*Click the "Thanks" button under the video to leave me a donation.* This video teaches you how to make a max stat early game ship that's upgradable as you level that lets you solo entire fleets of enemies using advanced techniques probably not intended by the game devs. These ships can be acquired and built the very first hour on a new character. You also get all the perks of using an anti-pirate ship. More info on how to get the starter pieces for the ship is here: ua-cam.com/video/kYqQTCOuHjM/v-deo.html
Can we change all modules? Cockpit's, habs and others and same scare pirats? + my skills (for shield) work with profit with crew member with same skill? or useless to hold crew when all skills be maxed?
Tried this last night, it works really well. A few tips: 1) No need to slavishly duplicate this design, just keep your mass as low as possible and the 100/150 speeds. I kept the captain part, I used a better grav drive etc. 2) You can switch a hab part in place, no need to delete the old and insert the new: click to select the armory, press left/right and it rotates between captain, armory, control, infirmary etc. 3) On Xbox to do the reverse driving trick: boost, hold down right bumper RB and use your **right** stick to turn the view around. You'll see the speed at -150 and stay that way until you release the RB. I put the beam weapons on W1 instead of W0 so they fire with left trigger, makes it easier to fight I think.
Great video! For the Razor Leaf, personally I switched to the Stroud cockpit (4 crew) instead of the C1 Magellan (2 crew). I also left the Captain's quarters so I always have a bed, and added a Workshop so I have access to the research, Armor, weapon, and industrial workbenches. Was able to run this with the same 100 mobility and 150 speed.
Wow! I am so grateful you did this vid. I'm just a retired grandma living it up playing video games and I do alright with combat but the ship to ship - not so much. I tried building other ships from other vids but still got stomped. I built this one tonight and .... drum roll... I obliterated like nine ships and no damage to me. You are da man! Thank you so much. You made this old girl's day for sure. I sub'd and will make sure my son, who streams, knows he's been one upped 🤣
Hey there! Another granny gamer here. : ) Always great to see folks our age that are still young at heart and having fun. My boys always got to brag they beat the bosses when they were younger...cuz mom got them through the tougher levels. Now, 20+ years later, it's the opposite way around. Well sometimes. Always grateful for those faster reflexes when needed, but still love a challenge. Sadly ship building is not one of them. Thankfully we have clever people who can make amazing, easy to follow tutorials to get us back on track when hitting a few bumps along the way. Really looking forward to my first dog fight in this smaller ship. The Razorleaf went from Great Dane size to Jack Russell. Small, but mighty. lol
The Mantis is actually the name of the vigilante who owned the ship. After hearing about this ship I didn't realise that myself until I was going through the secret base.
@@ClusterDSA Could be it was passed down like the title Dread Pirate Roberts in Princess Bride. Probably even inspired by the movie. The passing of a mantle is a common trope in literature anyway.
Even after watching multiple youtube videos on ship building, i was still confused untill watching this video! Thank you so much brother. You made a complex issue very comprehensive for me!
There is a lot of Starfield junk on youtube but your videos are actualy full of useful information. Love the detail and the clear explanations - subscribed
I watched your previous video. I've got to say, I haven't played a game whilst watching a starter guide video for years. I normally just watch the video, pick up a few tips and then do my own thing. But that starter guide was perfect! It was so well done. Looking forward to this one when I get home from work. It's going to be another long night of Starfield! You've got yourself a sub.
I’ve learned so much watching your video, I followed it to the T. Not only did I learn more about ship building which I didn’t understand, I have a better grasp of ship fighting. Thank ypu so much for ypur video. You have another dedicated follower. My be 53 yrs old but I still love my video games ever since Atari came out new lol. Keep up the great work
Once again, extremely helpful content! You are helping make this game less grindy!! Again, I am playing this for fun, not to challenge myself. LOL... plus, I am disabled and my hands don't work as well as they used to. That means my reaction time is total shit and I can't click or type (press keys) as fast as normal people. It made gaming frustrating for me because I would constantly die even on easy!! I know it may sound lame, but you have seriously made this a fun experience for me!! Plus, to me, this kind of "hacking" is like a game in itself to me! Your videos are me gathering intel and research to "win the game easy!" Can't thank you enough!
Fantastic guide, followed the Razorleaf guide to the letter...took me about an hour cos it was my first time with ship builder. Got mission board quest that required going through Kryx first as I hadnt visited the star systems. Killed the 20 ship mob first time using your tactics, only had to boost away 3 -4 times and never lost shields at all. Magnificent guide!! Was Lvl 15 with almost exact same skills, maybe extra point in shields and Vasco in crew. Congrats on 100k subs!!
This is awesome! I think the most important part of this video is the balancing of the ship making. All that supplementary information was priceless for me, thank you!
What a great video! I love your nonchalant, 'nothing can beat you, you've won the game'. And the storage ship, I was giggling the whole time, with the 1 engine slapped on the side. I'll build it, and I'll have to actually take off in it. I'd have expect it to scrape on the ground trying to get in the air.
Excellent video. Thanks! To newbs like myself having trouble mounting the disrupter 3000 on the back on a PC - Use "R" and "F" to elevate and lower until you're able to get it to go green to snap down. It took me far to long to figure this out. :)
Just for your information ship terminology, front = bow, left = port, right = starboard, the back of a ship can referred either "aft section" or "the stern"
The fact u commenting on terminology I'm the game makes me wo dwr just how lost u get in video games lol all jokes aside tho that is actually rather neat I formation I did not know this myself
29:40 you do not have to hold S to maintain your reverse speed. When you hit the thruster button whats happening is your basically turning off flight assist and your ship will maintain the momentum it has at that time so just hold spacebar and turn. Keep it held and you will keep your speed and just float away. The arrow keys allow you to strafe along the x and y axis
Push LS to boost, begin turn with RS, hold RB, point and hold LS downward. The timing isn't difficult, but you begin to lose momentum as soon as you start turning so dont wait in-between each action just do them in immediate succession.
