Captains! I forgot to mention: If you haven't built the Vulcan and would prefer to just build the Krakatoa from the start, you can now skip the part gathering phases thanks to the Darkstar Astrodynamics mod. You'll still need to follow the requirements of the Vulcan build, but you can save some credits by completing your entire build at the DarkStar Terminus. Vulcan build start point: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P8gZuCWZAho.htmlsi=VaWzwBoCm1i2FpwP&t=1075 Once you have that built, without leaving the builder, come back to the start of this build and make the changes that I made. XBOX PLAYERS: There does not appear to be a mod available to you that lets you increase equipped weapons. Instead, use the same weapons as the Omen (6x Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojectors, 3x Exterminator 95MeV Auto Helion Beams, and 6x Vanguard Hellfire Autocannons) and instead of using DarkStar's class B shield, use the class C shield that requires 12 power. Doing this will allow you to fully power your 5 primary systems completely, and whatever you have leftover from crew and skills can just be dedicated to your grav drive. I know your offensive capability will be slightly reduced, but at least you can trade that for extra defense. Why do I use those weapons? Very useful complete weapon performance spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dud8L8FQwQ8IpsJnjFyE4vgoQm1wrlHRVtoyY8L8bR4/edit?gid=1282393#gid=1282393 Thanks for watching!
thanks for the advice and yes we Xbox players don't have the same luck as PC players when it comes to modding stuff, but thanks to you we can get closer to this goal
i think we have most of the mods required for this build on xbox. the max weapon count is 18 with a new mod so it should be fine. I'm about to start building this and I'm exited to do so 😃
You’re right, other than the weapon limit mod I’m using, there are equivalent mods on Xbox for everything else. Also you can just run the class C darkstar shield for some extra defense to make up for the reduced weapon count.
@@WizeOldWizard I just got done with the Vulcan it’s amazing!! ❤️ The weapon limit is pretty easy to get around, there are a few other mods I use that add stronger weapons. I just have to do a bit of math to check which one is best in terms of dmg/fire rate As for the class c darkstar shield… I have a mod that lets you add a shield that counts as a structural piece. It adds 1400 shield on its own and is stackable so no worries on that end
Wizard new video:-) Just wached the intro.. Will save rest for tomorrow.. First modded build...Cant wait to see .. Just seen mod today, that lets you pick where to put ladders and doors.. Will make building soo mutch better... Ship looks great , cant wait to see how you build it..
There are (currently) two items not available at the Terminus: the vanilla Comspike and Conduction Grid which you can get on the Key. I assume this is the case because the Dark Star mod can't know if you have access to the Key or not. It makes sense that if you don't have that access, you should not be able to get them via the Terminus either. So that is one extra shopping stop before you start building. But still an enormous improvement over having to shop all over the galaxy as before. 🙂 I finally built this monster today based on the Vulcan, it just took some time to get the different mods into the right loading order so that it could work.
It honestly doesn’t matter, you can stack two of each of the Darkstar Comspike, Conduction Grid, and Scan Jammer. Wykkyd confirmed that they do stack with each other.
My Vulcan barely built, I don't have time to enjoy it that a new even more incredible version comes out of nowhere from the Wize Factory, come'on man, let us breathe!!! 😂
Awesome build wizard like the armillary viewpoints... i have used mods to upgrade the baselisk you designed, also there is a simple mod which drops all engin power requirement to 1 which makes for cool looking destroyer class ships.
I do already have a mod that removes engine power limit. My first idea for this was 12 White Dwarf 3015’s, but that was just a little overpowered haha.
Check my pinned comment. You’ll be able to do everything I do except increase the weapon counts. There are equivalent mods for everything else. Thanks for watching!
Well you COULD just download DarkStar Astrodynamics, and then just equip the Vulcan with the reactor, engines, and class C shield from that one mod and that alone would be well worth it. Massive performance increase with all the vanilla restrictions still intact.
@BakedBeanGaming absolutely not, easy as pie. Just build the Terminus (which is just a special landing pad with ship builder) and you’re set! It would be a good idea to check the mod author’s breakdown on his RU-vid channel.
The only mod that has no equivalent on Xbox is the one that removes the weapon maximum power restriction. You can still do everything else on Xbox, but instead of the class B DarkStar shield that I use, you should choose the class C one. It requires 12 power, and with 60 reactor power you can power all 5 of your ship’s important systems. So you’re trading a bit of offense for MUCH more defense. Nearly double in fact. I wouldn’t call that a bad compromise at all.
Weapon power and count limit I don’t believe is available. A version on size limit is available but parts flipping is still limited to certain parts not the majority.
