How to get started in Starbound 1.0: Beginner's guide

See how to start in Starbound 1.0 full release. This beginner's tips & tutorial guide will help you get started with Starbound 1.0's crafting, fighting and UI. Subscribe for more gameplay: bit.ly/Randomis...
In this Starbound 1.0 tutorial guide on how to start your Starbound adventure, we look at tips & tricks for using the hotbar, how to manage food, how to craft better armour to survive the first planet and more.
Our Starbound 1.0 tutorial guide for beginners is aimed at people who have played the game's starting tutorial but don't feel confident about managing their hotbar and what to do next.
Full content of this how to play Starbound 1.0 tutorial: Choosing your difficulty mode, how to understand and use the new hotbar, how to understand food and how to keep hunger at bay early on, how to navigate the landscape and trap enemies, what to harvest early on, and how to craft better armour and weapons in preparation for your first quests.
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Official Starbound gameplay description:
"In Starbound, you take on the role of a character who’s just fled from their home planet, only to crash-land on another. From there you’ll embark on a quest to survive, discover, explore and fight your way across an infinite universe!"
Starbound game version: 1.02
Developed by: Chucklefish
Formats available: PC Windows, Mac OSX
Official Starbound game site: playstarbound.com/
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[@FatManJackson]

I have been playing for like 8 hours and still learned about a dozen things I have not known before. This video is 7 years old and still more helpful than the majority of the newer guides here on KZbin.

[@RealPigeon]

One thing to note on the topic of early food: Hunting Spears. Hunting spears are cheap, fairly powerful, and if a monster is killed with a hunting spear it will almost always drop raw meat. They're an easy way to hunt mobs for meat before you obtain your first bow.

[@eclipset.9683]

Needs more likes, great tip, thank you!

[@officialunofficialgaming4526]

your voice is perfect for documentaries

[@williamtulett7773]

It is isnt it

[@tropacis2083]

Who’s here in 2020 new to an old game you have fallen in love with

[@l.f.antrider1795]

succinct, useful, and well-done. Thanks!

[@MrSquark]

I'm pretty sure that you drop all food on death on survival

[@fitsadee4018]

Yeah, I believe so.

[@Not_Pie]

You drop food, but not seeds and I don't think you drop ingredients for cooking

[@madeleinerandall4585]

Just got this game and this tutorial has been so so helpful, thank you so much! I'm really enjoying the game x

[@timothymeeks7885]

This video has been a real help thank you very much for making it

[@andyd.1793]

great video! i've been stumbling through the game, although enjoying every minute, without knowing many of these basic controls. i'm looking forward to getting back into it with what i've learned, thanks!

[@darkfog360]

Love this game and the endless amount of stuff in it

[@dusjin]

Fixing to try and play this again after two years, thank you!

[@talmangb8539]

This is the BEST tutorial i've ever seen! Keep it up!

[@patrickrepkes4084]

This is a really good guide for getting started, i got a bit discouraged in the beginning because i did not know what to do, but this helps a lot...

[@reksie7816]

oh shit, I bought the game today, this is gonna help!

[@doransring660]

Buy me the game and own my soul forever...

[@reksie7816]

+Doran's ring Just pirate the game first man, I did that for the beta (yes, all 2,5 years) And I decided to buy it because the betas were so damn good.

[@doransring660]

+Reksie I did that for the beta for like 3 months (2014) but what about the updates and the dedicated servers ;-;

[@reksie7816]

+Doran's ring Yeah constantly updating is a pain, and you can still make servers. Just no connection through Steam. But I'd say you pirate 1.0 (or 1.4 if available) try that out for one playthrough, and then decide if you really want the game.

[@doransring660]

+Reksie I did already and I love the game but the thing is I can't buy things online because my fucked up country dosent "allow" it so unless someone generous enough gets it for me I won't be guaranteed to be playing it all the time or keep my saves and what not

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

The thing with the armor is that it will go into its respective armor slot if available. If there's already an item there (like clothing), it'll register the slot as filled and will not replace it.

[@KentzHodiono]

This game is better than No Man's Lie

[@DriscolDevil]

Scitch2781 grow up

[@edgysphere7700]

Scitch2781 he misspelled one word.