I watched in awe as you maneuvered components from place to place during the ship-building segments. Particularly since I could not duplicate what you were doing. After watching and re-watching the segments over, I finally figured out that there is a slider on the right side of the screen to raise/lower your perspective. Until I noticed that function, I was stuck. I suggest that you go into how to actually handle the manipulating of pieces for us peeps that overlook the obvious. I love your videos. You put a lot of work into them.
THANK YOU!!! I have been commenting on soo many videos from content creator that the first rank of Ship piloting just makes you more maneuverable. Your video is the FIRST i have seen that gives the correct information to the viewers. I totally recommend doing a ship combat video just to get the proper info out there! Thanks again for putting the correct info out there. ( ya, i know this one kinda is a combat vid inside a build vid) [Edit: Yes, it is totally easy to do on console]
I am in awe of your expertise in this game even with early access. Love your humour also. Excellent tutorial and editing. Its insane to me that you are not at 1M+ views.
Great guide. Just found your content. As it happens I just got the Razorleaf last night, totally without knowing what it was. I’m still a little confused by the whole ship building thing, and hoping you have a beginners guide for that. Great content and looking forward to more. Thank you!!
I'm on vacation in Italy, I am always looking for great videos like these when I have my poolside mimosa. 😁It gives me something to look forward to when I get back to texas and can fire up SF. Thank you for the detailed build!
You go so in depth in all your videos and have figured out so much already. Thanks for sharing! Your one of the best it there for starfield I've come across. I'll be ship building tonight 😁
Benji, the ship is indeed called the Razorleaf and it *belonged* the The Mantis - who was a bounty hunter. Well technically, a line of bounty hunters. You should read / listen to more of the lore in this game. You'll appreciate it much more. The Mantis has a great and interesting story.
Before I ask you something, I want you to understand, that you make the most easiest videos to follow, and you are very pleasant to listen to. I followed your one video, took me several hours to be able to keep up with you, but I now have the Mantis. I started a little different, but I still have everything that you touched upon in that video. My only concern, that I wish you had it in Xbox, which is my main game. I do have a computer, I am sure will handle the game, but the cost is a bit much for me to buy the game right now. Xbox, its on Game Pass, so as of right now, I am playing it that way. In this video, you say you just play video games, well that's me too. I am 65 years old, retired truck driver, and since my wife passed away last year, I just sit here playing games. Keep up the great videos.
I'd love to cover the console side since that's the majority of the player base but I lack the tools to record console footage. It's on my list of stuff to figure out.
Cheers homie. I'm level 48 with rank 4 in both starship design and piloting so I used a better shield generator and reactor to upgrade the Razorleaf, and I didn't tear it apart because I don't want to destroy the look of the ship for role-playing reasons, but I did use those weapons and remove the smaller engines and armory and I'm very happy with the result.
Pretty good Tutorial, thank for posting, If you roll Q and E when boosting away or while engaging your enemy in a frontal assault you will avoid most damage. Btw if you find the Ecliptic Battleship (LVL 40) get behind its engines to avoid its massive damage turrets, its a tough fight, since the captain keeps yelling at his crew to repair all the systems, its weapons range is impressive I was able to bring it down at level 20, sadly I was unable to test if it could be boarded, the ship itself is massive it would be awesome if it could be captured.
The ship isn't called the Mantis by anyone in the game. When pirates see you they yell "it's the Mantis!" because they're talking about you. It'd be like someone seeing the Batmobile and saying "it's Batman!". The Mantis flies the Razorleaf, so they get worried because they know the Mantis can wreck them. And Magellan is is pronounced "Mah-jellin", named after the Portuguese/Spanish explorer.
I want to but I feel like they completely negate the entire game since it makes you rich and levels you up beyond what the game intended. I'll get around to it eventually but I wanted to cover builds and damage stats for a bit first.
great vids, I do have one tip: before landing on a planet you are farming, switch difficulty to Very Hard; land and exit ship, then change difficulty to Very Easy(this will increase the chances of legendary gear and exp gains and mods will be super easy to kill) ; Note, this works for each loading screen, so while in the location you rinse and repeat the difficulty change with each loading screen location within the areas. This will make the areas easier and more efficient with getting the best gear.
@@Th1sUsernameIsNotTaken There are no console commands on Xbox. If you're on PC why tf do you care what console players do. At that point just come to terms with people playing how they want to.
@@CAiNiAC I like how you're randomly trying to make it a war between what you play on lmfao. Idc what difficulty people play the game on. everyone enjoys different aspects when it comes to game. Just doesn't make sense to go through the effort of changing the difficulty to Very hard just to immediately change it down to Very Easy trying to get "easy" loot, when the game is an absolute breeze on Very easy as it is, so the legendary gear isn't really doing you any favors lol
Not sure if this has been said and not going through all of the replies. Thrusters on xbox are RB, turn is left or right on right thumbstick, reverse is down on left thumbstick. Hope that helps. If it’s already been said, sorry for the no reason bump.
Awesome! Amazing! I followed your guide, (took several tries to learn controls) but I ended up with an exact copy of your guide. Thank you so much for helping others. Now, if I could only learn to fly the thing!
Thanks for the tip! I actually used some version of the "stop and turn around" from all the old fighter jet movies, but I was flying the Rambler which has 1 gun and comes pre-ganked on maneuvering, plus despite having the skill I never knew how to use thrusters😂
Great guide for newbies. Thanks for putting this together - sharing with some new players I know. One note - The Mantis is the individual that puts fear in the heart of all space criminals and the Razorleaf is the Mantis' ship. The Mantis is not the ship. :) And please hit "T' to store all resources.
i followed your guide on my restart, by level 6 i was heading for the mantis. i did the ship build with 2 exceptions i still have the oringinal shild and reactor, the ship still works as you advertized. I am currently lvl 10, having made 3 levels getting the mantis, and made the 4th doing the first constellation mission, i elected to fight the 3 varuum zealot ships in that mission, was a slaughter! i never even lost shields and utterly destroyed them, i tried this before with the frontier and was instantly destroyed. so this is to let you know i appreciate your guide and it works even if your smaller than your build advertized
I found the note while taking care of the spacers in the second planet, kreet, twice out of 2 games, on normal. So every time you kill a spacer, look for the note, it can drop anywhere. And in my first game, I found the note in 3 locations, so I had 3 notes at the same time for going after the mantis.
