Summary
Mines may make great traps and defensive weapons inStarfield, but now players are learning that, in Zero-G fights, they can be great offensive tools as well. Like past Bethesda games, the new sci-fi action RPG features a satisfying mix of exploration, role-playing, and combat. Further, fans are given plenty of freedom when it comes to how to approach fights. While some may pursue agreat stealth build forStarfield, others have the option of using tons of ammo and lots of explosions.
For those who prefer to approach conflict by running in with guns blazing, there’s no shortage of weapons to choose from. There are rifles and machine guns for longer-range engagements and someexcellent shotguns inStarfieldfor close combat. Apart from the ranged weapons, there are also some solid melee weapons as well as grenades to be hurled downrange and mines to be placed as traps or to cover one’s position. Players have now discovered, however, that mines have even more utility than it seems, at least under the right circumstances.
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On Reddit, user BadGetaway has shared a video showing that, in Zero-G, mines can be hurled at enemies, turning them from stationary explosives to flying discs of destruction. While mines inStarfield, under normal circumstances, will simply drop to the ground when deployed, they’ll actually continue flying forward when there’s no gravity to pull them down. The Reddit video shows just such a strategy being used to deadly effect in a fight on a spaceship with no artificial gravity.
Commenters were quick to celebrate the discovery and note that they’ll likely be using mines as ranged weapons much more in the future. These explosives may not qualify as being amongthe best weapons inStarfield, but many players are discovering that they’re far more useful than they first thought. The video and its revelation also got many players discussing just how much fun Zero-G combat is in the game and wishing that there were more opportunities to engage in it.
This alternate use of mines should dramatically change Zero-G fights for lots of gamers and may deserve a place among the topbeginner tips forStarfieldplayers. It also highlights how much thought Bethesda put into the open environments and physics of the game. The developers took the time to consider how mines would behave without gravity and ensured that they could still be used while moving realistically in diverse settings, and combat in the game is much stronger for it. While some fans appear disappointed that Zero-G fights aren’t more common, these encounters are clearly satisfying when they do turn up. Now, flying mines should make them even more fun.
Starfieldis available now for PC and Xbox Series X/S.
