Here’s a complete guide to everything you need to know about locating Hopetown in Starfield, along with all the shops and missions available in the area.
Bethesda’s Starfield takes the cake over its other acclaimed titles when offering an expansive open-world exploration. That’s because their latest RPG is set in space, allowing you to traverse the Milky Way and visit over 1,000 planets with your spaceship.
While you’re out there searching for those lost artifacts to unravel the mysteries of the universe, guess what? You’ll stumble upon all sorts of human settlements scattered throughout the galaxy. It’s like humans couldn’t resist leaving Earth and decided to set up bustling towns and cities on multiple planets.
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One interesting place to check out is Hopetown. It’s a small industrial settlement built by a ship manufacturing corporation called HopeTech. You’ll have to visit Hopetown as part of Freestar Collective’s main quest, but there are plenty of reasons to go back. You can hop in and explore all the points of interest, find valuable loot, complete quests, check out the shops, and collect cool items in Hopetown.
Hopetown Map Location
Hopetown is situated on the Polvo planet’s Valo system in Starfield. To reach Hopetown, you must first:
- Open the Galaxy Map
- Set your destination to the Valo systems
- Once you’re there, look for the Planet Polvo
- Keep advancing toward its northern hemisphere until you reach the settlement
Hopetown Shops
While Hopetown isn’t a large settlement like New Atlantis, it does have a few unique shops that you may want to visit during your travels in Starfield.
All Shops in Hopetown
- Trade Authority Kiosk: A place to sell off the Contraband you’ve acquired thus far.
- Ship Services Technician: A place for repairing or customizing your ship.
- Spaceport: A place to dock your ship and purchase HopeTech brand modules.
- The Best Defense: A legendary weapon and equipment shop that is an easter egg to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
- HopeTech factory: A place where you can obtain information on starship tech.
- PitStop: A bar next to the HopeTech HQ building.
- Ron’s Shop: A stall located in Hopetown Marketplace for purchasing starship parts and tools.
Hopetown Missions
Here is a list of all the missions you can do while you visit Hopetown in Starfield:
- Where Hope is Built
- The Hammer Falls
- Accidents Happen
- Deliver Super Luminescent Dye To Polvo
- Deliver Vegetables to Polvo
Hopetown Points of Interest
Here is a list of some of the Points of Interest in Starfield that might intrigue you in Starfield:
- Trade Authority Kiosk
- You can sell or buy items at the Trade Authority Kiosk.
- Rangers Building
- You might want to loot the Gunslinger’s Guide 03 Skill Magazine in the Rangers Building.
- Best Defense
- Of course, do not forget to loot the CombaTech Catalog 03 Skill Magazine and buy weapons and armor at Best Defense.
- HopeTech Showroom
- You can also buy or mod ships at the HopeTech Showroom.
- HopeTech is a ship manufacturer in Hopetown. You can speak to Inaya Rehman at the Sales counter if you feel like spending some Credits to mod ships.
- You can also buy or mod ships at the HopeTech Showroom.
Hopetown Collectibles
Here are the collectibles in Hopetown to enrich your stash:
- Gunslinger’s Guide 03
- Permanently reload and draw Laredo weapons an additional 5% faster.
- Location: Rangers Building
- CombaTech Catalog 03
- Further increases the range and accuracy of CombaTech weapons.
- Location: Best Defense Shop
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