Skill Magazines are a vital aspect of Starfield, and finding and collecting them allows players access to various beneficial bonuses and permanent stat boosts. Each Skill Magazine’s location and benefits are shown below.Skill Magazines are equipment found in Starfield that offers your characters access to permanent bonuses. However, finding Skill Magazines in Starfield is difficult since they can be lying in plain sight or concealed deep within an enemy facility.
Here’s a complete guide to finding all 20 Skill Magazines in Starfield and information on the effects and boosts they unlock.
Why should you Find Skill Magazines for Permanent Upgrades in Starfield?
Skill Magazines in Starfield can be obtained by simply collecting them from their location and adding them to your Inventory. They have a 0.0 Mass, which means they do not burden you, and you can carry as many as you like in your Inventory. Remember that some Skill Magazine enhancements affect your friends while others do not. At the very least, there is no formal confirmation of how this mechanic works. We’ll keep you updated if Bethesda provides further information on this.
Locations of 20 Skill Magazines in Starfield
Here are the locations and buffs for 20 Starfield‘s Skill Magazine spots. Remember that we will add additional sites to this guide as we locate them, so come back to see what’s new. Some Skill Magazines occur in multiple locations, and you may find them early on by exploring and scanning with your Scanner while highlighting them as ordinary objects.
CombaTech Catalog 01
Frankie’s Syndicate Hideout, Neon City Ebbflow district. You go there as part of the Ryujin Faction’s Guilty Party’s Quest.
Buff: Enhances the range and damage of CombaTech-branded weapons.
CombaTech Catalog 02
You can enter the UC Vigilance room on Phobos by committing a crime and submitting it or by joining the UC and entering the room.
Buff: CombaTech Weapons’ range and accuracy are extended even further.
CombaTech Catalog 03
Hopetown – Planet Polvo in the Valo system, inside Best Defence shop.
Buff: Increases the range and accuracy of CombaTech weapons slightly.
CombaTech Catalog 04
You visit the abandoned Hephaestus Mine on Gagarin in the Alpha Centauri system as part of the Breach of Contract quest.
Buff: Increases the range and accuracy of CombaTech weapons slightly.
CombaTech Catalog 05
The Forgotten Mech Graveyard, Planet Procyon III, is in the Procyon A system.
Buff: It improves the range and damage of CombaTech weapons slightly.
Constellation Guide 01
Planet Jemison, Alpha Centaury system – The Lodge New Atlantis, table near the artifacts in the center of the library
Buff: Reduces fall damage by 5% indefinitely.
Constellation Guide 02
Any planet with an abandoned research tower and a random spawn rate. Any system will do.
Buff: Use 15% less O2 while moving while overburdened.
Constellation Guide 03
Any planet – Abandoned Orbit Station – Random Spawn Rate. Any system will do.
Buff: Permanently increases O2 and speeds up movement by 5%.
Constellation Guide 04
Space Station Clinic room – Planet Deepala – Narion system.
Buff: Use 15% less O2 while moving while overburdened.
Cyber Runner’s Cipher 01
Slayton Aerospace is located in the Neon City Business Tower on Volii Alpha in the Volii system.
Buff: Adds a bankable auto-hacking attempt.
Cyber Runner’s Cipher 02
Apex Electronics is a store in The Well on Jemison in the Alpha Centauri system.
Buff: Adds a bankable digipicking auto-attempt.
Cyber Runner’s Cipher 04
The Volii Hotel, Neon City, is located on Planet Volii Alpha in the Volii system.
Buff: Adds a bankable auto-hacking attempt.
Cyber Runner’s Cipher 05
Inside the Research Lab Room at Infinity Ltd. Corporate Headquarters. As part of the mission, access by keycard adjacent to the hexagonal chest: Ryujin Faction Sabotage
Buff: Stealth is permanently increased by 1%.
Freestar Captain’s Log 01
Any planet – Alpha Centaury system – Abandoned Helium Extraction Facility.
Buff: Increase Carry Capacity by 5 Mass indefinitely.
Freestar Captain’s Log 02
Any planet-Any system-Any abandoned space station.
Buff: Increase Carry Capacity by 5 Mass indefinitely.
Freestar Captain’s Log 03
Any planet – Gagarin system – Abandoned UC Military Post.
Buff: Increase Carry Capacity by 5 Mass indefinitely.
Freestar Captain’s Log 04
Any planet, any system, any abandoned research outpost.
Buff: Increase Carry Capacity by 5 Mass indefinitely.
GRUNT 03
Planet Montara’s Waggoner Farm. System of the Cheyenne. You go there as part of the faction assignment “Deputised” Freestar Rangers.
Buff: Increase the crit damage of your ballistic weapons by 5% indefinitely.
GRUNT 04
In the Kryx system, the Key Space Station orbits Suvorov. Deep Cover: Go there during the faction mission.
Buff: Increase the crit damage of your ballistic weapons by 5% indefinitely.
GRUNT 06
Planet Aranae 1, in the Aranae system, at a derelict Ecliptic garrison on the 2nd level of a structure facing the landing pad.
Buff: Increase the crit damage of your ballistic weapons by 5% indefinitely.
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