Summary
- Starfield players are creating incredibly creative and clever ship designs as they spend more time with the game.
- Some designs are meant to decrease the damage you take in a ship-fight, others emulate the looks of famous pop culture spaceships.
- These pop cultural recreations, from the Magic School Bus to Halo's Pelican dropship, have garnered attention from the Starfield community.
In Starfield, you’ll spend a lot of time in space, exploring the stars and hopping from planet to planet as you d𒁏iscover new species, battle space pilots, and unravel the mysterious nature of the artifact you discover at the beginni༺ng of the game.
Naturally, you’ll want to have a trusty spaceship that can meet all of your needs, no matter how practical or impractical thꦍey 𒅌may be. Starfield’s ship creation tool allows you to build ships however you’d like, and Starfield players are making some incredibly creative ships.
10 🌊 Gate 2 Hell By ChaosVisionGames
At first glance, looks whol༒ly impractical. Being a hollow rectangle, the ship’s maneuve🃏rability most likely suffers, there’s plenty of unutilized space for additional cargo, and it just looks plain funky. Despite all of this, it’s probably one of the cleverest ship designs in Starfield.
🍒Not long after Starfield’s launch, a Reddit user named worked out that , which is calculated by finding the intersection of your ship’s X, Y, and Z axes. So, if a ship doesn’t have a midpoint, it effectively makes your ship immune to damage. Ship designs from Solace_of_the_Thorns and another Reddit user named have utilized this concept to create invincible ships, but ChaosVisionGames’ design edges out the competition by being more re🎃fined and enjoyable to look at.
9 The Magic School Bus By SP7R 🎃 ও
Seatbelts, everyone! If this ship is stir♛ring up some long-forgotten childhood memories, you’re probably not alone. Reddit user SP7R has in Starfield’s ship creator, and it’s one of the many ships the Redditor has created that has garnered attention from the Starfield community.
While Ms. Frizzle isn’t in the driver’s seat, this Magic School Bus is a fully functioning starship capable of navigating the Settled Systems. This ship might get you some odd looks i🅘f you decid🦹e to touch down with it at the spaceport in New Atlantis, but then again, no one does it like the Frizz.
8 🍬 Imperial Star Destroyer By Basically_A_Banana
When Star Wars: Episode IV - A N𓆉ew Hope was released in theaters in 1977, it changed pop culture and science fantasy forever. So many iconic spaceships have come from the franchise. X-Wings, Y-Wings, Tie Fighters, and more. However, one ship stands out among them all: The Imperial Star Destroyer.
Reddit user Bas🎐ically_A_Banana has brought the ico﷽nic Imperial Star Destroyer to galaxy closer to home by . Unfortunately for console players, building the ship does require mods to be built, by and by , but the ship’s accuracy to the original design makes it stand out as one of the better ship creations in the Starfield community.
7 🅺 Practical Maxed Out Ship By Echolog
Not every ship needs to be famous to stand out. Reddit user Echolog has 🍎created an with maxed out speed, mobility, and grav jump range. The ship also sports some impressive weaponry and defensive capabilities. To top it off, it comes complete with 3,000 kilos of cargo space, making it perfect for storing the plethora of resources you’ll gather on your adventures in the Settled S🐎ystems.
Luckily for you, Echolog has also posted a build guide for how to maꦫke the ship so that anyone can build it for themselves. However, Echolog states that it might take some time to meet the requirements to build the ship, requiring you to have high level ranks in piloting and star🐻ship design.
6 The Planet Express By SP7R ꧂
Good news, everyone! Have you ever wanted to fly the Planet Expr♔ess from Futurama? Well, now you can thanks to SP7R! The expert Starfield ship crafter is back at it again with his excellent ship creations, and th🙈is time .
This time, so that you can make the Planet Express for yourself. Unfortunately, the build guide💯 doesn’t include classic Futurama characters like Bender or Fry, but if you’re𒈔 looking to make some space delivers and do it in style, this is the ship for you.
5 ꦚ The Normandy By Bizzle94588
The SSV Normandy SR-1, more commonly known as the Normandy, is one of the most iconic spaceships in ☂gaming. Coming from Mass Effect, the Normandy has a sleek silhouette that makes it stand out from the myriad of spaceships featu🌳red in other games. Naturally, it was only a matter of time before someone recreated it in Starfield.
There have been ple♍nty of Normandy recreations by other Starfield players, but Reddit user stands out for being sleek and more accurate to the original design. Bizzle94588 also made a if you’re looking for a bit of Mass Effect nostalgia.
4 💎 UNSC Pelican By SteamingHotDataDump
The Halo series has some of the most iconic ship designs in gaming. From t𒁏he Forward Unto Dawn to High Charity, Halo’s ships are visually distinct and have a unique quality that makes them stand out fr🎀om other spaceships. However, the Pelican arguably places as the series’ most iconic ship in the franchise.
Reddit user SteamingHotDꦺataDump , complete with a visual build guide, and it looks impressive. All the Pelican’s key design features are present, from its wings to its engine placement. It’s rare to be able to fly a Pelican in Halo, but now you can fly one whenever you’d like in Starfield.
3 The Black Widow By SP7R 💧 ⛄
What’s scarier than a giant spaceship that could gun you down in an instant? Spiders. SP7R’s final spot on this list takes the form and name of one of the deadliest spiders in the world – the༺ black widow.
The is✤ a visually striking ship, featuring the iconic black and red of the deadly spider. It may be small, carrying only a crew of two and a cargo capacity of 340 kilograms, but for what it lacks in practicality, it makes up in uniqueness and excellent design.
2 The Aud𓂃acity By Amagical
Sometimes, you just need a bigger ship. One that shouts to your enemies that you mean ꩲbusiness. A ship that makes Crimson Fleet pirates flee in fear and makes House Va’Ruun zealots quiver as they enter a space battle with you knowing that they won’t come out alive. S൲ometimes, you need the Audacity.
is the product of Reddit user Amagical, and its design tests the limits of Starfield’s ship crea♛tion tool. It has all the amenities you could ask for, including practical items like workshops and luxury spaces like a VIP room. It also packs a punch, armed with a massive gauss cannon, a Helion beam array, and four railgun turrets. If you’re looking to create the ship for yourself, Amagical has made a to get you started.
1 Republic Crui🍸ser By DaMightyMilkMan
Starfield’s ship creation tool has plenty of parts that allow you to remake other spaceships from iconic franchises such as Star Trek or Mass Effect, but those ships never quite look the same. These player-created ships can get close, but most of the time, they’re still not 100 percent there. However, this is not the case for Reddit user DaMightyMilkMan’s Republic Cruiser from𝄹 Star Wars.
, DaMightyMilkMan said that he had tওo use some tricks to pull it off, but he ended up creatin🐷g a near perfect replica of the Republic Cruiser from Star Wars. With a silhouette that is nearly identical to the version seen in Star Wars, DaMightyMilkMan’s ship is the most accurate recreation of any Star Wars ship thus far.