Once you know how to level up quickly, it’s time to start upgrading your ship. After all, you can’t keep that tiny little cargo hold forever; the other Captains will laugh at you. This guide shows you how to find upgrades (and what to do with them) in Starstruck Vagabond.
Where to find ship upgrade units in Starstruck Vagabond
If you haven’t noticed by now, Starstruck Vagabond has a big, wide, procedurally generated galaxy out there. No two games are exactly the same so, unfortunately, I won’t be able to tell you exactly where to find upgrade units. But I can tell you the right one types of places to find them.
Listen to rumors
Rumors are your primary source of information on the location of ship upgrade units. These can be accessed from the main menu by pressing ‘Esc’ and scrolling down to the ‘Rumors’ tab. Note: this is only populated when you hear rumors on the way around the system.
There are certain jobs that are more likely to produce rumors than others. These include salvaging debris floating in deep space.
Some derelicts carry PDA computers. Picking these up can unlock rumors in the form of cargo manifests that will tell you in which system and on which planet a ship carrying a ship upgrade unit has crashed. It is then a simple matter of finding the wreck and saving the unit.
Successfully assisting in a dangerous beacon mission (or crushing alien zoobs as pictured, or repairing mechanical faults) can also be rewarded with rumors. These can confirm that a certain planet’s trading station sells an upgrade unit, or that a sector mission will be rewarded with an upgrade unit.
Completing lost cargo/package missions by finding missing items and returning them to their rightful owner can also be rewarded with rumors. They also sometimes reward you with recipes instead, but that’s for another time.
How to use the ship upgrade units in Starstruck Vagabond
Once you hear a rumor about the location and how to earn a ship upgrade unit, just follow the instructions. Loot the unit from an abandoned or crashed ship, buy it from a planetside merchant or earn it as a mission reward. Once you have a few, take them to the nearest planet with a shipyard (this is indicated by the crane icon as shown in the image above).
Bring upgrade units down from the ship and place them in the loading dock (green arrow). Once done access the shipbuilding console at the top of the screen (yellow arrow).
From here you can choose exactly what upgrade you want for your ship. It will tell you the cost in credits (Cr) and the amount of upgrade units required to install the upgrade. If you don’t have enough of both, then repeat the above steps until you do.
For starters, I recommend starting by expanding the cargo platform because without it your ship can become claustrophobic and you can run out of storage space very quickly. It might not be immediately obvious, but the first time you run out of oxygen and die because you couldn’t get past a crate of oranges to weld a hull breach, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about.
Now you’ve tricked out your ship, check out How to pilot your starship in Starstruck Vagabond like a pro in Pro Game Guides.