[@ulightronx4259]

you mean no mans sky

[@spankroy]

the game looks better than terraria (witch i currently have)

[@KentzHodiono]

Yea, I prefer this game over Terraria dou

[@drpizza9352]

Love it! Just finished the Big Ape boss fight. (I am so addicted)

[@south3rncomfrt]

Thank you for this. I only played during really early access when it had very little and coming back now I needed guidance on how to stop dying every time I go exploring on the first planet. This video is well paced and well narrated.

[@SyntheticHalo]

I just got the game yesterday. So thank you for this very helpful video! :3

[@JackGameingFTW]

Thank you just bought the game wanted to give it a go and this really helped 😄

[@Lgreyman]

This was super helpful, of all the stupid minor things the fact that that thing next to quest log is a compass might have been the most helpful.

[@foxtrotjeff]

I've been playing Starbound for a bit and just watched this for fun, and I learned that you can click the x key to change the hotbar. I'm surprised I didn't know that.

[@Revnge7Fold]

Thank you!! This guide helped me a lot!!

[@robau84]

Rope is actually more then an ingredient, but a grappling hook a la Metroid or Ninja Rope in Worms. Gives you lots of mobility !

[@masterew0k_134]

Thanks for the video, it has helped a bunch. Pretty new to Starbound xD

[@FoundationAfro]

I got what I needed a minute and a half in, thanks. I haven't played in years (August 16, 2016 according to Steam, so just a bit after this video, haha), and was confused by the new inventory system because I was so used to the old 10-slot system from the beta. Thanks! Not entirely sure why I quit less than a month after release, though...

[@mountainc1027]

i always deforestate 50% of the starting planet for wood Minor Spoilers about the final boss: Earth was not destroyed by The Ruin, but me by destrying the entire ecosystem

[@TheMsr47gaming]

Lol

[@Zeldo363]

im at durasteel tier and me and me friend didnt really knew about that X swap hot bar its really helpful ! thank you :D

[@laster3753]

This guy narrates like roald dahl with a british voice, love it !

[@PeterMeterOfficial]

If you drag the food on your character you will eat it instantly, it is better and faster then drop it in the hot bar

[@lukaskkj]

Thank you so much man! I knew there were an easier way of eating.

[@lukaskkj]

+Ingo Nikot Oh thanks for the tip m8 :D

[@ProjectBetaDev]

he showed that in the video too. (and you can do this with every consumable item)

[@acolus3413]

Very good quick and helpful quide keep it up lads :)

[@x46andtwo]

Thanks man. I played Terraria for ages but this doesn't really explain too much. Seems like it will be fun once I get further in.

[@fshhh]

This helped a lot thanks for the vid!

[@peaky4065]

Great guide, helped me out a lot!

[@danny6913]

Hello! I love your content randomize user!

[@robertsdasko6219]

what a legend

[@anmordi285]

Thanks,I was so dumb that I didn’t know how to craft

[@7F0X7]

I started on Hardcore mode and only died once very early on because I had no idea what I was doing. I started another hardcore character and I love it. I did the first boss fight and it was so intense because I had never done before and there was no much tension compared to being able to insta-respawn. I went back to the hub and took the quest from the penguin. I had a rocket launcher by this point and I was doing well, but then a giant damn UFO appeared and I hauled ass back to the teleporter. The giant UFO saucer was raining hot death on me to the last second LOL

[@anmordi285]

Subscribed! Thanks for the help

[@teepaul911]

Nice Didn't notice the compass

[@riganmuta1]

at last easy to follow and detailed thank you

[@OceanPolluter]

I've beat the game it was hard heres a tip use daggers they are fast and op its how I beat lots of bosses

[@vision716]

Thank you for your tutorials. I subscribed!

[@shibaa3015]

Holy shit your spoiler ape has the same exact armor,race, and color as my precious character I played on star bound

[@ItsScapeGoated]

Also, in 1.0 you can beam from anywhere, no matter how deep. I constantly do it.

[@laughingalex7563]

Not on survival difficulty. You have to be high enough that you have the surface background and not have any background blocks in the way. It's not actually difficult to get out from under the ground like that thankfully. Only casual(which I'll never play because it's also the easiest setting) lets you beam anywhere.

[@LukaLolly]

ye in casual mode...

[@ItsScapeGoated]

LaughingAlex Only mode I'll play is casual. The game is wonky as is, I won't add to it. Besides, mods.

