Starfield is a multifaceted sci-fi game where you can already lose many hours just by exploring space. The community has come together and collected spoiler-free tips for every player to ensure you have a perfect start.
What are these tips? In the Starfield subreddit, the user “kris-insejn” wrote a large and above all spoiler-free list full of tips that he discovered in his 55 hours in the game. He made it a point in his list not to elaborate on the tips so that players can still experience their “A-ha moments”.
After just one day, the user received over 5,600 upvotes for his effort, and other fans shared spoiler-free tips that they had discovered on their journeys. We will now list a multitude of these tips for you.
Spoiler-free tips for a perfect start in Starfield
We will now list the tips and hints without going into detail to avoid spoilers:
- Always have an injector with you for missions where you want to proceed stealthily
- If you want to build outposts, use aluminum and iron
- Read the skills as well as their descriptions
- Food is junk that looks good – don’t waste your inventory slots on it
- The safe in your room has unlimited capacity to hold items
- While carrying 1500 weight, you can walk at half speed without getting out of breath
- Vasco does not take up crew space
- Building outposts takes a lot of time – so plan everything
- Only the cargo hold and the crew move between ships; all other containers are unique
- Every ship dealer is unique, as are their ships and qualities
- If you have a favorite, remember them and visit them again for a shopping spree later
- Pay attention to the reactor class
- It is more worthwhile to buy minerals than to search for veins and mine them – saves a lot of time
- You can rent a suite at Paradiso
- Sarah can quickly level up her affection through her leadership skill
- Shielded capacity does not mean that you are 100% protected through scans
- Don’t underestimate the importance of your cargo space
- High damage numbers are not the most important thing about a weapon
- Save often – the game doesn’t crash, but you may regret many decisions later
Which tips do players recommend in the comments? One player asked how to slow down ships without completely destroying them. The user OliveBranchMLP then recommends an investment in the tech tree for targeting systems. This way you can specifically target the drives of enemy ships without destroying the entire ship.
Additionally, tea is said to provide you with a bonus to XP. Others recommend following the main story to make your character even more powerful.
These were all tips listed briefly and directly. Do you have any tips from your travels that you would recommend to new players? Feel free to list your suggestions in the comments and exchange ideas with other space travelers.
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