Space travel is the essence of Starfield, and with the Frontier you’ll be able to take to the stars for the first time. This starting ship is capable of taking you through all of the star systems in the game, but as you travel to farther systems, you will probably need to upgrade your ship.
This is where shipyards come in. These upgrade stations allow you to enhance your ship or just buy a better class of vessel if need be.
There are plenty of shipyards belonging to different corporations spread out across all the star systems, and each provides a myriad of benefits and parts—some of which can only be found in one place.
All Ship Manufacturers in Starfield
There are a total of 19 different ship manufacturers in Starfield, each specializing in different aspects of a spacefaring vessel. Every shipyard in the game is owned by one of these manufacturers, with each specializing in a particular part.
Each manufacturer provides their services across several shipyards. These shipyards can be classified as either the Ship Service buildings on the ground level or Staryards that float in space. Depending on your proximity to these shipyards, you can either choose to land and upgrade your ship or make a quick pit stop in space to get what you need.
- Amun Dunn: Reactors
- Ballistic Solutions Inc: Ballistic Weapons, Fuel Tanks
- Deimos: Ballistic Weapons, Starships
- Deep Core: Cargo Holds, Grav Drives
- Dogstar: Cargo Holds, Reactors
- Horizon Defense: Ballistic Weapons, Energy Weapons
- HopeTech: Structural Ship Parts
- Light Scythe: Energy Weapons
- Nautilus: Fuel Tanks, Shields
- Nova Galactic: Grav Drives, Landing Gear
- Panoptes: Engines
- Protectorate Systems: Cargo Holds
- Reladyne: Engines, Grav Drives
- Sextant Shield Systems: Shielded Cargo
- Shinigami: Energy Weapons
- Slayton Aerospace: Grav Drives
- Stroud Eklund: Luxury Ships
- Taiyo Astroneering: Cockpits, Landing Gear
- Xiang: Reactors
Best Shipyards in Starfield
Each shipyard in Starfield has something different, but here are some of the best ones to visit:
- The New Atlantis shipyard
- It’s the first shipyard you’ll ever have access to, and it offers a great selection of pieces for your ship to help you get started on your spacefaring adventure.
- The Den
- While it doesn’t offer the coolest ship parts around, The Den is the most convenient shipyard thanks to the fact that it’s a staryard. This means you can zoom to the system, dock, and be on your way again fairly quickly. The fact that it’s also a premiere location for selling contraband helps too.
- The Key
- It’s definitely the location that takes the most work to get access to, but The Key is in Crimson Fleet territory. That means it sells some ship pieces that are harder to come by such as shielded cargo and scan jammers.
All Staryards in Starfield
There are six different Staryards in Starfield that are located in space. They are usually found orbiting a planet or planetary body and you can find them on the Starmap if you know where to look.
Deimos Staryard
You can find this staryard orbiting one of Mars’ moons, Deimos. The titular Staryard is one of the best early-game locations to upgrade your ship’s parts or buy a better one outright because of its stock of unique parts. There is also a mission board here in case you want to make some easy money early into the game.
The variety of ships might not be very high but rest assured, you will find quality ships here.
Where to find Deimos Staryard
- System: Sol
- Planet: Mars
- Moon: Deimos
- Chart a course for Deimos, and you’ll find the Deimos Staryard in orbit around the moon
Nova Galactic Staryard
If you’re planning on staying in the Sol system for longer, hit up what used to be planet Earth and make a quick stop at Luna, our moon. Out here, you should find what was once the most popular Staryard—only it is a shell of what it once was.
This place is also different from other Staryards because, just like Earth, it has been completely abandoned. You won’t find any sellers but you will be welcomed by pillaging Spacers, so be prepared for a fight. If you want Nova Galactic parts, you will get them in a different shipyard.
