The Ultimate Star Citizen New Player Guide for 3.23 | 2024

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0:00 - Getting Started
4:33 - Basic Controls + Mechanics
5:30 - Shop + Inventory
10:15 - Your First Flight
16:58 - Respawning + Medical System
19:46 - MobiGlass Tour
25:12 - Missions: Make Money + Get Gear
29:21 - Flight Combat
34:11 - Criminal System
35:41 - Clearing your Crime Stat
36:53 - Serving your Sentence at Klescher (prison)
38:21 - Illegally Escaping from Klescher
39:16 - Goals + Outro

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Shout out to: iWarWolf, Svipul, Wanted Tiger, PaperPlane, Versacrick, and TheTaylor249 for doubling checking my work.

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[kevinm]

You seriously went the full 1, 000 yards with this tutorial! Now I have an awesome video to send my buddies to so they can get up to speed with the game and save me some hair! Thanks a ton and hats off for such a fantastic tutorial!

[BurnettGaming]

Single best guide to this game I've ever seen. Every time I come back I feel like I need a new refresher. This one takes the cake.

[lacedpxrp]

I spent half a hour trying to land at the space station, I was so frustrated till I noticed the number 4 inside painted upside down :]

[Twidgyt]

Great use of the progress bar to cover the disclaimer. Your guides are so good

[zeropercentprogress]

One thing to add to this. When you're landing at a bunker make sure to switch to SCM before you land so that your ship has shields while it's unattended while you're doing bunkers.

[ionkon]

Thanks Berks. These guides are not only useful for those who start play SC for the first time, but for players who return to SC after a long time.

[drksideofthewal]

40 minutes, and it barely scratches the surface. SC is deeper than people realize.

[Tarmaccafe]

Haven’t played in a year, so much of this helped me get right back in the groove. Great stuff as always

[Baeoniq]

Fantastic walkthrough. I've been playing since 2015, and fooled around the latest EPTU, but still I got a ton of tips here. Cheers mate o7

[redhawke-]

For the algorithm!!!! I know you have been taking a long time on this one congratulations.

[omg_you_see_that]

I've had Star Citizen for a couple years but never fully invested myself because of all the lag and connection issues. I always check it every 6 months or so. I saw a random video this week and heard about an update, decided to check it out and god am I impressed with how smooth everything is. I needed an up to date guide that really covers those important bits while babying the keybinds (which I were wiped from memory). Clean guide, great execution! You got my sub sir. Keep up the effort it really shows in the quality!

[Lotus_Lenex]

Oh, its defintely THAT serious!
Thank you 🎉

Day 1 player with extreme gratitude here!

[RaikaNishikino]

I love being a space trucker really just relaxs me

[TheOtherSlideYT]

Very well constructed video! I rely on these to catch me back up to speed 😆

[bobbynova]

I've played SC for years, and still found this super useful to get up-to-speed on all the new stuff--mainly the new maps and star map. I didn't test things out in the EPTU so it's all new to me. Big help. Thanks Berks.

[slowshadow]

Wow. This is a great starter guide. Very in depth to begin with. Also nice graphics on screen telling you exactly what to do. Great job man.

[cyborghunter]

Berks, this is truly topnotch work. I've been playing the game since 2022 but still found it very useful in prep for the big 3.23 patch. Thanks for putting it together for us. o7

[red-merlin]

Dude this video is so good. Most beginner tutorials tell you hints/tips or techniques but always stop short of the default key binding which still leaves me lost. Took me forever to fined out how to target lock and then even longer to figure out missiles and that was only because i was fiddling with the buttons in the...practice server thing...the pirate swarm challenge lol. Most vids told me that you can lock on and its sometimes buggy...but i still didn't know how to shoot the damn things lol. Until just now thanks to this video, i didn't know how to deploy Chaff or decoy. Should increase my survivability a bit lol

And then you going the extra mile to suggest custom key binds for functions you recommend over others is SUPER appreciated. I'll be checking out more of your vids for sure! Thanks brotha!

[lawrenceedwards]

Excellent Berks.. one of the best starter videos out. clear and percise and most of all you kept to the point and didn't try to make people laugh. I am a follower and always will be.

[Pappy_]

Great video, exactly what new players need. Of course, you will have to do it again once 3.24 drops but this is the best video on the subject I have seen yet. Let me tell you, I have been playing the game for over six years and am a Wing Commander and Evocati, you taught me a bunch of stuff I didn't even know. Thank you.