I know there are mods that remove some restrictions that are on Creations, I looked briefly. It’s possible that there’s a sort of all-in-one that includes weapon power limit increase. I can look at Creations on PC but I think that they may still be different between PC and Xbox. I’ll check what’s out there at some point today.
@N7-alpha when you install that, all the habs on your ships are converted to the mod’s ‘doorless’ versions. I would have had to go through my entire fleet and replace every door on 10 ships. I’ll install it again when I start NG+ builds. Thanks for watching again!
another awesome build Wiz....love the Darkstar Mod (upgraded all your designs with the parts) make an awesome ship unstoppable. Krakatoa on my list soon as there are suitable mods for xbox. Cant wait for what's next. Keep em coming.
There are suitable mods on Xbox with the exception of the weapon power limit. This being the case, choose the same weapons as you would in vanilla, but instead of the class B DarkStar shield, use the class C one.
I believe there is a mod that allows you to control the placement and types of hatches. But you may have to be careful using it since it defaults to "no hatch" at every point. I assume it’s available for both pc and Xbox.
The only one I’m using that doesn’t seem to have an Xbox alternative is the weapon power restriction removal one. So you can do everything but increase weapons. But that also means that you can use the class C shield from DarkStar, and fully power all three weapon groups, and your engines, and your shield. That will still be a massive performance upgrade.
@@WizeOldWizard I've found them all, plus I'm using the place your own doors mod so I can keep the cool cross passage loop. But I really want the weapon power restriction removal mod dang it! 😆
@justinwreden89 I know! Sucks you guys don’t have the weapon power limit mod, and I will be using Place Doors Yourself after I enter my first Unity. Didn’t want to go through and replace every door on all 10 of my ships. Watch my combat training video, in that one I modify the Omen using only the DarkStar mod, so you can apply the same parts from that one to the Krakatoa, and you’ll still have great firepower but even more defense.
@@WizeOldWizard it's all good, I'll probably cut 2 weapons from the Y button slot since that gets used the least, and just have my crew align with the Y slot to make up for the slightly lower offense
You don’t need to be in NG+, but you do need the mods that I listed, and if you’re on Xbox you may have to find alternative mods that do the same thing as what I have installed.
Dang, well, what you can do in the meantime is have all three weapon groups and engines fully stacked, with a shield that requires 12 power (recommend the DarkStar class C shield) and with the 60 power reactor, you can fully power all five of those systems. The rest that you have leftover from crew and skills can just be dedicated grav drive power. I had to use the DarkStar class B shield which only requires 9 power, so you can trade a bit of offense for a significant shield buff.
As much as I'm digging the Kronos right now, it's occasional non-loading on Xbox is becoming a crapshoot. I'm going to build the Krakatoa using the same mods (doors yourself, cheaty engines, extra power, etc.)
@@WizeOldWizardJust finished; oh, boy, she's a monster, too! The Place Doors Yourself really helped facilitate this build. Loading on Xbox isn't an issue, and the cargo capacity also precludes a base.
@pdexBigTeacher one of my favorite builds. I like that it’s just a little bit larger than the vanilla limit, but not excessively big. The shape of it grows on me more every time I see a screenshot of it too, as I’ve now jumped through the Unity and no longer have it in my fleet.
@@WizeOldWizard My next build will be the Class C corvette; I'll use my Mantis. Loved that ship's speed pre-Unity, and with the current mods it will be another combat beast.
Man, this ship is crazy awesome! Also, many older ships, from Ancient Egypt up until the early 20th century had devices similar to the "battering ram" part you have and they were just called "rams" or "rostra" in Roman times. In fact, in the original War of the Worlds book by H. G. Wells, three tripods were destroyed by an Ironclad Torpedo Ram by the name of HMS Thunderchild which torpedoed 2 of the tripods that entered the water in pursuit of the refugee ship & then used the ram to take out the third after sustaining fatal damage from the tripods' heat rays. So long story short, your ship is upholding a 3000 year old shipbuilding tradition. Also, IMO stuff like the expanded flips & place doors mods should have been in the base game from the start....
@@WizeOldWizard Strictly speaking it meant "beak" but I could see how the ancient Romans could use it as slang for that, too, especially since there is an English slang term for that particular bit of anatomy that is almost identical in original meaning (pecker), lol!
@DJ_Bonebraker there was one that was literally translated as that, read it somewhere but I’d have to find exactly how that was described. A useless fact.
These new ships are great and I'll probably build this one, but, im still rocking the orginal basilsk and I absolutely love that ship. I appreciate all the guides brother.
