Botany is an Advanced Science skill in Starfield that lets you collect rare resources from plants. Read on to learn the effects of the Botany skill, how to unlock and rank up the Botany skill, and the backgrounds that know it.
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| Botany Skill | |
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Skill Tree: Science |
| Tier: Advanced |
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| The scientific study of flora, while important on Earth, became even more essential as humanity began exploring alien worlds. | |
As Botany is a higher-tier Advanced skill, it is unlocked by spending a total of 4 skill points in the Science skill tree before it can be learned.
There are no backgrounds that start with the Botany skill.
The Botany skill unlocks the ability to build the Greenhouse outpost module which helps produce organic materials from the local flora.
The research projects for the better Greenhouse outpost modules require 1 rank of Botany and different ranks of the Research Projects skill.
| Rank | Challenge | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spend a total of 4 Skill Points in the Science tree. | Get more common and uncommon organic resources from plants, learn additional info about them from the scanner, and allows some plants to be cultivated at your outposts. |
| 2 | Harvest 20 organic resources from plants. | Get more rare organic resources from plants, and learn information about them more quickly using the scanner. |
| 3 | Harvest 50 organic resources from plants. | Get more exotic organic resources from plants, and learn information about them more quickly using the scanner. |
| 4 | Harvest 100 organic resources from plants. | Occasionally harvest additional rarer resources from plants, and learn information about them more quickly using the scanner. |
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Jemison
(Alpha Centauri) |
Ternion III
(Alpha Ternion) |
Bardeen III
(Bardeen) |
Beta Marae I
(Beta Marae) |
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Bohr II
(Bohr) |
Charybdis II
(Charybdis) |
Eridani III
(Eridani) |
Gamma Vulpes I
(Gamma Vulpes) |
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Guniibuu II
(Guniibuu) |
Hawking I
(Hawking) |
Hyla II
(Hyla) |
Kumasi II
(Kumasi) |
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Marduk IV
(Marduk) |
Masada III
(Masada) |
Pyraas II
(Pyraas) |
Schrodinger III
(Schrodinger) |
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Serpentis IV
(Serpentis) |
Shoza III
(Shoza) |
Strix I
(Strix) |
Zelazny II
(Zelazny) |
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Zelazny III
(Zelazny) |
Zeta Ophiuchi I
(Zeta Ophiuchi) |
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