15 Tips for Outpost Building in Starfield that you NEED to Know - Ultimate Outpost Building Guide

How to build an outpost in Starfield Guide! 15 tips & tricks for Outpost Building in Starfield for PC & Xbox!
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00:00 Intro
00:32 Locating resources
01:51 Finding the perfect spot
02:51 Refunded materials
03:31 Ship inventory
04:01 Access build mode, remove & rename
04:30 Move Outpost beacon
05:00 Alternative view
05:21 Floating HABs
07:03 Rotate and snap
07:26 How does the scan booster work
10:38 100% Survey Data
11:00 Outpost robots
11:37 Change rotation speed
12:25 Placing any item
13:07 Habs on water
13:57 Outro
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[@jamesfromthecomputer]

Oh my god. The outpost rotation speed thing I never knew about, I was losing my fkn mind, you have saved my sanity

[@GuessMyName86]

Hands down, the best guy to get resources from (he has every resource you need to build) is in Cydonia (SOL). When you’re entering cydonia and going down the ramp take a left and he’s the last room. You’ll pass two medical rooms and he’s in a very very tiny room. He even has a bench right next to his desk (wait 48 hours). He has it all! And lots of it. I’m seeing that no one ever mentions this guy! His name is DENIS AVERIN.

[@yungchino1929]

Thanks bro. I always went to Neon to the mining league guy.

[@lukenetherton5673]

I just use the scan boosters as radar props or other cool looking embellishments for the roof of my outpost. They may have little functional use, but I think they look really cool.

[@Xandros999]

I put mine on the guard tower, that also has little functional use. By themselves they're useless, together they can pretend to be a flight control tower!

[@theonlysjc]

Exactly.... 300 hours in and I've built maybe one actually functioning outpost and the rest are purely for fun. Nothing more than a prop in my opinion.

[@Diachron]

Came here to say this. Not terribly useful but it sure is pretty! 😂

[@Gary_S]

I've got about 150 hrs into outpost building alone and learnt a couple of things from this video - thanks 👍🏻

[@bjarnis]

Outpost building is great, it makes the game so much more interesting and research and crafting is no issue when you have you network all set up where all your outposts send resources to your main outpost.

[@danratsnapnames]

bro.. go play NMS or at least look at glitch building by beatlebum. because no mans sky building is SOOOOOOO much better..

[@XoRandomGuyoX]

The scan booster *should* be a planet-wide bonus. That's the entire point of bothering to build one somewhere. As it stands now, it's only marginally useful for detecting enemies during an outpost attack.

[@hark9283]

It is allowing you to see the resources veins from far away

[@richardwalters2715]

​@hark9283 but if you already built the outpost, you don't need to see other veins. Therefore useless

[@SuperZanado]

@@richardwalters2715it is very useful when searching places with multiple different types of veins. As soon as you get off ship place outpost with the scanner boost down, then make a tall stack of any containers get on top and pull out scanner and look around. Doing that you can see size of veins and how many are close together. Once you find one delete then go to spot.

[@Native_Creation]

Agreed, I hope there's a mod for that

[@Boostmeister69]

OMG How do you get rid of enemy corpses from your outpost though!?

[@zerojee6236]

Note: Your beacon is also a spawn point for fast travel to your outpost. So, keep that in mind when positioning it. Great video by the way!

[@MrSpiffySpiff]

Came here to say this

[@vampiresquid74]

I hate hate hate this!!!!! let me land on my damn landing pad! I dont know why Bethesda has to be so goofy

[@vampiresquid74]

@@GabeHeroncan you? When I try that it gives the intersecting object error

[@vampiresquid74]

@@GabeHeronthat would be awesome; I briefly looked for a “place anywhere” glitch but couldn’t find any

[@MrSpiffySpiff]

@@GabeHeron but…but, your outpost marker WILL eventually disappear. Seems more plausible to just plan your base layout efficiently around your beacon. Right? Edit: would still like to see a video about it

[@koolkevin2357]

The hand scanner is also a good 'estimating' tool for Sniper Ranging - to make sure you are within range (and you'll learn distance range - ing as a result of practicing this) for your weapon.

[@HattaTHEZulZILLA86]

I tend to build living quarters for my human settlers on elevated platforms in Fallout 4. Defensive turrets too. I have a feeling my build policy will be quite practical in Starfield.

[@Native_Creation]

Knew quite a bit of these, but some great outpost building tips I didn't know, cool lake outpost and height ones. Definitely need some overhaul in future expansions. And fricken walls.

