How to Wait in Starfield

Often, in games where there is a day-night cycle and the ability to pass time, some activities or missions are not available to start (or complete) until a certain amount of time has passed. Starfield is certainly no exception to this game mechanic, so you are probably wondering how to wait in Starfield. In fact, the game provides a feature that allows you to wait for time to pass, thus speeding up the entire process. If you want to find out how to do it and all the benefits that derive from this feature, all you have to do is continue reading this guide.

How to wait in Starfield: Explained

To be able to wait for time to pass in Starfield, all you have to do is find something that allows you to sit down and interact with it to sit down. Once this is done, simply press the button linked to the wait action. At this point, the game will also give you the option to choose how long to wait, with a range that varies from one hour to 24 hours.

Since you can sit on any piece of supplies, we recommend doing it on the bed, so that you can get a 10% boost for obtaining XP once you wake up, as we described in the article on how to level up fast in Starfield. Once the timer has passed, the in-game hours will have passed as well, which will allow you to speed up the process.

One important thing you need to pay attention to in Starfield is the fact that there are two time zones in the game, one universal and one local. This can create a bit of confusion, especially at the beginning, so our advice is, in case you are skipping time for a mission, to use the feature to wait on the planet on which you have to undertake that mission.

Starfield waiting feature benefits

As already mentioned, waiting can be a good thing because it allows you to have access to a multitude of benefits that will surely make you comfortable during your adventure. Among these benefits, in addition to being able to let time pass in order to complete a specific mission, there are also those that allow you to change from day to night and vice versa, wait for a shop to open to buy or sell objects, make sure that a member of your crew is no longer angry with you, restore your health, get a 10% bonus for obtaining XP that lasts 25 minutes and the ability to cure all status effects you have active. NOTE: The last three benefits are only available if you use a bed.

In short, in light of what has been said, we can say that knowing how to wait in Starfield is a very useful thing not only to pass the time in-game, but also to have other benefits that are more linked to the actual gameplay of the game . Consequently, our advice is to take a nap from time to time, precisely to benefit from all the bonuses that this action allows you to have.