Getting from level A to level B — or from planet A to planet B, for that matter — in Starfield isn’t all the time as easy because it might sound. There’s rather a lot you possibly can’t do — like manually fly between planets — and for the stuff you are able to do, you will have quite a lot of choices for methods to get there, principally revolving round your grav drive and its grav soar capabilities.
Our Starfield quick journey, navigation, grav soar, and Starmap information will clarify all the things you have to learn about methods to use your handscanner to quick journey, utilizing your Starmap to grav soar methods, and methods to know if you can’t quick journey. We’ll additionally clarify how the grav drive works and what “grav soar pending” means.
Find out how to quick journey in Starfield
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Quick reply first (and the factor Starfield explicitly calls “quick journey”):
Whereas on a planet, you possibly can pull up your handscanner with LB to point out close by factors of curiosity. This often consists of your ship and issues like different neighborhoods — indicated by massive diamond icons. If you level the reticle at a location you’ve visited earlier than, you’ll have an choice to quick journey on to it on the backside of your display.
Now, let’s discuss issues that work like quick journey, however aren’t referred to as that. However first…
Generally you possibly can’t quick journey
As a lot quick touring as you’ll do, it has some restrictions which are exhausting to know at first. In house, you possibly can’t see the planets round a star till you’ve jumped into the system for the primary time. And you’ll’t soar right into a system in case your route passes by any methods you haven’t already visited. In these instances, you’ll should take your journey one soar at a time.
Whereas in your ship, you possibly can’t begin a grav soar for those who’re at present docked with one other ship or at an area station. You’ll have to take a seat down within the cockpit and undock first.
On planets, onboard ships, and on house stations, quick journey is restricted for those who’re “inside” — like inside somebody’s home or previous something that requires a load display. We’re calling it “inside” as a result of it’s form of obscure. It additionally is determined by what sort of quick journey you’re making an attempt to do. For instance, for those who’re in a cave that you just accessed from the planet’s floor, you gained’t have the ability to use the scanner to quick journey to your ship (or view the floor map), however it is possible for you to to make use of the Starmap to leap to a special settlement, planet, or star. Curiously, this often consists of your ship — search for the caret (^) form close to the place you landed.
Find out how to quick journey with the floor map
On foot and together with your scanner up, you’ll even have the choice to drag up the floor map. It’s, frankly, not significantly helpful, nevertheless it’s one other approach to view the assorted factors of curiosity close by. In the event you’ve visited them earlier than, you possibly can quick journey there. In the event you haven’t, the map gives you a normal thought of methods to get there. With the floor map open, you can even quick journey immediately again to your ship.
You gained’t, nonetheless, be strolling between settlements on reverse sides of a planet. For that, you’ll have to do a special form of journey.
Select a special touchdown goal
The closest zoom on the Starmap focuses on one planet. As you spin it round, you’ll see a number of touchdown targets — issues like settlements and outposts (or only a random spot you select). Clicking on considered one of these will take you there.
The primary time you do that, you’ll see your ship touchdown in a cutscene. On subsequent visits, you’ll simply present up within the new spot.
That is additionally the way you’ll journey between planets and moon in the identical star system.
Find out how to grav soar
For essentially the most half, touring between star methods in Starfield is automated and also you’ll do it by the menu(s). Generally, although, there’s one additional step: the grav soar.
![Starfield’s Starmap showing the Alpha Centauri system with four planets circling the star and information about planet Jemmison displayed in a panel on the left side](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/p45dZF4LFxZaggv2nJS2A9UAFso=/0x0:1920x1080/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1080):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24868237/Starfield_Starmap.png)
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Grav leaping means allocating energy to your grav drive, after which Millennium Falcon-ing into the night time. Your grav drive can’t pull off a grav soar except you’ve efficiently powered it it up. Our information on methods to energy up your grav drive explains all the things you have to learn about quick touring by way of grav soar (and the methods by which you’re restricted by it).
Missions allow you to quick journey with out digging by the Starmap
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You’ve received a pair choices for setting the course to your subsequent mission goal when you’ve got an lively mission. Within the Missions menu, having an lively mission and goal will add a present on map and a set course choice to the underside of the display — present on map is extra helpful for locations you haven’t visited but, and set course brings you proper to the touchdown goal for locations you’re accustomed to.
Even simpler, for those who’ve already received an lively mission, there can be a set course possibility proper on the principle pause menu.