Starfield: How To Remove Your Bounty

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If you’re going to fight for your faction, you can quickly build up a massive bounty in Starfield. If you want to experience every activity in the galaxy, you’re bound to make one of the factions angry — whether you’re stealing valuable resources, pickpocketing, or going into full-on piracy. If you wage war against a faction, you’ll earn a hefty bounty that must be paid off if you want to return to their settlement. Below we’ll explain everything you need to know about removing bounties.

If you commit infractions against one of the factions in Starfield, you’ll get a bounty placed on your head. There are two major factions that will target you with bounties — the United Colonies (UC) and the Freestar Collective. If you commit crimes in space controlled by these factions, they’ll put a bounty on your head.

With a bounty on your head, you’ll be unable to travel to settlements controlled by these factions. They’ll either attack you on sight or demand you pay a fee to clear your crimes. Low level crimes like stealing or pickpocketing will not cause an immediate kill order. However, if you open fire on soldiers of the faction, murder citizens or attack affiliated ships, you’ll instantly gain a bounty.

Bounties are delineated by faction. One faction will only put a bounty on you if you join — the Crimson Fleet. The UC and Freestar will always put a bounty on you if you kill their soldiers, break laws, and aren’t caught or imprisoned in their settlements.

Crimson Fleet ships are free game if you’re a regular UC or Freestar space trucker. Normally, you’ll be free to destroy their ships without accruing a bounty. This is NOT TRUE if you join them. Once you’ve joined the Crimson Fleet, you’ll need to pay off a bounty if you