One player discovered a handy Starfield money trick that lets you steal thousands of credits in the space game without ever stealing a thing. Reddit user MrJsingh posted a video showing the scheme in action, which has you use a basket and some credit sticks to technically avoid committing a crime.
Starfield isn’t exactly overflowing with baskets, but MrJsingh found one in the shady Red Mile club, where patrons leave their credit sticks lying around. Since people own these sticks, they count as private property and set off a ruckus if you try to pocket them. MrJsingh picked up the basket, dropped it near a table where some people were milling about, and then used another legal item to sweep the credit sticks into the basket.
A very unique way of stealing lots of credits (Game physics at work)
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Then, they grabbed the basket full of money, took it to a location where no one was watching, and swiped all the cash. They walked away with a few thousand credits and no one was the wiser.
It might not be as much as you’d get from going out of bounds in New Atlantis, sure. But it’s a fun way to manipulate the game and get around Starfield’s draconian theft system, where even picking up an errant spoon is enough to make half a city start shooting at you.
If you’re tempted to start a thieving spree of your own, make sure to take along one of the best Starfield weapons – and maybe leave your Starfield companions behind. They don’t usually like crime.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
