Summary
Starships inStarfieldare some of the most expensive items in the game, though a streamer managed to figure out a way to commandeer a powerful vessel worth over 150,000 credits using a surprisingly simple method. Whilebuilding a ship from scratch inStarfieldcan be a rewarding experience, there’s nothing wrong with taking a shortcut from time to time, especially if the parts obtained from said shortcut go into the construction of the player’s next starship. Unlike past Bethesda titles, upgrading one’s ship inStarfieldtakes equal importance as upgrading one’s weapons and armor.
ThoughStarfieldplayers can earn their ship fair and square, they can also seize enemy vessels and register them in their name, effectively letting them turn a quick profit. The random events that can occur when grav jumping into a new system remain a highlight ofStarfield’s space exploration, from a mysterious vessel hailing them about their ship’s expiring warranty to being on the receiving end of a full-blown pirate ambush. These random events also extend toStarfield’s procedurally generated worlds, and some of them are big opportunities that players can exploit.
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Starfieldstreamer Blue Thunder shared a simple way for players to obtain a strong battleship early on at no personal cost, and it involves grav jumping into the Cheyenne system, home to the Freestar Collective’s capital city of Akila. Though the Freestar Collective is anexciting faction inStarfieldfor any aspiring outlaw or space scoundrel, the target in this case is on Wellish, one of the moons of Montara. By landing near its Abandoned Bionics Lab,Starfieldplayers may trigger an event that has a ship depart the surface by flying overhead, before a second pirate ship lands in the same direction nearby.
This pirate ship is what players should pay attention to, as approaching it without being noticed by the pirates is the key to success. Dropping out of stealth before boarding the vessel will make it leave the surface, and ultimately result in players coming up empty-handed. Once all the crew is eliminated,Starfieldplayers can go to the pilot’s seat, pay a meager sum to register the ship under their name, and enjoy the benefits of a fully-stocked armory on top of a powerful new vessel.
The important caveat to this method is that it relies on a random event firing off. Though this means thatStarfieldplayers don’t necessarily have to rely on one location to get their starship, there is also no guarantee that the ship will spawn on Wellish either. The best way to make use of Blue Thunder’s guide is to keep an eye out for two ships flying above the player, and to make sure to approach the pirates with stealth. Thankfully, thebusiness of surveying planets inStarfieldgives plenty of reasons to explore the Settled Systems, and players are bound to see the event sooner or later.
Starfieldis available now on PC and Xbox Series X/S.
