I've finally figured out the answer to Starfield's greatest mystery: why my spaceship's cargo hold is always full of misc items (2024)

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I've finally figured out the answer to Starfield's greatest mystery: why my spaceship's cargo hold is always full of misc items? ›

The reason why your cargo hold keeps filling up with misc items is because every time you make any modification to your spaceship at all in the ship builder interface, Starfield sends every loose item in your entire ship to the cargo hold. That's every mug, every board game, every power drill—anything not nailed down.

How to upgrade ship storage in Starfield. If you don't have enough space in your ship storage, the solution is to upgrade your Cargo Hold capacity. To do this, speak to a Ship Technician. The first Ship Technician you'll come across is found on the New Atlantis landing pad, next to the Trade Authority Kiosk.

In order to add more cargo, you'll either need to replace existing modules, or extend your ship with even more sections for cargo. With the Frontier, there's not a lot of room to add more slots, unless you extend the ship by adding another habitat module and building around it.

The reason why your cargo hold keeps filling up with misc items is because every time you make any modification to your spaceship at all in the ship builder interface, Starfield sends every loose item in your entire ship to the cargo hold.

In the basem*nt of the Lodge, you'll find a storage crate and a storage box near a bunch of crafting stations. Both of these chests have unlimited storage. We've put over 2,000 kg of stuff in one of them, and it never gave us a “full” prompt.

The Silent Runner is the best ship for running cargo, with a staggering 6060 cargo space, over 1,000 more than the next-highest ship. It also has a 30-lightyear jump distance and a 34 reactor, making this thing a powerful beast of a machine that's also not too shabby in its shield and hull stats.

Cargo Links in Starfield allow you to link your Outposts together in order to transfer materials and items between them. This will enable you to provide an Outpost with a steady supply of a variety of materials, eliminating the need for you to gather them manually.

Finally, there's nothing stopping you from just… dropping things on the floor of your ship. Starfield remembers what you've placed and where, so it will still be there when you're back and won't count towards your cargo limit (as long as you don't mind wading through it all).

Joining the Starfield Crimson Fleet pirate faction requires a bit of undercover UC work at first, but you can commit to the space pirate life if antagonising the Settled Systems calls to you. The Crimson Fleet is certainly the most cutthroat of the various Starfield factions that you can join.

The Vytinium Fuel Rod is an extremely rare manufactured component in Starfield. This object requires another rare manufactured component to craft, the Indicite Wafer, which itself requires the rare inorganic resource, Indicite. And that's on top of needing another rare inorganic resource, Vytinium.

What happens to cargo when you change ships in Starfield? ›

When we switch ships, our cargo carries over from one to the next, regardless of capacity.

The ship designer won't let you make a ship longer than 40m in length. One of the helpful tips I received on a loading screen was "no ship longer than 80m may land on a planet's surface."

When choosing a Cargo Hold in Starfield, it's important to prioritize capacity as all Cargo Holds have equal ratios between Mass and capacity. The Galleon series offers the best Cargo Holds in the game, with the Galleon S202 and S204 having high capacities and relatively low requirements.

If you open up the Outpost builder and tab across to “Decorations,” you'll see 2 kinds of storage at the top: Storage Box (which has a capacity of 10) and a Storage Crate (which has a storage of 150).

To repair a ship, you'll need to either have Ship Parts in your inventory or Ship Cargo or you'll need to pay a Ship Services Technician to repair it for you.

How To Upgrade a Ship's Storage Capacity in Starfield. The main way to increase the storage capacity on your ship is to replace existing modules, obtain the Payloads Skill, or add more cargo sections with new attachments.