If you like living life on the edge and smuggling, Starfield is the game for you. This surprising RPG has deep smuggling and thieving mechanics, all part of its RPG system to make the game as diverse as possible. If you wanted to, you could steal and smuggle goods through the vastness of space and sell them to traders or people with a use for them. However, this is a risky profession, and the officials of various factions (the United Colonies and Freestar Collective) will catch you if they are found in your possession. It is also an economic risk as if caught, you can be heavily fined.
If you still want to go into this dangerous line of work, keep reading this article. We will help you identify and discriminate between contraband and stolen goods and explain why you are better off selling one over the other. All of this is important because setting off alarms with the contraband police will end up with you losing a lot of stuff in the game.
Starfield Contraband/Stolen Items: How to get, find, & sell?
Contraband and stolen items in Starfield are one of the best ways to farm money. The game does not tell you how to get them or where to sell them, however. Since it does not walk you through it, we will. Keep reading to find details on how to get them, sell them, and avoid getting caught with them.
How to get them?
There are only a few ways to obtain contraband or stolen items. All of these ways will have you playing the outlaw. You can loot, steal, and pickpocket the NPCs in this game to get access to a ton of stolen items and contraband. Blending in with the settlers really helps with this.
How to find out which is which?
This is also a simple system. The inventory in Starfield is surprisingly intuitive and easy to navigate. There are clear icons at the bottom of the item box that indicate if it is contraband or stolen. The red icon indicates stolen goods and items. The yellow icon indicates contraband. This is an important distinction to keep in mind since your inventory will be scanned by various officials, and they won’t let you go if contraband is found. This matters because if you only have stolen items in your inventory, you will not get caught. If you get caught with contraband, you will either be fined or receive a bounty on your head.
How to sell?
Selling is the last challenge in this line of work. Since most normal traders will outright refuse to trade these items, you will need to find an alternate source to trade them. Well, to sell stolen items, you will have to head to a settlement and find the office of the Trade Authority. You can also find them in space. These officials are not beyond some dirty work, so they will accept these goods and items and pay you for them with credits. This is one of the fastest ways to make money in this game. If you are really good at this type of work, you can level up fast and make a lot of money as well.
However, to sell contraband, you will need to find traders in the unrestricted areas. Neon is one of the best locations where you will find traders who will accept contraband and pay you handsomely.
How to not get caught?
Starfield is an RPG, and therefore, you have various ways (two specifically) to not get detected with contraband during scans. Investing in both options will be the ideal way to go. The two options are:
- High Deception Skill: This skill is extremely handy during the initial phase. This will allow you to fool the scanners and get away with a lot of contraband to sell.
- Shielded Cargo Hold: The Shielded Cargo Hold module makes it harder for the scans to detect contraband. While not absolute, they are by far the best way to get through scans. The more the weight of contraband you have, the more likely you are to get detected. Unfortunately, they are unlocked later in the game, so you will have to progress further for them to become available.
Having invested in both of these will make it much easier for you to sell stolen goods and contraband in Starfield. If you found this article helpful and would like to read more, make sure to visit Android Gram daily.
