Science Skills are a type of Skills in Starfield. The Science Skill Tree in Starfield is geared towards the crafting system, enabling the unlocking of additional crafting recipes, accelerating research durations, increasing crafting output, boosting the effectiveness of crafted consumables, and upgrading exploration equipment like scanners and mining lasers.
Starfield Science Skills
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Tier 1 | Advanced technology is one thing, but it takes skill, patience, and a little bit of love to coax even more capability out of a ship's grav drive. |  Increase grav jump range of jump drives by 15%. Reduced fuel cost of jump drives by 15%. Increased grav jump range and reduced fuel cost of jump drives by 30%. Reduced fuel cost of jump drives by 50%. |
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Tier 1 | Newly discovered minerals mined from alien planets and moons have directly led to some incredible technological advancements. | Get more common and uncommon inorganic resources from surface objects.Get more rare inorganic resources from surface objects. Get more exotic inorganic resources from surface objects.Occasionally harvest additional rarer resources from surface objects. |
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Tier 1 | Only through advancements in medical training and technology has humanity been able to withstand the galaxy's many dangers. | Med Packs, Trauma Packs, and Emergency Kits restore 10% additional Health 10% faster.Med Packs, Trauma Packs, and Emergency Kits restore 20% additional Health 20% faster. Med Packs, Trauma Packs, and Emergency Kits restore 30% additional Health 30% faster.Med Packs, Trauma Packs, and Emergency Kits restore 50% additional Health 50% faster, and have a chance to cure an affliction. |
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Tier 1 | By skillfully employing both new and time tested methods, a researcher may complete projects faster, and even gain unexpected insights. | Resources required to craft items and complete research projects is reduced by 10%.Resources required to craft items and complete research projects is reduced by 20%. Resources required to craft items and complete research projects is reduced by 40%.Sudden developments during research are twice as common. Resources required to craft items and complete research projects is reduced by 60%. |
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Tier 1 | Humanity now has access to untold alien worlds, and the ability to decipher all that data while on the ground has become an essential skillset. | Adds an optional zoom to the hand scanner, and scan distance is increased to 20 meters.Adds another level of zoom to the hand scanner, and scan distance is increased to 30 meters. Adds another level of zoom to the hand scanner, and scan distance is increased to 40 meters.Adds another level of zoom to the hand scanner, and scan distance is increased to 50 meters. |
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Tier 2 | No one could have expected the number of new species encountered on alien worlds, or the importance of those skilled in their behavior and domestication. | Get more common organic resources from creatures and harvest from them without harming them, learn additional info about them from the scanner, and allows you to produce animal resources at your outposts.Get more uncommon organic resources from creatures, and learn information about them more quickly using the scanner. Get more rare organic resources from creatures, and learn information about them more quickly using the scanner.Occasionally harvest additional rarer resources from creatures, and learn information about them more quickly using the scanner. |
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Tier 2 | Life in the 24th century can be exceedingly dangerous, and the ability to maintain and modify personal weapons can be essential to one's survival. | You can craft improved weapon mods at a Weapon Workbench, and research additional weapon mods at a Research Lab.You can research and craft superior weapon mods. You can research and craft cutting-edge weapon mods.You can research and craft master-level weapon mods. |
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Tier 2 | While a basic spacesuit can protect one from the vacuum of space, it takes a specialized design to withstand the rigors of many alien worlds. | You can craft improved spacesuit, helmet, and pack mods, and research additional mods at a Research Lab.You can research and craft superior spacesuit, helmet, and pack mods. You can research and craft cutting-edge spacesuit, helmet, and pack mods.Construction of spacesuit, helmet, and pack mods occasionally doesn't cost resources. |
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Tier 2 | While anyone can use a ship's scanner, it takes a specially trained operator to detect hard-to-find planetary resources, or uncover the details of nearby ships. | You can detect uncommon inorganic resources on planet and moon surfaces, and more information about ships in space.You can detect rare inorganic resources on planet and moon surfaces, and more specific information about ships in space. You can detect exotic inorganic resources on planet and moon surfaces, and gain better combat information on ships in space.You can detect unique inorganic resources on planet and moon surfaces, and gain a complete list of cargo on ships in space. |
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Tier 2 | The scientific study of flora, while important on Earth, became even more essential as humanity began exploring alien worlds. | Get more common and uncommon organic resources from plants, learn additional info about them from the scanner, and allows some plants to be cultivated at your outposts.Get more rare organic resources from plants, and learn information about them more quickly using the scanner. Get more exotic organic resources from plants, and learn information about them more quickly using the scanner.Occasionally harvest additional rarer resources from plants, and learn information about them more quickly using the scanner. |
