If you are on the hunt for a ship in Starfield that can dish out and eat damage while carrying plenty of cargo, then the Narwhal might just be what you are looking for. This beast might look a bit goofy, but it is an absolute workhorse.
How to get the Narwhal
You can purchase The Narwhal from Taiyo Astroneering, but it’s a tough ship to track down if you don’t know exactly where to go. First, you need to make your way to Neon. When you spawn in at the main area of Neon and find yourself on the promenade, turn left.
Walk down to the end of the promenade, and you will come to the Ryujin Industries HQ. Make your way to the elevator in the back and then hit the button to Taiyo Astroneering. They are a bespoke shipbuilder, and you can only get their parts here. The other thing you can only get here is the Narwhal. It is also very expensive, costing roughly 450,000 Credits. For a discount on the price, be sure to increase your Commerce Skill. Getting this skill fully ranked up fast will save you 20% of the price of anything you buy.
When you get into Taiyo Astroneering, you will need to walk along the corridor, take a left, then another left down into the main showroom. Here, you will find Veronica Young, who performs a similar function to your average Ship Services Technician, such as allowing you to sell and modify your ships.
The Narwhal Stats
- Class C Reactor – 36
- Crew – 7
- Jump – 30 LY
- Shield – 995
- Las – 24
- Bal – 114
- MSL – 86
- Mass – 1593
- Fuel – 560
- Hull – 2118
- Cargo Capacity – 1760
Is The Narwhal worth it?
The Narwhal is absolutely worth the investment if you can stomach the nearly half a million credit expense. It has incredible stats in just about every category, and some spaceship parts that you won’t be able to purchase individually unless you’ve leveled up your Starship Design Skill.
Additionally, if you have all the relevant skills for spaceship weapons and shields ranked up, it will only make The Narwhal even deadlier. It has automatic tracking turrets that not only rip most enemies apart, but it tracks and targets ships that aren’t directly in your line of sight. This makes it so you are not limited to doing damage only while following a target with your reticles, and you can even damage more than one ship at a time.
The Narwhal also comes with a Pharmaceutical Lab, a Research Lab, a Weapon Workbench, an Industrial Workbench, and a Spacesuit Workbench. It also has multiple other rooms for storage, day-to-day living, and crew quarters.
