Bethesda offers fans one final update before the year ends, confirming the next major Starfield update release and outlining what to expect throughout 2024.

Starfield players will have a very busy 2024, as Bethesda has offered a sneak peek at what’s to come. As confirmed in a year-end update blog post, the studio plans to release some updates for the game every six weeks, with the first major update dropping in February. This update will include several major requested quality-of-life improvements, with a beta branch going up soon on Steam. 

That isn’t the only exciting thing planned for Starfield, as they’ve also detailed other major features planned for 2024, including the game’s first story expansion. 

Here’s a summary of what to expect throughout 2024:

• City maps
• New ways to travel
• New ways to customize your ships
• New gameplay options to further adjust difficulty
• Official mod support with the launch of Creations
• Our first story expansion, Shattered Space

Here’s the studio expanding on each point:

“First, we’re targeting updates roughly every six weeks starting in February. These updates will include everything from quality-of-life improvements to content and feature updates. Join our Steam Beta branch to be the first to try these updates as they begin rolling out.

We’ve been reading all your feedback and are excited to start launching these new features. We’ll be adding new ways to travel and you’ll now be able to access city maps while exploring the major cities. For those of you who love ship building, we’ll also be expanding on ship customization with ship decorations, new ship building options, and more.

We’re also excited to be adding all new Gameplay options. With these new settings you’ll be able to alter your gameplay to allow for an easier or more challenging experience that will expand beyond our normal “Difficulty” setting. These will allow you to easily customize carry capacity, cargo access distance, ship damage, vendor credits, how you suffer afflictions, new survival mechanics, and more.

Next, official mod support will be coming to Starfield with the launch of Creations. Beginning early next year, Starfield will be getting its own exporter and you’ll have access to a new Creation Kit. Modding has always been an enormous part of our games, with incredible community-made content constantly bringing fresh new experiences. With the scale and systems in Starfield, we can’t wait to see what you come up with!

And lastly, the team is hard at work on the development of Shattered Space, our first major expansion coming next year. You’ll have new story content, new locations, new gear, and much more. We can’t wait to share more with you next year.”

The studio also shared this infographic, revealing some impressive stats.

Lots to look forward to next year for Starfield players, and we’re glad to see Bethesda addressing several criticisms, some of which were outlined in my Starfield review. It’ll be really interesting to see the mod tools, as while the game can already be modded, these tools will offer more flexibility in what can be done. Skyrim has been thriving off mods for the past decade, with even fan-made expansions being released for it. We’re sure we’ll see plenty of major fan projects once the mod tools are released. 

For now, we’ll just have to keep on exploring the universe and its secrets. 

Source: Bethesda