[@laughingalex7563]

Even with mods I'll never touch casual. To me, it's a mark of sin, of major shame. Many other games casual makes the game impossible to lose likewise(looking at you SC2), or equivilent settings(like tutor in MOO2 makes the AI not even research any technologies or build any more then titanium armored frigates). It's just a huge combination of preference/experiences. Honestly difficulty settings are archaic, and starbound is also a game in which you can control how high the stakes are with survival: Just don't carry all of your important materials with you. And 30% pixels lost on death? Well, it gives me incentive to spend them on things like fuel or durasteel bars ect.

[@ItsScapeGoated]

LaughingAlex That's nice. I suck at the game so I will always die, even on Casual.

[@dackone2]

ty so much for these tips i swear i got confuse playing this.

[@wathekhalloul1530]

i cant beleave that i rushed in missions and quests blindly without any crafting or getting armed dammit and that's why i was dying all the tiime!

[@theuncalledfor]

Don't say torch when you mean flashlight. It's okay if you're just playing the game or something and it's clear what you mean, and I understand that apparently many British(?) people will refer to a flashlight as a torch, but in this case it's ambiguous. You could have meant _actual_ torches, which as players will realize when they try it out, actually take a two-handed slot and won't work alongside a shortsword. The salve and bandage seem to heal the same amount of health, but the salve is much slower. So the difference is not the severity of the wound, but the immediacy of the healing. If you're down to your last sliver of health in the middle of a fight, use a bandage to heal quickly so you'll survive the fight. If you notice that you're down to your last sliver of health _after_ a fight, and there's no monsters around, you can safely use a salve and heal up the same amount of damage, but more slowly. Really, healing items are more for major injuries anyway. Minor scratches are best healed with food (fill the hunger bar completely to get the Full Belly buff, which slowly heals you but also prevents further ingestion of food). Swords have short combos if you spam-click. Shortswords have a second hit in the combo, broadswords have a second and third hit in the combo.

[@lightningandodinify]

In my experience so far, the hunting spear seems way better than the bow. Since the crafting materials for it are trivial, I feel like the bow's infinite use doesn't close the gap.

[@thereprehensible435]

Kinda wish Starbound had more simplified crafting tables. Metal, wood, fabric, etc. It's annoying trying to go through three or four crafting tables for weapons alone or just as msny for armor/clothes.

[@rb6s132]

Good video anyway thanks for the upload man

[@davidseekatz858]

Thank you .... you did a very good job

[@Rvooo]

Nice video!

[@teriyakii1235]

I mastered and finished this game for so long ago that I dont even know how to start it all again.

[@Johanniscool]

Great guide!

[@Koopkiris]

The funny thing is you sound like chippy, the commentator on the game similar to this

[@pendragon.-.]

Terraria?

[@saeryx4699]

you can use the scanner as a better flashlight

[@lightningandodinify]

FireyStar777 scanner?

[@uber21]

I went survival mode and I hate it. its hard to get food at the start. But if you did casual you would have loads of food and no reason to have it

[@annag5064]

Thanks :) very helpful

[@scream.x6958]

Thanks for the video! :-)

[@ttvfarquaadd3349]

awesome review!

[@kerrigan1583]

I like your accent! Thanks for this video!

[@TheAntumbraa]

I and the wiki beated the game, all i searched was rare pets, tenants, and tiers

[@Dolfinius]

great video earned a sub

[@Rabindranath2009]

Did you know if you clicked alt you can see useable items

[@WarcraftOhio]

Nice guide and I love your voice

[@MrSneakyGunz]

Thank you!

[@AcaciaLouvegrise]

That was pretty good :>

[@iinhaleneekofarts4301]

Acacia Louvegrise OI, like your profile pic o3o

[@AcaciaLouvegrise]

wah, thank you :>

[@Misidibi]

nice guide!

[@taffymatt1366]

One difference that isn’t cosmetic between races: Novakid can craft guns, everyone else crafts melee weapons

[@גיאוייס-ק8ש]

I know im from the future lol😅 but if you still know some things about the game, do different races have different style ships ?

[@Ruffles_RainWorld]

You sound like Lord Shaxx from Destiny XD

[@boteeba]

Ok but like, how do you build wooden doors and wood planks?

[@Baby_Bones]

And also,progrresion in starbound is seemingly endless which is probably true

[@senseishu937]

there are no tutorial quests tho? How do u get them?

