If you’re thinking of picking upStarfield, or you’ve even grabbed it already, but you’ve not had time to boot it up, you might be wondering about the game’s background options. This important aspect of character creation has been heavily touted by Bethesda as one of its most flexible features, and having given a few of them a shot, we don’t disagree.
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Behold, here’s a list of every available character background, and what exactly you’re signing up for when you pick one!
Every Character Background In Starfield
In addition to listing the names of each background and the skills you’ll start off with for each, we’ll explain what exactly you’regettingfrom each skill.Skills come in four ranks, and if you start out with one,you only begin with the first rank unlocked, so we’ll talk exclusively about those initial bonuses here.
Ideal if you know exactly what you want!