Image 1 — Today I found this little buddy, he is now mine, and I am taking him with me to space
Image 2 — Today I found this little buddy, he is now mine, and I am taking him with me to space

Today I found this little buddy, he is now mine, and I am taking him with me to space

Today I tried Cruise Mode for the very first time, but I was happier and more excited about finding this little buddy, which I wasn't expecting at all in the Free Lanes update.

Thank you Bethesda for adding these pets! LOVE THEM!

u/GdSmth — 2 days ago

LEVEL 100 in the tutorial before going to Kreet Research Lab

This is probably the Starfield version of the "Helgen Grind" in Skyrim!

I just made it to level 101 while still in the tutorial mission on Kreet, before going to Kreet Research Lab for the first time.

Frankly I wasn't planning for this when I created this character. I just wanted to surpass my personal record of level 30 last year, but I was levelling up faster this time while exploring and checking lots of the new POIs from the Free Lanes update, and only when I reached level 60 I decided to push for 100.

At that point the levelling curve got steep and I had to change strategy, so I created 2 adjacent outposts to farm Alkanes and Nutrients, and started brewing Alien Liquor, the only thing you can probably mass produce from natural Kreet resources.

By the time I reached level 100 I was brewing over 10,000 pouches per day, each 99 pouches granting up to 220 XP with all difficulty settings maxed (+87%) and sleep/aid bonuses (+12%). By the end of my grind I had 72,000+ pouches of Alien Liquor!

When I reached Kreet Research Lab, Brogan the pirate leader was buffed up to level 98, his 2 assistants were still at level 2, while the pirates who land in the ship during the fight were at levels 10 and 24.

Some facts I want to document from this journey:

  • Reached level 3 on Vectera before taking off to space. The Free Lanes update introduced - for the first time - an inhabited POI near Argos Extractors Mining Outpost where you can face more enemies to level up
  • Spent 2 days on Vectera and 43 days on Kreet (UT time)
  • No mods or creations other than StarUI. Timescale changed to 5
  • Save file play time: 7 days 16 hours
  • Found the Moon Jumper at level 27
  • Found and explored many of the new POIs from the Free Lanes update, including the CQB Training Center - probably the holy grail of all Starfield POIs - lots of legendary weapons and ammo
  • First time I found the CQB POI my level was near the mid 40s. Found it a second time at level 77
  • Almost completed all my research projects, missing only 2 Rothicite Magnets which I couldn't find in the wild
  • Maxed out 18 skills, 22 perk points still available
  • Captured 12 ships, sold 4
  • 1.5 million credits found, currently carrying about 550,000
  • 115 Xtech & 12 upgrade modules (not used yet), 48 Astra, 21 unique action figures and 16 magazines
  • 235 contraband items (planning to smuggle them to New Atlantis and store them in the Lodge .. lol)
  • Rescued 76 Wilbies

Something weird happened by the time my level reached the 80s, where I would rarely see high level POIs. The game kept spitting the same low level POIs on almost every landing (was seeing mostly Abandoned Bionics Lab, Abandoned Weapon Station, Abandoned Farm) occupied with low level pirates or spacers. However, after reaching level 100 and dismantling all my outposts the game started showing me a variety of high level POIs again, so not sure what exactly was going on there.

Anyhow, this was my first and only Free Lanes character, so I am really looking forward to finally go to Jemison and start exploring the rest of the game. I am yet to try that Cruise Mode for the first time!

u/GdSmth — 11 days ago
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LEVEL 100 in the tutorial before going to Kreet Research Lab

I just made it to level 101 before going to Kreet Research Lab for the first time. Basically, still in the tutorial mission.

Frankly I wasn't planning for this when I created this character. I just wanted to surpass my personal record of level 30 last year, but I was levelling up faster this time while exploring and checking lots of new POIs from the Free Lanes update, and only when I reached level 60 I decided to push for 100.

At that point the levelling curve got steep and I had to change strategy, so I created 2 adjacent outposts to farm Alkanes and Nutrients, and started brewing Alien Liquor, the only thing you can mass produce from natural Kreet resources.

By the time I reached level 100 I was brewing over 10,000 pouches per day, each 99 pouches granting up to 220 XP with all difficulty settings maxed (+87%) and sleep/aid bonuses (+12%). By the end of my grind I had 72,000+ pouches of Alien Liquor!

When I reached Kreet Research Lab, Brogan the pirate leader was buffed up to level 98, his 2 assistants were still at level 2, while the pirates who land in the ship during the fight were at levels 10 and 24.

Some facts I want to document from this journey:

  • Reached level 3 on Vectera before taking off to space. The Free Lanes update introduced - for the first time - an inhabited POI near Argos Extractors Mining Outpost where you can face more enemies to level up
  • Spent 2 days on Vectera and 43 days on Kreet (UT time)
  • No mods or creations other than StarUI. Timescale changed to 5
  • Save file play time: 7 days 16 hours
  • Found the Moon Jumper at level 27
  • Found and explored many of the new POIs from the Free Lanes update, including the CQB Training Center - probably the holy grail of all Starfield POIs (lots of legendary weapons and ammo)
  • Almost completed all my research projects, missing only 2 Rothicite Magnets which I couldn't find in the wild
  • Maxed out 18 skills, 22 perk points still available
  • Captured 12 ships, sold 4
  • 1.5 million credits found, currently carrying about 550,000
  • 115 Xtech & 12 upgrade modules (not used yet), 48 Astra, 21 unique action figures and 16 magazines
  • 235 contraband items (planning to smuggle them to New Atlantis!)
  • Rescued 76 Wilbies

Something weird happened by the time my level reached the 80s, where I would rarely see high level POIs. The game kept spitting the same low level POIs on almost every landing (was seeing mostly Abandoned Bionics Lab, Abandoned Weapon Station, Abandoned Farm) occupied with low level pirates or spacers. However, after reaching level 100 and dismantling all my outposts the game started showing me a variety of high level POIs again, so not sure what exactly was going on there.

Anyhow, this was my first and only Free Lanes character, so I am really looking forward to finally go to Jemison and start exploring the rest of the game!

u/GdSmth — 11 days ago

Not a hockey expert, I’m sure some people here are better than me and get this frequently.

I wonder what happens if someone reaches a 14-day streak. Do they get a second week of free coffee?

u/GdSmth — 1 month ago