Starfield - Easy Legendary Weapons - Works for Low and High Level Characters - SEE JUNE UPDATE NOTE 

I saw somewhere that in order to get this quest you have to be ng+ is that true?

Update! Provisioners no longer have ANY notes.

Excellent!

I remember seeing the ":" on an Epic weapon from this. Really stands out. Hard to believe that's not a basic code problem. Somewhere a closing quote is missing in the game code. Might also be related to the non-randomness of traits.

I ran Red Mile enough times in my original game to lead the board, but haven't been back much. Will check this out!

Does the building always have legendary loot? Sorry I’ve only ran it once for the mission

I tested this successfully with a level 15 character (new start during May beta), a non-NG+ level 103 (original start Oct. 2023), and my NG+5 level 147 (original start Sep. 2023). I would hope BGS wouldn't cut off something like this at higher levels. I was most concerned there was a starter/low level limit, like finding Hard Targets for sale only after level 30, but even the level 15 found Provisioners with notes. Of course, they told him about a Tanto, but I kept trying and got a nicer gun relatively quickly at Muybridge site. Not directly related to the Notes (but maybe), a viewer comment they got a Hard Target and an Inflictor, two guns I did NOT see across ten planets/moons (14 outposts) in over 100 attempts. I suspect that like ships, the planets have loot tables generated for weapons AND Provisioner inventory as well. That is a guess looking at the blackbox of Starfield/Bethesda-mind. I'm going to find 10 untouched planets and see if I get a different weapon distribution. I might also take a level 5 character, fresh off the Frontier/Lodge and see if I can get them a legendary.

Awesome. I had read that the weapons marked Advanced were Superior at one point.

I almost laughed at how little attention I paid to remote outposts until I found this. In some sense, it could be Bethesda's way of saying "c'mon guys, just stop here and look around." They're practically giving them away. ;)

StarUI Inventory, Workbench, Outpost. I was using StarUI HUD but it broke during the May beta and I haven't looked at it again. None of these should impact gameplay, but do make it easier for me to sort and view items.

Thanks! I will definitely try that. Yes the perks on melee weapons are crazy. I have seen a natural drop of a melee with ammo perks though too. Still bizarre.

@@kineer Yes, I have seen several oddities including One Inch Punch. I wanted to add that fast traveling away also resets the camp too (around 800k is min). I have now done three camp missions for thes same Zoologists (kind of free XP & credits). Sadly I'm seeing a different number of Notes... but still no loot ones. Thanks again for your videos

I haven't been able to pin down exactly how sites reset. There may be bugs in play as I am finding Outposts that I'm certain I've visited (I have it on my own video) but they are 'reset' and grey again. As you've indicated, just traveling away and back seems to play in. I'm sure there's a pattern, I've just not tracked it down.

@@kineer Awesome and yeah I'm sure there's other things at play. My testing was at two locations and you have much more data. :) ----- Do you remember every having a Va'ruun Painblade listed? Oh shoot, you were doing most testing at low level... ah nevermind... I guess I'll find out if I can get one to spawn.

@@JustGeldric Yes. Al Battani, second Outpost I was working. Second weapon drop was a Painblade. I've tested this with a level 146 (NG+5), level 103 (pre-NG+), and level 15. I only visit planets/moons that are generally in their reach though. I wanted to know if I could take a brand new character and find Legendaries (yes) as well as the NG+ variations.

Since the June update, I am not seeing "Notes" of any kind on Provisioners at outposts. To be transparent, I've been very distracted by the new content to I've not tested much (maybe an hour of looking). Unless it's just my game/save (possible), I'm beginning to suspect Bethesda removed Notes from the game while they fixed them. The ':' in the weapons, the identical traits on every weapon, make it look like it was broken.

If that’s the case it’s sad. It was a nice way to pass time by “gambling” rolls. And it was not that easy or fast to be considered an exploit. Regardless, besides the Notes, do you know any method to reset facilities in general? (mainly restock their loot, etc)

I usually try a series of things starting with short (local) waits, fast traveling away/return, and eventually long sleeps on Copernicus IV (or Venus). Not the most sophisticated approach, but I also haven't been diligent in tracking when POI icons return to grey so I don't have great correllation info there (yet?).

