Starfield allows for a wide range of build types that make the gameplay feel different and new. Here in this article, we are going to take a look at 6 of the most fun builds in Starfield. We will also highlight Traits, Background, Skills, Weapon, and armor for the build to give you the best possible role-play experience in Starfield.
6 Most Fun Builds In Starfield
Here we are going to cover a wild range of build variety, from a chef to a cowboy scoundrel in the space:
Cowboy
Ever thought about stepping into cowboy shoes in space? The cowboy build will let you do exactly that, pick up your pistol and a hat from the local vendor, and you will be all set to live the cowboy life in Starfield. We are also selecting the right perks and skills to get out of sticky situations with our Persuasion, but if things do go south, we can always whip out the pistol to take care of the problem.
Background
“Space Scoundrel“
- Pistol Certification
- Piloting
- Persuasion
A charismatic rouge sharpshooter in the space, with Pistol Certification, you will deal more damage against enemies. Space Scoundrel makes an excellent background choice for Cowboy build in Starfield. An alternative here that we recommend is Combat Medic.
Trait
- Wanted
- Introvert
- Alien DNA
Wanted to make the game more immersive, as you will get hunted down by other mercenaries who are after your life. Introvert trait to gain more oxygen when traveling alone, since you are a rogue cowboy, living the Wild West dream. It also goes well with the role play part. Alien DNA will give us a boost to our Health and Oxygen.
Weapon
“Deadeye“
Another best weapon choice would be Elegance, which has a 109 Fire rate. Here are the weapon traits for the pistol:
- One-inch punch: Firing rounds will have a shotgun-like spread.
- Instigating: Double damage against full HP enemies.
- Shattering: Breaks enemy’s armor
While pistols are preferable for the Cowboy build, another favorite is a shotgun. There are many shotguns in the game that pack quite a punch per bullet, using any one of them completes the Cowboy build nicely.
Armor
“Mantis Set“
You can get the armor pretty early in the game, and it makes an excellent piece of gear for the rest of the journey. Here is the list of Armor perks perfect for the build:
- Headhunter: Gain +25 damage after getting a headshot an enemy.
- Combat Veteran: -15% less damage from Human enemies.
- Sentinel: 75 percent chance to lower damage by 50 percent when standing still.
Most of the perks for the armor are done in favor of the roleplaying as a gunslinging cowboy. It is better to pack a suit full of defense and some bonus to our health and damage.
Skills
The skill listed here will revolve around your Cowboy persona. It will take a pistol into account, and some of the skills will also greatly enhance the shotgun’s firing power as well.
- Rapid Reloading: Allows for fast reload, essential for the cowboy.
- Ballistics: Increases the effective range and damage of ballistic weapons.
- Marksmanship: Non-auto weapons gain a critical hit chance.
- Sharpshooting: Raises critical damage for all-range weapons.
- Crippling: Down an enemy after firing at them to a certain point.
- Pain Tolerance: Lowers the amount of physical damage we take in combat.
- Isolation: Improves combat when going at it alone.
Special Powers
Creator’s Peace: Making enemies drop off their weapons will give you enough time to shoot them in the head and get the armor bonus of 25% Dmg on the firing power.
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Bounty Hunter
Make enemies drop their weapons and fire them with ballistic rifles. Hunt for bounty and also get hunted for your action with the trait. Become a lone bounty hunter in Starfield, the one who wanders alone in space and only listens to himself. Bounty Hunter is the favorite amongst many players, as everybody wants to live the life of a mercenary,
Background
“Bounty Hunter“
- Boost Pack Training
- Targeting Control System
- Piloting
Piloting will allow us to use the ship thrusters, the Targeting Control System will enable the ship’s targeting functionalities, and lastly boost pack training will help us gain access to a variety of boost packs.
Traits
- Wanted
- Introvert
- Hero Worshipped
Wanted will create a fun gameplay loop, where we will hunted down by armed mercenaries and you will also gain damage while on low health. Introverts will be allowed to consume less oxygen when they have no companion by their side, which is fitting because we are playing a lone bounty hunter. Hero Worshipped will help you gain one obsessive fan for you.
Weapon
“Refined Grendel“
Another huge hit for the bounty hunter is Big Bang. Make sure to pick a ballistic weapon for the build. Here are the traits that you should be on the lookout for in a gun:
- Anti Personnel: Bonus damage against humans.
- Furious: Consecutive stacks damage.
- Hitman: Aiming will result in bonus damage.
- Instigating: Double damage against enemies with full health.
Armor:
- Bounty Hunter Spacesuit
- Bounty Hunter Space Helmet
- Bounty Hunter Track Power Pack
You will have much higher resistance if you equip the bounty hunter armor set—Hunt for good armor mods to make the build stronger.
Skills:
Here are some of the skills that will get the best out of the Bounty Hunter build.
