Starfield Patch Breaks Cool Ship Feature, Proves The Need For A Highly Anticipated Update

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's latest patch has broken a cool ship-building mod, and further proves the need for a highly anticipated feature that Bethesda's previously announced. Ship building is one of 's main mechanics, with players able to customize their transportation with different modules designed for speed, combat, cargo, and more.

Players previously used this tool as a way to recreate their favorite ships, from to, or to cheat the system by figuring out where enemies target a ship and reworking a design to make it practically invincible. As revealed by Bethesda Softworks' latest development video — which also gave players their first look at the upcoming land vehicles and the expansion — the new May 2024 update is adding plenty of new content to the ship customization tool.

With the introduction of land vehicles in Starfield, Bethesda may be working on other changes to the way its open world works to accommodate them.

While players were able to customize their ships' exterior — which is the part players would be seeing most anyway — as soon as they entered them they'd be met with a fairly generic interior, regardless of their build. The new Ship Decoration mode transforms these interiors into blank slates and allows players to truly make their ships feel unique withfree-form placement of furniture and decoration throughout these interiors.

This essentially incorporates of the more robust features of another major mechanic in outposts. Although most will likely use outposts as a way to get resources out of a planet, players could also use them as build residential bases where crew members could be assigned after hiring them, or these bases could be used for storage, power sources, mining equipment, and more. The base version of 's ships already let players assign a set number of crewmates and use its cargo hold for storage, but by essentially adding these more creative outpost customization features into the ship builder, players can now take their creative endeavors on the go with