Starfield

Lasers Skill Rank Up Guide

Lasers is a Novice Combat skill that improves laser weapons in Starfield. Read on to learn the effects of the Lasers skill, how to unlock and rank up the Lasers skill, and the backgrounds that know it.

Lasers How to Unlock and Overview

Lasers Skill Overview

Lasers Skill
Starfield - Lasers Skill Skill Tree:
Combat
Tier:
Novice
Personal laser weapons are in widespread use across the Settled Systems, and specialized training can greatly increase their effectiveness.

How to Unlock Lasers

Spend a Skill Point to Unlock Skill

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

Backgrounds with the Lasers Skill

The Lasers skill is automatically learned by the following backgrounds:

Cyberneticist Explorer Xenobiologist

List of All Backgrounds

How to Rank Up Lasers Skill

All Rank Challenges and Effects

Rank Challenge Effects
1 - Laser weapons do 10% more damage.
2 Kill 20 enemies with laser a weapon Laser weapons do 20% more damage.
3 Kill 20 enemies with laser a weapon Laser weapons do 30% more damage.
4 Kill 100 enemies with an energy weapon Laser weapons have a 5% chance to set a target on fire.

Best Laser Weapons Tier List

Use Ranged Weapons that use Laser Ammo to Complete the Challenge

Starfield - Use Ranged Weapons that use Laser Ammo to Complete the Challenge
Laser weapons are ranged weapons that primarily use laser ammo, such as the 1.5KV LZR or 3KV LZR cartridges.

The Cutter, which uses its own ammo type, also counts as a laser weapon.

All Laser Weapons

Use Laser Weapons for the Rank 4 Challenge

Starfield - Use Laser Weapons for the Rank 4 Challenge
The Rank 4 Challenge for the Lasers skill is described differently than the previous two. However, the objective is the same: Kill enemies with laser weapons.

Any other weapon that deals energy damage will not count towards completing the challenge, such as Particle Beam weapons or the unique pistol Radburn, which deals both physical and energy damage types.

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