Outfitting

Outfitting is a service available at most Stations and Surface Ports that allows pilots to buy, sell, store, install, remove, and swap different weapon and equipment modules for their ship. All pilotable starships are upgradeable and have customizable components for a self-chosen career.^[1]

If a station has an Outfitting service, it will always have Livery customisation as well. Outfitting is only accessible once a ship has been fully secured within a sealed hangar. If a pilot attempts to access Outfitting while docked on an un-retracted Landing Pad, this will automatically cause the Landing Pad to retract before the Outfitting menu opens.

Weapons

Main article: Ship Weapons

Weapons provide a ship with offensive capabilities and are required for combat activities. All weapons come in one of three varieties: Fixed, Gimballed, and Turreted. Fixed weapons fire directly at the pilot's targeting reticle, are not affected by chaff, and are generally the cheapest and most damaging. Gimballed weapons can track target's within the pilot's line-of-sight, but can be temporarily rendered ineffective by chaff. Turreted weapons automatically track and attack any target within the weapon's line-of-sight, are also affected by chaff, and are generally the most expensive and least damaging.

Weapons also vary when it comes to the type of damage they inflict. Most weapons can only inflict one type of damage, but some can inflict two or three types at once.

Thermal - Strong vs. shields, weak vs. armour.
Kinetic - Weak vs. shields, strong vs. armour.
Explosive - Very weak vs. shields, very strong vs. armour.
Absolute - Ignores all shield and armour resistances.

A subset of weapons are mining tools, which are designed specifically for mining activities. They can technically still be used as weapons, but are extremely ineffective in combat.

Equipment

Main article: Equipment

Equipment modules are all non-weapon modules. They range from vital functions such as Thrusters and Life Support to useful tools like Cargo Racks and the Fuel Scoop, as well as Utility modules.

Most equipment modules are available in five variants per class, denoted by the ratings E through A.

Module grades
Rating	Performance	Price	Power draw	Mass	Integrity	Niche
E	Worst	Cheapest	Lowest	Balanced	Low	None
D	Poor	Cheap	Low	Lowest	Lowest	Exploration
C	Balanced	Balanced	Balanced	Balanced	Balanced	Best performance/price ratio
B	Good	Expensive	High	Highest	Highest	Combat
A	Best	Most expensive	Highest	Balanced	High	None

Utility modules and other specialized modules Do not use the E-A rating system, as they are usually only available in one rating.

Ship Module Slots

Hardpoints

ED-Shop-Hardpoint-Outfitting-Weapons — Shop categories for outfitting

Hardpoints are mechanized mounts where weapons can be installed and then deployed from or retracted within a ship's hull. There are four classes of hardpoints: Small, Medium, Large, and Huge. Each class of hardpoint denotes the maximum class of weapon that can be installed there.

Hardpoint Size	Max Weapon Class
Small	1
Medium	2
Large	3
Huge	4

Utility Mounts

Utility Mounts are slots on the exterior of a ship where specialised Utility modules can be installed. Unlike Hardpoints, they cannot be retracted, but this does not interfere with other ship functions. Ships have between 2 and 8 Utility Mounts. All available Utility modules are listed below:

Module	Description	Credits
AX Xeno Scanner	Scan and identify Thargoid Interceptors and Scouts and Hunters
Chaff Launcher	Defend against gimballed and turreted weapons.
Electronic Countermeasure	Defend against hostile munitions with tracking capabilities
Frame Shift Wake Scanner	Scan Frame Shift Drive Wakes and reveal the destination system of a ship
Heatsink Launcher	Temporarily reduce a ship's heat levels.
Kill Warrant Scanner	Scan ships for any active bounties acquired in other jurisdictions.
Manifest Scanner	Scan other ships and identify any and all Commodities they are carrying
Point Defence Turret	Defend against hostile missiles, torpedoes, mines, and Hatch Breaker limpets.
Pulse Wave Analyser	Emits an energy pulse that briefly highlights any asteroids with lucrative deposits
Shield Booster	Increases shield strength by a given percentage of the base shield
Shutdown Field Neutraliser	Protects human ships from the temporary incapacitation by Thargoid Interceptor shutdown fields

Internal Compartments

Ship Outfitting — Diamondback outfitting

Main article: Internal Compartment

Internal Compartments are module slots reserved for all other ship functions. They are divided into two types: Core Internals, which encompasses basic functions, and Optional Internals, which can expand the breadth of the ship's capabilities. A ship cannot operate without an appropriate module in each Core Internal slot, while Optional Internals can be left entirely empty if desired. Some Optional Internal compartments are restricted, and can only hold specific types of optional modules.

Livery

Main article: Livery

Cosmetics can be changed in the "Livery" section. Currently there are a variety of purchasable paint schemes, dashboard ornaments, external ship kits, and weapon colours in the official store. Decals are earned in-game.

Module Storage

Any module, whether Engineered or not, can be removed from a ship and stored at a station indefinitely at no cost. A pilot can store up to 600 total modules across all stations.

Since a ship requires all of its Core Internal modules to operate, if a pilot does not have a Core Internal module of the same type as they want to store already stored at a station that can be swapped into the ship, they are prompted to purchase and install an E-rated replacement first.

Stored modules can be transferred from one station with Outfitting to another for a fee. The fee and the transfer time vary depending on the distance between the two stations.

Module Malfunction

When a module takes significant damage, it may begin to randomly malfunction while in use. The nature of these malfunctions depend on the module type. Additionally, modules that reach 0% health are typically disabled.


Module type	Maximum health to start malfunctioning	Malfunction effect(s)	Effect(s) of module reaching 0% health
Frame Shift Drive	80%	Ship spontaneously drops out of supercruise
Mining Laser, Beam Laser, Pulse Laser, Burst Laser	80%	Fire Control Malfunction: Weapon continues to fire without input	Module is disabled
Missile Rack		Multiple Munitions Primed: Multiple missiles are fired from the rack at once. Seeker missiles and torpedos fired in this way will still track locked targets.
Power Plant		Power generation reduced to 40% for malfunction duration	Power generation reduced to 50% until repaired (malfunctions are still possible, during which power generation will be reduced to 20%) Further power plant damage has a chance to instantly destroy the ship regardless of hull integrity
Thrusters (called "Drive" in target panel)			Ship completely loses directional and velocity control, and will continue moving and/or spinning until halted by collisions or until it is destroyed (or despawned in the case of NPC ships)

Notes

Module Storage was originally capped at 60 modules. This was increased to 120 with Elite Dangerous: Beyond Chapter One (3.0), 200 with Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Update 7, and then 600 with Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Update 12.