Chrome Shotguns and Melee Weapon Skins (craftable or replacer)
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- 👍 1.4% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
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📋 About This Mod
Turn your shotguns and melee weapons into sleek, factory-new chrome variants! Craft them at a workbench or use the replacer version. The mod is lore-friendly and meticulously detailed. There are 5 mods providing chrome skins for all 52
The mod functions properly with the Free Lanes update .
Chrome Shotgun and Melee Weapon Skins
(Craftable or Replacer)
This mod offers two versions:
Craftable Skins – Apply the chrome skin/reforge at a weapon workbench. These versions are slightly lighter and more valuable.
Replacer version – All shotguns and melee weapons automatically adopt the chrome finish, with no stat changes.
Installation:
Download with your preferred mod manager, or unpack the zipped file into Starfield\Data and enable modding in the usual way.
The following weapons are included:
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[] Breach[/]
[] Coachman[/]
[] Old Earth Shotgun[/]
[] Pacifier[/]
[] Shotty[/]
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[] Barrow Knife[/]
[] Osmium Dagger[/]
[] Va'ruun Painblade[/]
[] Rescue Axe[/]
[] Ripshank[/]
[] Tanto[/]
[] UC Combat Knife[/]
[] UC Cutlass[/]
[] Wakizashi[/]
Features:
Hand-painted in Photoshop – Meticulously designed textures for a polished, high-quality look.
Colour motifs adjusted – Colours match weapon lasers for a more cohesive aesthetic.
⚠ Warning stickers redone – Most removed, or redesigned for a cleaner, tactical feel.🛠 No known compatibility issues – Only replaces textures, so it works with everything.
Lore-Friendly – Imagine these could be factory new, starborn variants, or just more futuristic.
Texture detail – The textures used are the same size as vanilla (highest is 2048x2048).
Melee weapons - new option on workbench to "Reforge" as there is no option for skins in vanilla.
Chrome melee weapons will occassionally appear on NPCs.
My other mods:
CHROME FIREARMS - ALL IN ONE
CHROME RIFLES
CHROME HEAVY WEAPONS
CHROME ENERGY WEAPONS
CHROME SHOTGUNS/MELEE WEAPONS
CHROME PISTOLS
Beauty is in The Eye Starstation
Chrome Ship Interiors (A Light Touch)
Chrome Workbenches
Known issues:
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[]There are no known issues in the craftable skin version.[/]
[]In the replacer version only, the following weapons will have some slight chrome elements (microgun, negotiator, sidestar pistol, urban eagle pistol). You may find they look better this way anyway.[/]
You can preview the chrome weapon skins in the gallery, or in this video:
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[]There are no known issues in the craftable skin version.[/]
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[] Barrow Knife[/]
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Starfield Mods
- Author
- Scryingman
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 3,206
- Endorsements
- 45
- Category
- Weapons
- Created
- 4/26/2025
- Updated
- 4/18/2026
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