As an idea. Have you considered making an ultra-heavy ship, that’s essentially just a mobile miniature space station? And having all the weapons be turrets so you can leave it sitting in one spot while you walk around, maybe peer out of some windows. I worked out that (with perks) the highest mass you can get while still grav jumping to any system is 9,274.
I have a couple of ships already that are relevant to this suggestion... First on is the Bristleback. It's not at maximum mass but it is as heavy as I could achieve while still equipping weapons and a shield. I could have removed engines down to one, but... The Slab is an absolute maximum mass, module limit, cargo hauler build that has no shields, or weapons, and only has one engine. With mods I could add weapons to it as I could now bypass the vanilla module limit, and I may make an update to that ship in the future. Thanks for watching!
If you have mods that require SFSE, you have to start the game using SFSE. If you have a link to wherever you read that, I’d be interested to know exactly what that means.
@@WizeOldWizard Sorry... I don't have a clue where I saw that. I can only guess that it was a video describing what the latest SF patch offered. Maybe it was even a Bethesda change log? I don't remember... if I find it, I'll let you know 😞
Would be so cool if there was an easy way to share ship builds within starfield. As in, I build a ship, I post a link, you can “buy” it in your game. This would make it really easy for you to make videos reviewing ships from the community and also a great way to share ships for everyone.
You can. That exists. It wouldn’t make the production of ship review videos easy, but it would save time and prevent me from having to build whole ships in order to review them. My viewers want me to show them how to build ships. No other subject matter performs as well on my channel as the ship builds do.
Suggestion for future build tutorials... use brighter colors ... watching from a ph all you see is a black screen. ( as that it's a new ph I know its not the ph).
Hmm, I know what you mean and I can try to implement that. I just find that using colors as tertiary accents works best for my designs. The Helion is nice and bright, and the Omen’s primary color is a rich crimson. Have you seen either of those yet?
Love all your ship builds and have used a few as inspiration for my own ships and since you mentioned that you plan on getting the Place Doors Yourself just wanted to let you know that I had to put in a shutter and then place the port hole on top in order to get the interior window that you have on many of your builds.
Thanks for the heads-up, I won’t be using that mod until I enter NG+. I installed it and found that every hab on all 10 of my ships were converted to that mod’s ‘doorless’ habs, and I didn’t want to go through each of them and manually place everything. Spent enough time on them already!
i use darkstar parts whenever i build the basilisk as well as the "glowing ship parts" mod and the avontech parts mod, the thing shreds even the legendary ships in seconds
I’m super impressed with the DarkStar mod, Wykkyd did a WICKED job on it and he is very active in terms of community support. I’m honored to back his work.
Speed+firepower= O m g. But if you put more guns on it. No need for speed! Again my lord you have made a ship that people only dream of. Thank you again for sharing your talents.
The firepower and the speed will be necessary in NG+, especially the further you go into it. But you can see in the combat footage that this ship doesn’t make you invincible, even in an original universe. I still haven’t jumped to Unity and there were still a few moments in the big fights where I nearly became overwhelmed. Thank YOU again for watching!
Nice ship! I am working on a capital ship myself using the Matilija Aerospace mod. I wish we had a PvP ship battle mod. I'd love to do a "content creator battle royal" with all of our ships. We could do a modded round, and a vanilla round. It would be fun.
Oh damn! Is that mod for class M parts? I’ve heard mixed reviews about it… We would have such a blast having PvP ship battles. Hell we could even organize fleet battles where each side has a certain amount of different ship classes and go head-to-head. We need to find a modder that can make that happen!
@@WizeOldWizard I like the mod. They have this amazing 3x3x2 hab that has a ton of potential, and they have stairwell habs. And unlike the Avontech mod, these look like they belong in the game. I think the only issue with PvP would be it would have to be its own server. So someone would need to host the world, and others connect to it. Not impossible, but could be tricky.
I don't want to take my current character into the Unity. I'm enjoying too much my ships, weapons, etc. I'm thinking of starting another character that does go into the Unity.
You'll just have to mount two of them on one side, like I did in this video but minus one, or you could run the third one on an equipment plate up towards the nose of the ship. Best two I can think of off the top of my head. You're not going to use mods?
As you are now using mods, why don't you use the "Place Doors Yourself" mod? Works fantastic, and gives you a lot less annoyance and headache with the placement of doors and ladders.
Oh I will, when I start NG+. When I installed it, the mod reverted every hab on every ship to the doorless versions, and I do not want to go through every ship and replace every door. This mod will allow me the right amount of control to really build interiors exactly the way I want.
I don't know if you've done this yet but I have a little challenge for you. I'm wondering if you would make fighter or small destroyer only use one manufacture (structure, laning gear, habs, bays, docks, cockpits).
