To get more crew on your ship in Starfield, follow these key steps:
How to Recruit More Crew Members
- Visit Bars and Spaceports: Head to bars and hotel lobbies in major cities like New Atlantis, Akila, and Neon to find recruitable characters. These NPCs often have specific skills useful for your ship or outposts. Talk to them, learn about their skills, and pay an upfront fee to hire them. You can sometimes negotiate the price with persuasion skills
- Complete Main and Side Quests: Some crew members unlock automatically as you progress through the main storyline or faction quests, especially members of Constellation like Sarah Morgan and Vasco. After certain missions, these characters become available for recruitment
How to Increase Your Ship's Crew Capacity
- Upgrade the Ship Command Skill: Leveling up the Ship Command skill increases the maximum number of crew you can assign. At Rank 4, it raises crew capacity to 8, and further points can increase it more. The default starts at 3 crew capacity
- Purchase or Upgrade Ship Modules: Larger ship modules such as bigger Hab or Cockpit units increase crew capacity. You can buy these upgrades from Ship Services Technicians. The overall crew limit is determined by the lowest value among your Ship Command skill, the number of crew stations, and the equipment that requires crewing
How to Assign Crew to Your Ship
- Open the main menu and select the Ship menu, then open the Crew menu.
- Choose crew members from your roster and assign them to stations on your ship.
- Crew members will apply their skills to the ship’s performance once assigned.
- You can reassign crew anytime your ship is landed to optimize their roles
Additional Tips
- To increase crew for outposts, build more Crew Station units in Build Mode and level up the Outpost Management skill.
- Named crew members usually have better skills and backgrounds, making them more valuable.
- Keep exploring and completing missions to find more potential crew members across the Settled Systems
In summary, to get more crew on your ship in Starfield, recruit them from bars and quests, increase your Ship Command skill and upgrade your ship modules to expand capacity, then assign your crew through the ship’s Crew menu to benefit from their skills effectively.
