Weight Lifting Skill Rank Up Guide

Weight Lifting is a Novice Physical skill that increases your carrying capacity in Starfield. Read on to learn the effects of the Weight Lifting skill, how to unlock and rank up the Weight Lifting skill, and the backgrounds that know it.

Weight Lifting How to Unlock and Overview

Weight Lifting Skill Overview

Weight Lifting Skill
	Skill Tree: Physical
	Tier: Novice
Weight training can significantly increase one's ability to carry weapons and equipment, both in space and on the ground.

How to Unlock Weight Lifting

Spend a Skill Point to Unlock Skill

As Weight Lifting is a Novice skill, it can be learned without having to spend skill points on other skills in the Physical skill tree. You just need to spend a skill point on Weight Lifting to learn it.

Backgrounds with the Weight Lifting Skill

The Weight Lifting skill is automatically learned by the following backgrounds:

Homesteader

Long Hauler

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How to Rank Up Weight Lifting Skill

All Rank Challenges and Effects

Rank	Challenge	Effects
1	-	Increase total carrying capacity by 10 kilograms.
2	Sprint for 1000 meters while at 75% or more of your maximum load capacity.	Increase total carrying capacity by 25 kilograms.
3	Sprint for 2500 meters while at 75% or more of your maximum load capacity.	Increase total carrying capacity by 50 kilograms.
4	Sprint for 5000 meters while at 75% or more of your maximum load capacity.	Increase total carrying capacity by 100 kilograms. Gain 50% resistance to stagger.

Use Items or Skills That Help You Sprint Further and Faster

You can make yourself sprint further and faster in several ways, such as movement speed buffs or O2 recovery. These buffs can be acquired from multiple sources, varying from temporary to more permanent effects.

Armor Mods

Armor Mod	Description	Materials
Optimized Servos	Reduces Oxygen cost for sprinting.	• Microsecond Regulator x1 • Positron Battery x2
Oxygen Reserve	+10% oxygen capacity.	• Aluminum x1 • Sealant x1

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Skills

Skill	Description
Fitness	The lesser ranks of Fitness increases available oxygen to up to 30%. While Rank 4 Fitness makes sprinting use significantly less oxygen
Gymnastics	Rank 4 Gymnastics increases your sprint speed for a duration after combat sliding or mantling.

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Craftable Food and Chems

Item	Effects
Whiteout	• +25% Damage for 2m • +35% Movement Speed for 2m
Amp	• +35% Movement Speed for 2m • 2x Jump Height for 2m
Stellar Kebabs	• Restores 20 Health • +175 Energy Resistance for 12m • +20% O2 Recovery for 12m
Nebula Wat	• Restores 25 Health • +12% Movement Speed for 12m • +150 Damage Resistance for 12m
Yellow Giant Splash	• Restores 5 Health • +25 O2 for 5m
Alien Energy Drink	• +15% Movement Speed for 3m • +10% O2 Recovery for 3m
Chai Latte	• Restores 10 Health • +15 O2 for 5m • +20% O2 Recovery for 5m
Boom Pop! Dynamite	• +20% Reload Speed for 1m • +20% Movement Speed for 3m • +25% O2 Recovery for 3m
Distilled Water	• Restores 2 Health • Actions use -16% O2 for 3m

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The Personal Atmosphere Power

Personal Atmosphere is one of the many available Starborn Powers the player may acquire. This power depletes all your CO2 build-up, recovers all of your missing oxygen, and provides an unlimited amount of O2 for a duration allowing you to sprint indefinitely for the duration of the buff.
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Boxing	Fitness	Stealth
Weight Lifting	Wellness	Pain Tolerance
Nutrition	Gymnastics	Environmental Conditioning
Energy Weapon Dissipation	Cellular Regeneration	Decontamination
Martial Arts	Concealment	Neurostrikes
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