Where to find Nova Galactic Staryard
- System: Sol
- Planet: Earth
- Moon: Luna
- Chart a course for Earth’s moon, and you’ll find the Nova Galactic Staryard in its orbit
Stroud-Eklund Staryard
Heading to the Narion system will lead you to the planet Deepala. Orbiting around it is the moon Dalvik which is the site of the Stroud-Eklund staryard. This place is well known for its luxury line of ships and as such, their parts are more on the expensive side.
You can also acquire the side mission Overdesigned here which will entail dropping different resources here from time to time.
Where to find Stroud-Eklund Staryard
- System: Narion
- Planet: Deepala
- Moon: Dalvik
- Chart a course for planet Deepala’s moon Dalvik, and you’ll find the staryard in its orbit
Trident Luxury Lines Staryard
The Cheyenne system is the home to the planet Akila and its titular Akila City. Orbiting around is the Trident Luxury Lines staryard. Despite what the name suggests, there are not a lot of options here for ship parts that you can’t otherwise find elsewhere.
The main reason for visiting this place would be to pick up a variety of transporting missions that will net you some good early credits.
Where to find Trident Luxury Lines Staryard
- System: Cheyenne
- Planet: Akila
- Head to the planet Akila, and you’ll find the Trident Luxury Lines Staryard in its orbit
The Den
The Wolf Star system is a charming little early location featuring The Den, a staryard that provides a great selection of ships, ship parts, and quests to choose from. The Trade Authority also operates from this location and it is a great drop-off point for any contraband you might have before you grav jump right into a scan by a UC-affiliated vessel.
Where to find The Den Staryard
- System: Wolf
- Planet: Chthonia
- Enter the Wolf system and chart a course for the planet to Chthonia to find The Den in its orbit
The Key
The final staryard that you can find lies deep in the heart of the Crimson Fleet territory. Located in the Kryx system, orbiting around Suvorov, you will find The Key. It is one of the headquarters of the Crimson Fleet so unless you are on good terms with the faction, be prepared for a rough time even getting here. The parts you can get here are quite unique though, so it would be worth a trip.
Next, we tackle the remainder of the shipyards that are on the ground level of certain planets.
Where to find The Key Staryard
- System: Kryx
- Planet: Suvorov
- You’ll find The Key orbiting the planet Suvorov in the Kryx system
All Shipyard locations in Starfield
There are nine major shipyards on the ground that can provide you with everything you need while you land here. Most of the parts you acquire in these shipyards are similar to their staryard counterparts, so it’s only a matter of convenience wherever you decide to stop by.
Akila Shipyard
The Freestar Rangers conduct business from their home planet of Akila. The entire planet is quite dangerous, save for Akila City, and this is where you will find some of the best spacefaring vessels that the Freestar Rangers can provide.
They are a little on the pricey end though, so make sure you come here with some credits to spend. If not, you can always buy upgrades to your current ship.
Where to find the Akila Shipyard
- System: Cheyenne
- Planet: Akila
- Land in Akila City, and you’ll find the Akila shipyard by speaking with its Ship Technician in the small building just outside the city’s main gate.
Cydonia Shipyard
On your trip back to the Sol system, make a pit stop at Mars to peruse through everything Cydonia has to offer. This includes their shipyard which provides different options compared to its Deimos counterpart.
While Deimos specializes in powerful fighting ships, the Cydonia shipyard gives you better prices on individual parts. You can also find interesting quests and good crewmates here.
Where to find the Cydonia Shipyard
- System: Sol
- Planet: Mars
- Once you land on Mars at Cydonia, don’t enter the main building. Looking at the main entrance from your ship, head to the left to speak to the Ship Technician near the Ship Services building.
HopeTech Shipyard
The main base of HopeTech lies on Polvo in the Valo star system. Even though you can find other branches in far-off places like Titan in the Sol system, the main headquarters provide the best shipbuilding parts across their organization.
If you are in the market for great parts including unique cockpits, dockers, and landing gear, stop by Polvo and get yourself the best that your credits can buy.
Where to find HopeTech Shipyard
- System: Valo
- Planet: Polvo
- Once you’ve landed on Polvo, the HopeTech building can be easily spotted from where you land. Walking from your ship, head to the right side of the building to find a door that leads into the HopeTech lobby. Here you’ll be able to speak with the lobby’s receptionist to buy and modify ships.
