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Starfield Creation Kit Info & Help
By Vlad 254
Looking to Create a mod for Starfield? Installation & setup instructions are included in this guide.

A one stop guide that contains links to tutorials, discussions, tools, tips and other help for Starfield's CK.
   
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Category: Achievements, Characters, Classes, Co-op, Crafting, Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Loot, Maps or Levels, Modding or Configuration, Multiplayer, Secrets, Story or Lore, Trading, Walkthroughs, Weapons, Workshop
Languages: English
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Guide Index
Overview
Forward 
History 
System Requirements 
Download Installation & Setup 
GamePass 
ESP vs ESM Files 
*Darkfox Video Tutorials 
Elianora 
Name Generic Ship Service Techs 
Porting a Weapon Mod 
Making a Patch 
Create Simple Followers 
Making a Location (POI) 
Terrain Edits 
Create a Quest 
Create a Spacestation 
Custom Outpost Menu 
Outpost Habs and Packins 
Creating a System 
NavMesh 
Injecting your mod into loot leveled lists 
Audio 
How to Create an Audio Log 
Music 
More CK How to Tutorials 
Other Video Tutorials 
Joseph Russell 
Other Tools & Add-on files 
Discussion Links 
Change log 
More Creation Kit Guides 
My other Starfield Related Guides 
 
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As of June 9th 2024 the Starfield Creation Kit is now available[www.nexusmods.com]

There is no official documentation for the Creation Kit, this is the same for all versions across all Bethesda games and has been this way for quite some time.

I started out keeping this list of Starfield Creation Kit (CK) related links for myself but after scrambling for the links in order to share them so many times I set this guide up for personal use and have now decided to simply publish the guide for anyone interested. I'll reformat this over time as I hadn't expected to publish it but here you should be able to find what you are looking for if it's available on the internet. I hope you find it useful.
Creation Engine[en.wikipedia.org] is a 3D video game engine created by Bethesda Game Studios based on the Gamebryo engine. The Creation Engine has been used to create role-playing video games such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76. A new iteration of the engine, Creation Engine 2, was used to create Starfield. The Creation Engine has been tailor-made for large-scale open-world RPGs.

With the Starfield Creation Kit you have the tool that allows you to make mods for yourself, upload them to the Starfield Nexus Mods[www.nexusmods.com] website or upload them to Bethesda's Starfield Creations[creations.bethesda.net] website.

Verified Creator Program
While everyone can upload free Creations to Bethesda's website, only admitted members of the Verified Creator Program may release content for sale and earn royalties on each Creation of theirs that is sold by applying to the
Bethesda Game Studios Verified Creator Program[creations.bethesda.net]
System Requirements
Minimum:
OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (10.0.19043)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
Memory*: 32 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 1 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD Required

Recommended:
OS: Windows 10/11 with updates
Processor: Anything with decent CPU clock and 8+ cores
Memory*: 48 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 20 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD Required

*The RAM requirement is crucial otherwise you will not be able to run the Creation Kit properly!
(of course you'll also need the base game)
Download Installation & Setup
The first step is to download and then setup the Starfield Creation Kit (CK).

Video Setup & Installation
This video by Darkfox127 will walk you through that process
Darkfox127: Starfield Creation Kit Installation

First you'll need the Creation Kit (it's free):
https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/2722710/Starfield_Creation_Kit/

Install Creation Kit to the same drive as the game, should be installed directly into the game's directory thus resolving any missing .DLLs.

Also

CK (+ Add-on patch)
This add-on patch is a must imo, the same author made a similar patch for Skyrim SE.
Creation Kit Platform Extended for Starfield[www.nexusmods.com]

Important Note:
Make sure you turn on "View File Extensions" in Windows!
ESP vs ESM Files
Use ESM's only, NOT ESP's
All mods being shared with the community should be using ESM format plugins. ESPs are intended to be "work in progress" files for use with Creation Kit. read more[www.nexusmods.com]
Elianora
Video Tutorials
Another top mod author: Elianora's Creation Kit videos
Elianora: Starfield CREATION KIT Quick Tips
Elianora: Starfield Creation Kit tips part 2 - Utilities for level building
Making a Patch
Looking to make a patch for certain mods in your load order?

