Starfield:Geology

Geology

Geology
Form ID	0x002CE29F
Editor ID	Skill_Geology
Category	Science
Skill Tier	Novice
Rank Stats	Rank 1 - Get more common and uncommon inorganic resources from surface objects. Rank 2 - Get more rare inorganic resources from surface objects. Rank 3 - Get more exotic inorganic resources from surface objects. Rank 4 - Occasionally harvest additional rare resources from surface objects.
Rank Challenges	Rank 1 Challenge Progress - None. Rank 2 Challenge Progress - Harvest inorganic resources from 20 sources. Rank 3 Challenge Progress - Harvest inorganic resources from 50 sources. Rank 4 Challenge Progress - Harvest inorganic resources from 100 sources.
Crew Stats	Rank 1 - The companion will occasionally give you geology related items.
Description
Newly discovered minerals mined from alien planets and moons have directly led to some incredible technological advancements.

Geology

Geology is a Novice Science skill.

Geology is automatically unlocked and can already be learned by using a skill point to learn it.

Backgrounds

This skill is automatically learned with the following backgrounds:

• Homesteader
• Professor
• Sculptor

Skill Increases

The fastest way to quickly progress through the skill rank challenges would be to ^(?).

Detailed Mechanics

For geology ranks 1-3, the actual effect is that you have a 50% chance to loot an additional unit of the specific inorganic resource you are manually mining/harvesting. For gas/liquid nodes, you have two separate 50% chances to loot an additional resource. As an additional note, every character (regardless of geology skill) gets a 50% chance to get a bonus resource from gas/water nodes, therefore with geology you can loot anywhere from 1 to 4 quantity.

For geology rank 4, you have two separately rolled 25% chances to loot a rare (rarity = 2) resource when gathering, and one 25% chance to loot an exotic (rarity = 3) resource when gathering. The resource chosen will be of the same category (gas/solid/liquid) as whatever you're mining, but is otherwise completely random, and does not need to exist on the planet naturally.

Companions

These companions have ranks in this skill:

Sam Coe

Heller

Gallery

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  Rank 0 Skill Patch

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  Rank 1 Skill Patch

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  Rank 2 Skill Patch

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  Rank 3 Skill Patch