Discarded Sidestar

Discarded Sidestar overview

The Starfield Discarded Sidestar is a Pistol found in the Settled Systems. Manufactured by an unknown entity, the Discarded Sidestar Starfield weapon has a credit value of 790, and a mass of 0.65.

Unlike most weapons, the Discarded Sidestar is intended more as a quest item than an actual weapon. In order to complete the Dirty Laundry quest, you are required to sell the pistol to the indicated merchant for 500 credits (regardless of how bad a deal it is).

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Discarded Sidestar stats

The Discarded Sidestar deals 12 Physical damage per hit.

As a weapon which specializes in Physical damage, the Discarded Sidestar is boosted by the Pistol Certification and Ballistics skill.

Fire rate: 40

Range: 20

Accuracy: 67.9%

The Discarded Sidestar has a baseline fire rate of 40, though the speed at which you reload will ultimately determine how close you can get to this rate of fire. Accuracy determines the spread of your gun, with lower accuracy weapons having more spread than others.

Some ammunition and magazine weapon mods can drastically alter the rate of fire, accuracy and effective range of any weapon, so it’s worth experimenting with the Discarded Sidestar weapon mods to make the Pistol better fit your playstyle.

Without any installed mods, Discarded Sidestar comes with 7 mod slots.

Where to find Discarded Sidestar

Bear in mind that base and upgraded versions of any weapon are scaled to your Starfield level, with many weapons not spawning unless you have reached a specific level. So, if you visit any of the below and can’t find the Discarded Sidestar, check back later once you’re a higher level.

You can purchase or find the Discarded Sidestar in the following Starfield locations:

It is currently unknown where this weapon can be found.

You can get the Discarded Sidestar as a reward for progressing or completing the following Starfield quests:

• Dirty Laundry

Discarded Sidestar mods

To really make the most of your Discarded Sidestar weapon, you’ll want to head to a weapon workstation and install some Discarded Sidestar weapon mods. You may need to complete some Starfield research projects first, and get your hands on some Starfield resources, but weapon mods will massively enhance your firearms, and your playstyle.

The Discarded Sidestar has a total of 7 mod slots with which you can customize your weapon.

Here are all the compatible Discarded Sidestar weapon modifications:

No weapon mods have yet been confirmed for this weapon.

Discarded Sidestar console command

If you want to add Discarded Sidestar to your inventory, open the Starfield console command window and enter the following:

player.additem 002F413A