Zero Wire is a manufactured resource of “Common” rarity inStarfield, essential for crafting items like Amplifiers, Long Scopes, Balanced Boostpacks, and Sensor Arrays. Although categorized as “Common,”acquiring Zero Wirecan be a significant challenge, particularly in the early stages of the game.

Initially, players may have to depend on random drops from enemies to obtain this valuable resource or resort to purchasing it at inflated prices from vendors. However, there are more efficient approaches to gathering Zero Wire. This comprehensive guide outlines various methods forStarfieldplayers to obtain this crucial resource without having to spend a fortune.

image showing an enemy who’s dropped zero wire in starfield.

How to Find Zero Wire

To get Zero Wire,loot robots or purchase its coils from resource vendors for 52 Credits. Since Zero Wire is a manufactured material, it’s not possible tofarm it organically. However, players can construct specialized tools to craft it in their settlements or Outposts.

Bestlocations to look for Zero Wires:

List ofenemies that are likely to drop Zero Wires:

If a vendor ran out of Zero Wires,spend 24 in-game hours waiting on a chairto have their inventory restocked.

How to Craft Zero Wire

Zero Wire can be crafted with two devices:The Industrial Workbench and the Simple Fabricator – Zero Wire. Each of these tools will turn one Copper and one Silver into a coil of Zero Wire. However, the latter, Simple Fabricator, can only beplaced in Outpostsand requires a power source to function.

To build a Zero Wire Fabricator, players will need four Tungsten, eight Aluminum, two Sealant, and three Zero Wires. However, players can find Industrial Workbenches scattered around cities and inprimary points of interest like the Ledge.

image showing the bots that drop zero wire in starfield.

How to Get Zero Wire with Console Commands

Players can force-spawn Zero Wire in their inventoryusing console commands. By entering the code “player.additem 00246B65 [Quantity],” with the final brackets indicating the number of coils, players can acquire the desired amount of Zero Wire. For example, replacing [Quantity] with “100” will grant the player 100 coils.

It’s worth noting that utilizing console command IDs is considered cheating and will disable achievements for the current playthrough.

starfield player at the pharmacy workbench in their ship

Starfieldis available now for PC and Xbox Series X/S.

image showing a zero wire in the inventory.