How to Upgrade Your Ship in Starfield

While you progress through the main campaign and side missions of Starfield, you’ll be spending a lot of time flying your ship. Some of this will be peacefully exploring as you stumble upon various planets and satellites or friendly ships in space, while other times will have you engaging in dogfights with hostile factions. For the latter specifically, you might want a stronger ship that can take more hits or dish out more damage. Here’s how to upgrade your ship in Starfield.

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To improve upon your ship, you’ll first want to land at a Spaceport. The easiest one you can access very early is in New Atlantis, which you can fast-travel to if you’re already on the planet. Once there, you’ll want to head over to the Trade Authority kiosk next to it. Standing next to it is a Ship Services Technician, who you want to speak to.

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The Ship Services Technician has a few options to choose from, but the main two dialogue choices we want to focus on are “I’d like to view and modify my ships.” and “Let me see what ships you have for sale.” These two options are exactly how they sound, though we’ll start with the latter since that’s easier to explain. Selecting that latter option will open up a menu with several different ships to choose from, which range in price, scale, and capability. You likely can’t afford ships yet if you’re reading this, but it’s worth noting if the ship-building system is too confusing.

How to Modify Your Ship in Starfield

As for the “I’d like to view and modify my ships” option, this is where things branch out a bit. If you’re willing to learn the ins and outs of shipbuilding, you’re free to mess around as you please. For the sake of not making this 3,000 words long, we’re not going to do that. Instead, you’ll want to press the Upgrade Ship button in the bottom left. This will bring up a list of all the parts currently installed on the ship. Select one, and you’ll be given a list of options. Hovering over each will let you see the increased and decreased stats compared to what’s currently installed on the ship. Selecting a new one and paying the fee will automatically replace the old part with a new one.

If you’re currently exploring everything to do with ships, check out our guide on how to change Crew members in Starfield.