All Starfield ship manufacturers and locations

With so many Starfield ship manufacturers to choose from, it can be a struggle to figure out the differences (if any) between these various interstellar organisations. As soon as you open up the ship builder, you’re bombarded by all sorts of brands, and we’re here to tell you all about them, and where you can find them.

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All Starfield ship manufacturers

In total, there are 19 ship manufacturers in Starfield, and each has their own specialties that make them worth having on your ship. Notably, each manufacturer has their own unique aesthetic style, so if you’re going for looks, then selecting one manufacturer’s parts might be your best bet. But if you’re trying to maximise your ship stats for space combat, then mixing and matching is the way to go.

Here are all of the 19 available ship manufacturers in Starfield:

Manufacturer	Speciality
Amun Dunn	Reactors
Ballistic Solutions Inc.	Ballistic weapons and fuel tanks
Deep Core	Cargo holds and grav drives
Deimos	Defensive ship parts
Dogstar	Shields, cargo holds, and reactors
HopeTech	Great all-round manufacturer, with solid parts in every category
Horizon Defense	Ballistic and Energy weapons
Light Scythe	Energy weapons
Nautilus	Shields and fuel tanks
Panoptes	Engines
Nova Galactic	Habs, landing gear, and structures
Protectorate Systems	Cargo holds
Reladyne	Engines and grav drives
Sextant Shield Systems	Shielded cargo holds
Shinigami	Energy weapons
Slayton Aerospace	Grav drives
Stroud Eklund	Structures and aesthetics, both inside and outside
Taiyo Astroneering	Cockpits and habs
Xiang	Reactors

All Starfield ship manufacturer locations

Some of the available ship manufacturers exist in more than just the ship building menu, and can actually be found out in the Settled Systems. Only four have their own shipyards. At these shipyards, you can buy unique Class A, Class B, and Class C ship parts that are unavailable at other shipyards, so if you’ve got a preferred manufacturer, be sure to check out their shipyard.

Here are all of the Starfield ship manufacturers with their own shipyards, and their shipyard locations:

Manufacturer	Shipyard location
Deimos	Deimos Staryard, orbit of Deimos (moon of Mars), Sol System
HopeTech	Hopetown Shipyard, Polvo, Valo System
Nova Galactic	Nova Galactic Shipyard, orbit of Luna (Earth’s moon), Sol System
Nova Galactic	Nova Galactic Showroom, New Homestead, Titan (moon of Saturn), Sol System
Stroud-Eklund	Stroud-Eklund Showroom, Neon, Volii Alpha, Volii System
Stroud-Eklund	Stroud-Eklund Staryard, orbiting Dalvik (moon of Deepala), Narion System
Taiyo Astroneering	Taiyo Astroneering Showroom, Neon, Volii Alpha, Volii System

While the Stroud-Eklund and Taiyo Astroneering showrooms are not technically shipyards, they do serve as the official headquarters of these companies. Ship customization, upgrades, and purchasing ships are all possible here as they would be at any regular shipyard, though you will not be able to repair your ship. For that, you’ll need a Ship Services Technician, which can only be found near the landing bay of out-and-out spaceports like those listed below.

Other notable shipyards

Aside from these branded shipyards, there are several other shipyards found across the Settled Systems that offer unique ships, parts, and missions for players to take on, typically found in major cities. These shipyards include:

Shipyard	Location
Akila City spaceport	Akila, Cheyenne System
Cydonia spaceport	Mars, Sol System
Gagarin spaceport	Gagarin, Alpha Centauri System
Neon spaceport	Volii Alpha, Volii System
New Atlantis spaceport	Jemison, Alpha Centauri System
Paradiso	Porrima II, Porrima System
Red Mile	Porrima III, Porrima System
The Den	Orbiting Chthonia, Wolf System
The Key	Orbiting Suvorov, Kryx System

Best ship manufacturers in Starfield

We wouldn’t say that there are any particular ship manufacturers that are objectively the best, as a lot of it comes down to personal preference. Nevertheless, there are a few that we’d like to single out as having been useful in our playthrough.

Deep Core, Deimos, and Xiang all excel in their respective specialties, creating high quality grav drives, shields, and reactors. They might cost you a little more to buy, but are certainly worth spending that extra money on. HopeTech are also a great option, as they offer fantastic all-around parts, and can be a reliable way to get the essentials fairly cheaply.

Best Starfield shipyards

The best shipyards in Starfield are the New Atlantis spaceport, the Neon spaceport, and the Red Mile.

New Atlantis is a fairly straightforward pick. It’s effectively your tutorial area for the ship building system, but will also act as a hub of sorts as you repeatedly return to New Atlantis during the main story, and other faction missions. It’s the perfect place to grab a quick upgrade or repairs when you need one.

Neon is another location you’ll be visiting plenty of times, but it does have some added benefits that New Atlantis doesn’t. It’s located much more centrally in the Settled Systems, so is a good place to grav jump from to reach faraway star systems. It also has two ship manufacturers headquartered here that offer unique parts – the Stroud Eklund shipyard and Taiyo Astroneering shipyard.

✓ Tip

While you’re on the Red Mile, you can take part in the Red Mile run. This is a challenge quest which you can get some great rewards from for completing.

The Red Mile on Porrima III isn’t the flashiest of shipyards, but it does offer something important for anyone looking to make a career in the smuggling game – shielded cargo holds. It’s one of the only shipyards in the game where you can buy shielded cargo holds and scan jammers, which can help you smuggle contraband into United Colonies and Freestar Collective controlled planets.

As a special mention, it’s worth checking out the Crimson Fleet’s base called The Key, as well as The Den space station. You’ll can repair your ship at both of these, and they each host a Trade Authority, meaning you can safely sell contraband without having to go through a scan first.

Best place to build ships in Starfield

If you’re looking to build a ship completely from scratch, you’ll probably want somewhere that offers a wide selection of ship parts to choose from. For this, we don’t actually recommend a specific location. Instead, build an outpost and construct a large landing pad there. From here, you’ll can access a huge number of parts to build with, and can then fill in any gaps at specific manufacturers if you want.