How to holster your weapon and surrender in Starfield

The following are some of the ways to get in touch with us StarfieldYou may start an accidental firefight with the authorities but can prevent it by How to holster your weapon, as long as your bounty isn’t too high.

If you’ve committed a small crime like stealing, authorities will approach you and start the arrest prompt automatically. You don’t need to holster your weapon to get this prompt.

What to do if you want to surrender your firearm?

To use the PC keyboard, press R.Put down your weapons Xbox: Hold down X. After you’ve done this, you should be approached by a nearby officer, and they’ll start the usual arrest prompt. You can also try to talk with them if they don’t respond. It only works when you hit someone accidentally once but didn’t kill them.

However, if you’ve killed an NPC, it’s over for you. You’ll need to kill the officers, be killed, or reload a save. We tested this on New Atlantis and there was no way to get out of the situation that we could find, as we couldn’t even make it back to our ship, since people were attacking us. If your bounty gets this high with, say, the United Colonies, you’ll get attacked on sight when you re-enter United Colonies territory — whether you’re in space or on land — and are spotted.

Once the authorities talk to you, they’ll give you the usual options between paying a bounty, serving time, or fighting. Obviously since you’re surrendering, you should not take the last option.