Bethesda’s approach to DLC has often been a little haphazard in how they integrate into games. There are few things as immersion-breaking as starting Oblivion or Fallout 3 and receiving seventeen notifications spread out across the first few minutes, telling you about additions and quests you have no interest in tackling, and can’t do anything about yet. In the upcoming Starfield Shattered Space DLC, it looks like it may be handled a little more naturally, but there’s still a few things to be aware of.
Unlike some of Bethesda’s other games, you won’t be immediately bothered when you start Starfield with pop-ups telling you of adventures in regions you’ve never heard of. New players in the RPG will have to complete the first main quest in order to enter the Shattered Space expansion. Only after becoming a full member of Constellation, and making a grav-jump to a system not related to a mission or encounter, will you be prompted to begin the DLC. Then you’ll receive a distress call urging you to go to a new space station, called The Oracle.
Source: Bethesda warns Starfield players not to start Shattered Space early
Unlike some of Bethesda’s other games, you won’t be immediately bothered when you start Starfield with pop-ups telling you of adventures in regions you’ve never heard of. New players in the RPG will have to complete the first main quest in order to enter the Shattered Space expansion. Only after becoming a full member of Constellation, and making a grav-jump to a system not related to a mission or encounter, will you be prompted to begin the DLC. Then you’ll receive a distress call urging you to go to a new space station, called The Oracle.
Source: Bethesda warns Starfield players not to start Shattered Space early