I have no arguments against players choosing how much time to spend in a single player game and getting rewards. All these techniques are just that, a choice by the player in the context of finite time. I know if I go the next step and just spawn things in, something clicks in my mind that changes the game forever. I avoid that for that reason alone. That said, I also like tactics that both PC and Xbox players should be able to use. Anything based on save/restore seems like good common ground, but even there some people have problems using it. From there it's a matter of personal preference and perhaps the set-up time and knowledge required to make something work. My hope is that people watching my channel have the information that helps them load up on big ships, nice suits/packs/helmets and weapons quickly or slowly as they choose. Some will crank up the difficulty and fight hard for every piece of gear they get, earning their own satisfaction just how they like it. Others might be spawning in anything they desire, running amuck, laying waste to armies of Ecliptic with glee. It's all good in my book.

What's happening for you? I had it break a couple months ago, all the doors were closed. I just did it twice in the last few nights. Once on my NG+ and then on a level 19 in survival mode. PC. Went well. I unleased Ghengis on the Settled Systems.

It's a PC mod, StarUI, that I've not seen on the Creation Store yet. If you're on PC, grab it at Nexus. I've not found one for my Xbox (yet?), but also haven't looked lately.

Great, let us know if it works. Also helpful if you mention Xbox or PC player. Thanks!

That's great, will definitely try it!

Yeah the melee weapon drop rate is a bit ridiculous now

Thanks to this tip, I got an Inflictor, Hard Target, Big Bang, Beowulf, all the Mag weapons, a bunch of Old Earth weapons, XM-2311 and a few more.

Awesome. I envy your RNG. Maybe you are one of those people! :)

@@kineer I did your method of fast traveling to the Outposts and talking to the Provisioner until they had a directions note. Then I'd back out of the dialog and quicksave, and then just keep talking and reloading from that point until I got a new weapon I wanted. I'd then go see what it was, and if it wasn't legendary I would just reload the quicksave and do it all over again.

That's great, thanks!

It's a good question and I can describe how I think it happens. Some outposts in my larger circuit have white icons and others have grey ones. The White ones seem to only give me the non-Stash notes. The grey ones seem to be undiscovered when I return and get the on screen banner as I approach "MINING OUTPOST" . I am certain I've been ther before, but a long sleep seems to reset them. *edit: Tested again and it was not what reset them to grey. Not sure what did, but the long sleep didn't do it.* To know for sure, I'd need to log each location, the NPCs characteristics and what they have in inventory. Or I could do a test with just one site, but I can never tell if it's just an anomaly on the one outpost that way. I like to have a lot of sites to visit to spot patterns. Haven't done that as I have plenty of "unused" outposts on other planets I can farm if I choose going forward.

In comment on this video, a viewer notes that if you find a vendor with the stash note and you do NOT take it immediately, instead backing out of the dialog and doing a quicksave, you can then save scum that specific vendor very quickly. The stash notes don't become specific weapons until you take it from their inventory. You still need to find vendors with the note at least once, but you could work a single vendor without looking for others.

If you don't mind, what level are you and were are you looking? Legit would like to understand. I did this with a level 15 (new) character, a level 103 (non NG+) and an 146 NG+5. All of them were able to find them.

they are in almost every civilian outpost. Even the Level 1 Civilian Outpost on Jemison has one. Never seen her sell weapon notes though.

This is interesting. In a comment on this approach a viewer said they were finding specific weapons I didn't see at all. My working theory is that planets have individual loot tables and that can include things like provisioner inventory (these notes). I am currently staying away from the systems where every planet has a unique name and focusing on systems where everything is procedurally named.

@@kineer I'm level 93 and after I watched your video, I flew to several of the planets on your list. None of the vendors sold notes. Thinking back, I've never seen any that sold them. Another weird thing is that on several planets, parked between two outposts, the first one I walked to would be populated as normal, but the second was abandoned- not labelled as abandoned, labelled as a normal outpost, just empty. No people or robots anywhere. This happened on two or three planets. I see you're on PC. I'm on Xbox, which might be the difference. Maybe it's a RAM efficiency matter, or just a console-specific bug.

Same here never seen a note I'm on xbox

Could be. I've always wondered which items are generated a) at game start, b) when you reach a system, c) land on a planet. Very much like staring at at black box, wondering how it works inside at times. I try to conduct semi-organized experiments, but it's a game so I don't really go that far (and my conclusions are close, but not always as rigorous as I'd like). edit: As it turns out the stash notes are essentially 'unwritten' until you buy it from the vendor. Then it's assigned a weapon and location. If you don't buy the stash note when you first see it in their inventory, back out, create a quicksave, then buy the note you can restore that quicksave repeatedly spawning a different weapon location.

