Starfield mods wish-list – add-ons we’re most excited to see

Starfield mods are going to be one of the most exciting things about the game. Skyrim’s lifespan has long since been expanded since its 2011 release thanks to the fantastic modding community that Bethesda have consistently empowered. We expect no different from their deep space exploration game.

While it might not happen on the Starfield release date, the game’s executive producer, Todd Howard, said in a podcast that Starfield is going to become a “modder’s paradise”, certainly giving hopes that the game’s mods are going to be a garden of Eden.

Here’s a few of the Starfield mods that we’d most like to see in-game.

Starfield mods we’re dying to see

Ultimate Starfield

One of Skyrim’s best mods – Ultimate Skyrim – was a massive overhaul to the role-playing elements of the game, while also implementing in new features and gameplay mechanics. Alongside that, combat was also overhauled, which was one of my own personal grips with the game.

One of the best things about Ultimate Skyrim was that it was multiple mods packaged into one, making installation incredibly fluid and easy.

Land Vehicles

It was recently announced that Starfield won’t have land vehicles, which was a huge disappointment for many prospective explorers. While Skyrim had the horse, and Fallout 4 had a terrible motorcycle mod, Bethesda RPGs are not well-known for their vehicles. So since Starfield is a space exploration game, and while there is no shortage of ships and deep-space exploration vehicles in the game, the lack of land vehicles makes sense.

However, modders are modders, and they don’t play by the rules of what makes sense or what doesn’t. See, for example, the ridiculous Street Fighter 6 mods which were uncovering Juri’s feet…

The modding community will certainly try to implement land vehicles into Starfield, and while it will require a mountain of development time, we’re still excited to see what can be done.

Skyrim in Starfield

The Skyrim map is one of the most memorable and enjoyable video game worlds in recent history. If not, the most memorable and enjoyable. As a novelty, we would love to see Skyrim’s map injected into the game. While it wouldn’t need the same interactivity as the original, the nostalgia of exploring Windhelm or Winterhold equipped with a Particle Beam Rifle would certainly sit well with us.

With 90% of the game’s planets being devoid of life, sacrificing one of these for an explorable Skyrim, or even Tamriel, would be very worth it.

Pop-culture ships arriving in Starfield

We can almost guarantee that some of the most fun mods are going to bring fan-favourite pop-culture ships to Starfield.

Here’s a few we’re looking forward to seeing:

• Millennium Falcon (Star Wars)
• USS Enterprise (Star Trek)
• Harkonnen Ships (Dune)
• The Rocinante (The Expanse)
• Heptapods ships (Arrival)
• USCSS Nostromo (Alien)
• Derelict LV-426 (Alien)
• Zetan Ship (Fallout)
• SCV-70 White Base (Mobile Suit Gundam)
• The Bebop (Cowboy Bebop)

We’re going to be keeping an eye out for the latest mods released after Starfield is released, so make sure to check back in with us periodically. In the meantime, you might be interested in learning about if you’re going to need an SSD for Starfield to store all of your mods, or if you’re going to be able to play it on PS5 and PS4, which is becoming especially relevant with the Microsoft / Activision merger, as Bethesda have Microsoft as their parent organisation.

Will Starfield have mods?

Starfield will almost certainly have mods, especially considering Todd Howard’s comments linked above. In fact, Howard even said he’d want to make it possible for modders to make careers out of their efforts, which illuminates the possibility of Starfield mods even more.

Like Skyrim and Fallout 4, the modding scene of Bethesda games is expected to be fantastic, and we’re going to assume that Starfield will have mods.