Starfield: 10 HIDDEN Side Quests You SHOULDN'T MISS 

Much love to everyone enjoying starfield 🎉

The vanguard quest was way better than I expected. They set it up really well with the ambient storytelling beforehand.

I think my favorite side quest, and one that actually made me change my choice by going back a save because I felt SO BAD, is the sewer one involving the Trade Authority. So random and weird by just overhearing someone talk about a Brown Out. Loved it.

For the Aurora quest ONLY TAKE WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THE AURORA!! If you take everything, you’ll always get the least amount of credits. Make sure when the box comes down the conveyer belt, you push the button for TRANSFER! That way, you can go in and only grab what you need. Then you can do the rest as usual. You have plenty of time and you’ll get a lot more credits doing it this way.

I enjoyed the side quest that's in the Piazzi system. Failure To Communicate. You help some settlers that have issues with each other, and convince them to join together to get rid of the pirates in the system.

Interesting to note... I found the Manti's secret mission slate on a Spacer randomly on a planet. I think just ANY Spacer has a chance to spawn it, not just ones from the station.

“ *_HIDDEN_* Side Quests ” #10 is a Main Companion Quest #7 is handed to you by UC Security just from walking in New Atlantis #6 is an integral part of the Ryujin quest line, which can not only be started from Neon, but also picked up from New Atlantis outside Galbank #5 happens right in front of you when entering Neon, a major city in the game #2 is front-and-center when you enter the Porrima system #1 can be found on the body of nearly any dead Spacer I suppose clickbait has its place

One thing I absolutely loved is in "First contact", they have been thoughtful enough to add specific dialog if you're entering the ship dressed with the Tardrigrade costume from Titan trying to fool them you're an actual alien! That blew my mind they thought about it!

This game is so freaking addictive its ridiculous good job Bethesda

After you finish the 'Space Frog' mission, while on Cydonia you can hear over the loud speaker that graffiti is illegal and results in a hefty fine, but the the space frogs are allowed to stay, and people are to stop taking them down. I thought that was a nice touch.

Some of these side missions are absolutely wild and worth it.. i recommend the UC vanguard quest chains as there really good & stretch out to 6-8 hrs depending.. no spoliers but you can grab some dope legendary loot here.

13:50 DUUUUUUUUUUUDDDDDEEEEEE The secret base quest was an absolute LOVE LETTER to my build in the game and I picked the absolute perfect time to go do it. I saw the video you all did about the free ship at the end so I geared up and went. I'm going thru the base fighting and shit and get to a few master locks before the trap section and I was 3 locks away from unlocking Master lockpicking went back through the base and the place had EXACTLY 3 advanced locks so I level up to master locks IN THE FREAKING BASE! Use that to hack the computer(love that you don't have to get hacking AND lockpicking like Beth games) disable the deadly trap room cruise to the end poke around and find that sick legendary armor in the evil mom lair. So glad I didn't skip that one!!! Easily one of the best quests in the game! and I know I said this before but thank you all so much for the awesome Starfield content. You all saved me from a few very painful experiences in the game that would have been a bummer and pushed me to upgrade that starter ship way before I would have otherwise saving me from tons of 3-4 v 1 space ship fight headaches. Oh I haven't built a base yet because there's just so much shit to do in the game and I would really love to see you all do a video on the best planets to build outposts on and a little outpost building guide because I know it costs a lot of resources to build a base and I'm a little gun shy because I don't know if I have enough or which planet to choose from and what exactly to build besides those extractors and I don't know if you need the research first or anything so that could be a cool video Idea. Keep up the good work you all!!!

I enjoyed the little side activity on Mars where you have to climb way up to the top of the structure to place a beacon to track the criminal. It was like a little mini platforming/climbing activity in the game. Super random which made it kind of cool

I did the alien costume quest on Titan, but also while I was on Titan, I said why not, let's do the museum tour! I can't believe this game had what felt like an hour long museum tour coded in the game. And it felt 100% legit with probable topics. All this was discovered was because it's Saturn season for us nerds with telescopes and I've been obsessed with Saturn.

The "Secret Outpost!" slate is not exclusive to the Nova Galactic Shipyard. I found it on a dead Spacer at an abandoned scrapyard on Kreet (I explored other locations before taking care of the Crimson Fleet captain during that first Main Quest).

