Thinking of smuggling contraband for high profits in Starfield? You are going to need the right skills and upgrades to avoid jail.
Smuggling contraband is a little side activity that you can do in Starfield to farm a ton of credits throughout your playthrough.
Being an interplanetary traveler has its perks, and you can choose to smuggle rare (and illegal) items into planets to sell them off.
However, smuggling cargo around planets is not as easy as just flying into any planet and you do need to make some preparations before you consider smuggling items around the universe. This guide will help players learn how to successfully smuggle items around the universe in Starfield.How to smuggle contraband in Starfield
If you are entering a highly secured area (or planet) in Starfield, you are likely going to have to pass your ship through security which is going to scan you for contrand.
Locations such as New Atlantis and Neon will always scan your ship before allowing you to enter, so you need to make sure you can hide your contrabands for any type of scanning and checking.
If you don’t know, any item that has a small yellow mark at the lower right corner is an illegal contraband item. It’s best to always check what you are carrying, as contraband items will trigger an alarm, whether you are smuggling them on purpose or not.
You can only smuggle contraband into secure locations by hiding them with the help of certain ship upgrades in Starfield.
If you do not have those upgrades, it is best to jettison illegal items off your ship before passing through security. Deception Skill
The first thing you need to successfully smuggle contraband in Starfield is the Deception skill in your Social Tree. It does two things.
Firstly, Deception makes it harder for enemies to detect you. Secondly, the skill also reduces the chance of your contraband being detected in scanners by 10 percent. This can be increased up to 50 percent by upgrading Deception to rank 4. Shielded Cargo Hold Upgrade
Next up is upgrading your Cargo Hold Hull Shield to make it difficult for scanners to detect your cargo’s contents in Starfield.
