Science is Sick BUT... | Science Skills Analysis & Tier List | Starfield Handbook

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  • I put all 16 science skills in Starfield to the test and it boasts some of the best skills in the game, barring these awful exceptions... Here are the results, complete tier list included.
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    00:00 Intro
    00:25 Astrodynamics
    01:52 Geology
    02:51 Medicine
    03:56 Research
    05:16 Surveying
    06:17 Botany
    07:40 Zoology
    09:13 Scanning
    10:49 Spacesuit Design
    11:39 Weapon Engineering
    12:44 Astrophysics
    14:24 Chemistry
    16:25 Outpost Engineering
    17:45 Aneutronic Fusion
    18:19 Planetary Habitation
    20:13 Special Projects
    21:42 Wrap Up & Conclusions
    23:37 Outro
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  • @unclemumble
    @unclemumble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    What skill tree have you put the most points into so far in Starfield? Any regrets?
    Important edits:
    1. @Diablo12369 brought up a great point I forgot to mention around spacesuit design. You should NOT bother putting a 4th point into the skill as it does not unlock anything new, it only has a chance to save materials which is next to useless given how infrequently you'll upgrade equipment. 3 is the sweet spot, 4 is for people over level 300 with nothing left to spend points on.
    2. Outpost cap is actually 24 not 22 and you start with 8. My dumb ass neglected the fact that I had 2 outposts already set up when I was testing on that save. Thanks @rekalty4477 for the catch there!

    • @evanpage2540
      @evanpage2540 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Just unlocked level 4 fitness this morning before work. I regret the amount of time I sank into it because the other day I got a magic space power that straight up refills all of my O2. I ran so hard and got so far, but in the end it doesn't even matter...

    • @Ulgroth
      @Ulgroth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Did u ever test geo skill with elemental pull?

    • @unclemumble
      @unclemumble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Ulgroth a great question, I thought about it but ultimately didn't bother given how niche it's use would be (though it is kind of op for caelumite deposits). It's so easy to get the 500 resource achievement and still just buy starter resources that the geology benefit would be neglibile even with elemental pull. I'd put money on it working though

    • @Ulgroth
      @Ulgroth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@unclemumble i figured its prbly not worth it too but sometimes bethesda games have weird interactions. Curious if it would bug out and work too good or just not work at all.

    • @Pure_Havoc
      @Pure_Havoc 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Definitely Tech & Science tree. I focus on maximizing my ship first.

  • @purplen33t17
    @purplen33t17 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +429

    My favorite starfield content tbh

    • @benhaney9629
      @benhaney9629 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Yup he’s actually putting in the work and telling us stuff we don’t know. If I have one more channel tell me “secrets” in Starfield that include stuff like hold down aim when using the cutter for more power of that you can cut down doors that say you can cut them down…

    • @justindangersmith
      @justindangersmith 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Hands down. Other content creators are making content based off the first two hours and it's garbage

    • @reportmelolz
      @reportmelolz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Saw a guide “explaining every skill point in depth” and I skipped to Outpost Engineering cause I wanted to see what modules it unlocks and they just read the description and said “yea so this is really good if you’re building outposts” like wow homie thanks

    • @lukastrippel669
      @lukastrippel669 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So true it’s awesome !

    • @xNinjaJesuz
      @xNinjaJesuz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      facts

  • @nasifarefin2278
    @nasifarefin2278 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

    During your zoology description, you mentioned that it is difficult to find the smaller critters. They are scavengers. Kill a lot of other creatures, go like 50 meters away for a little while, and then come back near the corpses again. You'll find these creatures have spawned in. They are also excellent for ranking up your sneak and concealment skills.

    • @pdraggy
      @pdraggy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      you might also find them in caves, it's been my experience anyway...

    • @danjal87nl
      @danjal87nl 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      The difficult to find ones are the fish that are claimed to be in multiple biomes but then are only in very specific coastal variants of that biome and even then you might have to run across half the zone to even get to water. >_>

    • @nasifarefin2278
      @nasifarefin2278 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@danjal87nl Here's a tip, whenever you land on a planet which has fauna in the Ocean Biome, land on the Coastal variations of all the different biomes you need to survey. It's advantageous in multiple ways: you can survey the aquatic fauna, coastal biomes (at least for me) have a respectable spawn rate which makes it easier to survey the fauna in the biome you landed on, and you only need to worry about surveying 3 sides from your landing spot as the ocean occupies one of the slots, so you have to travel less usually to find everything.

    • @jameshumphrey869
      @jameshumphrey869 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      u are my hero this has been driving me mad

    • @shamrock3957
      @shamrock3957 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      5 months late and you may have discovered this yourself by now, but for the little critters if you find a cave there's usually a dead one in it that you can scan. Scan it, leave cave go back in and you can scan it again.

  • @cellulanus
    @cellulanus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +294

    The Med skill actually unlocked a lot of dialog skill checks. I'd rank it higher.

