Starfield Update 1.16.236 Patch Notes Detail the 'Biggest Update Yet'

Bethesda Game Studios has published Starfield update 1.16.236 spot notes arsenic it attempts to propulsion players backmost successful with the Free Lanes update, Terran Armada DLC, and a PlayStation 5 (PS5) version.

Details astir the planet-sized contented driblet were published successful a blog station connected the publisher’s authoritative website today. The database shows additions ample and tiny arsenic players summation entree to quality-of-life features they’ve hoped to spot for years arsenic Starfield approaches its 3rd anniversary.

Free Lanes is the existent header of an already large time for Bethesda, arsenic the institution calls it its "biggest update yet." The antecedently promised escaped update adds large changes, specified arsenic the quality to question freely betwixt planets and a Cruise Mode, for players connected PC, Xbox Series X | S, and present PS5. New abstraction encounters, fleshed-out customization options, a caller Database system, the caller Moon Jumper onshore vehicle, further POIs, and changes to caller game+ are conscionable the extremity of the iceberg.

The database of noteworthy features update is astir 30 slug points agelong and besides includes an enactment to ever amusement the landing camera, the caller Château des Étoiles subordinate house, and Muria Siarkiewicz arsenic a unit member. Highlights successful the fixes category, meanwhile, see improvements to limb workbench placement connected ships, a assortment of squashed quest bugs, and more.

The Free Lanes update and everything included successful mentation 1.16.236 spot notes are disposable to Starfield players connected each platforms astatine nary other cost. Those looking to get a spot much retired of the Settled Systems tin prime up the Terran Armada communicative enlargement for $10. It comes with caller locations and caller weapons arsenic players look the robotic, titular Terran Armada.

Today, April 7, 2026, marks what could beryllium the astir important time for Starfield since its motorboat September 5, 2023. Although Bethesda’s changeable astatine translating its beloved action-RPG look released to large subordinate numbers, galore judge it failed to unrecorded up to its tremendous expectations successful the agelong run. Bethesda’s Todd Howard adjacent went connected to code immoderate of the post-launch disapproval successful May 2024, calling attraction to those who expected to person different Fallout oregon Elder Scrolls but got thing different.

“Obviously, look, determination are areas that… the maps oregon immoderate different things, gameplay options, that we're adding, different show modes connected console that radical person asked for,” helium said astatine the time, “and we privation to bash each that stuff, it takes immoderate clip but we're excited to get worldly retired there.”

Free Lanes, Terran Armada, and the PS5 larboard are Bethesda’s latest effort to support seasoned Starfield fans coming back, portion besides trying to person newcomers to effort it out. While we hold to spot what’s next, you tin cheque retired the afloat spot notes below.

Starfield Update 1.16.236 Patch Notes

The Free Lanes update is Starfield’s biggest update yet! Now disposable connected each platforms, it adds the quality to alert betwixt planets wrong a prima system, improvements to ships and outposts, a caller Quantum Entanglement Device to transportation items erstwhile going done the Unity, the caller X-Tech for amended customization, the caller Anchorpoint Station, and galore much fixes and improvements. Learn much astir the update present and work connected for the afloat update notes.

Update Notes

Features

• Free Lanes: The subordinate tin present usage cruise mode to question successful unfastened abstraction oregon to POI locations betwixt planets wrong a prima system.
• Added X-Tech crafting enactment to Weapons and Armor. This allows players to further customize the legendary effects connected their equipment.
• Added Additional Quality Tiers to weapons and suits.
• Added Rank 4 Legendary effects for weapons and suits.
• Added Upgrade modules. These tin beryllium installed to amended 1 property of a limb oregon Suit.
• Added New limb skins that tin beryllium applied to prime weapons astatine a workbench.
• Added a buildable vessel optimization terminal. The subordinate tin walk X-Tech to amended respective attributes of their ship.
• Added Ship Equipment schematics. This caller instrumentality tin beryllium added successful the vessel builder aft it is discovered.
• Added Legendary Enemy Modifiers. Legendary enemies tin present look with caller modifiers that marque them much challenging.
• Added Legendary Enemy Modifiers settings into Gameplay Options, truthful players tin set erstwhile they commencement appearing.
• Added Quantum Entanglement Device. This gives players the quality to transportation immoderate items erstwhile they take to spell done the Unity.
• Starborn Powers tin present beryllium upgraded with Quantum Essence.
• Quantum Essence tin present beryllium added to the Favorites paper to for speedy access.
• Starborn ships present reward the subordinate with Quantum Essence erstwhile destroyed.
• Added the Database paper which allows for amended location, resource, and look tracking based connected character’s cognition of the Settled Systems.
• Added Outpost Quality of beingness improvements specified arsenic a Shared Outpost Container (allowing players to location and entree inventory from assorted outpost locations), Production Rate information, and a much precise placement mode.
• New vehicle: Moon Jumper.
• Added caller Player House - “Château des Étoiles”.
• Added Colony Wars Action Heroes which supply benefits erstwhile found.
• Added Colony War Action Heroes show cases arsenic buildable objects.
• Muria Siarkiewicz is present disposable to articulation subordinate crew.
• Added an further 3rd idiosyncratic Ship Camera region that allows much of the vessel to beryllium visible.
• Added Always Show Landing Camera mounting for those who privation to spot their vessel onshore astatine known locations.
• Added Anchorpoint Station, a caller POI that tin beryllium recovered successful the Algorab system.
• Added New Dungeons, Space Encounters, and Points of Interest passim the game.
• Adjusted the organisation and cooldown timers for placement of points of involvement connected Planets.
• Added further photomode poses for the Rev-8.
• Terran Armada DLC Now Available.

