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How to Build an Outpost in Starfield?

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Building outposts is a primary task in Starfield. So, find the best ways to construct outposts.

Starfield is a sci-fi adventure game. Here, your quests and missions take place on different planets. To traverse across the galaxy, you have to unlock ships from merchants. Another important thing is to build an outpost before you embark on your journey in the game. Outposts are your bases on planets. As of now, you can construct 8 outposts. Here, you can construct buildings, store your resources and craft equipment.

Building outposts will be your first major task in Starfield. But before setting up these bases, you have to discover the best starting planets in the game. Planets are filled with flora, fauna and more resources. Explore planets where resources flourish and these will help you kickstart your journey without much trouble. Here’s all about Starfield outposts and tips to set up your bases.

Starfield Outposts Guide & Tips

Right from character creation to building outposts, everything has been an integral part of the game. Currently, you can build eight outposts in Starfield. Also, you can delete them whenever you want to switch to other planets. You can recruit companions to outposts, unlock skills at outposts and earn credits by crafting resources. Overall, Outposts are vital for your success in Starfield. Here’s how you can construct outposts and use them.

  • The first step before constructing outposts is to scan for resources, flora and fauna
  • Next, you have to go launch the Build Mode and place an outpost beacon
  • That’s it, you are done with building outposts

That’s how you can build outposts in Starfield. Placing an outpost beacon in an ideal spot is essential to farm resources. Outposts can be built on habitable planets and where atmosphere is good as well. Construct outposts where resources flourish as it will be effective to farm all basic items in the game.

There will be two different modes for outposts. One is the build mode that lets you construct all buildings, structures, storages , research centers and defense bases. Also, you can find out the stats for Outposts like Crew members limit, production limit, cargo storage limit and more.

Next, you have to build a crew station using misc items in the build mode. Once it’s done, you can hire crew members like companions and NPCs. You can assign them permanently at your outposts and unlock new skills from the skill tree. Outposts provide many benefits to you. Once you find the best starting planets, you can build your outposts there. Once you progress in the game, you will be able to unlock new outposts as well.

The best outpost skills in Starfield are Social, Botany, Zoology and Planetary Habitation. These skills let you build planets where temperature is high, cold and hot.  Also, you can increase crew members, production rate and robots. Once there’s an outpost, you can start to unlock new ships. Find out the best ships from this tier list.

Once you build two outposts, it’s necessary to unlock cargo links. With cargo links, you can transit resources and materials between two outposts. Finally, if you want to shift your outposts, you can highlight your beacon and use controls to delete them. The keys are R for PC and X on consoles.

At last, you can add modules to every outpost to get access to everything in Starfield. With modules, you can enhance your defense stats, unlock robots, recruit extractors and mine resources.

That’s everything you need to know about building outposts in Starfield. We will come back with more interesting updates soon.

FAQ

Is it Necessary to Build Outposts in Starfield?

Yes, outposts are required and you can construct them on planets that have high resources. Starfield Outposts and bases can be used to store your resources and equipment. You can also keep weapons and recruit NPCs. You have to build crew stations before hiring crew members at outposts.

Which is the best Ballistic weapon in Starfield?

Eon, Kraken and Fiscal Quarter are the top-tier Ballistic weapons in Starfield. These weapons have excellent accuracy and base damage stats. You can use them against melee enemies. Ballistic weapons in Heavy types are one of the strongest weapons in the game.

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