Ultra-Elite

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Definition

Ultra-Elite and Ultra-Full-Elite (also known as UE/UFE), are slang terms for elite status that describes a player's ship which has not only all Full-Elite equipment but much more in addition to that: things such as the P.E.T. 10, all the Prometheus Laser cannons, and all drones equipped with Havoc, Hercules or Spartan designs. This is the highest status a ship can have, being three out of three (3/3)

Overview

Ultra-Elite ships are visually different from most regular elite ships. They can have all of their drones as Iris with Havoc, Hercules or Spartan drone design, have a drone formation, Skill Design, or have special visual effects. These players usually have all of the galaxy gates completed.

Requirements

A list of equipment that is required for Ultra-Elite status:

• 1 Apis drone
• 1 Zeus drone
• 8 Iris drones
• Own a level 20 P.E.T. 10
• 48 Prometheus Laser Cannons (level 20 P.E.T. 10 plus 10 drones)
• 10 Havoc and 10 Hercules drone designs
• 10 Spartan drone designs
• 35 SG3N-B03 Shields
• 16 G3N-7900 Generators
• Level 20 Skylab
• SL04 CPU (+10 Extra Slots)
• Smartbomb and Insta-Shield CPUs
• Min. of 24, ideally 30 research points in Skill Tree
• 3 Ship Upgrade Modules for your chosen ship

The total cost for Drones, Pilot Points, Tech Center slots, and REP-4 is approximately 15,687,100 Uridium (not including Galaxy Gates, Havoc/Hercules/Spartan set, and Prometheus Lasers) or any upgrades.

Becoming Ultra-Elite

Your path toward becoming Ultra-Elite will be long, but you can follow the steps below to get started:

1. While farming to spin gates, get started on your Blacklight missions for the first 8 to 10 Prometheus Laser cannons.
   The last 2 missions take a long, long time, but the first 8 are reasonably doable even for a solo player.
2. Your first goal should be on gaining the Apis and Zeus drones, followed by Havoc designs.
3. While working towards Havocs, you will also gather Log-Disks from the Zeta Gates ζ. You will need these for the Pilot Sheet.
   For the minimum requirement of 24 points, you will need to complete 27 Zeta Gates.
4. Once you have all of your Havoc designs, start spinning Kappa Gates κ for the Hercules designs.
5. The next step is to unlock the Spartan blueprint in the Kronos Gate. Aim to finish gates in the 2x Kronos day for better efficiency.
   While you technically only need 10 each of the Havoc and Hercules, it is recommended to gather 20 of each to be able to craft 10 Spartan designs without loosing access to the other designs.
6. After the Spartan, your focus will be on farming Rinusk to craft Prometheus Laser cannons and SG3N-B03 generators.
   You will need around 567,000 Rinusk to craft your 48 Proms and 35 B03s.

Apis & Zeus

Obtaining these two drones is simple yet expensive. Parts are obtained by collecting Gold Pirate Booty or by crafting in the Assembly with Uridium. If you want to craft them:

• Apis: 1,080,000 U. for 45 parts
• Zeus: 1,485,000 U. for 45 parts

It is therefore recommended to only collect Pirate Booty during the Zeus Day event (every second Friday) for parts. If you're lucky, there is a very low chance of obtaining a fully crafted drone from these boxes, too. You can expect to use around 600-700 booty keys for each drone (~15 Zetas ζ each).

Drone Designs

Farming all the required drone designs involves running Zeta ζ and Kappa κ gates every Sunday (during GG Double Reward Day). Since the drop rate is around 45%, we expect 23 spins per 10 designs. Since we need around 30 gate spins for our 9th and 10th drones, we can expect to have almost all the designs by the time we do craft both drones.

There are two main methods of farming Uridium to spin gates:

1. Farming Cubikons and Kristallins/Kristallons in X-6
2. Farming Palladium in 5-3

Trivia and Tips

• Being UFE has always been a player-based term. There is no official way to describe it, as the game has never provided one.
• Do not bother with LF-4 cannons, they are slightly weaker than LF-3s after the buff (-1.25 DPS) and simply aren't worth it compared to Proms.
• Being able to become Ultra-Elite with just Credits is a common misconception. You can be Full-Elite with just Credits, but you need to bid for the needed items on the Auction. For Ultra-Elite, you must use Uridium.
• Not having double boosters is also noted as not being Full-Elite. Having one or no boosters still counts as Ultra-Elite or FE if you have the equipment.
• You can become Ultra-Elite without paying, however, it will take a lot of work and effort; try collecting and using Palladium for the Galaxy Gate Generator.
• You do not have to be able to max out a Citadel to be FE or UFE.