Starfield Powers Guide - Full List of All Powers

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Despite being taking place in a relatively grounded sci-fi universe, Starfield features a sort of spellcasting, in the form of Starborn powers. In the fifth mission of Starfield’s main story, you gain access to your first power, and you can do optional missions that allow you to unlock up to 25 total powers. Below, you can see a list of all the powers available in Starfield:

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	Skill Name	Category	Rank
	Kansas City – Fallout Tactics Mission
	Toxic Caves
	Alpha Protocol Ammunition
	Walkthrough – Mass Effect
	Intai’sei Solarium – Mass Effect
	Pinnacle Station Command Center – Mass Effect
	Asteroid X57 Main Facility – Mass Effect
	Asteroid X57 – Mass Effect
	Xawin – Mass Effect
	Unidentified Facility – Mass Effect
	Tuntau – Mass Effect
	Trebin – Mass Effect
	Solcrum – Mass Effect
	Sharjila – Mass Effect
	Rayingri – Mass Effect

How to Unlock Powers

By following the main storyline, you’ll eventually begin the mission Into the Unknown. At the end of this mission, you visit a temple that grants you your first power, Anti-Gravity Field.

Subsequent powers will also be gained in temples. To unlock these missions, you’ll need to visit Vladimir on The Eye, which is the Constellation space station that orbits Jemison in the Alpha Centauri system. Ask him about the location of Artifact Temples, and he should give you a new Power From Beyond quest.

If he doesn’t have any new temple locations for you, this means you need to first collect more artifacts. Continue the main quest — which focuses on collecting said artifacts — and after you get another one, check back in with Vladimir.

How to Equip Powers

Powers can be accessed by pressing computer key k t , or by going into the data menu ( computer key tab t / button xbox pause ) and then selecting the Powers sections in the center-top of the menu with / button xbox a v2 /.

powers menu location starfield starborn — Your currently equipped power is displayed on the data menu

You’ll be taken to the Powers menu. From here, you can equip a power by selecting it and pressing / button xbox a v2 /. You may also want to add some of your powers to your quickbar, which you can do by pressing computer key b t / button xbox y v2 / while you have a power selected.

powers menu starfield selection — Pressing the “toggle power names” button can make it easier to find what you’re looking for

How to Use Powers

Once you have a power equipped, you can use it by pressing computer key z t / button xbox leftbumper + button xbox rightbumper . Hitting both bumpers at the same time can be tricky, so you may want to remap this in the Settings –> Bindings menu if you plan on using powers a lot in combat.

You need a certain amount of energy to use powers — you can see the cost of each power by selecting it in the powers menu, along with your total available energy. Your energy is represented by a blue bar below your health.

Quantum Essence

Speaking of power energy, Quantum Essence is a consumable that can be accessed from the Powers menu. Once you’ve collected some, you’ll see a button in the bottom left marked “Use Quantum Essence (X)”, where X is the total number of Quantum Essence you have available. Pressing the indicated button ( computer key r t / button xbox x v2 / by default) will consume one Quantum Essence.

Using a Quantum Essence will cause your power regeneration speed to increase for 60 seconds — you can track the presence of this buff by going into 3rd person and seeing if you have the golden swirls around your character — these indicate the Quantum Essence is active.

quantum essence effect third person starfield

How to Get Quantum Essence

So far, the only source for quantum essence we’ve found is the Starborn enemies. These enemies attack you at the end of the Further Into the Unknown, when you reach the artifact. They’ll continue to confront you at subsequent artifact locations.

Upgrading Your Powers

After completing the game’s final mission, One Giant Leap, and entering New Game+, you’ll be able to do the Power from Beyond missions once again; any time you do the “puzzle” at a temple that gives a power you already have, you’ll instead receive an upgrade version of that power.