Starfield-Skills

Starfield skills

Damage

These skills directly increase your damage output.
Boxing (Tier 1)
Unarmed attacks do 25% more damage. 25% less O2 used when using a power attack.
Ballistics (Tier 1)
Ballistic weapons do 10% more damage.
Dueling (Tier 1)
Melee weapons do 25% more damage. Take 10% less damage while wielding a melee weapon.
Lasers (Tier 1)
Laser weapons do 10% more damage.
Pistol Certification (Tier 1)
Pistols do 10% more damage.
Shotgun Certification (Tier 1)
Shotguns do 10% more damage.
Demolitions (Tier 2)
Throwing grenades now shows a trajectory arc. Explosions have a 25% larger radius.
Heavy Weapons Certification (Tier 2)
Heavy weapons do 10% more damage.
Incapacitation (Tier 2)
EM weapons do 5% more damage.
Particle Beams (Tier 2)
Particle beam weapons do 10% more damage.
Rifle Certification (Tier 2)
Rifles do 10% more damage.
Martial Arts (Tier 3)
15% increased chance to crit with a melee or unarmed attack.
Robotics (Tier 3)
You deal 10% more damage to Robots and Turrets. You can force a target robot up to 10 levels higher than you to stop fighting for a limited time.
Neurostrikes (Tier 4)
10% chance to stun an NPC with an unarmed attack.

Crafting and Building

These skills allow you to craft and build new items and structures.
Research Methods (Tier 1)
Resources required to craft items and complete research projects is reduced by 10%.
Spacesuit Design (Tier 2)
You can craft improved spacesuit, helmet, and pack mods, and research additional mods at a Research Lab.
Weapon Engineering (Tier 2)
You can craft improved weapon mods at a Weapon Workbench, and research additional weapon mods at a Research Lab.
Chemistry (Tier 3)
You can create improved chems, and research additional chems at a Research Lab.
Outpost Engineering (Tier 3)
You can construct improved outpost modules, and research additional modules at a Research Lab.
Planetary Habitation (Tier 4)
You can build outposts on planets with extreme temperatures (Deep Freeze and Inferno). Increase the maximum number of Outposts you can build by 4.
Special Projects (Tier 4)
You can research experimental projects at a Research Lab.

Ship Damage

These skills increase your ship's damage output.
Ballistic Weapon Systems (Tier 1)
Ballistic ship weapons have 10% increased damage and cost 20% less to use in Targeting Mode.
Targeting Control Systems (Tier 1)
Unlocks ship targeting functionality.
Energy Weapon Systems (Tier 2)
Energy ship weapons have 10% increased damage and cost 15% less to use in Targeting Mode.
Missile Weapon Systems (Tier 3)
Ship missile weapons do 10% more damage, and their Targeting mode cost is reduced by 20%.
Particle Beam Weapon Systems (Tier 3)
Ship particle beam weapons do 10% more damage, and Targeting mode cost is reduced by 10%.
Automated Weapon Systems (Tier 4)
Automated ship weapons do 10% more damage and reduce all targeting mode costs by 20%.
EM Weapon Systems (Tier 4)
EM ship weapons have 10% increased damage and cost 15% less to use in Targeting Mode.

Other

Medicine (Tier 1)
Med Packs, Trauma Packs, and Emergency Kits restore 10% additional Health 10% faster.
Nutrition (Tier 2)
Food and drink are 10% more effective.
Marksmanship (Tier 3)
Increase critical hit chance with non-automatic ranged weapons by 3%.
Rapid Reloading (Tier 3)
Reload Ballistic weapons 30% faster.
Sniper Certification (Tier 3)
Scoped weapons are steadier and have less sway.
Targeting (Tier 3)
Increased accuracy and range when shooting without aiming. Marks up to one enemy within 25m that damages you.
Starship Design (Tier 3)
Allows the installation of improved ship modules.
Starship Engineering (Tier 3)
All ship systems repair 10% faster.
Armor Penetration (Tier 4)
Attacks ignore 15% of a target's armor.
Crippling (Tier 4)
Human enemies have a 30% increased chance to enter a downed state after taking enough damage.
Sharpshooting (Tier 4)
Increase headshot critical damage by 50% with ranged weapons.
Boost Assault Training (Tier 4)
Nearby enemies take damage when you boost and have a chance to catch on fire.