[@TheBeardGuys]

Yea the lake stuff is really nice. That lake was only a cpl hundred meters or so from the main base shown too, on the other side of the hill, so quite a nice example of biomes changing. Shame there aren't that many lakes/rivers, though I suppose it makes them more interesting to find. Def need walls!

[@Genesis.1-1]

I've watch a lot of outpost building videos and this is the most helpful I've seen. Great tips...really appreciate the effort. Thanks - Subscribed.

[@seraphuziel]

So far, the best spot I found was on Bessel 3 b. found a five resource convergence, including iron and bauxite {where aluminum really comes from}, nickel and cobalt. in addition, one day local is 1300+ hours. I advise there over anyplace else, the xp is insane.

[@adama7448]

Liking this, because this is also where I've set up due to the aforementioned. Also, I will mention that there will be naysayers saying there's no such way to acquire all of those resources without having multiple outposts on the planet. This is because the spot is very rare to find, but IS possible to find. I am currently playing on XBOX ONE X (Not the Series S/X) via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate streaming. I recommend everyone take advantage of the area as it's really good to acquire quick experience early.

[@mikeo759]

I have all 4 in one outpost on Bessell 3 B

[@farangthony]

I´ve found quite a few 7 resource spots on my own, bessel 3b 5 resource was my first too since it´s featured on a dozen youtube videos.

[@TheMousheen]

This video is great, the tip about rotation sensitivity alone is amazing!

[@chromenewt]

I've been through many clickbaity videos trying to get explanations for things in this game and while I already knew most of these I do wish I'd spotted your one at the start. Probably would have saved me a couple of hours, so I'd recommend this video to anyone else starting off as a great one for covering things that get missed elsewhere.

[@Richard_Rz]

Fascinating about scanning improving production by 2!!! Subbed❤

[@dylanwarner6035]

Legit good tips, didn’t know about the rotation speed or picking random stuff up with the builder

[@BarrickMacready]

Im glad to see otheres using the neoncity dancers outfit for their followers

[@sevnsinnz6468]

GREAT video bro, so many helpful tips and tricks! Can't wait to get started with my ideal outpost!

[@TheBeardGuys]

Thank you 🙂

[@Syisulis]

Wow, I know it had the be a better way to move misc objects 😩THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

[@yippykayakotherbuckets8870]

I just go for places with sick scenery. A crater on Grimsey for example. My Jemison outpost is across the lake by the Armistice Archives in New Atlantis. Waterfront property and "floating" Landing Pad..it's in the water.

[@MacHamish]

Sweet idea, thanx. 🙂👍

[@chrisdcrus5404]

WARNING: be very careful when moving your outpost beacon to another area within you current build zone! I moved my beacon to the edge of the build zone to keep it out of the way but after I lost the ability to fast travel to that outpost because the planet map icon disappeared! Luckily I had to travel to several different landing sites to find my outpost again and was able to find it again but it was a struggle. I moved my beacon back towards the centre of the build zone like it was previously and now the fast travel icon is back . All my resources are in that outpost so I was extra scared for a while!!!

[@TheBeardGuys]

Good to know, thanks for sharing

[@thejackscraft3472]

Did you put the beacon facing outside of your outpost? when you fast travel, you show up in front of the keyboard on your beacon, so I'd assume that if that were outside of your outpost it might have trouble.

[@grumpybadger1177]

Ahhh!! That's what happened to me then! My amp farm on Jemison did that

[@aj1218]

I never got mine back it disappeared forever

[@thrawn82]

@@thejackscraft3472 i moved mine next to my landing pad and lost the fast travel icon, def not on the edge. luckily i still had my original landing zone nearby and was able to walk back to the outpost. once i moved it back to near it's original spot the fast travel point came back

[@robnolette]

The control setting suggestion for output rotation is priceless - thank you! I was getting totally pissed off trying to make things line up and constantly over-rotating.

[@GuessMyName86]

I wish they had more design options, such as, walkways to make bridges to one place to another instead of just the closed hallway. They could of put a lot more options into it and fencing for your storage and stuff.

[@yesteryearr]

Yep. It's still super limited

[@Nobody-11B]

Wow, actual useful information. Thanks a bunch

[@Edwardfelix418]

Great Video! I definitely learned a few things!

[@mauriziocorradi1598]

Very interesting, and 70% of the things explained here I didn't know. Thanks!

