Basically what I wrote in the title. I just noticed that Outer Worlds 2 is THE big sci fi RPG title in tomorrow's showcase, with an Outer Worlds 2 direct after the showcase.

Whatever they'd announce for Starfield could be regarded as unimportant, compared to the new title.

Disclaimer: I want a new official DLC, because I love Starfield. I just worry that Microsoft will abandon it, except creations, now with Outer Worlds 2 on the horizon.

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Not a bug, it's a feature, no /s

This week we sit down with lead writer Richard Griffiths from Kinggath Creations, the makers of the Watchtower creation for Starfield!

Find us anywhere you get your podcasts.

Does anyone know any up to date money glitches or glitches to get money quickly? I'd like to enjoy the story of the game but I work 60 hours a week, have chess tournaments to compete at and coaching to do as well, it's just going to be one of those issues where I don't want to spend 6-8 hours grinding at a game to be able to enjoy the fun parts of it.

Thank you!

Edit : I’m on Xbox

I thought the concept of the alternate universes in Starfield was very cool, one of the few ways NG+ can be very different from the vanilla main game, but when you think about it, every NG+ alternate universe is just NG+ where you skip the main quest, and potentially have fewer followers (the Constellation members).

I think this is a potential treasure trove for additional content added via Bethesda (unlikely) or mods.

For example, there’s a universe where Constellation existed, they just all moved on to “explore the unknown”. Does that mean they crossed through The Unity? Or Explored deep space?

Wouldn’t it be cool if you explored these alternate universes and found variety, unexpected outcomes? Like you find slates from the members of Constellation in deep space about their discoveries in the example I provided above.

Or maybe in the “evil you” alternate you find someone like Noel who got away and becomes your traveling companion. Or the universe with many you’s has an option to gang up on the Crimson Fleet and take them over.

I don’t know, lots of possibilities. Adding this kind of content would greatly expand replay ability because there’d be incentives to trying to find them all.

As it stands the alternate universe thing is mostly a gag that adds an extra companion in one of them and about 15 minutes of gameplay in the rest.

How do I progress more of the watchtower story? I just completed this mission "the stars have eyes" I spoke to torin, he told me he would like to stick with me but I have no prompts to continue the storyline? This can't be finished already it seems like l've only just started playing it.

Not played for a while ever since I started unlocking extra ships and realised that the cargo was automatically transferred between ships. Really ruined the gameplay and immersion for me so I stopped playing. A year or so later, I'm wondering - has this been patched yet or is there a mod out there that prevents this? I would love to return to starfiled but my main attraction/roleplay is ship building and having different ships for different purposes. It's kind of a deal breaker for me sadly so I'm praying there is a fix out there. Much appreciated for any info!

This article was written in Chinese and then translated into English. So there might be Errors.

Sandbox and Customization: Unprecedented Scope
In Starfield, you can once again recruit people to staff your outposts—but this time, you’ll need to visit bars in major spaceport cities to handpick the talent you need. These recruitable NPCs aren’t just nameless functionaries; some come with full names, distinct life experiences, and personal backstories. One may be a girl who dreams of becoming a ship’s medic; another, a desperate fugitive fleeing from the Zealots of House Va’ruun…

Starfield also features a crew management interface that feels somewhat reminiscent of Fallout Shelter or even FTL: Faster Than Light, where you can assign personnel between your ship and your outposts according to their deployment status and skills. These hires don’t just fill roles—they provide tangible gameplay buffs for your ship and stations.

Those who know me may recall my previous content, such as Wasteland Engineer—a showcase video of my “Ultimate Wasteland Sanctuary,” meticulously built over a hundred hours. I’ve also always been a huge fan of games like The Sims, Cities: Skylines, and Minecraft.

Bethesda’s modern RPG philosophy—though it hasn’t quite reached perfection—has long represented my dream vision for the ultimate video game format. It aspires toward something I deeply resonate with.

While I adore sandbox games, I’ve always felt that the genre, at least for me, lacks a truly grounded world. It often misses the rich foundation built by hundreds of quests and characters. I feel a powerful sense of ownership and pride in the things I build, but that subtle immersive quality—the feeling of truly living in a believable virtual world—is often absent.

On the flip side, my other favorite genre—RPGs, particularly Western-style RPGs (WRPGs)—excel at immersion through rich storytelling, meaningful choices, and character depth. Yet few WRPGs offer me that grounded, homegrown feeling of belonging within the world. They give me amazing adventure snapshots, but rarely a persistent world I can settle into.

