Starfield Smithing

Craft weapon quality tiers at the Weapon Workbench without extra research or level requirements. Tiers are balanced by vanilla skills, rewarding focused builds and allowing early access to high-tier weapons.

OVERVIEW Vanilla quality tiers are now craftable at the Weapon Workbench, like any other weapon mod.

Quality tier crafting only requires Skill Ranks; There are no Research or Level requirements.

The Skills required to craft Tiers vary according to weapon type, rewarding focused builds.

With careful skill selection, you can access higher Tiers of your preferred weapons at lower levels than in vanilla.

Unique Weapons have craftable tiers too which makes them much more useful.

PREVIEW OF THE REQUIRED SKILLS NEEDED TO CRAFT TIERS Melee Weapons Tier 2: Weapon Engineering 1 Tier 3: Weapon Engineering 2, Dueling 2 Tier 4: Weapon Engineering 3, Dueling 3, Martial Arts 1

Ballistic Rifles (Grendel, Maelstrom, Beowulf, etc.) Tier 2: Weapon Engineering 1 Tier 3: Weapon Engineering 2, Ballistics 2 Tier 4: Weapon Engineering 3, Ballistics 3, Rifle Certification 3

Particle Beam Rifles (MagPulse & MagShear) Tier 2: Weapon Engineering 2 Tier 3: Weapon Engineering 3, Rifle Certification 2 Tier 4: Weapon Engineering 4, Rifle Certification 2, Particle Beams 3

Ballistic Snipers (Hard Target & Lawgiver) Tier 2: Weapon Engineering 2 Tier 3: Weapon Engineering 3, Marksmanship 1 Tier 4: Weapon Engineering 4, Marksmanship 1, Sniper Certification 3

Ballistic Shotguns (Coachman, Breach, etc.) Tier 2: Weapon Engineering 1 Tier 3: Weapon Engineering 2, Shotgun Certification 2 Tier 4: Weapon Engineering 3, Shotgun Certification 3, Rapid Reloading 1

Semi-Auto Ballistic Pistols (Urban Eagle, Razorback, etc.) Tier 2: Weapon Engineering 1 Tier 3: Weapon Engineering 2, Pistol Certification 2 Tier 4: Weapon Engineering 3, Pistol Certification 3, Marksmanship 1

The required skills were carefully selected to ensure the player won't be forced to take an irrelevant skill for a gun they want to upgrade. For example, the Beowulf can change fire mode from semi-auto to automatic. Marksmanship only helps with semi-auto ranged weapons. So, the chosen skill requirements of Weapon Engineering, Ballistics, and Rifle Certification allow players to create any build they want with their Beowulf.

Compatibility: Load this mod near the bottom of your load order. Mods like melee weapon skins that are loaded after this mod will overwrite the melee craftable tiers, hiding them.

Requirements: Shattered Space DLC is required.