BNW – Unlevelled Ship Components [USC]

Build the ship you have in mind without waiting for a character-level milestone.

BNW – Unlevelled Ship Components removes player-level conditions from 480 vanilla shipbuilding recipes while preserving the original progression systems.

WHY I CREATED THIS MOD

Given how often Starfield has subjected me to endless CTDs, broken quests and playthroughs that have become completely unplayable, I decided to build another mod to make starting over just a little bit easier — and considerably less of a hassle.

Because surely I can't be the only person who's had to abandon an entire playthrough because of a bug that's been around since the game's early days...

Starting a new character shouldn't mean grinding through dozens of levels just to regain access to ship components I was already using.

And artificially increasing your character level isn't an ideal solution either, particularly when you want to preserve natural progression.

So, BNW Unlevelled Ship Components was born.

This Creation won't fix Starfield's crashes or broken quests. Believe me, I wish it could.

But if the game decides you're starting your adventure all over again, at least rebuilding your favourite ship won't require another pilgrimage through the levelling system.

WHAT CHANGES

Removes player-level requirements from 480 vanilla shipbuilding recipes.
Allows low-level characters to access covered components when all other requirements are satisfied.
Adds no new ship components, scripts, menus or custom assets.
No SFSE required.

WHAT YOU STILL NEED

The usual Starship Design and Piloting requirements where applicable.
Sufficient credits to purchase components.
Access to vendors selling the desired components.
Any applicable quest, schematic, global or manufacturer requirements.

This Creation does not unlock quest rewards, grant perks, provide free components or make every part available at every ship technician.

REQUIREMENTS

Starfield only. No paid DLC required.

EXPANSION COVERAGE

Terran Armada: Install the separate BNW USC – Terran Armada expansion for an additional 14 covered recipes. The expansion requires this Base Creation.

Shattered Space: No additional patch is required. Its 122 constructible recipes were examined and contained no player-level conditions requiring removal.

COMPATIBILITY

Other Creations that modify the same shipbuilding recipes may conflict. Later-loading overrides can restore player-level requirements or alter other conditions.

Shipbuilding and vendor overhauls may also influence component availability.

Compatibility testing has confirmed successful vanilla module availability at Level 7 with both an isolated configuration and the restored full test load order. The cause of an earlier temporary availability issue remains undetermined.

Please report any reproducible compatibility issues.