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Howard Urges Starfield Players to Curb Hoarding Habit, But Understands Appeal of Picking Up Everything

  • Todd Howard advises Starfield players not to hoard unimportant items like pencils and notepads that burden them.

  • Hoarding behavior continues across Bethesda games, over-encumbering players and restricting movement.

  • PC players use mods to reduce encumbrance issues but console players must wait for Creation Club in 2024.

  • Howard says players don't need "trays and pencils" but understands the appeal of picking up everything.

  • Debate continues on hoarding value in Starfield; console mods arrive in 2024 to help manage inventory.

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Starfield's inventory management issues have been addressed by modders, with the StarUI Inventory mod becoming one of the most popular mods on NexusMods, offering a more intuitive and informative interface for PC players.
Starfield development chief Todd Howard responded to why Bethesda hadn't optimized Starfield for PC, stating that the game is running great and is a next-gen PC game, suggesting that players may need to upgrade their PCs to fully enjoy the game.
Summary: To avoid being overencumbered in Starfield, players should avoid grabbing every item, increase their carrying capacity skill, regularly check for heavy items, avoid holding onto ship parts, only keep a few weapons and store the rest, utilize the ship's cargo bay for storing resources and valuables, look for spacesuits with extra storage, distribute weight to companions, and use chems or booze to temporarily boost carrying capacity.
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