Upgrade the Mantis Razorleaf to the Most Powerful Ship in Starfield

Step by step guide, as your character level progresses, to upgrade the Razorleaf, the ship of the Mantis, to the most powerful combat ship in Starfield. Maximum stats: Hull / Health (HP), Shield Health, Weapon DPS and Range, Top Speed, Mobility, and Grav Jump Range. No Mods, No Glitches, on Xbox.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
3:36 Base Razorleaf Overview
5:22 Quickly Acquire the Razorleaf
8:42 Upgrade 1 - Crew Space
9:12 Upgrade 2 - Weapons
9:43 Upgrade 3 - Grav Drive
10:25 Upgrade 4 - Engines
11:37 Upgrade 5 - Reactor
12:13 Upgrade 6 - Shield
12:50 Upgrade 6 - Weapons
15:20 Upgrade 7 - Reactor
16:13 Upgrade 8 - Weapons
17:19 FINAL Upgrade to Most Powerful Combat Ship

[@DovahTheHero]

The Mantis gives off that Silver Shroud energy

[@soupeternal3784]

DOVAHKIIN!!!!

[@chrisxl5152]

That's exactly how I felt when doing that quest

[@majorpaiyne2124]

I love how the first time I ran into a pirate and he freaked out, I had to pause the game to get over a fit of laughter. That was the funniest reaction i' ve seen from a game in a long time.

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

Bro how do I have 500 plus hours in this game and I never thought to put particle weapons in every slot before. Brilliant.

[@dmlaughlin1]

Props to this genius. I have seen the Mantis scare many people away with no upgrades however I have never seen a whole crew of ship technicians gather around my ship just to stare at it for a half hour that was pretty cool I put it in a link in a comment that I did below- also props of this man for being a really nice guy and responding to people's questions a lot of people don't even bother with that so that's really cool

[@QuestorWI]

It would be great if you included a detailed parts list, rather than mousing over them. Other then that great looking ship.

[@iwams1]

Finally a video like this! Thanks! The razorleaf is one of my favourite ships and I really need to upgrade it

[@AcBaLkX]

You usually see glitched ships only when looking for good looking designs, but this one is really really well done even if it’s vanilla. Love the design.

[@billsharp7698]

You clearing out Kyrx was a beautiful sight. Love the firepower.

[@barrynelson5347]

Another great ship build - can't wait to build this one. Great tips throughout, but armament is crucial to making it home for supper. Thanks for your hard work putting these guides together. Your detail makes it possible.

[@wellsrii]

Awesome video! Love the RP feel!

[@namanchitlur]

1:00 Using the Mantis ship gives you that fear factor anyways... no sense to make the people think that the upgrades make them fear you. Great vid and tutorial though, thanks so much!

[@Paul_nutfrom80s]

mantis or not picking a fight with a ship equipped with that many guns is suicidal, thanks for the blueprint can't wait to build it

[@MacHamish]

I ditched missles for turrets. A game changer. Have at least 1 facing the aft/rear.

[@soupeternal3784]

I thought about that at one point for a ship idea, it wasn't really my style, yet again I have to farm out the levels and invest into my tech to max it out.

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

Not sure if you knew but you don’t have to listen to the recordings in the vanguard orientation hall. Just run through and make sure to press all the buttons and you’ll get full credit “for preparation and thoroughness” as Moara says.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

That is good to know.

[@purpledevilr7463]

This is exceptional to know.

[@kolotripitha69]

I have followed this build everytime. Monster ship. "s%^t It's the Mantis still makes it worthwhile.

[@mrfrankel2449]

Wait, so pirates and spacers run when they see this ship? Sounds like a perfect hauler.

[@michaelmiles2647]

Not everytime but often enough

[@aarongeeks9139]

I love this thank you for this so much can you do a frontier ship build next ❤

[@Seer_Of_The_Woodlands]

Great Video !

[@johnroberts838]

Thank you 👍👍👍

[@WarriorPleb]

I need to start playing this again!

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I'm picking it back up on the 15th when the update drops.

[@kristoffermangila]

This ultimate Razorleaf screams "Dakka"!

