Starfield:Skills

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Skills provide a variety of boosts to your character. Your Background gives you three starting skills. When you level up you can unlock new skills, after which you can rank up the skill to gain further benefits by using the skill and completing challenges. Skill ranks can be differentiated based on the border of the skill. A darkened icon with a gray border means the skill is still locked. If the icon has a gray border and gray design it is Rank 0, a colored design means Rank 1. If the icon has two gray borders it is Rank 2. Finally Rank 3 and 4 have a gold border with one or two lines respectively.

Physical

Seventeen skills were shown to be in this category.

Icon	Name	Description	Ranks	Challenge
	Weight Lifting	Increase total carrying capacity by 10 kilograms.
	Wellness	Immediately gain 30 points of health.

Social

Sixteen skills were shown to be in this category.

Icon	Name	Description	Ranks	Challenge
	Bargaining	Buy items for 5% les and sell for 10% more.
	Diplomacy	You can force a target NPC at or below your level to stop fighting for a while.
	Gastronomy	You can craft specialty food an drinks, and research additional recipes at a Research Lab.
	Persuasion	Gain an increased chance of success on speech challenges.

Combat

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

Icon	Name	Description	Ranks	Challenge
	Ballistics	Increase total carrying capacity by 10 kilograms.	Ballistic weapons do 10% more damage. Ballistic weapons do 20% more damage. Ballistic weapons do 30% more damage. Ballistic weapons range is increased by 30%.	Kill 250 enemies with a ballistic weapon
	Dueling	Melee weapons do 10% more damage.
	Lasers	Laser weapons do 10% more damage.
	Pistol Certification	Pistols do 10% more damage.
	Demolitions	Melee weapons do 10% more damage.	Explosives do 30% more damage and have a 30% larger radius.	Kill 125 enemies with explosives
	Heavy Weapons Certification		Gain 30 damage while aiming down sights with a heavy weapon.	Kill 250 enemies with a heavy weapon.
	Rapid Reloading	Melee weapons do 10% more damage.	Gain a chance to reload your weapon twice as fast as normal.	Reload 150 empty magazines.
	Sniper Certification	Only a trained sniper truly understands all of the elements necessary to patiently and effectively neutralize a target at excessive range.	Scoped weapons are steadier and have less sway.
	Targeting	Kill 125 enemies without aiming	Greatly increased accuracy and range when shooting without aiming.
	Marksmanship
	Particle Beams

Science

Fifteen skills were shown to be in this category.

Icon	Name	Description	Ranks	Challenge
	Medicine	Med Packs heal 10% more.

Tech

Icon	Name	Description	Ranks	Challenge
	Security	You can attempt to hack Advanced locks, and 2 auto attempts can be banked.
	Robotics	You deal 10% more damage to Robots and Turrets.
	Starship Design