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Theft Skill Rank Up Guide

Theft is a Novice Social skill that increases your chance to pickpocket targets easily in Starfield. Read on to learn the effects of the Theft skill, how to unlock and rank up the Theft skill, and the backgrounds that know it.

Theft How to Unlock and Overview

Theft Skill Overview

Theft Skill
Starfield - Theft Skill Skill Tree:
Social
Tier:
Novice
While not entirely honorable, and certainly not legal, it is nonetheless occasionally necessary to discreetly remove property from someone's person.

How to Unlock Theft

Spend a Skill Point to Unlock Skill

As Theft is a Novice skill, it can be learned without having to spend skill points on other skills in the Social skill tree. You just need to spend a skill point on Theft to learn it.

Backgrounds with the Theft Skill

The Theft skill is automatically learned by the following backgrounds:

Cyber Runner Gangster

List of All Backgrounds

How to Rank Up Theft Skill

All Rank Challenges and Effects

Rank Challenge Effects
1 - Unlock the ability to pickpocket targets.
2 Successfully pickpocket 5 times. 10% greater chance to successfully pickpocket.
3 Successfully pickpocket 10 times. 30% greater chance to successfully pickpocket
4 Successfully pickpocket 20 times. 50% greater chance to successfully pickpocket, Can now pickpocket holstered weapons.

Quicksave Before Attempting to Pickpocket

Starfield - Quicksave Before Attempting to Pickpocket
To ensure you successfully pickpocket an item, quicksave before attempting to pickpocket to ensure you can load that save if you fail the attempt.
How to Save

Allocate the Stealth Skill to Unlock the Stealth Meter

Starfield - Stealth Rank Overview
There's a higher chance of successfully pickpocketing if you are unseen by the person you're trying to pickpocket. Not only does the Stealth skill unlock the Stealth Meter, but it also helps you stay undetected from the people you try to pickpocket.
How to Pickpocket Successfully

Pickpocket Stunned Enemies

Starfield - Pickpocket a Stunned Enemy
In combat, hostile enemies can be pickpocketed by stunning them by dealing damage with the Electromagnetic (EM) damage type. Deal EM damage with EM weapons or with your fists while having the Neurostrikes skill allocated.
All EM Weapons

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