Starfield, Bethesda’s latest RPG, is, nicely…an enormous recreation. It’s crammed with quests to finish and aliens to shoot. It’s additionally jam-packed with objects to seize, promote, and manipulate. And it’s very simple to choose up an excessive amount of junk and instantly end up overencumbered, unable to fast-travel or dash as a lot as normal. That’s no enjoyable! However you possibly can keep away from this annoying state of affairs.
I’ve performed about 55 hours of Starfield thus far, and for many of that point, I’ve not been overencumbered. The truth is, I’m often carrying underneath 100kg of weight at any given time. What’s my secret? Properly, after years of enjoying Bethesda video games, I’ve gotten fairly good at managing all of the weapons, well being objects, and junk you accumulate as you journey by means of the studio’s huge open-world RPGs. So let me assist you cease being overencumbered with the following pointers and methods!
Cease grabbing every part
Look, okay, I do know that is very apparent and all that, however…yeah, cease grabbing every part! I get it. This can be a Bethesda recreation and one of many joys of those RPGs is how every part may be grabbed, manipulated, saved, and bought. Each plastic cup and dart and sandwich. However you don’t have to seize all of it.
You is perhaps considering “I’ll promote this all for credit!” Properly, 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 objects like uncommon fits, weapons, and really light-weight objects which might be price tons of of credit. So yeah, cease. Put that cup down. Stroll away. Go away it. Go away 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 helpful in Starfield as they had been in Skyrim.
Equally, leveling up the talent that permits you to carry extra stuff with out turning into overencumbered may be very helpful. I additionally suggest grabbing this early so you can begin grinding away at its necessities to unlock larger ranges. Belief me, this may prevent time in the long term.
Make a behavior out of checking for heavy objects
You possibly can type your complete stock by weight and it’s best to do that recurrently, as you’ll typically discover some random spacesuit or different merchandise taking over a big chunk of your carrying capability. Care for this stuff and don’t allow them to litter up your character. Whereas your heaviest bits of junk, you may additionally discover probably the most doubtless 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. Nonetheless, 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 objects are discovered not in your sources or misc. tab, however as an alternative buried along with your support objects, 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 be sure to aren’t carrying round a bunch of those cumbersome objects. And, one very last 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 remaining
There are a number of weapons in Starfield, from laser rifles to outdated Earth shotguns and extra. It’s a smorgasbord of killing choices. However whereas I like to recommend you attempt every part at the least as soon as early on in Starfield, after the opening hours it’s best to choose three or 4 weapons and promote or retailer the remaining.
This has a number 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 in addition, 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’s best to take a second to drop off extra objects in your ship’s cargo maintain. Fortunately, Bethesda added a hotkey that permits you to ship all of your sources—like minerals, metals, and so forth.—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 need to promote later in there too, in addition to different objects which might be taking over house. And in case your ship begins to expire of house, nicely, first, possibly cease grabbing every part. But in addition, spend money on 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 neglect: 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 enjoying Starfield, I stumbled upon a legendary go well with that allow me carry 40 further kilograms on my character. Whilst you won’t discover one nearly as good as this, maintain an eye fixed out for spacesuits that present further storage.
Unfold the load round to companions
Should you journey with a companion, don’t neglect to make use of them like a pack mule. They will carry fairly a bit, which may help out quite a bit in huge house dungeons crammed with good loot. Simply discuss to your companion and ask to commerce, then shove all of the plastic cups and crappy weapons into their stock so you possibly can promote all of it later.
And, if all else fails, use chems or booze to briefly increase your capability
Maybe you’ve finished every part above and but nonetheless end up carrying an excessive amount of junk. Properly, that’s why I like to recommend preserving some whiskey or different chems readily available, as utilizing them can enhance your carrying capability.
Understand that these are simply non permanent options and received’t final endlessly. However they’ll, in a pinch, assist you cease being overencumbered simply lengthy sufficient to fast-travel and promote all of your junk.