Crew

“ Ah, what would a ship be without crew? Lonely and inefficient, that's what. “

Crew are NPCs who permanently work on your ship. You can hire up to 12 of them depending on your maximum crew capacity.

Each crew member has a profession (such as "Engineer", "Arctic Explorer", "Soldier") that determines their equipment as well as the bonuses they grant. Bonuses can range from permanent ship-side effects like reduced FTL fuel usage up to 99%, to temporary planet-side effects like elemental resistance. For example, the Beast Hunter will grant 280 seconds of minor fire resistance and immunity to Proto-Poison upon leaving the ship.

You can order up to 2 crew members to accompany you, and they will beam down to planets with you to provide combat support. They will respawn on the ship upon death. The Tailor and Geologist can't leave the ship, but everyone else is armed and ready to help you.

Crew members that grant ship upgrades like reduced FTL fuel usage or increased ship speed have diminishing returns, to a minimum of 1/3 effectiveness. However, they can be stacked infinitely, limited only by your crew capacity.

Ways to obtain the crew

Contracts
Buy "crew contracts" at the Hiring Office located in the Science Outpost. You need the necessary research for each contract (e.g. to buy Medic Contract, you need to have researched Skilled Mercs (Craftsmanship tree)).
Kevin will give you several contracts (such as the Alpaca Contract) as rewards for completing his quests.
Befriend NPCs
Complete the quests of non-merchant NPCs on planets, be they your tenants or NPCs in randomly generated settlements. They will eventually ask to be employed on your ship.
This crew member will have a random profession. Non-specialized NPCs can choose almost any profession, but some unique tenants have strong preferences (for example, scientist-looking tenants will always want to be hired as Chemists).
Certain NPCs with a preset profession can also be found in the world. Quests or randomly generated dungeons can yield such NPCs who will be willing to join you once found.
Penguins
After completing the quest "Dreadwing the Penguin", you can hire Penguins on the vanilla Outpost. They always have the "Soldier" profession, and they all dual-wield various pistols. To hire a penguin NPC, talk to him with 1 Dubloon in your inventory.

Maximum crew capacity

When using BYOS, you need to place items like Crappy Crew Bed or Crew Bed on your ship to increase your crew capacity by 1 or 2 (check tooltips). You start with a crew capacity of 0 (you can't hire any crew), which can be increased up to 12 (you can hire 12 crew members).

As alternative to crew beds, you can make a proper room (with door, light, a bed like Wooden Bed, etc.) and place a Crew Deed inside. Note that Crew Deed only increases your crew capacity by 1, it does not "summon" a crew member.

When using the vanilla ship (non-BYOS), your limit is increased the same way as in vanilla Starbound: https://starbounder.org/Ship_Upgrade.

Firing crew members

You can see the list of your crew members in S.A.I.L.. There is a "Dismiss" button, which will permanently remove a crew member. This NPC will beam away, and you'll never see them again.

List of possible crew members

Crew Image Crew Name Passive Benefits (Ship) Active Benefits (Exploration) Spawn Command Acquisition
Arctic Explorer
  • Fuel Cost -8%
  • Regeneration I

crewmemberarctic

Assassin
  • Max Fuel +160
 crewmemberstealth
Axe-Wielder
  • Fuel Cost -4%
 crewmembermetalhead
  • Tenant only
 Apprentice Chef
  • Fuel Cost -2%
  • Hunger is 50% slower
  • Combat Assist (Uses Frying Pan)
  • Hunger is 17% slower, 120s
 crewmemberchef
Apprentice Counsellor
  • Fuel Cost -2%
  • Madness Loss I
  • Combat Assist (Uses Phaser)
  • Madness Loss I, 120s
 crewmembercounsellor
Beast Hunter
  • Defense +6
  • Combat Assist (Uses Longarm Shotgun and Hunting Spear)
  • Fire Resistance +25%, 280s
  • Burning Immunity, 280s
  • Jungle Slow Immunity 280s
  • Proto-Poison Immunity 280s
  • Mud Slow Immunity 280s
 crewmemberfuhunter
Bee Guy
  • Ship Speed +13%
 crewmemberfubees
  • Tricorder quest reward: "Breeding New Variants"
 Berserker None crewmemberfullama
Breacher (Warmonger) None crewmember_spacestationwarmonger
  • Military Space Stations or their terminal
 Captain None crewmember_spacestationcaptain
Chemist-A
  • Jump Boost +50%
  • Combat Assist (Uses NPC Pistol and NPC Shortsword)
  • Jump Boost +50%, 30s
 crewmemberchemistblue
Chemist-B
  • Run Boost +50%
  • Combat Assist (Uses NPC Pistol and NPC Shortsword)
  • Run Boost +50%, 30s
 crewmemberchemistgreen
Chemist-C
  • Rage
  • Combat Assist (Uses NPC Pistol and NPC Shortsword)
  • Rage (+30% damage), 30s
 crewmemberchemistorange
Chemist-D
  • Glow
  • Combat Assist (Uses NPC Pistol and NPC Shortsword)
  • Glow, 90s
 crewmemberchemistyellow
Chief Engineer
  • Fuel Cost -20%
  • Ship Speed +25%
 crewmemberengineer2
Chief Mechanic
  • Fuel Cost -20%
 crewmembermechanic2
Creature Hunter
  • Fuel Cost -2%
  • Regeneration I
 crewmembercollector
Cultist
  • Max Fuel +150
 crewmembercultist
Cyborg
  • Regeneration I
  • Ship Speed +8%
 crewmembercyborg
Demolitionist None crewmemberbountyhunter
Devastator None crewmember_spacestationdevastator
  • Military Space Stations or their terminal
 Diver
  • Regeneration I
 crewmemberscuba
Engineer
  • Fuel Cost -10%
  • Ship Speed +25%
  • Combat Assist (Uses NPC Pistol and NPC Shortsword)
 crewmemberengineer
Field Medic
  • Regeneration II
 crewmembermedic
General None crewmemberwarrior3
Geologist Not available as follower crewmembergeologist
Ghostbuster
  • Max Fuel +340
  • Regeneration I
  • Combat Assist (Uses NPC Beam Gun and Penumbral Spear)
  • Erchius Immunity, 900s
 crewmemberghostbuster
Greg
  • Max Fuel +300
 crewmembergreg
  • Tenant only
Guardian
  • Fuel Cost -5%
  • Regeneration I
 crewmemberguardian
  • Tenant only
 Hacker
  • Ship Speed +25%
 crewmemberkirhoshacker
Head Counsellor
  • Madness Loss III
  • Fuel Efficiency +2%
  • Combat Assist (uses Phaser)
  • Madness Loss III, 120s
 crewmembercounsellor3


