bonus.

• August 2017 Eclipse Sale
  • Anaconda
  • Asp Scout
  • Ascendant Flight Suit
  • Cobra MkIII
  • Dolphin
  • Federal Corvette
  • Imperial Courier
  • Imperial Cutter
  • Python
  • SRV

• 2017 Festive Countdown
  • Diamondback Explorer
  • Fer-de-Lance
  • Type-6 Transporter
  • Viper MkIV
  • Vulture

• February 2018 Sale
  • Anaconda
  • Asp Explorer
  • Cobra MkIII
  • Python
  • SRV
  • Type-10 Defender

• 2018 Festive Countdown
  • Alliance Challenger
  • Alliance Chieftain
  • Cobra MkIII
  • Federal Gunship
  • Fer-de-Lance
  • Imperial Courier
  • Krait Phantom
  • Mamba
  • Python
  • Type-6 Transporter
  • Type-9 Heavy

• 2019 Festive Countdown
  • All vehicles with paintjob customization except the Gu-97, Sidewinder MkI, and Taipan

Horizons Pack

The Horizons Pack for the Cobra MkIII was included for free with all pre-orders of Elite Dangerous: Horizons. It included the exclusive Desert, Lunar, and Polar paintjobs.

A version of this pack also existed for the Cobra MkIV, and was available for purchase from the Frontier Store.

Iridescent

Iridescent Scorch Krait MkII, Asp Explorer, and Anaconda

Iridescent paintjobs are multicoloured, metallic gradient paintjobs available in seven varieties: Aurora, Scorch, Twilight, Dawn, Dusk, Gleam, and Silver. The first three colours have been offered together in every sale featuring Iridescent paintjobs, while the latter four have appeared less frequently or were offered as exclusive rewards for special events.

Lifetime Expansion Pass owners also received free Iridescent Gleam paintjobs for the Anaconda, Federal Corvette, Imperial Cutter, and SRV on December 11, 2018, shortly before the 2018 Festive Countdown sale made them available for other players to purchase.

• August 31, 2018 - September 7, 2018 Sale (Iridescent Aurora, Scorch, Twilight, and Dawn)
  • Alliance Challenger
  • Alliance Chieftain
  • Alliance Crusader
  • Anaconda
  • Asp Explorer
  • Fer-de-Lance
  • Imperial Clipper
  • Imperial Courier
  • Imperial Cutter
  • Imperial Eagle
  • Krait MkII
  • Python
  • Vulture

• 2018 Festive Countdown (Iridescent Gleam)
  • Anaconda
  • Asp Explorer
  • Diamondback Explorer
  • Federal Corvette
  • Imperial Clipper
  • Imperial Cutter
  • SRV
  • Vulture

• March 8, 2019 - March 15, 2019 Sale (Iridescent Aurora, Scorch, Twilight, and Dusk)
  • Beluga Liner
  • Cobra MkIII
  • Dolphin
  • Federal Assault Ship
  • Federal Corvette
  • Krait Phantom
  • Mamba
  • Orca
  • SRV
  • Type-10 Defender

Iridescent Gleam Cobra MkIII

• Elite Dangerous 5th Anniversary CG reward (Iridescent Gleam)
  • Cobra MkIII

• 2019 Festive Countdown (Iridescent Aurora, Scorch, Twilight, and Dawn)
  • All vehicles with paintjob customization except the Viper MkIII and Viper MkIV

• 2020 Frontier Charity Auction prizes (Iridescent Silver)
  • Anaconda
  • Asp Explorer

Mercenary Edition Pack

The Mercenary Edition Pack was a paintjob pack given only to purchasers of the Elite Dangerous Premium Beta. It included exclusive paintjobs for the Cobra MkIII, Sidewinder MkI, and Viper MkIII.

Midnight Black

Midnight Black Federal Corvette, Asp Explorer, Diamondback Explorer, and Scarab SRV

Midnight Black paintjobs (also called "Black Friday") were originally given as a free bonus to all users who pre-ordered the Horizons season pass, had Horizons beta access, or owned the Lifetime Expansion Pass before December 1, 2015. This amounted to 29 total paintjobs, one for each ship available at the time.

