Starfield:Patches

Upgrading Starfield to the latest patch is usually recommended, as many bugs and glitches are often fixed by the patches. You can find out about your version in the lower left corner of the "System" screen (Esc on PC, Start then selecting "System" on console). Extra details on specific platforms can be found on the related pages, PC and Xbox.

Please note that having a designated patch installed will not guarantee that the issue it was supposed to fix will be fixed upon entering game. In some cases after a patch has been installed players have noted that their previous save files have become unplayable, glitchy and other issues. As such it may be necessary to start a new game file to have all issues resolved.

Confirmed Future Changes[edit]

The following changes have been confirmed to be present in a future, currently unannounced, version of Starfield:

Fix for razerleaf landing bay door door remaining closed.^[1]

1.13[edit]

Version 1.13.61[edit]

Released August 20th, 2024.^[2]

Features[edit]

Added the new Rev-8 Vehicle which can be purchased from the ship technician
Added Xbox Series S performance options

General[edit]

General performance and stability improvements
Creations UI fixes and improvements

Gameplay[edit]

Addressed an issue that could prevent fully scanning the planet Beta Marae I
Gameplay Options: Addressed an issue with Legendary weapons that could cause the Well Fed and Hydrated effects to refresh
Gameplay Options: Addressed an issue with switching weapons that could cause the "You are now Hydrated" notification to appear frequently
Gameplay Options: Addressed an issue that could cause Sustenance effects to stop working in NG+ variants
Fixed an issue with reloading the Novastrike sniper rifle
Resolved an issue that caused other characters to hold the Novastrike rifle incorrectly
Fixed a visual issue with the Magshot reload animation in zero-g
Extreme Temperature Entry Spacesuit can now be put on displays
Addressed an issue that could cause multiple items to spawn on display stands
The Rattler displayed on the Trackers Alliance headquarters wall can now be interacted with
Gravity Well no longer pulls NPCs into the ships in the |Chop Shop
Adjusted map location markers in cities to improve fast travelling
The apartment in The Well in New Atlantis now has a map marker
The marker for Shepherd's General Store in Akila should display properly
Fixed an issue that caused the Rapid Legendary effect to not properly apply to melee weapons
Addressed an issue that could cause Lyle Brewer to become hostile to the player as a follower
Updated the status text for the Shielded Grip and Large Shielded Grip mods for the Plasma Cutter
Adjusted the balance on Mysterious Tracker’s Voice audio
Resolved an issue that could cause unexpected noises upon entering the Lodge for NG+ variants

Ships[edit]

Fixed an issue that could cause Ship docking bridges to remain extended
Addressed an issue with modifying a landed non-home ship that could cause a duplicate ship model to appear on the landing pad
Shipbuilder: Ship module variants and flip versions will now correctly revert to the original when pressing the Cancel button
Ship Decoration: Addressed an issue with the Ecliptic Claymore that could allow objects to be placed outside of the ship

Graphics[edit]

Fixed an issue that would cause the Frame generation setting to be turned off when DLSS was selected for Upscaling
Fixed lighting for ship and station interiors in photo mode
Improved quality of reflections in shallow puddles
Addressed an issue with upscaling that could cause visual artifacts on planets when viewed from space
Helmets will now toggle correctly for companions who are downed in photo mode

UI[edit]

Addressed an issue with the Ship and Inventory menus on 21:9 resolutions
Fixed an issue with how large Carry Capacity is displayed in the inventory with large font enabled
Addressed an issue with how The Cue Ball and Ping Pong Ball display in the inventory menu

Outposts[edit]

Flood lamps decoration items will now correctly toggle off and on at outposts featuring a power source

1.12[edit]

Version 1.12.32[edit]

Released June 14th, 2024,^[3]

Fixes[edit]

Bounty: The Starjacker: Adrastos will now respond correctly even if he was scanned or shot prior
Creations: New animations from downloaded Creations will now function properly without rebooting
Fixes to improve stability

Version 1.12.30[edit]

Released on June 9th, 2024.

Creations are here![edit]

Creations are now available in Starfield. What does that mean? You can now access and play new content in Starfield. Creations may include new missions, gear, skins, weapons, and more! You’ll also find Bethesda Game Studios Creations including one of the new Trackers Alliance missions, The Vulture. You can find Creations via the in-game menu. For those of you who own Starfield's Premium Edition, you will also find 1000 Creation Credits within this menu.

If creating your own content for Starfield is something that interests you, you may also now download the Creation Kit for Starfield on Steam. Note, this is a separate download from the game download and is only available on Steam.

Trackers Alliance Missions Available[edit]

New missions have been added to Starfield as part of this update. Trackers Alliance establishes the first of several missions enabling you to live your best bounty-hunting life. The first mission, The Starjacker will have you in contact with a mysterious Tracker located in settlements throughout the Settled Systems. From there, let the hunts begin!

The second Trackers Alliance mission, The Vulture is available within the new Creations menu. And what bounty hunter is without their trusted methods to get the job done? Bounty Scanning and Mission Boards!

This update also introduces the bounty scanner system that enables you to seek and destroy (or peacefully resolve...?) those targets with bounties on their heads. If you still want more, you can also check out the Elite Trackers Alliance mission board.

Armed and Ever Ready![edit]

Those of you who appreciate being extra crafty may now find new melee weapon tiers and the ability to modify melee weapons when crafting. For those that prefer the firepower approach, ammo crafting has also been added with this update. You can research your preferred ammo at a Research Station and craft them at an Industrial Workbench!

Undisclosed Changes[edit]

These changes are present in the game, however were not disclosed in the changelog.

A settlement marker is no longer present on Europa.

General[edit]

General performance and stability improvements.

Gameplay[edit]

Gameplay Options: Addressed a sustenance issue that caused sneak attack damage to be too high.
Ship Decoration: Nova Galactic All-in-One 2x1 Habs will now declutter properly.
Ship Decoration: Items can no longer be placed on ladders.
Addressed an issue that could cause Guards to give up their chase too easily.
Fixed an issue that caused visited space locations to appear undiscovered.
Addressed an issue that could occur when modifying the player’s ship at The Key.
Addressed a rare issue that could cause some objects to behave as if they were in zero-g.
Fixed a crowd character issue that could appear when loading a save.
Removed the "Fast Travel to Ship" button from screens where it could not be utilized.
Fixed an issue that could occur when opening photo mode at the start of a conversation.
Fixed an issue that could occur when trying to exit the pilot seat while landing.
Addressed an issue with incrementing the "Ships Modified" stat when entering ship builder.
Quest Trackers should highlight the correct NAT station when traveling to the Lodge in New Atlantis.
Cora Coe should now accept books even if the Main Quest is skipped after entering the Unity.

Graphics[edit]

Fixed an issue which could cause a bright light when loading a save into New Atlantis.
Fixed an issue that could cause some objects to become hidden when they should be visible.

Outposts[edit]

Resolved an issue where the Power Management Robot could unintentionally reduce power.

Quests[edit]

Background Checks: Fixed an issue where the player could receive an unintentional trespassing message.

1.11[edit]

Version 1.11.36[edit]

Released on may 15th, 2024.^[4]

Contains all the changes from Beta 1.11.33.

Beta 1.11.33[edit]

Released on May 1st, 2024.^[5]

Non-Beta release planned for May 15th, 2024.

Undisclosed Changes[edit]

These changes are present in the game, however were not disclosed in the changelog.

Increased map boundaries, far more stability when beyond map boundaries.^[6]
Books can now be given to Cora for a small amount of XP.^[7]
Starborn ships can be decorated.^[8]
Various new items in the outpost builder, including lettering.
Ship clutter doesn’t go to your inventory unless a hab is deleted.
Scanner now identifies POI names from a distance.

Features[edit]

Improved surface maps - We’ve heard your feedback, and we’ve made some big improvements to surface maps, so you’ll always know just where to go and no longer “get lost” on the way to your parents’ place (and they weren’t buying that excuse anyway, you should really go visit them).
New gameplay options - For those of you who like a bit of an extra challenge or want to make some aspects of the game easier, you can customize your experience with brand new options in the Settings menu. Want to make ground combat harder but ship combat easier? You can do just that!
Added Ship Decoration mode to the interior of Ships – now you can decorate your ships just like you can with Outposts!
Added Tabs to Container menus to make managing your inventory easier.
Added the ability to change Traits and appearance after entering the Unity.
Added Dialogue camera toggle in the Settings.
Added Display settings for Xbox Series X to prioritize Visuals or Performance (Series X).

Xbox Series X Display Settings[edit]

Added the ability for Xbox Series X players to set display settings, similar to how PC players can set settings. This comes in two modes:

Frame Rate Target: You can now choose between 30, 40, 60 or an Uncapped frame rate on VRR displays. If you do not have a VRR display running 120hz, you will still be able to select from 30 or 60. Screen tearing may occur at times when selecting 60 on a non-VRR display.
Prioritize: You can now prioritize between Visuals and Performance while trying to maintain the frame rate target. If you’re choosing a frame rate target of 60 or above, we recommend changing this to Performance. Prioritizing Visuals keeps the highest resolution while maintaining full detail for special effects, lighting, and crowds. Prioritizing Performance lowers internal resolution and detail for special effects, lighting, and crowds. Both modes may adjust internal resolution dynamically when scenes or action get heavier as well. When switching between modes, you will see the lighting change briefly as the system catches up to the new mode.

General Fixes[edit]

General Stability and Performance improvements.
General improvements for Character fleeing, avoidance and pathfinding.
Fixed various issues with object placement.

