Starfield Main Story

The story in Starfield consists of Main Missions:

One Small Step

One Small Step is first Main Mission in Starfield, receive automatically at the beginning of the Starfield Story from Supervisor Lin.

Vectera Moon of Anselon Planet in Narion System

This is where the plot of the Starfield story begins in Argos Extractors Mining Outpost on Vectera Moon you are an employee of Argos Extractors, is SOL Date May 7, 2330.

One Small StepMain Mission this is the first story mission you have from Supervisor Lin at the beginning of the game.

Take the elevator to the mine, following Supervisor Lin. Take the Cutter and start mining according to the mission. Once you have mined five deposits, talk to Lin. Follow her to the distant corridor. While mining, you will find a strange Artifact object in the cave, touch it.

Now Character Creation will begin. You will be able to change the visual appearance later in the game, but Backgrounds and Traits will remain with you throughout the game (Traits can only be removed).

Put on the Helmet and go with Lin to the surface to meet Barrett. Your meeting will be interrupted by a Pirates attack. You have to help kill them, you can fight with the Cutter or the Pistol that is lying nearby.

After the fight, talk to Barrett who will become your Companion in the future and meet Vasco your next Companion.

Board the spaceship given to you by Barrett, take off, learn the basics of piloting and fight your first space battle with pirates from the Crimson Fleet. Collect loot from crashed ships.

Your next location is Kreet Moon of Anselon Planet in Narion System, fly your ship there.

Kreet Moon of Anselon Planet in Narion System

You come here to continue the "One Small Step" Main Mission, land at the Kreet Research Lab.

Go from Research Base, learning how to use Scanner along the way. Inside the base, kill all Crimson Fleet Pirates, collect items and equipment from lockers and enemy corpses.

Remember that running Scanner with an active mission draws arrows on the ground directing you to the next task in the mission.

At the end of the location you will find a Safe and some Digipicks that will allow you to try opening locked containers and doors.

Go to the roof where you will meet Brogan, the Pirate Captain of the Crimson Fleet, talk to him and try how the Persuade works, then kill all the enemies, collect the loot from them and return to your ship.

Perform a Grav Jump to Jemison.

Land in New Atlantis on Jemison Planet in Alpha Centauri System.

New Atlantis City on Jemison Planet in Alpha Centauri System

New Atlantis, is the largest City in the world of Starfield. You can find the map set for New Atlantis City here:

The Lodge in New Atlantis City

For "One Small Step" Main Mission go to The Lodge The Lodge Map

Enter the Library, listen to the conversation and talk to Sarah Morgan, place the Artifact in a central location in the Library and listen to the ongoing conversation.

Talk to Sarah Morgan again and complete "One Small Step" Main Mission. You will receive 400 XP, 8000 Credits and Constellation Pack as a reward.

The next Main Mission you will receive immediately is:

The Old NeighborhoodMain Mission by Sarah Morgan.

The Old Neighborhood

The Old Neighborhood is second Main Mission in Starfield, you will receive it in The Lodge from Sarah Morgan after finishing "One Small Step" Main Mission.

Start Mission by talking to Sarah Morgan in The Lodge. She will join you as your Companion.

MAST Building in New Atlantis

Go to Commander John Tuala in MAST Building in New Atlantis MAST Building Map and talk to him about Moara.

Cydonia on Mars in Sol System

Now you have to fly to Cydonia on Mars Map of Cydonia and talk to Jack in The Broken Spear Bar about Moara.

In the orbit of Venus

In the next step of The Old Neighborhood Main Mission, you must fly to Venus orbit. Your task is to check the Communication Satellites. Unfortunately, there are also Va'ruun Pirate Ships over the planet. So turn off all defense systems on your ship, leave just a little power in the Engines and slowly "quietly" approach the Satellite at a distance of 500 meters and analyze the information about Vanguard Moara it contains. This way you will be able to avoid the fight.

Nova Galactic Staryard

In Nova Galactic Staryard step of The Old Neighborhood Main Mission, you have to visit Nova Galactic Staryard above Luna Moon of Earth in Sol System.

The Nova Galactic Staryard is a ruined space station that has long passed its glory days. Fly your ship to it and dock. On board you will find Pirates fighting each other. Eliminate them all, search their bodies and containers. Along the way you will find a Search and Rescue Key (which is not needed to complete the mission).

What you are interested in is Vanguard Moara's Slate which you will find in the old hull of the renovated spaceship at the end of the location.

Moara's Ship over Neptune

In Go to Neptune step of The Old Neighborhood Main Mission, you have fly to Neptune Planet in Sol System.

When you reach Neptune, you will see an enemy ship in orbit described as Moara's Ship. Enter precision aiming mode and destroy its engines so you can board it.

The ship is occupied by Ecliptic Mercenaries, kill anyone who resists. Collect the loot.

On the corpse of one of the mercenaries you will find Moara's Ship Key which will allow you to get to the cockpit.

After a long search, you finally meet Moara Otero, talk to him, he will give you the Artifact without any problems. Take Artifact Beta and return to the Lodge.

The Lodge in New Atlantis

Add another Artifact to your collection and talk to Sarah and finish "The Old Neighborhood" Main Mission.

Take reward: 400 XP, 8000 Credits, Constellation Space Suit and Space Helmet, Sarah Morgan will become your selectable Companion

And you will receive three more missions:

The Empty Nest Main Mission by Sarah Morgan.

Sarah Morgan wants me to join an expedition headed up by Sam Coe, another Constellation member. We'll be going to Freestar Collective space.

Back to Vectera Main Mission by Sarah Morgan.

Argos Extractors is packing up operations on Vectera, but there's no word about Barrett. I need to go there and find out what happened.

Into the Unknown Main Mission by Sarah Morgan.

Sarah has asked me to go to the Eye, a star station that Constellation owns in orbit of Jemison. I need to meet with Vladimir Sall about finding more Artifacts in the fringes of space.

Marcus Vance

Marcus Vance

Cybersecurity & Digital Privacy Researcher

Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.

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