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Tier 3 | A ship's scanner receives vast amounts of data, but it takes a trained mind to efficiently analyze it all. | You can scan the moons of your current planet. You have a 10% chance to discover a trait when scanning.You can scan any planet or moon in this system. You have a 20% chance to discover a trait when scanning. You can scan any planet or moon within 16 Light Years. You have a 30% chance to discover a trait when scanning.You can scan any planet or moon within 30 Light Years. You have a 50% chance to discover a trait when scanning. |
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Tier 3 | When crafted by the skilled and safety conscious, chems can be used to enhance health and performance across the Settled Systems. | You can create improved chems, and research additional chems at a Research Lab.You can research and create superior chems. You can research and create cutting-edge chems.Crafting chems occasionally triples the amount created. |
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Tier 3 | Proper construction of habitation modules is essential to one's survival on any alien world. | You can construct improved outpost modules, and research additional modules at a Research Lab.You can research and construct superior outpost modules. You can research and construct cutting-edge outpost modules.Outpost modules now cost 50% fewer resources to build. |
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Tier 4 | Big guns are great, but in the Settled Systems, sometimes the best weapon is simply an old adage: "Knowledge is Power." | You can research experimental projects at a Research Lab.You can craft rare manufactured components at an Industrial Workbench. You can craft exotic manufactured components at an Industrial Workbench.You can craft unique manufactured components at an Industrial Workbench. Outpost extractors have a chance to produce additional resources. |
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Tier 4 | While outpost building is always challenging, doing so on a world with a dangerous environment requires specialized training. | You can build outposts on planets with extreme temperatures (Deep Freeze and Inferno). Increase the maximum number of Outposts you can build by 4.You can build outposts on planets with extreme pressure, Increase the maximum number of Outposts you can build by 8. You can build outposts on planets with toxic or corrosive atmospheres. Increase the maximum number of Outposts you can build by 12.You can build outposts on planets with extreme gravity. Increase the maximum number of Outposts you can build by 16. |
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Tier 4 | It is possible to maximize a ship's energy output by specifically directing the unique nuclear processes that occur within its reactor. | Ship reactors produce 1 extra unit of power.Ship reactors produce 2 extra units of power. Ship reactors produce 3 extra units of power.Ship reactors produce 5 extra units of power. |
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Starfield Science Skills Gallery
Tier 1
Astrodynamics
Advanced technology is one thing, but it takes skill, patience, and a little bit of love to coax even more capability out of a ship's grav drive.
Geology
Newly discovered minerals mined from alien planets and moons have directly led to some incredible technological advancements.
Medicine
Only through advancements in medical training and technology has humanity been able to withstand the galaxy's many dangers.
Research Methods
By skillfully employing both new and time tested methods, a researcher may complete projects faster, and even gain unexpected insights.
Surveying
Humanity now has access to untold alien worlds, and the ability to decipher all that data while on the ground has become an essential skillset.
Tier 1
Zoology
No one could have expected the number of new species encountered on alien worlds, or the importance of those skilled in their behavior and domestication.
Weapon Engineering
Life in the 24th century can be exceedingly dangerous, and the ability to maintain and modify personal weapons can be essential to one's survival.
Spacesuit Design
While a basic spacesuit can protect one from the vacuum of space, it takes a specialized design to withstand the rigors of many alien worlds.
Scanning
While anyone can use a ship's scanner, it takes a specially trained operator to detect hard-to-find planetary resources, or uncover the details of nearby ships.
botany
The scientific study of flora, while important on Earth, became even more essential as humanity began exploring alien worlds.
Tier 1
Astrophysics
A ship's scanner receives vast amounts of data, but it takes a trained mind to efficiently analyze it all.
Chemistry
When crafted by the skilled and safety conscious, chems can be used to enhance health and performance across the Settled Systems.
Outpost Engineering
Proper construction of habitation modules is essential to one's survival on any alien world.
Tier 1
Special Projects
Big guns are great, but in the Settled Systems, sometimes the best weapon is simply an old adage: "Knowledge is Power."
Planetary Habitation
While outpost building is always challenging, doing so on a world with a dangerous environment requires specialized training.
Aneutronic Fusion
It is possible to maximize a ship's energy output by specifically directing the unique nuclear processes that occur within its reactor.