[@TheBeardGuys]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@chengkuoklee5734]

In Fallout 4, while adjusting my furniture angle:" Shawn? Who's Shawn?" In Starfield, while trying to adjust furniture angle too: "Artifact? What artifact?"

[@gaeren]

It seems silly - but the tip that you can move your outpost beacon after initial placement is REALLY helpful. Since the beacon locale is where you spawn when you fast travel to any outpost it can be problematic. (example - my placement, that was needed to get four resources all in range, happened to be next to a toxic gas node. Meaning any fast tvl after that - poisoned me). LMAO - now I've moved it right next to my landing pad, and I'm much less...wait for it...toxic.

[@bulletsix]

be aware, though the moving of the beacon can lead to buggy behaviour, like loss of items in chests, inability to build and things like that I have moved my beacon without problems until now, but be aware and do maybe a hard save before moving the beacon, just in case :)

[@mdspence11]

​@bulletsix thos happened to me and I lost a couple hours of building

[@juanbrito-nina2877]

It can be overwhelming to get into a game like this. Your videos are like having a strategy guide. It really helps people like me...

[@grumpybadger1177]

@7:03 🎉😮 Omg thankyou so much!! I hadn't found that yet myself and building my storage containers has been frustrating lol

[@willthomas87]

Some great tips here thanks

[@bl3993]

This was super useful!

[@B-eg2oc]

Wow this vid helped a lot. New subscriber.

[@montys8th]

Ok I learnt some stuff and I'm over 400 hours in. Nice work Beard Guys. Subbed.

[@universal_wisdom3416]

The placing any item one was huge, thanks bro. I’ve been rotating and dropping them rotating and dropping until I get it exactly right this entire time.

[@vinceely2906]

Pretty sure L3 on the controller can change the axis it spins on.

[@universal_wisdom3416]

@@vinceely2906 Yeah I actually found that out later and it changed everything for me 😆

[@James-xt5cc]

You can move your outpost beacon. But dont move ot too close to the edges. But after you land, you spawn right next to it, so putting it close to where you want to be is convenient. I put mine either next to bottom of landing pad stairs or stairs up to my outpost building.

[@lunarcontact]

Excellent thanks

[@thechamp9696]

Outposts are occupying a lot of my game time right now. Lots of fun! I built an alien bug ranch and next up is an industrial-sized drug manufacturing lab 😂

[@TheBeardGuys]

Love it!

[@thechamp9696]

Just an update that I built my first meth - I mean “amp” - lab and I plan on going full on intergalactic breaking bad over the next few days 😂

[@stacythomas9916]

@@thechamp9696 I've been doing that too. In my RP that's why my wanted toon has their bounty.

[@buchan448]

love this game have subbed and pressed the bell hello from Scotland

[@welshsamurai4987]

I know a good way to make the thing you are placing perfect straight, on pc you can press tab to go into the different build mode, if select the item you want to place then tap tab twice it’ll line it up perfectly infront of you

[@BoJangles42]

Scan booster can make planet surveys faster, especially if your scanning skill sucks like mine. Go to a new biome, plop down an outpost beacon, a scanner booster, and a power generator, and look for anything with a blue outline. Then once you’ve scanned all of that, delete the outpost, rinse and repeat.

[@UltraBeatZ]

Is there no option from the build menu to increase/decrease the building height? I did see you do this somewhat in first person view. Also I can't find any staircases, which I'd like to have as a buildable hab. The option to connect a hab directly to the shipyard would be nice aswell.

[@devynhardison7422]

I’ve been putting off building an outpost… but now I’m going to build some ocean front outpost.

[@TheCephalus]

usually I only need one or two outposts with multiple resources, after that it becomes duplicates most of them time. I really don't need 4 outposts all mining iron. what is useful however is helium-3 so that I can make links.

[@gethriel]

Does the scan booster help with base defense (identifying where enemy targets are, and is that at all useful)

[@corrosiongod]

I'd love to have a hab connect under water if you figure that out please make a vid.

[@carlolaput2597]

My God, you saying that the rotation speed can be adjusted in the setting... Just for that, you have my eternal thanks!

[@FishyPastor]

Is there any benefit in using outpost specialist?

[@markcumbriauk]

how do you adjust the Hight of an object ie habs etc?.

[@PrinceofPwnage]

I made an outpost within walking distance of The Lodge in Jemison. For some reason when I do the "air view" the parts just load, load, and load and doesn't let me change between type of parts. I can only put parts down in first person view

[@androgynastronaut]

I love Murphid IV. My androgenous avatar is quite happy there.

