Get the best early weapons, armor, and ship in this Starfield side mission

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It’s only natural to want the best starting weapons, armor, and ship when starting Starfield. Luckily, if you play through this specific side mission early, you’ll walk away with weapons, armor, and a ship that you don’t need to upgrade for a while because they are that good. Here is the best way to get the best early weapons, armor, and ships in Starfield.

Related: Before you go diving headfirst into this side mission, I highly recommend you learn the best ways to get Med Packs — you’ll need as many as you can get your hands on.

This guide contains spoilers for a really cool side mission in Starfield, so if you want to avoid those, suffice it to say the side mission that gets you great early weapons, armor, and a great ship for free is called Mantis. You get the Mantis side mission right after you pick up an audio log called “Secret Outpost!” I found this audio log on one of the dead space pirates in the settlement right after Barrett gives you the ship.

I don’t recommend completing the Mantis side mission right away. This mission has hard enemies that are at level 14 and 20. I was at level nine when I completed the Mantis mission, but I died many times in the process. That said, maybe wait until you are at least level eight or nine, or even higher than that, to attempt the Mantis side mission.

To get to the Mantis side mission, you need to grav jump several star systems away. Make sure to have the side mission equipped so you know where you’re going.

While you can’t do this directly, you can jump from the nearest star system to the next nearest star system. Upgrading your grav drive and increasing your ship’s fuel allows you to grav jump further, but that can be avoided entirely by what I like to call “leapfrogging.”

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