Starfield - How To Board And Capture Ships

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Attack and board hostile vessels in Starfield.

By Jason Rodriguez on

You'll definitely enjoy space combat when you're able to board and capture ships in Starfield. After all, it's not enough to just blow up a vessel to smithereens. It's always a good idea to loot everything first before turning something into forgotten debris. Our guide discusses how you can perform ship boarding actions in the game for additional loot and XP.

To board and take over ships in Starfield, you'll need to do the following:

Targeting Control System is one of the best skills in the game simply because of its function. Although there are four ranks, you'll only need the first rank to unlock the mechanic. Additional ranks simply lower the lock-on time and increase pinpoint damage dealt, but it's entirely up to you if you want to level it up further.

Before you can board and capture a ship in Starfield, you must first disable its engines. To do this, enter targeting mode by locking onto an enemy vessel and pressing the corresponding button (i.e. X button on an Xbox gamepad). Ships are usually shielded, so you have to use the d-pad to select the shields. Bring the shields down by using lasers and missiles.

Once the shields have been depleted, press left on the d-pad to switch to the engines. You can use your ballistics weapons and missiles until all the pips are gone. Just try to be careful since you might fully deplete the ship's hull strength, which causes it to get destroyed.

Once a ship's engines are disabled, you'll see a button prompt (i.e. X on an Xbox gamepad), which allows you to dock. Be forewarned, however, that this can only be done when all other hostile ships have been eliminated (i.e. the last remaining enemy vessel in an area is the only