I followed this video with a few of my own modifications and it's great. I was clueless and intimidated when it came to ship building and mods, so thanks.
Great guide! Will use this on my second character. There is SO much to do that i decided not to focus on ships or shipbuilding for my first play through.
Thanks man i was stuck in legacy end quest but after i did the modifications to the mantis like you did in this video i finished no problem you earned a sub
Its funny how I ended up with the razorleaf ship looking similar the only difference is 2 more engines 1 landing frame and ~1000 in shielded cargo. I love the guide and definitely doing the cargo ship similar with some personal changes. Great video, keep it up.
I was excited for the shielded cargo game mechanic but there's planets that don't scan (Forgot to program it in the game?) where you can vendor contraband with zero hassle.
@@SwoleBenjipretty sure that’s intentional. The den for instance doesn’t make sense lore wise (at least to me) but gameplay wise it seems too obvious to be an accident
@@SwoleBenji Yeah I did it for the case I forget I have contraband. But I am thinking on getting rid of it. I have a 17K cargo ship for materials and 2-3 more ships. Gotta redo my outposts for efficiency and scale. I am playing the game with the least amount of exploits so is gonna take a min to get to lvl 100 for all the perks I really want and need to min max efficiency on ships, craft and outposts. Keep it up. This game is way more deep. We just need to have an updated to bring more NPC to the outposts and possibly create a small settlement with NPCS living there or just coming to visit and leave after a while. I guess it will be too heavy on processing tho.
@@norske_ow3440The lore IMO is actually quite sound once the history of how earth is no more and the Universe gets populated. Society's underbelly would have as well exited and why the UC which was the Military seeded the Galaxy. Some folks, as it is today, will find the places off the beaten path to set up shop. Thus RP wise as long as the UC are looking the other way as the faction wars really decimated the galactic population. The weak part in the games start is our character having no real skills or ability despite having a trade thus why not start the new player on Venus with a cryo sleep of 2 years thus 1200 years given the Universe Time conversion. Would have been both lore and RP wise a far better opening to what is a great game
This helped alot! I couldn't figure out building until this video! I modified my mantis :) used same weapons as yours but added more storage and stuff thanks
Awesome video!!! Thank you so much. I was completely lost in ship modding / building. Following your step by step instructions really helped me familiarize myself with the system. Appreciate your time and effort.
Hi SwoleBenji, I build my Mantis to your specs, and had a mission in the Kryx system. Took the Mantis, I renamed it Mantis, and got surprised by the pirate fleet and eventually got wiped out. Knowing what to expect I followed your combat tactics and I killed them all. Thank you very much for the video, it is excellent.
Thanks this helps a lot, the ship building is very difficult on a console so decided to switch to PC and your clear key usage is great. So difficult following some builds when they do not tell which key to press 😅
Toe Roy Doll, that's how that reactor is pronounced. Great video! I wish I had saw this when I was just starting. I bumbled around in the ship builder forever until I was almost lvl 40. 53:34 if you have your mouse over an area in which you can add a thing, the menu will filter out stuff that cannot be attached to that thing. It threw me for a loop forever but that's why it seems like the Docker disappeared, because you cannot attach it to the spine you had you mouse over.
Great ship build. Was stuck on a mission space battle with no way fwd and nearly gave up hope. Modified the mantis and destroyed them all easy as pie👍🏻
You can actually just dump all of your resources onto the floor inside of your ship and it doesn’t go anywhere, you just have to pick it all back up to get rid of it
Thank you this was super helpful. I struggled trying to build and learned a few new things watching. Ship itself doesnt look that hot so I hope you have more vids on building a sexy looking fighter ship :D
Best way to learn about the game thanks for the info . You just earned yourself a subscriber with the notification bell . I wish you all the best and keep up the good work .
This and the previous Starfield video made me resubscribe. Very much enjoy the informative nature, especially explanations of the why you are making the choices in the guide.
I could barely find this video again after watching it, it did not even show up in my freaking played history. I hate when youtube screws around with content. Luckily I had texted myself the link as a reminder for when I am on PC to give this build guide a try. Anyways, THX for the info dude.
Leaving a general tip here: Fly to Venus and sleep 24h if you want 7 days to pass in other places to restock some loot chests etc. Also i suck at space combat so i saved up for Stronghold and now can afk while its auto turrets and lasers dismantle pirate fleets and have yet to see the 4k+ shield drop to 0 😳
OP is referring to a glitch where you can run under the map at New Atlantis, find the chests where the vendors keep their credits - especially the ship technician - and repeat for infinite money.
Hey man just really started with starfield, found your vid, love the ships!!! so straightup started building them the fighter is a beast!!! and the hauler is awesome to dump stuff in
Oh man, I just got a good laugh out of your video buddy. Thank you for all the info, the great build and the awesome entertainment shooting the UC ships. Cheers & keep them coming... ;-)
If you have the kids stuff trait you can get a ship from your dad, which has some very good components you cant get early otherwise. I think thats also a very good base to stat builing a ship like this.
I subbed about 90 seconds into the video when I saw you basically spent every waking hour of every day since early access to figure this out. Thanks so much mate. Hope you hit a 100K subs soon, God knows you deserve it! A couple questions tho: 1) You're not on Very Hard difficulty? I went to Kryx once. Grav drive got blown up the first second, I died the second 🤣🤣🤣 2) I have more, but worse engines on my ship and it's top speed without boost is around 148-149. Or so it says when I'm flying the thing. Its basically a better version of the Frontier that I built from scratch, but with 800 Cargo space and 80 mobility.
