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Starfield Should You Side With The Emissary Or The Hunter
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Should you side with the Emissary or the Hunter in Starfield?

The choices are yours, and yours alone!

The decision to side with the Emissary or the Hunter in Starfield happens at the end of the Unearthed quest when you leave the NASA Launch Tower and head outside. At this point, you’ll meet with both of them, and they make their cases on why you should choose with them.

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However, picking one over the other will impact how your game ends and what legendary weapon you get after the final battle, so it is a significant decision. Here’s information you can use when deciding if you should side with the Emissary or the Hunter in Starfield and what happens with each choice.

Should you pick the Emissary or the Hunter in Starfield?

Should You Side With The Emissary Or The Hunter In Starfield

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I chose the option to side with neither the Emissary or the Hunter in Starfield.

After all, the lack of a decision is still a decision. You can achieve this by picking the “You’re both wrong. It’s time someone other than a Starborn made a decision” dialogue option. Doing so will cause them both to team up against you during the final mission, but you can get the Unmitigated Violence and Eternity’s Gate legendary weapons instead of just one of them.

However, knowing what happens when you side with the Emissary or the Hunter in Starfield is essential, so the other two choices have been detailed in greater detail below.

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What happens if you side with the Emissary in Starfield?

If you choose the “The Emissary is right. The artifacts need to be in the right hands” dialogue option, The Emissary will help you fight The Hunter during the final battle. In addition, you will get the Unmitigated Violence legendary laser rifle.

Here are the Unmitigated Violence stats:

  • Base Damage: 125 ENGY
  • Mag: 50
  • Fire Rate: 33
  • Range: 523
  • Accuracy: 77%
  • Frenzy: Small chance to frenzy a target.
  • Radioactive: Randomly deals radioactive damage and demoralizes the target.

What happens if you side with The Hunter in Starfield?

If you choose the “The Hunter is right. The only real rule is who gets all the Artifacts first” dialogue option, you will be given a new mission to kill Keeper Aquilus. After that, The Hunter will help you kill The Emissary during the final battle. Finally, you will get the legendary Eternity’s Gate beam rifle after killing The Emissary.

Here is the Eternity’s Gate stats:

  • Base Damage: 17 PHYS, 50 ENGY
  • Mag: 20
  • Fire Rate: 25
  • Range: 50
  • Accuracy: 81.6%
  • Handloading: Volatile rounds designed to pack a bigger punch but aren’t as stable and can fail occasionally.

If you want to see all endings based on who you are siding with a specific person before choosing neither, you must save before interacting with them. This will allow you to reload this save to the point where you must decide whether to side with the Emissary, the Hunter, or neither to see how that influences Starfield’s ending.

Author’s Note: I wrote this guide while playing Starfield on PC and Xbox Series S.


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Matthew Kevin Mitchell
Matthew Kevin Mitchell has been a contributing writer for PC Invasion and Attack of the Fanboy since 2022. Matthew primarily covers Manga like One Piece, horror movies like Scream, and survival horror games like Dead by Daylight. His favorite moment came during his first press event covering Scream 6 for AotF. He hails from Denver, Colorado, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Regis University. When he isn’t scaring himself silly or writing, he loves to play ice hockey, spoil his dog, and drink an unhealthy amount of coffee.
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Noah Nelson
From his early days of blog-style music, movie, and game reviews to working as the Esports Writer at Coastline Community College, Noah Nelson now works fulltime as a Staff Writer for Attack of the Fanboy and PC Invasion. He has been helping gamers everywhere with Destiny 2 god rolls, Warzone 2 DMZ missions, and collectibles in any indie game for over a year and a half. His Bachelor's Degree in English Rhetoric and Composition with a minor in Journalism from CSULB has shaped him to be a strong writer and editor. His fondest gaming memory is playing Sly Cooper 2 after begging his mom (for hours) to play it before his birthday and he still cries myself to sleep remembering the time he accidentally saved over his 99% completion save file in Kingdom Hearts 2.