Lots of players in the Star Citizen community like to contribute something to your gaming experience. Whether you’re looking for the best ship loadout or planning your next trade run, these tools help you with it.
They’re put online and maintained for free by the community to make the game easier for you.
Here are the best ones.
SC Cargo Space
An 8 SCU hauler can’t always take an 8 SCU box. Sometimes the cargo hold is divided so that you can only fit two 4 SCU boxes or smaller ones. There’s a nice tool here to plan that better.
It shows you the cargo sizes and their layout graphically, so you can check whether you can even complete a mission.
Ship data and DPS calculator
erkul.games is one of the most popular community websites for Star Citizen players. Since the game itself doesn’t preview how loadouts will affect your ship, you can think through your options here at your leisure before buying or using components. Pick any flyable ship and change its equipment: from weapons (gimbaled or fixed, turrets and missiles) to power and cooling, all the way to quantum drives and mining heads.
Changes are reflected in the stats immediately. Especially helpful are DPS, EM and IR signature, power consumption and range. That lets you optimize specifically for PvP, PvE, stealth, mining or racing.
The component database gives you a complete overview of all the parts available in the game, including manufacturer, size, type and in-game availability. You can filter for specific values or brands and find out where you can buy the components.
It’s also handy that you can save the loadouts you’ve created as a link and easily share them with your organization or your friends.
SC Trade Tools
SC Trade Tools is a specialized website for everyone who wants to get deep into the trading system in Star Citizen. With up-to-date game data, it offers a comprehensive collection of tools that help you find the best trade routes, plan lucrative stopovers and maximize your profits. Whether you’re flying a Cutlass Black, a Freelancer or a Caterpillar.
The platform lets you tailor your trading strategy individually: you can set exactly which goods you want to carry and where you want to take them, whether legal goods or contraband. Thanks to the filters, you quickly find the trade route that suits your play style.
Another highlight is the buyer analysis tool: you find out where you can best sell your goods, no matter where you got them.
And if you’re traveling from point A to point B anyway, the platform shows you how to make extra profit along the way with a minimal detour.
That makes SC Trade Tools an essential tool for all traders, miners and smugglers in Star Citizen who want to spend their playtime efficiently and profitably.
VerseGuide
VerseGuide shows you current information like the temperature or the position of the sun for all planets and moons in the system. The site also has a database with lots of interesting places, including ones without their own quantum point. In that case you get a detailed approach description.
Select your system and your planet. Right below the map shown, you can click Show Hidden Locations to display all locations. With the filter below that, you can then search for something specific.
Click Daylight to the left of the map and you’ll see in real time which part of the planet is currently in daylight. Destinations on the day side are easier to approach.
Select a location and click Directions. Then you get detailed instructions on how to get there.
Cornerstone Universal Item Finder
If you’re looking for any items like weapons, attachments or armor, but also ships you can buy, this website helps you. You can see the price and the seller’s location at a glance.