There was a certain part of the Ranger faction quest that I was unable to complete. I followed your vid, made some personal modifications to the build, and utilized your tactics. The whole battle was a piece of frickin' cake! The only damage I took was some shield damage on the initial run out and away. None of them ever hit me again. I've not only built my first custom ship, I can actually fight it effectively. Like and Follow. Thank you.
I appreciate these vids but gotta say - putting it on 1/2 speed so I can follow along - the slow mo voice gives me space dementia after following along / rewinding a few times hahaha. Got it built tho ;)
Great stuff, exactly what i was looking for. This also gave me an idea of how the ship building actually works too so thanks mate, earned a sub for sure
I followed this down to the T. Works like a charm… I do want to add… on the money chest part.. there is a set of stairs you can take instead of climbing the tree… you can also buy ships and take the money back. You can also alter the razor leaf cabs to accommodate a crew of 6 instead of 2! Oh and you don’t have to swim thru the water … you can go around lol
You mean the chest glitch under the floor? Just warp through a wall in a second no need to go a long roundabout way to get it: ua-cam.com/video/X_vlJmjWUzg/v-deo.html
If I understand it correctly, the reason the docker would not show initially was because he had pre-selected a structural component to attach it to, (EDIT: I think you also need a full physical path from the cockpit TO the docker, and obviously there was not a walk-able path to a strut) and you can't attach a docker there. Same if you pre-select a weapon mount and then "G" to choose something to attach, it will only show you the weapons tab, because it's the only things that will attach there.
Thanks for this! Couldn't beat the UC ship battle during Legacy's End, made this ship and beat it in a few minutes with ease. I will name my ship the FAFO when I have time to give it a paint job.
i saw the title of the video and went like... oh sure, another "ultra-alpha-omega-hyper" best ship to get like all those other videos out there.... sigh.. but, holy cowpoop on a moldy biscuit!!!!!! when i saw the combat footage, it actually IS what your title says. not only that, you actually take the time to explain why it is and it is so "simple" to get... ( putting simple in quotes as i got my pooper handed over to me a couple of time whilst trying to get my hands on the razorleaf. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***********little added note*************** to all new players who have not done that specific quest, be sure to do a QUICKSAVE before you open the door to the actual cabinet with the actual armor in that same location. why you might ask? after the quicksave, when you pick up the armor, you might get lucky and get the stats you want to go for on the very first try. HOWEVER. if you dont, quickload the game and pick it up again, you wil notice that most stats, if not al , have rerolled. so basicly you get good started gear, with the stats you want ( you might have to quickload a couple of times though) subbed for all your effort you put into this video. PS: ua-cam.com/video/kYqQTCOuHjM/v-deo.htmlsi=9lxMdVF35EjjLNjd&t=6063
Nice tips on the thrusters, the game certainly doesn't bother to explain it to you! I'm going back through your videos to find out what I've missed (your outpost XP farm was the first I caught) and appreciate the effort you've been putting in. I'm finding myself using the Ares cockpit later on though (needs design 3) as you can have 8 crew without the habs. Means I can get an 8 crew, 30 LY jump range ship that doesn't go higher than class B. One thing I would recommend though - grab the Nova NG-6 bay as it has 2 underslung weapon mounts built in.
*Click the "Thanks" button under the video to leave me a donation.* This video teaches you how to make a max stat early game ship that's upgradable as you level that lets you solo entire fleets of enemies using advanced techniques probably not intended by the game devs. These ships can be acquired and built the very first hour on a new character. You also get all the perks of using an anti-pirate ship. More info on how to get the starter pieces for the ship is here: ua-cam.com/video/kYqQTCOuHjM/v-deo.html
The rear end of the ship is called the ass-end or just the ass of the ship 😁👍Trust me, no need to look it up.
Can we change all modules? Cockpit's, habs and others and same scare pirats?
+ my skills (for shield) work with profit with crew member with same skill? or useless to hold crew when all skills be maxed?
@@AshaManeteren Yep, as long as you go in to edit the ship you can replace the entire thing and the pirates will still recognize you as The Mantis.
@@SwoleBenji thank you! perfect video!
Stern. And if you're headed that direction, you're headed aft@@leobrad2199
Tried this last night, it works really well. A few tips: 1) No need to slavishly duplicate this design, just keep your mass as low as possible and the 100/150 speeds. I kept the captain part, I used a better grav drive etc. 2) You can switch a hab part in place, no need to delete the old and insert the new: click to select the armory, press left/right and it rotates between captain, armory, control, infirmary etc. 3) On Xbox to do the reverse driving trick: boost, hold down right bumper RB and use your **right** stick to turn the view around. You'll see the speed at -150 and stay that way until you release the RB. I put the beam weapons on W1 instead of W0 so they fire with left trigger, makes it easier to fight I think.
Not all heroes wear capes
Some wear sneers and carry machinepistols 😉
Nice thanks - do you know how to do the boost - stop etc to make it so you can't be locked onto?
@@shaunbourne9107to unlock that perk, you have to upgrade the skill engine systems to level 4
Great video!
For the Razor Leaf, personally I switched to the Stroud cockpit (4 crew) instead of the C1 Magellan (2 crew). I also left the Captain's quarters so I always have a bed, and added a Workshop so I have access to the research, Armor, weapon, and industrial workbenches. Was able to run this with the same 100 mobility and 150 speed.
You are on point my man
Now you tell me!! haha May look into making those changes myself now that I have this done
Do any of the Deimos companion 1x1 HABs come with a bed?
@@stimpyohhas to be a 2x1 for a bed.. captains quarters, living quarters, and possibly the all-in-one.
I might do this good idea
Wow! I am so grateful you did this vid. I'm just a retired grandma living it up playing video games and I do alright with combat but the ship to ship - not so much. I tried building other ships from other vids but still got stomped. I built this one tonight and .... drum roll... I obliterated like nine ships and no damage to me. You are da man! Thank you so much. You made this old girl's day for sure. I sub'd and will make sure my son, who streams, knows he's been one upped 🤣
You~~~ GO GIRL!
