Backgrounds (Classes) in Starfield are selected as backgrounds during Character Creation, they provide the starting Skills a character is trained at and will be able to use as soon as the game starts. They can also affect certain dialogues and relationships with the different Factions present in the game. As is Bethesda's tradition the choice of background does not limit the Skills that the character can learn, making the possibilities of specialization the player has during the playthrough very flexible.
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Starfield Backgrounds
When customizing your character in the Character Creation screen, you will have the option to choose one Background for your character. These backgrounds act as starting Backgrounds and provide your character with 3 starting Skills. Choosing certain backgrounds may add unique NPC dialogue.
All Starfield Backgrounds
Beast Hunter
From the Ashta of Akila to the Terrormorphs that plague the whole of the Settled Systems, hostile alien life abounds. You've learned the skills to track them, find them, and take them down.
Bouncer
You've worked the line at the toughest clubs in the Settled Systems. Back then, you learned that most non-lethal confrontations can be solved with a strong right hook, or a secured door.
Bounty Hunter
Wherever there are wanted individuals, there are those who profit from their capture. And your quarry knows that in the vastness of space, they can run… but they can't hide.
Chef
While the unrefined masses scarfed down Chunks by the shipload, you catered to those with a more... discerning palate. In your kitchen, countless alien species became true culinary masterpieces.
Combat Medic
Leave it to human beings to fight over something as infinite as outer space. That's where you come In. You've never been afraid to take on the enemy... but you’d much rather take care of your friends.
Cyber Runner
From Neon to New Atlantis, the megacorps stand as monuments to power, prestige, and profit. You've worked both for and against them. On the Inside and out, often sacrificing conscience for credits.
Cyberneticist
Robots? Mere toys. Neuroamps? Good for parlor tricks. The Colony War may have made implants and upgrades available to veterans. but you once saw a greater future. Humans and machines, as one.
Diplomat
The wars are over. Peace now reigns the Settled Systems. But only because there are those quietly fighting to keep it. Because of you, agreements were signed. words were heeded... lives were spared.
Explorer
They said exploration Is a lost art. You didn't listen. As the major factions argued over the space they desperately tried to control, you were busy uncovering the wonders of the Settled Systems.
Gangster
You were always disgusted by suckers killing themselves to make an “honest wage.” As soon as you were old enough to hold a weapon. you took what you wanted from anyone unlucky enough to have it.
Homesteader
The discovery of the Settled Systems' many oxygen-rich planets and means humans could live just about anywhere... if they had the know how. You did, and utilized it to great effect.
Industrialist
There was a time when all you wanted to be was a titan of industry, maybe a ship designer. or megacorp exec. Thankfully. that skillset never goes out of style in the Settled Systems.
Long Hauler
Let those other hotheaded pilots obsess over laser weapons and maneuverability. You're a space trucker. pure and simple. Pack the cargo. get it there fast. get paid, repeat. Life is simple and good.
Pilgrim
Wayfarer. wanderer, seeker... transient. You've been called many things during your travels, and learned something those others could never understand – the journey IS the destination.
Professor
You always enjoyed learning. but nothing could compare to the joy of teaching others. As humankind spread throughout the stars, there was never a lack of knowledge to obtain. and you gladly assisted.
Ronin
Masterless and unbound. you wandered the Settled Systems as a blade for hire. To some, you were a simple mercenary. To others, a hero. And to a select few... a nightmare they could never wake from.
Sculptor
With your knowledge of anatomy and skilled. steady hands. you could have had a lucrative career as a surgeon. Instead. you followed your heart, and created works of art to amaze and inspire.
Soldier
The Settled Systems is no stranger to warfare, and if there's one thing armed conflict relies on it's trained warriors with guns and guts. You had both. Simple, bloody work... and you were great at it.
Space Scoundrel
Good? Bad? Whose right is it to say? If there's anything you've learned while traipsing through the galaxy, it's this: space may look black. but it‘s really one big shade of grey.
Xenobiologist
The Settled Systems is home to untold alien species. And while none of them have yet proven sentient, that never deterred you. So you sought out and studied them for whatever gifts they offered.
[FILE NOT FOUND]
Oddly, there is no information on file about your past life. Clerical oversight? Deletion by some powerful unknown faction? Or was there just nothing of note to mention? Whatever the reason, your past is known only to you. What's important is the here and now, and the path you're about to forge...
