Best shipyards and manufacturers in Starfield, ranked

Starfield is a fully realized world that features multiple ship manufacturers that each have specific shipyards. Though you can find a majority of each ship manufacturers’ ships and ship parts at various cities and settlements, shipyards are your ticket to getting the ships and ship parts you want in Starfield.

Note: If you’re looking to design the best ship in Starfield, you need to check out the 10 best custom ship designs.

All Starfield ship manufacturers, ranked

As far as we know, there are 19 ship manufacturers in Starfield. These ship manufacturers make ships and ship parts and they are all known for being good at different things. Mostly, the ship manufacturers have different aesthetics that you’ll get to know as you experience them, and every ship manufacturer makes good parts.

Here are all 19 ship manufacturers in Starfield and what they are known for:

• Deimos – Not the prettiest, but known for sturdy ships and solid ballistic weapons.
• Dogstar – Known for shields, reactors, and cargo holds.
• Horizon Defense – Known for great weapons, both ballistic and energy.
• Light Scythe – Known for the best energy weapons.
• Ballistic Solutions Inc. – Known for the best ballistic weapons and fuel tanks.
• Nova Galactic – Known for excellent habs, landing gear, and grav drives. Also has many great structural options.
• HopeTech –Known for great general ship parts like structural, gear, and dockers.
• Reladyne – Known for the best engines and grav drives.
• Slayton Aerospace – Known for solid grav drives.
• Stroud Eklund – Luxury interiors and sleek design.
• Nautilus – Known for fuel tanks and shields.
• Taiyo Astroneering – Know for state-of-the-art cockpits, habs, and gear.
• Xiang – Known for solid reactors.
• Amun Dunn – Known for great reactors.
• Panoptes – Known for solid engines.
• Shinigami – Known for solid energy weapons.
• Sextant Shield Systems – Known for shielded cargo.
• Deep Core – Know for great grav drives and cargo holds.
• Protectorate Systems – Known for the best cargo holds.

Where to find shipyards in Starfield

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While there are many ship manufacturers in Starfield, only some of them have shipyards you can visit and use to buy ships and parts directly from them. However, you can find every ship manufacturers’ parts at the general shipyard at New Atlantis, Akila City, and Neon after talking to the ship services technician.

There are also shipyards on Cydonia on Mars, New Homestead on Titan, Paradiso, and many more established cities in the Settled Systems. I know you can find the Taiyo Astroneering shipyard and the Stround Eklund shipyard in the tower on Neon. You can find the Deimos shipyard in orbit of Deimos in the Sol system. Hopetech is found on Hopetown and Nova Galactic is found in the orbit of Luna in the Sol system.

• New Atlantis shipyard
  • Structural – Horizon Defense, Deimos, Nova Galactic
  • Shields – Dogstar, Sextant Shield Systems
  • Reactors – Amun Dunn, Dogstar
  • Habs – Demios, Nova Galactic
  • Grav drives – Deep Core, Reladyne, Nova Galactic
  • Gear – Deimos, Nova Galactic
  • Fuel tanks – Ballistic Solutions Inc., Dogstar, Nautilus
  • Engines – Amun Dunn, Panoptes, Redalyne
  • Dockers – Deimos, Nova Galactic
  • Cockpits – Deimos, Nova Galactic
  • Cargo – Sextant Shield Systems, Protectorate Systems, Dogstar
  • Bays – Deimos, Nova Galactic
  • Weapons – Horizon Defense, Light Scythe, Ballistic Solutions Inc.
• Akila City shipyard
  • Structural – Nova Galactic, Taiyo Astroneering, Stround Eklund, HopeTech
  • Shields – Dogstar, Sextant Shield Systems, Nautilus
  • Reactors – Amun Dunn, Dogstar, Xiang
  • Habs – HopeTech, Stround Eklund, Taiyo Astroneering
  • Grav drives – Deep Core, Reladyne, Slayton Aerospace
  • Gear – HopeTech, Stround Eklund, Taiyo Astroneering
  • Fuel tanks – Ballistic Solutions Inc., Dogstar, Nautilus
  • Engines – Amun Dunn, Redalyne
  • Dockers – HopeTech, Stround Eklund
  • Cockpits – HopeTech, Stround Eklund, Taiyo Astroneering
  • Cargo – Panoptes, Protectorate Systems, Dogstar
  • Bays – HopeTech, Stround Eklund, Taiyo Astroneering
  • Weapons – Horizon Defense, Light Scythe, Ballistic Solutions Inc., Shinigami
• Neon shipyard
  • Structural – Nova Galactic, Taiyo Astroneering, Stround Eklund, HopeTech
  • Shields – Dogstar, Sextant Shield Systems, Nautilus
  • Reactors – Amun Dunn, Xiang
  • Habs – Stround Eklund, Taiyo Astroneering
  • Grav drives – Deep Core, Reladyne, Slayton Aerospace
  • Gear – Stround Eklund, Taiyo Astroneering
  • Fuel tanks – Ballistic Solutions Inc., Dogstar, Nautilus
  • Engines – Panoptes, Redalyne
  • Dockers – Taiyo Astroneering, Stround Eklund
  • Cockpits – Stround Eklund, Taiyo Astroneering
  • Cargo – Panoptes, Protectorate Systems, Dogstar
  • Bays – Stround Eklund, Taiyo Astroneering
  • Weapons – Horizon Defense, Light Scythe, Ballistic Solutions Inc., Shinigami

As we learn more about each Starfield shipyard and ship manufacturer, we’ll be sure to update this guide. In the meantime, you might want to learn how to steal ships in Starfield.