Vanadium can be a tricky element to find in Starfield. You’ll likely need it for crafting at some point in your playthrough, but it won’t be easy to extract in large quantities.
Where can you find Vanadium in Starfield?
From looting destroyed ships in space to visiting stores in New Atlantis, there are a number of ways you can acquire Vanadium in Bethesda’s new space RPG. The most surefire way of obtaining the element, though, is by harvesting the resource.
In Starfield, players will find an abundance of different elements on celestial bodies. Vanadium is represented on the planetary resource map by the letter V, and I found it on the following moons:
- Voss (moon of Olivas) in the Alpha Centauri System
- Zamka (moon of Olivas) in the Alpha Centauri System
- Grimsey (moon of Deepala) in the Narion System
Of the above list, I chose to visit Grimsey since I happened to be in the Narion System for a quest. Grimsey is a freezing moon with plenty of solar radiation, so I had to switch gear to protect against the harsh atmosphere and temperature. Be sure you’re well-equipped to take on whichever planet or moon you land on before you start exploring—unless you want to deal with environmental damage or painful status effects.
How to harvest Vanadium
Once you’ve identified a planet or moon with Vanadium, pick a spot on the planet or moon to touch ground on, grab your mining laser, and get ready to head out. Use your Hand Scanner (F on PC, LB on Xbox) to search for highlighted resource nodes nearby.
Even though Vanadium is labelled as a rare element, it didn’t take me long to find it after I had landed on Grimsey. As in the video below, Vanadium can appear in red and orange crystal-like rocks. Once you’ve found a deposit of the element, use your mining laser to harvest the resource. It will then automatically appear in your inventory.
Where to buy Vanadium in Starfield
If you’d rather spend those hard-earned credits to get someone else to do the mining for you, you can purchase Vanadium from stores around the universe. Jemison Mercantile, one of the stores located in the New Atlantis spaceport, can sell Vanadium.
While you’re there, you may want to consider stocking up on other resources, such as elements like Helium-3 and Beryllium, weapons and ammo, and aid items like Ship Parts.
