You actuallyneedto use fast travel to get across whole star systems in Starfield.

It’ll save a whole lot of time and frustration, I promise you.

For example, you could’t reach Rank 2 in Boxing until you kill 20 enemies with an unarmed attack.

The player in Starfield stands with their back to the camera looking at the sphere of artifact in the Lodge.

One might increase your carry capacity.

Another might boost your critical hit damage with a certain weapon key in.

There are nearly 150 unique Skill Books to find, and each one is worth picking up.

A Skill Book lies on a bannister in The Lodge, in Starfield.

So watch out for them!

If you find an item with a yellow icon next to it, this means the item iscontrabandand illegal.

Like in real life, a solid sleep schedule pays dividends!

The powers screen in Starfield, with all 24 powers unlocked and named.

Play the main missions to unlock powers

We get it.

It’s a Bethesda game.

The main story is not the reason you play it.

A player in Starfield looks at a mannequin wearing a spacesuit behind a glass cabinet.

But you shouldn’t neglect them or forget about them, or you’ll be losing out.

And no, I’m not just talking about yourStarfield romance options.

If a companion mentions they want to speak to you, speak to them.

The player in Starfield scans a pot in a kitchen of their ship.

They’ll often have some reward to give you at the end of the conversation.

you might join every faction at once

Starfield has quite a selection offactions.

Some are large, some are small.

A custom-made 2D top-down map of The Lodge building in Starfield, annotated with a yellow line showing the path to get from the entrance to the player’s room.

So don’t go getting ideas.

First:go and visit Emma Wilcox.

She’s in The Rock, the Freestar Collective headquarters on Akila in the Cheyenne system.

A player in Starfield jumps and boost packs their way up a ramp in New Atlantis.

Quicksave, then pickpocket her.

If she notices, reload and hit it one more time.

Thanks toJorRaptor’s videofor highlighting these two ideas!

An outpost on a rocky desert planet in Starfield.

Use your weapon hotkeys

Starfield has a hotbar, of sorts.

It’s called the “Quick-Keys” menu.

So see to it you stock up onDigipicksso it’s possible for you to pick all of the locks.

A ship in Starfield flies towards The Den, a space station.

Once you unlock Theft, you’ll be able to startpickpocketingcharacters as well.

Use your scanner to highlight objects

Thehand scanneris so unbelievably useful in Starfield.

While encumbered, even walking will drain your Oxygen, and youwon’t be able to fast travelanywhere.

The entrance to the city of Neon in Starfield at night in the rain.

Those are two hefty, gruellingly irritating penalties.

Or a packet of crisps.

Or whatever other garbage is clogging up your inventory.

The player in Starfield arrives near Chthonia in the Wolf System in their ship cockpit.

Shoot these and they’ll explode, causing large damage in an area around them.

In general you should never be afraid of using explosives to turn the tables of a fight.

The freezing mines in particular are devastating to whole groups of enemies at once.

A human NPC character in Starfield mines some ore with a large laser mining tool.

But even a ship’s Cargo Hold can get filled up.

Fortunately you could findinfinite-mass storage containersin yourhouse, once you get one.

Incidentally, you’ll get one immediately if you picked theDream Hometrait at the beginning of the game.

A side-on heroic shot of VASCO the robot in Starfield.

However,don’t spend all your money on ship upgradesright away.

It’s all worth knowing and experiencing for yourself.

But with limited Oxygen supply, it won’t be long until you oughta take a breather.

Stealing an item without realising can cause chaos very quickly.

There are some items and areas, however, where you are free to take what you like.

Afflictions are broken into two categories: injuries, and infections.

And each key in of injury or infection you get requires a different consumable item to cure it.

Either that, or check our handy table listing all theStarfield status effectsand their cures.

You’re not alone there.

Outposts can bring in resources at a rate you might’t get any other way in Starfield.

It’s not breaking any rules to useStarfield console commandsandItem ID liststo change every little thing about your game.

But there are no rules against it if that’s how you want to play!

We hope they help you!

Good luck out there!

The Settled Systems are a dangerous place.

We hope our Starfield tips and tricks help you to survive!