Star Citizen New Player Guide | What To Do on Your First Day

Star Citizen in 2021 is a more friendly experience than it has been, with gameplay improvements, more things to do, live events, and new locations. But it’s not complete, and it’s not exactly easy to pick up on your own. This Star Citizen New Player Guide will act as a quick way for you to get up to speed and started on your journey as a citizen with basic controls, methods, and activities that may interest a newcomer.

I hope the cinematic style is an agreeable one, and I hope the video is a helpful one. Thanks for watching.

ToC:

00:00 Introduction
01:05 Character Creation Screen Bug Fix
01:21 Spawning Into The Game
01:52 Navigating The City
02:22 Buying Necessary Supplies
03:07 Heading to the Spaceport
03:35 The MobiGlas
04:38 Getting Your Ship
05:24 Basic Ship & Flight Controls
09:04 Quantum Travel/Updating Your Spawn Point
12:06 Selecting Your First Mission
13:17 Running a Simple Delivery Mission
14:18 Survival Mechanics
14:50 Continuing Our Mission...
16:42 Why Take This Particular Mission?
17:30 All Types of Mining
19:08 Exploration/Investigation Missions
20:15 Narrative (Story Based) Missions
21:49 Playing with Groups
24:05 This Work-In-Progress Game IS NOT For Everyone
24:48 Conclusion

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[SpaceTomato]

I’ll just go ahead and respond to some of the questions that may pop up:

Yes, you will be able to play this with your grandchildren.
No, the game is not ready for everyone.
Yes, reputation can be considered a level block.
No my average framerate is not 15, it is about 36 when not streaming, and 20 when I am.
Yes, this is what we have after x amount of years of development.
No, it’s not for everyone, this is for people who actually want to play
Yes character movement can be a bit janky.
No, honestly, that cave sound segment didn’t actually capture the correct sound lol
Yes, I do actually have more fun playing with friends than other games I’ve played, it’s possible.

[lifeofmonroe]

Streamed my first time playing last night, met a helping hand that viewed my stream. We linked up and he explained things to me to get me started. We became friends, he decided to pick me up with his fancy ship. He told me that I could take a seat in the co-pilot seat, so I did. We arrived at a space station and docked, where I attempted to exit the co-pilot seat... instead, I ejected by accident. Guys ship exploded on the pad, killing him while I was flung into space. 10/10, best first-time experience I've had in a game.

[mikesantos]

The first 5 hours is trying to use an elevator and then figuring out how to take a train. :D

[christophermcdaid]

Me: Plays star citizen for 4 and a half years
Also me: watches beginner guides

[dirtgoblin]

I spent hours just walking around Area 18 eating burritos and looking at stuff. The level of detail is just amazing. Same with my ship. The first time I got it spawned in and found the hanger, I just wandered around it looking. Then it got put away because I took too long. My first flight was not pretty. I disassembled my ship somewhere around the A18 spaceport. :(

[laller_tv]

I bought this game yesterday...spent a few hours running around looking for a space port, when I actually realised that I have to take a train to it 😀 thank you for this video, it helped me a lot!!!

[ryanstokes]

I'm not exactly new to the game anymore, but I picked up some excellent tidbits from this video. Thanks!

[AlexandrePainchaud]

I have watched dozens and dozens of videos about star citizen in the last year. I yours, it is moody, it is well done it is what kept me playing. I will be applying in your organization !! Thank you!

[laduzitv]

We're about to reach 3, 000, 000 Citizens!

[xeric]

Here’s what you really do in the first 5 hours.
-You create a character and spawn in bed, you try to look around but everything is laggy as fuck so you spend a few minutes lowering graphics.
-you realize there is no button tutorial so you go look at the keybinds and your eyes pop out of your skull when you see the entire keyboard utilized.
-you use a youtube video to show you got to get to a ship terminal
-a few more minutes in keybinds after you approach your ship and have no idea what tondo
-you fly around inevitability crashing and re-do your spawning experience (get used to it)
-you take a delivery mission and wonder why your character walks so slow.
-people in world chat tell you to scroll up on the mouse.
-the game crashes when you try to start your ship.
-you lookup youtube videos on glitches and then wait 3-5 years before trying again once you realize the state of the game

[edwardson]

Very nice. Good touch on many of the things you can do in the game. Also, like that you did not white wash over the bugs and even covered some of the current work around techniques for dealing with them.

And I agree with your final point. Even with the bugs and most of the content not in, this game is already better than a lot of the trash game developers are pushing out.

[rolokipp]

Love your stuff, Tomato. One tiny quibble, mostly cuz I'm older and be hard of hearin' - think about subtitles when speaking command keys. Sounded a lot to me like you said initiating QD was 'pressing V'. I know it was B but it struck me. Anyways, added to my list of tutes on twitter. Good job

[kingslaphappy]

What a great guide, so cinematic and so well narrated. Music is especially well chosen and cinematography is spectacular. Bloody well done.

[pestilencethecat]

You've made a few videos this year that are of overall great quality and information. Great delivery without hyping people so they understand what the state of SC is. Liked and subbed for your efforts. Hope it helps your success

[BrianGanPix]

Your voice sounds cinematic as hell. love it !

[Brenelael]

Very important to know... I've been killed by ladders, Elevator Doors, Cargo Ramps, Just randomly while standing in a station, etc... You have to be okay with this going in as this game is still very much in an Alpha State no matter how good these videos make the game seem. I'm not saying it's not playable either as I take great enjoyment playing but it's because I accept that I'm going to die at times in very stupid ways. Sometimes when you ragdoll out of an elevator and die you just have to laugh as well...

[CyberiusT]

You say "It's a sandbox" like that was a negative thing. To me, that's a serious positive.

[daveyjoneslocker]

I did the PI mission without knowing a thing about it. As I arrive at the station I see a ship parked outside, thinking at first it was another player and looking around and then deciding it must be a piece of environmental story telling yet to be contextualized I proceeded slowly floating around the eerie lighting of the derelict station collecting my clues and learning what transpired. As I am nearly done and turn around to leave there is an armor clad man rapidly and silently floating towards me with pistol drawn and red eyes glowing. I nearly had a heart attack. Once I was inside the station I assumed perhaps similar to Destiny I was in my own individual instance and was the sole man given the task on the station in the server. I did not at all expect to find another real person right behind me as I floated around light years out in the middle of nowhere.

[TheCeticZombie]

Thanks for the video. Great voice and I saw you on Captain’s Table on TheAstroPub’s channel. New player here and just watching a ton of videos before I buy anything. Just have to say that the community is very friendly and helpful to new players like myself. Going to watch your other videos and I’m looking forward to playing this alpha.

[kevinlytle]

Well done and nice job dropping hints to common bug fixes.