Starfield:Skills

Skills provide a variety of boosts to your character. Your Background gives you three starting skills. You gain a skill point every time you level up. Each skill has 4 tiers. The first tier can be unlocked by spending a skill point; further tiers can be unlocked by completing a challenge and spending a skill point.

Skill ranks can be differentiated based on the border of the skill. A darkened icon with a gray border means the skill is still locked. If the icon has a gray border and gray design it is Rank 0, a colored design means Rank 1. If the icon has two gray borders it is Rank 2. Finally Rank 3 and 4 have a gold border with one or two lines respectively.

Skills are arranged 5 categories (physical, social, combat, science, tech) of 4 tiers each (novice, advanced, expert, master). Initially only novice-tier skills are accessible, but every 4 points spent in a category unlocks a new tier, up to master.

Physical
There are sixteen skills in this category.

Social
There are sixteen skills in this category.

Combat
There are seventeen skills in this category.

Science
There are sixteen skills in this category.

Tech
There are seventeen skills in this category.