Range Station Scan
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #57 of 596 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Description:
By default, the game offers a very short close-range scan, and it's very difficult to unlock all the information points on station components, forcing you to constantly slalom between buildings.
There was, however, the excellent SkipStationScan mod, which allows you to skip scanning a station to unlock all the information points. But I find it too powerful. I still like scanning stations up close.
RangeStationScan is therefore an intermediate alternative that requires getting close to the stations using close-range scanning, but which unlocks all the information on the station's components in one go, instead of having to do it module by module.
New 2. 0+: RangeStationScan now also allows you to scan all discovered modules in a spacesuit at once, in order to automatically reach 100% station information.
Use with Station AutoScan, my other new mod, which allows you to order another ship to automatically scan and visit all stations in an area.
There are two versions of the mod. only use one of the 2 versions, never both:
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[]LITE Version (2. 11):
This is the version closest to 1. 0 but easier to use (no more complicated context menu to enable or disable the scanning system). Once the mod is activated, as soon as you are in scan mode and close to a station, discovering a module automatically reveals all the other modules on the station.
New 2. 0+: When you are in a spacesuit, as soon as you are in scan mode and close to a station, you scan more deeply all the station's modules.
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I found the Lite version a bit of a cheat, so I created the Full version (which I use myself in-game), which allows for more realistic and in-game progression.
The Full version ultimately does the same thing as the Lite version (automatic scanning to ship and spacesuit), but you must first purchase software items from a merchant to perform them.
- Station Scanner Mk2: This is a consumable. Each time you want to perform an automatic scan from station to ship, you consume one Station Scanner Mk2. So if you want to scan 10 stations, you must purchase 10. If you don't have one, then you go back to the vanilla scan.
- EVA Scanner Mkx: This is a personal spacesuit upgrade. This suit allows you to instantly scan all station modules, whether discovered or not, in scan mode. It automatically discovers and deeply scans all station modules depending to percent station information.
Discovery percentage required to ini
Range Station Scan is a gameplay mod for Starfield that lets you scan all station modules at once from your ship, then scan all revealed components in a single pass with your spacesuit to hit 100% scan completion. It's a quality-of-life tool for players who find station scanning tedious, with 353 endorsements and recent updates as of October 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Saves time by eliminating the need to scan each module individually from your ship.
- One spacesuit scan finishes the job, so you're not flying around hunting down components.
- Community-approved with 353 endorsements and nearly 9.5k downloads.
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects station scanning, so if you're looking for broader gameplay changes, this won't help.
- May conflict with other mods that alter station scanning mechanics or ship scanning behavior.
- Requires you to be in a ship and then use a spacesuit, so it's a two-step process that might not suit all playstyles.
For Starfield players who dread the tedious station scanning minigame and want to speed through it. If you're a completionist scanning every station for resources or survey data, this is a must-have. Skip if you prefer vanilla scanning or want more complex gameplay changes.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you're in your ship's cockpit when initiating the scan to cover all modules.
- After the ship scan, exit your ship and use your spacesuit scanner on any component to trigger the full reveal.
- This mod works best when you're close to the station, so position your ship within scanning range before activating.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- X4foundations Mods
- Author
- Damonya
- Version
- 2.11
- Downloads
- 9,486
- Endorsements
- 353
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 11/5/2019
- Updated
- 10/2/2025
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