Best Beast Hunter Build

This is a guide on the best build for the Beast Hunter Background in Starfield. Find out the best Beast Hunter build, the best traits for Beast Hunter, its starting skills, and how to play as a Beast Hunter!

Best Beast Hunter Build

Best Skills for Beast Hunter

Ballistics	Boost Pack Training	Fitness
Gastronomy	Medicine	Pistol Certification
Rifle Certification	Scavenging	Wellness
Zoology

With your background as a Beast Hunter, you have experience dealing with hostile aliens using Ballistics. You can improve these weapons with Pistol Certification or Rifle Certification. Learning Boost Pack Training should help you get the jump on aliens.

Thanks to Fitness, you also have more oxygen for when you need to run far. You can supplement this with Wellness and Medicine to help with survivability. Your knowledge of Gastronomy allows you to craft special food while learning Scavenging should give you access to more ingredients to recover your health and oxygen, and Zoology will allow you to gain more organic resources from creatures.

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Best Weapons for Beast Hunter

Weapon	Type	Damage	Ammo Type
Keelhauler	Pistol	Phys 83	.43 MI
Magsniper	Rifle	Phys 268	6.5mm MI

Beast Hunters are efficient in the sense that they try their best to finish their prey without struggle or issues. The best weapon a Beast Hunter can have is the Magsniper scoped weapon to deal high damage to enemies and potentially one-shot them, paired with a Keelhauler pistol to finish off any remaining signs of struggle.

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Best Armor for Beast Hunter

If you're hunting aliens often, you'll likely need armor with high physical damage reduction. You may also need protection against corrosive or thermal damage, just in case.

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Beast Hunter Best Traits

Best Traits for Beast Hunter

Extrovert	You're a people person. Exerting yourself uses less oxygen when adventuring with human companions. but more when adventuring alone. (Can't be combined with Introvert.)
Freestar Collective Settler	You gain access to special Freestar Collective dialogue options, and better rewards from some missions given by the faction. But, crime bounty towards other factions is greatly increased. (Can't be combined with any other faction allegiance trait.)
Terra Firma	You've never acclimated to space. Health and oxygen are increased when on the surface, but decreased when you're in space. (Can't be combined with Spaced.)

If you're focused on eliminating aliens all over the Settled Systems, you may want Terra Firma to boost your health and oxygen while on the surface of planets. You can also have a companion help you out in your hunts to use less oxygen, thanks to Extrovert. The last trait can be anything, but traits like Freestar Collective Settler may give you bonus rewards and dialogue.

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Beast Hunter Starting Skills and Overview

Beast Hunter Starting Skills

Starting Skills	Description
Gastronomy	Access to brand new worlds means access to brand new ingredients, and there is almost no limit to the delicious foods and drinks a talented chef can prepare.
Ballistics	Centuries of conflict have proven that when it comes to threat elimination, few things stack up to the reliable power of high-speed projectiles.
Fitness	In space, the greatest commodity is oxygen, and the increased lung capacity gained by a regular physical fitness regimen is essential to survival.

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