Starfield’s extensive Character Creation tool looks set to be Bethesda’s biggest, offering fans a plethora of sliders and choices to perfectly refine their look.
You can also pick from a range of diverse Background options and Traits that will dramatically shape how your adventure goes.
Below, we’ve listed absolutely every customization option available in Starfield’s Character Creation tool and the effects they give.
Starfield Character Creation Options
Starfield has 5 unique aspects of your character that you can customize. You can completely customize the following options in the Starfield Character Creation menu:
The Biometric ID section is a collection of 40 preset faces that you can choose from. These are designed by Bethesda and can then be further customized in the Face section.
All Body Types
There are multiple aspects of your body that you can customize in Starfield. They are as follows:
- Body Type (2 Options)
- Walk Style (2 Options)
- Skin Tone
Additionally, this section also includes a body attribute slider that allows you to determine how thin, muscular, or heavy your character is.
By changing the position of the dot within the body attribute slider, you can make your character very muscular, thin, heavy, or somewhere in between.
All Face Customization Options
There are 25 different aspects of your face that you can customize in Starfield. Each one has multiple options, making for potentially thousands of combinations.
Here are all of the different customization options for your face:
- Skin Tone
- Head Shapes
- Hair
- Hair Color
- Facial Hair
- Facial Hair Color
- Eyes
- Eye Color
- Nose
- Ears
- Cheeks
- Mouth
- Teeth
- Jaw
- Chin
- Neck
- Jewelry
- Jewelry Color
- Dermaesthetic
- Complexion Color Temp
- Complexion Blemishes
- Scars
- Facial Forms 1
- Facial Forms 2
- Tattoos
Many of these can be further “refined,” allowing for a greater sense of agency and control over your character’s appearance.
For example, you can refine the width and shape of your jaw to make it as square or round as you’d like.
All Background Options
There are 21 Background options players can choose from to help flesh out their character. Each background comes with 3 corresponding skills.
Each of those skills comes with some flavor text that will give you an idea of what you can expect from it.
For example, the Wellness skill claims that a nutritious lifestyle could “improve [one’s] overall sense of health,” likely leading to an increase in HP.
Here are all of the available background options and the skills you get from picking them:
| Background | Skills |
| Beast Hunter | Fitness Ballistics Gastronomy |
| Bouncer | Boxing Security Fitness |
| Bounty Hunter | Piloting Targeting Control Systems Boost Pack Training |
| Chef | Gastronomy Dueling Scavenging |
| Combat Medic | Pistol Certification Medicine Wellness |
| Cyber Runner | Stealth Security Theft |
| Cyberneticist | Medicine Security Lasers |
| Diplomat | Persuasion Commerce Wellness |
| Explorer | Lasers Astrodynamics Surveying |
| Gangster | Shotgun Certification Boxing Theft |
| Homesteader | Geology Surveying Weight Lifting |
| Industrialist | Persuasion Security Research Methods |
| Long Hauler | Weight Lifting Piloting Ballistic Weapon Systems |
| Pilgrim | Scavenging Surveying Gastronomy |
| Professor | Astrodynamics Geology Research Methods |
| Ronin | Dueling Stealth Scavenging |
| Sculptor | Medicine Geology Persuasion |
| Soldier | Fitness Ballistics Boost Pack Training |
| Space Scoundrel | Pistol Certification Piloting Persuasion |
| Xenobiologist | Lasers Surveying Fitness |
| [File Not Found] | Wellness Ballistics Piloting |
All Traits & Effects
You can pick 3 Traits in Starfield, each drastically altering how you will play the game or what content you can experience.
There are 17 different traits in Starfield, ranging from introducing exclusive new elements to boosting certain stats.
Here are all of the Traits in Starfield and their corresponding effects:
| Trait | Effect |
| Alien DNA | You volunteered for a controversial experiment that combines alien and human DNA. As a result, you start with increased health and oxygen, but healing and food items aren’t as effective. |
| Dream Home | You own a luxurious, customizable house on a peaceful planet! Unfortunately, it comes with a 125,000 credit mortgage with GalBank that has to be paid weekly. |
| Empath | You are deeply connected to the feelings of others. Performing actions your companion likes will result in a temporary increase in combat effectiveness. But, performing actions they don’t like will have the precise opposite effect. |
| Extrovert | You’re a people person. Exerting yourself uses less oxygen when adventuring with human companions, but more when adventuring alone. (Incompatible with Introvert) |
| Freestar Collective Settler | You gain access to special Freestar Collective dialogue options, and better rewards from some missions given by the faction. But, crime bounty towards other factions is greatly increased. (Incompatible with Neon Street Rat, United Colonies Native) |
| Hero Worshipped | You’ve earned the attention of an annoying “Adoring Fan” who will show up randomly and jabber at you incessantly. He’ll join your ship’s crew and give you gifts. |
| Introvert | You really need your alone time. Exerting yourself uses less oxygen when adventuring alone, but more when adventuring with human companions. |
| Kid Stuff | Your parents are alive and well, and you can visit them at their home. But you will automatically send 2% of your credits home to them every week. |
| Neon Street Rat | You grew up on the mean streets of Neon. You gain access to special dialogue options, and better rewards from some missions on Neon. Crime bounty by other factions is greatly increased. (Incompatible with Freestar Collective Settler and United Colonies Native) |
| Raised Enlightened | You grew up as a member of the Enlightened. You gain access to a special chest full of items in the House of the Enlightened in New Atlantis, but lose access to the Sanctum Universum chest. (Incompatible with Raised Universal and Serpent’s Embrace) |
| Raised Universal | You grew up as a member of the Sanctum Universum. You gain access to a special chest full of items in the Sanctum Universum in New Atlantis, but lose access to the House of the Enlightened chest. (Incompatible with Raised Enlightened and Serpent’s Embrace) |
| Serpent’s Embrace | You grew up worshiping the Great Serpent. Grav jumping provides a temporary boost to health and oxygen, but health and oxygen are lowered if you don’t continue jumping regularly – like an addiction. (Incompatible with Raised Enlightened and Raised Universal) |
| Spaced | Your body has become acclimated to space. Health and oxygen are increased when in space, but decreased when on the surface. (Incompatible with Terra Firma) |
| Taskmaster | Occasionally, if you have crew trained in a certain ship system, that system will automatically repair itself to full health whenever it is damaged below 50%. However, all crew cost twice as much to hire. |
| Terra Firma | You’ve never acclimated to space. Health and oxygen are increased when on the surface, but decreased when you’re in space. (Incompatible with Spaced) |
| United Colonies Native | You gain access to special United Colonies dialogue options, and better rewards from some missions given by the faction. However, crime bounty by other factions is greatly increased. (Incompatible with Freestar Collective Settler and Neon Street Rat) |
| Wanted | Someone put a price on your head, and the word has spread. Occasionally, armed mercenaries will show up and try to kill you, but being cornered gives you the edge – when your health is low, you do extra damage. |
