Starfield – How to Unlock Planet Traits

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In this guide, you will learn how to unlock Planet Traits while playing Starfield.

This universe has many undiscovered and unknown mysteries. You have the opportunity to explore the vast swath of planets with unique characteristics and features.

How to Discover and Unlock Planet Traits in Starfield

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Planet Traits requires you to first visit the planet. Once on it, walk around and look for something that looks unique or abnormal.

These are anything from strange flora to fauna lifeforms. After you have discovered something, use your Scanner to analyze it. Press F on your keyboard or LB on the Controller to get the Scanner. You can move while holding the Scanner.

After landing on something unexplored, you will see “Unexplored Biological Feature“, “Unexplored Geology Feature“, “Unexplored Ecological Feature“, or something similar. Press E to Scan and add the trait in planet details.

A planet typically has 0-3 traits. Several traits are visible in the planet’s details. However, they have question marks on them before discovering them. The best way to uncover traits is by exploring the various sides of the planet. Consider going north and south to look at different biomes.

This is how you can explore, discover, and unlock planet traits while playing Starfield.


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.

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