Starfield: How to Perform Stealth Kills

This article is part of a directory: Starfield: Complete Guide & Walkthrough

Players can fully customize their Starfield characters, not only their appearance but their skills and traits as well. As gamers explore various planets, take down experienced enemies, and complete missions, they'll earn XP and increase their character's level, allowing them to choose which skills they'd like to work on.

This guide will talk about Starfield's Stealth Skill in particular, and it'll show players everything they need to know about it in order to master it, including the perks that they'll receive for investing in it and increasing their rank.

How to Unlock Stealth

In Starfield, players can try to remain undetected as soon as they start the game. However, they can unlock the Stealth Skill in the Physical Skill Tree to truly take it up a notch and make it even harder for enemies to spot them.

Players have to crouch in order to enter Stealth mode, and they can do this by pressing B on Xbox or the left Ctrl button on PC.

After unlocking the Stealth Skill, some gamers might try to perform a stealth kill by approaching enemies quietly from the back, but unfortunately, it's impossible to perform stealth kills in Starfield. The only advantage of investing in the Stealth Skill is the fact that silenced weapons do additional sneak attack damage and targets will take longer to notice the player nearby, making it easier to attack them and even pickpocket them safely.

Stealth Skill Ranks

The Stealth Skill has four ranks; as players progress through the game and level up their character, they will be able to improve this skill by increasing their ranking. Here are all the rankings and perks they can unlock:

Stealth Skill Rank	Advantages
1	Unlocks Stealth meter The player is 25 percent harder to detect when sneaking Suppressed weapons deal +5 percent sneak attack damage
2	Stealth meter upgrade The player is 50 percent harder to detect when sneaking Suppressed weapons deal +10 percent sneak attack damage
3	The player is 75 percent harder to detect when sneaking Suppressed weapons deal +15 percent sneak attack damage
4	The player is 100 percent harder to detect when sneaking Suppressed weapons deal +20 sneak attack damage The player can now open doors while sneaking without alerting enemies

Gamers can gradually rank up their Stealth Skill by performing successful sneak attacks and by earning XP and leveling up their character. Additionally, players can take the Stealth Skill to the next level by unlocking the Concealment Skill at the top of the Physical Skill Tree.