[@ManChickin]

got this down to a tea.. i have 3 outposts currently mining 8 resource in one spot.. take a lonngggg time to find the sweet spots however

[@TheBeardGuys]

Very nice, some planets do seem to just be especially good for having lots of diff resources together.

[@nicholasmichael4758]

Does moving the outpost beacon still cause the disappearing outpost bug, or was that patched?

[@demonickenshinw6545]

Any chance you know when i go to global view that i cant build or do anything? (Only happening at one outpost. I can get you a video if needed to show what its doing) love your videos. Thought you might know the issue

[@TheBeardGuys]

I've had a similar issue today, I can't deselect items in the build menu and workbenches all say they are blocked. Had to just save and load game and it worked again

[@MrEdennnn]

The fact we can’t build security walls and doors really baffles me

[@steveeymann6374]

Walls would be cool. I'm really excited to see what modding is going to bring to the game.

[@KaptainTorres]

I just want to build a fence.

[@egossick]

What about items in your storage found at the base in storage containers. Where does that go?

[@SOFFtv]

The outpost beacon determines where you spawn in when fast travelling to your base.

[@ThomasPurcell]

It bugs a lot when you move it unfortunately. I moved my beacon, and now I can't quick travel to the base, only to the original landing area nearby Anyone know a fix for this?

[@silenced_rain326]

@@ThomasPurcell I haven’t encountered this issue as of yet But I know some other outpost bugs for example the eternal spinning wheel in aerial build mode and some random lighting issues when moving buildings around can be fixed by making a quick save in your outpost and reloading it Maybe give that a go and see if that helps?

[@meat-hook]

​@@ThomasPurcellWait for the molders to fix it...

[@ThomasPurcell]

@@meat-hook I found a fix to it....there is a red circle inside the yellow circle base limits. You can see it from the 'View " position. Move the beacon into the red circle area and the base will become visible again.

[@meat-hook]

@@ThomasPurcell I was in top-down when I moved it. I land on the pad, and everything works. I'm hoping it's a bug that works in my favor. That big pad is really big and kills some of my layout needs. If I can move the beacon to where the border is only overlapping a bit of the pad is be stoked.

[@Draidis]

The benefit of the scan booster has nothing to do with resources. It's a defensive tool. It allows you to highlight attachers who are outside of your base from much further away. So, that you can see where you are being attacked from and respond before they are inside your base already doing damage. Is it a high value building? No. Does it have a purpose beyond what is described in this video? Yes.

[@darrenmclaughlin1362]

Try right-clicking the mouse (on PC) when building.

[@DovahGirL]

Perfect guide, thank you so much. How do you achieve the height of the hubs when placing them down? For the life of me I can’t figure this out on series x 😔subbed.

[@TheBeardGuys]

Up and down on d-pad I think it is, after you click once to place it. Might be one of the sticks if not

[@DovahGirL]

@@TheBeardGuys thank you, I was losing my mind😆.

[@JamesMadisonsSpiritAnimal]

It going to need to create He3 resources hubs to send stuff all to oneain outpost and automate everything id suggest only building in systems with he3 in them so I can send he3 to it to ship stuff off.

[@ChibiTheEdgehog]

You can also sell your planetary scan data for a nice chunk of change

[@TheBeardGuys]

Yup, and make sure you sell it to Vladimir on the Eye and you get the best price (plus he has a lot of cash)

[@smoklares9791]

How connect energy generator like solar panels beetween?

[@sammarshall621]

How do you delet things ?

[@derFuchsi]

Dude what did you do to Andreja? 😄

[@amybluesky]

Can look at ship inventory but not access it from anywhere on the planet. Also when leaving planet and then using map to land ship, fails going to same spot unless I build a landing pad…frustrating

[@mattallen5335]

It will not let me build stacked habs how do you get it?

[@xanderjuneau9049]

Honestly the lack of instructions regarding controls for things in this game has been my biggest spot of contention. To have to have other people explain or just stumble upon the controls myself is absolutely horrendous. Otherwise Starfield is an amazing game.

[@cpc6364]

Good luck keeping anything you place inside your "glitchy" floaty buildings.

[@GnLguy1226]

200+ hours and had no fucking clue you could pick misc items up in build mode and place them like any other build asset. This will save so much time placing things.

