Best Pacifist Build

This is a guide on how to make the best Pacifist Build in Starfield. Read on to learn more about the best background and skills, weapons and traits, as well as how to play as a Pacifist!

Is a Pacifist Run Possible?

Not Possible to Avoid All Combat

There are situations within the game where combat is unavoidable. One way or another, you will have to defeat the enemies you encounter in these situations. Though it’s impossible to do a 100% pacificist run, we have some ideas for the most pacificist playthrough with this build in mind.

Pacifist Best Background

Diplomat

Pacifist Starting Skills
Persuasion	Commerce	Wellness

The best background for a pacifist build is the Diplomat for Persuasion, Commerce, and Wellness. These skills are a good foundation for avoiding confrontation, gaining credits, and surviving dangerous scenarios.

List of All Backgrounds and Starting Jobs

Pacifist Best Skills

Best Physical Skills

Skill	Rank
Fitness	★★★★
Stealth	★★★★
Wellness	★★★★
Concealment	★★★★

Your Physical skills focus on stealth and survival. Acquiring both Stealth and Concealment is crucial to increasing your chances of avoiding confrontations whenever possible. Wellness and Fitness increase your survivability whenever it is impossible to avoid combat.

Best Social Skills

Skill	Rank
Commerce	★☆☆☆
Persuasion	★★★★
Diplomacy	★★★★
Intimidation	★★★★
Negotiation	★☆☆☆
Instigation	★★★★
Leadership	★★★★
Manipulation	★★★★
Xenosociology	★★★★

The most important skills for a pacifist build lie on the Social tree due to the availability of combat-avoiding skills. You'd want as many options to avoid combat as possible, which is why it's extremely important to get Persuasion, Diplomacy, Intimidation, and Negotiation.

You can also acquire Manipulation, Instigation, and Xenosociology to make enemies fight each other and avoid getting your hands dirty in situations where a fight is unavoidable.

Another highlight of the build is utilizing companions to deal with enemies, so getting Leadership is important to let them do as much damage as possible. Lastly, having Commerce is great for credit management.

Best Tech Skills

Skill	Rank
Boost Pack Training	★☆☆☆
Piloting	★☆☆☆
Security	★★★☆
Targeting Control Systems	★☆☆☆

The Tech skills in this build are more than necessary to unlock certain quality of life features. Boost Pack Training allows you to use boost packs, which will increase your mobility when avoiding enemies.

Piloting will allow you to utilize your ship's thrusters to get dodge enemy ship attacks. Targeting Control Systems will let you target enemy engines to stop their ship for moving, which you may use as an opportunity to escape if necessary.

Security is an excellent skill that will allow you to enter locked areas that may have items or equipment that can help with your survival or gain credits when sold.

List of All Skills

Pacifist Best Weapons

Novablast Disruptor

Novablast Disruptor Overview
Weapon Type	Damage Type	Mag
Electromagnetic Rifle	EM	5
Fire Rate	Range	Accuracy
20	20	70.2%

An ideal pacifist build would not utilize any weapons, but since not all combat is avoidable, having a Novablast Disruptor is recommended.

This weapon, being an Electromagnetic Rifle, will not kill enemies but rather place them in a paralyzed state, which will allow you to avoid them or let your companions easily finish them off.

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Pacifist Best Traits

Best Pacifist Traits
Extrovert	Empath	Raised Enlightened

One of the highlights of this build is utilizing companions to deal with enemies during a fight. Having Extrovert and Empath is a huge advantage in boosting your own and your companion's survivability and combat prowess.

Raised Enlightened is a great trait not only for the items that you may acquire early but for the role-play aspect of the build as well.

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How to Play as a Pacifist

Pacifist Playstyle
Prioritize Acquiring Your Social Skills Let Your Companions Do the Dirty Work Acquire Creators' Peace Starborn Power

Prioritize Acquiring Your Social Skills

If you want to have as much of a pacifist run as possible, you must prioritize on getting and ranking up your social skills. Skills like Persuasion, Intimidation, Diplomacy, and Bribery works great to end situations in your favor.

List of All Social Skills

Let Your Companions Do the Dirty Work

Since you won't be able to talk your way out of some combat, it's best to let your companions handle enemies. It's recommended to bring a companion with high combat skills and to give them a strong weapon that they can take advantage of.

If you set things up properly, your companion will be able to keep your pacifist playthrough possible.

Best Companions and Followers

Acquire Creators' Peace Starborn Power

Creators' Peace is the best Starborn Power for a pacifist build due its capability to disarm and pacify enemies. You can acquire this Starborn Power by completing the light puzzle in the Temple Nu.

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