How to smuggle and sell contraband in Starfield

The following are some of the ways to get in touch with us StarfieldYou might have illegal items. contrabandYour ship will be scanned by local authorities before you land. Before you land, authorities will scan your ship once you’ve reached a patrolled zone, such as New Atlantis, or Neon. If you’re caught with contraband, you’ll get arrested.

Labels on contraband products include This small yellow sticker is a great way to mark your items.As with stolen property, red paint is used to mark the item. As not all planets have patrolled zones, you are free to take contraband anywhere. You can also drop your contraband off at the house you own on Nesoi if it’s part of the Dream Home trait. (That’s what we do!) But it’s also possible to sneak things in.

In normal circumstances, the scanners do not detect contraband.

Our guide explains how to smuggle contraband goods past the scanners and then, once you’re through, where to sell contraband.

Sell contraband in your area

The real reward for smuggling in contraband is not the rush of committing a crime. Starfield You get credits for selling the product.

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There are few places that will sell smuggled products. The majority of places will not deal in smuggled goods. Trade Authority doesn’t have any hangups about that and will happily take it off your hands — and, better yet, they usually have more money on hand than most other vendors.

You’ll find a yellow Trade Authority kiosk at almost every settlement with a spaceport. Full Trade Authority storefronts are a little rarer, but you’ll find one in Cydonia MarsIn the Sol system, and one that is big and flashy in Neon on Volii IIVolii is a system of telecommunications.

What happens when you are caught with contraband?

Ships will ask you to board if they scan you. You can always deny them and fight to the death, but similarly to fighting officers after being caught stealing, it’s not really worth it.

You will be able to take away your loot if you allow them on board.

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The choice is yours. You can either pay a fine to have the contraband removed, or serve prison time while losing XP. One canister of Aurora got us put in the slammer for seven days and we lost 1,000 XP for it, similar to what happens when you’re caught with a bounty.

What to do if you are caught smuggling contraband?

You can become a smuggler if you want to. Deception skillThis is the skill in the tree of social skills that falls under the second tier. It’ll make your ship less susceptible to contraband scans, decreasing your risk of being caught by 10% at rank one and up to 50% at rank four.

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It is also possible to use Upgrading your ship to bypass scanners, but you’ll have to Keep your contraband hidden in a safe place Cargo holdNot your InventoryThis is what you need to do. Cargo Holds like the “100CM Ballast Shielded Cargo Hold” give you 160 mass of shielded cargo space. You can purchase a Scan jammerThis increases the chance that you will evade cargo ship scanning by a certain percentage.

The more contraband you have, the higher chance you’ll have of getting caught, even with the shielded cargo, so beware of trying to take too much into one of these guarded areas.

How to upgrade your ship for smuggling

We found a spaceport that will. Lon Andersssen on Porrima III in the Red Mile The Porrima System is located east of Alpha Centauri.

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With no perks, the “Scan Jammer – Single-Frequency” cost us 2,940 credits and adding a “Caravel V101 Shielded Cargo Hold” cost 2,548 credits. It does not take into account the costs of adding engines to the aircraft and other upgrades that are necessary for the extra weight. The two upgrades allow us to sneak in a can of Aurora Neon, with a chance of 65%.