[@TheNipSnipper]

The only person who can play this game without getting infuriatingly confused is a person who made it. Quests dont tell you how to complete them, that "x" feature was never pointed out, storage locker never pointed out, which items are one handed and which aren't isnt pointed out, etc etc etc etc the more i play this game the more i hate it.

[@brogamer4520]

how do you teleport back to your space ship ?

[@MrColbzta]

good stuff

[@quietmiki9674]

i have this game on steam and i am going to play with my dad and sister im player one one player

[@Baby_Bones]

Casual mode in starbound is a sunday drive

[@Auragrim_]

No! Different Races have different sized ships! Florian has the biggest sized ship

[@Electravess]

This was made for 1.0.

[@vampa6141]

Sorry my stupid question but how can I put one block down instead of 2x2?

[@Not_Pie]

That's fine. You hold left shift with your matter manipulator or a block in hand and then you can mine or place single blocks. It also makes you walk slower if you arnt holding a block or your manipulator

[@theuncalledfor]

+NEBB pieispie- It makes you walk slower regardless of what you're holding. The way you phrased it implies that it only makes you walk slower when you're not holding a block or the matter manipulator. I'm sure you meant the correct thing, but you expressed it wrongly. Just wanted it to be absolutely clear for anyone reading this comment thread.

[@Garnox_]

how do i make a pickaxe?

[@tigole3188]

thx m8

[@midnightanimal6973]

you sound like the sargon of akkad

[@garinbadger4713]

Holy shit you're right

[@katelynpetite633]

Okay, my hotbar doesn't show, my health doesn't show, and it won't tell me what materials I need to craft something. I just bought Starbound I need helppppp ;v;

[@katelynpetite633]

Never mind the ingredients are showing now- but still my health and hot bar are missing.

[@ultrawinggaming9764]

Neon Ocelot try restarting the game. starbound is a little wonky on newer computers

[@ItsScapeGoated]

Fuck you got to this before I did.

[@garinbadger4713]

I'm pretty sure I came as soon as he said "inventory".

[@TheNewEditionOf4377]

7:53 ma mans language turned Arabic for a second

[@FaKe-oi2rm]

randomise do u know anything about rune decoders in starbound

[@Not_Pie]

If you arnt sure what the runes mean, you can get a book that tells you from a place you find near the treasures troves store in the arc, which I believe you unlock after collecting the hylotl artifact, and returning to the arc. You have to get two wheel pieces and then buy the book with the wheel pieces. The wheel pieces are found In the one hatch in the erchius mining facility, and somewhere in the apex mission. I forget how to unlock the hatch to them though.

[@Not_Pie]

+NEBB pieispie- I said treasures troves. I meant treasured troves. Damn autocorrect

[@DDFC2701]

Step 1: drink soda

[@rb6s132]

someone please tell me how to teleport up and down cause when i go to options it says lalt + 2 and i dont know what the fuck lalt is

[@damearstor2120]

latl is probably Left Alt

[@rb6s132]

first thing that came to mind and it didnt work its cool though i found out thanks anyway

[@light819]

so can novakids not make melee weapons at the start i can only make basic crappy guns

[@fantastic9449]

no, but they have the advantage of glowing, and they're guns get stronger with your armour, so make armour first! also, you can probably find melee weapons in chests, so look around.

[@coolhunter3]

Their* They're means they are.

[@theuncalledfor]

+Just Gray All races have a weak light aura around them. Do novakids have a stronger light aura than other races, or did you simply not know that other races have it too?

[@VinCentjes5]

Hey thats my name

[@captainmikhail1154]

Hello User, can you give me a permission to use your guide videos at my channel for translate theese to russian?

[@haterkrassboiii1868]

i cant craft pickaxe

[@user-oy3ju9ib8s]

Help me find Core fragments

[@edgysphere7700]

Hakim mosegi explore your first world. They will either be deep underground, or you can find it in this mine area. (youll know when you get there because a NPC will be near tents and a campfire, near them is an entrance to a mine.) You have to kill a boss to get 20, or find them in crates in the mine.

[@user-oy3ju9ib8s]

thanks, but i already found them

[@fredb375]

I got the 1,000th like!

[@wraiz8563]

hum

[@Leverquin]

noice.

[@kykiske321]

make a fucking combo with the 2-handed sword, man.

[@amlenk]

You cant combo two handed.