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As players explore the hundreds of worlds inStarfield, they will find an incredible amount of loot from chests, dead enemies, and the various containers that litter space stations and outposts. Players will often find more items than they can carry, and carrying too much will start to drain their Oxygen levels quickly.
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While unused items can be dropped on the ground and left behind, they can also be taken to different stores to be sold for credits. It’s important for players to know where they can start selling gear as soon as possible to maximize how many credits they have to buy new things they actually want.
Updated On September 20th, 2023 By Joshua Leeds:Starfield has hundreds of planets to explore, and not all of them are inhabited by people and have stores to shop at. This article has been updated to include a list of major planets that have one or more stores on them to see your gear at.
Trade Authority Kiosks
The first and easiest place to sell materials when arriving on a planet is tocheck the nearbyterminal on the landing pad.TheseTrade Authorityterminals may not always sell a wide variety of items but areeasy-to-find and convenient places to sell your items.These terminals are not located on every landing pad in the galaxy, but arealmost always found on the landing pad of amajor citylike New Atlantis.These terminals are found next to the Ship Services employee, so look out for the large sign andinteract with the terminal the Technician is standing next to.Different planets have different Ship Services stations, so look around the landing platform for either thesmaller kiosks or, the larger buildings, all with a “Ship Services” sign overhead.
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Selling At Stores
Most major cities will have merchants that sell random miscellaneous items, clothing, medical supplies, and weapons. Depending on what kind of store you are at, you’lloften only be able to sell the type of items that the store sells.This will require you totravel to multiple different stores to sell yourweapons, space suits, and other random itemsyou find. This is not universal, as you canalso find stores that let you sell all types of items to them, so it’s best to explore around on each planet for each store.
For those looking to sell medical gear, they can go to thedoctors office in New Atlantis.This islocated in the MAST district,headingleft from the tram station and taking a right towardsThe Lodge,passing the doctors office before reaching the lodge. There is also the general store,Jemison Mercantile just past the spaceport.Head to the fountain past the security scanner andwalk left towards Terrabrew, with Jemison Mercantile store next door.The Denis also a great location to sell gear, as you can get there early into your playthrough.
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Selling Your Gear
When interacting with a merchant, thedefault menu will have you set to buy what they are selling. Look along thebottom left of the screen and press the corresponding “Sell” buttonto switch the menu to your own inventory for items to sell. Merchants in Starfield have aset number of creditsso they won’t be able to buy everything from you every time. Thenumber of credits a merchant has will reset after a while, but won’t happen often enough to only ever use one shop. Be sure to explore and find other cities with different stores to sell gear to or buy items from your favorite weapons store to resupply them withmore credits.
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Which Planets Have Stores
There are hundreds of planets in the galaxy, many with and without human civilization. Below is a list of some of the major planets that have one or more stores to sell your gear at.
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