If you didn't buy the add-on before October 26, it's now locked off forever, but at least you'll get everything else without having to spend £20/$30.

This rather pretty cosmetic reward will be the only feature from Horizons that remains exclusive to players who owned the expansion before it was incorporated into the base game. As a 'huge thank you' to long-time Horizons players, they will receive an exclusive azure ship paint colour, compatible with all ships currently in the game. Elite: Dangerous (and the Horizons expansion) will be free on the Epic Games Store to anyone with an Epic Games Store account from Nov.

If you're one of upwards of a million players who parted with their cash for Horizons, Frontier is keen to ensure that you don't end up feeling aggrieved at the change. New purchases will include the expansion as part of the base game download.

Horizons is no longer available to download separately (at the time of writing, its has disappeared from Steam, though you can still catch a glimpse of its ghost on Google), but Elite Dangerous players who don't own Horizons will receive it automatically as a free update.

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