Starfield - Ship Building Guide: How to Build and Customize your Ship

How to Build and Customize your Ship in Starfield

Below is an overview and guide about Ship building in Starfield. This includes information ship customizations and upgrades in the game.

Ship Builder Location

Speak to the Ship Service Technician

Arrive on New Atlantis, speak with the Spacecraft Service Technician next to the kiosk board, and choose “I want to modify my ship” to access the ship modification screen.

What are the Ship Stats?

Here are the stats you need to take into consideration when building a ship:

Types of Spacecraft Ships

3 types from A class to C class

How to Upgrade your Ship

Upgrade your starter ship, the Frontier

Rather than purchasing additional ships right away, you can upgrade your initial ship, the Frontier, during the early game. The Frontier can accommodate two members of your crew and may be upgraded at a cost of 4,382 credits.

Open the Ship Upgrade Screen

Pressing [E] brings up the ship’s upgrade panel, where you may buy and change items like guns, engines, and shields.

Open the Ship Builder

Press [B] to launch the Ship Builder mode. This mode allows you to break down and combine ship parts one by one.

Open the Ship Module

By pressing [G], you can add a module to your ship. Modules are available for purchase in the game.

Ship Building Specifications

How to install a ship module or part

When you purchased a module, select the module and press [Space]. Drag the module and connect it to an open anchor point of your ship. Press [E] to add the module.

The Reactor class will determine the Module class

The kind of reactor determines the type of modules that may be fitted.

Habs come in multiple types

Habitat Modules, commonly known as “Habs” These modules serve as the ship’s population’s residential quarters. They boost the crew and passenger capacity of your ship. They also allow you to build various quarters and workstations within your spacecraft.

Press [←] or [→] on your keyboard to switch and examine your multiple Habs such as the armory or captain’s office.

Always make a flight check

Perform a flight check by pressing [C] to see if there are errors in your ship building such as modules not connected correctly.

Repair errors while connecting modules or purchasing new ones.

Update your weapons whenever your update your ship

If you replaced or change your ship’s weapons, an error “Armament not deployed” will show up.

Press [T] to exit the error notice and change weapons, then assign the combined weapon to the vacant spot on your ship build.

Ship Module Parts

Below is a list of ship module parts that you can purchase and replace during ship building:

Other Ship-related Guides

Read on for an overview and guide to purchasing Ship Modules or Parts:

Starfield Ship Module Buying Guide

Read our guide below for an overview and guide on contraband items and how to smuggle them:

Starfield Ship Contraband Items Guide

Read on for an overview and guide to improving your ship during the early game:

Starfield Ship Early Game Ship Building Guide

Read on for an overview and guide to robbing and stealing from enemy ships:

Starfield Ship Robbery and Stealing Guide

Other Starfield Guides

Starfield Walkthrough

Starfield Factions Missions

Starfield Useful Guides

Beginner Guides

Character Builds

Farming Guides

Useful Techniques

Ship Guides

Base Building Guides

Romance Guides

Basic Information

Tips and Tricks

Settings

Pre-Release Information

Starfield Database

Starfield Forum