Level up, gain XP, and farm skill points fast by sleeping, completing missions, and defeating enemies in Starfield. Read on for a full guide on other ways on how to level up fast and farm skill points, the best skills to level up, and info on levelling basics!
| Ways to Farm XP | Priority |
|---|---|
| XP Farming Outposts | ★★★★★ |
| Use the XP Glitch Exploit | ★★★★ |
| Sleep to Get Well Rested | ★★★★ |
| Complete Main Mission | ★★★★ |
| Complete Side Mission | ★★★ |
| Complete Faction Mission | ★★★ |
| Marry Your Companion | ★★★ |
| Scan Planets With the Astrophysics Skill | ★★★ |
| Defeat Enemies | ★★ |
| Destroy Ships | ★★ |
| Discover New Areas | ★ |
| Scan Local Flora and Fauna | ★ |
| Persuade People | ★ |
| Craft Alien Tea | ★ |
With a properly designed outpost, you can gain tens of thousands of XP per minute by crafting components in the Industrial Workbench.
This strategy involves building outposts to stockpile as many materials required to craft components such as Adaptive Frames or Paramagnon Conductors in large quantities. Though the former requires little setting up, the latter component involves a lot of planning and materials to set up but is around triple in efficiency.
Another efficient way to level up fast is to use the XP Exploit which allows you to obtain 40-80XP each time you kill a planet's fauna.
You need to set your game's difficulty to Very Hard and find a high level planet with abundant or moderate fauna. The Schrodinger III planet at the Schrodinger Star System is a good example to use this method.
Once you land on the planet, set your difficulty to Very Easy. Doing so causes the planet to load at a Very Hard difficulty giving you large XP gain but the fauna will have their difficulty set to Very Easy.
An simple and easy way to help your character level up fast is by sleeping on a bed. This will grant you the Well Rested status effect that boosts your XP gain by 10% for 25 minutes. It does not matter how long you sleep, so you can sleep for 1 hour and still get this effect. Additionally, you can find a bed on your ship.
The best and fastest way to level up is to speed through the main mission first, as the main campaign usually gives a substantial amount of XP.
Main Quests List and Walkthrough
If the main mission is getting a bit difficult, take a detour and raise some levels by doing side missions. You can find plenty of side missions by talking to other NPCs in the game and agreeing to help them, or you could also take up jobs from the mission board.
List of All Side Quests and Rewards
A quick side mission you can do is delivering a TerraCino to Donna. You can start this mission by talking to Donna by the MAST District train station. She will ask you to buy a TerraCino for her, which you can easily get from the TerraBrew branches nearby. Bring it back to her and gain 100 XP!
A mission line that gives good XP and is relatively easy to do is the Due in Full side mission. You can start it by heading over to GalBank in New Atlantis and talking to Landry by the counter. He will ask you to collect the debt of different people. Many of them can be persuaded to give it back, making it a quick job.
Many faction missions are worth doing because of the amount of credits and XP you can gain from them. Players can even join multiple factions as long as they are not at odds with each other, and this will give you even more access to more missions.
Players can have a romantic relationship with their companions and even become married together. To get married, you will first need to increase their approval rating by doing actions they like, such as helping others unconditionally if they are kind. Then, complete their companion quest and choose the [Flirt] and [Romance] dialogue options to get married.
Getting married to your companion will grant you the ''Emotional Security'' status effect which replaces the ''Well-Rested'' and instead gives you a 15% XP bonus everytime you sleep together.
The Astophysics Skill Allows you to scan further moons and planets from up to 30 light years away! For reference, the City of Neon in the Sytem of Volli is 28.8 light years away from New Atlantis in the Alpha Centauri System.
Each scan also has a chance to discover one of their planetary traits as well, rewarding you with 125 XP for each discovered trait. Completing a planet's survey with a scan, such as scanning gas giants, will reward you with 50 XP.
The downside of this strategy is you have to be at least level 8 to get Rank 1 Astrophysics with all your previous points specced into the Science Skill Tree, and this leveling strategy work best with the skill in Rank 4. Regardless, you will be able to easily scan around half of the galaxy for a lot of quick XP when you do so!
Astrophysics Skill Rank Up Guide
Defeating enemies rewards you with a good amount of XP, so make sure to eliminate all enemies you come across while doing the main and side missions.
The tougher the enemy, the greater the XP reward. Find areas where tough enemies can are located, and go to town on them for some Experience Points.
Players can find areas with plenty of enemies by going to abandoned space stations, moon bases, or planets. These places will usually have hostile scavengers like spacers wandering, or they have made it their base of operations. One abandoned place you can visit early on is the Nova Galactic Staryard located at the Luna moon in the Sol system .
How to Dock at the Nova Galactic Staryard
If you are tired of fighting enemies in abandoned areas, you can hunt down Faunas across the various planets instead. We recommend using melee weapons when fighting these creatures to conserve some ammo.
List of All Fauna and Alien Creatures
Shooting down enemy ships in outer space also rewards you with XP. Whenever you find yourself in space, take down all ships you are able to, in order to get a good amount of XP.
Discovering new areas rewards you with XP, and this can be done while blazing through the main and side missions. Whenever you're in a new area, make sure to do a bit of brief exploring to find new locations.
All Cities, Settlements, and Points of Interests
Surveying a planet for its local animal and plant life rewards you with some XP. This will take a bit longer, so prioritize it the least, but whenever something scannable is nearby, go for it!
Persuading NPCs via the persuasion mini-game also gives you some XP, so whenever the opportunity arises, attempt to smooth-talk characters for a bit of extra XP.
Drinking the Alien Tea grants you an additional 1% XP bonus for 15 minutes. This effect does not stack if you drink more of it, but it is still a small way to gradually increase your XP if you consistently craft and drink one as you play. You can craft it at any cooking station, and you will need 1 Distilled Water and 1 Fiber.
| Best Skills to Level Up |
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Sneaking around without getting caught is endlessly fun, so focusing on the Stealth skill is an absolute must, especially for low-defense builds that rely on movement and smaller weapons.
The Persuasion skill is a good way to get around without having to engage in unnecessary battles. For those willing to go through Starfield with their mouth as their strongest weapon, it will be worth investing in Persuasion.
The Leadership Social skill allows you to gain additional affinity with your companions, which makes romancing them a lot easier.
Rapid Reloading, as the title denotes, gives you a chance to reload your weapons faster than normal, which could save you in a pinch. Almost any gun type you choose to main will benefit from this skill.
The Medicine skill increases the healing efficiency of Med Packs, which will be a vital source of HP regeneration during tougher missions, and especially boss fights.
The Boost Pack Training skill improves the efficiency of your boost pack, and will be very important for those who wish to get out from behind cover to take to the skies and rain down bullets on their enemies.
Boost Pack Training Skill Guide
XP, or Experience Points, are required to level up. You can obtain XP by completing various activities in-game, like finishing a mission, defeating enemies, discovering new areas, and surveying a planet's surface.
Going up one level rewards you with a skill point. These skill points are what you use to rank up skills.
Access your skills through the game menu. Here, you will be able to allocate skill points to your desired skills. Spending a skill point levels up that skill.
How to Level Up and Farm Skill Points Fast
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