7 best outpost locations in Starfield: Where to farm resources

It's important to find the best outpost locations in Starfield, as they allow you to farm resources at a much quicker rate than if you take out your cutter and go around finding deposits of ore manually.

Starfield lets you touch down on nearly every planet in the game's dozens of solar systems, with many of them containing important natural resources you can use to craft components for outposts, spacesuit upgrades, and weapon upgrades.

With so many planets to choose from, you may need help tracking down the very best celestial bodies for placing an outpost and creating a base. So, check out the best outpost locations in Starfield below.

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Best outpost locations in Starfield

The best outpost locations in Starfield have a lot in common, and all consist of specific resources that are super valuable for building and crafting in the game. 

Below, we've covered a few candidates for an outpost early in your playthrough, so you can set up quickly and begin farming resources as early as possible. 

We've avoided planets with extreme conditions like Inferno or Deep Freeze, as you will need levels in the Plantery Habitation skill before you can set up there. All of the planets below can be visited from the get-go, and as long as you have the necessary resources, you can begin setting up rather quickly. 

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Andraphon

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Andraphon is a moon of the planet Sumati, located in the Narion system, that you begin the game in. 

It's a barren world with no atmosphere, magnetosphere, flora, fauna, or water, but it is full of some of the best early-game resources, and can set you up well for building outposts on other planets.

It contains Helium-3, Aluminum, Iron, Beryllium, and Europium. The first three are key for building outposts, so it's good to find a spot where you can take advantage of all three with your extractors. 

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Zamka

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Zamka is a moon of Olivas in the Alpha Centauri system, which is the second solar system you will visit in the game, making it one of the best outpost locations in Starfield when starting out.

It contains eight valuable resources, and many of them can be found clustered together if you take a look at the resource map of the moon. 

It contains Water, Helium-3, Copper, Nickel, Iron, Uranium, Cobalt, and Vanadium, again giving you room to harvest some of the most useful resources in the game very early on.

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Kreet

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Kreet is a moon of Anselon, located in the Narion system, and is the second planet you will visit as part of the game's main story. 

It's one of the more perfect locations for outposts, boasting a breathable atmosphere and a very strong magnetosphere, along with various flora and fauna. 

It features eight resources in total, and is flush with Lead and Iron in particular. It also contains Water, Helium-3, Argon, Alkanes, Silver, and Neon. Some of these resources are vital in crafting weapon upgrades, so we recommend this moon early on to ensure you can begin kitting out your weaponry.

Jemison

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While perhaps not as resource-heavy as our other picks, Jemison is one of the best locations for an outpost as it is incredibly easy to build on for Starfield beginners.

Featuring a temperate climate, the planet located within the Alpha Centauri star system is one of the first that you will naturally make your way to in the game, which proves an ideal starting outpost to get used to the system.

You will be able to find resources such as Water, Chlorine, Lead, Argon, and Chlorosilane, which is good for getting used to the resource system, and with no restrictions at all it can be great for building up your stocks.

You will want to eventually move onto the more fruitful planets listed above, but Jemison is a fantastic place to start, and one of the best outpost locations that you can choose right now in Starfield.

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Eridani II

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Eridani II is a temperate planet in the Eridani system that you can visit in the early portion of the game, and features a tonne of useful resources. You can find Eridani in the bottom left of the star map.

It contains Water, Chlorine, Copper, Nickel, Iron, Fluorine, Cobalt, and Gold, so you'll have a mix of the more common and useful resources, and some rarer stuff like Gold or Cobalt. 

From an aesthetic point of view, Eridani II also makes for a great home base because of its views. So, if you need a mix of resource farming and a suitable place to call home, you can't go wrong here.

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Maheo II

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If you're closing in on the mid-game portion around level 20, you'll want to find a planet with some of the rarer resources. This is where Maheo II shines.

Located in the Maheo system, roughly in the left-middle of the star map, you can find Water, Helium-3, Copper, Iron, Lead, Alkanes, Tetraflourides, and Ytterbium across the planet.

Some of these resources are very rare, so finding a cluster like this is perfect for later gaming crafting when you have the relevant skills to begin building better upgrades or modules.

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Skink

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Located in the Cheyenne system, Skink is a resource-rich planet with a variety of common and rare components to find, making it an ideal outpost location in Starfield. It contains, Water, Copper, Nickel, Lead, Fluorine, Cobalt, Silver, and Mercury.

One of the best aspects of this resource distribution is the combo of Copper and Silver, which allows you to begin fabricating Zero Wire. This item is common for suit and weapon upgrades, and you can easily set yourself up for the rest of the game, making Skink one of the best outpost locations in Starfield.

That's all for our coverage of the best outpost locations in Starfield, and now you know where to set up your outposts in the early game to farm some of the more useful resources and stock up quickly.

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