by theygamesWhat are the best Starfield builds? From our own Sol system, to Starfield’s most notable system, Alpha Centauri, choosing the best Starfield build is a must if you want to soar through the skies with minimal difficulty.
We’ve got a variety of Starfield builds, and all of them excel in different areas, meaning we’ve got something for you no matter your preferred play style. You may find using Starfield companions that complement your combat style comes in handy, but as our Starfield review details, you’ll need to brush up on your knowledge with our handy build guides below.
Starfield builds
The best Starfield builds are:
- Starfield melee build
- Starfield stealth build
- Starfield ranged build
- Starfield sniper build
- Starfield tank build
- Starfield mobility build
Starfield melee build
The best Starfield melee build relies on getting up close and personal with your enemies. Our dedicated guide gets into the details of how to beat your way out of almost any situation, but the most important aspects of the build are which skills to choose. You’ll want to focus on wellness to increase your HP, and martial arts to ensure that any unarmed attacks hit as hard as possible.
Starfield stealth build
The best Starfield stealth build is all about the art of sneaking around. Alongside this, using our advice will help you to remain undetected in your ship, steal and pickpocket until you’re bored of it, and stay out of trouble when it’s most important. To help you along the way, our dedicated guide has the intricacies of the build, but you’ll want to ensure you focus on stealth as a skill for obvious reasons, as well as persuasion to talk your way out of any sticky situations before they escalate.
Starfield ranged build
The Starfield ranged build is about keeping distance between you, and anything one (or thing) that might do you harm. It focuses on weapon specialties and ballistics expertise. Your enemies won’t be able to keep up with the pace you set in a combat environment.
Starfield sniper build
This Starfield sniper build relies on the Isolation skill to gain a massive damage bonus, and rolls solo. You’ll want to focus on skills in Wellness and Ballistics as well as taking the combat medic background to make the most of it.
Starfield tank build
Every good team needs a beefy unit that can take damage and support allies, and this Starfield tank build is no different. Focus on gastronomy, medicine, wellness, pain tolerance, and energy weapon dissipation to make good use of your healing via food and drink, and reach heavy weapon certification which makes this build one of the strongest in Bethesda’s space game.
Starfield mobility build
Taking the bounty hunter background for this Starfield mobility build is a surefire way to ensure a boost to your effectiveness. Make sure to train with the Starfield boost pack for maximum mobility, as well as taking combat skills in shotgun certification, ballistics and targeting to hit hard and take enemies down.
How to make the best Starfield build
Considering your own play style and the situations you expect to find yourself in are both key to perfecting the best Starfield build. If you want to go aggressively, you’ll want to check out the best Starfield skills to help you along the way. Skills such as instigation can cause your opponents to turn on one another, and utilizing ballistics can introduce devastating damage.
If you’re looking to take a more defensive line, then Starfield traits could be the difference between make and break for your space adventure. Alien DNA can give you increased health at the cost of decreased effectiveness for healing items, whereas the introvert trait will make it easier to sneak around alone.
Still looking for more? While a good Starfield wiki can be a handy source of information, our new Starfield Database goes further, offering you daily news, searchable databanks, and even interactive tools.