- Boost Pack Training: You will reach a long height with a boost jump.
- Ballistics: Increase Damage for pistols, rifles, shotguns, and more.
- Demolitions: Explosions will now be more effective.
- Rapid Reloading: Reload faster, which always comes in handy.
- Gymnastics: Increases your mobility.
- Wellness: Bonus health.
- Weight Lifting: You will carry more weight.
Special Ability:
Creator’s Peace:
You can make enemies drop their weapons during the combat, which will give you more than enough time to pump them full of lead.
Diplomat Build
While violence is certainly the best route in any video game, here we are going for the most peaceful way to deal with combat scenarios. Sometimes the deal will fall apart, and persuasion might not get out of the rough situation. Our Diplomat build gets you ready for all the dialogue challenges and fallback scenarios, where the talking fails, and it all comes down to shooting.
Background
“Diplomat“
- Persuasion
- Commerce
- Wellness
Commerce will allow you to make some credits selling off items, Wellness gives you bonus health, and Persuasion allows you to navigate through tricky situations by using conversation.
Traits
- United Colonies Native
- Empath
- Extrovert
Other great alternatives here include Alien DNA and Terra Firma. Empath and Extrovert will go well together and bring the best out of the companions.
Weapons
“Tanto and Magshot“
If Persuasion fails, then you must be ready with your offensive weapon to deal with the clients. If the Tanto fails, you can pull out the pistol to take care of the enemy. Another great alternative here would be Novablast Disruptor.
The skills we will have for the Diplomat will work well with our build, as we will get out of many situations using our diplomatic skills without resorting to violence.
Armor
“Auto-Medic Peacemaker Spacesuit“
The spacesuit packs in multiple defensive bonuses, which makes the armor a must-have for the Diplomat build. It lowers the damage of all ranged weapons and uses a med pak when your health is below 25%. For perks, you can add defensive stats to make the armor more resistant to damage.
Skills
For a proper Diplomatic build, here are the list of skills you must have:
- Dueling: Damage to melee attacks
- Wellness: Raises your overall health
- Instigation: Convince others to fight for you.
- Commerce: Trading gets better, once you reach Rank 4, you will buy for 20% less and sell for 25% more.
- Diplomacy: You can force enemies to stop fighting you. It can be permanent once you hit Rank 4 in Diplomacy.
- Leadership: Companions gain more health and more carrying capacity.
- Persuasion: Increases the chance of successful persuasion.
- Manipulation: You can make a target to follow your command.
- Negotiation: Bribery will cost less.
Special Powers
Precognition
A perfect power for Diplomat, as it gives you an idea on how the NPC will react to the dialogue option. So you will have a better understanding of the NPC’s reaction and time to choose the optimal dialogue for the conversation.
Stealth Sniper
The build here will explore the most stealthy way to take out the enemies at a distance. We will also discuss the perks and traits to suit your build. Since we are doing everything sneakily, we will be going on the adventure alone without companions.
Background:
“Cyber Runner“
- Security
- Theft
- Stealth
Stealth and Security will enable hacking for our build and Theft will allow us to pickpocket anyone in the game. Other great alternatives here include: Industrialist, Solider, and Long Hauler. Our goal is to be as sneaky as we possibly can to land extra damage shots from a distance.
Trait:
- Alien DNA
- Introvert
- Terra Firma
Alien DNA gives a bonus to oxygen and health. Introverts use less oxygen when they are wandering the world alone. Since having a companion here can jeopardize our stealth operations, our lone adventure would take a lot of benefits from the Introvert trait.
Terra Firma allows for more health and oxygen when we are on the surface but less in space.
Weapon:
“Assassin’s Refined Bewolf“
Here pay attention to the base damage of any sniper rifle you come across in the game. Weapon perks should be on the priority list, since we are building a Sniper build, we have to make sure it has all the bells and whistles before we take it out. Set weapon perks:
- Hitman – 15% Damage while aiming.
- Instigating – You will deal double the damage against any full health target.
- Anti–Personnel – 10% Damage against Humans
- Rapid – 25% Increase in Attack Speed
Sniper Mod Details:
Since all of our value comes from the Sniper, we must pay extra attention to make sure that it fires well in combat. Here are the details to make the Sniper shine in the build.
- Sniper rifles should have a silencer or suppressor installed. Make sure to use a suppressor mod or your cover will get blown right away.
- Another mod you should look for is High Powered, which will raise the overall damage of the sniper.
- Lastly, install a Long Barrel to increase the range to deal more damage.
Armor:
“Mantis Armor Set“
Mantis set is the favorite for the Stealth Sniper, but feel free to choose any armor type you desire that fits your playstyle. Here is the list of perks for the armor:
- Chameleon: You can blend with any environment as long as you stay still.
