Earn your stripes as a bounty hunter in 's least organized, and thus most freeing, 'faction'. As a bounty hunter, you play largely by your own rules, and for the most part you're doing the Settled Systems a solid ꦡservice.
As you might expect, the line between good and evil tends to blur, but so long as you can sleep at night, you should be happy with the, well, bountiful credits. Read🍸 on to find out where you can accept bounties, as well as an overview of what to anticipate along the way.
Updated on September 29, 2023: We've included a video guide on the bounty-hunting process to really help you catch some space criminals!
Find Mission Terminals
If you want to go on bounty hunts, you need to find Mission Terminals. Perhaps the biggest surprise here is that you don't need to interact with Trackers Alliance Terminals, despite the fact that you're essentially joining up with the Trackers Alliance (as much as one j✅oins up in bounty-hunting👍, anyway).
There's a Mission Board to your left on your way past the security checkpoint in New Atlantis, but we recommend you wait until you reach Cydonia early in the main quest before checking into all this. Starfield drops a ton of gameplay mechanics in your direction early on, and Cydonia even has a woman with the Trackers Alliance to your left on your way in. She'll not only tell you all about bounty hunts, but even offers a quest that'll be missed if you don't engage with her.
She'll also point you to the nearest Mission Board, which is just outside the Broken Spear bar. Look for the twin kiosks near the entrance, interact w꧂ith the Mission Board, and you're r𒈔eady to begin.
What To Expect From Bounty Hunting
If you can see the screenshot above, you'll know what the Mission Board interaction UI is like. If you can't, here's the gist - you'll see Mission Names and Rewards. When you hover over one, you'll get details on what exactly the mission entails. Note that bounty hunts are merely one of several different mission types, including cargo and survey opportunities.
Our personal favorites are the bounties involving destroying ships, rather than killing individuals down on planetary surfaces. Ship bounties are generally faster, since you simply fly into orbit at the appropriate spot, target the craft, and blow it to smithereens. Just be sure you don't get blown up in the process - ship combat can be difficult in the Frontier, and without skill ranks and good crew. Once you've got a good ship, as well as the ski🐼✅lls to back it up? Easy stuff.
If you're aiming for someone on a world, you may need to do some considerable legwork to reach your destination, though it's not unlike typical planetary exploration. On the plus side, you'll probably get plenty additional credits while you're out putting down your foes.
As an aside, if you have the 'Wanted' trait, and you want to get rid of it, speak with the Trackers Alliance representive we mentioned at Cydo♏nia - or find another rep someplace else - and agree to pay a ▨3,000-credit fine!