I hope you find a great weapon!

That's good know. There's an entire 'loot table' game going on in the code that may not yield it's secrets to simple statistical observations, but [oddly enough] that's part of the game for me too. ;)

There are many ways to deploy a strategy like this. Imagine if you will the point (not in the video) where I had found 10 separate outposts for stash notes at the same time, worked them in parallel, doing a single restore if I didn't like the results. On some passes I had 2-3 weapon location quests I could pursue. Sometimes none. Sometimes all melee weapons. I wanted to see how this could scale. If you have identified a single vendor, save scummed until they have a stash note (or were just lucky they had one when you arrived), then making another save while standing in front of them and restoring it until you get the single weapon you'd like is a one way of doing this. I found that to be more tedious than fast traveling between ten locations. I think it is more effective since you never deal with not having a stash note, but it lacks the anticipation that comes from running up to a vendor and discovering the outcome. It lacks the variety of moving between outpost types. Not to paint the process in the darkest manner, but one is like sitting in front of a slot machine that's always guaranteed to pay off "something". The other is moving around the casino from dealer to dealer to play a single hand at each table before moving to the next knowing you will definitely win "some" hands. Something, something, dopamine cycle. :) I think there's also a pure efficiency experiment, but I only measure times occasionally for baselines. Ultimately the point of the game is spending time in an enjoyable manner and that is entirely personal. :) edit: Reminded me of this, "I am exercising the right not to walk." - Dead Poet's Society (courtyard scene) Thanks for watching!

I agree. Trackers Alliance is the best route today.

The vendor (Stache) in the basement of the Tracker's Alliance is an easier path now. 3 Astras and you can roll Legendary gear all day long until you get what you want.

With the new Astra system, Legendaries are essentially built into the game in a save scummable way. The probabilities are further split since Stache provides both weapons and suits/packs/helmets so chances of getting a specific weapon became even smaller, but if you're patient (or willing to watch movies while doing it?) then it's just a matter of hanging out at the Tracker's Alliance HQ and offering him 3 Astras time and time again. :)

Ah, you're killing me but congrats! :)

I have never heard that term before. :) 1. Finding Outposts is 100%. They are all over the game, common POIs. 2. Finding Outposts where you have a Provisioner (vs. Trader) is close to 90% for me (of the top of my head, not recorded/tabulated) 3. Provisioners with what I'm calling "stash notes" is around 20%. 4. Once you have a stash note, the chance of the weapon you want widely varies. Melees are very common, but under 50%. The rest is a discussion of Bernoulli trials. ;)

You might want to file it as a bug. I've not searched their discord, but it's pretty extensive.

In my original game (or when I'm doing the main quest), I grab the Kepler R and reconfigure it. So much room for activities. :) I'm currently in an NG+ alternate universe with no Constellation main quest. In those I hunt large ships (other videos on the channel) and refit them for my purposes. In many case, I'm 'just passing through' on my way to the next NG+ so I have a very simple pattern I follow. www.youtube.com/@kineer/search?query=ship

Is that a specific type. I think I've seen 2-3 different ones. The "Little Shop of Horrors" variant has a mini-boss and loot. The other one has a skill magazine.

@@kineer the one I've been hitting has a skill magazine as well as dropping legendary weapons and/or suit gear. I've been hitting them on the higher tier levels (50 plus level)

Nice, I'll check that out. That's the one with the big water tanks I think.

Thanks! Video on initial Claymore III rebuild. I've replaced it several times. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jr1gb6C858I.htmlsi=XcUzQqEED6K3BvJC Later did some decorating. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z3O4R5hgcPY.htmlsi=eaHYoQLJ9kXRTq2F

@@kineer you’re welcome and thank you for sharing.

There are a lot of things in the game tied to level, some that make no sense (buying ship parts?). So I wouldn't discount the idea even though I can't think of a reason Bethesda would want anyone to not have access to the 'notes' and weapons. That said, the Legendaries that spawn this way have what looks like a clear code bug (the symbol ':' in the perk list). I'm scratching my head on accounts that people aren't finding them. I've seen them at normal Trade Authority vendors too. Maybe much more randomly spread around the game.

