One of the workers hands you a terminal asking you to pick your employee profile out from the list.

Thus starts the Starfield character creation process.

Creating your character in Starfield is a straightforward but fairly involved task.

A grid of screenshots from Starfield trailers showcasing various NPC characters' faces.

Below we’ll walk you through the various options you could customize in each of these sections.

Body

The second phase of character creation is customizing the appearance of your character’sBody.

Face

The next phase of character creation is theFace.

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Traits

The final stage of character creation in Starfield is picking your character’sTraits.

It’s entirely up to you.

But do choose carefully because they can quite radically change your playthrough and the opportunities available to you.

A screenshot from the Starfield character creator in the Biometric ID screen, with the player character’s face on the right.

you could change your appearance later on if you like, by visiting a Genetics Facility.

Good luck creating your new character using Starfield’s powerful character creation tool!

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A screenshot from the Starfield character creator in the Body screen, with the player character’s body on the right.

A screenshot from the Starfield character creator in the Face screen, with the player character’s face on the right.

A screenshot from the Starfield character creator in the Background screen, with the player character standing on the left.

A screenshot from the Starfield character creator in the Traits screen, with the player character standing on the left.