[@jasonpatrignani4717]

Waaaaaaghhhhh!!!

[@Ozzymandios]

Always Great! I have adopted many of your techniques 😊 when using EM, which are the Best? and drop which of these 3 Particle weapons? I think its drop PBOs and add the Class B Nullifirer 1750... ?

[@ShipTechnician]

I think that’s a good trade if you want EM weapons

[@matt.o.nutz3dnutz930]

Thx.

[@johnrr6]

Love this! Will boost the cargo with skill points and perks. I am however, having a hard time seeing how I will ever board a ship again. With all that firepower, it will be hard not to blow it out of space…. I might consider replacing the third type of weapon system with the best suppressors. What is an estimate of overall cost to this design?

[@kiliksang630]

Or you put a non automatic ray on the top, so that you don't spam and destroy the ship but you use it to disable the engines 🤓

[@blackfish95]

in my current universe, my mantis quest is bugged. I have two copies of the 'Secret Hideout' or whatever the slate is called. I'm at the point where it says to read the slate. I do, and the quest doesn't update. oh well, maybe next universe i'll try again. I've done the mantis so many times, and made similarly powerful ships out of it. It is fun to see those interactions.

[@shadowdires]

did I miss the fuel tank\tanks became I have built a ship or two , I am not that good at ship building at all, and I had great reactor and other things but I didn't change out the fuel tanks which made it my ship not able to jump across the whole area which really disappointed me because I was having huge issues building with piles of errors then when I finally got it all together ( real time hours and hours lol) I couldn't jump across the whole map because of lack of fuel very discouraged I stopped playing for a while , not I jumped on and am in newgameplus 2 I dont like the star born ship, so I will grab the mantis and upgrade hehe I am curious how much cargo space

[@nunyanunya3564]

The adversary repellant feature of the Manta ship upgraded or not means less enemy to fight, less experience, less bounty etc. If you want to avoid most fights then by all means fly the pacifist Manta ship.

[@kamilowczarek4533]

I would like to ask how can you use all shield, engine and weapons points?

[@willrun4fun]

Nice build! With no points to expand ship crew size what is the optimum members? I have engine and shield skills maxed out so far on my character.

[@ShipTechnician]

Great question! The best crew only requires 4 crew spaces, depending on your ship’s weapons. For a ship with all particle beams, Barrett gives those a boost. Otherwise, you may want to either swap out Barrett for someone else that gives other weapons types a bump, or add an additional crew member. -Sam for a boost to top speed, an extra engine power point, and his payloads skill -Omari for extra shield power point -Andromeda or Vasco for an extra reactor power point (you only get the boost from one, not both, and Vasco is glitchy and gets in the way a lot, so I’d recommend Andromeda) Barrett for a boost to particle beams (you can also add Sarah for her Astrodynamics skill which reduces your fuel consumption, but you probably don’t need it if your own character’s skill is maxed, and you don’t want to listen to her complain all the time. She doesn’t count against crew space because of her Leadship skill though, so she kinda doesn’t count).

[@willrun4fun]

@@ShipTechnician Thanks! I never realized there were so many possibilities. I never knew all of these recruits were out there till I looked at the wiki

[@eriklundell1586]

Can you help me i can't play through the vanguard fiction because I don't get no more mission after the one called Delivering Devils. I don't know what to do, help me pls

[@dmlaughlin1]

May I ask you why you decided to use the 3015's and not the 3030's? I'm thinking it's just because you don't need that much power or I don't know but the 30😅30 is our much lighter so not much lighter but they're a little lighter- just curious

[@Powder323]

And you can’t have only one weapon type on the build. It physically will not let you put all the vanguard weapons onto the 3 different slots.

[@andrewbaker4564]

Yes it does, it worked for me.

[@ThisDoeb]

Jerry Smith is a spacer?

[@dober-man986]

A good improvement, but I don’t see the practical use of a ship without a cargo compartment for no less than 5000. Unless it’s just for the picture. To make it convenient to play, the cargo compartment needs 10,000

[@darkmxhishot7475]

Can you please go over how to get crafting stations in the ship. I’ve tried all the differet habs. I’ve looked up on KZbin. Every time I build a ship with what is supposed to be the proper units crafting stations are never on my ship when I’m done.

