Starfield:Unique Weapon Scaling

Starfield has five weapon tier levels: Common, Calibrated, Refined and Advanced (in ascending order). The higher the tier, the better the damage of the weapon.

How Do Unique Weapons Scale in Starfield?

• Unique weapons in Starfield scale in damage depending on their weapon tier: Common, Calibrated, Refined, Advanced.
• A Unique weapons tier is not displayed visually: For example, an "Advanced Radburn" will still be called a "Radburn" even though it does more damage than the common version.
• The tier level of a unique weapon depends on your character level but is not guaranteed. For example, at level 60+ you have a higher chance of getting advanced unique weapons, but you can also still get common or calibrated ones too.
• Unique weapons that you can buy from vendors will have preset tier levels when you start the game. This means that they will all be common tier with the lowest base damage on your first playthrough. However once you enter New Game Plus the weapons will be given a new tier depending on your level. So, if you enter New Game Plus at level 60+ most of these unique weapons will be a higher tier and therefore deal more damage.
• Unique weapons that you find in the environment will be assigned a tier level once you first load the cell that the unique weapon exists in. For example Jake's Hangover Cure is located in The Well of New Atlantis. If you first enter the Well at level 60+, theirs a chance that Jake's Hangover Cure could spawn with a higher weapon tier level.
• Unique Weapons that spawn as quest rewards require some more testing.