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Starfield Shattered Space

Outpost Management Skill Rank Up Guide

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Outpost Management is an Expert Social skill in Starfield that allows you to better manage outposts. Read on to learn the effects of the Outpost Management skill, how to unlock and rank up the Outpost Management skill, and the backgrounds that know it.

Outpost Management How to Unlock and Overview

Outpost Management Skill Overview

Outpost Management Skill
Starfield - Outpost Management Skill Skill Tree:
Social
Tier:
Expert
While constructing an outpost offers its own challenges, properly managing that outpost takes a special personality type, and specialized training.

How to Unlock Outpost Management

Spend 8 Skill Points in the Social Tree

As Outpost Management is a higher-tier Expert skill, it is unlocked by spending a total of 8 skill points in the Social skill tree before it can be learned.

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How to Rank Up Outpost Management Skill

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Rank Challenge Effects
1 Spend a total of 8 Skill Points in the Social tree. Additional cargo links can be placed at outposts
2 Build cargo links on 6 different planets. Additional robots can be constructed at outposts.
3 Construct 8 robots at outposts. Additional crew can be assigned at outposts
4 Construct 10 crew stations at outposts. Outpost extractors produce twice as fast.

Rebuild Cargo Links in Different Planets

Starfield - Recycle the Previous Cargo Link Materials for the New One
After building an outpost and a Cargo Link on a planet, you can remove the whole outpost to refund the materials and re-use those materials into building another Outpost Beacon and Cargo Link on another planet.

Finish the Robots Research Project to Start Constructing Robots

Starfield - Finish the Robots Research Project to Start Constructing Robots
To start constructing robots, the Robots 1 Research Project has to be completed first. This research project does not require anything but the required resources and materials and an available research lab. The first research into robots This will enable you to build the first tiers of robots in your outposts.

As this challenge doesn't require to build different robots on different outposts, you can just rebuild the same robot by removing it to refund the materials, and rebuilding it. You can repeat this until you complete the challenge.

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Rebuild Crew Stations to Finish the Challenge

Starfield - Rebuild Crew Stations to Finish the Challenge
With the same strategy as rebuilding robots, you can also build a Crew Station, remove it to refund the materials, and rebuild it all in the same outpost to finish this challenge.

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