    • @unclemumble
      @unclemumble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +141

      A reasonable but common misconception is that it's not just certain skills that provide dialogue checks but in fact EVERY skill provides unique dialogue. They're almost always flavour, save for a few in actual persuasion instances. I wouldn't say any are common enough to justify ranking it any higher than they currently are but I do encourage a single point in every skill so that you don't miss out on some cool interactions!

    • @thevoxdeus
      @thevoxdeus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      What was the tangible benefit of those dialog choices? How much did it really help?

    • @nihan8554
      @nihan8554 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@thevoxdeus Pretty much just added flavor to the dialogue option more or less in my experience.

    • @Skyblade12
      @Skyblade12 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@unclemumble I would love a breakdown of the number of dialogues per skill. Some haven't given me any (I haven't gotten a single line of dialogue from the Combat skills yet, though I hear there's one for dueling in the Ryujin quest line), while others, like Medicine or Ship Design, have given me quite a few.

    • @BaeBunni
      @BaeBunni 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      your rank in a skill doesn't improve it the dialogue so putting one point in is as good as having 4 for dialogue purposes.

  • @Sohexmetphospha
    @Sohexmetphospha 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    Harvesting from living animals only seems to work on some of them, but it definitely is functional. If they're a valid target when you walk up to them you'll get the normal 'harvest' popup.

    • @davepeesthepool
      @davepeesthepool 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Your scanner information window will indicate animals that can be nonlethal harvested, it's listed around the same place where it will tell if you if an animal is able to be domesticated or not.

    • @Ulgroth
      @Ulgroth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      u can also just see it by holding the scanner over creatures

    • @ah64jimbo81
      @ah64jimbo81 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What they said above. To be clear, only select creatures will have the non-lethal harvest attribute, which can be discovered using your hand scanner.

    • @jonathangwilliams6825
      @jonathangwilliams6825 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I could only manage to get it to work on the creatures that spawned close to my husbandry facilities in my base, personally.

    • @Izzy-sj3ck
      @Izzy-sj3ck 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Im waay too late for this discusion but whatever, i belive the non-lethal harvest only works on wild animals but not on the domesticated ones, considering they already produce their resouce passively on the animal husbandry

  • @PhenomenoRonaldo9
    @PhenomenoRonaldo9 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Anyone else been waiting for these to come out and not spend their skill points lmao? Thanks for the hard work.

    • @Spoopball
      @Spoopball 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The worst part? 1/3 of the skills don't even work correctly,
      Aka nearly all social skills are bugged not to work.
      Ship shield doesn't work.
      Regeneration lvl 4 doesn't heal in combat.
      I've killed over 10k humans, and lvl 4 scavenger has also never provided an extra medpac AND I've been using a gun with +medpac drops.
      I have 200 medpac but that is buying nearly all of them over +100 hours of gameplay.
      It's ridiculous how a bunch of stuff just doesn't work

    • @Citizen5101
      @Citizen5101 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@SpoopballScavenging 3 only affects med packs in containers, not on dead bodies. Rank 4 highlights tagged items, has nothing to do with med packs. No wonder it isn't working for you.

    • @Spoopball
      @Spoopball 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Citizen5101 thank you for explaining.
      I now remember why i was pissed after I was 3 skill points deep.
      It still doesn't excuse why melee skill are abysmal.
      Which are like 4 different perk trees.
      Or UI for social skills glitching npcs in combat nearly 100% of the time.

    • @phutureproof
      @phutureproof 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No I been making all the mistakes because I paid a lot of money and dont want a walkthrough

  • @Moe_508
    @Moe_508 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    I almost forgot how it feels to see a TH-camr with an informative content, no bullshit for the sake of video length.
    You are the best ❤️

    • @BigAlboski
      @BigAlboski 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Seems rare anymore!

  • @New_Identity
    @New_Identity 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    Perfect timing! I loaded up the game, went into my skill tree, thought "wonder when mumble is releasing the science skill video". AND HERE IT IS. Looking forward to what's in store next. Your skill tree videos have saved thousands of us. Your ratings videos are the best! I went ahead and joined your perks program. 26.9k currently, i'll be here to see you at a million!

    • @unclemumble
      @unclemumble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Welcome fellow Mumbler Member! So happy to hear you're enjoying the series and thanks so much for your support, seriously!

    • @Luvilli
      @Luvilli 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@unclemumbleI like how you say "Fellow Mumbler Member" like your also just some random member lol

    • @unclemumble
      @unclemumble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Luvilli I am but a another human who mumbles his way through life

  • @Wayntortle
    @Wayntortle 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    A small time saver for those scanning all nearby planets, you can quickly switch between planets by pressing the menu button while looking at the next planet. This avoids zooming out and back in between scans and instead takes you straight to the next planet/moon. I know this isn’t mind blowing but it has definitely saved me some time scanning an entire system.