Starfield Creation Kit Tutorial - Making A Patch (For A Mod)
Create a Spacestation
by JRamos
CK Tutorial- Create a Space Station/Star Station
Custom Outpost Menu
Wicked Workshop Video
Starfield Creation Kit Tutorial- Custom Outpost Menu Categories
Creating a System
Text
Create a Star System - by jedi_mac
Injecting your mod into loot leveled lists
Shades Simple Gear Template[www.nexusmods.com]
A simple template for creating new armors or weapons to be dynamically injected into loot lists for maximum compatibility - all scripting done for you. Can be used by anyone for free or paid mods as long as they credit me and have a link to this mod template.
Other Tools & Add-on files
Tools
These are some of the tools also used to create mods
Blender[www.blender.org]
Gimp[www.gimp.org]
Nifskope[github.com]
Substance 3D Painter[www.adobe.com] ( Steam Store)
BAE - Bethesda Archive Extractor[www.nexusmods.com]
JPEXS Free Flash Decompiler[github.com]
Starfield Voice Tool (BETA)[www.nexusmods.com]
Starfield Plugin Converter[www.nexusmods.com]
Automatic Image to DDS Converter[www.nexusmods.com]
SimpleDDSConverter[www.nexusmods.com]
AudioKinetic[www.audiokinetic.com]
Audacity[www.audacityteam.org]
Foobar2000 for Windows[www.foobar2000.org]
foobar2000 Free Encoder Pack[www.foobar2000.org]
Foobar2000:How to install a component[wiki.hydrogenaudio.org]
Soundbank Sorter[www.nexusmods.com]
Standard1LayerLite (Material Editor Lite)[www.nexusmods.com]

Tool Add-ons
Official Starfield Mesh Reference Blender Template[www.nexusmods.com]
Starfield Geometry Bridge - Blender Plugin[www.nexusmods.com]
Male and Female Body Blender Template (Vanilla and VBB)[www.nexusmods.com]
Substance 3D Painter[www.adobe.com]

Videos: Tool Tutorials
Beginner Blender 4.0 Tutorial - Full Course
Learn How To Use GIMP 2 10 For Beginners
Starfield - Nifskope and Blender Basic
STARFIELD refernece modeling tutorial for Blender
Bethesda Archive Extractor (B.A.E.) for Dummies

Feature Channel
Rasmus, a concept designer and art director has extensive videos on modeling with Blender:
Technouveau Channel Intro
Discussion Links
Creation Kit Forum[forums.nexusmods.com]
Steam CK Discussions

Discord
Starfield Modding Discord[discord.com]
Nexus Mods Discord[discord.com]
Change log
info added
03/23/2025: added link to - Technouveau's Channel for Blender & other tutorials.
03/24/2025: added link to - Invoker Gary's How to Make a POI
03/24/2025: added link to - Creation Kit Working With GAMEPASS Version of the Game
03/25/2025: added link to - Substance 3D Painter
03/25/2025: Added link to Outpost Menu Creation
03/25/2025: Added link to Outpost Habs and Packins
03/26/2025: Added link to Create a Space Station/Star Station
03/27/2025: Added link to Create a Simple Quest
03/28/2025: Added link to Create Simple Followers
03/31/2025: Added link to Automatic Image to DDS Converter
05/10/2025: Added Navmesh section
05/17/2025: Added SimpleDDSConverter
06/17/2025: Added 'Audio Tutorial' to new Audio section of guide
06/17/2025 Added 'Working with Sound files from Starfield' to the Audio section
06/17/2025: Added link to AudioKinetic to the Tools & Add-ons section.
06/17/2025: Added link to Audacity
06/17/2025: Added link to 'Soundbank Sorter'
08/12/2025: Added video - I Built a Starfield Modding Tool with AI and It's a Game Changer
08/13/2025: Added video - Starfield Creation Kit! Chilling and Modding! Hang out and Chat!
08/21/2025: Added Shades Simple Gear Template for injecting loot leveled lists
08/23/2025: Added link for Substance 3D Painter
08/23/2025: Added video - "Starfield Creation Kit Create an Audio Log Tutorial"
08/26/2025: Added link - Standard1LayerLite (Material Editor Lite)
09/17/2025: Added new category "Terrain Edits" (added 2 videos)
09/17/2025: Added new category "Name Generic Ship Techs" (1 added video)
09/26/2025: Added video The Creation Engine Explained: From NetImmerse to Creation Engine 2
09/28/2025: Added video Starfield Mod Tutorial: Blender to CK Pipepline