How To Capture Bounties Alive in Starfield

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If you're looking to make a quick buck in Starfield, then bounty hunting is a good option from among the many outlaws in the Settled Systems. You can make quite a penny hunting wanted criminals, but killing them isn't necessarily the right course of action. Some bounties require you to capture targets alive, which might be tough when your weapons are stocked with live ammunition.

At first, it may be hard to understand how to capture the bounties alive, and with even the strongest weapons in Starfield it won't be enough. That said, when you know how to do such, you will fast be smothered with riches and treasure. Learn how to take down living bounty targets and maximize your profits in the process.

How To Take Bounty Targets Alive In Starfield

Try using weapons that deal Electromagnetic damage, or EM, if you want to take a target down but not kill them. While most firearms in Starfield can be outfitted with mods that change their default damage types to EM, there are a select few that do it by nature.

The Novablast Disruptor is an electromagnetic weapon designed specifically to take targets down. It deals 100 EM at level one-a number that scales up as you do through leveling up Incapacitation. You can purchase one from Laredo Firearms in Akila City.

If you'd rather not pay for a Disruptor, you can always scavenge for and make use of weapon modifications within Starfield. The modifications you will be needing are as follows:

Mod

Type of Weapon

Supply items

EM-Powered Assault

Ballistic

3.3 Cobalt

Two-part polymer

1 Magnet with an Isocenter

Magnetic Fields

Using a laser

Three beryllium

Two Sticky

1 Magnet with an Isocenter

It renders two changes that make weapons ineffective. Each time you hit your enemy with an electromagnetic weapon, there will appear, above his health bar, an extra stun meter. Fill this bar up with electrical damage and continue hitting to incap them.

You can still pickpocket incapacitated enemies, but you can't loot them. A live bounty also allows you to kill your target penalty-free once you've turned it in.

Where To Get Bounty Missions

Getting Mission Boards is the first step in getting started with chasing bounties in Starfield. You usually find these at faction bases and taverns. A sample would be The Viewport - a pub in Jemison near the starport.

Another way would be to network with agents who are part of the Trackers Alliance. They might be able to give you a work opportunity. Hang out in spaceport cities, normally covered in thick armor. 

That concludes our How To Capture Bounties Alive in Starfield guide, and we hope it has been as helpful as possible.