I wouldn’t see this as a challenge, per se, but more so just a self-imposed limitation. Sticking to a single manufacturer is extremely limiting in terms of the shapes that can be achieved, and there’s no real reason to use only one manufacturer. Even when using all the available parts, they all have specific ways of flipping and snapping and as such, I’m going to be employing the use of mods to expand the possibilities rather than limit myself even more than the vanilla game already does. I appreciate the suggestion though, and thank you for watching!
I know it’s not what you were wanting to hear, but I’m not gonna lie and say that I’ll do something that just doesn’t sound appealing to me. But I will say this; with the Better Snap and Flip mod, that opens up a lot of potential with how structural parts can be used. With that in mind, I could potentially do some (mostly) manufacturer-specific builds and not be so limited anymore. I’ll keep this idea in mind, it may come in handy when I’m struggling to come up with a new ship.
Check the description for SMSEX because I may not have this exactly right. I believe it’s: ShipBuilderTolerance: -4 Or just google ship tolerance ini setting. -4 is definitely the right value for it, but I’m not sure if the wording of the line is correct. I’m not at my PC.
DarkStar Astrodynamics! Link to that mod author’s page is in the description, please show him some live and if you use the mod, don’t forget to endorse it if you can!
It is! Since the Vulcan was named after the god of volcanoes, I thought it would be fitting to name an updated version after one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history.
@@WizeOldWizard Not to mention that Krakatoa still holds the loudest sound in recorded history. Maybe a future build that surpassed the power of Krakatou could be called Tambora.
@ikostarks3867 oh damn that’s right, I had forgotten about that fact. Also, that’s a great suggestion! I do have a loose idea for an even bigger build sometime in the future, something mind-blowingly cool.
Maybe. We will see… If you want to guarantee that I build something that you request, consider becoming a member on Patreon. Build requests are one of the few things that I can offer paying members.
I don’t own an xbox so there is no way for me to check the exact names and available mods, but I can say that there are equivalent mods thanks to my other viewers. You’ll need mods that: increase ship size limit, increase module limit, and, if you want, a mod that increases the amount of weapons you can assign to each weapon group. The only mod that I know the name of for sure is Ship Builder Tolerance Tweaks. That one allows parts to clip into each other without using glitches.
Hay I noticed there is extra hook points like on the daimos hull A and the daimos skeg. On xbox that I know of we don't have a mod that adds this feature. The better ship part flipping mod adds more hook point like you see on the daimos skeg but only for the peices that in the unoriginal way. The standard daimos skeg that connects on the bottom only has a hook point on top and that's it.
Yeah, I don’t see the need for them but those are a part of the better flip and snap mod so, they’re just going to be there from now on. I want all the other snap points on the parts that didn’t have them before.
@WizeOldWizard yea of course I was letting you know us xbox players wouldn't beable to put together what you called the battering ram the way you did because the hook points don't exist for us... maybe yet.
@drshoots101 oh I see what you’re saying now, my bad! That deimos spine that’s attached to the hull A is attached to the center snap point on the deimos hull, not one of those additional ones. You guys SHOULD have the snap point on the back of the Deimos Spines if you’re using better snap and flip. But also, you don’t need to place that second deimos spine to build the battering ram, that was just what I used to mount a couple of weapons in there.
Anyone know the module increase equivalent for Xbox only one I found is “spaceship and workshop builder extendit” which just says increases building ship size but not by how much and more importantly use more parts/module…but again doesn’t say by how much
@@WizeOldWizard till I can get the spaceship and workshop builder extendit too enable. Can you tell me what the Xbox equivalent to module increase mod you found was? Please and thank you
I’m pretty sure that mod includes a module limit increase. Also, if it requires any other mod it would have to be listed in the description, and I don’t remember reading that myself. Could have missed it, just make sure you read the description thoroughly.
@WizeOldWizard Something else to tell you, did you already try the "Deimos 2x2 Engineering Bay" ? i just see it and i find it really cool, hope to have one on your future creation ;)
I do like that module, and the only reason I didn’t use it on this ship is because it already has two engineering habs. But, you could replace the brig with that module…
@@WizeOldWizardi could, i know, but no, your ship is perfect like this, dude ! i was talking about you next creation, there will be another one right? when did it will come by the way? ^^
Love the ship She's a tank! I am too in favor of submerged or hidden windows like in the back. And the core, cool stuff. I try to incorporate that into my builds, lately I haven't been just due to the type of build and utilizing space inside the ship. Again awesome ship man.