Legend
This is so epic
Retired and all I do is play video games. I can't stop playing this game. 600 hours in 6 weeks! Who needs sleep!
Hey there! Another granny gamer here. : ) Always great to see folks our age that are still young at heart and having fun. My boys always got to brag they beat the bosses when they were younger...cuz mom got them through the tougher levels. Now, 20+ years later, it's the opposite way around. Well sometimes. Always grateful for those faster reflexes when needed, but still love a challenge. Sadly ship building is not one of them. Thankfully we have clever people who can make amazing, easy to follow tutorials to get us back on track when hitting a few bumps along the way. Really looking forward to my first dog fight in this smaller ship. The Razorleaf went from Great Dane size to Jack Russell. Small, but mighty. lol
The Mantis is actually the name of the vigilante who owned the ship. After hearing about this ship I didn't realise that myself until I was going through the secret base.
@@ClusterDSA yeah exactly. The ship is called the Razorleaf
He's space batman, he has a cave and everything
For a minute I was like did I grab the wrong ship during that mission 😂
@@ClusterDSA Could be it was passed down like the title Dread Pirate Roberts in Princess Bride. Probably even inspired by the movie. The passing of a mantle is a common trope in literature anyway.
@@ClusterDSAThat makes sense because the female mantis is the ultimate predator
Even after watching multiple youtube videos on ship building, i was still confused untill watching this video! Thank you so much brother. You made a complex issue very comprehensive for me!
There is a lot of Starfield junk on youtube but your videos are actualy full of useful information. Love the detail and the clear explanations - subscribed
Spot on.
I watched your previous video. I've got to say, I haven't played a game whilst watching a starter guide video for years. I normally just watch the video, pick up a few tips and then do my own thing. But that starter guide was perfect! It was so well done. Looking forward to this one when I get home from work. It's going to be another long night of Starfield! You've got yourself a sub.
I’ve learned so much watching your video, I followed it to the T. Not only did I learn more about ship building which I didn’t understand, I have a better grasp of ship fighting. Thank ypu so much for ypur video. You have another dedicated follower. My be 53 yrs old but I still love my video games ever since Atari came out new lol. Keep up the great work
Once again, extremely helpful content! You are helping make this game less grindy!! Again, I am playing this for fun, not to challenge myself. LOL... plus, I am disabled and my hands don't work as well as they used to. That means my reaction time is total shit and I can't click or type (press keys) as fast as normal people. It made gaming frustrating for me because I would constantly die even on easy!! I know it may sound lame, but you have seriously made this a fun experience for me!! Plus, to me, this kind of "hacking" is like a game in itself to me! Your videos are me gathering intel and research to "win the game easy!" Can't thank you enough!
Fantastic guide, followed the Razorleaf guide to the letter...took me about an hour cos it was my first time with ship builder. Got mission board quest that required going through Kryx first as I hadnt visited the star systems. Killed the 20 ship mob first time using your tactics, only had to boost away 3 -4 times and never lost shields at all. Magnificent guide!! Was Lvl 15 with almost exact same skills, maybe extra point in shields and Vasco in crew. Congrats on 100k subs!!
Thanks!
Thank you SO much. :)
This is awesome! I think the most important part of this video is the balancing of the ship making. All that supplementary information was priceless for me, thank you!
What a great video! I love your nonchalant, 'nothing can beat you, you've won the game'. And the storage ship, I was giggling the whole time, with the 1 engine slapped on the side. I'll build it, and I'll have to actually take off in it. I'd have expect it to scrape on the ground trying to get in the air.
Excellent video. Thanks!
To newbs like myself having trouble mounting the disrupter 3000 on the back on a PC - Use "R" and "F" to elevate and lower until you're able to get it to go green to snap down. It took me far to long to figure this out. :)
Yeah, just figured this out today suddenly and I have had the game since early access. lol
Just for your information ship terminology, front = bow, left = port, right = starboard, the back of a ship can referred either "aft section" or "the stern"
That’s how I used to refer to diff parts of your motha
This is acceptable internet banter. Thank you. @@chasexchaos9392
Right = starboard Left = larboard
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The fact u commenting on terminology I'm the game makes me wo dwr just how lost u get in video games lol all jokes aside tho that is actually rather neat I formation I did not know this myself
29:40 you do not have to hold S to maintain your reverse speed. When you hit the thruster button whats happening is your basically turning off flight assist and your ship will maintain the momentum it has at that time so just hold spacebar and turn. Keep it held and you will keep your speed and just float away. The arrow keys allow you to strafe along the x and y axis
I'm not even sure it's possible on Xbox controls since boosters are toggled with L-thumb so sounds like this is a bug with the controls for PC only.
@@JodouTR what button engages thrusters on console? Cause you don't need to boost to fly in reverse. It just helps reaching max speed
@@nzungupumu1350 Boost is press left stick, press again to cancel. Thrusters are hold RB
Push LS to boost, begin turn with RS, hold RB, point and hold LS downward. The timing isn't difficult, but you begin to lose momentum as soon as you start turning so dont wait in-between each action just do them in immediate succession.
@@anthony4719your a saint for us Xbox guys was trying to figure it out thank you
Earned my sub! I was lost on ship building having just started Starfield the other day so this helped wrap my head around ships.
Thanks! i think ill buy this game because of u...
I watched in awe as you maneuvered components from place to place during the ship-building segments. Particularly since I could not duplicate what you were doing. After watching and re-watching the segments over, I finally figured out that there is a slider on the right side of the screen to raise/lower your perspective. Until I noticed that function, I was stuck. I suggest that you go into how to actually handle the manipulating of pieces for us peeps that overlook the obvious. I love your videos. You put a lot of work into them.
THANK YOU!!!
I have been commenting on soo many videos from content creator that the first rank of Ship piloting just makes you more maneuverable. Your video is the FIRST i have seen that gives the correct information to the viewers.
I totally recommend doing a ship combat video just to get the proper info out there!
Thanks again for putting the correct info out there.
