Starfield has yet to receive official mod support due to it still being in its early stages. However, that does not stop eager modders from stepping in and providing gamers with game-changing mods in the meantime.

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Some Starfield players have been searching for ways to spice up their playthrough by improving the combat aspect of the game. Thankfully, countless modders have created mods that allow gamers to do so. For those who wish to experience Starfield's combat in a fresh new way, there are countless mods available to get the job done.

10 Deadly Difficulty

Number of Downloads: 6,220

• Author: Notloc
• Deadly Difficulty - More Damage on NexusMods

Instead of prolonging the combat for both the player and the AIs, Deadly Difficulty aims to quicken any combat encounters by increasing damage for both the player and the enemies that might be encountered during the journey. In turn, this will require the player to take more intelligent positioning in combat.

Moreover, the mod also enhances the screen effect when the player is taking damage and tweaks the AI's behavior to prioritize taking cover when in combat. These tweaks will make combat deadlier, ensuring players think about their moves more carefully.

9 Ship Combat Rebalanced

Number of Downloads: 2,399

• Author: BaronMcChicken
• Ship Combat Rebalanced on NexusMods

By rebalancing dogfights in space, Ship Combat Rebalanced aims to create the best experience for players when they are piloting their ships in the vast galactic abyss. While using the mod, players can choose to either make the ship combat easier or harder, depending on their preference.

In addition, the mod also isolates the damage taken statistics from ground combat, so that any configuration made within the mod will not it. In turn, this will make the player able to install other mods to spice up their combat on the ground.

8 Brutal Starfield

Number of Downloads: 1,544

• Author: TheDailyXPerience
• Brutal Starfield - A Complete Overhaul on Nexus Mods

Players might find the combat not to their liking after a few hours into Starfield's gameplay, especially when they are reaching higher levels. The mod Brutal Starfield aims to fix this issue by overhauling the combat system, making it more 'brutal' and 'realistic'.

The changes that the mod makes include overhauls to the enemy's combat behavior, such as accuracy and detection range. In addition to that, the mod also changes almost all aspects of Starfield completely, including universe values, ship combat, stealth, and lock picking as well.

7 Improved Combat AI

Number of Downloads: 123,509

• Author: Ixion XVII
• Improved Combat AI on Nexus Mods

Vanilla combat in Starfield can be intense at times, but it can also be frustrating, especially when the player catches many of their enemies standing motionless around the combat zone It can be jarring to experience an intense gunfight and see the enemies static in one place while the player maneuvers around the battle fluidly.

Improved Combat AI enhances these motionless beings by improving their behavior and making them more trigger-happy and fluid in terms of movement. In addition, the mod also slightly improves AI accuracy and makes them more than happy to use the grenades at their disposal.

6 Immersive Combat HUD

Number of Downloads: 2,275

• Author: lesma666
• I.C.H - Immersive Combat HUD on Nexus Mods

The HUD in Starfield is very accommodating for users, as it can pinpoint the locations of the enemy on the compass and also indicate the enemy's health bar while in gunfights. This might take away from the immersion that players might crave, especially for an atmospheric game such as Starfield.

Therefore, I.C.H. aims to solve the problem by removing several indicators that might be immersion-breaking for players. The removed indicators include the enemies' health bars, hit indicators, stealth bars, enemies' levels, and experience bar notifications. The mod can also opt to remove the crosshair to make gunfights more intense.

5 Combat And Stealth AI Overhauls

Number of Downloads: 31,123

• Author: NickMillion
• Combat and Stealth Overhauls on Nexus Mods

Instead of simply making the combat more difficult or easier, Combat and Stealth AI Overhauls give the user a much more different combat and stealth experience compared to the vanilla ones in-game. The mod allows its experimental combat AI to make the combat fluid enough to immerse the player further during a gunfight.

This results in the AI making smarter decisions, such as grouping up and prioritizing covers to defend themselves from the player's attacks. In addition, the experimental stealth AI will also make AI more alert when players try to stealth their way through an area.

4 Ship Combat Overhaul

Number of Downloads: 1,637

• Author: gpgpgpgp
• Ship Combat Overhaul on Nexus Mods

To make ship combat much more fresh, Ship Combat Overhaul customizes aspects of space combat, such as the damage that laser weapons inflict and the range of particle weapons. Moreover, they aim to create much more lore-friendly ship weapon values compared to the vanilla Starfield.

In addition, the mod also tweaks ship customizations by giving positive modifiers to decorative structures. Instead of simply becoming decorations, the structures will increase the ship's hull points. Many more tweaks can also be seen from the mod, such as Engineering Bays granting a bonus to shield regeneration.

3 P.E.A.K. - Hardcore Combat Overhaul

Number of Downloads: 1,241

• Author: BasedGodAce
• P.E.A.K. - A Hardcore Combat Overhaul Experience on Nexus Mods

Certain players might have their preferences when it comes to the combat system of Starfield, and P.E.A.K. grants them the autonomy to personalize the system to their liking. Instead of locking the player in a certain direction, either more difficult or easier, the mod grants highly customizable settings for gamers to tweak.

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2 APOGEE

Number of Downloads: 638

• Author: Ashkaari
• APOGEE - Starship Combat Overhaul on Nexus Mods

This mod essentially releases all the restraints that the vanilla Starfield has over ship combat by enabling the player to have much more intense dogfights in space. APOGEE dramatically increases speeds in ship combat by making engine speeds additive, allowing the player to increase the ship's maximum speed by adding more engines instead of being limited to just thrusters.

APOGEE also adds new weapon types, such as Autolasers and Gatling Cannons, to better aid the player in dogfights, as the enemies will gain the same speed improvement as well.

1 SCUM

Number of Downloads: 2,354

• Author: Ashkaari
• SCUM (Survival Combat Ultimate Mod) on Nexus Mods

Survival mods might not be too common as of now, but SCUM manages to combine both a combat overhaul and survival aspects into one. The mod will add a survival mode, forcing players to pay attention to their bodily needs, such as sleeping and hunger.

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