Starfield update removes "space cling-ons"

A Bethesda game wouldn’t live up to its name if it didn’t have weird and wonderful bugs dotted around its world. Soon after Starfield launched on Xbox and PC, players began noticing strange bugs, including one that made rocks and asteroids attach to your ship.

Apart from making minor tweaks and fixes, the a fresh update has removed rocks that would become attached to your ship during space travel. The Starfield community started calling them “pet rocks” as they could embark on your intergalactic travels with you for many hours.

Say goodbye to your “pet rocks” with Starfield update 1.8.88

Here are the full list of changes that feature in the patch notes.

Gameplay

Addressed an issue that would cause space matter to become stuck to player’s ship during space travel. Loading a save will now remove the space clingon. Please note: This fix should address any space matter being stuck in your travels, but not in instances where player ships have New Atlantis attached. A fix for that will be released in a later update.

Outpost

Fixed an issue that prevents random guns from spawning in a newly created Weapon Case after loading a save.

Save/Load

[MSS/Xbox] Fixed an issue where players could experience crashes while saving during long playthrough without going through the Unity.

It’s worth noting that the gameplay fix relates to any space matter being stuck during your travels, but not in instances where player ships have New Atlantis attached. However, the developers note that this will be patched in the future.