Leave some space for boosters - they are definitely worth the resources for significantly faster ship movement.Ĥ. immunity to debilitating effects, faster research speeds and bait for enemies.ģ. Ship Crew can provide huge benefits, e.g. If you have a spare Upgrade Module, consider building a Crew Bed or Crew Deed. It might work without the S.A.I.L Interface, but won't do much good without the rest.Ģ. Ship Spawn Teleporter, FTL Fuel Hatch, Captain's Chair, FTL/STL Drive and S.A.I.L Interface should be placed on your ship. Tips: How to build your ship The essentials ġ. This also allows you to increase the fuel capacity by building Fuel Tanks, Fuel Purifiers and crew members that decrease fuel cost. Bigger boosters will reduce your ship's mass. To start jumping between stars, you will need to research Faster than Light, craft and place a Small FTL Drive inside your ship.Ĭraft boosters like the Small STL Booster and Small FTL Booster and place them on your ship to make it move faster. Build wild.Ĭhoosing BYOS when starting the game allows you to build and design your own ship and choosing Frackin' Ship lets you modify the template, but also build normally around the pre-designed ship.īYOS requires you to research Spacefaring and Vehicles and craft and place an STL Drive inside the ship to move between planets. Or build something so massive it takes up the entire shipworld. Replace the entire thing, fly in a tiny hut made of mud & grass. To this end, Frackin Universe has a Build Your Own Ship system that upon choosing, will allow you to be the master of your entire ship. Layouts, overall look, distance from teleporter to command console, or just the absurd requirements to upgrade them for little gain. Many of the Starbound default ships leave a lot to be desired.

Starbound ship upgrade command