Cost Of Living - Simple Taxes

Cost Of Living is a simple mod that introduces some financial considerations to claiming outposts or buying homes across the settled systems.

Taxation Purchasing a house or apartment through a Realty company subjects you to taxes, which are payable weekly. The taxes vary depending on the value of the home. Failure to pay taxes simply accumulates the entire amount payable with some interest.

Registration Attempting to place an Outpost in settled space or on a claimed planet will incur a one-time registration fee. The fee varies depending on your skills and how valuable the planet is to its owning Faction - as well as your standing in that faction. For example, Freestar Rangers receive a significant discount when registering outposts in Freestar Collective space. Captains with the Outpost Management skill receive a moderate discount with every faction.

If you fail to pay the fee and proceed to set up the Outpost, you will incur a bounty proportionate to the original fee. There is a small chance to avoid detection when setting up an outpost, which is increased by taking the Scanning or Deception skills.

Do note that Registration will only take place in Settled systems. Most of the cosmos is still up for grabs, for free - but Jemison or Cheyenne will now cost a fair few credits to set up shop in.

Contact / Mirrors

This mod is also hosted on Nexus mods at https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/12136. As of version 0.76 functionality between the two is identical. Feel free to leave feedback under the Comments at the above page.

Disclaimer / Notes

The mod has been tested on PC. It should work on Xbox but has not yet been tested for the platform. No vanilla records are altered, so mod conflicts are unlikely - although still theoretically possible.