Starfield is one of the most ambitious games made to date. This is the first original Intellectual Property that Bethesda has worked on in over 25 years. The game features one of the largest open worlds to date that allows you to explore countless planets and outposts in space.
In the process of exploring, you are bound to pick up valuables. These valuables will usually be stored in the Armillary. However, this attracts Raiders who seem to love the Armillary with all the artifacts that it stores. In this guide, I will feature a base design that makes it impossible for raiders to attack your outpost.
How to Defend Your Outposts
Base Overview
So, the entire premise of this base is to protect all the valuables and artifacts that you have stored in your Armillary.
If you choose to place the Armillary on your ship, then you will always be ambushed by raiders after every Graph Jump. Hence, the best way to avoid this is to use a base that the raiders cannot enter.
As shown in the image above, this base has only one entrance, which is guarded by Machine Gun Turrets and Security Robots.
This makes the base impenetrable since these defenses mow down the intruders with relative ease, and this is all possible due to the Cargo Container Foundations. Also, this will allow you to sit back and grind that Crafting Experience without worrying about the raider destroying anything.
Cargo Container Foundations
The entire magic of this base lies in the Cargo Container Foundation strategy that allows you to build walls that are high.
For this, you will essentially need to build walls by stacking up Cargo Containers. Once the walls have reached the specified height, all you have to do is simply delete the lower Containers while keeping the top one intact.
These containers can be deleted while in Build Mode. When deleted, they are replaced by Cargo Container Foundations, which allow the entire column to act as a single unit.
This makes the entire method significantly cost-effective, but it does have a drawback. Since these units do not snap with each other at corners, there might be gaps in the walls.
These gaps can allow the enemy to shoot through it, but most of the time, they cannot hit anything that is vital to the base. As shown in the image above, there is a gap, but it is not significant enough since no intruder can squeeze through it.
Cargo Container Mechanics
The issue with Cargo Containers is the unique mechanics that they follow. Since they are not meant for use in buildings, they do not follow the snap mechanics of the conventional building structures. To make this easy to understand, you can place the container only in a particular direction.
As shown in the image above, if the containers are tilted, then all neighboring containers that are attached to them will also be tilted in the same direction.
You won’t be able to build out in a diagonal direction than to create a wall. To build in a different direction, you will need to rotate the container at the corners.
However, for this, you must determine the distance that will not result in the container snapping to the other. This will mostly rely on your rough estimation so that you can fill another container in the vacant space. This method will require trial and error since there is a lot of variability involved in it.
Uneven Surfaces
You might wonder how to build on an uneven surface since it won’t allow you to snap other objects nearby. For this, the solution is quite simple, as shown in the image above. You must build up the first container and then drag it across to make the neighboring object snap onto it.
Lastly, there is also the problem of annoying protruding rocks that won’t allow you to build near them. For this, you will need to first build a single column.
Then, place subsequent containers in a sort of staircase formation, as shown in the image above. When you remove the highlighted container, the other one will have a foundation spawned beneath it that will ignore the rock.
The mechanics for the foundation are slightly weird and might lead to hours of experimentation. However, the end result is worth it once you get it right. You will have a base that is essentially impenetrable and impervious to attacks. Let us know in the comments below if you have any questions or suggestions for future articles.