( ya, i know this one kinda is a combat vid inside a build vid)
[Edit: Yes, it is totally easy to do on console]
This is by far the best video online on how to upgrade your ship easily and cheaply
I am in awe of your expertise in this game even with early access. Love your humour also. Excellent tutorial and editing. Its insane to me that you are not at 1M+ views.
Great guide. Just found your content. As it happens I just got the Razorleaf last night, totally without knowing what it was. I’m still a little confused by the whole ship building thing, and hoping you have a beginners guide for that. Great content and looking forward to more. Thank you!!
Thanks. Needed a mule for outpost farming and wasn’t sure how ship building worked. This was a great little how-to guide!
I'm on vacation in Italy, I am always looking for great videos like these when I have my poolside mimosa. 😁It gives me something to look forward to when I get back to texas and can fire up SF. Thank you for the detailed build!
Land of Whataburger and Chicken Express. (Also apparently the best state to live to be a youtuber or streamer.)
This is THE best Starfield ship video I have seen yet, by far (and I have watched more ship videos than I care to admit lol).
You go so in depth in all your videos and have figured out so much already. Thanks for sharing! Your one of the best it there for starfield I've come across. I'll be ship building tonight 😁
I was waiting for someone to do this kind off ship build... most ive previous seen were B or C class... this is a brilliant build.
Max mass for a class to have max speed and mobility with the best a class engines is 1564
I had no idea regarding the boost to evade missle lock. +1
Took me 4hrs to do you're starting guide. So worth it.
Honestly your vids on Starfield are the best ive seen, particularly your last one before this, huge thank you! Keep it up mate!
Benji, the ship is indeed called the Razorleaf and it *belonged* the The Mantis - who was a bounty hunter. Well technically, a line of bounty hunters. You should read / listen to more of the lore in this game. You'll appreciate it much more. The Mantis has a great and interesting story.
Before I ask you something, I want you to understand, that you make the most easiest videos to follow, and you are very pleasant to listen to. I followed your one video, took me several hours to be able to keep up with you, but I now have the Mantis. I started a little different, but I still have everything that you touched upon in that video. My only concern, that I wish you had it in Xbox, which is my main game. I do have a computer, I am sure will handle the game, but the cost is a bit much for me to buy the game right now. Xbox, its on Game Pass, so as of right now, I am playing it that way. In this video, you say you just play video games, well that's me too. I am 65 years old, retired truck driver, and since my wife passed away last year, I just sit here playing games. Keep up the great videos.
I'd love to cover the console side since that's the majority of the player base but I lack the tools to record console footage. It's on my list of stuff to figure out.
Cheers homie. I'm level 48 with rank 4 in both starship design and piloting so I used a better shield generator and reactor to upgrade the Razorleaf, and I didn't tear it apart because I don't want to destroy the look of the ship for role-playing reasons, but I did use those weapons and remove the smaller engines and armory and I'm very happy with the result.
Pretty good Tutorial, thank for posting, If you roll Q and E when boosting away or while engaging your enemy in a frontal assault you will avoid most damage. Btw if you find the Ecliptic Battleship (LVL 40) get behind its engines to avoid its massive damage turrets, its a tough fight, since the captain keeps yelling at his crew to repair all the systems, its weapons range is impressive I was able to bring it down at level 20, sadly I was unable to test if it could be boarded, the ship itself is massive it would be awesome if it could be captured.
This is sick man! My strategy was to just spam ship parts and hope for the best haha. I'm definitely gonna try this out!
The ship isn't called the Mantis by anyone in the game. When pirates see you they yell "it's the Mantis!" because they're talking about you. It'd be like someone seeing the Batmobile and saying "it's Batman!". The Mantis flies the Razorleaf, so they get worried because they know the Mantis can wreck them.
And Magellan is is pronounced "Mah-jellin", named after the Portuguese/Spanish explorer.
WOW man! just WOW! well done! Your videos are soooo informative dude! please do one on outpost building.
I want to but I feel like they completely negate the entire game since it makes you rich and levels you up beyond what the game intended. I'll get around to it eventually but I wanted to cover builds and damage stats for a bit first.
great vids, I do have one tip: before landing on a planet you are farming, switch difficulty to Very Hard; land and exit ship, then change difficulty to Very Easy(this will increase the chances of legendary gear and exp gains and mods will be super easy to kill) ; Note, this works for each loading screen, so while in the location you rinse and repeat the difficulty change with each loading screen location within the areas. This will make the areas easier and more efficient with getting the best gear.
This only works for equipment laying around, every mob you kill will only roll the loot after you killed it.
@@xwf80legendary mobs have higher chance to spawn the higher the difficulty and don't unspawn when turning it back down.
If you're playing on Very easy why tf do you need to try and cheese zones just to get top tier gear? lmfao.
At that point just use console commands.
@@Th1sUsernameIsNotTaken There are no console commands on Xbox. If you're on PC why tf do you care what console players do.
At that point just come to terms with people playing how they want to.
@@CAiNiAC I like how you're randomly trying to make it a war between what you play on lmfao.
Idc what difficulty people play the game on. everyone enjoys different aspects when it comes to game.
Just doesn't make sense to go through the effort of changing the difficulty to Very hard just to immediately change it down to Very Easy trying to get "easy" loot, when the game is an absolute breeze on Very easy as it is, so the legendary gear isn't really doing you any favors lol
Just an fyi. Andreja particle beams is NOT the ship buff perk. It’s the regular weapons perk. Barrett has the ship particle beam perk.
Not sure if this has been said and not going through all of the replies. Thrusters on xbox are RB, turn is left or right on right thumbstick, reverse is down on left thumbstick. Hope that helps. If it’s already been said, sorry for the no reason bump.
Awesome! Amazing! I followed your guide, (took several tries to learn controls) but I ended up with an exact copy of your guide. Thank you so much for helping others. Now, if I could only learn to fly the thing!
