I appreciate this video sir. Not enough well spoken, easy to understand videos out there. Thanks for all the info.

I would really like to role play a mining/manufacturing operation but having to put tons of goods in my pockets and selling them to multiple retail vendors really breaks the immersion. It would be nice to have wholesalers that could buy and sell large quantities of all resources, so not only would you have a dedicated market for selling your goods, but you could also purchase resources in large quantities for mass production and not have to rely on producing everything yourself. Access to these vendors could be made dependent on completing a quest and/or having a ship with a large enough cargo capacity. These wholesalers could also have contract boards, that would work like mission boards, that would have random orders that can be filled for a set payment. Part of the contract would include delivery (by ship) and the value of the cargo would determine the risk of being attacked by pirates.

15:40 "Inter" means between. So Bethesda named it correctly. They could have called the regular cargo link an intra-system link because "intra" means within. Great video! So much good information here.

Mike, thank you for this OUTSTANDING video on Outposts!! I literally just started attempting to build 'true' outposts the day before I saw your video; it took me HOURS to figure out 'the basics'; seeing your video will save me countless hours! Also, I totally forgot about using the Robotics and Research perks to improve my outposts... Greatly appreciated you've got a new sub!

I have 10’s of Millions of dollars worth of Vytinium, Rothicite, Indicite, Adulumite, Alien Liquor, Lumberjack Tulep, Very Hardwater, Vytinium Fuel Rods, Indicite Wafers etc just sitting on the ground (storage bins lack space) at my main outposts because I absolutely REFUSE to sell it at $5000 increments to the Venus vendor (I play on console Xbox). They need to fix vendor credits. There are Spacesuits you’re unable to sell for full value because vendors don’t possess enough credits i.e. Superior Tracker Alliance suits, Superior Mercenary, Bounty Hunter suits etc.

Thank you for the best videos I have seen on outposts. I hope you do more. I think I will try my hand at doing the cargo links and I like the defense tips you gave. I will use your two videos as a guide for sure.

Really great video struggling with the interstellar cargo links you sorted it out didn't think to build more cargo links awesome thanks

Thanks, Mike. I'll be studying this, as I'm not having much success. I read in the current beta fixes that Cargo Links are known to be a right mess (as of 23-Jan-2024). Hopefully the patch due shortly will help. Though you may need to update or redo this video! 😁👍

Great vid Mike. I only started playing the game last week and abandoned the main quest once I came across the Mantis suit and Razorleaf (though I also found a Bounty Hunter suit that offers way more protection than the Mantis). I think I was prompted to create an outpost somewhere, then delved into what they can do and was actually contemplating starting fresh to focus on Outposts, but figure I can do that from where I'm at (Level 11). This and part one of this guide have made the process very clear. I'm definitely setting up my home base on firmer footing than I would have done on a random planet somewhere :)

Awesome video!

Cheers! Just started playing Starfield after pondering about it ever since it released, but I've been playing virtually everything Bethesda has done since Skyrim and FO3 (except FO76) and I have to say that base building/outposts were anything but logical, nor was it explained when I tried to build my first outpost... (which I since can't find in the list so assigning someone to it was impossible.) With these two videos I've now got a great understanding how the mechanics work and I shall now begun to hoard resources so I can finally be able to upgrade all my equipment whenever I want - as often as I want! ;) But it's no Fallout in space for sure... I think they had too many ideas and when Microsoft ordered them to release within the next 12 months a lot fell off the cutting board making it a somewhat bleak game from what I gather so far... It has potential though to become something good, but where it did good with guns, action, spaceships etc it totally flunked in story and rpg unlike The Outer Worlds - which was a fantastic "Fallout New Vegas in space" that sadly lacked where Bethesda did good here, albeit it wasn't advertised otherwise either. I really hope Obsidian makes a follow up which is must vaster because they are the true masters of writing great stories and hilarious characters!!! Here not so much. Not so far anyway... Hopefully building at least one great outpost will provide some fun until I start searching for minor side quests, or I decide to finish the main quest... I doubt it'll take 50% of the time FO4 took though... Anyhow, just dropping a thanks for making a great tutorial on the not so obvious base building when playing for the first time!

looking forward to properly catching up with your Starfield content now Xmas/NY out of the way Mike... must try harder 😂

Great guide! Thanks :) Two side notes from my part. One is that you can mark resources you need by clicking "Track" while in Research Lab. Then, a little magnifier icon will appear next to resources you track (inside vendor lists, resources lists etc.). Secondly, I haven't seen anyone encounter this however sometimes when I'm overtweight, my XP bar is at the lowest level, and I have CO2 maxed out, when going to sleep my character just dies :( I've lost some progress because of it. The solution seems to be just wait to CO2 to be filtered out from your suit.