    • @unclemumble
      @unclemumble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah this is a great tip that I constantly used when I scanned every system. Easily saved an hour+

  • @zetsubouda
    @zetsubouda 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    A lot of the small creatures are scavengers. The game does appear to model basic foodchains. One method that isn't foolproof but often causes a lot of the scavenger type mobs to pop is to kill a large pack of some other wildlife, give it a few, and search the area.

    • @nickllama5296
      @nickllama5296 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      People keep saying this, and I never can get it to work. I've literally killed a horde of 30-40 critters in one area, waited 30 mins, still no scavengers... :|

    • @jcase6199
      @jcase6199 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@nickllama5296you probably need to actually wait like a day or two “in game,” not just 20 minutes… 🤷🏻‍♂️ just a thought.

    • @mlahut
      @mlahut 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The way this mechanic was explained to me is that it only works on creature vs creature combat. Most planets have a "carnivore" / "hunter" species, an herbivore species, and a scavenger species. I think the scavengers are more likely to arrive from carnivores killing herbivores rather than you killing them.

    • @zecuse
      @zecuse 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@nickllama5296 Be sure to get the Sense Star Stuff power unlocked to ensure you don't miss these flat bastards in grass.

    • @zetsubouda
      @zetsubouda 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nickllama5296There's a comment below that it only works with creature on creature combat. That might be true and would explain why I find it to be inconsistent.

  • @gwouru
    @gwouru 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    the non-violent harvests, are for wild creatures only, not farm spawns.

    • @pdraggy
      @pdraggy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think the OP was thinking of those nights in Sri Lanka where you wake up without a liver :0

  • @ViridianFlow
    @ViridianFlow 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Doubling chem effects would be OP as hell. You'd end up with -100% movement noise, double damage and double accuracy with easily hoardable chems like frostwolf.

    • @seanamullen
      @seanamullen 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Extending duration time would be good though.

    • @nickchivers9029
      @nickchivers9029 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Oh no balance issues in my single player game 😢

    • @AlbonitumG
      @AlbonitumG 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Sounds reasonable to me. In my first playthrough, I never bothered using something other than Amp to traverse planets faster and battle stim in combat. Everything else was just hoarded, because "ah, it's cool, but only for 2 mins, and I'm doing fine without it anyway". This skill could've been a gamechanger for me.
      I used chems in Fallout 4 (especially Jet, lol) much more often.

    • @Verchiel_
      @Verchiel_ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And it wouldn't be any kind of issue to program it since.
      Skyrim alchemy skill exists with a bunch of decent effects that make alchemy a worthwhile skill to invest perks into (even aside it being one of the most broken ways to break progression)

    • @Skyblade12
      @Skyblade12 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Amp with 4x jump height combined with Gymnastics. Wheeeee!

  • @juanitoburrito2825
    @juanitoburrito2825 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Appreciate the grind you put in to get these vids out, big help.

  • @stuarthall9854
    @stuarthall9854 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    The Med Pack skill is honestly a high B to an A for me. On higher difficulties, the rate of healing just makes you feel nigh invincible and allows you to rank pretty much tank through anything, especially when you pop three med packs at once when for the heal-stacking when clearing out a room.

    • @randelclawson7695
      @randelclawson7695 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Exactly and him rating Research higher when you can just use Neurajack to cut material Research costs boggles me a bit.

    • @supa3ek
      @supa3ek 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or.....you can just pop 1 damage debuff aid to tank it up instead of using all those skill points !!!

    • @MacesGamingandVideos
      @MacesGamingandVideos 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@randelclawson7695but imagine having that ranked max and using that chem

  • @DGootz
    @DGootz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Medicine - does open up some additional dialog choices

  • @Euler13
    @Euler13 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This video series is amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to research the skill trees so thoroughly and share your insights.

  • @Citizen5101
    @Citizen5101 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I play on Very Hard but one rank of Medicine took me from chugging med packs every couple minutes during every single combat to using them once in awhile and being super happy with the healing each one provided. Maybe I'm just bad at shooters, but definitely helped and being a Science skill it helps speed up getting the even better Science skills instead of say Wellness because most of those skills aren't helpful if you aren't melee or stealth.

    • @thevoxdeus
      @thevoxdeus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a 10% difference, so how does it help that much?

    • @Citizen5101
      @Citizen5101 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@thevoxdeus it's enough of a difference that when I'm healing I only need one instead of almost always needing two. If I heal at 20% health, , getting to 70% feels much better than 60% does

    • @jared3868
      @jared3868 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@thevoxdeusThe increased heal rate is the real difference I noticed. Base healing rate would take way too long and mobs would either be able to rush or flank me before I could get my health back out of one shot range. Let alone the times I would enter a room, especially going up a level in a ship, and be totally surrounded. Medicine helped negate enemy DPS either outright or at least enough to buy me an extra several seconds. You can see in the video he gets over half his health back in 5 seconds at tier 4 vs less than half in 10 seconds at rank 0. And that was just a medpack.

