Starfield romance and relationships explained

Starfield romance options let you form relationships with some of your Constellation companions, but you'll need to do a lot of flirting first. While you'll encounter a massive and varied cast of characters on your adventures, you're confined to getting into romantic relationships with four specific NPCs in Starfield, including Sarah Morgan and Sam Coe.

These four are also eligible to be crew members and companions too, but if there's one with whom you want to take your relationship to the next level and even get married, you'll need to act in a way that appeals to that person. To help, I've laid out all the Starfield romances, how you can progress them to marriage, and the benefits received by doing so below. Let me be your wingman.

Who can you romance in Starfield?

There are four Starfield marriage candidates, all of whom are members of the Constellation Starfield faction. Fortunately, you'll work with each of them a fair amount during the Starfield Constellation questline. They are:

• Sarah Morgan
• Sam Coe
• Barrett
• Andreja

Since each of them have their own personalities, they each require different behaviour if you're going to win them over. There's no one size fits all approach here. Once you've decided who you want to romance, or even if you're still deciding, read on for advice for each.

Sarah Morgan Starfield romance

You meet Sarah Morgan early in the story during the One Small Step mission, when you take the first Artifact to the Constellation Lodge. She then offers to accompany you on The Old Neighborhood mission, so you'll immediately have the opportunity to start building your relationship.

As Chair of Constellation, Sarah has a keen appreciation for science and enjoys rules and regulations. As such, she respects the United Colonies. Stick to the rules as much as possible and don't do anything too outlandish to stay in her good books.

Sam Coe Starfield romance

Sam Coe arrives at the Constellation Lodge when you complete The Old Neighborhood mission, alongside his daughter Cora Coe. At this point you can speak to him and initiate The Empty Nest mission, which will take you into Freestar Collective space.

As this space cowboy grew up with the Freestar Collective and is a former member of the peacekeeping Freestar Rangers, he's a big fan of seeing justice delivered and despises the competing United Colonies, so make sure your responses favor FC over UC to keep him happy.

Barrett Starfield romance

Although Barrett is technically the first Constellation member you meet, you won't be able to start building a relationship with him until after you complete The Old Neighborhood mission with Sarah. You can then undertake the Back to Vectera mission, which will eventually lead you to rescuing Barrett from some surprisingly polite pirates on Bessel III.

Barrett is a bit of a rogue and just wants to head off on exploration missions to make new discoveries. To earn his admiration, assist him with that while not supporting either government too strongly.

Andreja Starfield romance

Andreja is another companion you won't be able to meet until you complete The Old Neighborhood mission, after which you can initiate the Into The Unknown mission.

Andreja's past is mysterious and she seems to be struggling to understand her place within Constellation, so she appreciates any reassurances of her worth and also doesn't mind seeing you get your hands dirty in situations other companions may find distasteful. She's big on honesty, and her religious devotion to House Va'ruun is unwavering, so don't disparage the giant space serpent in her presence.

How to progress Starfield romances

To further a Starfield romance with one of the companions listed above, you need to consider their values as well as their likes and dislikes, then tailor any dialogue choice or actions you take accordingly when they're around. You should also set them as your main Starfield companion to take them on missions with you. While you're exploring together, you can engage in more personal conversation with them by asking the "Do you mind if I ask you some personal questions?" dialogue option, exhausting all choices to learn more about them and responding positively where possible.

You'll see notifications in the top right corner of the screen confirming your companion liked or loved something you just said or did, so you'll know you're on the right track, though take note if they disliked or hated it and adjust your approach to avoid any further displeasure. Note that Starfield romances are complex, so you don't have to be constantly appeasing your companion and as long as you do more of the things they like than those they don't then your relationship will gradually develop over time.

To further increase your chances, keep an eye out for an aid item called Paramour as you explore. This causes your Companion Affinity to increase faster for ten minutes, so use it when you know you're about to complete some activities alongside your romance partner or engage them in deep conversation.

How to marry a Starfield companion

Eventually, the option to flirt with these companions appears. If you still want to build a life in space with this person, you should follow those choices wherever possible. Keep it up and they'll become increasingly chatty with you, eventually approaching you and asking for help with a unique mission.

If you keep flirting with them while completing that special mission, you'll be given the dialogue option with both a [Romance] and a [Friendship] option – I don't need to tell you which one you need to pick. This then will lead to a [Commitment] dialogue choice in the near future, which itself triggers a wedding mission!

Once married, your companion will bring you an increased number of gifts while out on missions together, and you'll share a bed with them when you sleep, increasing your Well Rested XP boost from 10% to 15% for the next 24 minutes. Your dialogue options with them will also change to reflect that they're your spouse and they'll always be happy to see you, but don't expect any raunchy cutscenes of intimacy with them.

If you decide you've made a huge mistake, it's possible to express this to your spouse with dialogue choices leading to an [End Commitment] option – this will break off your relationship, and you'll lose that companion as an active follower while they take some time to themselves. You're then free to pursue a romance with one of the other companions, but I recommend you just focus on one relationship if you don't want to create a sour atmosphere in your team.

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