[@ShipTechnician]

That is very odd. Just to confirm: have you tried placing the Workshop Hab? The Workshop Hab has the crafting stations, at least until the most recent May Update is released (for Xbox players), at which point you could also place crafting stations in any Hab using the new Decorate mode.

[@jayn8392]

I cannot get the weapons to stack like that. It will only leet me put two on the back

[@princealexi25]

How do you "just grqab the color scheme and paint?"

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

Are you enjoying the new difficulty modifiers? The devs putting the XP gains next to each one in the settings is genius in my opinion. I love now having a 51% XP boost but man afflictions are a serious problem now lol.

[@ShipTechnician]

They change the game for me. I love it. I’ve wanted more difficulty for a long time, and also wanted vendors to have more credits so I can easily build more ships!

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

@@ShipTechnician same here. It’s gotten me totally re-obsessed into the game. You may have mentioned this before but I haven’t really seen anyone talk about it in a video - the throttle meter on the ship HUD when you’re flying, the lower left hand corner has that sliding bar that shows how much throttle you’re giving your ship, and in the middle of the meter there’s a thicker white bar that shows where your thrust should be to give you optimum turning radius. I’ve tested it with my most and least maneuverable ships and it’s a useful thing to pay attention to because you can definitely turn much more tightly in a super massive ship if you keep your throttle in the middle of that white bar. I’m always tempted to keep my throttle mashed down but that’s usually what costs me my turning radius.

[@LicensedGunn]

in terms of weapons , what would the ideal set up be for auto turrets? will the damage be the same ...... i feel like auto turrets are heavier as i can nt get the same damage out put

[@ShipTechnician]

Here is a video on ship parts that covers turrets: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoiadqWNiNd6h9U You can get great damage output from particle beam turrets, but I wouldn’t bother with ballistic or laser turrets. That is because ballistic weapons don’t do much damage to shields, but the turret doesn’t know this, and will still fire at an enemy ship and waste ammo that isn’t doing much damage until their shields are depleted. The inverse is true for lasers, they primarily damage shields but don’t do much damage to hull. Particle beams damage both equally, so if you equip turrets, they should be particle beams, as the turrets will fire regardless. The other aspect about turrets is that it can be advantageous to place them facing in different cardinal directions, so your blind spots are covered. However, this also limits the amount of focused damage output you can deal on a single target at one time, as the turrets can only cover about 90 degrees (they cannot turn a full 360 degrees). It’s a trade-off. I find turrets are better for slower ships with C Class engines, and/or ships with low mobility, as your ability to dogfight is limited by your engine performance so having side and back coverage is a good idea. For a fast and mobile ship, being able to focus all of your damage output on a single target eliminates them so much quicker. Plus, you are in control of when the weapons fire, so if an enemy boosts away and your weapons lose their target lock, you either stop firing to not waste ammo (turrets keep firing but miss), or if you’re good enough you can manually aim and still hit your target. Some of the best particle beam turrets in regards to damage: Obliterator 250MeV Alpha Turret PBO-300 Auto Alpha Turret PBO-100 Auto Neutron Turret Eradicator 75MeV Auto Neutron Turret

[@LicensedGunn]

@@ShipTechnician thank you for the thoughtout reply amazing!!!!

[@tinorodriguez7122]

I have a question. I've got 15 beacons set up close to ship landing sites on level 60 and over planets. However I only have starborn ships landing. Is this a glitch?

[@billsharp7698]

They broke, or turned off ship landings in one of the patches. It's suppose to be fixed in the latest beta (on steam now).

[@gilflores789]

I may have missed it in the dialog but at what point do the enemy not recognize it as the Mantis? Will it always be recognized as the Mantis no matter how you build it?

[@ShipTechnician]

Correct, it will always be recognized even if you replace every original part.

[@richardisotope]

Having that many guns is for those who don't shoot well.😊

[@ShipTechnician]

pew pew :)

[@Drrolfski]

Didn't even know that flying the Mantis would give you these speech options lol. The problem IMO is that this game favors flying a single jack-of-all-trades ship vs specializing. There's little use for dedicated fighting or cargo vessels when a single teched-out high-tier ship will get you there as well.

