Starfield – Collection of Useful Tips and Tricks

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  • That selling planetary analysis to certain vendors are more profitable (i.e. Vlad from Constellation)?
  • Asteroids can be mined for resources and sometimes even drop items?
  • Chests have a green light if they are not empty…
  • The ingame screenshots you take are saved and then used during loading screens (see screenshot above)?
  • Quick access to ship inventory by going to the menu (TAB) then on the ship in the menu and pressing F?
  • Ships can be renamed in the ship editor checkout tab.
  • There are 3 types of medpacks with different regeneration levels, but food heals instantly and also gives buffs (e.g. XP buff!)?
  • In the ship editor exists a context menu. Hover over the snapping point and press G to show only suitable parts.
  • As mentioned in the tutorial, when keeping your ship’s speed indicator in the white zone provides the best maneuverability?
  • You can sleep/wait for 48 hours for a vendor’s stock to be replenished?
  • You can fast-travel to your ship from anywhere by opening your scanner (F) and local map (G) and pressing R.
  • When placing items (hold E) you can change the axis of rotation by pressing Shift twice on PC.
  • You can rename your outposts by approaching the base beacon and press R.
  • There are blast doors that can be cut open with your cutting/mining tool?
  • You get an XP bonus after sleeping at least 1 hour?
  • There are 4 types of items besides rarity rating? These affect the given base values of the items and are called “normal”, “calibrated”, “refined” and “advanced”. Advanced being the best of all.
  • Your companions have “unlimited” ammo if they have at least 1 bullet for their weapon in their inventory? This also applies to grenades that you give them. Make sure they are equipped too.
  • Materials have 4 tier levels marked with little stars?
  • You have a safe with no weight limit in the room assigned to you in New Atlantis by Constellation?
  • You can complete the “kill x ships” challenge in the simulator room in New Atlantis?
  • You can use your companions as mules by giving them heavy objects.
  • You can quickly access your ship storage when it is nearby by pressing TAB, clicking on your ship and pressing F.
  • The small icon on loading screens symbolizes your leveling progress with small stars instead of numbers? (see screenshot above).
  • You can delete a base by approaching the base beacon and hold R.
  • You can use your cutter in combat with infinite ammo in the first levels?
  • Ships can be sold through the shipyard service.
  • Stolen goods are marked in red, smuggled goods in yellow.
  • You can quickly access the outpost build menu by opening your scanner (F) and pressing R
  • You can identify remote POIs by pressing E while hovering over the icon. This is independent of your scanner range!
  • That your chosen background directly affects various dialogue options during gameplay?
  • That your companions’ skills add on top of your own skill level?
  • That you can turn your helmet on/off automatically when you switch that option on (T) in the helmet menu in your inventory?
  • You can use your scanner mode on the ship to see distant jump/travel points and initiate a jump from the cockpit by pressing R?
  • You can call other random ships in space and most of them will trade with you?
  • That there is always a ship cargohold access and a captain’s closet in every cockpit in the game? Don’t miss to loot these when you boarding a ship!
  • You can sell contraband at each Trade Authority outpost/terminal if you made it through security scan?
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Egor Opleuha, also known as Juzzzie, is the Editor-in-Chief of Gameplay Tips. He is a writer with more than 12 years of experience in writing and editing online content. His favorite game was and still is the third part of the legendary Heroes of Might and Magic saga. He prefers to spend all his free time playing retro games and new indie games.

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