Best Background to Pick in Starfield

Background in Starfield is basically like choosing what your character specializes in. You can call this a boost to your Attributes by adding some skills from the start that make you stronger in certain aspects of the game.

Every Background has different buffs that focus on a particular style of gameplay. With so many backgrounds to choose from, this guide will help you pick the best one.

All Backgrounds in Starfield:

Let’s take a look at all the Backgrounds in Starfield.

Starfield Background	Starting Skills
Beast Hunter	Fitness: You have 10% more Lung Capacity Ballistics: Ballistic weapons do 10% more damage. Gastronomy: You can research and craft specialty food and drinks.
Bouncer	Fitness: You have 10% more Lung Capacity. Boxing: Unarmed attacks do 25% more damage. Power attacks use 25% less O2. Security: You can attempt to hack Advanced locks. +2 auto attempts.
Bounty Hunter	Boost Pack Training: You can now utilize boost packs. Piloting: You can now utilize ship thrusters. Targeting Control Systems: Unlocks ship targeting functionality.
Chef	Gastronomy: Players can craft specialty drinks and fruits at a Research lab and even research additional recipes. Dueling: More damage is done by Melee Weapons (by around 25%). Scavenging: You have a chance to find extra credits from containers.
Combat Medic	Pistol Certification: More damage is done by Pistols (by around 10%). Medicine: Med Packs would heal more(by 10%). Wellness: +10% maximum health.
Cyber Runner	Stealth: You are harder to detect (25%) while you are sneaking. Also, you deal +5% extra sneak damage with suppressed weapons. Security: Players can try hacking the advanced locks and even bank two auto attempts. Theft: You can pickpocket targets.
Cyberneticist	Medicine: Med Packs would heal more (by 10%). Security: You can attempt to hack Advanced locks. +2 auto attempts. Lasers: More damage is done by Laser weapons (by 10%).
Diplomat	Persuasion: On Speech challenges, the chance of success increases. Commerce: You get to buy stuff for 5% less and sell them for 10% more. Wellness: +10% maximum health.
Explorer	Lasers: More damage is done by Laser weapons (by 10%). Astrodynamics: The fuel cost for Grav Jump is decreased. Surveying: +20m scan distance.
Gangster	Shotgun Certification: You do 10% extra damage with Shotguns. Boxing: Unarmed attacks do 25% more damage. Power attacks use 25% less O2. Theft: You can steal
Homesteader	Geology: You get extra common and uncommon inorganic resources from surface objects. Surveying: +20m scan distance. Weightlifting: The player’s total carrying capacity is increased (by 10 Kilograms).
Industrialist	Persuasion: On Speech challenges, the chance of success increases. Security: You can attempt to hack Advanced locks. +2 auto attempts. Research Methods: Crafting items and Completing Research Projects take in 10% less resources.
Long Hauler	Weightlifting: The player’s total carrying capacity is increased (by 10 Kilograms). Piloting: You can use the Ship Thrusters. Ballistic Weapon Systems: You get 10% extra Ballistic Ship weapon damage plus 20% reduction is cost for Targeting Mode.
Pilgrim	Scavenging: You have chance to find extra credits from containers. Surveying: +20m scan distance. Gastronomy: Players can craft specialty drinks and fruits at a Research lab and even research additional recipes.
Professor	Astrodynamics: The fuel cost for Grav Jump is decreased. Geology: You get extra common and uncommon inorganic resources from surface objects. Research Methods: Crafting items and Completing Research Projects take in 10% less resources.
Ronin	Dueling: More damage is done by Melee Weapons (by around 25%) Stealth: You are harder to detect (25%) while you are sneaking. Also, you deal +5% extra sneak damage with suppressed weapons. Scavenging: You have chance to find extra credits from containers.
Sculptor	Medicine: Med Packs would heal more (by 10%). Geology: You get extra common and uncommon inorganic resources from surface objects. Persuasion: On Speech challenges, the chance of success increases.
Soldier	Fitness: You have 10% more Lung Capacity Ballistics: You do +10% damage with Ballistic Weapons. Boost Pack Training: You can now utilize boost pack.
Space Scoundrel	Pistol Certification: More damage is done by Pistols (by around 10%). Piloting: You can use the Ship Thrusters. Persuasion: On Speech challenges, the chance of success increases.
Xenobiologist	Lasers: More damage is done by Laser weapons (by 10%). Surveying: +20m scan distance. Fitness: You have 10% more Lung Capacity
File Not Found	Wellness: +10% maximum health. Ballistics: You do +10% damage with Ballistic Weapons. Piloting: You can use the Ship Thrusters.

Which is the Best Background?

For the early game, I would say Soldier is undoubtedly the best background to go with.  The main reason is that it gives you extra Lung Capacity and extra damage from Ballistic weapons and you get the Boost Pack which is basically a Jetpack.

Considering how the game is designed, Stamina would play a key role. The game has large open areas that you would need to cover quickly, especially early on when you need to explore for materials and XP.

Running out of Stamina is the last thing you want in this game. The extra bit of Lung Capacity would really help you with that.

Also, the Boost Pack is another reason why I would be going for this Background. Having a Jetpack in a game like Starfield makes a lot of impact on exploration. You can reach places that you might normally find difficult or impossible to reach. You can also escape from enemies if you are backed into a corner or if you are running low on HP.

This Background suits perfectly to my playstyle. It is worth noting that your Background should actually depend on your playstyle. If you love stealth then there is no point getting the Soldier or Gangster Backgrounds. You can instead go for Cyber Runner.

That is all you need to know about “Picking the Best Background for Starfield”.

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