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The Key Ingredient

The Starfield The Key Ingredient mission is one of many available quests in the Settled Systems.

The Key Ingredient overview

The Key Ingredient is a Starfield Ryujin Industries quest. Like all other Starfield missions, you can find the full details of The Key Ingredient in your mission log, and you can easily find your next objective location by following the quest marker, or by entering the scanner mode and following Starfield’s breadcrumb trail.

Previous quest: None

Following quest: None

The Key Ingredient objectives

Most Starfield missions consist of several objectives that you must complete to advance the quest. As you complete each objective, your journal will be updated with the next objective.

Specific objectives and checkpoints have not yet been confirmed for this Starfield mission.

The Key Ingredient reward

Completing The Key Ingredient provides the player with an unknown amount of experience.

Some quests also provide additional rewards:

This quest does not reward the player with any unique weapons, armor, or items.

No additional rewards have been confirmed.

The Key Ingredient mission console commands

If you just want to start the The Key Ingredient mission, all you need to do is enter the following Starfield console command to begin:

startquest 001A9560

Be warned that attempting to start a quest that requires specific triggers or hidden markers can result in game instability, so it is recommended you save your game before trying any commands. If however you are encountering a Starfield bug that prevents the mission from advancing, you might want to try the following:

resetquest 001A9560

The above command will completely reset a quest (make sure you save your game beforehand in case it causes a crash to desktop). It also has the potential to prevent that quest from ever completing, meaning you’ll need to use the completequest 001A9560 command to progress.