The upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield by Bethesda Game Studios lets players explore over 1,000 planets across more than 100 star systems. An essential part of this space exploration is having a starship to travel between planets and systems. Fortunately, players can acquire, customize, and switch between multiple starships in Starfield.
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Acquiring Starships
There are several ways to get new starships in Starfield:
- Buy starships: Players can purchase new starships from Ship Technicians found at spaceports and settlements across star systems. Prices range from tens of thousands to millions of credits.
- Craft starships: Using the Ship Builder at spaceports, players can craft new starships from scratch using raw materials and ship parts. This requires investing in the Starship Engineering skill.
- Steal starships: Players can steal unoccupied starships they encounter, either on planets or in space. This adds the stolen ship to your collection.
Players can own up to 10 starships at any given time in Starfield.
Customizing Starships
Using the Ship Builder, players can deeply customize the stats and appearance of their starships:
- Change parts: Swap out engines, shields, weapons, power cores, and other modules to customize performance and abilities.
- Install new parts: Craft and install new parts to improve stats or introduce new functionality like cloaking devices.
- Change colors: Repaint various ship sections and parts to give starships a unique look.
- Name starships: Give your starships custom names when using the Ship Builder.
Customization requires credits and often needs a high Starship Engineering skill level.
Switching Between Starships
To switch active starships in Starfield:
- Dock your current starship at any spaceport.
- Find the Ship Technician and select the “View and Modify Ships” dialogue option.
- Among your owned starships, select the one you want to make your new active ship.
- Choose the “Make Home Ship” option.
Your selected starship now becomes your active ship that you will pilot. You can dock and repeat these steps at any time to rotate between all owned starships.
Tips for Managing Starships
- Keep only essential, valuable items on your active starship. Other items can be stored on other owned ships.
- Specialize different starships for different roles like combat, exploration, or cargo transport.
- Customize a fast, agile starship for traversing systems and a hardy starship for dangerous assignments.
- If you steal a ship, quickly dock at a spaceport to make it your active ship before it gets destroyed.
Starship Features
Some other key starship features in Starfield include:
- Crew members – Hire crew to man various starship stations like engineering, science, and gunnery to improve performance.
- Landing pads – Build landing pads at owned outposts and settlements to directly summon owned starships from orbit.
- Ship interiors – Starship interiors include the bridge, crew quarters, cargo hold, engineering, and compartments. These can be customized.
- Ship combat – Take part in real-time combat with enemies while piloting starships and manually controlling weapons and systems.
With limitless customization and the ability to own a sizeable fleet, starships are set to be a major part of every player’s journey through Starfield’s cosmic expanse when it launches.
