Starfield: How Space Travel Works

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Travelling the galaxy isn’t as simple as hopping onto a spaceship and scooting around. Space travel is a big part of Starfield and zipping around the galaxy is going to take some getting used to. To help you get a grip on this major change in the Bethesda open-world exploration formula, we’ve put together an exhaustive guide covering every aspect of space travel for total beginners. If you know nothing about Starfield and want to understand how the game works, we’ll explain in-depth. This is how exploring the galaxy (generally) works, and why it might not be as expansive as it first seems.

In Starfield, you’ll need to use space travel to progress missions, explore new planets, or dog-fight enemy vessels. You’ll be travelling in space constantly.

Using the Scan function makes traveling much easier and faster. Using scan can be done on the ground as well as space. You can instantly jump to discovered locations or planets that way. You can even travel to new star systems — but that takes extra effort.

Scanning Outside Major Settlements: When you arrive at major star systems with spaceports, your ship will be scanned. If you’re carrying illegal cargo called Contraband, it will be immediately flagged and searched. To avoid getting caught, you’ll need to purchase cargo upgrades for you ship called Shielded. These Shielded cargo upgrades allow you to hide cargo.

Before you can improve your ship, you’ll need to increase your Piloting Skill. This critical skill is essential for flying better ships so you aren’t killed so fast. Before you upgrade, you’ll also want to hire Crew. Crew can be found at any bar in major settlements. Hire them and assign them to your ship. Whatever their skills are, they’ll immediately be added to