Starfield Extended - More Shielded Cargo Bays Rebalanced
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.8% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #195 of 202 Ships mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod adds shielded cargo bays of all the vanilla cargo bays that didn't have a shielded version. Seemed like a big oversight to me. I also rebalanced the vanilla shielded cargo bays, because the values chosen for shielded cargo space in comparison to the unshielded versions seemed very arbitrary. Now all shielded cargo bays have 90% the capacity, 110% the mass, and 5 times the cost of their unshielded versions.
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Adds shielded cargo bay variants for all vanilla cargo bays that lacked them, and rebalances the existing shielded cargo bays in Starfield. A focused ship-building mod for players who want more smuggling capacity options without overhauling the game.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid niche pick with 181 endorsements and over 6,400 downloads — clearly fills a gap for ship builders.
- Directly addresses a common complaint: limited shielded cargo options for smuggling runs.
- Simple concept, no bloat — just more shielded bays and a balance pass.
⚠️ Cons
- No compatibility notes in the description, so it may conflict with other ship part mods that touch cargo bays.
- Rebalancing could make existing shielded bays feel different, which might surprise players used to vanilla stats.
- Only adds shielded variants of vanilla bays — if you want entirely new bay models, this isn't it.
For Starfield players who love smuggling and want more shielded cargo bay choices without straying from vanilla aesthetics. Also for ship builders who felt the vanilla shielded bays were unbalanced. Skip if you're looking for new ship part models or a full ship overhaul.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since this mod adds shielded variants of vanilla bays, check the ship builder's cargo bay list for new entries with 'shielded' in the name.
- If you're on PC, make sure you've disabled or configured your antivirus to avoid false positives on the .esp file.
- For Xbox players, remember to enable mods in the game's settings before loading your save.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Starfield Mods
- Author
- Gambit77
- Version
- v1.01
- Downloads
- 6,474
- Endorsements
- 181
- Category
- Ships
- Created
- 10/21/2023
- Updated
- 5/12/2026
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