    • @null6634
      @null6634 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's a good use case. I almost always play games on normal difficulty. I don't see the need for making med packs or the medicine perk. But that's because I barely take real damage. On the harder difficulties healing is a lot more important.

    • @divinityai
      @divinityai 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thevoxdeusit's not a 10% tho, it's way less, you heal 10% more but healing time is reduced for 10% so you heal like the same. That's why medicine is pretty bad.

  • @johndang897
    @johndang897 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    How is faster healing and more heals not S. You will always take a lot of damage, and it effects all the other types of med packs like trauma pack and emergency kit. Wellness does not invalid medicine, in fact they work together. Let’s say you have 1k health and med pack heals say 30% so that’s 300 hp in 10 seconds. Maxing wellness and medicine means you can heal 45% of 1400 hp for a 630 hp heal in 5 seconds, so you get more than 4x healing per second it’s on.
    And another thing is for science tree to unlock the next tier of skills like space suit design, chemistry and weapon mod design you need to invest 4 points somewhere and medicine is the best one for this, especially from a combat perspective.

  • @jonmack1487
    @jonmack1487 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You’ve absolutely killed it with these videos man. So helpful and well thought out. You rock!

  • @alexandercuthbertson
    @alexandercuthbertson 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All of these skill analysis videos are so helpful!!! Thank you so much for making the rest of our playthroughs smooth. Excited to see the tech tree soon!!!

  • @nicksanchez2041
    @nicksanchez2041 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Medicine perk should be a bit higher since if you have the alien dna trait the perk counters the debuff the trait gives you

    • @BrentDnD
      @BrentDnD 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Alien DNA is a trait you shouldn't choose in the first place. It's really only useful in the very beginning of the game, and even then, it's barely even noticeably useful. There are much better traits to play with that don't actually require you to pick a perk to counter the negative effect.

    • @nicksanchez2041
      @nicksanchez2041 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @brentmcpeek2096 yes it helps early game cause you get 50 bonus in health and oxygen which combine with wellness and fitness perks makes it even better. With medicine negating it early game you basically have no downsides

    • @nicksanchez2041
      @nicksanchez2041 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @brentmcpeek2096 combine it with the other trait terra firma which also increases our health and oxygen while on a planet which most of the time we are fighting on planets creates a very good surviving early build

    • @irrelevantfish1978
      @irrelevantfish1978 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      But should you get Alien DNA? Probably not. Terra Firma offers the exact same benefits but with a less-impactful negative (space stations are not only uncommon but too small for O2 to matter much), and if you want _another_ O2-boosting trait, then you should probably take Extrovert or Introvert, as they're multiplicative. Unless it's for RP, you don't want to take Introvert/Extrovert, or you're willing to spend all three of your traits boosting your O2, then Alien DNA is a suboptimal choice.

    • @crazy-tommy
      @crazy-tommy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@BrentDnDWhat traits are better? I actually consider Alien DNA as one of the better traits.

  • @Hatterboot24
    @Hatterboot24 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    New to your channel. I appreciate the no BS, straightforward reviews. I honestly think that Starfield modders should review your channel and find a real good set of stuff that needs improvement/change. Great stuff!

    • @unclemumble
      @unclemumble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Welcome, glad you're enjoying! I hope it can help inspire some positive changes around the flawed facets of the game

  • @bt0694
    @bt0694 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am so glad I found your channel in my first few days of playing after launch. This is by far one of the most informative and entertaining Starfield experiences to be found on TH-cam. Great job dude!

  • @devcor
    @devcor 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sincerely, thank you man. I just spent an hour looking at your videos even though I've already put significant amount of time into Starfield and have most of the things figured out. It's just interesting to watch!

  • @cadenjohnson4844
    @cadenjohnson4844 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Geology gets a looooot better once you get Elemental Pull though. Picking up every rock in an artifact room (caelumite) instantly and getting bonus rare minerals on top of that is reeeal nice

    • @luisgerardocervantesjimene8575
      @luisgerardocervantesjimene8575 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes exactly what I was thinking! It’s pretty fun to pull the elements to you. The only thing that bothers me is overweight.

    • @joshuab7737
      @joshuab7737 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@luisgerardocervantesjimene8575that’s what personal atmosphere is for

    • @Gurkon
      @Gurkon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@luisgerardocervantesjimene8575get the suits that half the weight of resources

  • @mf_foxy
    @mf_foxy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Dude dude the amount of anticipation I have for these videos in this series is uncontrollable at this moment. Soooo stoked for this!

  • @learnmyname123
    @learnmyname123 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just want to take a second to say thanks for making these long(er) videos going into detail on each skill tree. This is exactly the kinda research I was looking for and am glad I found you!!

  • @Space_Racer
    @Space_Racer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You have the best SF skill videos on YT. They are straight to the point with a lot of useful info.

  • @DSlyde
    @DSlyde 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    The biggest issue with Chemistry is that some of the best chems (Amp, Pick Me Up, STEVE, etc) dont require the perk and are already know, gotten from quests or from books.