Gameplay[edit]

Fixed an issue that could cause a ship's maximum shield capacity to appear decreased after loading a save with certain assigned crew.
Fixed an issue where invisibility could persist on a companion’s weapon after invisibility effect ended.
Scanning flora/fauna XP is now also awarded via harvesting/killing.
Resolved an issue with unintended harvest items appearing in flora from blended biomes.
Addressed an issue that prevented repeated docking with a previously commandeered ship.
Fixed an issue with Class C flight behavior after entering targeting mode while boosting.
Addressed an issue that could occur when attempting to dock with a ship as it grav jumps away.
Fixed a ship scanner issue that could occasionally display incorrect hostility or crew count.
Fixed an issue where docked ships would appear to overlap after loading a save while boarding.
Stunned Characters should no longer display the option to talk to them.
Fixed an issue that could cause apparel to not display as intended on mannequins.
Helmets placed on Mannequins should no longer cull the neck and torso section.
Addressed an issue that could cause weapons to duplicate when looting and enemy.
Addressed a rare issue that could cause characters to not exit dialogue when attacked.
Fixed an issue that could cause the dialogue camera to quickly shift focus when exiting conversations.
Neon and Ryujin security should be more diligent on arresting the player for criminal behavior.
An Autosave should now be created when fast travelling to the player ship if Save on Travel is enabled.
Fixed an issue with sandstorm hazards not working as intended under certain conditions.
Fixed an issue with weather changing incorrectly when entering a ship.
Addressed an issue related to using the Starborn Power 'Inner Demon' on certain Robot models.
Resolved a few issues related to loading a save after using 'Phased Time' power.
Fixed an issue with lip-sync while ‘Phased Time’ was active.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause legendary Starborn weapons to lose their special effects.
Resolved an issue that could prevent storing items in containers aboard the Razorleaf.
Addressed an issue that could cause the player to appear as if they were in zero gravity after completing a temple.
Fixed an issue with Rifle Certification skill that could prevent faster reloading benefit.
Resolved issue with certain weapons not being able to fire immediately after they were aimed.
Resolved and issue that could cause melee attacks to occur without animation.
Fixed a visual issue with the Laser sight emitted from an enemy Magshear.
Resolved a weapon visibility issue that could occur when opening the hand scanner with 'Toggle Iron Sight' setting enabled.
Fixed a weapon visibility issue that could occur when switching between weapons of different types.
Addressed an issue with how the Subtitles from the ECS Constant were displayed.
Addressed an issue with gaps appearing on the character when previewing helmets in the Transfer Menu.
Resolved and issue that could cause clothing to be seen through the spacesuit after aiming with a scope.
Addressed and issue that could cause enemies to receive unintended force when killed.
Fixed an issue that could occur when killing a seated character.
Loading save should retain camera settings.
Addressed an issue that could cause quests to have a much longer cooldown than intended.
Resolved an issue where UC ships could still send friendly hails to a member of the Crimson Fleet.
Fixed areas of Moara's ship where player could become stuck.
Fixed an issue that could cause the desk inside the Ship Services building in Akila to disappear.
Fixed an issue that would prevent random ship encounters from landing on planets in some situations.
Fixed an issue with the turn counter on the persuasion minigame when dealing with the Star Parcel Freighter.
Ship Service Technicians should now return to their normal location if they had previously wandered away.
Players who find their way into Benjamin Bayu’s penthouse should now be able to exit properly.

Graphics[edit]

Exterior ship lights should now appear as intended in Photomode and during travel sequences.
Fixed various shadow issues (flickering and precision).
Fixed an issue that could cause the galaxy map to zoom out to an incorrect extent.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause the ocean to not blend smoothly with the shore.
Fixed an issue that could cause the screen to be stretched on 16:10 and 32:10 screens with FSR3 in the character editor.
Improved the look of depth of field in specific cases.
Fixed subtle flickering that could occur on some on highlighted parts in the ship editor.
Improved the look of lighting and shadow under trees.
Improved wind direction consistency.
Fixed an issue causing the glow of stars to be slightly visible through planets.
Fixed a few visual artifacts with some VFX.
Improved the look of rain ripples on water.
Fixed an issue that could cause missing fog to occur while landing in Neon.
Improved flickering artifacts sometimes present with upscaling techniques DLSS, FSR, XeSS.
Fixed a few flickering and ghosting issues for FSR3.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game UI to disappear after changing the Borderless Full Screen option when using FSR3.
Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause artifacts during camera transitions.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause missing object highlights in the hand scanner.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause visible rain effects inside a spaceship.
Fixed an issue that could cause water to turn white in New Atlantis when using a particle beam.
Adjusting a setting option that read as "Off" to now read as "Low Quality" for motion blur.
Adjusted the default value for Ship Third Person FOV.
Fixed an issue that could cause weapons on racks or in containers to disappear or change upon re-entering the player’s ship.

Outposts[edit]

Fixed an issue that could cause robots to appear unassigned after deleting the Outpost Crew Station.
Addressed an issue with Cargo Link parts not updating orientation after moving a structure at an Outpost.
Removed red outline that could sometimes remain on objects after they were repaired at an outpost.
Fixed an issue where changing greenhouse flora types in Outposts could disconnect the water input.
Resolved an issue with environmental hazards persisting inside outpost structures built in hazard areas.
Fixed an issue where greenhouse plants sometimes didn’t move correctly when the greenhouse was relocated.
Fixed issues where stairs could sometimes be deleted when deleting objects placed on them at an outpost.
Addressed an issue that allowed the player to reach unintended locations by stacking furniture in Outposts.
Resolved an issue with storage container auto foundations appearing where stackable containers already exist in Outposts.
Fixed an issue with Outpost wires not moving correctly when a wired structure was moved.
Addressed an issue that could cause habitat modules to float when supporting structures were removed.
Fixed an issue that could unintentionally affect the ambient audio of Outpost items.
Fixed an issue with inner-system cargo ships not unloading resources to capacity.

Quests[edit]

Back to the Grind Fixed an issue that could cause the camera to unintentionally return to first person when exiting the interview seat with Imogene.
Breaking the Bank Fixed an issue where unselected Dialogue options would incorrectly gray out when talking to Chief Purser Murata.
Breach of Contract Resolved the issue where Dr. Keala may not have been present at the intended location.
Crew Encounter Resolved an issue that could cause Betty Howser to not appear in Jake's bar to be hired.
Echoes of the Past Fixed a rare issue that could cause Delgado to get stuck while traversing the canyon.
High Price to Pay Fixed an issue where progression could halt if a United Colonies character was hit during the escape.
Hostile Intelligence Resolved the issue that could cause the Steam Tunnels to become inaccessible if the mission area was left for a long time.
Into the Unknown Addressed an issue that could cause Vladimir to no longer give the Player Temple locations.
Into the Unknown Fixed a rare issue where the temple location would not populate when receiving the “Go to” objective.
Legacy's End Fixed an issue that could cause Huan Daiyu to not be positioned as intended at the end of the mission.
Legacy's End Fixed in issue that could cause the Crimson Fleet Prisoners to have incorrect idle lines while standing in the Brig of the Vigilance.
Legacy's End Resolved an issue with returning to the Key if a freed prisoner was killed.
Legacy's End Resolved an issue that could cause NPCs to be culled depending on where the player is located.
Loose Ends Addressed an issue that could cause the scene between Neshar and Neon Security to not occur as intended.
No Sudden Moves Fixed a rare issue that could cause Petrov to get stuck walking to the artifact.
One Small Step Addressed an issue that could cause Vasco to appear stuck in the floor of a commandeered Crimson Fleet ship.
One Small Step Miners should no longer fire on the player in the Vectera mines.
One Small Step Resolved an issue that could prevent fast travel to the ship from the world boundary.
Rook Meets King Addressed an issue that could cause idle animations to play on a corpse.
Sabotage Fixed an issue that could cause manipulated characters to move in an unintended way.
Start-Up Stopped Addressed an issue that sometimes caused the quest not to initiate.
The Best There Is Fixed an issue that could cause player to incorrectly receive and unintended objective.
The Devils You Know Improved where characters were looking in some scenes.
Mantis Fixed a rare issue that could cause the Razorleaf to disappear.
The Old Neighborhood Addressed an issue that could occur when using area of effect attacks in Moara's ship.
War Relics Addressed an issue that could cause Unit 99 to appear stuck.
Left Behind (radiant) NPCs will no longer talk about being attacked by wildlife on lifeless planets.
Grunt Work The Terrormorph should no longer get stuck if lured into the room Hadrian is hiding in.

1.10[edit]

Version 1.10.32[edit]

Released on March 26th, 2024.^[9]

Bugfixes[edit]

Players can once again capture characters in action poses in photo mode.
Addressed an issue that could cause characters to become stuck repeating a line of dialogue.

Version 1.10.31[edit]

Released on March 19th, 2024. ^[10]

Discussions: Reddit (Starfield).

Features[edit]

PHOTOMODE: Added the ability to set Expressions and Poses on player and companions in Photomode.
SCANNER: You can now open doors and harvest with the scanner opened.
Setting course on an inactive quest will now make it the active quest.
Added support for adjusting FOV when using 3rd Person Ship view.
Added an Anisotropic filtering quality slider.
Removed the digipick cost for using Undo during the Security mini-game.
Added an autosave when fast travelling from a planet's surface to orbit.
Updated the Ship UI to perform more smoothly at higher framerates.

Art[edit]

