Starfield: How to change the time of day

❘ Updated: 2023-09-05T05:49:00

an image of a person standing inside a spaceship in Starfield

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Are you wondering how to change the time of day in Starfield? Don’t worry as our handy guide has everything you need to know on how to skip time in the game.

Bethesda‘s latest game dealing with space adventures mimics real life in many aspects. One of them is the duration of a day on Earth. A day on Earth in Starfield also lasts for 24 hours but also differs from planet to planet.

There will be occasions in the game when a player will need to skip time or change the time of the day to fast-forward onto a mission or a quest. Naturally, they will be eager to know how to do that.

Fortunately, in this handy guide, we’ve got everything you need to know on how to change the time of day in Starfield.

an image of a bed in Starfield with the option to sleep that will skip time

There are a couple of ways to pass time in Starfield.

How to change the time of day in Starfield

There are two ways to skip time or change the time of day in Starfield:

Sleeping
Waiting

Sleeping on a bed

Sleeping is one way to change the time of day in Starfield. It restores your HP without medications and gets rid of negative status effects as well. Once you wake up, you’ll gain a temporary 10% XP boost too. This might be a better way for you if you’re running low on meds or simply believe sleeping is ideal in a particular scenario.

an image of the waiting menu while sitting in Starfield

The local hours may differ from UT, depending on where you are in the universe.

Waiting on a chair

The second way to skip time in the game is to just, wait! You can do that by either sitting on a bench, chair, or toilet by pressing the B button. A wait menu will pop up and from that, you can choose how long would you like to wait.

So, there you have it — that’s everything about changing the time of day in Starfield. For more about the game, be sure to check our other content and guides: