This guide shows the best locations to set up Outposts in Starfield. Here, you'll learn the best planets for Outposts, the resources you can get from them, and how to find the best location on a planet to build your Outpost.

What Are The Best Outpost Locations?

Planets With Helium, Aluminum, and Iron for Beginners

An Outpost's primary function is to passively generate resources while the player is out exploring the Starfield. To do this, you will need to have extractors and a variety of other outpost modules to make this process efficient.

By selecting planets like Andraphon for your first Outpost, you gain access to Helium, Aluminum, and Iron.

These are 3 of the most common resources needed to craft various outpost modules, which makes the entire outpost building endeavour much more efficient.

Areas With Multiple Resource Veins for Farms

Because the number of Outposts you can build is limited, the best outpost locations are the ones with access to multiple resource veins. Selecting areas where different resource veins are clumped together allows you to farm these resources while keeping the total number of outposts low.

This, in turn, allows you to farm a multitude of different resources simultaneously. Given, you put the time in when searching for the best outpost locations.

Click on the button below for our guide on how to find the best outpost locations!

▼How to Find The Best Outpost Locations▼

Aesthetic Planets for Homes

Some players might be looking for a planet to build a home instead of a resource generator. So the best outpost locations for a home-style base would be planets that are lush and filled with Fauna to elevate the ambience.

Best Planets for Resource Outposts

Andraphon

Andraphon is one of the best places for your first outpost thanks to containing important resources like Aluminum, Iron, Beryllium, and Helium-3. You can find this moon orbiting Sumati in the Narion System.

Andraphon Materials

• Helium-3
• Iron
• Beryllium
• Europium

Andraphon Location and 100% Survey Guide

Zamka

Zamka is another good place to place an outpost as it has Nickel and Copper, which are also important resources for building. Zamka can be found near Olivas in the Alpha Centauri system.

Zamka Materials

• Water
• Helium-3
• Copper
• Nickel
• Iron
• Uranium
• Cobalt
• Vanadium

Zamka Location and 100% Survey Guide

Tau Ceti VIII-b

Another great planet with important resources is Tau Ceti VIII-b, which also has Aluminum and Iron in addition to Argon and Water. This moon can be found orbiting Tau Ceti VIII in the Tau Ceti system.

Tau Ceti VIII-b Materials

• Water
• Aluminum
• Chlorine
• Iron
• Argon
• Chlorosilanes
• Tantalum

Tau Ceti VIII-b Planet Location and 100% Survey Guide

Titan

Titan, one of the moons of Saturn, contains valuable resources, including Tungsten and Titanium. However, the extreme temperatures of Deep Freeze make it impossible to set up an Outpost unless you have the Planetary Habitation skill, which makes this a good outpost for the lategame.

Titan Materials

• Water
• Lead
• Tungsten
• Titanium

Titan Location and 100% Survey Guide

Luna

Not all outposts need to be built for the best resource efficiency, although having both Iron and Helium-3 is appreciated. Make your very own moon base close to Earth in the Sol system for a sense of familiarity.

Upon visiting the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, you can pick up the unique NASA Snow Globe and gain 100 XP for doing so.

Luna Materials

• Helium-3
• Iron

Luna Location and 100% Survey Guide

Skink

Skink features both Copper and Silver veins that can be used to operate Simple Fabricators to produce Zero Wire which is used frequently in a variety of crafts.

Skink Materials

• Water
• Copper
• Nickel
• Lead
• Fluorine
• Cobalt
• Silver
• Mercury

Skink Location and 100% Survey Guide

Maheo II

Maheo II has Alkanes, Tetraflourides, and Ytterbium which is a good combination of valuable and rare raw materials.

Maheo II Materials

• Water
• Helium-3
• Copper
• Iron
• Lead
• Alkanes
• Tetraflourides
• Ytterbium

Maheo II Location and 100% Survey Guide

Best Planets For Homes

Jemison

While relatively poor in natural resources, Jemison is flush with greenery and wildlife, making the planet a great choice if you're looking to build a forest escape.

Jemison Resources

• Argon
• Chlorine
• Chlorosilanes
• Lead
• Water

Jemison Location and 100% Survey Guide

How to Find The Best Outpost Locations

Find a Spot With Converging Resources

From the map of the planet, select Show Resources and pick a spot where as many of the resources you want as possible are converging on one spot. We were able to create an Outpost with four of Andraphon's five resources in the spot shown above.

There should be one or two common resources which are found almost everywhere in the area, and one or two rare resources which are only found in small spots. The rare resources will be marked with Stars on the Map indicating their rarity. Identify which resources are rare in advance so you know what you will be hunting for.

How to Use the Hand Scanner

Use the Beacon to Scout for an Intersection

After landing, follow the steps below to find a good spot with two common resources and two rare resources.

1. Take out your Scanner and select Outpost to take out an Outpost Beacon. In the top left, you'll see an Available Resources popup displaying the resources you can extract from the spot the Beacon is held over.
2. Run and fly around with the Beacon out and watch how the Available Resources popup changes until you find a spot with two common resources and one rare resource.
3. Switch back to the Scanner and locate the exact area with the rare resource. If you have trouble finding it, place the Outpost Beacon, then Toggle View to get a bird's-eye view of the area. Once you find it, go up to the Outpost Beacon and Remove it.
4. Starting from the area with the rare resource, take out the Outpost Beacon again and move it around to see if the other rare resource is anywhere within range. If it can't be found, go back to step 2.
5. Once you find the other rare resource, continue moving the Beacon around nearby until you find a spot which intersects with all four resources.

One thing to note is that you need to find an area where the resources are as an ore vein within the ground to extract them via an Outpost. Just having a few rocks scattered about of the element you want will do nothing for your Outpost, so if you want a particular element, be sure to locate it within the ground.

How to Build Outposts

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All Outpost Modules and How to Build

Outpost Modules

Outpost Building FAQs