    • @Skyblade12
      @Skyblade12 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love S.T.E.V.E. Aurora is contraband everywhere and super restricted, but a flat out better Aurora? No problems.

    • @colinkennedy1461
      @colinkennedy1461 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah the chemistry perks would be a lot more attractive if they let you brew the purchase-only precursors.

    • @DIGITALGH05T
      @DIGITALGH05T 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i also cant see aurora being too profitable, getting it by hand is kinda a pain rn and buying from stores is only profitable if you already have bezene, hallucinogens & stimulants laying around whilst selling items to vendors
      u then go through all that trouble for what? 75 cred profit for an ingredient that sets YOU back 350, if 1 chasmbass oil made like 5 - 10 units of aurora tho, that'd be way better (and besides, chasmbass are HUGE fish, u telling me an entire fish's only got enough juice to get someone high for 10 SECONDS???)

  • @rekalty4477
    @rekalty4477 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You can't harmlessly harvest outpost domesticated animals, because they're already "empty", probably to avoid you just harvesting/killing and looting them, and then respawning them by changing animal in the husbandry controls panel.
    You can harvest wild animals, if you harvest and then kill them, they won't have whatever you harvested, you can consider it "looting" or stealing the resource from their inventory. Your scanner will tell you if the animal can be harmlessly harvested, seems to mainly be for passive/unaggressive animals.

    • @unclemumble
      @unclemumble  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hmm interesting, you're probably right on the domesticated part but I've also tried on wild animals and it hasn't worked on the one's I've sampled. Granted it was only around 5-6 different species so it must be specific ones? In any case I prefer getting some xp if I harvest soooo.... sorry animals no harmless harvesting this time around :(

    • @rekalty4477
      @rekalty4477 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@unclemumble Yeah, I'm not sure why you'd even want to harvest them without killing them for the exp. Another one of those "let's throw in another bonus to this skill so it looks better than it actually is" deals they've done with several skills.

  • @chibynite
    @chibynite 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job! I love the deeper dive with examples of different levels. Your presentation is quick but not too fast, clear, and thorough. Thanks

  • @JaviAirwraps
    @JaviAirwraps 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your Starfield vids have so much more to offer than most others lol thanks for the content!

  • @ajm317
    @ajm317 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Astrodynamics is mostly useful because it allows you to use a lighter grav drive on your ship. This can allow you to stack more cargo while maintaining mobility.
    Also, in my experience you cannot find unique tier resources anywhere in a relevant biome. The other resources yes, but not the unique ones. I have not been able to find them unless you're in a location where you can see it from orbit.

  • @jimmayus3211
    @jimmayus3211 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The zoology perk: if you scan the creature it will occasionally say “non-lethal harvest available”, mostly a gimmick

  • @PurrsPlace
    @PurrsPlace 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Well done! This is precisely the kind of thoughtful and skeptical review that I was looking for. Thank you for not wasting any time, getting to your points, communicating clearly, and still making the experience an enjoyable one. *Liked* =)

  • @faithminion
    @faithminion 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are the only person I watch for starfield skill tree tips. You go the extra mile researching each one. Can't wait for the tech tree!

  • @theravada9289
    @theravada9289 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Chem 4 is the only way to unlock craftable items that boost Starborn power generation (Small tip concerning Caelumite, you can harvest decent quantities fast in your NG+ runs if you use the Elemental pull power in the caves that contains Artifacts). That being said, you re 100% right about consumables (both chems and food) not lasting long enough and not providing enough value for the 12 points skill commitment.

    • @cristianvogelfang5670
      @cristianvogelfang5670 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm on Ng+ 9 can you explain me that?

    • @theravada9289
      @theravada9289 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @cristianvogelfang5670 if you have unlocked the Elemental Pull power, you can use it to instantly harvest all minerals around you. The higher the level the bigger the range and the cheaper the activation. Its way faster than using the mining drill, especially on Caelimite. So if you are at cave with an artifact, you just activate the power and you will get between 10 to 30 of it with one tap. So you will have around 250 semi-passively while you are collecting the artifacts in NG+

  • @inkarozu2309
    @inkarozu2309 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Personally I didn't want any of the first tier skills but since you need to dump 4 points to unlock further, I went full into medicine as it is the skill that will have an effect the most often. If you aren't playing a stealthy character, you will get shot at a lot and therefore chug med packs rather regularly. I only got it to rank 3 through natural gameplay and had to spam feed med packs while suffocating in over-encumbrance to get the last unlock. It has given me dialogue options a few times as well so no regrets having leveled it.
    Suit and Weapon mods are easily the most important part of the science tree and MUST rank 4s for everyone. If not for these skills, for players who don't want to bother with outposts the entire tree could be skipped! Weapon modding is soo impactful I'm surprised it wasn't made the middle master tier skill.
    Looking forward to the Tech tree breakdown, it is by far my favorite and what I have invested the most points into.

