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Best Starfield Powers, and how to unlock them allHere’s what all 24 powers in Starfield do
Here’s what all 24 powers in Starfield do
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What are the best Powers in Starfield?Bethesda’s latest open-worldRPGmight be set in space, but there’s always room for a little magic. Magical abilities are present inStarfield, and they’re called Powers. And let me tell you, some of them really live up to their name.
Below we’ve listed all 24StarfieldPowers that you can unlock and use over the course ofyour playthrough. We’ll also go over how to unlock Powers in the first place, and our picks for the best Starfield Powers you can bring to bear against your enemies.
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Starfield Powers list
Here’s the full list of all 24 Powers available in Starfield, and their effects and Power costs:
If you want to see which Power is which in the Starfield Powers menu, you can tap the button in the bottom-right corner to show the names of all the Powers on-screen.
How to unlock all Starfield Powers
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How to unlock your first Starfield Power
To unlock your first Power in Starfield, you must complete the main mission “Into The Unknown”. This mission is the third mission you receive from Constellation, so it won’t take you long to reach this point in your playthrough.
During the “Into The Unknown” mission, you’ll be tasked with finding a so-called “Scanner Anomaly”. This anomaly turns out to be a temple calledTemple Eta. Enter the temple and you’ll be transported to a strange star-filled area where you must float through the patches of light that appear.
Touch all the patches of light and you’ll unlock the portal in the centre of the room. Float through the portal to exit the temple with theAnti-Gravity FieldPower - the first Power you’ll obtain in Starfield.
How to unlock more Powers
To unlock more Powers in Starfield, you have toseek out and enter other Templesacross the Settled Systems. Once you complete the “Into The Unknown” quest, Vladimir will use the readings from the other four Artifacts that Constellation has previously collected to find the locations of more temples.
After that, new Artifacts will be found at certain moments in the main story of Starfield, and each one you find will unlock the ability to visit another corresponding Temple and gain a new Power.
Here’s how to unlock every power in Starfield in order:
What are the best Starfield Powers?
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In our opinion, the best Starfield Powers are:
Reactive Shield
Reactive Shield is an incredibly useful Power which significantly reduces your damage and automatically reflects projectiles back at your enemies. It’s both offence and defence rolled into one easy to use, moderately cheap and spammable ability.
Grav Dash
Mobility is a large part of combat in Starfield, particularly at the higher difficulty levels. Grav Dash is an indispensable Power which allows you to dash towards a particular point in space, making it useful for evasion, escape, aggressive plays, or simple traversal.
Phased Time
Precognition
Precognition’s true strength is in seeing the consequences of particular dialogue options, which is very useful during speech challenges that involve persuading or intimidating NPCs to do what you like. Using this Power also highlights enemies' patrol routes, which is very useful for sneaking through an area.
Supernova
For massive crowd control and area of effect damage, nothing beats Supernova. Just stand in the middle of a room and activate Supernova to reduce the standing population of that room to one. It’s satisfying and super effective.
That wraps up this guide on all the best Powers in Starfield and how they work. For more help customising your character, check out our myriad guides on thebest Starfield backgrounds,Starfield traitsandStarfield skillsto try out for your first playthrough. To make the most of your hardware, we’ve also got guides onenabling cheats, thebest PC settings for performanceand thebest mods.