Midnight Black paintjobs have since been made available for individual purchase annually on Black Friday. As of the release of Elite Dangerous: Beyond Chapter Four (3.3), Black Friday paintjobs have been made available for 38 of 38 existing ships, 3 of 6 existing Ship-Launched Fighters, and 1 of 1 existing SRVs. The only vehicles that do not currently have a Black Friday paintjob are the XG7 Trident, XG8 Javelin, and XG9 Lance, which do not support Livery customization.

Stygian

Stygian Red Krait Phantom

Stygian paintjobs are metallic paintjobs available in six colors: Blue, Brass, Green, Purple, Red, and Tungsten. The Stygian series was offered for all vehicles except the XG7 Trident, XG8 Javelin, and XG9 Lance during the Black Friday 2019 sale from November 29, 2019 to December 6, 2019, and the Leap Year Sale from February 28, 2020 to March 9, 2020.

Wireframe

• Elite 35th Anniversary Sale
  • Cobra MkIII

• 2016 Festive Countdown
  • Anaconda
  • Asp Explorer
  • Fer-de-Lance
  • Python
  • Viper MkIII

Wireframe Gold

Wireframe Gold Python

• 2017 Festive Countdown
  • Anaconda
  • Asp Explorer
  • Cobra MkIII
  • Asp Explorer
  • Sidewinder MkI

• 2018 Festive Countdown
  • Sidewinder MkI

Cockpit Customisation

Dashboard Ornaments

Dashboard Ornaments are small, decorative objects such as bobbleheads, holograms, and potted plants that can be placed on a ship's cockpit dashboard. The dashboard has a total of ten ornament slots, and any ornament can be placed in multiple slots at the same time. Ornaments cost between 2,450 and 6,450 ARX each. Some ornaments are only offered on the Store on a seasonal basis.

Holographic trophies can also be unlocked for members of Squadrons that earn a top-three position on the seven seasonal Squadron Leaderboards. Each Leaderboard can reward a bronze (3rd place), silver (2nd place), or gold trophy (1st place) with an icon unique to that Leaderboard.

The Interstellar Initiative The Enclave introduced a third method of acquiring bobbleheads: Technology Broker recipes. A recipe for a bobblehead of a Thargoid Interceptor was permanently added to Human Technology Broker inventories as a reward for the event.

String Lights

String Lights are a string of decorative lights in various color combinations that are used to adorn a ship's cockpit canopy. Some sets feature ornaments. A slot for String Lights was first added to the Livery menu in August 2017, but it was not until December 2017 that the first set was sold on the Frontier Store. Released sets include:

• Festive (Seasonal item - Christmas)
• Warm White
• Pumpkin (Seasonal item - Halloween)
• Ancient Orb
• Thargoid Sensor
• New Year Lanterns (Seasonal item - Lunar New Year)

Detailing

Engine Colours

Introduced the same week as the v2.3.10 update, colours can be purchased for Thrusters and their exhaust contrails. Each colour can be used on any ship the player owns (including ship-launched fighters, but not the SRV). Engine Colours cost 2,240 ARX each.

Weapon Colours

Weapon colour sets change a ship's weapons fire from the default colours. Each set is a single colour and changes all weapons on the ship to that colour. Combining multiple colours on a ship is not possible. Weapon Colours cost 2,240 ARX each.

Custom weapon colour sets will partially override custom effects applied by Engineering (such as the colour change applied by Scramble Spectrum) and alter any passive lighting effects (such as the glow from Guardian Gauss Cannons).

Other

Ship Kits

File:Vulture-Ship-Front-with-ship-kit.png

Vulture with a standard ship kit

Ship Kits are cosmetic modifications that alter the exterior appearance of a ship, such as fins, winglets, fenders, etc. Each kit has multiple pieces (currently 12 to 16) that can be added in multiple combinations to create a variety of individual looks, though only one piece can be selected per "slot". There are two types of ship kits: standard and raider-themed. Raider kits also include six 'Corroded' Paint Jobs. Ship Kits cost 11,750 ARX for a 12-piece kit, and 13,520 ARX for a 16-piece kit.

