Summary
Starfieldhas finally fixed one of its most notorious bugs in an unexpected update, as the game will no longer disable certain quests and will allow players to continue their progress. ThoughStarfieldhad a successful launch in September 2023, its popularity has seen a sharp drop-off compared to other Bethesda titles such asSkyrimandFallout 4. Its ship builder was universally praised by the community, but the implementation of procedural generation was critiqued by many players as diminishing the Bethesda sandbox experience.
However, with over 200Bethesda employees still working onStarfield, its post-launch support is expected to be extensive in scope. While the Shattered Space DLC forStarfieldstill lacks a release date, the game has received a steady stream of updates in 2024, each focusing on quality-of-life changes and important fixes to its biggest technical bugs.
Latest Starfield Hotfix Addresses A Major Quest Progress Bug
ThelatestStarfieldupdateis planned for Steam beta testing on Jul 31, 2025, but that hasn’t stopped Bethesda from releasing an out-of-schedule hotfix which addresses an issue that has plagued manyStarfieldplayers since launch. The hotfix was released on both PC and Xbox, with the official announcement made by Bethesda Game Studios on Twitter. Infamously, Sam Coe’s companion storyline would often get bugged, disallowing players from progressing his quests further. According to Bethesda, the hotfix will seemingly address this issue for all affected quests inStarfield.
Though quality-of-life fixes have been appreciated by theStarfieldcommunity, most players eagerly anticipated the release of announced content. Bethesda promised to deliver new ways of traveling the Settled Systems inStarfield, as well as official mod support in early 2024, and the addition of both features would significantly improve the base game experience for all players.Starfield’smodding scenehas already begun to thrive on the PC, but Xbox players still need to wait for the Creation Kit and the new Creations feature to launch.
Ultimately,Starfieldwill likely need to release new content in order to bring back its players. Given how muchFallout 76has improved since its disastrous launch, Bethesda is more than capable of addressing the major shortcomings inStarfieldthrough content updates and DLCs. Though details onStarfield’s Shattered Space DLCremain scarce, many players are hoping that Bethesda will lean into the strengths that have made its games so memorable: exploring handcrafted content in an immersive open world. Thankfully,Starfieldhasn’t been plagued by a lot of bugs and glitches like its Creation Engine predecessors, and with the current slew of updates, it has become a remarkably polished experience.
