Starfield Update 1.16.244 Patch Notes (11th June 2026)
Starfield's latest patch tackles stability and gameplay fixes, including a critical planet surface freeze.
Bethesda dropped Update 1.16.244 today, and it's focused on squashing the kind of bugs that make exploration frustrating. The headline fix is a freeze that could lock you up when traversing planet surfaces, the sort of thing that kills momentum when you're deep into exploration. That's gone now.
Black Box Incursions were also broken in ways that would either prevent them from starting or cause them to reset unexpectedly, which defeats the entire point of the Terran Armada endgame loop. That's patched. On the smaller side, there's a fix for Delta sizing issues, an infinite load when placing data slates on ships, and a handful of UI problems that were making the Starmap and character creation less responsive than they should be.
It's a solid stability pass rather than a feature drop, but stability patches matter, especially when they fix something as core as planet traversal. Both the base game and Terran Armada DLC got the update.
Full Patch Notes
✓ Fix◆ TweakToday’s update to Starfield is now available on all platforms! This update contains multiple stability fixes, including a freeze that could occur when traversing planet surfaces. Additionally, several issues related to Major Incursions, Terran black boxes, and Incursion icons have been addressed. Be sure to download the latest update for both the Starfield base game and Terran Armada DLC! Read on for the full update notes:
General
- Fixed a freeze that could occur when traversing a planet surface.
- Addressed an issue that could cause Black Box Incursions to not start or reset properly.
- Fixed a crash that could occur if a Designer Couch was placed aboard a ship.
- Addressed an infinite load that could occur if a data slate display was placed aboard a ship.
- General crash and stability fixes.
Gameplay
- Fixed an unresponsive state that could occur when attempting to go through load doors while using the scanner.
- Addressed an issue that could cause Delta to be the wrong size.
- Fixed an issue where Quantum Essence could be used via Favorites when none was available.
- Fixed a few Points of Interests so they don't appear on planets with no human presence.
- Addressed an issue where a space encounter had too many asteroids present.
UI
- Loading a save will remove incorrectly displayed Incursion icons on the Starmap.
- Addressed an unresponsive state that could occur in the vehicle menu.
- Fixed a texture issue that could appear on characters when creating a character.
- Fixed text strings that would cause a font to display incorrectly.
- Updated the game credits.
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