Starfield GRV Meaning, Explained

Starfield takes you to the final frontier, space! There are lots of stats, abbreviations and all other manner of weird and wonderful things to figure out in the early hours. One such thing is ‘GRV’ in Starfield, which is, unfortunately for us in this case, both a stat and an abbreviation that you’ll see in relation to your ship. In this guide, we’ll explain what it means and what it does, so you won’t have to live your space life in confusion any longer.

What Does GRV Mean on Other Ships in Starfield?

GRV simply stands for Gravity. When you’re fighting ships in space, sometimes the GRV icon will show up on an enemy ship. If this does appear, it’s simply indicating that you’ve damaged the enemy’s grav drive. This means you can now dock to their ship and go looting it.

What About the GRV Stat for My Ship?

This stat is referring to your own grav drive. When you have at least one point of power in your GRV gauge, you’re able to use it to jump to another planetary system. The more points that you have in it, the faster your grave drive powers up, meaning that you’ll be able to adventure around space that little bit sooner. Essentially, consider it a ‘fuel gauge’ stat for your ship.

How to Add More Power to Your Grav Drives in Starfield

You can put more points into your own ship’s grav drive by reassigning the ‘resources’ of your ship by taking them from other systems. For example, say you want to jump to another planet system quickly as you’re under fire from enemy ships, you can take points from your Laser, Ballistic or Missile weapons systems of your ship, and put them in GRV.

To do this, use the d-pad on controller of the directional keys on PC to select the ship subsystem you want to take points out of and then press down on the d-pad/ directional keys to take points out of it. This will cause points to stack up in the bar underneath the various vertical bars representing the power of each subsystem.

Now scroll over to the GRV stat and press up on the d-pad to put more power into your Grav Drives.

By doing this, you can quickly escape the star system and pursuing enemies. This came in clutch for me when I entered a star system that had high-level ships during the early stages of my adventure. By maxing out my GRV ship resource, and selecting to jump to a new star system as soon as I entered, I was able to escape with my ship in-tact.

That’s everything you need to know on what GRV means in Starfield. For more tips and tricks, be sure to check out the links below.