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.

Deception How to Unlock and Overview

Deception Skill Overview

Deception Skill
	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.

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Backgrounds with the Deception Skill

There are no backgrounds that start with the Deception skill.

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How to Rank Up Deception Skill

All Rank Challenges and Effects

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.

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Commerce	Gastronomy	Persuasion
Scavenging	Theft	Deception
Diplomacy	Intimidation	Isolation
Negotiation	Instigation	Leadership
Outpost Management	Manipulation	Ship Command
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