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Starfield skills - Page 2

Make sure you select the best Starfield skills on your playthrough, with our complete list of Starfield skills and how to get them.

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Here is a list of every Starfield skill:

  • Scanning

    • Category Type Science
    • Summary

      You can detect inorganic resources on planet and moon surfaces and more information about ships in space.

  • Scavenging

    • Category Type Social
    • Summary

      Find extra loot when searching containers.

  • Security

    • Category Type Tech
    • Summary

      The security skill allows you to bypass a variety of locks using a digipick.

  • Sharpshooting

    • Category Type Combat
    • Summary

      Increases critical damage when using ranged weapons.

  • Shield Systems

    • Category Type Tech
    • Summary

      Increase your ship’s shield capacity.

  • Ship Command

    • Category Type Social
    • Summary

      Increases the amount of active crew members you can have.

  • Shotgun Certification

    • Category Type Combat
    • Summary

      Shotgun Certification makes you deadlier with shotgun weapons, and requires you to kill enemies with a shotgun in order to rank up.

  • Sniper Certification

    • Category Type Combat
    • Summary

      The Sniper Certification skill makes you more proficient at using scoped weapons by reducing the sway when aiming.

  • Spacesuit Design

    • Category Type Science
    • Summary

      You can research and craft improved spacesuit, helmet and pack mods.

  • Special Projects

    • Category Type Science
    • Summary

      You can research and craft rare manufactured components at an industrial workbench.

  • Starship Design

    • Category Type Tech
    • Summary

      Allows you to install improved ship modules.

  • Starship Engineering

    • Category Type Tech
    • Summary

      Ship systems repair faster, increases damage mitigation.

  • Stealth

    • Category Type Physical
    • Summary

      The Stealth skill provides a boost to all damage you inflict while undetected.

  • Surveying

    • Category Type Science
    • Summary

      Improves the hand scanner’s range and adds an optional zoom.

  • Targeting

    • Category Type Combat
    • Summary

      Improves accuracy when not aiming down the sights

  • Targeting Control Systems

    • Category Type Tech
    • Summary

      Allows you to lock onto enemy ships faster and target-locked ships will fire slower.

  • Theft

    • Category Type Social
    • Summary

      The Theft skill boosts your ability to pickpocket, and increases the pool of items you can steal from an NPC’s inventory.

  • Weapon Engineering

    • Category Type Science
    • Summary

      You can craft and research improved weapon mods at a research lab.

  • Weight Lifting

    • Category Type Physical
    • Summary

      Increases maximum carry weight.

  • Wellness

    • Category Type Physical
    • Summary

      The Wellness skill increases your health pool.

  • Xenosociology

    • Category Type Social
    • Summary

      The Xenosociology skill gives the player the ability to control alien creatures, such as making them flee, or commanding them to perform a specific task.

  • Zoology

    • Category Type Science
    • Summary

      Gain more resources from creatures without hurting them and gain information from them using the scanner