Several Starfield factions will be joinable for your player but there are even more space groups to watch out for beyond them.
Like their previous games, Bethesda is planning an array of Starfield factions for players to join up with. A lot of them have intertwining relationships that the Colony War of 20 years prior has either exacerbated or strengthened.
One important point about faction choice that we’ve learned in a Starfield interview about quests (opens in new tab) is that you won’t necessarily become the new leader of whichever you choose like in Oblivion or Skyrim. And unlike Fallout 4 you’ll still be able to experience the stories for each faction in some way, even if you’ve sided with their enemies. To help you make that choice, everything starts out with the explorer group Constellation where you’ll get your footing in the settled systems and meet all the main players.
From space pirates to cyberpunk hyper-capitalists, we got you covered on a breakdown of every known Starfield faction with quirks and drama galore.
How many factions does Starfield have?
So far, we know that at least some of Starfield’s factions will be joinable and, like other Bethesda games, the way those factions feel about each other (and who you choose to help) will also affect how each feels about you, in turn.
Starfield has five main factions that Bethesda has mentioned so far:
Constellation
United Colonies
Freestar Collective
Ryujin Industries
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The first faction you’ll join is Constellation, the „last group of space explorers,“ according to Bethesda. This is the default group, and will place players in a position to window shop for other factions (or just chill with the Constellation crew).
Constellation takes the front seat for a chunk of the gameplay reveal we saw in summer 2022, delivering some background about a mysterious artifact that your character finds.
