Starfield:Skills

Skills provide a variety of boosts to your character. Your Background gives you three starting skills. When you level up you can unlock new skills, after which you can rank up the skill to gain further benefits by using the skill and completing challenges.

Physical
Seventeen skills were shown to be in this category.

Social
Sixteen skills were shown to be in this category.

Combat
Seventeen skills were shown to be in this category. Known names for these skills include:

Rapid Reloading
Challenge: Reload 150 empty magazines.

Unlock (3/4): Gain a chance to reload your weapon twice as fast as normal.

Ranks Four

Sniper Certification
Only a trained sniper truly understands all of the elements necessary to patiently and effectively neutralize a target at excessive range.

Unlock (2/4): Scoped weapons are steadier and have less sway.

Ranks: Four

Targeting
Challenge: Kill 125 enemies without aiming

Unlock: Greatly increased accuracy and range when shooting without aiming.

Ranks: Four

Heavy Weapons Certification
Challenge: Kill 250 enemies with a heavy weapon.

Unlock (3/4): Gain 30 damage while aiming down sights with a heavy weapon.

Ranks: Four

Demolitions
Challenge: Kill 125 enemies with explosives

Unlock (2/4): Explosives do 30% more damage and have a 30% larger radius.

Ballistics
Challenge: Kill 250 enemies with a ballistic weapon

Ranks: Four
 * Rank One: Ballistic weapons do 10% more damage.
 * Rank Two: Ballistic weapons do 20% more damage.
 * Rank Three: Ballistic weapons do 30% more damage.
 * Rank Four: Ballistic weapons range is increased by 30%.

Science
Fifteen skills were shown to be in this category.