How to start Shattered Space in Starfield

Starfield Shattered Space house va'ruun oracle space station — (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios)

To start Shattered Space in Starfield you’ve got to jump between planets until you find a massive House Va’ruun space station. You don’t need to create a new character and, despite having no fixed location, the station is easy to find as it will randomly spawn in when you travel. Just be aware that Starfield Shattered Space has a recommended minimum level of 35, so it's only really for players with a few hours under their belts. If you’ve just bought the DLC or own the Premium or Constellation editions of the base game and are ready to jump in, here’s how you start Starfield Shattered Space.

How to start the Shattered Space expansion in Starfield

To start Shattered Space you need to load an existing Starfield save and grav jump to the orbit of any planet that is not currently part of a mission or some other activity or encounter. Key locations that you often visit for missions, such as Jemison and Akila are unlikely to work, so you should aim for a more isolated system or planet, though it may take you a couple of jumps.

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You’ll know when you’ve found the spot as you’ll see a giant space station known as the Oracle where you’ll receive a distress signal from House Va’ruun follower Sirak Veth’aal and start the “What Remains” mission. This is the first quest in the Shattered Space questline. To properly get started, dock with the Oracle space station – if you’ve forgotten how that works, we’ve got a guide on how to dock in Starfield – and begin exploring to see what’s gone wrong on board. Ultimately that this well lead you do meeting and then joining House Va'ruun by picking some effigies in Shattered Space as part of a ritual.

Starfield Shattered Space how to start docking ship with the oracle space station — (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios)

However, before you go much further in Shattered Space, you might want to prepare yourself as that level 35 recommendation is not to be skipped over. It’s entirely possible to play Shattered Space at a lower level, but you might struggle with combat as the higher-level enemies you fight will be hard to kill and deal a lot of damage thanks to some new Shattered Space weapons.

If you’re quite under-levelled, consider leaving the Oracle for now and focus on some Starfield XP farming before coming pack to begin your investigation properly. If not, you can press on through the space station until you eventually jump to Va’ruun’kai and complete a ritual involving Starfield Shattered Space effigies.

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