
The Credit is the common currency of the Settled Systems. Although the credit is primarily a digital currency, credits can be stored and carried physically in a disposable handheld device called a Credstik.
Spending credits[]
Credits are essential to the Spacefarer and have a variety of uses:
- Purchasing, customizing, and repairing ships
- Purchasing weapons and spacesuits
- Purchasing cargo for trading
- Paying debts accrued with Galbank
- Bargaining and bribing individuals
Earning credits[]

Credits can be earned through different activities:
- Completing Missions
- Obtaining Credstiks
- Planet Surveying
- Mining
- Selling surplus ships and ship parts
- Bounty hunting
- Hunting alien fauna
- Selling unwanted items to vendors
- Transporting and trading cargo between settlements
- Illicit activities, such as piracy, theft, and smuggling