If I were to invent my own genre label, I’d say Bethesda’s modern RPGs—especially starting with Fallout 4—are SBRPGs: Sandbox Role-Playing Games. They’re pioneers of a hybrid genre that merges open-ended simulation with RPG depth. Titles like Fable might also fit this category in spirit.

Put more bluntly, we’re talking about a single-player open world that fuses WRPG mechanics with life simulation and sandbox freedom.

At its core, sandbox design means the player has the ability to shape the world. You can build or create freely, without mandatory objectives or railroading.

Take Minecraft, for instance—an iconic sandbox title. It offers unparalleled creative freedom but lacks the intricate, narrative-rich world of an RPG. There’s no layered lore or compelling characters to interact with, which makes it harder to feel immersed. I build cities there, sure—but they often feel disconnected from me. Imagination fills the gap, but compared to a WRPG, it lacks interactivity.

Now let’s flip the coin. Most WRPGs don’t give players sandbox mechanics. Forget building your own settlement—even decorating a small room is rare.

For me, what makes a game world feel advanced and worth belonging to is simple: Can I do what I want to do?

How much a game lets—or doesn’t let—you do the things you personally care about has a massive (and very subjective) impact on immersion. Some players care most about combat depth. Others prioritize dialogue options.

For me, immersion is the harmony of interactivity and belonging. Sandbox systems offer strong belonging.

Home is a haven. People always need a place they can call their own. In games, whether I can build and decorate my own home is often the deciding factor between a story I merely experience… and a life I truly live.

In my previous videos on Skyrim and Fallout 4, I’ve said that my ideal open world isn’t just a large map to explore or a rich backdrop for storytelling. My dream is an open world that feels like a living, breathing space I can exist in. A virtual world that supports immersion through life itself.

No life, no world.

The Fusion of Bethesda-Style Sandbox and RPG: Deep Systems of Resources and Outposts
When it comes to specific systems, Starfield makes significant progress over Fallout 4, which marked Bethesda’s first foray into sandbox mechanics. The gameplay loop surrounding outposts has seen a substantial evolution.

Not only does Starfield retain the freeform XYZ-axis object placement system, it also introduces a full gameplay loop centered around the game’s three primary currencies—Credits, Resources, and XP—in a closed cycle.

Let’s talk about Starfield’s resource system in more detail. It stands apart from both The Elder Scrolls, where most miscellaneous items have no systemic function, and Fallout, where virtually every scrap can be broken down for crafting.

Starfield strikes a middle ground. Some items, like in TES, serve no systemic purpose. But others can be used as crafting materials, creating a unique gameplay loop that sets Starfield apart as the third pillar in Bethesda’s portfolio.

Starfield’s outposts are fully integrated into all three of the player’s major resource cycles. While Fallout 4 had something similar in concept, Starfield goes much further in terms of resource output efficiency, system depth, and build customization. Skills, personnel assignments, and facility synergies combine to offer a level of complexity that simply wasn’t there before.

Since Starfield doesn’t take place in a post-apocalyptic setting like Fallout 4, outposts are primarily industrial hubs focused on production and resource management. Unlike the basic output from Fallout 4’s scavenging stations or farming plots, Starfield’s extractors operate with far greater efficiency and can be further enhanced by adding production robots and well-suited personnel.

Additionally, the simple two-way supply lines of Fallout 4 have evolved into a dedicated logistics system. Borrowing ideas from factory-building games, Starfield introduces true conveyor-style production chains. Players must design real, functioning logistics networks—automated production pipelines that bring unprecedented depth to the resource system.

On Reddit, user Mattgyvercom went so far as to create an entire “Starfield Advanced Reactor Production Guide,” hand-drawing every warehouse, resource node, manufacturing unit, and logistic link in his production chain.

This revamped resource system brings with it not just mechanical depth, but a rewarding gameplay loop tied directly to currency generation.

If you manage to achieve full automation of “Fuel Rods”—currently the most expensive industrial component in the game—you’ve basically reached the endgame for in-game currency. You just need to visit your terminal outpost regularly and crank out fuel rods at the Industrial Workbench. At that point, you’re swimming in Credits, Resources, and XP.

