In this guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know for how to assign crew to an outpost while playing Starfield.
As an explorer of space, you will eventually assemble and assign crew members to your ship as well as outposts scattered across star systems.
How to Assign Crew to an Outpost in Starfield
First, settle on a planet that is habitable. While on the planet’s surface, press LB (Xbox) or F (PC) to open your scanner. Then, press X (Xbox) or R (PC) to place an Outpost Beacon. You can split your crew across multiple outposts, so don’t put everyone in one place.
Once you establish an outpost, you must construct and place down a crew station. Building a crew station costs:
- 2x Iron
- 5x Aluminum
- 3x Nickel
After a crew station has been placed, simply open the Ship window in the bottom left corner of the menu, then press Y (Xbox) or C (PC) to open the Crew window.
From here, simply select the crew members you wish to assign to the outpost with the A button, which will open another menu showing all available outposts. Once your outpost has a crew station, you will be able to station members to it.
Assigning more crew to an outpost requires additional crew stations. In addition, you need to upgrade a skill in the Expert Social tree called Outpost Management to at least rank 3.
Starfield is an action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and initially released worldwide in 2023 for PC and Xbox Series X|S.