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The Gangster background is one of the game’s most exciting and action-packed classes. Gangsters are go-getters who are not afraid to cross a few people or drop a few bodies to get whatever they want. In a nutshell, the universe is yours for the taking—well, if you can.
However, being a gangster in Starfield is dangerous, and your character must be properly equipped to survive and thrive. This entails equipping your character with the best gangster build to make your character tough and ruthless. Without wasting more time, here is a quick guide on the best Gangster build in Starfield to help you get started.
Best Skills for Gangster Build
A Gangster build comes with three starting skills: Theft, Boxing, and Shotgun certification. Theft enables you to pickpocket NPCs and weapons at Rank 4, giving you more “free” resources to work with. Boxing enables you to do more damage when engaging in unarmed attacks while reducing oxygen consumption. Finally, Shotgun Certification enables you to do more damage using shotguns and stun enemies at rank 4. However, acquiring more skills can make you a more formidable gangster.
Health is a big concern for a gangster, considering all of the dangerous encounters awaiting you. The best skills for your health are Wellness, Nutrition, Decontamination, Cellular Generation, and Rejuvenation. Wellness increases your total health by 40%, while rejuvenation enables you to regenerate your health while outside combat. The other skills help by boosting strength gained from foods and drinks and enabling you to heal from physical injuries and infections.
Combat readiness and physical fitness are also vital for a gangster in Starfield, and several skills can help make you tougher and more ruthless. For example, Weight Lifting and Fitness skills make you stronger, faster, and reduce your oxygen consumption. Gymnastics skills also increase your mobility in Zero-G and your flexibility for making more complex combat moves, such as a combat slide. Additionally, Martial Arts skills increase your unarmed combat techniques, while Stealth increases the damage you can do using suppressed weapons and makes you harder to detect.
Best Traits for Gangster Build
12 traits exist for your Gangster build in Starfield. They are grouped into four tiers, including S Tier, A Tier, B Tier, and C Tier. S Tier and A Tier traits are the most useful and valuable, while B Tier traits only help in certain situations. You can do without C Tier traits, especially considering that you need extra trait slots to use them. It is also worth noting that each trait has advantages and disadvantages.
Faction Traits and Alien DNA are the most useful traits. Faction Traits increase your dialogue options, improve your rewards, and boost the bounty against other factions, but you cannot join other factions. Alien DNA increases your health and oxygen but also reduces the healing item’s efficiency. Spaced and Terra Firma traits also boost your health and oxygen. However, they are incompatible, and you can only choose one – we recommend Terra Firma for playing on the surface and Spaced for playing in space.
Empath is a useful trait if you have companions. It increases or reduces your combat efficiency, depending on whether or not your companions like your actions. You should consider getting the Wanted trait if you are looking for more action, as it enables mercenaries to hunt you down randomly.
Finally, the Kid Stuff trait also helps because you can receive cool gifts from your parents (such as a spaceship), but you must pay them 2% of your weekly credits. Speaking of spaceships, the Taskmaster trait automatically repairs any damage to your ship.
Best Weapons for Gangster Build
What good is a Starfield Gangster without weapons, right? Fortunately, you can collect many different weapons, and some are more lethal than others. It is also worth noting that weapons are categorized according to three tiers (S, A, and B), and you must possess certain traits to get some of the weapons.
Unmitigated Violence is one of the best weapons for your gangster build. It can cause two-fold damage to healthy enemies and features two crowd-control effects for dealing with multiple enemies. The Revenant is another formidable weapon, considering that it can apply bleeding and has a high firing rate, magazine capacity, and damage efficiency. It also has a light mass, making it easier to carry. Magshear features target-tracking capabilities in addition to high firing rates and damage efficiency. Interestingly, all three weapons are categorized as end-game S Tier weapons.
You also need weapons for your early game, so consider getting Boom Boom and The Prime. The Prime is especially powerful because it can randomly cause different types of damage, including corrosion, poison, radiation, and incendiary damage. However, it is a single-shot pistol and only ideal for sneak attacks. Boom Boom has random explosive rounds and high output and firing rates.
Best Armor for Gangster Build
Gangsters need strong armor to safely get them through the dangers lurking throughout the game. Different armor sets offer diverse features, including varying protection against damage. Some armor sets also increase your combat readiness and weapon efficiency. You can access the different armor sets by buying, stealing, or completing certain milestones.
The Shocktroop Spacesuit Set offers enough damage reduction and environmental resistance to get you through the early game. However, the Mantis Spacesuit Set is much better because its environmental resistance and damage reduction capabilities are high enough to last you throughout the game.
Some armor sets also offer more features besides protection. For example, the Peacemaker Spacesuit Set deals additional damage when using rifles, in addition to protection. Additionally, the UC Antixeno Set makes fighting alien creatures easier and safer. Finally, the Strike Apparel Set can complement your spacesuit’s EM reduction and energy features, in addition to making you look good.