Ship Kits are available for the following ships:

• Adder (Standard)
• Alliance Challenger (Standard)
• Alliance Chieftain (Standard)
• Anaconda (Standard, Raider)
• Asp Explorer (Standard, Raider)
• Cobra MkIII (Standard, Raider)
• Diamondback Explorer (Standard)
• Dolphin (Standard)
• Eagle MkII (Standard)
• Federal Corvette (Standard, Raider)
• Federal Gunship (Standard)
• Fer-de-Lance (Standard)
• Imperial Clipper (Standard)
• Imperial Courier (Standard)
• Imperial Cutter (Standard, Raider)
• Keelback (Standard)
• Krait MkII (Standard, Raider)
• Krait Phantom (Standard)
• Mamba (Standard, Raider)
• Python (Standard, Raider)
• Sidewinder MkI (Standard)
• Type-6 Transporter (Standard)
• Type-9 Heavy (Raider)
• Type-10 Defender (Standard)
• Viper MkIII (Standard, Raider)
• Vulture (Standard, Raider)

Name Plates

As of The Commanders v2.3 update, users can specify names and ID numbers for their ships. To make these appear on the ship's hull, stylized plates must be purchased from the Official Store. Plate packs include 9 plates (3 designs each in white, grey, and black) and cost 2,250 ARX each. Plates can be used on any ship the player owns.

The exact position of plates varies from ship to ship, but each ship has a pair of plates that can only be used for the ID, and a second pair of plates that can be used for the ID or the full name. In most cases, the former pair will be near the rear part of the hull and the latter pair near the front, though exceptions (such as the Krait MkII, where the ID-only plates are near the front and the full-name plates are further back) do exist.

COVAS

Introduced in Beyond Chapter One (3.0), users can now choose between multiple COVAS ship/SRV voice options. Two English COVAS voices (Verity and Victor) and five localized COVAS voices (Amélie, Gerhard, Luciana, Maksim, and Vitória) are included as default/free options as of Beyond Chapter 4 (3.3). Additional COVAS options can be purchased for 8,850 ARX each.

Fleet Carrier Livery

Drake-Class Carriers, introduced in the Fleet Carriers Update, have their own unique Livery options. Although certain Fleet Carrier Livery types overlap with standard Livery types that were not specific to ship models, such as Paintjobs and Detailing, Fleet Carrier Livery cannot be used on standard ships, and standard Livery cannot be used on Fleet Carriers.

Layouts

Layouts are cosmetic modifications that can be applied to change the exterior appearance of a Fleet Carrier. Unlike Ship Kits, which consist of a collection of interchangeable parts, Layouts are a single-piece cosmetic. Layouts cost 12,450 ARX each.

• Fortune-Class Carrier - "Fortune favors the bold, and the bold favor the Fortune Class Carrier!"
• Nautilus-Class Carrier - "Become a dreadnought in space with the Nautilus Class Carrier! For those who always want to be the bigger fish."
• Victory-Class Carrier - "For the Commanders that charge headfirst into the fray. The Victory Class Carrier ensures you're always one step ahead."

Paintjobs

All 11 Fleet Carrier Paintjob series are listed below. Fleet Carrier Paintjobs cost 2,750 ARX each.

• Colours
• Constitution
• Corroded
• Imperator
• Pirate
• Privateer
• Salvage
• Squadron
• Tactical
• Union
• Vibrant

Detailing

Fleet Carriers have two Detailing types: Holo-Marker, and Carrier-Drive Colour. Holo-Markers change the colours of the holographic numbers displayed above a Fleet Carrier's Landing Pads, and cost 3,650 ARX each. Carrier-Drive Colours change the colours of a Fleet Carrier's thruster flames, and cost 4,180 ARX each.

ATC

Fleet Carrier ATC (Air Traffic Controller) options are the Fleet Carrier equivalent of COVAS options for standard ships. ATCs are the "voices" of Fleet Carriers, and are heard by all players when they enter or exit a Fleet Carrier's no-fire zone, request docking permission, dock or launch on a Landing Pad, and experience Fleet Carrier jump countdowns. All Fleet Carriers come with the Kelvin ATC option by default. Additional Fleet Carrier ATCs cost 4,870 ARX each.

ATC Name	Voice Type	Release Date
Blaine	Male, British accent	June 9, 2020
Donovan	Male, American accent	June 9, 2020
Hannah	Female, synthetic accent	June 9, 2020
Madeleine	Female, French accent	June 9, 2020
Yumi	Female, Japanese accent	June 9, 2020

Videos

Raider Ship Kit - Cobra Mk III Elite Dangerous

Elite Dangerous - 2.3 - Fer-de-Lance Ship Kit!!!

Elite Dangerous Creepy Emissive Decals (many ships)

Iridescent Paintjobs

Gallery

Planets of Sol bobblehead livery