Starfield is Bethesda’s highly anticipated space RPG, and as we saw in Starfield Direct gameplay deep dive, the game is built with several complex systems coming together to form a holistic and unforgettable experience. While Bethesda showed some features of Starfield character creation and base building, ship customization in Starfield is unique and as such, has no parallels in any other Bethesda games. Starfield ship customization allows players to create and build their own space cruiser, as well as repair and purchase modular pieces.
As Bethesda lead Todd Howard stated during the official gameplay reveal, “There are loads of different modules, ship manufacturers, and more. It’s not just about how the ship looks,” he continued, “but also how it performs, from its engines and shields to its weapons systems, because yes, you can fly it.” As a result, Starfield offers numerous of options for customizing a spaceship. In this post, we’ll go over everything we know about ship design, stats, and combat.
Ship customization in Starfield
Starfield ship customization includes a broad variety of ship parts, each having its own health and cost. Every area you visit in the game will have technicians where you can buy or sell parts. Modular sections including as cockpits, weaponry, shields, engines, cargo holds, reactors, cannons, fuel tanks, landers and cowls are used in the customization process for ship creation or modification. Each part’s pricing and paint job are given. We saw how customization works in the Starfield Direct; players access a menu that places their ship on a blueprint with many different settings.
Starfield ship design customization
Ship design requires balancing components and sections such as cargo capacity, jump distance, armaments, engines, and so on. Following that, players can paint and recolor each component of their ships using choices such as brightness, saturation, and color hue.
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Starfield ship Stats
Ship customization in Starfield provides players with 11 critical data points that provide significant information about their spacecraft. Here is a complete list of these 11 statistics:
- LAS (Laser damage)
- BAL (Ballistic damage)
- MSL (Missile damage)
- Hull
- Shield
- Cargo
- Crew
- Jump Range (Light Years)
- Mobility
- Top Speed
- Mass
Damage and weaponry are identified by the characters LAS, BAL, and MSL. The hull and shield are most likely your ship’s health bars. There is a number for how many crew members can fit on the ship, how far you can jump across space, how smoothly the ship moves, its maximum speed, and the ship’s weight. In addition to these identifiers, there is a little box in the upper left corner that contains information about the Reactor and Equip power. The following qualities are more veiled in the brief clip Bethesda showed: W0, W1, W2, ENG, SHD, and GRV.
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Starfield ship combat
Bethesda has revealed that Starfield will feature space combat. Players can operate their spacecraft from both a first-person and third-person perspective during combat, similar to games like No Man’s Sky. Starfield’s ship warfare offers fascinating possibilities: not only may players destroy and loot hostile spacecraft from the comfort of their cockpit, but they can also immediately dock grounded ships and seize them.
In terms of power allocation, Todd Howard noted that there is a hint of FTL (Faster Than Light) impact. Players can assign power to three different weapon systems, engines, shields, and the grav drive. The grav drive is essential for allowing jumps and escape challenging situations that require a power adjustment. Howard confirmed the existence of numerous weapon systems, giving gamers a variety of options throughout combat.
Fans will need to use strategic energy management throughout space travel in Starfield in classic sci-fi flair. The available power of the ship will determine whether the emphasis is on Laser, Engines, Gravity, or Shields, requiring precise allocation. While space travel is an exciting component of Starfield, it is only one of the game’s pillars, leaving plenty more to look forward to.
