Starfield, Bethesda’s latest RPG, is, effectively…a giant recreation. It’s stuffed with quests to finish and aliens to shoot. It’s additionally jam-packed with gadgets to seize, promote, and manipulate. And it’s very simple to select up an excessive amount of junk and immediately end up overencumbered, unable to fast-travel or dash as a lot as typical. That’s no enjoyable! However you may keep away from this annoying scenario.
I’ve performed about 55 hours of Starfield to date, and for many of that point, I’ve not been overencumbered. In truth, I’m often carrying beneath 100kg of weight at any given time. What’s my secret? Nicely, after years of taking part in Bethesda video games, I’ve gotten fairly good at managing all of the weapons, well being gadgets, and junk you gather as you journey by means of the studio’s huge open-world RPGs. So let me assist you to cease being overencumbered with the following tips and methods!
Cease grabbing all the things
Look, okay, I do know that is very apparent and all that, however…yeah, cease grabbing all the things! I get it. This can be a Bethesda recreation and one of many joys of those RPGs is how all the things could be grabbed, manipulated, saved, and offered. Each plastic cup and dart and sandwich. However you don’t have to seize all of it.
You could be considering “I’ll promote this all for credit!” Nicely, positive, however you received’t get that a lot for that junk. And there are higher methods to make credit on this recreation, like doing quests and promoting high-value gadgets like uncommon fits, weapons, and really light-weight objects which are price tons of of credit. So yeah, cease. Put that cup down. Stroll away. Depart it. Depart it! I’m watching.
Degree up your carrying capability
Sure stats are all the time helpful in a Bethesda open-world RPG. Having further well being and the flexibility to lockpick something, for instance, are as useful in Starfield as they had been in Skyrim.
Equally, leveling up the ability that allows you to carry extra stuff with out turning into overencumbered may be very helpful. I additionally advocate grabbing this early so you can begin grinding away at its necessities to unlock increased ranges. Belief me, this may prevent time in the long term.
Make a behavior out of checking for heavy gadgets
You possibly can type your total stock by weight and it is best to do that repeatedly, as you’ll typically discover some random spacesuit or different merchandise taking over a big chunk of your carrying capability. Care for these things and don’t allow them to litter up your character. Whereas taking a look at your heaviest bits of junk, you may additionally discover one of the probably culprits for why you’re overencumbered: ship elements.
Don’t maintain on to ship elements
Ship elements! This stuff are very helpful, letting you restore your ship throughout fight. Nevertheless, they’re additionally very heavy, weighing 10kg every. It’s very simple to gather a stack of those and never understand it till you choose up a gun and change into overencumbered.
Making issues worse, these heavy gadgets are discovered not in your sources or misc. tab, however as an alternative buried together with your assist gadgets, like meals and well being kits. This makes them simple to overlook when dropping off sources to your ship. I’d love a future replace to maneuver these to sources by default. Till then, double-check everytime you really feel too heavy to ensure you aren’t carrying round a bunch of those cumbersome gadgets. And, one final thing: You possibly can retailer these in your ship and nonetheless use them, no want to hold them round!
Decide a number of weapons and promote the remainder
There are plenty of weapons in Starfield, from laser rifles to previous Earth shotguns and extra. It’s a smorgasbord of killing choices. However whereas I like to recommend you strive all the things at the least as soon as early on in Starfield, after the opening hours it is best to choose three or 4 weapons and promote or retailer the remainder.
This has plenty of advantages. You possibly can focus your expertise extra, carry much less ammo, and never must handle an armory all over the place you go. But additionally, it means you’ll not be slowed down by 12 weapons all utilizing up your valuable carrying capability! And that’s—hey, I advised you to place down that plastic cup! Cease! Simply because we’re on a brand new tip doesn’t imply I ended watching!
Use your ship’s cargo bay to retailer sources/valuables
After you’ve been out on a planet exploring, mining, or finishing quests, it is best to take a second to drop off extra gadgets in your ship’s cargo maintain. Fortunately, Bethesda added a hotkey that allows you to ship all of your sources—like minerals, metals, and so on.—proper to your ship with one button press.
However don’t simply retailer sources in your ship’s cargo containers. You possibly can retailer uncommon fits or weapons you wish to promote later in there too, in addition to different gadgets which are taking over area. And in case your ship begins to expire of area, effectively, first, possibly cease grabbing all the things. But additionally, put money into including some extra storage to your ship, which you are able to do at any spaceport with an NPC starship technician. Oh, and don’t overlook: You possibly can improve your ship’s storage capability through the Payloads perk.
Search for spacesuits which have further storage
Throughout my third night time of taking part in Starfield, I stumbled upon a legendary swimsuit that permit me carry 40 further kilograms on my character. Whilst you won’t discover one nearly as good as this, preserve an eye fixed out for spacesuits that present further storage.
Unfold the burden round to companions
In the event you journey with a companion, don’t overlook to make use of them like a pack mule. They’ll carry fairly a bit, which might help out loads in massive area dungeons stuffed with good loot. Simply speak to your companion and ask to commerce, then shove all of the plastic cups and crappy weapons into their stock so you may promote all of it later.
And, if all else fails, use chems or booze to briefly increase your capability
Maybe you’ve completed all the things above and but nonetheless end up carrying an excessive amount of junk. Nicely, that’s why I like to recommend retaining some whiskey or different chems readily available, as utilizing them can enhance your carrying capability.
Remember that these are simply non permanent options and received’t final endlessly. However they’ll, in a pinch, assist you to cease being overencumbered simply lengthy sufficient to fast-travel and promote all of your junk.
