To clear a bounty in Starfield, you have several options:
- Pay the bounty fee at a Self-Service Bounty Clearance Kiosk. These kiosks are usually found in bars, inns, and taverns in civilian outposts or spaceport areas outside the faction space where your bounty is active. For example, if you have a United Colonies bounty, you must pay it in Freestar or Crimson Fleet space, not within United Colonies space
- Serve jail time if you are caught and choose to resist arrest or cannot pay the fine. This results in XP loss and confiscation of stolen goods
- Attempt to bribe guards (less common and riskier)
- If guards or faction members kill you, the bounty will be removed, but you suffer death penalties in the game
Some notable locations of Bounty Clearance Kiosks include:
- New Atlantis (Alpha Centauri system) - The Viewport
- Mars, Cydonia (Sol system) - The Broken Spear bar
- Ixyll II (Ixyll system) - Civilian Outpost
- Neon (Volii system) - Astral Lounge
- Akila City (Cheyenne system) - The Hitching Post
- Hopetown (Valo system) - Pit Stop
- The Key (Kryx system) - Shinya Voss' chair area
You cannot clear a bounty in the faction space where the bounty is active; you must go to a different faction's space to pay it off
. In summary, the most straightforward way to clear a bounty is to visit a Self-Service Bounty Clearance Kiosk in a non-faction space related to your bounty and pay the fee. This allows you to keep your stolen items and avoid jail time or combat consequences