Thanks for the tip! I actually used some version of the "stop and turn around" from all the old fighter jet movies, but I was flying the Rambler which has 1 gun and comes pre-ganked on maneuvering, plus despite having the skill I never knew how to use thrusters😂
Great guide for newbies. Thanks for putting this together - sharing with some new players I know. One note - The Mantis is the individual that puts fear in the heart of all space criminals and the Razorleaf is the Mantis' ship. The Mantis is not the ship. :) And please hit "T' to store all resources.
i followed your guide on my restart, by level 6 i was heading for the mantis. i did the ship build with 2 exceptions i still have the oringinal shild and reactor, the ship still works as you advertized. I am currently lvl 10, having made 3 levels getting the mantis, and made the 4th doing the first constellation mission, i elected to fight the 3 varuum zealot ships in that mission, was a slaughter! i never even lost shields and utterly destroyed them, i tried this before with the frontier and was instantly destroyed. so this is to let you know i appreciate your guide and it works even if your smaller than your build advertized
I found the note while taking care of the spacers in the second planet, kreet, twice out of 2 games, on normal. So every time you kill a spacer, look for the note, it can drop anywhere. And in my first game, I found the note in 3 locations, so I had 3 notes at the same time for going after the mantis.
I followed this video with a few of my own modifications and it's great. I was clueless and intimidated when it came to ship building and mods, so thanks.
Thanks for this one. Found it really usefull. Please continue making this kind of indepth and detailed videos. All the best.
This is the best starfield ship guide in UA-cam
Great guide! Will use this on my second character. There is SO much to do that i decided not to focus on ships or shipbuilding for my first play through.
For real
Thanks man i was stuck in legacy end quest but after i did the modifications to the mantis like you did in this video i finished no problem you earned a sub
Its funny how I ended up with the razorleaf ship looking similar the only difference is 2 more engines 1 landing frame and ~1000 in shielded cargo. I love the guide and definitely doing the cargo ship similar with some personal changes. Great video, keep it up.
I was excited for the shielded cargo game mechanic but there's planets that don't scan (Forgot to program it in the game?) where you can vendor contraband with zero hassle.
@@SwoleBenjipretty sure that’s intentional. The den for instance doesn’t make sense lore wise (at least to me) but gameplay wise it seems too obvious to be an accident
@@SwoleBenji Yeah I did it for the case I forget I have contraband. But I am thinking on getting rid of it. I have a 17K cargo ship for materials and 2-3 more ships. Gotta redo my outposts for efficiency and scale. I am playing the game with the least amount of exploits so is gonna take a min to get to lvl 100 for all the perks I really want and need to min max efficiency on ships, craft and outposts. Keep it up. This game is way more deep. We just need to have an updated to bring more NPC to the outposts and possibly create a small settlement with NPCS living there or just coming to visit and leave after a while. I guess it will be too heavy on processing tho.
@@norske_ow3440The lore IMO is actually quite sound once the history of how earth is no more and the Universe gets populated. Society's underbelly would have as well exited and why the UC which was the Military seeded the Galaxy. Some folks, as it is today, will find the places off the beaten path to set up shop. Thus RP wise as long as the UC are looking the other way as the faction wars really decimated the galactic population.
The weak part in the games start is our character having no real skills or ability despite having a trade thus why not start the new player on Venus with a cryo sleep of 2 years thus 1200 years given the Universe Time conversion. Would have been both lore and RP wise a far better opening to what is a great game
Your video just made my favorite ship a true killer. So, when the Pirates see the Razorleaf they beg for mercy.
I think you are a great source of information. Experienced talk. Thanks so much that I offer this comment to feed the youtube algo.
This helped alot! I couldn't figure out building until this video! I modified my mantis :) used same weapons as yours but added more storage and stuff thanks
Awesome video!!! Thank you so much. I was completely lost in ship modding / building. Following your step by step instructions really helped me familiarize myself with the system. Appreciate your time and effort.
Good stuff here. Very helpful. Shipbuilding has got to be the best feature in starfield!!
You are absolutely right. This is without a doubt the best ship I have in my fleet.. And it got even better after a hit level 25 and ship design 2...
Wow!!! I have not played the game yet, and just colecting info for now. This is what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!🙏🙏🙏
Incredible guide. Didnt know half of this stuff. Good stuff Benji!
Hi SwoleBenji, I build my Mantis to your specs, and had a mission in the Kryx system. Took the Mantis, I renamed it Mantis, and got surprised by the pirate fleet and eventually got wiped out. Knowing what to expect I followed your combat tactics and I killed them all. Thank you very much for the video, it is excellent.
Thanks this helps a lot, the ship building is very difficult on a console so decided to switch to PC and your clear key usage is great. So difficult following some builds when they do not tell which key to press 😅
Toe Roy Doll, that's how that reactor is pronounced. Great video! I wish I had saw this when I was just starting. I bumbled around in the ship builder forever until I was almost lvl 40. 53:34 if you have your mouse over an area in which you can add a thing, the menu will filter out stuff that cannot be attached to that thing. It threw me for a loop forever but that's why it seems like the Docker disappeared, because you cannot attach it to the spine you had you mouse over.
Excellent video man. You answered so many questions I’ve had about ship building/flying/combat but have not had time to test out!
Your guides have been the most helpful of any others I've watched, thank you!
Great ship build. Was stuck on a mission space battle with no way fwd and nearly gave up hope. Modified the mantis and destroyed them all easy as pie👍🏻
THANKYOU! This is exactly the build I was looking for!!
Literally the best, highly underrated
You can actually just dump all of your resources onto the floor inside of your ship and it doesn’t go anywhere, you just have to pick it all back up to get rid of it
Thank you this was super helpful. I struggled trying to build and learned a few new things watching. Ship itself doesnt look that hot so I hope you have more vids on building a sexy looking fighter ship :D
Best way to learn about the game thanks for the info . You just earned yourself a subscriber with the notification bell . I wish you all the best and keep up the good work .
This and the previous Starfield video made me resubscribe. Very much enjoy the informative nature, especially explanations of the why you are making the choices in the guide.
😮 I’m glad I found this video!!! Thank you very very much. I’ve been struggling with how to deal with everything you stated in this video!