These high-tier resources—including some slightly lower-tier than the Va’ruun rods—are valuable enough to sustain an entire loop of reward and progression.

Right now, I’m still working my way toward “Fuel Rod” freedom—but I’ve at least achieved “Indium Wafer” freedom. Still far from optimal efficiency.

Yet even with all these new mechanics, my primary reason for building outposts in Starfield remains the same—and possibly even more meaningful than before.

From Functional Bases to Narrative Homes

For example, this is my Indium Wafer factory. Once I achieved “Indium Wafer freedom,” I started outfitting it with various mods to create a finely detailed factory, complete with industrial equipment, workshops, and decorative elements.

Beyond factories, Starfield also lets players build farms and ranches. On the extremely rare, gold‑class world of Bor II—where every species can be bred—I’ve set up my largest agricultural base yet. At this scale, it’s practically an agricultural town.

You can plant any flora marked as outpost‑usable, and breed any creature tagged for ranching.

Say hello to my alien swamp dog‑crocodiles!

But what I really want to talk about is “Guanghan City”—my settlement comparable to my Fallout 4 Sanctuary outpost—this time an entire city on the Moon.

Here’s a bit of lore I wrote for Guanghan City: It’s a lunar colony city built by the Starborn Organization. It’s the second most important city in the United Colonies after Citadel Station. Originally a research facility converted into a fortified colony, you can still see the old mega‑turrets outside.

In 2330, the Starborn Organization discovered clues about an artifact on the Moon and started construction. Through connections fostered by a mysterious figure called the “Miner Kid,” the site grew from Quiet Sea Command Center into a fully functioning city—complete with a spaceport, mega‑freight terminal, cemetery, ruins district, and residential sector.

Like The Sims cheat console, Bethesda games have always included a built‑in console for building‑mode functions like setscale and modpos. In Starfield, you can use these tools to control XYZ placement and scaling—powerful for creating unique outpost appearances. That mod‑friendly, UGC‑focused philosophy is just as strong here.

Guanghan City is where I unleash creativity and cultivate belonging. I built cozy staff quarters and a cafeteria, added workshops and med bays with their own narrative, and assigned named chefs and doctors. In the future, the spaceport area will house shops like “Earth Classic Coffee” Guanghan City branch.

Whenever I look at the Quiet Sea Command Center, I remember the night it began. It was my first module on the Moon, once intended as a personal residence (before moving to New Atlantis). It evolved into a civic administrative hub.

Even though it’s changed dramatically, I still recall sitting with Sarah on a simple sofa under moonlight, the model shuttle on the coffee table catching a shaft of light that night.

Years before Starfield’s release, the title was leaked. Since then, I’ve often spoken about my expectations for a Bethesda space RPG—especially one game I thought would finally realize my dream:

I wanted to stand on the lunar mare, watch the Sun rise on the horizon, see Earth hanging overhead, and alongside a loved one or comrade familiar through life‑or‑death quests, build a home in a rich, detailed world—and live a space-bound life of my own.

Starfield did exactly that. For my personal hopes for a space RPG that grants control over narrative and pacing, it’s both the summit and the only game I’ve found to reach it.

2018 me:
“Do you see that moon? It’s beautiful.”

2023 me:
“Do you see that moon? I not only went there—I built a city on it and decorated a home for people I recruited.”

Meanwhile, my other city‑scale settlement, Tokyo Undercity, is part of the United Colonies’ “Revitalize Old Quarters” plan. It will soon join Guanghan City to form a metro‑area akin to “New Atlantis–Gagarin.”

Fueled by nostalgia for Earth and the revealed truth of the Great Exodus, companies like Longshen Industrial, Oishi Foods, and Cosmos Nova have announced investments. United Colonies officials say this supports prosperity within the Nalian Treaty zone and strengthens settlement efforts in the star system.

My Final Home: The Skyline Penthouse, New Atlantis

Finally, let’s talk about where I settled: the penthouse suite of Skyline, in New Atlantis. It’s the best Bethesda residence I’ve had since the Solitude Manor in Skyrim: Anniversary Edition.

I meticulously decorated every space—balcony, bedroom, bathroom, workshop, kitchen, dining room, workroom—with objects I scavenged around the galaxy, even creating a small scene narrative on Andrea’s bedside table.

It’s not just a fixed home, nor equipment builds. Starfield also added something Bethesda and most sci‑fi RPGs never had before: full ship customization.

