Starfield: Skill Categories and Progression

You can unlock Skills that will give you permanent benefits. There are 5 categories of Skills:

• Combat – These Skills make you more adept at wielding weapons and explosives.

• Science – Skills in this category aid in planetary exploration, scanning, building Outposts, and crafting.

• Technology – These Skills will increase the effectiveness of high-tech weapons, and also aid in ship building and ship combat.

• Physical – Spending Skills in this category can bolster your health/O2, improve your sneaking ability, and increase the damage you deal in melee combat.

• Social – Skills in this category are useful for managing crew and companions, completing speech minigames, and getting more bang for your buck at vendors.

When you level up, you will also gain Skill Points. Skill Points can be used to purchase Skills in the Skills Menu.

Every Skill has 4 Ranks. Skills become more powerful with each Rank you unlock. For example, Rank 1 of the “Rejuvenation” Skill lets your health regenerate slowly outside of combat. The final Rank, however, lets you regenerate health quickly while in and outside of combat. Each Rank of a Skill costs one Skill Point to unlock.

Before you’re able to unlock higher Ranks of a Skill, you must first complete its associated Rank Challenge. For example, to be able to unlock Rank 2 of the “Boxing” Skill, you must first kill 20 enemies with unarmed attacks. Once Rank 2 is unlocked, you will have to kill 50 enemies with unarmed attacks to be able to unlock Rank 3, and so on.

When you make progress on a Skill’s Rank Challenge, a popup will appear on screen alerting you of your progress. You can also view your Rank Challenge progress at any time in the Skills Menu.

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