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Starfield Shattered Space

Astrodynamics Skill Rank Up Guide

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Astrodynamics is a Novice Science skill that improves your ship's grav drive in Starfield. Read on to learn the effects of the Astrodynamics skill, how to unlock and rank up the Astrodynamics skill, and the backgrounds that know it.

Astrodynamics How to Unlock and Overview

Astrodynamics Skill Overview

Astrodynamics Skill
Starfield - Astrodynamics Skill Skill Tree:
Science
Tier:
Novice
Advanced technology is one thing, but it takes skill, patience, and a little bit of love to coax even more capability out of a ship's grav drive.

How to Unlock Astrodynamics

Spend a Skill Point to Unlock Skill

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

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The Astrodynamics skill is automatically learned by the following backgrounds:

Explorer Professor

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How to Rank Up Astrodynamics Skill

All Rank Challenges and Effects

Rank Challenge Effects
1 - Increase grav jump range of jump drives by 15%.
2 Make 5 grav jumps Reduced fuel cost of jump drives by 15%.
3 Make 15 grav jumps Increased grav jump range and reduced fuel cost of jump drives by 30%.
4 Make 30 grav jumps Reduced fuel cost of jump drives by 50%.

Travel to Other Systems to Grav Jump

Starfield - Travel to Other Systems to Grav Jump
Fast traveling into another System will count as a grav jump whether the grav jump cutscene plays or not. Travelling to another planet or moon within the same system will not count as a grav jump.

To complete the challenge quickly, repeatedly grav jump across two nearby systems.

In some cases, such as while orbiting a planet, make sure to power up your Grav Drive to avoid the Grav Jump Pending error.

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Starfield -  Astrodynamics Skill
Astrodynamics
Starfield -  Geology Skill
Geology
Starfield -  Medicine Skill
Medicine
Starfield -  Research Methods Skill
Research Methods
Starfield -  Surveying Skill
Surveying
Starfield -  Botany Skill
Botany
Starfield -  Scanning Skill
Scanning
Starfield -  Spacesuit Design Skill
Spacesuit Design
Starfield -  Weapon Engineering Skill
Weapon Engineering
Starfield -  Zoology Skill
Zoology
Starfield -  Astrophysics Skill
Astrophysics
Starfield -  Chemistry Skill
Chemistry
Starfield -  Outpost Engineering Skill
Outpost Engineering
Starfield -  Special Projects Skill
Special Projects
Starfield -  Planetary Habitation Skill
Planetary Habitation
Starfield -  Aneutronic Fusion Skill
Aneutronic Fusion

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