Powers in Starfield are special abilities that players earn by completing Temples. Players find the first temple, Temple Eta, during Into the Unknown, a main story mission that takes place on the planet Procyon III. This is around level 12~16 always taking into consideration the amount of Side content that players have decided to engage on.
Powers have diverse uses during combat and allow players to experiment in combat scenarios. This grants them a new tool, besides Weapons, to deal damage or control the battlefield during Combat. Do note that some Powers can be used during Conversation or exploration.
How many powers are there in Starfield?
There are 24 power slots in the Powers tree, divided into three concentric circles. The smallest has 6 slots, the one in the middle has 8 power slots and the outer circle has 10 power slots.
Every time players complete a temple, they earn a new power. By inspecting the newly acquired power, players learn its ability, as well as its power cost. Players can access the Powers Tree after unlocking their first power and then pressing the Options button. They can select a power from there and equip it. Note that only one power at a time can be equipped.
Power Gauge in Starfield
After acquiring and equipping their first Power, a new blue gauge will appear in the bottom right corner of the screen, just below the health bar. This blue bar is the power gauge. It decreases when you cast a Power, and it will slowly start to refill while you are not casting any new power.
How to Unlock Powers in Starfield
Powers are unlocked by solving light puzzles in Temples. The first temple Temple Eta will always be found on Procyon III during the Main Mission Into the Unknown. Afterward, Vladimir Sall will inform you whenever he finds more large grav anomaly readings that match the Artifacts you bring back to The Lodge, and you'll be able to visit more Temples through the Mission Power from Beyond. He'll periodically find more Temples and keep reactivating the Mission whenever he does. Barring a few Powers locked in Companion (Barret) and Main Missions, most Powers are obtained this way. There seems to be a limit to how many times Power from Beyond can be initiated during a playthrough. Players can then choose to visit every single Planets or Moons within Star Systems on foot, to explore them and find anomalies by scanning your surroundings.
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Starfield Temple Puzzles
As you enter the temple, a few concentric rings in the middle of the room will react to your presence and start spinning. You will notice that there is zero gravity in the room, and you will have to float towards sparkling lights that will start spawning to complete the puzzle. Once you are done with all the sparkling lights, you will be centered inside the ring and after a short cutscene, you will be outside the temple, with a new power.
What happens with Powers in New Game+
After starting a new playthrough players will be able to search the galaxy for the Temples once again. All times after the first that they obtain the same Power will upgrade that Power instead. Powers can be upgraded until the tenth rank, increasing in power and duration each time. Temples will be randomized on the new playthrough so you won't find them on the same Planets you found them first. During a New Game Plus run, players get to keep all their Skills and Powers obtained from the previous run. As such, there will be a chance that you'll encounter the same Temples, albeit in different Locations, as the ones you encountered in your last playthrough. This is not a waste, however, as each Power can be upgraded into an even stronger version of itself for a maximum of ten times. After maxing out a Power, you'll inevitably have a higher chance of encountering the Temples that grant Powers that you don't have yet or have yet to be maxed out.
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All Powers in Starfield
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Quick Search of All Powers
Name |
Effect |
Cost |
Total |
Location |
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Life, gift of the cosmos granted once more to a fallen alien beast, so that it may serve thankfully | 35 Power | 60 Power | Temple Phi |
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Generate a localized field of intense low gravity, and behold a planet's true power. | 45 Power | 60 Power | Temple Eta |
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Gut the O2 supply of targets in the area for a duration | 25 Power | 60 Power | Temple Gamma |
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Fill your foes with the silent calm of the universe, compelling them to temporarily abandon their weapons | 25 Power | 60 Power | Temple Nu |
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Change the gravity around you to Earth gravity levels for a duration | 15 Power | 60 Power | Temple Epsilon |
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Elements, the true treasure of planet and moon, are drawn to your being | 25 Power | 60 Power | Temple Psi |
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Regrows flora that has been harvested in a large area around you | 25 Power | 60 Power | Temple Lambda |
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Manipulate gravity to propel yourself forward, and briefly increase any damage you inflict | 15 Power | 60 Power | Temple Zeta |
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Emit a gravitational force strong enough to propel almost anything... or anyone | 25 Power | 60 Power | Temple Beta |
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Create an area of dense gravity that pulls in and crushes everything and everyone in around it | 45 Power | 60 Power | Temple Delta |
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Force an enemy to confront their inner demons, creating a mirror image of themselves that attacks them | 35 Power | 60 Power | Temple Upsilon |
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Drain the life force out of a living being and transfer it to yourself | 25 Power | 60 Power | Temple Pi |
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Become as strong as stone, rooting yourself in place and increasing your resistance to all damages greatly | 35 Power | 60 Power | Temple Rho |
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From across the vast multiverse, a friendly version of yourself arrives, armed and ready to lend aid | 45 Power | 60 Power | Temple Sigma |
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Shoot a beam of pure particle energy that deals high amounts of damage to enemies in front of you | 15 Power | 60 Power | Temple Omega |
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Oxygen, pure and clean, brought forth to breathe deep and counteract harmful carbon dioxide | 45 Power | 60 Power | Temple Alpha |
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Phase through the normal flow of time and slow down the universe for a duration | 45 Power | 60 Power | Buried Temple (Mu) |
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Bend time and glimpse the future, seeing the path someone will walk and the words they may say | 35 Power | 60 Power | Temple Iota |
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Form a shield of pure cosmic light that can weaken and even reflect enemy projectiles | 35 Power | 60 Power | Temple Tau |
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Bind yourself to the particles of creation, sensing the life force of any human, alien, or Starborn | 15 Power | 60 Power | Temple Chi |
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Tap into the power of a sun and release a directed orb of searing hot plasma | 25 Power | 60 Power | Temple Theta |
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Shoot a ball of ice as cold as space into an area, freezing any living being caught in the blast for a duration | 35 Power | 60 Power | Temple Kappa |
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Explode with the power of a supernova in an area around you, dealing massive damage | 45 Power | 60 Power | Temple Xi |
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Warp the light around you, becoming nearly invisible for a duration | 45 Power | 60 Power | Temple Omicron |
AnonymousIf technology is advanced enough it's indistinguishable from magic. This game has A LOT of problems, the space powers aren't one of them.
- Anonymous
I didn't like this in Skyrim either, but at least it made sense because magic.
Now in Starfield this just sucks!
create vacuum is temple Gamma
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