To sell a ship in Starfield, you have to do it through a Ship Services Technician at a major spaceport, and there are a couple of easy-to-miss requirements that often trip players up.

How to Sell a Ship in Starfield

1. Basic requirements

Before the sell option even appears, make sure:

  • You own more than one ship. You can’t sell your only ship, because one ship must remain your Home Ship at all times.
  • The ship you want to sell is not your Home Ship. You must set a different ship as your Home Ship first.
  • If the ship is captured or stolen, it must be registered before it can be sold (unless you’re using an exploit/mod). Registration costs credits based on the ship’s value.

2. Step‑by‑step: how to sell a ship

  1. Go to a major spaceport or city
    • Look for a Ship Services Technician NPC near the landing pad (e.g., New Atlantis, Neon, Akila City, etc.).
  1. Talk to the Ship Services Technician
    • Choose the dialogue option similar to:

“Let me see what ships you have for sale.”

  1. Open the Sell tab in the ship menu
    • You’ll start on the Buy screen.
    • Follow the on‑screen prompt (shown at the bottom right) to switch to the Sell screen. This is usually a single key/button (e.g., the same idea as swapping to Sell in item vendors).
  1. Select the ship you want to sell
    • Scroll through your owned ships list.
    • Make sure it’s not marked as your Home Ship. If it is, back out, set a different ship as Home (via “View and modify my ships”), then return.
  1. Confirm the sale
    • Choose Sell , then confirm in the popup.
    • You’ll see how many credits you’ll receive before finalizing.

3. How to register a captured/stolen ship

If you boarded and claimed a ship in space, it’s often flagged as unregistered :

  • Talk to the Ship Services Technician.
  • Open the ship management screen (e.g., “I’d like to view and modify my ships”).
  • There will be a prompt/button to Register the ship for a fee (displayed on‑screen).
  • Once registered, repeat the selling steps above.

Some players use glitches or mods to sell unregistered ships for full value, but that relies on exploits and may be patched or unstable.

4. Extra tips to make more credits

  • Invest in the Commerce skill under the Social tree so you sell for more and buy for less. At higher ranks you can get up to about 25% better sale prices.
  • Keep your best ship as your Home Ship and offload weaker captured ships for credits instead of stripping them piece by piece.
  • Combine ship sales with selling valuable loot at general stores and Trade Authority kiosks for steady income.

5. Mini “forum‑style” recap

“I can buy and upgrade ships but can’t find how to sell them.” – Make sure you:

  • Own multiple ships.
  • Set a different Home Ship than the one you want to sell.
  • Register any captured ship first.
  • Talk to a Ship Services Technician , pick “see what ships you have for sale,” then switch to the Sell tab and confirm.

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