Welcome to our NGB and guide for The Hammer Falls mission in Starfield! This guide will walk you through starting the mission and detail the necessary steps for its completion. If you need help with a specific mission objective, check the quick links section to find the most relevant information easily.
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How to Start the Starfield Hammer Falls Mission
The Hammer Falls is one of the faction missions you’ll have to complete during the Freestar Collective questline. You’ll start it automatically after you complete the First to Fight, First to Die Freestar Collective faction mission.
Starfield The Hammer Falls Missin Guide
Go to HopeTown
Head back to the ship and set a course for HopeTown on planet Polvo in the Valo System. Leave your ship and enter HopeTech.
Confront Ron Hope
Speak with Mr. Hope about what you’ve learned. He can be found at the back of the shop floor behind the main desk. You’ll then be presented with a couple of options during the conversation.
Accept Hope’s Offer
If you take Hope’s offer, you’ll be given 20,000 credits in exchange for the slate. Then you’ll return to the Marshal and inform the Marshal that the Major took his secrets with him to the grave. He’ll be disappointed, but nothing serious will happen. If you choose this option and Sam is with you, he will really hate it.
Attack Him
If you choose to attack Hope, you’ll have to kill him and his guards. Afterward, talk with Birgit then leave HopeTown and return to the Rock. Speak with the Marshal to fill him in on all of the details.
Take Him In
If you try to take him (Sam loves “You’re going to turn yourself in…”) he’ll make it clear that that’s not an option. You’ll be forced to either agree with him and hand over the slate or attack him. They will end the same way as the above choices.
Talk to Marshal Blake
Regardless of the choice, you must return to the Marshal and tell him what happened. This will complete The Hammer Falls mission and the Freestar Collective faction mission questline. You’ll be rewarded 150 EXP, credits, a Freestar Ranger Badge, the Justifier rifle, Ranger Duelwear, Ranger Skip Pack, Ranger Space Helmet, and a Ranger Spacesuit along with a Star Eagle starship.
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