Starfield: How To Build Your First Mining Outpost

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Building outposts is a huge feature in Starfield and you can start building almost immediately. Once you can explore the galaxy, you’ll be able to find a resource-rich planet and start mining for easy credits. Outposts can provide you with valuable resources you can use to expand your outpost or sell for passive income. If you’re eager to dive into this side of Starfield, here’s a quick tutorial to get you started.

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Before beginning your mining operation, you’ll want to choose a good planet. Moons tend to be mineral rich with rare resources we can mine infinitely. To find the most valuable resources, scan your target planet (if you’ve unlocked the Planet Scanning skill) and search for Exotic Materials. Even if you haven’t unlocked Rank 3 Scanning we can still search planets that tend to have these rare materials.

Any of these planets / moons will have loads of useful resources to mine. To begin mining, you’ll need to create your first outpost.

Don’t place an outpost until you find one of these types of valuable, Exotic minerals. Don’t worry about collecting them right now — we’ll aim for those later. At the start of your outpost, you won’t be able to mine these materials.

These Exotic Tier minerals are by far the most worthwhile to mine for credits. They sell for a high price and can be mined infinitely if you can find a vein. Finding is much easier with Rank 3 Scanning. After scanning 2~ minerals on a planet, you’ll usually reveal what type of Exotic Mineral is available on the planet.