10 Most Ridiculous Ship Designs in Starfield

Owning a Starfield penthouse has one notable downside: you risk losing everything if the property is stationed in New Atlantis. 

Arguably, the most important part of any ship's design in is the Reactor, with the best ones granting a balanced spread of power to all of a vessel's systems. Various important pieces are available for the three different ship classes you might obtain during your adventures. Ranging from your crew size to your ship's overall defenses, your Reactor could determine success or failure in the deeper regions of space.

, with over 1000 planets and 100 star systems, is home to a universe of weird and wonderful entities. From several friendly humans who can join the player as companions to androids, aliens, and even some particularly disturbing species of creatures. Although not all of these creatures pose an immediate and serious threat, many can cause extreme damage to those intergalactic explorers who embark unprepared.

It was only a matter of time until people started mashing Starfield up with Skyrim. Combining some of the assets of one Bethesda game with the world of another (or vice versa) was an inevitability. Trust the modding community to come through for us.

The depth of ship customization in has given rise to a ridiculously OP build discovered by Reddit user Solace_of_the_Throns, which takes inspiration from the most broken designs that exploit enemy AI. Space battles become incredibly easy when the right parts come together to guard a specific point on your ship. This can be tricky to understand at first once you also figure out how targeting systems work in the game.

The depth of customization available for your ship in allows you to add Workbenches and other Crafting Stations to your vessel to make or improve items wherever you go. These areas can only be included by picking specific module parts when building your ship. The delicate balance between the moving sections of your star-soaring craft can make this process tricky but possible.

After all these years, Bethesda Game Studios has finally released one of its signature first-person RPGs with functional ladders. Glorified teleporters no more: Starfield's ladders have proper interactive climbing animations, and since Starfield makes an attempt at somewhat realistic spacecraft designs, its ships naturally contain lots of them. 

, like many of Bethesda's past RPGs is a game full of choices and consequences. Most often, major choices in any given quest line will come through dialogue or optional objectives clearly marked in the quest log. However, there's one choice players don't even know they're passively making, which can have devastating consequences later on in the game's main campaign.

Due to the sheer scale of , there are plenty of activities to partake in, from helping the Freestar Rangers stop bank robberies to participating in blood sports. In the case of the latter, this can be carried out in a particularly notorious and shady gambling den, The Red Mile, on the planet Porrima III. The Red Mile is not the kind of location players tend to just stumble across, with its location in the Porrima system found slightly west of Volii. However, for those who seek it out, there is the option to participate in running its main attraction of the same name.

Have you ever known a Bethesda game to not have funny NPCs? Both the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series are known for bugs, glitches, and ridiculous AI. This is all said out of love, as every other aspect of its games trumps the silly situations you can run into. Starfield, Bethesda’s newest IP, is also no stranger to the Bethesda effect. Players have been sharing instances online where Starfield NPCs are hilariously ruining romantic proposals with awkward animations.

Outside of the main story missions, you’ll want to spend some time completing faction questlines in Bethesda’s massive space RPG. The UC Vanguard quest line is a fun one with some great rewards, but what is the Vanguard Motto in Starfield?

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