Fixed an area that allowed the player access to the New Atlantis Ship Technician’s vendor chest.
Fixed the gap that allows players to access Spacesuits without picking locks of one of the Spacesuit display cases.
Fixed an issue that could cause the Fishworker Mask to not be visible when equipped.
Fixed a spot where the player could get out of the world on The Siren of the Stars.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause the player to remain stuck under an elevator.
Fixed a spot where the player could become stuck outside Hopetech.
Fixed flickering floors in the aquarium of a Research Station on Altair II.
Fixed the text on a sign from being cut off on The Key.
Corrected a sign found on The Key.
Adjusted the position of a floating speaker at the Nasa Launch Facility.
Fixed badly placed objects in the Paridiso Hotel.
Fixed a spot players can get stuck in the Lair of the Mantis.
Fixed a spot players can get stuck on top of a bookcase in Marco's room.
Fixed a generator intersecting a railing on New Homestead.
Fixed disappearing objects on Starstation RE-939.
Fixed balloons that were stuck inside each other on the Siren of the Stars.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck on a staircase in New Homestead.
Fixed flickering textures in the Vanguard Test Chamber.
Adjusted the position of some office objects on a desk in the Abandoned Hangar.
Fixed a spot where players could go through the wall in New Homestead.
Fixed a chair placement inside of Hopetech.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck in Infinity LTD.
Fixed a chair stuck in the wall on the roof of Sonny Di Falco's Island.
Fixed a spot where players could fall out of the world in the Autonomous Staryard.
Settled some floating items in the Argos Office of New Atlantis.
Fixed some decal placements in an Abandoned Hangar.
Fixed a spot where players could see outside the world in Red Devil Headquarters.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck in Londinion.
Fixed a stool that couldn't be sat on in the Red Mile.
Fixed a spot where players could get out of the world in the Red Devil Mines.
Fixed flickering mats in Neon.
Rotated a monitor to face the intended direction in the Deimos Staryard.
Fixed placement of some items in the Autonomous Dogstar Factory on Vega II-d.
Fixed a sign placement on Tau Gourmet.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck near the Bayu Plaza of Neon.
Fixed a spot where player could get stuck underneath metal girders in Neon.
Rotated and electrical panel in a starstation.
Fixed disappearing decals on a wall in Research Outpost U3-09.
Fixed a chair placement that caused an intersection with a computer in a Mining Complex.
Fixed missing walls of the UC Syracuse.
Fixed floating whiteboard text inside Nishina Research Facility.
Fixed a disappearing paper on the wall of the Starstation RE-939.
Fixed a gap on the tarmac of Cydonia.
Fixed a spot where players could fall out of the world behind Chunks in New Atlantis.
Fixed storage bins intersecting at the Lair of the Mantis.
Fixed fire extinguishers stuck inside the wall of the Siren of the Stars.
Fixed flickering textures found on Mars Mech Factory.
Adjusted position of objects on shelves found in Gagarin.
Adjusted position of objects in the Akila City Barracks.
Settled a floating vent panel in the Infinity LTD HQ.
Adjusted position of objects on the Fortuna Spaceship.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck on The Scow.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck in the Vault of the Siren of the Stars.
Fixed a flickering sign found in Gagarin.
Fixed a disappearing note on a whiteboard found in a Fracking Station on Procyon V-B.
Fixed a disappearing painting found in The Lodge.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck in the Bindi Mining Outpost.
Adjusted the position of shelves in The Emporium of Neon.
Fixed a flickering wall panel in the Deimos Staryard.
Fixed weapons placed incorrectly on a display case found in a Civilian Outpost.
Fixed object placement on shelves in Akila's Stone root Inn.
Fixed decal issues on whiteboards placed in The Warlock ship.
Fixed shelves and objects placement in The Corvus.
Fixed items stuck inside shelves in Gagarin.
Fixed flickering textures found in New Homestead.
Fixed a texture on the tarmac of the Waggoner Farm.
Fixed a spot where players could get outside the world at the Bindi Mining Outpost.
Adjusted physics on objects found near Alex Shadid's desk in Akila City.
Replaced a missing wall in Gagarin.
Fixed physics on some objects placed in New Homestead.
Fixed a spot where players could fall out of the world in a Science Outpost location.
Fixed an object stuck inside a shelf in MAST.
Fixed flickering posters found in The Vigilance.
Fixed item physics in cabinets found in Hopetech.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck in The Lock.
Fixed a gap underneath the airlock door of a Science outpost on Magnar.
Fixed physics on the skull in the Coe Heritage Museum.
Fixed a decal texture on a table in The Lock.
Fixed a spot where players could see out of the World in The Lock.
Fixed physics on objects placed in The Emporium.
Fixed cabinets intersecting on Gagarin.
Fixed physics on the cabinets found at one of the United Colonies Garrison locations.
Fixed a gap in the ceiling of The Lock.
Fixed collision on the roof of the Pioneer Tower.
Fixed flickering windows at Terrabrew in New Atlantis.
Fixed collision on the floor in a Warehouse of Neon.
Fixed flickering posters in the Military Wing of MAST.
Smoothed out the collision near Madame Sauvage in Neon.
Fixed a spot in the Mercury Tower where players could fall outside the world.
Fixed disappearing decals outside the Astral Lounge.
Fixed disappearing vent frames in Neon.
Fixed a Fan position near the Xenofresh sign in Neon.
Fixed a shelf intersecting the wall near the UC Distribution.
Fixed a spot where players could get out of the world near the door of the Va'ruun Embassy.
Settled a floating rope near the Neon Landing Pad.
Fixed the collision on a wall in the Ryujin Industries Head Quarters.
Fixed spots where players could see outside the world near the pool of the Commercial District.
Fixed spots where players could see outside the world on the roofs of the Residential District in New Atlantis.
Fixed a spot where players could see outside the world under the MAST bridge in New Atlantis.
Rotated a monitor in the Stroud-Eklund Showroom.
Fixed a spot where players could fall out of the world near the Fishmonger in Neon.
Fixed a gap in the sidewalk and grass in New Atlantis.
Fixed multiple spots where players could see outside of the world on the roof of the Pioneer Tower.
Fixed a missing wall near the Pioneer Tower.
Fixed an issue where characters would suddenly disappear in the Neon elevator.
Fixed several spots where players could see out of the world in Neon.
Fixed the flickering computer monitors found in Apex Electronics.
Fixed a spot where players could see out of the world near the Pioneer tower in New Atlantis.
Fixed the netting from disappearing inside Neon at certain viewing angles.
Fixed flickering crates in Cydonia's mine.
Fixed flickering textures in the corner of Bayu's Penthouse bedroom.
Fixed gaps in the wall inside Galbank of New Atlantis.
Fixed a spot where players could see out of the world in the Trade Authority.
Fixed an area that a player could get out of the world in the Generdyne Industries.
Corrected a missing wall inside the Mercury Tower Lobby.
Fixed a backwards polygon floating outside a Warehouse in Neon.
Dropped a floating tree outside the entrance to the Lair of the Mantis.
Made it so a mineral resource can be properly harvested near Gagarin.
Settled a floating tree found near Remote Industrial Site locations.
Settled a floating rock arch near Industrial Mines.
Settled a floating tree to the ground at an Abandoned Farm location.
Fixed a spot where the player could get out of the world in a cave on Procyon I.
Improved LOD for Juniper trees.
Improved LOD for Fringe trees.
Improved LOD for Swamp Pods.
Improved LOD for Hickory trees.
Fixed a spot where the player could get outside of the world in a cave on Altair II.
Fixed a floating tree near the Lair of the Mantis.
Fixed an area that caused the player to see out of the world in the Mining Complex.
Fixed flickering bushes seen during Sam Coe's Matter of the Hart quest scenes.
Settled a floating resource stone near Akila city.
Settled a floating stone near Gagarin's Landing Pad.
Fixed an area that caused the player to fall out of the world near Gagarin.
Fixed floating fungus found on Procyon.
Settled floating stone arches near Gagarin.
Fixed a texture blend around one of the Wetland biomes.
Fixed textures on the leaves of the Sapling Trees.
Settled a floating rock near the Landing site on Toliman II-a.
Addressed texturing issues on various cave sections.
Fixed a few areas that caused the player to fall out of the world.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck outside a mining complex.
Dropped a floating tree to the ground near Gagarin.
Fixed a spot where players could get stuck outside Cydonia.
Settled floating rocks to the ground around Eren's Camp.
Fixed a spot in New Atlantis Spaceport where players could get stuck.
Fixed gaps in the caves that allowed visibility outside the playable space in underground caves.
Fixed texture issue on the landing pad of the Ranshaw Research Facility.
Settled a floating tree to the ground around the Dauntless Crash Site.
Fixed a flicker on the Quarantine Isolator.
Addressed flickering textures on the faucets in the Lock.
Adjusted Briggs pose when holding a weapon (The Showdown).
Adjusted assets for the “Living Outside Earth” airlock display (Revelation quest, NASA).
Fixed an issue that could cause the player to remain stuck when traversing the collapsed C Block hall near the Armory in The Lock.
Fixed an issue that could cause the player to become stuck between rocks near New Atlantis on Jemison.
Fixed an issue that could cause the player to become stuck inside the stairs that lead down to the Red Mile.
Fixed blast shield occasionally disappearing from landing pad near Nishina research station.
Fixed an issue that could cause the player to become stuck after falling down a tube in an Industrial Outpost.
Fixed a few landing areas (like Valerie's Cache) that were too small for some ships.

Gameplay[edit]

