Like combat, piloting a spaceship is inevitable in Starfield.

It’s not the most exciting skill, but it will save you quite a few headaches. While the management of your character’s encumbrance will be a constant factor across the game ( remember to use the cargo hold!) investing in Weight Lifting, which will allow your character to simply carry more things (up to 100kg) will go a long way towards ease this burden. Read: Starfield Review Roundup – Shoot for the moon And that means you’ll be picking up and carrying a lot of stuff (like food and digipicks!) With crafting components and mineral resources so key to Starfield, especially in the late game, it’s good to start collecting things early – but they do take their weight toll. Even if you’re not planning on heading down a thief-style route, gaining access to this level will dramatically improve the returns you get for spending your Digipicks, as well the precious mental energy you need to solve those puzzles.

Without an investment in Security, you can try your hand at unlocking Novice-level locks on doors and chests, but the stuff you find behind this level of barrier isn’t usually worth the effort.Įven with just a single skillpoint investment in Security, you’ll gain the ability to pick Advanced-level locks, and gain access to a couple of automatic pick placements. So why not put them to good use? What else are you going to do, sell them? No! Don’t do that! You know what you’re also picking up a lot of? Digipicks (space lockpicks!). It’ll also improve any other effects food and drink might have too – like increased persuasion changes, damage resistance, carry capacity, etc. Investing in Nutrition boosts the healing capabilities of all the crap you’ll inevitably pick up, by up to 50%, making these items far more useful. Why are you weighing yourself down by carrying all those bowls of space ramen and packets of spiced worms if they’re not going to do much? But here’s the thing – eating food doesn’t really heal for very much health at all to start with. There is a lot of food and drink in Starfield, and you’ll likely be picking up a lot of it. Read: Starfield Review – Across The Universe If you’ve maxed out a specific weapon specialisation, the next step would be to invest either in Ballistic Weapons, Laser Weapons, or Particle Weapons, depending on what kind of gun you’ve developed the strongest affinity for. Rifle Certification is a very safe bet if you haven’t got something in mind, as rifles are quite varied, and include things like automatic assault weapons and single-shot, long-range sniper rifles. Spreading points out across different weapon types means you’ll be less deadly overall. Sticking with one particular type of weapon type is advantageous in that you’ll find yourself gaining access to the higher-ranked perks faster – increasing the damage of weapons by up to 50% – which will dramatically improve your effectiveness in combat, saving you medpacks and ammo in the long run. Because of that, even if you’re planning on being more of a science or charisma-focused character, you should still pick a preferred weapon specialisation early on, and stick with it. Weapon Certification (Pick one, stick with it!) Īs much as we’d all like to play through a game of Starfield using only our silver tongues, the fact of the matter is that combat is completely unavoidable in this game.

Weapon Certification (Pick one, stick with it!).

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