Spacers and Crimson fleet are scared of the mantis ship and will fly away instead of fight you if you're using the Mantis ship too.

This is what I tried to tell a streamer who was like “game bad” but he was doing no quests to side quests 😂 If a streamer is shitting on the game but they have not done any quests they are farming you for hate watching 😂

For First Contact there is a third option. You can overload their reactor and blow em all up. Kinda reminded me of Megaton in FO3.

In the Tree quest, you don't have to steal the branch. You can persuade the lady in the museum to just give it to you.

Ervin wasn't Barretts "friend" it was his husband. And he didn't die in the mine. He died in the colony war shortly after. He was framed for the collapse of the ecosystem around the mine as a scapegoat so that Hephaestus Mining could dump all their old gen equipment and use the insurance money to get new stuff. Can't wait to see this vid on r/saphoandherfriend though.

I did the SpaceFrog mission last night. It was really fun to see the posters. Afterwards one of the guards even commented on vandalism. It was fun.

Titan was one of the first places I went Thursday night when early access launched. Since it's the most probable place for biological life of some sort in our solar system I wanted to see what Starfield did w/ it. I talked to literally everyone that I could during the tour. There's a girl living in shipping crates that is scraping by while also trying to get her degree. I felt super bad for her and gave her 20k credit (alot for me as early as I went to Titan). Turns out at around 50 hours into the game I came across her again post college degree. Turns out she's now crew on my ship because her skills were undeniable. Full circle moment, I invested in her taking a chance and it paid off later. There's also a family who wants to explore space but the father is stuck to tradition staying on Titan. I talked space and new atlantis up making the wife and daughter super excited, so I wont be surprised to see them outside of Titan at some point.

No Groundhopper? This was one of the best Bethesda game quests I’ve ever played. Seeing the UC and Freestar Rangers fighting together was so wholesome.

I’m glad I didn’t listen too much reviews. There is so much depth to this game. I’ve been having such a good time

@7:45 Good to see Steve Harvey's lineage is still going strong.

Haven't played the game yet but I'm really loving how much Starfield content you guys are putting out. Never a dull upload.

This is nice. So tired of the videos crapping on this game. Its a decent game and to be honest i needed something new that wasnt a FPS/Battle Royal / loot/shoot type game.

Some of these side quests sound really fun, thanks for bringing this to us!

I was so glad I came across to Mantis quest so early in the game , level 7 with a Legendary suit and spaceship 😎

I started the crimson fleet mission, got distracted by the spacers mission on my way to the key and now before going to alstair II, I am figuring out the mantis mission. So many side quests ❤️

Startfiled is for sure the best open world game I have played. I can never predict what comes next and that's very exciting

Side note on the Juno quest... as you left the 2 operatives a speech subtitle appeared from Operative Khambatta. Persis Khambatta played Illia, the navigator turned into a drone by V'Ger

Charybdis is pronouced Ka-rib-dis, it was a mythical whirlpool from Greek legend inhabited by the Sea monster Scylla

The note that starts Mantis can be found on any spacer. Doesn't have to be in the Nova Galactic shipyard. It's just a random drop. Probably best rewards in the game for early levels. You can do Mantis at level 6 (I did), though it's TOUGH. Lvl 30 enemies at lvl 6 are nothing to sneeze at. Bring LOTS of medpacks.

This game is so easy to sit down and say “oh I’ll just do this mission/explore this area then I’ll get up and doing something irl, it’ll just be like 30 mins” and then it’s several hours later

There is casino in zero gravity quest too, that was fun to mention too

Ahhh I want to watch this so bad, but I’d like to experience these missions first hand myself first. Love seeing Starfield content tho, keep it coming!

Very good video. After several days looking at reviews and reading about Starfield I think that the missions are the best thing about this game. At least in this section Bethesda is still one of the best.

Thanks. Just finished Starfield today and spent nearly 200 hours on it and found every one of these quests myself, apart from the Tourists Go Home quest you have at number 3. Going to have a go at this 😊

For Barrett’s side quest you get $30,000 at the end, also while in the same town talking to lawyer you will be sent to talk to bartender who has her own quest line looting a ship for liquor but you will find a lot of good stuff.

If you decide to side with the two operatives during the Juno quest you can find her later as a random encounter

Bring it on guys, I love your content ❤️.