Fixed an issue with ship power allocations decreasing unintentionally due to crew member bonuses.
Crew bonuses for ship weapon recharge times should now be applied as intended while in targeting mode.
Fixed an issue that could turn the player’s head to the left when sprinting in 3rd person.
Addressed an issue that could cause artifacts to become inaccessible if the player left their location for a long time without retrieving them.
Fixed an issue that could cause the player housing decoration to be lost when there is a state change in New Atlantis.
Resolved an issue where Sarah could appear non-interactable if she was assigned to a ship or outpost during a conversation with Walter in the Lodge.
Resolved an issue where the player could be affected by weather while inside.
Fixed an issue that could prevent the player from getting 100% completion for Niira’s planet survey.
Fixed an issue on Heinlein V-A's moon, which could cause Chlorine gas vent deposits to be extremely rare.
Fixed an issue that could cause weather to occur on planets with no atmosphere.
Addressed an issue where EM damage wasn't being applied as intended to robot enemies.
Resolved a rare issue where robots might not power down after using the “Disable Robot Workforce” option in a terminal.
Minibots should no longer appear to influence the Stealth Meter.
Boarding encounters should now have a better difficulty distribution.
Fixed an issue that prevented commandeering a smuggler Freestar Rambler after killing all of its crew.
Alien Reanimation now works on Aquatic and Flying creatures.
Resolved an issue that could sometimes prevent the player from turning invisible when using Void Form in 1st person.
Resolved a time scaling issue that could occur if Phased Time was used before waiting/resting.
Parallel Self clone should now have the ability to follow the player through load doors.
Sunless Space should now be able to deal critical damage.
Fixed an issue that could cause allied ships to become hostile when using Anti-grav field inside your ship.
Addressed an issue where using a power on a Terromorph in the Red Devil HQ could potentially free it.
Resolved an issue with Alien Reanimation which caused it to last longer than intended when used by another character.
Fixed an issue with the Scavenging Skill challenge not incrementing when weapon cases were looted.
Resolved an issue that could cause Missile Weapon Systems Rank 4 to not recharge as intended.
Fixed an issue with Rejuvenation FX remaining active.
Fixed an issue where the EM Weapon Systems skill challenge wasn’t tracking EM damage as intended.
Fixed an issue where Starborn ship weapons were not being improved by ship skills.
Fixed an issue with using the Boostpack in Zero-G Environments counting towards Weight Lifting skill challenge.
Fixed an issue where the Wellness skill did not apply actively when leveling up.
Fixed a rare issue where Neurostrikes could count a crowd character as a stunned enemy.
Fixed an issue with the Neurostrikes challenge progress causing it to be more difficult than intended after the first Rank.
Fixed a Rank 4 Concealment issue that briefly made the player undetectable.
Contraband is now removed when rejecting a previously accepted smuggling mission.
Addressed an issue that allowed attacking the assigned home ship to progresses ship weapon systems skills.
Fixed an issue where Mom and Dad could participate in different conversations with each other at the same time.
Fixed an issue that could allow unusable ammo to be placed in the world.
Fixed an issue where the boostpack could be incorrectly hidden when using boostpack skills.
Fixed an issue with damage scaling for critical damage after going through the Unity.
Fixed an issue that could cause the Coe Estate to be inaccessible for Sam’s Commitment after going through the Unity.
Water in wetlands biomes should now correctly spawn creatures for scanning.
Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause swimming creatures to fly above water or appear on land.
Fixed an issue where flying creatures could sometimes appear to fall slowly after being killed.
Addressed an issue where occasionally a character could clip through the ground when knocked down.
Fixed an issue that could cause unstable ragdolls on some mercenaries.
Resolved an issue that could cause a technician’s body to turn invisible if a manipulated character was instructed to inspect the corpse.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause a character to spin when exiting a seated position.
Fixed an issue that could cause dead characters on the Red Mile to be standing upright.
Characters should no longer share the same chair at the same time in The Rock.
Fixed issue that could cause characters to shift out of the world after entering certain poses.
Fixed various character head tracking issue that could make some scenes look inconsistent.
Reduced the frequency of stun attacks from the Elder Terrormorph during Hostile Intelligence.
Fixed an issue that could cause Terrormorphs to not properly ambush during some encounters.
Turrets in The Mantis Lair should no longer be invisible after leaving and returning after a long period of time.
Boarding Encounter objectives should now be cleared when fast traveling off the boarded ship via the Starmap.
Resolved an issue that could cause crosshairs to turn red during combat when not pointing at an enemy character.
Fixed Kodama weapon recoil inconsistency between 1st and 3rd person.
Resolved an issue where releasing aim while turning in 3rd person could automatically cause aiming to begin again.
Aiming through a scoped weapon while attempting to enter dialogue should no longer cause the weapon to become invisible.
Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause initial melee attacks to fail after immediately drawing the weapon.
Resolved an issue where the player could lose a large amount of Oxygen when using a Power Attack and blocking.
Resolved an issue with scopes appearing too low if used in 3rd person directly after landing on a new planet.
The Rattler should now use the correct reload animation in zero-g environments.
Resolved an issue with the Frenzy Special Effect on the Keelhauler effecting allies.
Fixed an issue that could cause the Autorivet to fire in a wider cone when a laser sight was added.
Fixed an issue where the Drumbeat Burst fire attachment causing it to fire 3 shots instead of 4.
Special Weapon Effects with a damage increase should now function with EM weapons.
Fixed an issue with Anti-Ballistic that caused it to not reduce physical damage taken from Particle Beam Weapons.
Fixed an issue where EM weapons dealt health damage instead when used by a companion.
Added Special Effects to the Old Earth armor set reward.
Addressed an issue that could soft lock the player if they interacted with a stun mine in a specific way.
Fixed an issue where the player could avoid criminal repercussions by stowing their weapon at a very specific time.
Addressed an issue where companions would not be dressed correctly if a stolen outfit was removed due to an arrest.
Quest specific companions (such as Emma Wilcox or Walter Stroud) are now prevented from taking weapons from locked chests when they are out of ammo.
Fixed crash that could occur when the player holds a corpse in front of a miner.
Characters should no longer reaction to older bodies as if they were new corpses.
Fixed an issue where Sam Coe could still tell Cora she could try out her joke on a dead character. Tough crowd.
Fixed an issue where the player could talk about Adoring Fan's fandom even though he had never joined the crew.
Addressed an issue that could cause the camera to appear detached when immediately boostpacking after entering a Temple.
Resolved an issue where using a boostpack while entering zero-g could disable boosting.
Ammo packs near Sergeant Yumi during Eyewitness should now provide more ammo.
Docking at a station with a stolen ship should now set it as your home ship.
Added reward for completing the injured guard activity at the Trade Authority Warehouse.
Added loot to a weapon rack hidden behind a Master locked door at the Ship Disassembly Platform.
Fixed an issue where a skill magazine could not be acquired in the abandoned farm.
Fixed an issue that could cause Havershaw to be tucked away from his desired position in Stroud-Eklund’s Staryard.
Removed an invisible collision that partially blocked movement through the plastic flaps at the entrance of The Clinic.
Fixed an issue where sometimes a supply shelf would not appear correctly in the Freestar Ranger station in Hopetown.
Fixed a texture issue that could occur when the tables in Jake's bar were shot.
VFX and SFX will now occur when player discovers a scanner anomaly even while not directly facing it.
Fixed an issue with all guards on The Scow sharing a similar appearance.
Resolved an issue that could cause a quest for a legendary ship to not appear during a space encounter.
Fixed an issue where helping a Settler by using the Medicine skill in dialogue would incorrectly consume a medpack.
Adjusted ownership of Maurice Lyon's journal so it can be taken without "stealing" in New Homestead.
Fixed an issue with the ramp of the Razorleaf that could cause characters pathing difficulty.
Fixed an issue could cause enemies in combat to slide between cover spots.
Fixed an issue that could cause Vasco to appear incorrectly in the player's ship.
Fixed an issue that could stall character patrols if they spoke immediately before reaching a idle location.
Followers should no longer continue their conversations if the player exits a ship while they are speaking.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause Homesteaders to attack without provocation.
Improved crowd fleeing behavior.
Fixed an issue that could cause enemies to spawn on the roof areas of ships.
Fixed an issue that could cause a character using a melee attack to get stuck in a floating state.
Fixed an issue where Vasco may not path back to the ship through Cydonia when dismissed.
Fixed an issue that could leave Followers in zero-g animations if the ship is exited when gravity is being disabled.
Fixed an issue with companions jumping that could cause them to become stuck in a floating state.
Addressed an issue that allowed players to get into a state where they could wait while standing up.
Addressed an issue that could sometimes cause allied ships to not retaliate when being attacked by the player.
Fixed the player sometimes being stuck with a pending grav jump.
Fixed an issue that could cause spaceships to land slightly above the ground on various planets.
Addressed an issue that could temporarily alter the view of the ship in 3rd person after the FOV in Photo Mode was used.
Ship weapons should now target the nearest module on an enemy ship instead of the center of mass.
Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent the player from gaining repair parts after helping an allied ship during a space encounter.
Addressed an issue that could cause Heller to briefly flicker during the boring machine countdown.
Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause characters to double blink during dialogue.
Improved an issue that could appear as an odd emotion transition on faces during dialogues.
Fixed an issue where characters could reopen their eyes after being killed.
Fixed an issue that could cause a character to say a generic greeting instead of a custom greeting.
Various fixes for planetary bodies with erroneous orbits.
Various stability improvements.

Graphics[edit]

Improved lighting on particles at night when using the flashlight.
Fixed rare Depth Of Field visual issues.
Fixed an issue that could cause the sun's lens flare to disappear when partially occluded by an object.
Fixed an issue causing the sun's lens flare to have the wrong size when modifying the FOV.
Fixed an issue that could occasionally display the sun's lens flare through opaque objects around the edge of the screen.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause shadows or lighting to flicker during sunset and dawn.
Fixed an issue in Neon Spaceport that could cause the atmosphere to be overly bright.
Fixed occasionally flickering bloom effect that could occur when the sun started appearing behind a planet in space.
Fixed occasional screen flickering that could occur when using medium graphics preset with vsync disabled.
Fixed an issue that could cause the player view to have a momentary blur after waiting on a chair.
Fixed an issue that could display black squares around a planet when other planets rings were visible in the background of the Starmap.
Fixed an issue that could occasionally make lightning bolts appear to have missing sections.
Fixed occasionally missing lightning effect when the player was inside the ship during a storm.
Improved the look of beards and mustaches in the distance.
Fixed rare pixelated shadows that could occur on character outfits under certain exterior lighting conditions.
Fixed an issue with shadows occasionally appearing inconsistently on asteroids in space.
Fixed rare issue that could occasionally display outline on objects when seen through smoke.
Fixed rare issue that could lead to displaying wrong colors on smoke effects in Va'ruun Embassy.
Fixed fog abruptly appearing and disappearing in the The Lock's shuttle bay during Echoes Of The Past.
Fixed popping smoke emitted from the crashed ship the player approaches during Back To Vectera.
Fixed white flickering dots that could occasionally appear on wet surfaces.
Fixed an issue that could occasionally make glass objects flicker in the distance.
Fixed rare flickering on characters when DLSS was enabled.
Fixed flickering lines on the floor when seen through glass in Ryujin.
Fixed rare cases of flickering with FSR 2.
Fixed subtle flickering that could occasionally occur on the Equinox.
Fixed occasional flickering on the Magpulse.
Fixed flickering on the Navigator Pack.
Fixed an issue where the player's hair could occasionally clip through the Chunks Cap in third person.
Fixed an issue where characters hair could have holes when wearing a cap.
Fixed an issue where the player's facial hair partially disappears when wearing the 'Fishworker Mask' while the helmet is hidden.
Fixed an issue that could cause a parent planet's axis to instantly shift at a certain time of day when seen from the surface of its moon.
Addressed an issue with electrical shock VFX that could happen at Argos Extractors.
Fixed an issue that could appear with Ship trails emitted from damaged ship engines at high speed.
Fixed missing VFX on canisters that could occur with certain weapons in the Akila City Prison.
Fixed an issue causing exploding tanks to occasionally miss an explosion VFX outside the Kreet Research Lab.
Various texture adjustments to fix occasional moiré, flickering and z-fighting issues.
Various decals and geometry fixes.
Various shadow quality improvements and bugfixes.
Various minor performance improvements

Outposts[edit]

Resolved an issue that could make a workbench appear to be obstructed.
Fixed an issue with outposts where the player could see an infinite loading spinner while using the fly camera.
Resolved an issue with displaying Survey Data on data slate display stands in Outposts.
Fixed an issue that could cause items placed on mannequins to be displayed incorrectly.
Fixed an issue that could cause objects placed near a connected hallway to disappear if the containing hab module was moved.
Tweaked the snap distance for storage containers.
Improved visible line for moving around objects for link.
Fixed objects stacked onto auto-foundations not moving correctly if the foundation is moved.
Resolved an issue where building near a landing zone was prevented if the beacon is placed outside of it.
Resolved an issue with moving a Power Management Robot at an Outpost after it was built.
Fixed an issue that could cause a wall to disappear when an Industrial Wall Light is placed and then deleted.
Fixed an issue that could cause generators to not increase power production after building the Power Management Robot.

