Advanced Hand Scanner
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.6% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #245 of 531 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Description
Reduces the number of scans required for plants and animals to 4 from 8. It you have a fancy scanner, I'm sure it doesn't need to scan things 8 times. Increases distance scanner works at to 50 (default is 10)
Installation instructions
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[]Install using a mod manager, such as MO2 or Vortex.[/]
[]To install manually, extract the zip folder into the Data folder and activate the esm file via the Creations - Load Order section within the game menu.[/]
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Advanced Hand Scanner reduces the number of scans required for plants and animals from 8 to 4, and increases the scanner's working distance from 10 to 50. A simple quality-of-life tweak for players who find the default scanning tedious. With 167 endorsements and 30,226 downloads, it's a popular small mod.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 167 endorsements and over 30k downloads.
- Halves the scanning grind—huge time saver for resource gathering.
- Doubles-plus your scanning range, so you can tag stuff from further away.
⚠️ Cons
- Only two changes—don't expect any extra features or config options.
- Last updated October 2025—might break if the game patches scanner mechanics.
For players who hate the repetitive scanning minigame and want to speed up resource collection. Also great for those who want to scan from a safer distance. Skip if you're fine with the default scan rates and range.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're using a mod manager, just drop the file in and activate it—no extra steps.
- Test the new range in a safe area first to get used to the increased distance.
- Pair this with other quality-of-life mods for a smoother early game.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Starfield Mods
- Author
- eljefe
- Version
- 1.1.1
- Downloads
- 30,226
- Endorsements
- 167
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 12/9/2024
- Updated
- 10/12/2025
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