    • @SleepyGraugans
      @SleepyGraugans 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Totally agreed. I'm level 80 something now, and some of these level 95 space pirates almost 1-shot me through 400+ armor. But it depends on the difficulty. Easy to normal probably won't benefit too much from increased healing as much as on very hard. But still, you can't go wrong with incread healing rates.
      Though I'd say you can skip rank 4 in Spacesuit Design, as it won't unlock any new parts and just gives you a low chance not to consume materials when upgrading your equipment.

    • @Betamax954
      @Betamax954 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly, players need to dump 4 points in the first tier, so all or most may as well go into medicine. It may only provide a minor benefit, but it’s a minor benefit that will be experienced repeatedly throughout the game, so the points aren’t wasted. I put 3 points in medicine and one in scanning, with no regrets.

  • @jdub-replicant
    @jdub-replicant 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ty much for these skill tree breakdowns... besides summing it all up for us, the most beneficial insights are the ones where you recommend just dumping a point vs investing 3-4 points in a particular skill and the benefits of doing so either way! thanks for keeping it short and sweet but incredibly helpful for those of us who can usually manage a single playthrough on some of these games!!!

  • @FatDadman
    @FatDadman 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    been checking yt like 10 times a day to see if u uploaded another one of these

  • @overlordea8464
    @overlordea8464 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Scanning skill has another benefit of allowing you to scan and rescan planets for new information which in turn gives XP and if you use it in combination with the Astrodynamics skill you can easily rack up tons of XP to level up fast with, even if you're using the same planets with each new rank of these skills

  • @astroboy314
    @astroboy314 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Love these videos! And Science is by far what I've invested in the most... tier 3 spacesuit design health regeneration essentially makes food obsolete.

    • @joshuahunt3032
      @joshuahunt3032 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I honestly don’t understand why they bothered giving food direct healing effects, considering it’s a lot better at entirely different effects (I use Barbacoa wraps for damage resistance, for example)

    • @MISTAKEWASMADE4live
      @MISTAKEWASMADE4live 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You mean medicine right? Cause foods healing is atrocious no matter the investment.

    • @joshuahunt3032
      @joshuahunt3032 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MISTAKEWASMADE4live I mean food.
      My point is, food is really only useful for providing damage resistance (and maybe some movement/reload speed buffs for some booze forms).
      The difference is, the high-level food seems to be about half as effective as some chems, in exchange for not being addictive and being cheaper to make.

    • @joshuahunt3032
      @joshuahunt3032 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MISTAKEWASMADE4live That is to say, you shouldn’t be using food for healing in the first place.

    • @milordas
      @milordas หลายเดือนก่อน

      i prefer passive regen from skill, spacesuit design is not worth imo as in NG+ you get prety decent suit, didnt found better

  • @chubbuck35
    @chubbuck35 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your content is unbelievably in depth and easily adds the most value of any video series about starfield. Thank you.

  • @Rambo92Juve
    @Rambo92Juve 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this series you’re doing. Very helpful, thank you!

  • @Citizen5101
    @Citizen5101 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Sarah is a completely free Companion for your crew so if you aren't playing evil it really makes Astrodynamics useless for most players.

    • @BiomechanicalBrick
      @BiomechanicalBrick 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      astrodynamics is good for that jump range, which sarah doesnt give you afaik
      also i think having more jump range would mean being able to put more cargo modules on your ship without losing access to the far flung systems

    • @Citizen5101
      @Citizen5101 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@BiomechanicalBrick I'd still rather invest in Piloting and get a bigger Grav Drive. You only need to get the system. So a smaller farther jumping ship is all you need. Once you've been there, you can fast travel across the entire settled systems for free in one jump. You just can't be encumbered and also not sitting in the pilot's seat.

    • @Citizen5101
      @Citizen5101 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BiomechanicalBrick the real cost of more mass (usually from additional cargo) is the cost to mobility when you're flying around. You lose significantly less jump distance than you do mobility.

    • @cretinousmartyr3522
      @cretinousmartyr3522 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      My Sarah died. :(

    • @crazy-tommy
      @crazy-tommy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You have to invest into a tier 1 skill to unlock the higher tiers. As Geology, Research and Suveying are mostly useless, you are left with Astrodynamics and Medicine. Out of these I prefer Medicine, but I can see some use for Astrodynamics on optimized ship builds as it allows using a lighter Grav drive, which might drop the total mass enough to get away with fewer engines so you can have more power for weapons.