Quests[edit]

A Break at Dawn: Fixed an issue that could get the objective stuck on 'Find Hugo Fournier at Athena Tower' if persuasion failed and all dialogue options were exhausted with Hugo.
Absolute Power: Fixed an issue where the companion would not go inside the ventilation shaft with the player in Generdyne Industries.
All That Money Can Buy: Fixed an issue that could prevent this from starting if all of Ryujin Industries questline was previously completed.
All That Money Can Buy: Fixed an issue that could cause the ship and its technician to disappear after getting the ship back from impound.
Back to the Grind: Resolved an issue where trying to sit during the "Take a Seat" objective sometimes caused a control-lock.
Back to Vectera: Addressed an issue where the player could later become control-locked on the ramp if they missed Lin’s initial greeting and assigned her inside the ship.
Back to the Grind: If the TerraBrew Employee is killed while the player is in combat with Tomo, the quest will now properly handle the quest target.
Back to Vectera: Fixed an issue where the player could be unable to speak to Lin & Heller and be prevented from recruiting them as Crew.
Background Checks: Resolved an issue leaving the area of Ularu's computer could cause a confusing quest marker.
Bare Metal: Fixed an issue at Neon Tactical where Styx still had graffiti despite the player having a dialogue option indicating otherwise.
Bare Metal: Fixed dialogue inconsistencies with Frank when talking about Styx.
Bone Dry: Fixed an issue where hailing the stranded ship after finishing the initial dialogue could restart the dialogue from the beginning.
Breach of Contract: Fixed an issue where Ellie Yankton would not talk to the player if they sat in Barrett’s chair.
Breach of Contract: Fixed various dialogue and camera inconsistencies that could occur if the player talked to Ellie before Barrett could enter the room.
Breach of Contract: Fixed an issue where canceling the dialogue with Keala could cause the objective to update earlier than intended.
Breach of Contract: Fixed an issue that could cause various issues with the objectives when hacking the Security terminal before talking to the community members to find Helgi.
Breach of Contract: Fixed a rare issue where Barrett's quest did not appear in the quest tracker.
Breach of Contract: Addressed an issue with the camera panning to Barrett during his dialogue.
Castillo's Revenge: Fixed an issue where canceling out of dialogue did not make Mathis hostile to the player.
Commitment: Barrett: Fixed an issue that could cause Ellie Yankton to remain in her apartment after agreeing to have her officiate the ceremony.
Deep Cover: Addressed a possible control lock when boarding UC Vigilance after loading a previous save where the player is an enemy of UC SysDef.
Delivering Devils: Addressed an issue with an objective not disappearing when speaking to Cambridge after already paying the debt.
Delivering Devils: Fixed an issue that could prevent companions from following the player to Percival at the end of the mine.
Divided Loyalties: Fixed an issue that could cause zealot ships to not appear during the encounter with Jaeda Huang.
Echoes of the Past: Resolved an issue where failing to pickpocket a Rook inside the Lock could cause Delgado to become inaccessible.
Entangled: Fixed an issue that could rarely cause a control lock when Raphael greets the player.
Eye of the Storm: Addressed a rare issue that could prevent docking with the Legacy.
Eye of the Storm: Fixed a location where the player could get stuck on a section of wires while escaping from the UC Vigilance.
Eyewitness: Fixed an issue that could cause members of the Fireteam to run out of ammo.
Eyewitness: Addressed an issue that could cause some confusion with incapacitating the Thralls.
Eyewitness: Added a message to address possible confusion about why the Lodge is inaccessible.
Eyewitness: Resolved a possible progression issue related how Thralls were incapacitated by the player.
Eyewitness: Addressed a rare issue that could prevent Yumi from being present at the quest target location.
Final Thoughts: Addressed an issue that allowed the player to drop the "For Claire Maensah New Atlantis" dataslate.
Find the Missing…: Mission Objective should now complete when the targeted Quest Character is found and healed.
Friends Like These: Fixed a turret in the Va'ruun embassy that was always hostile and could not be turned off or turned friendly.
Friends Like These: The door inside the Va'ruun Embassy will now be correctly opened if the player left the Embassy and returned later.
Friends Like These: The door inside the Freestar Embassy will now be correctly opened if the player left the Embassy and returned later.
Fueling Greatness: Purchasing any velocity color from Madame Sauvage should now update the objective.
Grunt Work: Addressed an issue that could prevent Hadrian from moving to the microscope if she was downed before the sample was collected.
Grunt Work: Fixed an issue that could cause the Terrormorph to idle instead of stalking the player.
Grunt Work: Fixed an issue where the objective would repeat to Restore Power to Kill lanes.
Grunt Work: Removed an empty dialogue response that could occur after the player knows about Tau Ceti II.
Guilty Parties: Fixed an issue that could occur with getting into the Hideout if the player didn’t talk to Dalton.
Hard Luck: Clover MacKenna will be downed instead of killed before the quest is completed.
Hostile Intelligence: Resolved an issue where Hadrian may not follow the player out of the Steam Tunnels.
Hostile Intelligence: Fixed an issue that could cause Toliman II guard ships to repeat the scene after the player had already checked in with Hatoum.
In Memoriam: Resolved a rare issue with dialogue near the waterfall that could prevent romance with Sarah Morgan.
In Memoriam: Addressed an issue that could prevent progression if the player left Sarah while she was at the Colony War Memorial.
Incoming Storm: Fixed an issue that would grant the player double the intended reward.
Juno's Gambit: Added a marker back to Juno if the player chooses to leave before completing the quest.
Keeping the Peace: Fixed an issue where attempting to speak to Yumi while ‘Eyewitness' was active wouldn’t work as intended.
Leader of the Pack: Resolved an issue that could occur if Davis died just before the Alpha Ashta.
Legacy's End: Crimson Fleet bounty is now removed if the player sides with UC SysDef since the Crimson Fleet will always be hostile.
Legacy's End: The security door inside the Key will now be opened if the player left the station and returned later.
Legacy's End: Fixed dialogue inconsistencies with Commander Ikande and Lt. Toft.
Legacy's End: Addressed a rare issue that could cause Naeva to remain in the elevator longer than intended.
Legacy's End: Credit cost now appears correctly in dialogue with Lt. Toft after completing the quest.
Legacy's End: Fixed an issue with Bog’s dialogue that could allow it to occur before intended.
Lost and Found: Made it easier for the player to find Dirk during the 'Speak To Dirk' activity.
Mantis Shakedown: Addressed an exploit that allowed access to more credits than intended.
Matters of the Hart: Addressed an issue that could occur if progressing 'Missed Beyond Measure' simultaneously.
Matters of the Hart: Fixed an issue which allowed Neon Security to interrupt Cora's lockpicking scene.
Matters of the Hart: Fixed an issue that could cause the player to arrive in the middle of the Victor compound.
Miner Inconveniences (radiant): Fixed an issue that could make finding the creatures more difficult than intended.
Missed Beyond Measure: Addressed a few issues that impacted other overlapping quests.
Missed Connections: Fixed an inconsistency with progressing the quest in a different order than anticipated.
New Driver: Fixed an issue where markers would occasionally not appear inside the ship.
One Giant Leap: Addressed an issue that could appear to prevent grav jumping when artifacts are split between the ship and an outpost.
One Giant Leap: Fixed an issue where companions still wanted to talk about less relevant information after Revelation is completed.
One Giant Leap: Addressed an issue that could cause a control lock when attempting to jump to the Unity while in Targeting mode.
One Small Step: Fixed an issue that could cause an odd dialogue camera when Walter speaks.
Operation Starseed: Fixed an issue where a door would be inaccessible if a crime was committed at Crucible and the player returned much later.
Operation Starseed: The door to the restricted wing should now be correctly opened if the player leaves the facility and returns later.
Operation Starseed: Resolved a rare issue where the door leading to Franklin Roosevelt was inaccessible on Charybdis III.
Operation Starseed: Fixed an issue where the player could be unable to talk to Genghis Khan after the civil war on Charybdis III.
Power from Beyond: Fixed an issue that could cause the Temple to not to appear where intended.
Power from Beyond: It should now be easier to talk to Vladimir.
Prank Caller: Fixed an issue where the joke ship did not grav jump away after finishing the dialogue.
Red Tape Reclamation: Addressed an issue that could cause Hank to be away from his desired position.
Red Tape Runaround: Fixed an issue with the pirate leader unintentionally changing poses in dialogue.
Research Outpost: Addressed an inconsistency that could occur when boarding Dr. Sohla’s ship.
Research Outpost: Added the ability to transfer items to Dr. Sohla from the ship cargo.
Party Cruise: Addressed some inconsistencies that could occur depending docking and boarding interactions.
Revelation: Fixed a rare issue that could cause the quest to not successfully complete.
Revelation: Fixed an issue where a guidance path would not appear in the Hand Scanner.
Revelation: Resolved an issue where "Activities" would be automatically set to Active after completing Unearthed.
Revelation: Fixed a rare issue where the Hunter/Emissary could appear in an unreachable section of the Astral Lounge.
Robot Survey Team: Addressed an issue that could lead to inconsistent robot behavior.
Rook Meets King: Fixed a rare issue that could cause Naeva to stall during the tour of The Key.
Rook Meets King: Fixed an issue where the player could unintentionally get better gear from Dmitri Moldavski.
Rook Meets King: The Captain can no longer be Instigated preventing a few inconsistencies.
Rook Meets King: Addressed an issue that could prevent travel after dealing with the Ragana in a specific way.
Rook Meets King: Addressed an issue with accepting the Ragana’s hail if the system was left and returned to later.
Rook Meets King: Addressed an issue with accepting the Astraea’s hail if the system was left and returned to later.
Rook Meets King: Fix a dialogue inconsistency that could occur when loading a save onboard the Ragana.
Sabotage: Fixed an exploit that allowed the player could avoid arrest after stealing.
Sabotage: Addressed an issue that could occur if the player was arrested after using manipulation on Demarcus at Ryujin HQ.
Sabotage: Resolved an issue that could occur if combat was started before trying to sit on the Neurosurgery Operating Table.
Sabotage: Fixed an issue that could make David Barron difficult to find.
Overdesigned (Sensible Ship): The "Collect your new ship" objective should now clear if the player destroys the ship first.
Supply Missions: Fixed a rare issue that could list unobtainable items as the target.
Supra et Ultra: The Quest Marker should now point to intended elevator floors.
Supra et Ultra: Addressed a rare issue that could interrupt Tuala from reaching his mark under the stars.
Supra et Ultra: Fixed an issue with power distribution changing while using targeting mode during the simulation.
Supra et Ultra: Fixed a rare issue that could cause John Tuala to not appear at his intended location.
Surgical Strike: Ben Armistead should now more quickly head toward Ari Miller.
Surgical Strike: Fixed an issue that allowed players to become trapped under the mine elevator in the Bonner Eklund Excavation Site.
Survey Says: Fixed an issue that prevented the objective from clearing if the ship was destroyed.
The Audition: Addressed an issue with later passing a door if the area was left while Andrea escorted the player.
The Best There Is: Resolved an issue that allowed fast travel after the Jade Swan docked.
The Best There Is: Fixed an issue that could occur if Jasmine was downed during the dialogue with Naeva.
The Best There Is: Added the ability to progress the quest if any ship docked at the Key.
The Devils You Know: The door to the cockpit of The Warlock should now be open if the ship is left and returned to later.
The Empty Nest: Addressed a rare issue where Sam Coe would sometimes not appear at the Akila Spaceport.
The Old Neighborhood: Addressed a rare issue that could cause Sarah Morgan not to speak when traveling to Venus.
The Unusual Outpost: Fixed incorrect quest log text.
Unearthed: Addressed an issue that could cause the door leading to the Artifact to remain locked if the area is left.
Runaway: Should now be visible on the Misc Mission Tab when active.
War Relics: Fixed an inconsistency that can occur by trying to find Kaiser before his position is known.
War Relics: Addressed a issue with the quest starting if Demeter was dead.
Worlds Apart: The door to the Hephaestus Mine H-363 location will now be correctly accessible if the player left the planet and returned later.
Fixed various lore issues occurring during the dialogue with Amanda Oxendine.