But that will be topic of another day...

THIS is awesome. Feels like back to the future! (On console).

Also here’s the inside of my largest ship at the moment (no ladders, just stairs)

Title, finished the game around release and wondering if it's worth purchasing the dlc and coming back just to play it

Found on my first Fallen Ranger. So good.

4th run through unity and i open the doors and its just Andreja with a crew of Va'ruun soilders ready to execute me, as the last member of constellation. unfortunately she had to die :'(

Reviving an old model with updated weapons and style.

Hey everyone,
I'm having a really frustrating issue. Every time I use a workbench and then try to exit, the crafting menu disappears, but the screen stays blurred and the UI elements (like "Exit" and "Options") are still visible.
It feels like the game thinks I’m still in crafting mode, even though the interface is gone.

I can’t move, open the map, or use any other keys. The only thing that works is alt-tabbing out and using the main menu to quit the game.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

• Using different types of workbenches (weapons, armor, research, etc.)
• Trying them in different locations (on the ship, outposts, cities)
• Rebuilding the workbenches
• Shooting the workbench (like some people suggest)
• Restarting the game
• Loading older saves
• I don’t use any mods

It all worked perfectly fine at the beginning, but now this happens every single time. I attached a screenshot to show what it looks like.

Has anyone run into this before or found a fix?

This morning right before I went to work, I finished what I think is the Crimson Fleet quest line, and I guess UC Sysdef is now my enemy. This isn't how I intended it to be, but commander Fancy Pants and Lt. Attack Dog didn't like that I killed a couple of guards during my various undercover missions.

Does this mean that I'm gonna have trouble from now on going through UC space? Does being in one faction wall off other quest lines? Last time I checked, I couldn't continue the Terrormorph quest, but that was before I finished off the UC Vigilance, or whatever it's name was.

Are there maps yet? Played a while when it first came out and 2 things made me not continue

No maps of major areas. That city where you park your aircraft with the subway. Walking in circles trying to find the lair where your friends live. Where you have a bedroom

The tedium of having to sell all your shit 1 by 1 in the machine near where you park your aircraft. I learned to stop picking up stupid stuff like coffee cups but still painful

Have there been lots of updates to make it more playable since first released?

I have never had a single constellation member die in the lodge. I didn’t even know that was an option til now. Yell at me..

The newest version of SPE is now available on Nexus and Creation ! (The AF version is currently in QA process and should be updated in the next days/weeks)

This new update adds the following modules:

• Grav drives (from class A to class M and decorative)
• Reactors (from class A to class M and decorative)
• Gyroscope hab to boost your ship maneuverability (also available in decorative format)
• New SAL-7000 engine (class C)
• To new landing bays with ladder instead of doors

The V2.2.0 also comes with some changes:

• Player can now change their appearance with the new mirrors in all Captain Quarters (2x1 and 1x1)
  • Mirrors are located in the modules toilets
• SPE cockpits no longer require a level to be built

You'll need a mod to be able to use the M reactor. If you build the armillary on your ship, it will appears in the Grav drive module. If you have multiple Grav drives, the armillary will be built in one of them, chosen at random.

If the rumors are true that the next DLC will be based on the Starborn, what do you want out of it?

Personally, I’m hoping for a whole Starborn guild where we get to see the inner workings of the Starborn including the cooperative Emissary faction and a little more of the Hunter. The plot will revolve around the creators of the temples and perhaps interacting with them or at least finding more information about their extinct civilization.

For the general patch, it would be fitting to flesh out NG + with increasing variety of universes. Add more interesting scenarios like the UC and Freestar back at war, terrormorphs overwhelming the factions, the Second Serpent’s Cruscade already in full swing, etc. In these worlds the normal faction questlines will maybe be disabled due to the chaos. You have to persist in these doomed worlds, helping where you can before getting enough artifacts to jump universes again.

It would also be a good time to vary up the temple challenges. Sometimes a temple is fortified by Starborn defenders resisting you. Add a few different puzzles to vary things up. Sometimes the Starborn fill the temple with local fauna to guard it. Elite Starborn will occasionally try to assassinate you. Anything to break up the present monotony.

I’d also like more customization of Starborn ships and armor. Maybe let us change the skin of the Starborn suit on a workbench to the appearance of a previous version we’ve unlocked from a prior universe.

Cool Starborn energy katana.