Starfield players are using physics to steal, in classic Bethesda fashion

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A few things are inevitable in life. Death and taxes, of course. And then there’s Bethesda games having weird, physics-y ways of getting around its systems, as Starfield players are currently doing to steal their way across the galaxy.

On social media, various Starfield players are popping up with examples of using the physics of Starfield to steal some good loot out from under guards and NPCs. Usually, when you pick up an item in Starfield that you’re not supposed to (noted by the red icon in the corner of its pop-up description), guards will be alerted. And, in my experience, they respond pretty quickly and violently.

While some games have let you get away with picking up the object and relocating it somewhere where no one can see, that doesn’t always work in Starfield. Picking up an object counts as stealing, so if someone sees you do it, it triggers the alarm. The method for getting around this, it seems, is to simply move objects with another object.

Ah, you think you're slick Todd? Making it so dragging an item you don't own counts as stealing it, so I can't pull a Silver Rush and throw them all into a room out of sight to steal?

You FOOL. pic.twitter.com/ueWYwpBTcK

— GoogleyGareth (@Googleygareth) September 6, 2023

As GoogleyGareth shows, dragging an object around to move other objects will let you relocate Starfield loot for an easy steal. You can do this by either grabbing something that doesn’t count as stealing, quietly nabbing an object away from prying eyes and bringing it over, or dropping an object from your inventory.

Starfield players are already getting pretty creative with this, too. A clip from a Japanese streamer using both a pushing object and a container to gather up massive amounts of credits from