SAVE AND LOAD[edit]

Resolved an issue that could cause bonus skins to appear to be removed from stored items after loading a save.
Fixed an issue where loading a save prior to repairing Nia Kalu's ship could prevent the player from activating the switches.
Addressed a rare issue that could cause locations to be positioned incorrectly after loading a save.
Fixed an rare issue that could cause the player to appear to be in a falling state, unable to interact with characters or rotate the camera as intended.
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash or create a corrupted save file when attempting to sync with 0 local storage available.
Fixed an issue that caused the flashlight to stay on when reloading a save with no helmet equipped.
Resolved an issue that could cause characters to try to path through ships after loading a save.
Resolved an issue where loading a save could cause characters to shift in the furniture they were using.
Fixed an issue where scars and tattoos could appear removed when loading a save made in the Unity.
Various fixes for issues when loading saves.

Ships[edit]

Fixed a rare issue where New Atlantis would appear to follow the player ship.
Fixed a rare issue where the player could end up in a bad state if task swapping while fast traveling in space.
Fixed an issue that could cause furniture to be doubled.
Fixed floating items found aboard some ships.
Fixed an issue that could result in missing items in ship after a module modification.
Addressed clutter items blocking pathways and ladders in ships.

Text and Localization[edit]

Special descriptors in weapon names now appear properly when playing in localized languages.
Updated ship persuasion minigame text for localized languages.
Fixed various typos and translation errors.
Fixed various text display issues.

UI[edit]

Added ability to invert the X-axis on a controller in the Settings menu.
Holding RB or Alt on the Starmap will now show the names of all star systems.
Fixed an issue that could rarely cause the wrong ship to appear on a landing pad after editing ships.
When using a keyboard, the player can now control their ship’s power allocation when pressing the Left Alt key and keys 2, 4, 6, and 8 on the number pad.
Addressed some inconsistencies with Character Creation sliders where sometimes switching back and forth would not produce expected results.
Fixed an issue where body/face apparel would not be hidden when visiting Enhance.
Fixed an issue where the player's skin tone could appear to change when rapidly scrolling through Apparel.
Fixed an issue where pressing certain buttons at the same time could cause the mission objective to remain on screen while the Scanner is closed.
Fixed an issue where the calibration image could disappear while adjusting Brightness in Display Settings.
Resolved an issue that caused the Incoming Hail prompt to disappear when Photo Mode was entered.
Fixed Enable VRS setting not resetting correctly when all Display settings were reset to default.
Fixed an issue that could prevent landing after binding “Activate” to “X” while using a controller.
Fixed an issue that could cause the player to flicker when equipping apparel in the Inventory menu.
Fixed special characters from not appearing in Precognition responses in English.
Fixed an issue where pressing certain buttons while using a controller could prevent using the Ship Builder.
Fuel and distance should now calculate as intended for long grav jumps.
Particle Beam weapon kills should now increment Laser Kills in Combat Stats.
Fixed an issue where the compass would not properly indicate the player is in combat.
Ship Builder Upgrade Mode now highlights both positive and negative stat changes.
Fixed an issue with the item card sometimes not appearing after inspecting an item.
Fixed an issue that caused tracked resources to not appear correctly on unvisited planets in the same solar system.
Fixed text display issues with various scopes.
Fixed an issue that could make the player character disappear when Show Character was switched to “On” in Photomode.
Adjusted the name of The London Landmark on the planet map.
Fixed various icon inconsistencies on the planet map for Landmark locations.
Various fixes for Large Menu Fonts.

1.9[edit]

Version 1.9.67[edit]

Released on February 20, 2024.^[11]

Includes all changes in beta 1.9.67.

Beta 1.9.67[edit]

Released on February 7, 2024.^[12]

Discussions: Reddit (Starfield)

Graphics[edit]

Added support for AMD FidelityFXTM Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3).
Added support for Intel Xe Super Sampling (XeSS).
Fixed an issue that could make the clouds appear to vibrate when using DLSS performance mode.
Fixed minor visual artifact that could occur when aiming with a weapon or task swapping.

Stability[edit]

Changed how FormIDs are freed when loading saves. This should improve stability for saves that have visited many locations.
Fixed a crash that could happen when making changes to the ship that required all items to be moved to the cargo bay in the Ship Builder menu.

Miscellaneous[edit]

Reverted a change that caused the data menu to open when taking screenshots with F12.
Fixed an issue causing the resolution scale to reset to 1.0 when switching from Fullscreen to Windowed mode when using DLSS.

Version 1.9.51[edit]

Released on January 30, 2024.^[13]

Discussions: Reddit (Starfield)

All changes in Beta 1.9.47 are present as well as the following:

General[edit]

Addressed a crash that could occur when changing from Fullscreen to Windowed mode.

Beta 1.9.47[edit]

Released on January 18, 2024.^[14]

Discussions: Reddit (Starfield)

Animation[edit]

Fixed player character’s eyes remaining closed instead of blinking in third person view.
Addressed rare cases where small animation pops could be seen in third person.

Creatures and Enemies[edit]

Fixed incorrectly invisible creatures on some planets.
Fixed an issue that could occur on some enemies causing them to stand instead of falling to the ground.

Crew and Companions[edit]

Fixed crew members and companions positioning near the cockpit after fast traveling to the ship.
Companions: Fixed a possible control-lock when talking to a companion without entering a dialogue while simultaneously trying to exit the ship.

General[edit]

Fixed an issue that prevented Windows users saving if their username featured certain characters.
Fixed rare save game corruptions on PC.
Fixed an issue that could lead to a control lock or a crash after loading a quicksave while in the targeting mode.
Fixed player marker following the camera on the surface map.
Fixed a rare issue that could prevent access to the main menu on when prompted to “Press any button to Start”.
Body type should no longer reset to default when loading a Starborn save from the main menu.
Fixed flickering on Neon’s Trade Tower elevator panel.
Improved the appearance of the Ryujin Kiosk material during nighttime.
Fixed rare issue with how Cydonia’s panel could display the hours without incident.
Added Optimizations to cloud syncing of save games.
Improved how crowds behave when desired target is reserved.
Fixed an issue that could cause airlock doors to sometimes appear floating in sky when arriving at locations.
Fixed unintended text appearing on the shipbuilder’s UI.
Fixed game session not properly resuming from shutdown in Energy Save mode.
Various stability improvements.

Graphics[edit]

Improved widescreen support (32:9, 21:9 and 16:10).
Added support for stars displaying sun disk geometry.
Shadows can now be seen on planet rings from planet surface.
Improved eyes and skin on crowd characters.
Improved reflection on water.
Improved contact shadows on character skin (Xbox and PC Medium/High/Ultra).
Improved contact shadows on character cloth.
Improved contact shadows on first person.
Improved lighting in character generation menu.
Reduced the appearance of some minor artifacts during cutscene camera transitions.
Fixed flickering on a number of VFX (Sandstorm, corrosive liquid pools, waterfall).
Fixed a rare issue where the camera would lock while in handscanner mode whenever watching flying fauna.
Fixed potential control lock when opening a game menu a moment before triggering a dialogue with another character.
Addressed various shadow popping, flickering and artifact issues.
Improved the visibility of the sun’s lens flare during sunrise and sunset.^[15]
Fixed a rare issue where foam or grime would not show up.
Fixed rare flickering VFX that could occur in space.
Fixed rare hair flickering.
Fixed occasional flicker on digiframes and TV screens.
Adjusted the appearance of bloom when activating the handscanner.
Improved the appearance of clouds during weather transitions.
Fixed rare cases where alignment of grass and wind could appear disconnected.
Reduced bloom intensity effect while motion blur is active.
Addressed issues with concealment effect not always applying when using the handscanner.
Fixed visible edge of the ocean in the distance when seen from a very high point of view.
Fixed rare white flickering dots around characters' hair during cut scenes.
Fixed a readability issue in the Starmap when using large menu font mode.
Fixed inventory menu occasionally failing to generate previews when using a mouse.
Fixed a brief Depth of Field issue that sometimes occurred when aiming, alt-tabbing or leaving a dialogue screen.
Fixed occasional lighting transition issues after loading or exiting a location.
Fixed an issue that could cause intermittent bands to appear in distance fog.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause fog color to appear inconsistent.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause rocks to disappear near the player on the surface of a planet.
Fixed a crash that could occur when switching to DLSS with dynamic resolution active.
Fixed flickering and delayed shadows sometimes occurring after unpausing the game.
Fixed various FSR2 and DLSS artifacts (noise, black dots, ghosting).
Fixed flickering when using the handscanner with DLSS enabled.
Fixed initial lighting conditions when landing on a planet.
Improved lighting at 73 locations.^[16]
Fixed various geometry, texture, and ghosting issues.

