Ship black box and captain's log
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #502 of 531 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Adds a chance to loot black boxes to destroyed ships and captains logs in their lockers.
These items are tagged as contraband as they do not belong to you and should really not be selling them.
Destroy a ship? Might get yourself a black box.
Board a ship? Get that captain's log.
Please, feel free to drop me a line with feedback or issues. I will try my best to work on them to the best of my abilities.
-Blackboxes and Captain's Log are contraband.
-Blackboxes and Captain's Log are no longer contraband.
-Different model for the blackbox.
-Captain's lockers will now also have those notes that take you to find random items.
Compatibility:
-Modified the death leveled item record for ships. Anything that touches this will conflict.
-Modified the container records for captain's locker. Anything that touches this will conflict.
Adds lootable black boxes to destroyed ships and captain's logs to lockers, giving players new salvage opportunities. A small gameplay mod with 79 endorsements and 7,047 downloads, last updated in November 2024.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Tidy little addition for scavengers—7k downloads show folks are grabbing it.
- Fits right into the salvage loop without overhauling anything.
- 79 endorsements from a niche crowd, so it's got some love.
⚠️ Cons
- Small scope—if you're expecting a full shipwreck overhaul, this ain't it.
- No compatibility notes, so it might clash with other loot mods.
- Last updated back in November 2024, so don't hold your breath for patches.
For players who love looting every nook and cranny after a space battle, adding a bit of flavor to wrecked ships. If you're after deep gameplay changes, skip it—this is a simple loot extension.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if your game version matches the mod's last update (Nov 2024) to avoid issues.
- If you use other loot mods, test in a new save to see if black boxes spawn correctly.
- Look for black boxes in the debris fields after combat—they're the shiny bits.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Starfield Mods
- Author
- Sal_Mohn
- Version
- 2.0.0
- Downloads
- 7,047
- Endorsements
- 79
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 11/2/2024
- Updated
- 11/5/2024
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