[@shaundavidssd]

Build two interlinked outposts next to each other for maximum pinachè

[@JackShepardPlays]

I just wanted to know how to make Doors on the inside of the habs 😢

[@MikeOfKorea]

When you're in the game, flailing the view around is all right, but if you're going to make videos for others to see, flailing the camera around fast and wild can get confusing.

[@jamirobinson4579]

I’m on my 3rd play thru and have yet to find aluminum and iron in the same place. I’ve spent hours looking on several planets and have watched guides but to no avail

[@LukA_Utoka]

👍🏻

[@fnusecurity5112]

Question. I don't know if it is a glitch or a mess up on their part. But say you build two outpost. one near the Starter area and the next near a level 75 area. I was able to travel between my two outpost without doing short hops. Guess you can say a fast travel spot.

[@TheGmanSpy]

You can fast travel back and forth between 2 discovered locations all the time

@@TheGmanSpy As long as you're not overencumbered.

[@pledro88]

Just clapped eyes with the Picasso styled Bob Ross, Chuck Noris hybrid at 1:05 and now I can't un-see it!

[@pluxauag7555]

Scan boosters speed up surveying

[@MatthewThomas-wj7ce]

Floating habs is really cool... but I cannot even get habs to go on top of other habs as it always shows red, driving me mad as it worked with my first character and now it refuses with every other character ive made so I'm stuck with single story structures now 😔

[@MacHamish]

I keep loosing robots when I break down bases. There is no option to fire un needed staff. So if one misses a robot, they stay on the crew list.

[@JasonArter]

"Hold down the pickup button..." Which button is the 'pick up' button? I missed this.

[@Scimarad]

Arrrgh, I can believe I didn't know that rotate thing with the containers.

[@bsnxenogear]

The huge takeaway here is that you can make two story habitats.

[@Tik1F]

I gone crazy with outpost building, even made 25k cargo ship for just building outposts and dont even have all the cargo perks yet so should be around 30k cargo size after leveling that up im defintely going to make some cool outposts now after i saw that you can drag the bottom one out and game does not even build foundation after it theres been so many times when i tried to place something to specific spot thats cool and all but "FOUNDATION IS TOO TALL" Drives me nuts. why there is up and down button for foundation when you raise it by inch it cries that its too tall!!

[@TayschrennSedai]

79 ammo is making my anxiety high. That's not enough ammo!

[@everythingrc2324]

This should be titles beginner tutorial

[@The_gamer23]

Hey its me again

[@ReclinedPhysicist]

How much xp do you get for building a base? I would think that starting out it's a good idea to do even if you're not that into base building because you get a good XP boost and the landing pad with the shipbuilder on it is something everybody's going to want.

[@thebenc1537]

They obviously cut content from the game to give us a base and/or ship building dlc. I will wait for that DLC to go on sale for 50% off before I do any serious base building.

[@Philthee24]

Be very careful when building mannequins and turrets. Ive had mannequins dissappear randomly and then sometime randomly reappear. 4 of the 6 turrets are gone....?

[@TheBeardGuys]

I wonder if the turrets got destroyed by raiders? Not sure if they can attack when you are away or not. I've had Spacers attack an Outpost when I have arrived there before

[@Philthee24]

@TheBeardGuys if they did, I couldn't imagine that the turrets would still show up in my base building as "4/6 built". Unless that's an over site by BGS and when a turret is destroyed you can't rebuild. Maybe.

[@AdamantJedi]

By chance did you put the turrets on top of a habitat? I stopped doing this in my outposts as the turrets would disappear. Had to delete the habitat's for them to show back up.

[@Philthee24]

@AdamantJedi re-loaded the game several times and the turrets came back. But good to know.

[@sysublime5091]

If you build a out post. Or buy the apartment in the well or else where can other players break into your out post or apartment and rob you. . . Because I had everything stolen in the Well apartment. I had a good collection of fire arms. . Everything was stolen.

[@shaneparker1199]

It bugged out

[@eddielockhart7768]

The problem with outpost building is that all you is mine elements to make materials for more outpost building. This design should have been tied to the story where the outpost you build can turn into a center of operation for ongoing missions. As it stands, you build only to be be able to continue building with no other benefit. Unless, at 120 hours, I haven’t yet reached a point to continue building.

[@SuwinTzi]

It used to be that starships used He3 when jumping. So to explore the higher level areas youd need a network of outposts not only funneling fuel but resources to build medpacks and drugs for combat.