Outposts[edit]

Fixed a rare missing terrain issue that could occur after fast traveling to an outpost near New Atlantis.
Fixed an issue that could cause bulldozed objects to reappear when returning to an outpost.
Fixed and issue that caused hazard damage to remain even when the hazard was removed by bulldozing in outposts.
Fixed an issue where outpost’s cargo links would be removed from the terminal list if connected, disconnected, then reconnected to another cargo link during the cargo ship landing sequence.
Fixed an issue where weapon cases built by the player in an Outpost would populate with weapons and ammo after reloading the game.

Powers[edit]

Phased Time: Fixed a rare issue that could cause the power to remain enabled.
Phased Time: Fixed the extreme speed that could occur in zero G when using the power.
Solar Flare: Power now accounts for critical hits.

Quests and Random Encounters[edit]

Absolute Power: Fixed missing slate in the safe preventing from completing the optional objective “Locate Evidence to Extort Ayumi Komiko”.
Background Checks: Fixed possible control-lock that could occur if caught by security.
Derelict Ship Template: Fixed an issue preventing the player from reaching the pilot seat if they did not have access to advanced locks.
Drinks on the House: Fixed rare occurrence where the door to Sub 12 could remain locked.
Echoes of the Past: Fixed Delgado getting stuck at bottom of stairs during "Continue Exploring the Lock" that could occur if The Lock was left during Delgado's history dialogue.
Echoes of the Past: Resolved an issue that could cause Mathis' and Delgado’s guns to be invisible.
Eye of the Storm: Fixed an issue that could cause data transfer to not start after placing the Data Core.
Eye of the Storm: Fixed an issue where the docking prompt would be missing on the Legacy ship if the player undocked with the Legacy and then reloaded a save before having started the mission.
Executive Level: Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on a chair in the Ryujin Industries HQ conference room.
Failure to Communicate: Fixed an issue that prevented the player from finishing the quest if they downed all the members of the defense pact (Alban Lopez, Jacquelyn Lemaire, and Chanda Banda).
Further Into the Unknown: Fixed a rare crash that could occur when trying to dock with The Eye.
Groundpounder: Fixed an issue where the door to Lezama could sometimes be locked if the player left the location during the quest and came back later.
Hostile Intelligence: Fixed blocked doors in the Steam Tunnels room where the Terrormorph transformation occurs.
Into the Unknown: Fixed a rare issue that could prevent the quest from starting after completing The Old Neighborhood.
Into the Unknown: Fixed a rare issue where a Temple location might not populate when receiving the “Go to” objective.
Legacy's End: Fixed an issue that could prevent interacting with Delgado when he was behind the glass inside in the command center of The Key.
Legacy's End: Fixed a debris pile where to player could become stuck while trying to reach the Mess Hall.
Missed Beyond Measure: Fixed a dialogue between Sarah and Walter not playing at The Lodge.
No Sudden Moves: Fixed companions not following player during personal quests.
On the Run: Fixed various issues related to Mei Devine becoming inaccessible the objective updated to “Listen to Mei Devine’s Introduction”.
On the Run: Fixed a possible control lock when sitting at the table to talk to Jade MacMillan.
One Small Step: Fixed a rare issue that could prevent Lin / Heller from exiting the airlock.
Operation Starseed: Fixed a bad view that could occur if the Beagle was boarded after a long idle.
Power from Beyond: Fixed an issue that caused missing Starborn temples and scanner disturbances that could prevent obtaining all Starborn powers from that universe.
Rough Landings: Resolved an issue that could occur during the “Meet up with Milena Axelrod” objective that could prevent ships from appearing at the desired location.
Shadows in Neon: Fixed an issue that could occur when repeatedly using the door to Jaylen Pryce's office before he progressed to Neon Core.
Supra et Ultra: Fixed a control lock that could occur when entering the Flight Simulator while a guard is attempting arrest.
Tapping the Grid: Fixed inaccessible junction boxes that could occur after the Hunter attacks the Lodge.
The Best There Is: Fixed an issue that could prevent objective from advancing when talking to Naeva and Jasmine in the engineering room.
The Empty Nest: Fixed and issue that could cause Sam Coe’s gun to be invisible when inside Jacob’s house.
Heart of Mars: Fixed another location that could potentially prevent recovering The Heart of Mars.
The Pale Lady: Fixed rare case of inaccessible ship crew log data slate making it impossible to complete the encounter.
Top of the L.I.S.T.: Phil Hill should now accept survey data for Sumati.
War Relics: Resolved an issue that could prevent Kaiser from moving to the mission site.
Where Hope is Built: Fixed a crash that could occur with a specific set of player behaviors.

Ships and Ship Customization[edit]

Fixed another case that could cause an asteroid to follow a ship in space.
Fixed ship hatch being marked inaccessible after swapping to a new home ship.
Fixed an issue where the ship could end up in an unintended state by simultaneously attempting fast travel during a grav jump.
Fixed a view issue that could occur when fast traveling during ship targeting mode.
Fixed an issue that could occur when entering Ship Targeting mode immediately after selecting a Grav Jump.
Fixed an issue that caused non-functional ladders to appear when the player modified their ship with a Taiyo All-In-One Berth Top A and a Deimos 1x1.
Fixed an issue where the Legendary ship could take too long to resume firing after the weapons were repaired.
Space combat should now match ground combat difficulty increase with successive trips through the Unity.
Fixed an issue where loading an exit save made while docked to a space station could cause names of ships to change.
Fixed marker not pointing to the current home ship after performing a save/load between different ships.
Fixed in issue that could cause the Frontier to incorrectly appear if a non-home ship was removed from a landing pad.

Skills[edit]

Rejuvenation : Skill VFX no longer replay whenever the handscanner is opened in third person.
Surveying : Fixed surveying challenge progress issue with mineral resource.
Targeting Control Systems : Fixed inconsistencies with level 3 and 4.

Weapons and Items[edit]

Fixed incorrect reload amounts that could occur when consuming a Trauma Pack.
Fixed FOV and zoom issues with weapon scopes.
Fixed weapon sound effects occasionally continuing to play after killing an enemy.
Fixed turret state not being restored properly after and save and load.
Fixed an issue that could cause the helmet light to not reappear in third person after a save and load.

1.8[edit]

Changes which start with the version of a beta is the first beta in which the changes occur.

Version 1.8.88[edit]

Released on December 11, 2023.^[17]

Discussions: Reddit (Starfield)

Gameplay[edit]

(Beta 1.8.87) Addressed an issue that would cause space matter to become stuck to player's ship during space travel. Loading a save will now remove the space clingon. Please note: This fix should address any space matter being stuck in your travels, but not in instances where player ships have New Atlantis attached. A fix for that will be released in a later update.

Outpost[edit]

(Beta 1.8.87) Fixed an issue that prevents random guns from spawning in a newly created Weapon Case after loading a save.

Save/Load[edit]

Fixed an issue where players could experience crashes while saving during long playthrough without going through the Unity.

Beta 1.8.87[edit]

Released on December 1, 2023.^[18]

Discussions: Reddit (Starfield, PcGaming), Steam Community.

Gameplay[edit]

Addressed an issue that would cause space matter to become stuck to player's ship during space travel. Loading a save will now remove the space clingon. Please note: This fix should address any space matter being stuck in your travels, but not in instances where player ships have New Atlantis attached. A fix for that will be released in a later update.

Outposts[edit]

Fixed an issue that prevents random guns from spawning in a newly created Weapon Case after loading a save.

Version 1.8.86[edit]

Released on November 20, 2023.^[19]

Discussions: Reddit (Starfield, NoSodiumStarfield, Games, Gaming, PcGaming), Steam Community.

Performance and Stability[edit]

(Beta 1.8.83) Addressed a number of memory related issues and leaks.
(Beta 1.8.83) Add some GPU performance optimizations, which will be more impactful on higher end cards.
(Beta 1.8.83) Improved renderer threading model, improving CPU usage most notably on higher end systems.
(Beta 1.8.83) Various stability and performance improvements.

Gameplay[edit]

(Beta 1.8.83) Added the ability to eat the food placed in the world
(Beta 1.8.83) Adjusted stealth to be a bit more forgiving.
(Beta 1.8.83) Fixed an issue where Andreja’s head would stay permanently cloaked.
(Beta 1.8.83) Fixed an issue that could prevent players from firing their weapons.
(Beta 1.8.83) Fixed issues where some NPC could be seen not wearing clothes.
(Beta 1.8.83) Fixed an issue where already in-progress skill challenges could stop progressing after reaching the Unity and starting a new game.
(Beta 1.8.83) Fixed an issue that could temporarily prevent opening the inventory or saving after entering the Unity.
(Beta 1.8.83) Fixed an issue where mouse movement could be choppy.
(Beta 1.8.83) Fixed a rare issue that could cause the home ship to be lost.
(Beta 1.8.83) Fixed an issue where the ship services technician might be missing.
(Beta 1.8.84) Fixed an issue where occasionally the camera could shake incorrectly during Traveling, Grav Jumping, Docking, or Landing transitions.