Pro tip on the Aurora manufacturing quest-you are not only rated on time, but also by taking the correct ingredients from each box, not all of the ingredients. Hense the "smuggling" aspect of the operation. Your ingredients have been smuggled with other items and you just need to pull the right amount out.

Great set of strange missions.....Nice one, Cheers !! I love developers that go the extra mile like this and add these types of things into their games, I can only hope though, that Bethesda has hidden quite a few of these strange missions dotted around the distant planets and moons.....For example.....We scan a planet / moon and it seems like it's a barren wastland BUT if we decide to land and look around, we come across someone that's been hiding by having the ability to block all types of planet scans and they give us a series of cool missions to play through which reward us with unique items etc. etc. Basically, there's a crap load of procedurally generated planets and moons out there and it would be really cool if they've hidden some secret missions and quests for us to stumble across for some rare and cool rewards.....Fingers crossed that they have actually done this !!

This game is actually looking really really good and I sure wish I could play

I was a little skeptic about all the hype but it was worth it. And now I think I need that addiction relief stim. 😂

I haven't watched this video but will come back to it after I put down my first playthrough. My favorite random encounter so far has been the Juno space ship.

I did this unprompted quest on mars where I had to ask the manager at the mining cite if he had any work available. It started with just collecting 5 pieces of iron and ended with possibly blackmailing the mayor of mars and solving a theft mystery. I’m the end I got a mining suit set with a custom skin… this game is great.

Oh my God I need more money so I can get this game already.

Falcon is the best. Love all of your little comments.

I stumbled across that mantis quest almost the the very start of my adventure... i was SO excited at the end thinking i had some super dope armor, then i hop on YT and within days theres hella vids on getting the mantis stuff lol😂

Great video!!! I am missing 3 from the main list and the bonus but I will definitely do all this.

If you want to avoid details here's the list of names: Breach of Contract Junos Gambit Space Frogs from Outer Space A Tree Grows in New Atlantis Sabotage Loose Ends The Audition Tourists go Home First Contact Mantis

I found the slate for mantis quest literally on Kreet. Fresh from touchdown I straight up went exploring, instead of tusling with brogan. Then I cheesed a terrormorph, loot the then-dead-spacer that was running from the monster just a few reloads ago, and the game told me to read.

Awesome! Have done half of these already! The Mantis rewards are wicked!

I'm literally lost in the game there are just so many missions to go to and side missions are interesting so far. Really love the game.

you find the note to start Mantis on any random spacer. not any specific location

Thanks for sharing these little gems!

if you wear the tardigrade costume when you make first contact with the ship above paradiso and walk around the ship with it you get some funny unique dialogue. It's a nice little detailed touch that I wish they put more of in the game.

This game is such 🔥 60 hours in and loving it

Weird side quests ? I think I took Weird Wanderer as one of my traits...

The fact that crucible was only a bonus is insane... It was the best random quest in the game by far

Got super lucky with the mantis quest.......haven't left New Atlantis with Sarah yet, I've gotten to rank 10 doing side quests and exploring the area outside the city and found a group of 6-7 spacers hanging out in a POI on the other side of lake that's outside of the wall behind the lodge and one of them had the "Secret outpost" note!!! 😂😂😂 You don't need to get it at the ship yard, just random encounters with spacers OH AND CHECK THE ROOM to the right of the mantis display because people have been getting a better armor set from there!

Just don’t let Amelia fly the ship.

The manipulation ability is not only found in the ryujin quest. It's a perk.

Just like The Witcher 3, it's the side quests with great stand alone stories that make a game like this great.

Your avatar wearing the Neon dancer jumpsuit in a VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS MEETING was all I needed to watch the entire thing.

Ryujin has been my favorite side quests so far, the entire corporate espionage approach is so sick.

So... I first found the slate for the Mantis questline when I was taking out the Spacers on the space station for the LIST settlers of Tau Ceti. Then, I found another while clearing the Deep Mines of Mars for the Vanguard quest line. I'm pretty sure it's just randomly generated on Spacers after a certain amount of in-game time or a certain number of Spacer kills.

Also don’t miss entangled, best side quest I’ve hit up, so far. Starfield reminds me of being a kid, I love it

You don’t have to steal the branch. But yes that quest was really sweet, I loved how long it kept going

Anyone on the fence about the game because of what they have been reading, do yourself a favor and get the game. It's pretty incredible in my opinion and the good far outweigh the bad.

Maybe don’t spoil every mission.