Thank you

you don't need to go and get your ship if its not on you landing bay, just go to the terminal and go in to the ship builder, you don't need to make any changes, just exit, and your ship will be on the landing pad

15:41 Inter-system links are named that way because they travel between systems. As an example, a highway system that travels from one coast to the other in the United States would be considered an "Interstate". Whereas, Intra- would be considered contained inside of a region or location.

15:42 great video. I think you’re confusing inter with intra. An inter system cargo link goes between systems. An intra system cargo link (just called a cargo link in the game) goes within a system. It’s like internet vs intranet.

I have just watched this and thus obviously not done all this stuff. However I did set up base 1, and I did make the two items haul them to a city and sell them, but income seems to be about 10,000 per trip on a good run. That is fair I guess and reliable mostly. But it sure would be nice to make way more. But also more skills that was the big win. I normally don't need much money until I watched a couple ship builds that are like you need 800,000 for this build, hmmm I finished winning world zero and never got close to 800,000 at all. Yes it was run one so I had no skills and was trying to do too many things all at the same time. But now I'm in NG+ and I have some skills before I did much :) So I'm going to head off to work again soon. Thanks for some tips.

Awesome video and you have my Sub 👍 just after the new update try building a hab on 3b because the environmental damage is a killer, literally 😢

(havent played in a bit) but in the newest patch notes( 1.9.51) it mentions bulldozing hazards in outposts. I can find nothing about this online except a link to the patch notes lol.

hmm how is your pc can you record at a higher bit rate it looks pretty jagged. Not sure if it's just that. Are you enjoying starfield still?

We need 6 to access these here. I just chose this one, now we’re down to 5. Unbelievable math, you lost me there bubba ❤

Other then some kind of land vehicles we also need some kind of boat also cuz hell neon is on a all water world with fauna lol

The first type of cargo link probably should have been named Intra System link -- i.e. within the local system. Inter System is correct. Consider how intranet versus internet is used.

The first one would be Intra-system as it is in the same system. Inter-system would be to different systems.

Sudden Developments: wear a Shielded Lab Outfit and take Neurajack for an extra boost. (Apologies if you've mentioned this, Mike).

Is there a way to make one resource like iron go to one row of storage or no?

15:44 Inter means between two different systems. You mean intra which would be within the same system.

Thanks Mike, this is the first video ive seen that has a nice soothing UK accent over "some others" that are hard to bear, and explains the flow through the various processes quite well indeed. Many thanks. On PC ( Possibly consoles also) there is a mod you can get called Richer Galaxy which increases the vendor cash amounts and a few other things also, might make it at least feel worthwhile to make and sell your niff naff tat.

Oh, I hoard and always play ridiculously over-encumbered. I have the hardest time finding adhesive.

If you want to grind xp do this , im level 332 Farm iron and aluminum. Build as many storage units as the base lets you eventually you cant build more.... Set a macro for the clicking done. Lv 332 in three days. Once done delete the outpost because itll make your entire game lag every where. Probtip dont build big Outposts. Ill manually go tonthe outposts and collect the mats then store at your main base

4:50 you wont die but if some enemy npcs raid your outpost, and get that shot on you, you die.

It looks awfully confusing to use so many seperate storage containers for each resource? Why not just make a storage stack?

The reason the cargo link is not called an inter system Cargo Link is because it does not connect more than one system but the reason the other is called Interstellar is because it does in fact connect more than one star

those warehouse containers seriously need to be able to hold more items ugh

My brain hurts. It keeps repeating "Interlinked" like Agent K from Blade Runner 2049... 🤯

You know, you don't need to run around incumbered. You can store all of it in your ship and still access it for building.

Very few even play this game anymore. Was short lived and hastily done.