The new SciFi RPG Starfield relies on procedural generation – many things in the game are generated just for you and your current gameplay session. MeinMMO presents an overview of what those things are.
Starfield offers around 1,000 planets. However, most places that dedicated explorers will visit are randomly generated.
Find out here which things only you can experience and which places or events you can share with friends.
Starfield: What is randomly generated?
- In Orbit
The large overview map with all solar systems and the smaller maps of individual systems are the same for all players.
However, as soon as you approach a system or a planet’s orbit, random events can start. These events vary from player to player and also depend on what you have previously experienced in the game.
Larger points of interest (POI) like a space station are the same for all players. Only the random events make a difference in space.
- On the Planet’s Surface
Here, there are significantly more random places. As soon as you land somewhere on a planet, Starfield creates a huge area with resources, POIs, and plenty to discover for you.
The arrangement of this area is different for all players: The POIs are randomly placed and resource points are in other locations. The POIs, by the way, were all created by hand, but the distribution is handled by the random algorithm.
What remains the same: POIs that are already present on a planet and places that you have discovered through a quest. Also, the type of resources and the flora and fauna do not change.
- Equipment
Collected loot is largely random. As soon as you enter an area where a thick loot crate awaits, the content is generated for you. Certain things you can still share, such as items that can be found in fixed locations or offers from specific merchants:
Everything related to larger quests has been built by the developers by hand. However, as soon as you deviate a little from your course and explore the vastness of Starfield on your own, you will discover more randomly generated places.
How to survive these places without weight problems, you can find out here: Players share 5 tips against full backpacks in Starfield: ‘I’ve been playing for 50 hours, I didn’t know that’
