Piloting is a Novice Tech skill in Starfield that allows you to pilot ships. Read on to learn the effects of the Piloting skill, how to unlock and rank up the Piloting skill, and the backgrounds that know it.

Piloting How to Unlock and Overview

Piloting Skill Overview

Piloting Skill
	Skill Tree: Tech
	Tier: Novice
As more people journey into space, the number of those certified to effectively pilot various types of spacecraft has increased dramatically.

How to Unlock Piloting

Spend a Skill Point to Unlock Skill

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

Backgrounds with the Piloting Skill

The Piloting skill is automatically learned by the following backgrounds:

List of All Backgrounds

Allows the Piloting of Class B and Class C Ships

Class B and C Ships Are Better, Faster, Stronger

A ship's class indicates how powerful the parts it can have. The ship's class is determined by the ship's Reactor class. A ship with a Class C reactor would have access to the best Ship Parts compared to the lower classes of ships.

Higher ranks of Piloting will allow you to pilot the various Class B and C ships that can be collected in the game. More ships will be unlocked at Space Technicians as you level up.

Likewise, a higher rank in this skill will allow you to install a higher class reactor on your ships during ship customization, giving you access to better ship parts. Better ship parts will be available through Space Technicians as you level up.

Ship Classes Explained

Level Up Starship Design Skill

Skill	Brief Description
Starship Design	Starship Design lets you install higher tier ship modules while you customize or build ships.

To maximize the effect of the Piloting Skill, it is recommended to rank up the Starship Design Skill as well. This Tech Skill allows players to install higher-class ship parts when customizing their ship.

Starship Design Skill Rank Up Guide

How to Rank Up Piloting Skill

All Rank Challenges and Effects

Fight Digital Enemy Ships in the UC Piloting Simulator

The fastest method to complete the Piloting Rank Up Challenge is to farm the UC Vanguard Piloting Exam. This exam is part of the UC Vanguard Faction Quest Supra Et Ultra. This exam involves you destroying various digital ships within the simulation. Destroying these ships count towards completing the skill challenge for Piloting.

To complete the Vanguard Simulation, you have to complete the first three tiers of enemies. You can stand up and reset the simulation at any time by holding the E key to stand up from the cockpit seat and then leaving the simulation room.

This ship combat simulation is repeatable and thus the best method to complete the challenge, which skips the trouble of finding hostile ships to destroy.

How to Complete the Vanguard Simulation

Starfield Related Guides

List of All Skills

Skills Guide

All Skill Trees

List of Tech Skills

Ballistic Weapon Systems	Boost Pack Training	Piloting
Security	Targeting Control Systems	Energy Weapon Systems
Engine Systems	Payloads	Shield Systems
Missile Weapon Systems	Particle Beam Weapon Systems	Robotics
Starship Design	Starship Engineering	Automated Weapon Systems
Boost Assault Training	EM Weapon Systems