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Starfield Shattered Space
Deception Skill Rank Up Guide
Deception is an Advanced Social skill that makes stronger ships surrender to pirate demands in Starfield. Read on to learn the effects of the Deception skill, how to unlock and rank up the Deception skill, and the backgrounds that know it.
List of Contents
Deception How to Unlock and Overview
Deception Skill Overview
| Deception Skill | |
|---|---|
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Skill Tree: Social |
| Tier: Advanced |
|
| Smuggling and piracy are both immoral and highly illegal, and considered plagues upon the Settled Systems. But certain undercover work may require a certain criminal skillset. | |
How to Unlock Deception
Spend 4 Skill Points in the Social Tree
As Deception is a higher-tier Advanced skill, it is unlocked by spending a total of 4 skill points in the Social skill tree before it can be learned.
Backgrounds with the Deception Skill
There are no backgrounds that start with the Deception skill.
How to Rank Up Deception Skill
All Rank Challenges and Effects
| Rank | Challenge | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spend a total of 4 Skill Points in the Social tree. | Ships 10% stronger will automatically surrender to piracy demands. Enemy contraband scans are 10% less effective. |
| 2 | Convince 5 ships to surrender. | Ships 20% stronger will automatically surrender to piracy demands. Enemy contraband scans are 20% less effective. |
| 3 | Convince 10 ships to surrender. | Ships 30% stronger will automatically surrender to piracy demands. Enemy contraband scans are 30% less effective. |
| 4 | Convince 20 ships to surrender. | Ships 50% stronger will automatically surrender to piracy demands. Enemy contraband scans are 50% less effective. |
Rob Other Ships with the Piracy Dialogue Option
To have other ships surrender to your piracy demands, hail a nearby ship, then select the Piracy dialogue option.
Demanding piracy on ships and other acts of Space Piracy will put a bounty on you. Also, demanding piracy within the sight of security ships will automatically cause them to detain you.
Travel to Deimos Staryard for Multiple Trade Ships to Demand Piracy On
A good strategy to complete the Deception Skill Challenge is to demand piracy on the multiple trader or cargo ships traveling around the Deimos Staryard. Another advantage to this strategy is that this location has no Security Ships that will detain you after a successful attempt at demanding piracy.
If the number of ships starts to reduce, you can reset the location by traveling to another location and then traveling back.
Travel to Different Planets and Systems to Encounter Lone Ships to Rob
An alternate and much inferior method to complete the skill challenge is to travel across different planets and systems to encounter lone ships. The advantage of this strategy is that if a ship does not want to surrender to your piracy demands, you can fight them without having to worry about fighting multiple ships simultaneously.
Starfield Related Guides
Skills Guide
| Skills Guides |
|---|
| Best Skills |
All Skill Trees
| All Skill Trees | |
|---|---|
| Physical | Social |
| Combat | Science |
| Tech | |
List of Social Skills
 Commerce |
 Gastronomy |
 Persuasion |
 Scavenging |
 Theft |
Deception |
 Diplomacy |
 Intimidation |
 Isolation |
 Negotiation |
 Instigation |
 Leadership |
 Outpost Management |
 Manipulation |
 Ship Command |
 Xenosociology |
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