[@ShipTechnician]

Don’t tell me how to role play!… ;)

[@karlleidner5439]

Tanks for IT! I would prefer to keep Class A, because of a posible Speed of 150! AT Level 43 you can get a Class A Reactor mit 31 or 33 Power. Then IT is for me the best ship. But anyway, IT makes fun, Real fun😊

[@travisbaez8430]

A B class under 1000 with 4 3015 engines goes 180 and has 100 mobility. B is the sleeper class that outperforms A and C class ships

[@karlleidner5439]

@@travisbaez8430 this doesen't work since Update in March, afaik.

[@davidkusztor9278]

Interior tour?

[@John_Doe657]

I did similar upgrades to it. Only problem is that it’s impossible to board an enemy ship because everything gets blown in to pieces in milliseconds 😆

[@hengineer]

Lol I tend to board ships on the ground now because my ship is so OP

[@ericjohnson339]

I cannot figure out why i cant put the rear landing gears on. it only gives me options to use two of that style of landing gear. im using everything youre using

[@Pighandler]

Use your outpost landing pad 👍🏻

[@ericjohnson339]

@@Pighandler thanks

[@GarrettTravers]

You cut out the whole part about outpost landing pads.

[@mbjkdajensen]

Why can't they fix the operation Starseed quest?

[@RyanOsborne-qf3pd]

I've copied this exactly, and my ships speed isn't maxed like yours? How is yours max 😢

[@ShipTechnician]

hmmm, have you invested in your Engine Systems skill? Sam Coe also provides a boost.

[@dmlaughlin1]

Does he ever say where he's getting all these parts from like I don't know I am a Starship level four ship design and level 4 pilot

[@ShipTechnician]

Nearly all come from an Outpost Landing Pad. For some of the high level reactors and weapons I often go to Stroud-Eklund in the Narion System, but you could find them elsewhere.

[@dmlaughlin1]

Thank you so much for your help! I subscribed I liked I loved I also am assuming that you're either an engineer or some kind of computer design or something

[@dmlaughlin1]

Okay that's what I was wondering it sounds like you don't have to go to each individual vendor for the specific parts to be there only for a set few like you said

[@Powder323]

I’m confused as to how my cannons only do 11 dmg to hull and shields. Yours do 20. ?????

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Do you have the perks unlocked and the right crew? They both add damage.

[@Powder323]

@@Blasted2Oblivion for some reason it says I can only have a couple people out of 5 on my crew. Pilot Max and ship design max. So only have 2 plus my companion.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@Powder323 There are other skills that specifically boost ship weapons. If you only have those two, that might be part of the problem.

[@jeremyortner8398]

Ah the perks forgot about those working on particle one now

[@dmlaughlin1]

How is he pulling up that part to go behind the landing gear where is he getting that from you don't even see him pull it up

[@ShipTechnician]

Could you provide an exact timestamp? I believe you’re referring to the additional set of landing gear, which I simply copied the first that were already on the ship, and then used the D-pad to change the variant.

[@dmlaughlin1]

Yeah it was the second landing gear from Taiyo. With after some research I figured I found out that you need to go to each manufacturer that has these parts at least initially and then you'll have them forever/via outpost/ landing pad. I know you know already, however. I was going to ask you why you didn't use the DT30s...I did like a fool and realized I'm finding out because at a certain point it will be just too much power for any reactor to power them up? I watched the whole video but because of the money I had saved in the game or credits I was only be I'm only able to jump up to the b35 reactor at 52 mass? I'm only at level 55 so maybe that b38 you were talking about will come along for me in a few more levels.... I thought I would send you the link of what I was talking about at the beginning of this thesis again I apologize for the for the incoerhent rambling www.xbox.com/play/media/C65Kp8QA6N I tried to give you props but the technicians weren't even talking to me they're just staring and saying what a nice ship it was

[@dmlaughlin1]

Yes you are right I just hadn't visited Tailos shipyards! ;)

[@dmlaughlin1]

This game is so immersive I love it but sometimes I just want to check my controller against the wall and spit on my floor

[@dmlaughlin1]

Sorry I means white dwarf 3030s I've been putting this thing together doing the Neon /Crime Syndicate glitch since I first wrote your channel. What can I say you made a sexy ship... 🤷

[@namanchitlur]

What vendor is he going to, the Akila one doesn't give you some parts, jemison doesn't give you some parts, and oupost pad doesn't even get you the reactor?

