“Can’t believe the game doesn’t tell you that”: Little Known Starfield Tip Will Make Interplanetary Travel So Much Easier

Starfield has a subtle mechanic that makes the lives of players way better.

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SUMMARY

  • Starfield, a title released in 2023, received an underwhelming response.
  • The game has a subtle feature that makes players' lives easier.
  • The feature allows you to see the names of all the stars on the map.
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Starfield’s run so far has been interesting to observe, especially bearing in mind how it has failed to deliver a long-lasting impact on the gaming community despite being one of the most worked-on Bethesda titles ever.

One of the reasons for the above might as well be that the game fails to deliver an impactful experience to gamers, which includes but is not limited to, useful features that have gone unnoticed by players. This includes a small tip that would have made travel between different planets much easier for players.

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Starfield Tips – Travel Has Never Been Easier

A promotional image for Starfield
This one Starfield tip will make your intergalactic travel easier | Image Credit: Bethesda Game Studios

Being the intergalactic space exploring game it is, Starfield allows its players to travel between many different planets spread across space. However, time and time again players have expressed how the interface for selecting the stars to travel might be just a bit too complicated to their liking.

Fortunately, it turns out a feature existed in the game all this while that helps make the lives of these players easier. As pointed out by a user in the game’s Reddit forum, holding down the ALT key on your keyboard (RB on a controller) will actually display all the star names on the map, a sneaky mechanic that every player will be grateful for.

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Can’t believe the game doesn’t tell you that !!! Hold ALT in the star map to display all the star names !
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Other users in the comments have also pointed out how this is a change that was introduced fairly recently and is something that the player base has been asking for as a basic quality-of-life improvement ever since its release.

How Starfield Might Be Headed Towards a Comeback

An in-game screenshot of Starfield.
Starfield needs to give players more incentive to explore | Image Credit: Bethesda Game Studios

Starfield’s reception within the world of gaming was underwhelming, to say the least. Luckily, its journey does not seem to be over yet, considering how the studio is working in full force to introduce the Shattered Space DLC in the near future.

An expansion to the game that not only brings extra cosmetics but extra content overall is something that would be appreciated by the fans, especially the ones who have still held faith in the game and hope the studio will be able to take Starfield to a peak it has never reached before.

To help with the same, it is also rumored that the creators of the game might already be gearing up to develop the second DLC. It arises from the fact that the studio recently patented the name “Starborn“, an already existing group in the 2023 title.

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Aaditya Chugh

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Aaditya Chugh is a Gaming Content Writer at FandomWire. With a passion for everything gaming, he's the one you turn to for the latest insights and reviews straight from the industry. Whether he's diving into timeless classics like the first ever Doom or staying up-to-date with the newest releases like Helldivers 2 and Stellar Blade, he provides whatever you might need to stay in the loop.