Starfield Diplomat Build

Welcome to my Diplomat Build for Starfield! A Build that is focusing on Persuasion, Diplomacy and in general is trying to avoid violence in Starfield. This Diplomat Build is using Social mostly abilities to persuade, intimidate or manipulate NPC to do your bidding. You can use it as a Pacifist Build in Starfield, so you avoid killing others. If it is not possible to resolve a situation without violence you can always use EM Weapons to disable hostiles and flee or simply let the killing to your Companions!

Table of Contents

• Diplomat Build Background
• Diplomat Build Traits
• Diplomat Build Skills
• Diplomat Build Weapon
• Diplomat Build Armor
• Diplomat Build Power
• Diplomat Build Companion
• How to Play the Build

Best Background for Diplomat Build in Starfield

The Best Background for the Diplomat Build is the Diplomat Background! Backgrounds are basically starter classes in Starfield, that offer access to a set of three novice skills. Picking the right background for your build will help you become more efficient at your role early in the game.

The Background gives access to the following skills:

• Persuasion
• Commerce
• Wellness

Persuasion is the most important skill out of the three, that allows us to persuade NPC and avoid violence. Commerce is a great skill to make Credits from selling items while Wellness increases maximum Health. Some good alternative Backgrounds are:

• Industrialist
• Sculptor
• Space Scoundrel

Best Traits for Diplomat Build in Starfield

Focusing on Social Traits will give us an edge when talking with members of the appropriate faction. But this is a risk because other factions might wary of us. Empath is a nice Trait that offers additional dialogue options from time to time. Finally using Traits to boost Oxygen and Health will help with exploration and surviving attacks. The Best Traits for the Diplomat Build are:

• Freestar Collective Settler or United Colonies Native or Neon Street Rat
• Raised Enlightened or Raised Universal or Serpent’s Embrace
• Empath
• Alien DNA
• Terra Firma or Spaced
• Extrovert

Alien DNA boosts Health and Oxygen but reduces the effectiveness of healing and food items. Terra Firma will boost your Health and Oxygen when on the ground while Spaced will boost your Health and Oxygen while in Space. Extrovert boosts Oxygen when adventuring with Companions. Empath will increase the fighting performance of your Companions, if they like you. If they do not like you they will not be as effective though.

Best Skills for Diplomat Build in Starfield

Below you can see the core skills of the Diplomat Build in Starfield! Starfield Skills offer all kind of benefits and can make or break your Build. While we do get access to three Novice Skills with our background, there are a few more we can take to make it truly efficient. The Core skills of the Build are:

• Persuasion
• Diplomacy
• Instigation
• Manipulation

These are all the skills you should take for an effective Diplomat Build in Starfield!

Physical Skills

• Wellness(Novice)
• Nutrition(Advanced)

We get Wellness from our Background and is a nice skill to boost Health. More Health means more chances to remain alive if someone attacks us. Nutrition boosts the effects of Food and Drinks, so it can help with persuasion related items.

Social Skills

• Commerce(Novice)
• Persuasion(Novice)
• Diplomacy(Advanced)
• Intimidation(Advanced)
• Negotiation(Advanced)
• Deception(Advanced)
• Instigation(Expert)
• Leadership(Expert)
• Manipulation(Master)
• Xenosociology(Master)

As expected most of our skills are in the Social category. There are several skills in here that offer extra dialogue options and can assist in various situations. Persuasion, Diplomacy, Intimidation, Negotiation, Deception, Manipulation all offer dialogue options that will convince or force NPC to do our bidding! Commerce will help you make credits in Starfield by selling all the items you are looting! Leadership will boost the skills of your Companions and make them more efficient in combat. If you cannot avoid combat Instigation will help you make hostile NPC to attack their allies, while Xenosociology will help you manipulate alien creatures. There are several tools you can use in the Social Skills category that can help you avoid combat and get the dialogue outcome you are after.

Combat Skills

• Ballistics or Lasers(Novice)
• Rifle Certification(Advanced)
• Incapacitation(Advanced)

Unlocking Combat skills is optional but getting a few will help you defend yourself from attacks. Ballistics or Lasers will help you be more efficient with the right Weapons. Rifle Certification and Incapacitation will allow you to use EM Weapons to disable enemies without killing them. Leave the killing to your Companions!

Science Skills

• Medicine(Novice)
• Spacesuit Design(Advanced)

Medicine will keep you alive when under attack while Spacesuit Design will allow you to build better Spacesuit Mods to protect yourself. You can also unlock Weapon Engineering to craft better Weapon Mods but that is optional.

Tech Skills

• None

No skill from this line is necessary for the build but you can unlock Robotics to also manipulate Robots. However Robotics is an Expert Skill so you will have to allocate eight points to Novice and Advanced skills before you can take it. You can unlock and use any other skill in the game to enrich the build and make it more personal!

Best Weapon for Diplomat Build in Starfield

Combat is not a priority for the Build but you can use some weapons to protect yourself. Pistols and Rifles are good options but you can also use an EM Weapon if you wish to avoid killing others! The Novablast Disruptor is the best Weapon you can use for this purpose.

Novablast Disruptor Weapon Mods:

Slot	Component
Barrel	Long Barrel
Laser	(Recon)Laser Sight
Optic	Reflex Sight
Muzzle	Focus Nozzle
Internal	Amplifier

Best Armor for Diplomat Build

Since the goal of the Build is to solve issues peacefully and avoid violence, you should wear Armors that offer defensive bonuses. Like this you can boost your defense and have more time to react if someone attacks you. The Auto-Medic Peacemaker Spacesuit is the Best Armor for the Diplomat Build! A Suit that boosts the damage of rifles(like the Novablast Disruptor), reduces damage from ranged weapons and automatically uses a med pack when you are hit and your Health is below 25%! To further maximize its capabilities you can add the following mods:

• First Slot – Shielding of your choice
• Second Slot – Explosive Shielding(reduces damage from explosives)
• Third Slot – Heavy Shielding(increases all damage resistance)
• Fourth Slot – Pocketed(increases carrying capacity) or Gravitic Composites(reduces detection from enemies)

Best Power for Diplomat Build in Starfield

The Best Power for the Diplomat Build is Precognition! This power allows you to see how NPC will react to specific dialogue options! A few more powers you can use are:

• Creator’s Peace
• Inner Demon
• Phased Time
• Reactive Shield
• Void Form

Powers are unique abilities you can unlock by advancing the main quest line and completing the “Into the Unknown” main mission. Powers offer unique effects to your character and can complement your Build. If you wish to learn more about Powers, you can read my Starfield Powers Guide!

Best Companion for Diplomat Build in Starfield

The Best Companion for the Explorer Build is Mickey Caviar. Mickey also has access to the Incapacitation skill if you wish to create a pure Pacifist Build in Starfield! Other good Companions you can use with the Build are:

• Mathis Castillo
• Vasco
• Adoring Fan
• Rosie Tannehill

Companions in Starfield come with their own unique skills that can assist your character and further complement your Build! Not all Companions are good for every role and type of gameplay. Picking the right Companion with the right skills will help you achieve your goals faster and more efficiently. If you wish to learn more details about all available Companions, you can read my Starfield Companions Guide!

How to Play the Diplomat Build in Starfield

Unlock and master all Diplomatic and negotiation like skills in Starfield, so you can talk your way through every situation! The Build relies on good Social skills so you can convince NPC to do your bidding through dialogue. If for some reason you cannot convince someone to follow your commands you can always choose to disable them with EM Weapons and flee or let your Companion deal with them. You can use the Diplomat Build as a pure Pacifist Build in Starfield if you wish.