4:16 left out the best part, now you can find space frog posters all over the settled systems!

First Contact also has a third option to detonate the Constant's reactor. It's a retty fun quest.

To note: Save your file before opening the Mantis suit case. It's randomly generated stats, so if it comes out less than optimal you can try again.. and again

Might have to buy a Xbox to play this game

Good list, I have done most of these and love them. The Mantis quest slate can drop off any spacer, by the way. Doesn't have to be on the shipyard...that is just a place you normally come across them early and will always have spacers...and will always drop the slate.

Mantis is so good. That ship ended up being the base for my custom ship and it’s such a beast now. Unfortunately this particular “space Batman” may accidentally blow bank and trade ships into a million pieces from time to time but hey, things happen 🤷‍♂️

I wonder how many people bought an XBOX to play Starfield 🤔

I’m not buying another Bethesda game until they change the engine!

Would love this list without spoiling the quest lol. Just a list of names of quest I should do lol

The reward for the space frogs side-quest is not just that you can craft them, it's that you keep hearing NPCs talk about space frogs all the time as you're exploring. There's an announcement on loudspeakers in Cydonia that asks people to stop reporting the space frog posters as vandalism because "the artist" has special permission. Yesterday I landed on Titan and someone told me they liked the space frog posters they now have at the base. It never ends.

The ultimate side quest? Getting the game to have seemless planet-to-space-to-planet vehicle flight

what you are going to want to do is miss the whole game -100

Say what you want about starfield, but this game is filled with deep and amazing faction and side quests. I am 40 hours in and still have a huge backlog of side quests and am probably just halfway through the main quest

I’ve been enjoying starfield taking my time I’m doing the freestar collective quest line right now it’s pretty fun especially since I got the mantis ship and suit

Starfield is bad.

I'm surprised how much unique dialogue there is for different companions for side missions

Not at the level of RDR2, but I haven't been glued to a game since that one. I'm loving every moment of playing Starfield.

The quest with the miners in cydonia was a good one. Especially early on and it gives a lot of credits and can squeeze more from the governor

I have been addicted to this game for over a week now. I had one annoying bug with Xbox cloud gaming that deleted my save and restored a much earlier save making me lose about 20 hours of gameplay or more, but it’s actually been enjoyable getting back to where I was. It wasn’t identical too. Missions and interactions this “second” time around were in a different order and some even new ones (I got the crucible one a few hours ago for the first time and now have Amelia as a companion). People who are saying this game is basically “Skyrim in Space” have no idea what they’re talking about (and have probably not even played the game fully, you need to sink 100’s if not 1,000’s of hours into Starfield to get the whole experience). I’ve played the shit out of skyrim multiple times. It’s probably one of the single player games I’ve got the most time on, but Starfield is a whole new thing. They are different on a fundamental level, yes they may share some things, but what games made by the same company don’t?

No Man's Sky, Fallout 4, The Outer Worlds... It fits in to the list of games I enjoyed for hours. Now hoping to getting Starfield on PS6 or 7 some day in the future...

A nice touch is for the Space Frog Quest, that after you complete it the posters appear on other Colonys. As of now i saw one on Titan and in some other Location, but i dont really remember where. Also People talk about it.

My favorite quest so far is the UC Vanguard quest. Well, I guess it's considered to be a faction quest but it's still my favorite. Just enough creepy with the story to keep you on edge a little. And you get access to a place you wouldn't get without the quest. Plus, you get a cool spacesuit and an awesome penthouse.

Oh I also wanted to add if you haven't tried it, but for the system I was in, I encountered him at a sensor contact. At another planet I saw a ship icon so after taking some credits from him I followed your steps and then headed to the other planet. Ran into a dogfight, after looting the ships, I went back and spacer was still there and tried this trick, it was still working! So I think you can come back to this spot as long as you don't select the option to let the ship fly off

Wow i really went deep into this game, done all of those missions you showed xD

"Barrett's buddy" You're underplaying HIS LITERAL HUSBAND a little bit.

One thing that happened also was that during the space frog mission after it was done, besides everyone liking it, the governor who I made the Commander cause I turned in the other governor wanted to reward the person who drew them, also made an ordinance or something to keep them up.

One of my favorites is actually an activity. Happens whenever you pick up the book called Oliver Twists and it's very quick too, but you get a unique item that's stupidly cool.