Starfield Player’s 2,000-Hour Passion Project Shows What The Game Is Desperately Missing

Summary Starfield lacks an in-game codex for players to track resources and findings accurately.

Fans resort to manually cataloging their discoveries after 2,000 hours of gameplay.

The upcoming DLC and updates may enhance the gameplay experience for Starfield fans, promoting more exploration.

After just over 2,000 hours, one Starfield player shows exactly what the game is missing. The Bethesda open-world space game quickly became a target for negative experiences and reviews from fans, mostly due to the lack of content despite what was promised. Many found that basic things were missing, like a logical inventory system, land vehicles, and even a cohesive map for the larger cities. Thankfully, many of these issues were addressed in the 1.11.33 update and are being reworked in upcoming DLC. However, there are still a few things lacking that fans have found impressive ways to track themselves.

An impressive system to track scanner findings was created by Reddit user Evalyn_West, and after a little over 2,000 hours in-game, they've compiled pages and notebooks worth of information. They shared their system and findings, showcasing their bookcase full of notebooks (that are perfectly Constellation-colored), and updated everything they have discovered after 2,000 hours.

Their notes were extensive, but it left a lot of people wondering the same thing. With the amount of scanning and researching players can do, it would make sense for there to be some type of built-in codex, but that's not the case for Starfield.

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Starfield's Fatal Flaw Is Not Having Any Type Of In-Game Codex

Fans Resort To Manually Cataloging Findings

Though players are often sent on missions to find resources for things like base building and ship upgrades, there's no way to know exactly where to get the resources needed unless you're close enough to a planet to scan. Many games usually have a codex or log that allows players to keep track of resources and flora and fauna of the different areas, but this is lacking in Starfield. Evalyn_West's extensive note keeping allows them to know what they've encountered and where, so it's easy for them to refer to when needed.

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The absoultely massive map offers Starfield players a lot to explore, but with no way to catalog everything they come across, it is understandable fans were frustrated. This has led to many catalogs online and resources of findings, but this method is a unique choice. Evalyn_West did mention that they had plans to start a computer-based version of their codex, but for now, they enjoy having notebooks that they can flip through and write in.

Even after 2,000 hours of playing, this Starfield fan still has quite a ways to go to document everything the game has to offer. With the update and the Shattered Space DLC nearing its release date, they will have even more to explore. Though fans don't know exactly the scale of the DLC, they are hopeful for more locations and missions that give more depth. Hopefully, the update and DLC will be enough to keep Starfield fans interested for 2,000 plus more hours and to keep them putting this much passion into it.

Source: Evalyn_West/Reddit