Can you be a pacifist in Starfield?

It seems like you can be whoever you’d like in Starfield, but becoming a pacifist in Bethesda’s grand space RPG sounds like it would be hard work. Many enemies lie in wait across the over 1000 planets out there in the universe. Do you ever need to shoot a gun, or can you persuade everyone you come across not to fight you? Here’s everything we know about being a pacifist in Starfield. 

Will there be a pacifist run in Starfield?

Many players of RPGs like this try to go through the whole game without fighting a single person. Undertale itself has a whole storyline path attached to this style of play. However, in this instance, you cannot be a pacifist in Starfield. 

According to a Discord Q&A with lead quest designer Will Shen and lead designer Emil Pagliarulo from Bethesda, a pacifist run is not possible. GameHub reports that “several missions rely on players causing damage or defeating folks to succeed.” There are many ways to perform a (mostly) pacifist run in Starfield through “persuasion checks,” but you cannot avoid violence in certain instances. It’s a shame for those who want to roleplay this kind of character within this sci-fi adventure.

Can you own a house in Starfield?

Despite us missing out on a pacifist run in Starfield, you can actually own a house in the game. GameHub also reported, “you’ll be able to purchase property in the main cities of space, then use those locales as your home bases.” It probably won’t be like No Man’s Sky, where you can place your base anywhere in the universe.