[@SlyBlu7]

Landing Pad with Shipbuilder, at your outpost. It has all the parts except for the "exclusives" like the cockpits and 3x2 habs.

[@namanchitlur]

@@SlyBlu7 I found out already, got my reactor from the red mile and then just finished on oupost

[@silentscott88]

Where can you put the new reactor on the ship to bring it to outpost to be able to get the test of the parts ?

[@namanchitlur]

@@silentscott88 I moved all engines to one side, then went to the red mile to get it. Idk where it is, but I'm sure it's in the Porrima system

[@namanchitlur]

@@silentscott88 you have to make the ship look a lil weird for like 3 mins.. it looks hella goofy bru

[@jeremyortner8398]

Why is your par levels much higher than mine,i swear im using the same weapons??

[@jeremyortner8398]

Im running 76 135 87

[@ShipTechnician]

That’s a good question…have you leveled up your tech skill tree? Another thing to check may be what crew you have assigned and if that impacts the stat box displayed?

[@scubasteve2189]

I think they nerfed the Vanguard Obliterator Autocannon. Mine are just 11 damage instead of 20 as shown in the video. Unless it has to do with a skill perk, which is possible, but all the other stats match the video for me. 🤷🏻‍♂️ It’s not the end of the world, as the ship is still super OP, but nerfs always annoy me. 🙄

[@louismullins1083]

Particle Beam Weapon Systems Skill my friend

[@billy_cross5580]

Would you be feared you do understand don’t do that NBC’s are just bad sometimes well sometimes badly program computer routines they don’t have emotion. They don’t fear you and there are no other players so you’re not feared by anybody no matter what and unless I’m mistaken isn’t this game mostly a fast travel related safe travel what exactly do you do in space that part? Do you need this hyper powerful ship

[@y2xvd24]

why talk like class A is some super good stuff, that's the basic class and the ship u start with is class A

[@ShipTechnician]

Good question. Class C does not mean best. Class A does not mean worst. Class A engines are the fastest in the game. Class C engines are the slowest. This has a meaningful difference in combat. Further, what many think are some of the best engines in the game, the Class C SAL-6830s, actually have trouble overcoming their own high mass and therefore are outperformed, pound-per-pound by many Class A and Class B engines. Here is a deep dive on that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJbOl3d6j8doiKs Even further, the Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojector particle beam weapons are Class A and are some of the best weapons in the game.

[@y2xvd24]

@@ShipTechnician thats really insightful thanks for the infos

[@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290]

Yeah... the most powerful ship in the game... and also the ugliest.

[@troyrarehale2517]

HARD PASS, STARFIELD IS UTTER TRASH.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

That's your opinion and you are entitled to it. That said, I feel it's important to let you know that you left your caps lock on.

[@davidsabo405]

😂😂😂😂

[@bluntman3180]

The games still garbage

[@Jangocat]

I cant believe anyone still plays this lousy game lol. Ship building is the only interesting aspect, but you cant even fly them anywhere, just a loading screen simulator with a bad story.

[@markeastlack4180]

Landing gears are the most pain in the ass part of ship building how you just skim right past that?

[@ShipTechnician]

They can be a pain as you increase your ship’s mass, absolutely. For this build, I kept things as lightweight as possible to get top flight performance, but around the 18:37 mark I very briefly touch on swapping out the initial landing gear for some with more Landing Thrust. I don’t go deep into landing gear in this video, but do have a separate guide where I discuss them further: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoiadqWNiNd6h9U The primary stat for landing gear is their Landing Thrust. As with most things, the more the better. The maximum you can find in the game is 4 Landing Thrust per landing gear, and a basic rule of thumb is you need 1 Landing Thrust per 200 Mass, rounding up.