Great build for the Razor-leaf!
Tried it out and it pwns!
Thanks!
I could barely find this video again after watching it, it did not even show up in my freaking played history. I hate when youtube screws around with content. Luckily I had texted myself the link as a reminder for when I am on PC to give this build guide a try. Anyways, THX for the info dude.
Leaving a general tip here: Fly to Venus and sleep 24h if you want 7 days to pass in other places to restock some loot chests etc.
Also i suck at space combat so i saved up for Stronghold and now can afk while its auto turrets and lasers dismantle pirate fleets and have yet to see the 4k+ shield drop to 0 😳
Wait what? Can u elaborate? About stronghold afk auto turrets and lasers dismantling pirate fleets how???
yeah pls would you mind two explain (briefly) ? thx
Auto turrets fire by themselves? I thought they just fired faster than the ones not labeled auto.
OP is referring to a glitch where you can run under the map at New Atlantis, find the chests where the vendors keep their credits - especially the ship technician - and repeat for infinite money.
I just built two ships like you said. Thanks BIG TIME buddy! 😊😊😊
17:09 is such useful information..man gamechanger
Hey man just really started with starfield, found your vid, love the ships!!! so straightup started building them
the fighter is a beast!!! and the hauler is awesome to dump stuff in
As always - FANTASTICCCCCC VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!!!!!!
A LOT !!!
Oh man, I just got a good laugh out of your video buddy. Thank you for all the info, the great build and the awesome entertainment shooting the UC ships. Cheers & keep them coming... ;-)
If you have the kids stuff trait you can get a ship from your dad, which has some very good components you cant get early otherwise. I think thats also a very good base to stat builing a ship like this.
Deep, in-depth, clear instructions, SUBSCRIBED. :)
I subbed about 90 seconds into the video when I saw you basically spent every waking hour of every day since early access to figure this out. Thanks so much mate. Hope you hit a 100K subs soon, God knows you deserve it!
A couple questions tho:
1) You're not on Very Hard difficulty? I went to Kryx once. Grav drive got blown up the first second, I died the second 🤣🤣🤣
2) I have more, but worse engines on my ship and it's top speed without boost is around 148-149. Or so it says when I'm flying the thing.
Its basically a better version of the Frontier that I built from scratch, but with 800 Cargo space and 80 mobility.
I manipulate the difficulty for loot so I swap between very hard and very easy.
Really great vid. Thanks for this.
There was a certain part of the Ranger faction quest that I was unable to complete. I followed your vid, made some personal modifications to the build, and utilized your tactics. The whole battle was a piece of frickin' cake! The only damage I took was some shield damage on the initial run out and away. None of them ever hit me again. I've not only built my first custom ship, I can actually fight it effectively. Like and Follow. Thank you.
Again your ship upgrading guide video is the best by far!
I appreciate these vids but gotta say - putting it on 1/2 speed so I can follow along - the slow mo voice gives me space dementia after following along / rewinding a few times hahaha. Got it built tho ;)
Excelent video !! Thank you so much for such valuable information !!
Great stuff, exactly what i was looking for. This also gave me an idea of how the ship building actually works too so thanks mate, earned a sub for sure
One of the most helpful videos I have seen yet! Thanks bro!
I followed this down to the T. Works like a charm… I do want to add… on the money chest part.. there is a set of stairs you can take instead of climbing the tree… you can also buy ships and take the money back. You can also alter the razor leaf cabs to accommodate a crew of 6 instead of 2! Oh and you don’t have to swim thru the water … you can go around lol
You mean the chest glitch under the floor? Just warp through a wall in a second no need to go a long roundabout way to get it: ua-cam.com/video/X_vlJmjWUzg/v-deo.html
If I understand it correctly, the reason the docker would not show initially was because he had pre-selected a structural component to attach it to, (EDIT: I think you also need a full physical path from the cockpit TO the docker, and obviously there was not a walk-able path to a strut) and you can't attach a docker there. Same if you pre-select a weapon mount and then "G" to choose something to attach, it will only show you the weapons tab, because it's the only things that will attach there.
Thanks for this! Couldn't beat the UC ship battle during Legacy's End, made this ship and beat it in a few minutes with ease. I will name my ship the FAFO when I have time to give it a paint job.
i saw the title of the video and went like... oh sure, another "ultra-alpha-omega-hyper" best ship to get like all those other videos out there.... sigh..
but, holy cowpoop on a moldy biscuit!!!!!!
when i saw the combat footage, it actually IS what your title says.
not only that, you actually take the time to explain why it is and it is so "simple" to get... ( putting simple in quotes as i got my pooper handed over to me a couple of time whilst trying to get my hands on the razorleaf.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
***********little added note***************
to all new players who have not done that specific quest, be sure to do a QUICKSAVE before you open the door to the actual cabinet with the actual armor in that same location. why you might ask?
after the quicksave, when you pick up the armor, you might get lucky and get the stats you want to go for on the very first try. HOWEVER. if you dont, quickload the game and pick it up again, you wil notice that most stats, if not al , have rerolled.
so basicly you get good started gear, with the stats you want ( you might have to quickload a couple of times though)
subbed for all your effort you put into this video.
PS: ua-cam.com/video/kYqQTCOuHjM/v-deo.htmlsi=9lxMdVF35EjjLNjd&t=6063
Nice tips on the thrusters, the game certainly doesn't bother to explain it to you! I'm going back through your videos to find out what I've missed (your outpost XP farm was the first I caught) and appreciate the effort you've been putting in. I'm finding myself using the Ares cockpit later on though (needs design 3) as you can have 8 crew without the habs. Means I can get an 8 crew, 30 LY jump range ship that doesn't go higher than class B. One thing I would recommend though - grab the Nova NG-6 bay as it has 2 underslung weapon mounts built in.
Another video, don't have the time now but looking forward to this one after that last video you put out! Keep it up 👍
Wow Great Guide! Thanks again
Bruh, this video helps a TON! Appreciate the tips and you've earned my sub.