Starfield: Shattered Space - How To Unlock & Craft Vortex Grenades

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Since the game's launch, grenades and explosives have been a part of . Once you throw frags at enemies, you can decimate their lines and bathe them in righteous fire. has changed the landscape of grenades with five new grenade types that challenge everything you know about typical grenades.

has a special type of grenade called Vortex Grenades. These grenades don't just explode but can trigger a variety of different effects depending on which variant you craft. You can only make Vortex Grenades with materials found in the DLC, but they're quite worth it.

Vortex Grenades will not be available to you as soon as you start . Instead, you'll have to progress somewhat through the main story of the DLC before you can craft different Vortex Grenades. There are two story quests you'll have to complete; 'What Remains' and 'The Promised, Broken'. The Vortex Grenades are unlocked after completing 'The Promised, Broken.'

The Keep Armory has many prerequisites before it is open to players in Starfield's Shattered Space DLC but it's worth all of the time taken.

At the end of the quest, you'll be able to talk to Ekris Kaisir. Make sure to ask him, "" This will unlock the ability to craft Vortex Grenades. You can craft them at any Industrial Workbench in the game. The nearest workbench can be found among the vendors of Va'ruun'kai in city of Dazra.

There are five different Vortex Grenades available in. Each crafting recipe requires one Vortex Shard. Vortex Shards are randomly dropped by various Vortex enemies, such as Vortex Horrors or Vortex Phantoms. The grenades also ask for at least one type of Vortex Cyst: a regular Vortex Cyst, a Dark Vortex Cyst, or a Glowing Vortex Cyst. These are also random drops.

Grenade

Materials

Effect

Vortex Grenade — Binding

1x Dark Vortex Cyst 1x Vortex Shard

Freezes enemies in the blast radius

Vortex Grenade — Charged

1x Glowing Vortex Cyst 1x Vortex Shard

Explodes and damages enemies in the blast radius

Vortex Grenade — Lure

1x Dark Vortex Cyst 1x