Bethesda have released the Free Lanes update to Starfield which coincides with the release of the game on PlayStation 5. Here are the full patch notes!
Update Notes
Features
- Free Lanes: The player can now use cruise mode to travel in open space or to POI locations between planets inside a star system.
- Added X-Tech crafting support to Weapons and Armor. This allows players to further customize the legendary effects on their equipment.
- Added Additional Quality Tiers to weapons and suits.
- Added Rank 4 Legendary effects for weapons and suits.
- Added Upgrade modules. These can be installed to improve one attribute of a weapon or Suit.
- Added New weapon skins that can be applied to select weapons at a workbench.
- Added a buildable ship optimization terminal. The player can spend X-Tech to improve several attributes of their ship.
- Added Ship Equipment schematics. This new equipment can be added in the ship builder after it is discovered.
- Added Legendary Enemy Modifiers. Legendary enemies can now appear with new modifiers that make them more challenging.
- Added Legendary Enemy Modifiers settings into Gameplay Options, so players can adjust when they start appearing.
- Added Quantum Entanglement Device. This gives players the ability to transfer some items when they choose to go through the Unity.
- Starborn Powers can now be upgraded with Quantum Essence.
- Quantum Essence can now be added to the Favorites menu to for quick access.
- Starborn ships now reward the player with Quantum Essence when destroyed.
- Added the Database menu which allows for better location, resource, and recipe tracking based on character’s knowledge of the Settled Systems.
- Added Outpost Quality of life improvements such as a Shared Outpost Container (allowing players to house and access inventory from various outpost locations), Production Rate information, and a more precise placement mode.
- New vehicle: Moon Jumper.
- Added new Player House – “Château des Étoiles”.
- Added Colony Wars Action Heroes which provide benefits when found.
- Added Colony War Action Heroes display cases as buildable objects.
- Muria Siarkiewicz is now available to join player crew.
- Added an additional 3rd person Ship Camera distance that allows more of the ship to be visible.
- Added Always Show Landing Camera setting for those who want to see their ship land at known locations.
- Added Anchorpoint Station, a new POI that can be found in the Algorab system.
- Added New Dungeons, Space Encounters, and Points of Interest throughout the game.
- Adjusted the distribution and cooldown timers for placement of points of interest on Planets.
- Added additional photomode poses for the Rev-8.
- Terran Armada DLC Now Available.
General
- Steam – Disabled DLC will no longer re-install when launching the game.
- General crash and stability fixes.
Gameplay
- Improved loot found in containers with Expert and Master level locks.
- Reactive Equipment – Resolved an issue with the sound effects for the Reactive legendary effect.
- Addressed an issue that could cause NPCs to calculate weapon damage inconsistently.
- Fixed an issue with CombaTech magazine accuracy bonuses not applying consistently.
- The player can now jump while reloading the XM-2311, Old Earth Pistol, and Livingstone’s Pistol.
- Bounty targets in cities should now be properly interactable.
- Resolved an issue that could potentially cause non-combat background music to no longer play.
- Photo Mode – Addressed an issue that could cause issues when entering photomode while also entering an interior.
- Photo Mode – Addressed an issue that could cause the player’s right foot to display awkwardly.
Quests
- Friends Like These – Players should now be able to return the Terrormorph data at the end of the quest.
- Guilty Parties – Addressed an issue where this quest could possibly not start after completing “Background Checks”.
- Missed Beyond Measure – Addressed an issue that could cause the player to be locked with an invalid companion.
- One Giant Leap – The player’s helmet should now be visible.
- Refurbished Goods – All weapons required by the quest should now be able to be found.
- Refurbished Goods – Turning in this quest will no longer take incorrect items from the player’s inventory.
- The Hammer Falls – Addressed an issue that could cause the player to not receive the Star Eagle ship upon completion.
- Two Tales, Two Cities – Addressed a situation where the player could potentially be control locked if choosing to arrest Tahir.
Locations
- Resolved an issue that could cause some beds in Akila City to not grant Rested Bonus as intended.
- Characters should now correctly sit in chairs in the Explorer’s Refuge.
UI
- Improved and issue that could make Weapons Workbenches difficult to place in houses or ships.
- Added visual improvements to the Ship Repair UI.
- Ship Builder – Addressed an issue that could prevent unique or stolen ships from being renamed.
- Ship Builder – Resolved an issue that could cause a duplicate model of a ship to persist on the landing pad after modifying it.
- Ship Builder – Hopetech All-In-One Berth 2×2 furnished version is now accessible in game.
- Ship Builder – Improvements to UI in Large Font Mode.
- Outpost – Improvements to UI in Large Font mode.
- Players can now use the escape key to back out of renaming an item in a workbench. (PC)
- Fixed a typo with the Scan Jammer’s description.
Shattered Space
- The Oracle has updated music.
Creations
- A Perfect Recipe: Resolved an issue that could prevent the Ashta from spawning.
- Updated the description for Plushie Andreja.
- At Hell’s Gate: Plushies can now be placed in Plushie cases.
- The “Plushie Case – Mount” can now be placed closer to the “Plushie Case – Stackable” variant.
- Allied Winter Camo Skins will now show up on the Creation menu when installed.
Source: Bethesda
