The 10 best Starfield mods to upgrade your gameplay

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In Bethesda’s expansive role-playing game Starfield, not even the sky is the limit. When you decide to become one of its spacefaring inhabitants, you may quickly start to feel like there are infinite planets and potatoes to conquer. It could take a lifetime to do it all. Could you ever want for more?

Um, of course — you’re human. That’s why, whether you’re looking for prettier graphics or an easier trek through spacetime, you need to try these 10 Starfield mods.

While Starfield does not yet have official mod support (it’ll arrive “in a big way” in 2024, director Todd Howard said earlier this year), the following mods should work on PC with either Steam or Game Pass after you follow their download instructions.

Installing any Starfield mods currently disables your achievements. But there’s no need to start eulogizing those little words of congratulations. You can counter Bethesda with your own protective measure — download the popular Baka Achievement Enabler, which saves achievements from going dark.

Note that this is a Steam-only mod that requires you first download the Starfield Script Extender. But once you do, unless you’re a Game Pass player (it’s more touch-and-go, but there are working achievement mods out there for you, too), Baka Achievement Enabler is one of the best ways to keep your game relatively pure.

Starfield, for all its planets and people, tends to work within a limited color scheme. Gray, beige, white — hospital oatmeal colors. You could think of it as a realistic palette for living in vacuum-like space, or you could think of it as unfairly subjecting you to dogs’ dichromatic vision.

Those in the latter camp will appreciate the Deep Space ReShade by Xtudo. It pan-fries your game, making everything