Correct, those mods require Starfield Script Extender, which is not available through the creations menu. Since you’re on PC, you need to download Vortex from Nexus Mods and get all of your mods there, unless there’s a specific mod on Creations that you want. Vortex is a much better modding utility than creations.
@JOHNMARSTON1005_ you didn’t answer my question though. If the GamePass version requires you to download and install the game, then all you have to do is tell Vortex where the game files are located, download and install SFSE, and then launch the game using SFSE, either inside of vortex or with a desktop icon for the launcher.
@@WizeOldWizard oh yea i agree, i never used the StarUI ship builder, but the Ship Builder Categories does help a lot. it sorts all the parts into categories, like weapons, it has 3 tabs now instead of 1, particle, balistic, lasers.
Mr. @WizeOldWizard, good to see you back at it. Been awhile since I've done any builds myself (Been playing other games and just recently jumped back into SF). Nice job here broski :)
Salutations Captain Wizard ! I am an xbox player. So far I have built the Basilisk and Vulcan using your excellent ship build guides - thankyou and keep up the great work, very much appreciated. Since the Creations update dropped I have downloaded Dark Star's Astrodymamics mod [awesome piece of work] and wanted to update the Vulcan as per your Krakatoa guide. I have managed to get around the max ship modules issue with the Xbox Creations Ship Builder Tweaks mod and have updated the Vulcan accordingly re addition of cargo, windows and the replacement of the connecting tunnel link with the second viewable internal feature. Not sure when the left hand side hatch on the second deck was replaced with the ugly fridge malarkey stuff but it was definately there when I first built the Vulcan prior to the Creations update. I am aware that I will need the Ship Module Snap (and Flip) Expansion mod to complete the 'battering ram' feature at the front of the ship, seems weird that the Skeg B module does not have an attach point on the very front end of the Skeg in the vanilla game so that the Skeg C module can be attached directly to it. I assume that the Ship Module Snap (and Flip) Expansion mod provides extra snap points on various modules ? Anyway I think that there is at least one possible candidate for the Ship Module Snap (and Flip) Expansion mod available on Xbox Creations but I am not entirely certain right now. Would you - or anyone - know the name of Xbox Creations mod that will enable us Xbox users to build the 'battering ram' feature as depicted in your video. Also one last question - do you know if the vanilla Comspike & Conduction Grid modules benefits stack with Dark Star's equivalents or were you just adding Dark Star's Comspike & Conduction Grid modules for aesthetic reasons. Thanks again Wizard for your fantastic ship build videos, when I have finished with the Vulcan updates I intend to find a nice gas giant moon that I can build an outpost home base on - and move Lin & Heller from the frozen wastes of the Bessel outpost that they are currently residing on.
The Xbox version of Snap and Flip should include the proper snap points. As for the DarkStar equipment modules, you can stack two of each of those and gain the benefits of both, but I’m not sure if they stack with the vanilla ones. Even if they don’t, the buffs received from those modules are still worth using, but I imagine, since those parts are added through the mod as standalone parts, that they most likely do stack with the vanilla modules. If you want a more solid answer, I provided links to Wykkyd’s Gaming channel in the Krakatoa guide, and he himself is also in my Discord, you can join if you wish and ask him questions there, or watch his videos that detail what his mods do and ask him questions in his comments. He’s got a Discord server as well, but I do not have the invite link for that.
The Xbox version of Snap and Flip should include the proper snap points. As for the DarkStar equipment modules, you can stack two of each of those and gain the benefits of both, but I’m not sure if they stack with the vanilla ones. Even if they don’t, the buffs received from those modules are still worth using, but I imagine, since those parts are added through the mod as standalone parts, that they most likely do stack with the vanilla modules. If you want a more solid answer, I provided links to Wykkyd’s Gaming channel in the Krakatoa guide, and he himself is also in my Discord, you can join if you wish and ask him questions there, or watch his videos that detail what his mods do and ask him questions in his comments. He’s got a Discord server as well, but I do not have the invite link for that.
@@WizeOldWizard thanks for responding ... I downloaded the Xbox Creations Better Snap Points module last night which worked a treat, battering ram now in effect! I do watch all of Dark Star's vids including his weekly streams, I will play around some more with his Comm Spike and Conduction Grid modules - I was working off the assumption that you could only use one of each per ship. I do not have access to The Key anymore so I cannot buy any extra modules from Jazz as she is - well - no longer with us in my Starfield universe :) But hey no big deal I was just curious is all, the many upgrades and flexibility made possible by Dark Star Astrodymanics are well worth the download. Looking forward to your upcoming ship builds - and other vids - once you decide to go through the Unity. Thanks again :)
