CaCAO - Companion and Crew Advanced Overhaul
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #37 of 73 Companions mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
General ChangesMore Crew - Increases the default number of crew assignable to ships by 5.
Stronger Crew - Increases crew and companion health and carry weight.
Better Ship Command - Modifies the Ship Command perk to allow for 5 additional ship crew per level.
Better Ship Modules - Doubles the crew allotment provided by most ship modules providing crew stations.
Better Crew Stations - Increases the number of crew allowed by crew stations to 5 per station.
Give Crew Orders - Similar to manipulation, crew members can be ordered to do various tasks. The hotkey will vary based on settings but can be seen when looking at a crew member. Skills like botany can increase harvested resources.
Settings Menu - Displays the stats of the current follower such as current health, affinity, carry, etc. Tweak and disable/enable various aspects of the mod. Items marked with can be tweaked as described. The menu can be accessed with the displayed hotkey while a crew member is in a command state, removing the need for an inventory item.
Send Crew Home - Housing decorators have been upgraded to allow you to assign crew and companions to the interior of player owned homes.
Leadership Changes - Leadership will now allow you to recruit a ship crew to follow you off ship. Each rank allows an additional crew member to join you.
Leadership Fix - Since I had to edit the leadership perk, I carried over a fix I'm sure was in the community patch that fixes affinity gain at higher levels.
Stealthy Crew - For people who play as stealth builds, companions and crew all have the "Do not effect stealth meter" flag ticked, as well as having other stealth bonuses, such as ignoring noise while running in sneak, avoiding mines and traps, opening door silently, and more.
Quiet Flying - Ship crew members won't try to greet you while you are flying.
Improved AI - Can set crew follow distance, follow speed, sneaking follow distance, etc. Also overhauls their AI packages to make them use furniture when the player does, move out of the players way, and generally activate sandbox a little bit faster.
Companion Previews - Viewing a companion's inventory through dialogue or quick access will show their appearance in the menu rather than the players.
Better Gifts - Expands the leveled lists of gifts to give more/better gifts at higher levels.
*Better Gift Delivery - In the follower settings menu you can select whether to add gifts to the follower's inventory or your
CaCAO - Companion and Crew Advanced Overhaul is a Starfield mod that expands companion and crew functionality with new crew skills, quality-of-life improvements, and enhanced stat/skill levels for high-level gameplay. Rebuilt with the Creation Kit, it has 486 endorsements and was last updated in August 2024.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community backing with 486 endorsements and nearly 27k downloads.
- Rebuilt with the Creation Kit, so it's likely more stable and integrated than older versions.
- Targets high-level players who want more depth from their crew.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in August 2024 — might not be fully compatible with the latest Starfield patches.
- Requires the base game and possibly the Creation Kit tools if you want to tweak it yourself.
For Starfield players who've maxed out their crew and want more meaningful progression and utility. If you're into ship management and crew optimization, this adds depth. Skip if you're fine with vanilla companion behavior.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the latest Starfield update installed, as mods can break after patches.
- Check the mod's page for any required dependencies or load order notes before installing.
- If you're using a mod manager, let it handle the installation to avoid file conflicts.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Starfield Mods
- Author
- SenterPat
- Version
- 1.03
- Downloads
- 26,958
- Endorsements
- 486
- Category
- Companions
- Created
- 7/26/2024
- Updated
- 8/2/2024
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