Starfield armor

Starfield armor can protect you from incoming damage and even make exploration possible in otherwise lethal environments. Finding the best Starfield armor is critical to your survival, and customizing them with Starfield armor mods can make them even more effective.

Armor can be divided into four categories: Starfield helmets, Starfield spacesuits, Starfield packs, and Starfield apparel.

You’ll want to keep a keen eye out for armor pieces with high PHYS, ENGY, and EM damage resistances, which protect you from physical, energy, and electromagnetic damage sources respectively. Environmental protection is also important, but you can boost any low numbers with Starfield armor mods, or by keeping a stock of pharmaceutical Starfield consumables to hand.

There is no set guide of where to find most Starfield armor pieces due to the procedural and random nature of Starfield. However, there are a number of Starfield vendors who can stock specific armor sets, and you can also earn specific armor from missions, NPCs, or by visiting significant locations like The Lair of the Mantis.

So, we’ve gathered every Starfield armor set and individual armor piece into a filterable database to make it easier for you to find and buy Starfield armor.

How to customize Starfield armor

Customizing Starfield armor takes time, resources, skills, and the prerequisite research projects. Once you’ve unlocked the Spacesuit Design skill, you can make the most of your Starfield armor with some Starfield armor mods.

Starfield armor stats explained

Armor scales to the player’s Starfield level, meaning that a Navigator Spacesuit can spawn as a Calibrated Navigator Spacesuit once you’ve passed a set level threshold. For this reason, you’ll want to keep your eyes peeled for new armor sets as you progress through the game, as the armor stats provided by the upgraded variants will almost always exceed what the base model can provide.

Helmets, spacesuits, and packs have the following stats:

• Primary Stats
  • PHYS – physical resistance to ballistic and standard melee damage
  • ENGY – resistance to energy weapons like lasers
  • EM – your damage resistance to electro-magnetic weapons
• Secondary Stats
  • THERMAL – with the associated numbers being positive and negative, not a specific temperature, it’s unclear if certain armors are needed for hot and cold environments or if one glove fits all
  • AIRBORNE – with numerous Starfield creatures possessing the ‘diseased’ tag, we can assume some worlds will be very noxious and require special protection
  • CORROSIVE – acid rain may not have featured in the the Fallout series without mods, but corrosive resistance may shield you in chemical wastelands and similarly toxic zones
  • RADIATION – the most familiar to Fallout players, radiation can quickly whittle away your health without the appropriate armor
• Tertiary Stats
  • Mass – the weight of an item which will affect the carry limit of your Spacefarer
  • Value – how much the item is worth to vendors (though vendors in previous installments never seem to buy our junk at these prices!)