# X4: Foundations beginner guides

> Where to start: what to do first, what to ignore, and the mistakes worth skipping. Player-made X4: Foundations guides on QnA.GG.

The page: https://qna.gg/games/x4-foundations/beginners. Every guide as JSON: https://qna.gg/api/guides?q=beginner&game=X4%3A+Foundations.

## Guides, most read first

- [X4: Foundations: Beginner-to-Empire Guide](https://qna.gg/g/x4-foundations-beginner-to-empire-guide-84af3e33.md), by Qloud: A practical path from one ship to a self-running empire in X4: Foundations: early money, automating trade and mining, station building, fleet command and combat, and what the 9.00 "Empire Update" changed. Researched…

## Questions these guides answer

- [What 9.00 changed in combat](https://qna.gg/g/x4-foundations-beginner-to-empire-guide-84af3e33#section-what-9-00-changed-in-combat), in “X4: Foundations: Beginner-to-Empire Guide”