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One of the best and somewhat hidden aspects ofStarfieldis Animal Husbandry. With all the creatures you’ll find across the star system, there’s at least one you’d like to nurture and raise for products that can help you with crafting. You can do so with the Animal Husbandry Facility and a little bit of work.
Building the facility takes a bit of effort, as does hooking up the necessary requirements to power the facility, but the reward is passive creatures that produce byproducts you’re able to use. It’s a great way to add a little life to your outpost and see more alien life regularly.
How To Unlock Animal Husbandry
Raising animals in Starfield willprovide you with resourceslike Toxin and Sealant. In order tobuild an Animal Husbandry Facilityat your outpost, you’ll first need to have completed the following.
Unlock The Zoology Skill
The first step isunlocking the Zoology Skillunder the Science tab. Doing so will allow you toharvest from creatureswithout harming them, learn more about them from the scanner, andproduce animal resources at outposts.
You’ll also want to putskill points into Outpost Engineering and Botany(optional) to ensure success.
You don’t need to scan every creature to 100 percent on a planet before setting up the facility.
As long as at least one species with outpost production allowed is fully scanned, the facility will work.
Not every creature can be usedat the outpost, however. Only animals that have beenfully scanned and state that outpost production is allowedin the scanner are able to be raised.
Find A Suitable Habitat
The next step isfinding a suitable habitatfor the facility. It will need to bein the same biomeas the creature you want to raise.
How To Set Up The Animal Husbandry Facility
To set up your Animal Husbandry Facility,open the build menuand select the Animal Husbandry Facility from the Builders tab. It will cost:
You’ll alsoneed three powerto get it up and running. You’ll want toconnect Water Extractors and Power Sourcesusing modify mode.
You’ll also want to connect storage containers to help collect and store the products.
You’ll know you’ve done this right whenpassive creatures appear outside the Animal Husbandry Facility. Once you see them, you canaccess the console outside the facilityto check what can be produced.
Here you canswap between productsand see what needs have to be met before you can harvest the byproducts.
If the creatures die, they will continually respawn. They are also permanently passive towards you and will not attack.
How To Care For Fauna
To get thecreatures to produce the desired resources, you’ll need to care for them. This includes three things:Power, Fiber, and Water. You’ll have to supply them yourself and connect them to the facility to power it.
Having a Greenhouse available and producing Fiber will speed up the process and create a self-sustaining environment.
You’ll want to make sure that yourWater Extractors are connected to the Animal Husbandry Facility(or that any Liquid Storage Containers are). Make sure that theconnected Storage Container has Fiberas well so that the creatures can produce.
you may come back sporadically to collect the resources yourself, or you canconnect the Animal Husbandry Facility to a Transfer Containerto store more products and have them easily accessible from your ship’s cargo.
You can use a Research Station to upgrade your Animal Husbandry Skills
Keep in mind you canonly have eight outposts at a time, so choose your planets carefully to ensure you have all the resources you need.