General

• Steam - Disabled DLC volition nary longer re-install erstwhile launching the game.
• General clang and stableness fixes.

Gameplay

• Improved loot recovered successful containers with Expert and Master level locks.
• Reactive Equipment - Resolved an contented with the dependable effects for the Reactive legendary effect.
• Addressed an contented that could origin NPCs to cipher limb harm inconsistently.
• Fixed an contented with CombaTech mag accuracy bonuses not applying consistently.
• The subordinate tin present leap portion reloading the XM-2311, Old Earth Pistol, and Livingstone's Pistol.
• Bounty targets successful cities should present beryllium decently interactable.
• Resolved an contented that could perchance origin non-combat inheritance euphony to nary longer play.
• Photo Mode - Addressed an contented that could origin issues erstwhile entering photomode portion besides entering an interior.
• Photo Mode - Addressed an contented that could origin the player's close ft to show awkwardly.

Quests

• Friends Like These - Players should present beryllium capable to instrumentality the Terrormorph information astatine the extremity of the quest.
• Guilty Parties - Addressed an contented wherever this quest could perchance not commencement aft completing "Background Checks".
• Missed Beyond Measure - Addressed an contented that could origin the subordinate to beryllium locked with an invalid companion.
• One Giant Leap - The player's helmet should present beryllium visible.
• Refurbished Goods - All weapons required by the quest should present beryllium capable to beryllium found.
• Refurbished Goods - Turning successful this quest volition nary longer instrumentality incorrect items from the player's inventory.
• The Hammer Falls - Addressed an contented that could origin the subordinate to not person the Star Eagle vessel upon completion.
• Two Tales, Two Cities - Addressed a concern wherever the subordinate could perchance beryllium power locked if choosing to apprehension Tahir.

Locations

• Resolved an contented that could origin immoderate beds successful Akila City to not assistance Rested Bonus arsenic intended.
• Characters should present correctly beryllium successful chairs successful the Explorer's Refuge.

UI

• Improved and contented that could marque Weapons Workbenches hard to spot successful houses oregon ships.
• Added ocular improvements to the Ship Repair UI.
• Ship Builder - Addressed an contented that could forestall unsocial oregon stolen ships from being renamed.
• Ship Builder - Resolved an contented that could origin a duplicate exemplary of a vessel to persist connected the landing pad aft modifying it.
• Ship Builder - Hopetech All-In-One Berth 2x2 furnished mentation is present accessible successful game.
• Ship Builder - Improvements to UI successful Large Font Mode.
• Outpost - Improvements to UI successful Large Font mode.
• Players tin present usage the flight cardinal to backmost retired of renaming an point successful a workbench. (PC)
• Fixed a typo with the Scan Jammer's description.

Shattered Space

• The Oracle has updated music.

Creations

• A Perfect Recipe: Resolved an contented that could forestall the Ashta from spawning.
• Updated the statement for Plushie Andreja.
• At Hell's Gate: Plushies tin present beryllium placed successful Plushie cases.
• The "Plushie Case - Mount" tin present beryllium placed person to the "Plushie Case - Stackable" variant.
• Allied Winter Camo Skins volition present amusement up connected the Creation paper erstwhile installed.