  • @Sotanaht01
    @Sotanaht01 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Definitely ranking Medicine much higher in my Very Hard playthrough. I really felt it when I started investing there, especially since I was always out of meds even when buying out vendors. A tier all the way.
    Research Methods is mostly useless on crafting. Crafting is either something you do in very small quantities, such as with weapon and armor mods, where the difference between 1 and 4 of a resource is effectively negligible. If you find a source (ie a vendor) you'll probably find as many as you need at that scale, OR it's something you do in huge quantities (eg adaptive frames) where any resource you can get from an outpost you will have in infinite amount. The few resources, mostly in pharmaceuticals, you can't get through outposts are already only 1 required. Research Methods is solidly in the QOL category helping save time on one-time-only research and not at all necessary in a power build, C tops.
    Suit Mods 1 is kind of good for the Medic trait on your pack, otherwise mods are going to be in the nature of +10 carry, +10 armor etc. None of those actually matter, even on very hard the +10 armor is nothing compared to what you already should have +meds. Rank 3 is good for boostpack types as you mentioned, but only if you find that perfect legendary boostpack that just happens to have the wrong boost type, otherwise it doesn't do anything at all. Regen 1 is just too small. I'd rank 1 as a B tier, and the rest as 2 and 3 at D tier, and rank 4 is just F
    Outpost skill is almost entirely self-serving. As you mentioned, you can do a frame build with 0 in the skill. In fact, you can gather every single base resource (not manufactured) with 0 points. Spending points lets you mine faster, but you can just advance time more to accomplish the same thing. Unless you are building outposts as an end in itself (decorating them etc as your intended gameplay), I'd call it D tier. Building better storage does have a slight convinience for most level 0 functions which is why it isn't F. Obviously if building outposts IS your endgame, than it's S.
    All the resources crafted through Special Projects can also be crafted through Outpost Skill (above). You need both to do a proper endgame XP farm, automating everything except the last step (which is generally not even a need-to-have since frame farms work just fine), but other than that I think there might be a small number of researches that require the advanced components? First tier is A, specifically for how it interacts with Pharmacology and Weapons, everything else is C to F. I would rather build resources this way than through outposts given the choice, especially for small quantities.

    • @dr.ergungurer8996
      @dr.ergungurer8996 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I agree with all of the above. Especially medicine. Healing more per item and doing it quick is a must for higher difficulties especially when you are face to face with an elite mob in close quarters.

  • @dh8203
    @dh8203 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great info, I've been waiting for this one!

  • @life-longpatriot8258
    @life-longpatriot8258 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This skill tree series is the most valuable content I've seen anywhere. Thank you!!!

  • @twistedtxb
    @twistedtxb 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The amount of effort you put on these videos is frankly astonishing. Thanks for making these! Best Starfield ressource on YT, no contest

  • @abucketbrigade1217
    @abucketbrigade1217 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You know I'm something of a scientist myself.

  • @iamyourgod76
    @iamyourgod76 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great content. Im a New subscriber. Keep it up!

  • @zzhoward
    @zzhoward 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This series is fantastic - thank you so much for the hard work!

  • @-_-DatDude
    @-_-DatDude 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Considering that rejuvenation is bugged in combat. Medicine is easily A tier, its arguably a S tier skill for Ronins like me who need to take damage to do damage.

  • @danschmidt6206
    @danschmidt6206 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Outpost building rank 4 is super helpful for NG+, since it cuts down on supply runs needed to get started. Also the power generators (not thr helium-3 ones) are super helpful on planets far from the sun with no atmosphere. Instrad of spamming like 20 solar arrays, you might just need 1-2 generators.

    • @nilsd2112
      @nilsd2112 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Generators are also useful for just temporarily building an outpost for whatever stuff you need right now , waiting a day or two, and then packing up (100% refund for outpost mats on deconstruction) and leaving without caring for pesky stuff like outpost build limit or having everything locking nice.
      1 generator instead of a bunch of solars ist just that much faster.

  • @jameshiggins9062
    @jameshiggins9062 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Mate this video was boss.
    Excellent research and presentation. A lot of work went into that review, dude, and I surely appreciate it.
    I’ve been trying to find comprehensive coverage of Starfield’s intricacies and am thoroughly impressed with finding your Channel.
    Subscribed 👍

  • @Cronoo
    @Cronoo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Astonished at how thorough these videos have been. Turly impeccable work.

  • @puma51921
    @puma51921 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    They need to buff most of the skills. Many are worthless

    • @RuthwikRao
      @RuthwikRao 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the game needs a "Cyberpunk 1.6" type update in a month or two, then entire systemic level updates over the coming year or two.

    • @null6634
      @null6634 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don't want or need to be over powered. It would be better if a lot of these useless skills were play style focused. In the future I expect a Hardcore option that will make food crafting and maybe Chemistry useful.

    • @MrArchilus
      @MrArchilus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, some definitely deserve a buff

  • @skrimshaw72
    @skrimshaw72 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent and very informative. Thank you for putting all this together and sharing it.

  • @RG-rm9jt
    @RG-rm9jt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is the best skill guide I have seen it so far. Really good at explaining hard benefits vs fluff skills for the various playstyles. Thank you so much!

  • @universal_wisdom3416
    @universal_wisdom3416 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can’t even keep track of the subs anymore. You’ve blown up bro. Absolutely deserved. Love your vids as always my dude :)

  • @blackfish95
    @blackfish95 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for doing all this work! It's very useful and welcome :)

  • @jeremybrown9611
    @jeremybrown9611 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is very good info bruh, keep up the good work!

