Incidentally, you can construct your dream ship out of any materials lying around. This allows you to skip a huge block of vanilla Starbound progression and immediately construct a ship of your dreams. When it asks whether you want the default ship or the Build Your Own Ship (BYOS) option, choose BYOS. Great for off-loading one of the dozens of new ore types introduced in FU after coming back aboard your ship. They added a button to automatically stack anything you’re carrying into an existing stack in a container. In particular, Improved Containers will change your Starbound life. Then, just when you think you’ve had enough, come back, load the mod, and play what feels like Starbound 2.0.īeyond FU itself, I highly recommend the following (compatible!) mods: It is not recommended for a first playthrough – go beat the base, vanilla game first. Frackin’s Universe (FU) is a Steam Workshop mod that revitalizes (and complicates) the entire Starbound experience.