[@eddielockhart7768]

@@SuwinTzi I don’t know if it’s because I play on Very Hard or just lucky, but atleast 8/10 enemies I kill drop a medpack or medicine. I had to start storing it in my ship.

[@bjarnis]

I ignored outpost building in my first 100+ hour playthrough, but in my current playthrough I did it from level 1, it completely changes the game, you can do the research in no time and all crafting is very easy because you have everything at your main outpost. It's also very good for farming xp and sell stuff for cash.

[@stacythomas9916]

As an RP in my game, the reason my toon has it's wanted bounty is due to drug manufacturing while trying to set up an independent pharmaceutical company their competitor doesn't approve of. I sunk one point into botany early on (which allows scanning plants to determine if they can be grown at outposts) and started an outpost producing large amounts of Amp. As I have progressed I added Chemistry, which I have maxxed. I can now make all kinds of wild pharmaceuticals, including some wildly powerful ones I haven't seen anywhere else, after adding "Special projects" research. I may add zoology as well to see what items I can produce raising animals. I couldn't care less about minerals, I have only ever had the one outpost making Alum and Iron. This has accelerated my levelling without feeling artificially grindy like making HUGE bulks of random stuff has because my toon makes a batch of Amp daily as an RP thing and sells it to fund further research and exploration. This RP "purpose" of my toon's life gives me reason to visit and explore planets and scan plants and maybe soon, animals; seeking to find new resources to expand into new products. As I hit NG+1, it was fun rebuilding Amp Camp with the highest tier stuff instead of the first go round, and then decorating the place to LOOK like a pharmaceutical lab. I am now trying to figure out where to source all the ingredients for other aid items most efficiently. Making up my own "mission" in the game has added a ton of fun. Sure I am willing to do the Constellation and other stuff, but even the main quest is a side quest for me. My toon isn't just some factions errand boy, it has it's own life goals as a semi shady cyber runner, and everything else is just interesting stuff I did along the way during my own adventure.

[@henrycarlson7514]

@@stacythomas9916 Interesting , Thank You . a fine idea. Have fun

[@1001001a]

Sorry where is the link to the basic building guide?

[@TheBeardGuys]

In the description, and also here :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5qtnmBtnbyqotU

[@meat-hook]

First time i built an outpost i placed the planning pad then moved the beacon until the pad wasn't even in the radius and it didn't care. The radius moved because i couldn't fit a watchtower on a hill until if shifted the beacon way over. The outpost system is so bad. I'd rather make a settlement in vanilla Fallout.

[@markmccluskey8984]

I'm finding it very difficult to find the points between biomes. I've tried pixel by pixel and landed but couldn't find the other biome. Oh well!

[@user-pc5qj2ix2c]

I think it's a % chance so keep trying.

[@XoRandomGuyoX]

Different resource types on the orbital scanner can indicate different biomes. This video shows an example of that where Iron was often located in the 'Hills' biome. So you're looking for areas where large deposits press against each other. That border area will likely have different biomes as you click. Once you find a point like that and land, bring up the Surface Map and look for shifts in topography. That tends to be the border point; also handy to find the ocean in coastal areas in order to scan aquatic critters.

[@dmstretch6634]

Good video but have you ever thought about using a pop filter? A lot of plosives from breathing on the mic.

[@zedorda1337]

OMG have you not even tried zooming the scanner at all?

[@UncleManuel]

You know how finding the "sweet spot" really goes? --> running around in circles like a headless chicken... 😂😁😜 Yeah yeah, it's a bit annoying because the planet map only gives you a rough estimation where resource veins converge. You really only can run around with the beacon in your hands and watch the top left corner - until you FINALLY find a spot with all desired resources... ✌

[@TheBeardGuys]

And it feels GREAT when you find the spot! 😄

[@frackinfamous6126]

The game tells you about what scan boosters are actually for and where the mats go and where they come from when building. Best Starfield tip: Read the tips and quit mashing buttons like your mom crossed with a impatient toddler peeps.

[@chengkuoklee5734]

What i hate is the structures are consisting multiple ref id, it means i can't make precision placement via console command, except decorations.

[@choerm]

Yeah, that's the sort of thing that I hope gets QoL mods when the creation kit gets released.

[@chengkuoklee5734]

@@choerm I'm waiting for place anywhere mod for Starfield.

[@chengkuoklee5734]

I hope bugthesda do something on structure id instead because if want to use console command to adjust position, I need to find every parts and individually command. Very very troublesome.