- Mechanized: +40 Carry Capacity.
- O2 Filter: -25% oxygen consumption
- Combat Veteran: You will take 15% less damage from Human Enemies.
Skills:
- Stealth/ Weightlifting: Both of them are integral parts of the build.
- Ballistics: The rifles will do more range damage.
- Research Methods: Research will cost less and be more efficient.
- Piloting: Investing one or two points will do the job.
- Wellness: Boost to overall Health.
- Isolation: Boost our damage output and resistance when we are alone. It will work well with the Introvert trait.
- Marksmanship: Increases critical Hit chance
- Sniper Certification: 25% Crit chance and 50% Bonus damage.
- Armor Penetration: Direct damage to health.
- Weapon Engineering: Further customization to weapons.
Later you can invest in Pain Tolerance, Rifile Certification, Weapon Engineering, Sniper Certification, Sharpshooting, Concealment,
Special Ability:
Sense Star Stuff
Allows the enemies around to glow. They will be visible through walls, which will be a game changer for the stealth gameplay.
Melee Action
Sometimes you just want to take out the enemies at a close distance. Nothing feels better than slaying enemies at close range with swords and guns. Here we go for both, and focus on ways to increase the defense of our build to sustain heavy damage in close combat scenarios.
Background
“Ronin“
- Dueling: Deal more melee damage.
- Stealth: Harder detection while sneaking and will do more damage.
- Scavenging: Extra loot from containers.
Traits
- Introvert
- Wanted
- Terra Firma
Introverts will give us more oxygen when we are traveling alone. Terra Firma will give us an additional boost to damage and oxygen when we are on the surface. And lastly, Wanted will put a target on our back to make the gameplay more active.
Weapons
“Va’Runn Painblade“
List of Weapon perks for Va’Runn Painblade
- Rapid: 25% attack speed increase.
- Instigating: Double damage against full-health enemies.
The weapon leaves you with no modification but it is the best melee weapon in the whole game. The skills and the build type here will get the best out of the weapon.
Armor
“Reactive Calibrated Deep Recon Balanced Pack“
Here is the perk list of the armor
- Combat Veteran: 15% less Damage from Human enemies.
- Fastened: +20 Carry Capacity Increase
- Reactive: 10% Stagger chance.
All the perks allow our melee build to be stronger, with a high stagger chance, making many combat scenarios a breeze.
Skills
- Wellness: Raises your overall health
- Fitness: Raises your overall oxygen capacity.
- Gymnastics: You will gain more mobility for your character.
- Stealth: For our melee sneak attack damage.
- Boost Pack Training: Upgrading boost packs for longer jumps.
- Isolation: Beneficial for our damage resistance and bonus damage.
- Dueling: Any kill from melee will grant us 10% health back from our whole health.
Special Power
Personal Atmosphere
Enjoy limitless oxygen around you, so you can swing your melee weapon as many as you want without worrying about running out of air.
Chef
Don’t worry, we will be cooking more than just food with this build. Here our chef has mastered the arts of fine cuisine and melee weapons for rowdy customers. We will also pick traits and skills that will make our chef adventure more tasteful.
Background
“Chef“
- Gastronomy: Create unique food and beverages.
- Dueling: Melee weapons deal additional damage
- Scavenging: Find more items via containers.
Traits
- Empath
- Extrovert
- Kid Stuff
Since you are a chef, you care about others and you mingle with the crowd. Here Empath, Extrovert will come in very handy fulfilling the social nature of the Chef. Kid Stuff gives you parents that you can visit to receive credits and works well with the good character motive for the build.
Weapon
“Tanto and Dead Eye“
We are going sword and a pistol with the build. For the pistol, if you don’t like the way Deadeye handles it, you can make a switch to Sir Livingstone’s Pistol.
For mods, add Laser Sight and Penetrator Rounds for Deadeye and you will be all set for the rough life of a chef.
Armor
“Mantis Spacesuit“
Since we are bringing the combat up close, the Mantis set will provide a good amount of defense against melee attacks. The high melee resistance will put our gameplay on edge, as we are constantly engaging the enemy with close combat.
Skills
- Martial Art: Melee attacks will deal Crit dmg, and take less damage from melee.
- Commerce: Better bartering system
- Scavenging: Loot more items from containers
- Wellness: Recieve bonus health
- Persuasion: Persuade people in dialogue encounters.
- Leadership: Companions gain more health and more carrying capacity.
- Chemistry: Research and create better Chems.
- Nutrition: Food and beverages will be more effective.
- Research Methods: Research projects will get a time reduction and be completed faster.
Special Power
Life Forced
Allows you to drain the life force out of any living being and transfer the life back to you.
With a different build, you may also want to check the different endings that the Shattered Space DLC has in store. Do check our guide on this to ensure you don’t miss out on any.