  • @wavos_own6999
    @wavos_own6999 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    been waiting for this one!!!! this "series" has been brilliant!

  • @briancastillo418
    @briancastillo418 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is what I have been waiting for, and I love your other videos

  • @SilverBrumby165
    @SilverBrumby165 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you like surveying as I do I'd recommend the zoology skill before the plant one - those critters are not only hard to find sometimes but also hop around a lot and it can be frustrating chasing a mob of galloping whatsits so you can scan them. It's great for birds and fish too.

  • @Meliut
    @Meliut 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome as always. Thank you for the effort you put in these.

  • @thpq
    @thpq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just subbed this one the best videos at explaining things ive seen on starfield science, thanks for the time it took to make this. I look forward to more content in future. Great editing also

  • @biggusgibbus8144
    @biggusgibbus8144 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a great series, maybe an essential series of videos for anyone playing the game, and I salute you for doing it. It's really helped me a lot.

  • @eduardoarmenta9232
    @eduardoarmenta9232 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been waiting for this, muchas gracias 😁

  • @timothyclark8634
    @timothyclark8634 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These videos are a game changer and time saver. Great Work!

  • @TheBaken
    @TheBaken 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve been waiting for this - thank you!

  • @MrSonic43
    @MrSonic43 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is hands down the best person to watch for Starfield content! Thank you so much broski

  • @kevinlee6003
    @kevinlee6003 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another great guide man. Was waiting 🤜🤛

  • @DragonGfunk
    @DragonGfunk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Liked and subscribed!! Excellent work, thank you!

  • @dahow22
    @dahow22 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this series. Good information and your analysis is solid. I enjoy watching and reading a lot of different opinions on skills because people have vastly different opinions about what is good, average, or crap and it shows how any skill can be good or crap depending on preferred play style and RPG build. And I think this makes the Starfield skill system so good and more encompassing than almost any other game.

  • @Tigs2
    @Tigs2 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Outstanding content. Well done 👏🏻

  • @nitrowilz3014
    @nitrowilz3014 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey man, really good content! Thank you!

  • @firebird0i
    @firebird0i 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. All your skill tree reviews are appreciated.

  • @BrentDnD
    @BrentDnD 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is the best explanation of skill usefulness I have seen for Starfield. Period. You understood the assignment. 100%.

  • @nationalsoccrchamp23
    @nationalsoccrchamp23 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro, great videos man, subbed a few days ago, doing God's work out here

  • @IIMatt_DII
    @IIMatt_DII 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loving this series, thanks man

  • @acemaxximus7175
    @acemaxximus7175 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is the only Starfield content I'm eager to watch. Can't wait for your future outpost video!

  • @stevewealthy6120
    @stevewealthy6120 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love these Handbook videos. Can't wait for the last one

  • @LuciusAugustusRex
    @LuciusAugustusRex 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was waiting for this!

  • @reddeadnmore6457
    @reddeadnmore6457 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Been waiting for this!

  • @prashantnz
    @prashantnz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hats off for your hard work mate. Thanks heaps from Auckland, NZ.

  • @samupton9219
    @samupton9219 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These videos are great. Thank you for this excellent content.

  • @ZanakinzMedia
    @ZanakinzMedia 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @UncleMumble I love these videos! It's very thorough and having your opinions/rankings make this the best video about this on Starfield. I'm glad I could be here before you become a big TH-camr!

  • @AdamJohnstone-dk4gt
    @AdamJohnstone-dk4gt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is the best starfield content so far, great series very informative and factual, could you possibly do a ship design/best parts video/videos too?

  • @ZeSgtSchultz
    @ZeSgtSchultz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't even know why there are other starfield TH-camrs.
    It's all right here, no bs, just info.

  • @jonnygunsuk
    @jonnygunsuk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A fantastic and concise deep dive into the Science tree. Thank you Sir 👍🏻

  • @xNinjaJesuz
    @xNinjaJesuz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    love your stuff bro!

  • @bfish9700
    @bfish9700 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Been waiting for this vid. I found myself taking a ton of science skills

  • @Deagonboydragon
    @Deagonboydragon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you man your saving us so much skill points

  • @TheIronLadle
    @TheIronLadle 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro!!! Thank you, your Starfield videos have become instant clicks for me.

  • @eduardorhyoutube
    @eduardorhyoutube 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. Appreciate it!

  • @natkendrick5265
    @natkendrick5265 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't know if other people are doing these skill deep dive videos but this is God tier stuff. I've used a lot of the Tech tree stuff so I'm definitely looking forward to seeing if my thoughts match yours

  • @Crunchbite86
    @Crunchbite86 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video, as usual

  • @fugixi
    @fugixi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful video! ❤

  • @belizukia
    @belizukia 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Waiting for the last tree with my favorite skill! Thank you for these videos