Before you can master the combat system in Starfield, you need to know all the different types of weapons and the damage they deal.
Like a typical Bethesda offering, Starfield offers a huge variety of types of weapons that players can use. Different weapons offer different ways to deal damage and different types of damage against different types of enemies. Keeping track of all these Starfield weapons and damage types can be quite a hassle. Here, we will look at the different weapon types in Starfield and the different types of damage you can inflict on enemies.All Starfield weapon types
Weapon types are the main crux of combat in Starfield. Your combat performance and playstyle will mainly be determined by these weapons as the same type of weapons can have different types of damage types depending on how you mod it.Melee weapons
Mele weapons are the most basic weapons and work as you’d expect them to work. Melee weapons have abysmal range but deal high damage. Melee weapons deal only physical damage and are only useful if you find yourself close to an enemy but under video game rules, melee weapons in Starfield also deal superb damage, and are lightweight so carrying one around won’t be a problem for you.
Some of the main melee weapons in Starfield include Barrow Knife, Combat Knife, Osmium Dagger and Wakizashi.Ballistic weapons
Ballistic weapons include all the guns that shoot bullets.
