Locating hostile ships in Starfield is not as straightforward. That's why our Starfield expert, Alex, demonstrates how to quickly find ships belonging to spacers and other space criminals.
In this guide, you'll learn:
In Starfield, encountering hostile ships is a rare occurrence, at least outside of quests or bounty missions. However, the Starfield universe is not entirely peaceful even in space; you just need to know how to search for enemy ships belonging to spacers and others. This is the topic of the following guide, which also mentions star systems that will definitely involve you in space battles.
At times, it may seem that hostile ships are almost non-existent in Starfield. However, there is a logical explanation when considering the criminal background of the ship owners you are primarily searching for.
Spacers, pirates, and other space riffraff operate away from the watchful eyes of the "System Security," and they rarely settle near law enforcement. More precisely, populated systems are not the comfort zone for space rogues; they prefer relatively unexplored star systems.
This gives you a first clue about where you might find enemy ships in Starfield. Additionally, the images below show what is meant by "relatively explored" systems. In essence, they are simply away from Alpha Centauri and populated systems.
However, wait a moment: Did I just say that ships "might" be found in these unexplored star systems? Yes – unfortunately, it seems that in Starfield, luck plays a role in determining whether and when you will be attacked by hostile ships.
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But there is a straightforward trick to encounter hostile spacecraft more quickly. Travel to a remote or unexplored system and use the gravity jump again to jump to an adjacent system. If you repeat this a few times, you have a good chance of encountering enemy ships directly or at least encountering a relevant event.
Such an event may involve encountering a "friendly" ship whose pilot contacts you. If you listen to the message, the pilot warns you of pirate activities in the current or a nearby system. This event seems to occur frequently; we received such warnings in the Altair and Sirius systems (near Sirius III), for example.
Such an event may involve encountering a "friendly" ship whose pilot contacts you. If you listen to the message, the pilot warns you of pirate activities in the current or a nearby system. This event seems to occur frequently; we received such warnings in the Altair and Sirius systems (near Sirius III), for example.
We plan to expand this guide with many more details about systems with hostile activity in the future.
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