Graphics[edit]

(Beta 1.8.83) Addressed an issue with how ambient occlusion appeared in ultrawide resolutions.
(Beta 1.8.83) Optimized initial shader compilation that occurs on start-up.
(Beta 1.8.83) Added the ability to adjust Brightness and Contrast in the Display Settings menu.
(Beta 1.8.83) Added the ability to adjust HDR Brightness provided that the system supports it. (Xbox & Windows 11 only).
(Beta 1.8.83) Addressed a number of materials that could sometimes present an unintended pattern under certain conditions.
(Beta 1.8.83) Fixed various visual issues related to the new FOV slider options.
(Beta 1.8.83) Improved the appearance of the eyes on crowd characters.
(Beta 1.8.83) Addressed a number of minor visual issues related to lighting, shadows, terrain, and vegetation.
Addressed additional visual issues related to DLSS.

Quests[edit]

(Beta 1.8.83) All That Money Can Buy: Fixed a rare issue where players couldn’t sit during the negotiation with Musgrove.
(Beta 1.8.83) Blast Zone: Fixed an issue where the hard rocks that need to be cleared out by players will not appear on Ngodup Tate’s land.
(Beta 1.8.83) Echoes of the Past: Fixed an issue where the Grylloba Queen could sometimes not be reachable during the objective “Secure the Shuttle Bay”.
(Beta 1.8.83) Eye of the Storm: Fixed an issue where players' quest progression could potentially be blocked due to a missing docking prompt.
(Beta 1.8.83) Grunt Work: Addressed an issue where progress could appear blocked if “Supra et Ultra” was completed while returning to the Lodge during “High Price to Pay”.
(Beta 1.8.83) No Sudden Moves: Fixed an issue the that could prevent the entrance door to the Scow ship from being opened again.
(Beta 1.8.83) Operation Starseed: Fixed an issue where the key that is needed to exit the facility could sometimes not be present.
(Beta 1.8.83) Sabotage: Fixed an issue where David Barron could potentially not be found by players.
(Beta 1.8.83) Short Sighted: Fixed an issue where players could rarely become control-locked while speaking with Vladimir.
(Beta 1.8.83) Heart of Mars: Fixed an issue where players might not be able to mine the “The Heart of Mars”.

Beta 1.8.84[edit]

Released on November 10, 2023.^[20]

Discussions: Reddit (NoSodiumStarfield).

Graphics[edit]

Improved DLSS overall stability.
Fixed an issue with DLSS Frame Generation where occasionally a blur effect could be seen and the screen could turn black.
Fixed an issue with DLSS Frame Generation where occasionally blurring or ghosting artifacts could be seen on characters.
Fixed an issue where some grain/sharpening could be observed in very dark areas with DLSS enabled.

UI[edit]

Fixed an issue where DLSS preset was defaulting from Quality to Performance or vice versa upon exiting the Display settings.
Fixed an issue where DLSS Frame Generation couldn’t be turned on correctly unless DLSS is enabled.
Improved Display settings to force V-sync off when DLSS Frame Generation is turned on.
Improved Display settings DLSS localization.

Gameplay[edit]

Fixed an issue where occasionally the camera could shake incorrectly during Traveling, Grav Jumping, Docking, or Landing transitions.

Beta 1.8.83[edit]

Released on November 08, 2023.^[21]

Discussions: Reddit (Starfield, Games, nVidia, PcGaming), Steam Community.

Performance and Stability[edit]

Addressed a number of memory related issues and leaks.
Add some GPU performance optimizations, which will be more impactful on higher end cards.
Improved renderer threading model, improving CPU usage most notably on higher end systems.
Various stability and performance improvements.

Gameplay[edit]

Added the ability to eat the food placed in the world
Adjusted stealth to be a bit more forgiving.
Fixed an issue where Andreja’s head would stay permanently cloaked.
Fixed an issue that could prevent players from firing their weapons.
Fixed issues where some NPC could be seen not wearing clothes.
Fixed an issue where already in-progress skill challenges could stop progressing after reaching the Unity and starting a new game.
Fixed an issue that could temporarily prevent opening the inventory or saving after entering the Unity.
Fixed an issue where mouse movement could be choppy.
Fixed a rare issue that could cause the home ship to be lost.
Fixed an issue where the ship services technician might be missing.

Graphics[edit]

Addressed an issue with how ambient occlusion appeared in ultrawide resolutions.
Optimized initial shader compilation that occurs on start-up.
Added the ability to adjust Brightness and Contrast in the Display Settings menu.
Added the ability to adjust HDR Brightness provided that the system supports it. (Xbox & Windows 11 only).
Addressed a number of materials that could sometimes present an unintended pattern under certain conditions.
Fixed various visual issues related to the new FOV slider options.
Improved the appearance of the eyes on crowd characters.
Addressed a number of minor visual issues related to lighting, shadows, terrain, and vegetation.

Quests[edit]

All That Money Can Buy: Fixed a rare issue where players couldn’t sit during the negotiation with Musgrove.
Blast Zone: Fixed an issue where the hard rocks that need to be cleared out by players will not appear on Ngodup Tate’s land.
Echoes of the Past: Fixed an issue where the Grylloba Queen could sometimes not be reachable during the objective “Secure the Shuttle Bay”.
Eye of the Storm: Fixed an issue where players' quest progression could potentially be blocked due to a missing docking prompt.
Grunt Work: Addressed an issue where progress could appear blocked if “Supra et Ultra” was completed while returning to the Lodge during “High Price to Pay”.
No Sudden Moves: Fixed an issue the that could prevent the entrance door to the Scow ship from being opened again.
Operation Starseed: Fixed an issue where the key that is needed to exit the facility could sometimes not be present.
Sabotage: Fixed an issue where David Barron could potentially not be found by players.
Short Sighted: Fixed an issue where players could rarely become control-locked while speaking with Vladimir.
Heart of Mars: Fixed an issue where players might not be able to mine the “The Heart of Mars”.

1.7[edit]

Version 1.7.36[edit]

Released on October 09, 2023.^[22]

Discussions: Reddit (Starfield, NoSodiumStarfield, Games, PcGaming, XBoxSeriesX), Steam Community.

General[edit]

FOV: Sliders are now available in Settings that allow players using first person or third person to adjust their FOV.

Performance and Stability[edit]

Improved stability for Intel Arc GPUs.
Various additional stability and performance improvements.

Quests[edit]

Echoes of the Past: Addressed an issue where tunneling creatures could pick a location that would prevent progression.

Version 1.7.33[edit]

Released on September 26, 2023.^[23]

Discussions: Reddit (Starfield, Games, PcGaming, XBoxSeriesX), Steam Community.

General[edit]

Characters: Fixed an issue that could cause some characters to not be in their proper location.
Star Stations: Fixed an issue where Star Stations would be labeled as a player-owned ship.
Vendors: Addressed an issue that allowed for a vendor’s full inventory to be accessible.

Graphics[edit]

AMD: Resolved an issue that caused star lens flares not to appear correctly AMD GPUs.
Graphics: Addressed an upscaling issue that could cause textures to become blurry.
Graphics: Resolved an issue that could cause photosensitivity issues when scrolling through the inventory menu.

Performance and Stability[edit]

Hand Scanner: Addressed an issue where the Hand Scanner caused hitching.
Various stability and performance improvements to address crashing and freezes.

Ships[edit]

Displays: Fixed an issue that would cause displayed items to disappear when applied to in-ship mannequins.
Displays: Fixed an issue that would cause items stored in Razorleaf Storage Containers and Weapon Racks to disappear after commandeering another ship.

Version 1.7.29[edit]

Released on September 13, 2023.^[24]

Discussions: Reddit (Starfield), Steam Community.

Performance and Stability[edit]

Improved stability related to installations.
Various stability and performance improvements to reduce crashes and improve framerate.

Quests[edit]

All That Money Can Buy: Fixed an issue where player activity could result in a quest blocker.
Into the Unknown: Fixed an issue that could prevent the quest from appearing after the game is completed.
Shadows in Neon: Fixed an issue where player activity could result in a quest blocker.

Version 1.7.23[edit]

Released September 1, 2023.^[25]

Release version.

Opt-Into Betas[edit]

Opting into betas can only be done on the PC Steam version of Starfield. Players on Xbox or PC GamePass can not opt into betas.

The Starfield Steam Beta is a separate build of the game and will require a separate download. You will be able to continue with your latest save, but saves created in the Beta build will not work in the live game until the update is live.

To opt into betas:

Open your steam Library and navigate to Starfield
Right click on "Starfield" and select "Properties"
In the new properties pop-up window, select "Betas"
In the beta drop down to opt into, select "[beta]"
Wait for app to download new build and launch.

Reverting Updates[edit]

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There may be times where you wish to revert an update. For example, there may be mod conflicts from an update, the update may have caused unintended issues for your save, or you may simply wish to experience an earlier version of the game again. Doing so simply requires you to replace the updated files with their earlier version, and disable future updates until you wish to progress to the updated version. However, this will require more work unless you regularly backup your game files. Also, you will likely want to back your game files before you attempt to revert to an earlier version.

It is possible to download the necessary files to downgrade your game version from Steam. First you will need to access the steam console. Using the Run program on Windows and input:

steam://open/console

This will open a normally hidden tab of the Steam browser, the Console tab. At the bottom of the page will be a command line. This general format for the command is:

download_depot [App ID] [Depot ID] [Manifest ID]

For Starfield, the App ID is 1716740, and the Depot ID for the updates is 1716741. The Manifest ID is for the specific patch you wish to download. The Manifest IDs are documented on SteamDB. For example, at time of writing they currently are 4447793252473787578, 8383043874900915235, and 3276175983502685135. If you wanted version 1.7.29, you would input:

download_depot 1716740 1716741 8383043874900915235

If you wanted the files for the initial release, you would input the command:

download_depot 1716740 1716741 4447793252473787578

Once the command is inputted, Steam will download the depot. You will be able to tell it worked by the this appearing in the console log after your command (this example being for the initial release of the game):

Downloading depot 1716741 (27 MB) ...

Followed by:

Depot download complete : "[Steam Download Path]Steam\steamapps\content\app_1716740\depot_1716741" (21 files, manifest 4447793252473787578)

Note that the exact location of your download location will change depending on where you installed Steam, but as the log helpfully tells you where that is it should not be hard to find. Go to the folder listed there, and extract its contents to your Starfield install location. Replace all files with the files from the depot, and you will have successfully reverted to a previous version of the game. When you start the game, it will be this earlier version once more.

Keep in mind that reverting to a previous version on a save that was created on a more recent version is likely to cause issues, if it works at all.

References[edit]

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