That's been my experience (so far). Can't speak for all weapons or on all systems, all types since I really only go and pickup the ones I like (mostly rifles). The rules are hidden in the code.

I will caution you. This video is several months old and they've dropped two patches since then. I have had far less luck lately finding Stash Notes, let along farming them. The ones I do find still have a strange ':' in the description so they are buggy. The good news is the Tracker's Alliance vendor (coincidentally named Stache) is a good source of legendary items at this point.

Specific POIs on planets will be different for each player. Should generally look for similar profiles like the system level and in some cases the types of biomes. However, I've seen viewers report that POIs that would normally seem dependent on water have shown up on cratered moons. Odd, but that's the RNG evidently.

I have found Science Outposts with Provisioners that worked. I generally like the ones with the Provisioners outside by a table (instead of in a building, through an airlock). It just saves time.

No, I usually tell the NPC that asks for help that I can't and just focus on the Provisioner. I had one NPC chase me around the camp to try to start the dialog.

From my observations, the game populates some of the planets with POIs beyond the truly custom ones. These are standard POIs including Abandoned Hangars, Science Outposts, Civilian Outposts. I just took a level 6 character with virtually no skills out to Eredani and found two Civilian Outposts just by opening the map. Once you are on the planet, if you wander around (or just open your local maps), you can often see ones that are populated only after you land in a grid. I don't know if either type is more or less likely to spawn useful Provisioners, but the sites are essentially "just there."

@@kineer thanks for the quick response I guess I’ll start looking

Just a follow up, but after the June update, not finding Notes of any kind. Haven't had much time to chase this (vs. looking at the new content) but I'll have to circle back to it or find another source of Legendary weapons.

@@kineer I’ve tried farming the astra rewards but I wasn’t getting any high tier weapons, mostly getting Laredo weapons but same with the notes haven’t found any since

@@kineer also I tried that at lvl 45 and lvl 50 with the 3 astras not the 2 or 1 rewards

I've never found a "Trader" that had Notes, only Provisioners. When I see an Outpost of any kind from space (identified by the game, not me), I always land away from it in a remote location and make my save there from inside the ship. I exit the ship, fast travel to the Outpost. This approach is based on a belief that the Outpost details aren't set until I set foot in the local grid. This is verifiable because the Provisioner is a different NPC model each time I fast travel. For example, it could be a male with a beard in one iteration, a female with a specific accent the next. In any case, they change every single time. If you are seeing the same NPC then you are not successfully restoring to the right point. Find a new planet or moon that you've never been on and try it there. Once I'm successfully resetting the Outpost (and getting a different NPC), I will eventually get a Stash note. That's the RNG working for/against us at a rate of around 20%.

Even my provisioners are glitched out I mentioned traders because of someone in the comments but now I cannot find any notes at all and I’ve been landing near the industrial outpost etc and then land on the outpost

I haven't used it deliberately in a while, but found a Stash Note on the Trade Authority vendor in the Well about a week ago. It led to a Legendary Weapon. I will have to test the other method with new higher level planets sometime to know for sure. I noticed the worlds I was testing with they were 'used up' after I took the Note and gathered the weapon.

@@kineer I think I'll have to go back to killing the same Spacer or Ecliptic boss 100 times, as it says in the description of your video lol. If you take this test, let me know! Thanks!

Another viewer just comments (almost same day) as you that he found a Legendary Hard Target using this method. He was poking fun at me because I was searching for one and never found it (everything but). So I think it still might work, but I just need to try new planets. I might have used mine up though, but am just guessing about how re-usable sites are. I tried very-long sleeps on Copernicus IV and they didn't seem to help. Always keeping my eyes open for options though. Will share what I find.

@@kineer In my new game, I found a legendary weapon on the body of an enemy that was already dead when I arrived in the area. It was one of those areas that are randomly created when you land somewhere on the planet. In my case, it was that mission to face the Fleet Pirates in Kreet, one of the first missions in the game. In another of these places, I found a Terromorph attacking a civilian outpost lol 😀

I've done the repeat boss kills too. Just never made a video on it. Now that I think about it, you are likely getting Astra (currency) now. If you can tolerate the boredom of save-scumming Stache, he'll come up with decent weapons. The major drawback there is that he mixes in spacesuits and other items so the drop rates on just weapons is lower.

What's your favorite method?