Starfield: How To Hide Spacesuit & Helmet

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Fashion is important in Starfield. If you’re wearing your full spacesuit while exploring the settled colonies, NPCs might have something to say about it. Luckily, there’s an easy way to wear normal clothes while exploring combat-free locations or swap in your spacesuit during a combat encounter. With one setting, you’ll be free to look your best in any situation while keeping all the benefits of your gear. Below we’ll explain how to hide your spacesuit while in settlements, or how to hide your space helmet in oxygen-rich environments.

Your spacesuit changes how characters in the world react to you — and while your space suit is your primary set of armor, you don’t really need it in save settlements. People will comment on your spacesuit if you’re exploring New Atlantis in full Zero-G gear, but there’s an extremely easy way to disable spacesuits when you’re (usually) not in combat.

This will hide your spacesuit when you enter major settlements like New Atlantis, Neon or Akila City. If you enter third-person mode [Options on Xbox] you’ll see that your spacesuit is automatically hidden when in settlements.

The spacesuit is only hidden — it is NOT unequipped. Characters will not mention it when while exploring — NPCs won’t say you don’t need to wear a helmet for example. But, if you enter combat, you will retain all of the benefits of your spacesuit armor.

This will hide your helmet in all areas with normal oxygen levels. That includes interior space stations, your ship, and planets with normal oxygen. This means areas where your spacesuit is not hidden, like exploring livable planets with plenty of oxygen, your helmet will not appear in third-person. Like with hiding your suit, hiding the helmet will retain your equipped