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In the vast universes ofStarfield, one thing stays consistent: you need lead for just about everything. Whether you’re crafting state-of-the-art equipment or laying the foundation for your sprawling new base, a consistent stash of this resource is key to advancing the game.
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While gathering scraps of lead from rocks and caves might tide you over early on, you might find the demand for this metal far outweighing what you can manually collect. Thankfully, the game makes it relatively easy to collectresources automatically through outposts. This guide will show you exactly how to automate the process of farming lead for all your base-building needs.
How To Get Lead
There are three reliable ways of obtaining lead in the game:
If it’s just a few pieces that you need, you can obtain lead easily by landing on a lead-rich planet andharvesting the lead ore nodesthat spawn on cave walls and rocks.
You can alsopurchase leadfrom most general goods stores.
Vendors running a little short?Waiting or sleepingwill cause the store vendors torestock their inventory.
That said, however, when your lead demands begin to exceed your supply—or if you’d simply rather spend your time on Starfield doing missions instead of hitting rocks—then you’ll definitely want tostart using Outposts to automatically farm resources.
How To Automatically Farm Lead
To begin the process of farming lead, you’ll first need tofind a viable planetto start harvesting from.
Naturally, you’ll want to find a planet withhigh lead content. you may determine this byscanning for resources, using your ship’s scanner while piloting.
Jemison, home of New Atlantis and one of the first planets you’ll visit during the main storyline, is asafe, lead-rich planetthat’s great for an early outpost.
After finding a good landing spot,use your hand-scannerto locate anarea that is rich in lead—indicated by the"Pb" labelon the right of your screen.
Once you’ve found a good spot, put down an outpost beacon(While you’re in scanner screen), thenset up an extractor from the build menu. Thenbuild a power source, and it’ll start mining a steady source of lead all on its own.
As you advance throughout the game, you may find yourselfupgrading and customizing your outpoststo maximize efficiency.