Hopetown Shipyard
Also located on Polvo is Hopetown. Even though HopeTech takes care of most of your shipbuilding needs, the landing pad on Polvo has a Ship Technician nearby that offers some different parts and pieces. You will get some of the better internal ship parts such as engines and reactors when compared to what HopeTech provides you.
For best results, we recommend mixing and matching the best that both outlets have to offer you.
Where to find Hopetown Shipyard
- System: Valo
- Planet: Polvo
- Rather than entering the HopeTech building, the Hopetown shipyard is accssed by speaking with the Ship Technician near your parked ship at the landing pad
Neon Shipyard
The city of Neon is Volii Alpha’s magnum opus, a thriving hotspot with some of the best nightlife as well as ship parts. If you’re looking for variety in the ships you can buy, the shipyard at Neon will provide up to eight ships of different classes to choose from.
When you’re done buying, you can explore the city of Neon for its nightclubs and great potential recruits like Sophia Grace.
Where to find Neon Shipyard
- System: Volii
- Planet: Volii Alpha
- Once you’ve landed on Volii Alpha at the city of Neon, the Neon shipyard can be accessed by speaking to the Ship Technician near your parked ship.
New Atlantis Shipyard
The home of the UC Vanguard is also a great spot to repair and upgrade your Frontier. If you’re in the market for something more expensive, the United Colonies’ ships are quite sturdy and great in an aerial firefight.
The parts you get here are quite strong and work great with your Frontier if you’re looking for quick upgrades, instead of a new ship, after your early levels.
Where to find New Atlantis Shipyard
- System: Alpha Centauri
- Planet: Jemison
- Once you’ve landed in New Atlantis on the planet Jemison, speaking to the Ship Technician just outside of your parked ship will allow you to access the New Atlantis shipyard
New Homestead Shipyard
New Homestead is an improvement over Nova Galactic. The ship parts that were once produced in Nova Galactic before it got overrun are now taken over by the sellers in New Homestead. You can find New Homestead on Titan, a moon of Saturn orbiting in the Sol system. While you can’t land on the planet Saturn itself, Titan is a perfectly solid moon to land on.
New Homestead has quite a few potential recruits as well as a great selection of classic Nova Galactic ship parts. It can also be a great place to relax after your travels surveying the Sol system.
Where to find New Homestead Shipyard
- System: Sol
- Planet: Saturn
- Moon: Titan
- Once you’ve landed at New Homestead on Saturn’s moon Titan, you’ll be able to access the New Homestead shipyard by speaking with the Ship Technician just outside your ship
Paradiso Shipyard
The luxury resort Paradiso, located on the planet Porrima II in the Porrima system, is not only the perfect place for a weekend getaway but also for ship customization.
You might end up here for various reasons, such as marriage to a companion or just via exploration, but once you do, stop by the shipyard for your choice of great ships, albeit a little on the expensive end, and ship parts.
Where to find Paradiso Shipyard
- System: Porrima
- Planet: Porrima II
- Once you’ve landed at the luxury resort Paradiso on Porrima II, you’ll be able to access the Paradiso shipyard by speaking with the Ship Technician near your parked ship
Stroud-Eklund Showroom
The final shipyard on this list takes us back to the Stroud-Eklund corporation and their showroom located on Volii Alpha in the city of Neon.
While Neon has its own shipyard, if you’re looking for something more aesthetically pleasing, Stroud-Eklund will serve you better. Their luxury line of ships and ship parts will provide you with gorgeous-looking cockpits, dockers, and landing gear. Bring all the credits in the world, however, as these ships are pricey, to say the least.
Where to find Stroud-Eklund Showroom
- System: Volii
- Planet: Volii Alpha
- Once you’re walking down the streets of Neon Core, you’ll find the Stroud-Eklund Showroom sandwiched between the stores Sieghart’s Outfitters and The Emporium
