# Starfield: Star Wars Genesis

[Star Wars Genesis](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/11114) is a free fan-made total conversion that turns Starfield into Star Wars: factions, locations, HUD, music and more. It's a modlist: hundreds of mods installed together by an auto-installer called Wabbajack.

## Links

- [Star Wars Genesis](https://genesismodlist.com/) (official site and install guide)
- [Star Wars Genesis on Nexus Mods](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/11114) (a patch repository: don't download those files by hand)
- [Wabbajack](https://www.wabbajack.org/) (the installer)
- [Mod Organizer 2](https://github.com/ModOrganizer2/modorganizer) (the mod manager the list runs through; Wabbajack sets it up)
- [Starfield Script Extender (SFSE)](https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/106)
- [Nexus Mods Premium](https://www.nexusmods.com/premium) (optional: lets Wabbajack download everything automatically)

## How a Wabbajack list works

1. Install Wabbajack and open the modlist gallery.
2. Pick the list, then choose an **install folder** and a **downloads folder**. Use short paths on a fast drive, like `C:\Genesis`, never inside `Program Files` or your Steam folder.
3. Wabbajack downloads every mod and builds the setup. With free Nexus you click "download" for each file; with Premium it runs on its own. Expect it to take hours and a lot of disk space.
4. Launch the game from the list's **Mod Organizer 2**, not from Steam.

## Rules that keep it working

- **Don't update Starfield until the list says it supports the new version.** The Nexus page shows the version it's working on. Turn off Steam auto-updates for Starfield.
- **Follow the install guide's settings steps** on the official site. They're part of the install.
- **Don't download the Nexus patch files manually.** Wabbajack pulls them.
- **Back up your saves** before updating the list.

## Adding your own mods on top

You can, at your own risk. The official site and Discord have guidance. The safe way:

1. In Mod Organizer 2, copy your profile first, and test on the copy.
2. Add one mod at a time, at the bottom of the left-hand list.
3. Start a new test save, check that locations still have their Star Wars names, then try your real save.

If a location shows its vanilla Starfield name, a mod is overriding the list. Disable your last addition.

Help: the Discord linked from the official site.