Hobo
  • Max Fuel +250
  • Combat Assist (uses Invisipuke!)
  • Intoxicated, 300s
 crewmemberhobo
Janitor
  • Combat Assist (Uses NPC Assault Rifle and NPC Dagger)
 crewmemberjanitor
Line Chef
  • Fuel Efficiency +4%
  • You don't become hungry while on your ship
  • Combat Assist (uses Frying Pan)
  • Hunger is 33% slower, 120s
 crewmemberchef2
Lunar Miner None
  • Safe Fall, 90s
  • Pickup Range II, 120s
 crewmemberminer
  • Found in quest: "Erchius Mining Facility"
 Magical Girl
  • Fuel Efficiency +5%
 crewmembermagicalgirl
Mechanic
  • Fuel Cost -10%
 crewmembermechanic
Medic (Vanilla)
  • Regeneration I
  • Combat Assist (Uses NPC Pistol and NPC Shortsword)
 crewmembermedic
Mercenary None crewmember_spacestationmercenary
  • Military Space Stations or their terminal
Nailgunner None crewmember_spacestationcommander
Occult Scholar
  • Max Fuel +450
 crewmemberLoveliusSmythe
Oceanographer
  • Regeneration I
  • Combat Support (Uses Nitrogen Cannon)
  • Lava Immunity, 900s
  • Liquid Nitrogen Immunity, 900s
  • Swim Boost +45%, 900s
 crewmemberoceanographer
Outlaw (Vanilla) None crewmemberoutlaw
Party Party Party
  • Fuel Cost -4%
  • ULTRA Party time, 9999s
  • Intoxicated II, 120s
 crewmemberplur
  • Kevin's quest reward: "I don't know"
 Precursor Drone
  • Fuel Cost -10%
 crewmemberprecursor
Radiologist
  • Max Fuel +340
  • Regeneration I
 crewmemberbiohazard
Researcher
  • Regeneration I
 crewmemberresearcher
Scientist
  • Fuel Efficiency +5%
  • Run Boost +10%, 30s
  • Jump Boost +15%, 30s
 crewmembersciencedrug
Scientist
  • Max Fuel +200
  • Gas Immunity, 300s
 crewmembergas
Shadow Being
  • Regeneration I
 crewmembershadow
  • Tenant only
 Skilled Counsellor
  • Madness Loss II
  • Fuel Efficiency +2%
  • Combat Assist (uses Phaser)
  • Madness Loss II 120s
 crewmembercounsellor2
Sniper None crewmember_spacestationassassin
  • Military Space Stations or their terminal
 Soldier (Vanilla) None crewmember
Sous Chef
  • Fuel Cost -6%
  • While on your ship, you become less hungry over time (at 50% of the usual hunger rate)
  • Combat Assist (uses Frying Pan)
  • Hunger is 50% slower, 120s
 crewmemberchef3
Tailor (Vanilla)
  • Crew Uniform Change
 Not available as follower crewmembertailor
Veteran None crewmemberwarrior2
Volcanologist crewmembervolcanologist
Warrior None crewmemberwarrior
X'ian Explorer
  • Fuel Cost -20%
 crewmemberradien
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