Players can fully customize theirStarfieldcharacters, not only their appearance but their skills and traits as well. As gamers explore various planets, take down experienced enemies, and complete missions, they’ll earn XP and increase their character’s level, allowing them to choose which skills they’d like to work on.

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This guide will talk aboutStarfield’s Stealth Skill in particular, and it’ll show players everything they need to know about it in order to master it, including the perks that they’ll receive for investing in it and increasing their rank.

How to Unlock Stealth

InStarfield, players can try to remain undetected as soon as they start the game. However, they canunlock theStealth Skill in the Physical Skill Treeto truly take it up a notch and make it even harder for enemies to spot them.

Players have to crouch to enter Stealth mode, and they can do this by pressing B on Xbox or the left Ctrl button on PC.

player in sneak mode in ship

After unlocking the Stealth Skill, some gamers might try to perform a stealth kill by approaching enemies quietly from the back, butunfortunately, it’s impossible to perform stealth kills inStarfield. The only advantage of investing in the Stealth Skill is the fact that silenced weapons do additional sneak attack damage and targets will take longer to notice the player nearby, making it easier to attack them and even pickpocket them safely.

Stealth Skill Ranks

TheStealth Skillhas four ranks; as players progress through the game and level up their character, they will be able to improve this skill by increasing their ranking. Here are all the rankings and perks they can unlock:

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Gamers can gradually rank up their Stealth Skill by performing successful sneak attacks and by earning XP and leveling up their character. Additionally,players can take the Stealth Skill to the next level by unlocking the Concealment Skill at the top of the Physical Skill Tree.

Starfieldis now available on PC and Xbox Series X/S.