Terror from the Void

A Phoenix Rising Mod

"All that we see or seem,
Is but a dream within a dream"

Edgar Allan Poe

"The fear I saw in her eyes was pure terror: the certainty that death would bring no relief. There is no escape from the indescribable horrors of our recurring nightmares."

Alistair Ashby, Phoenix Project

This Dark Grimoire was conceived in a season of insanity, in the pursuit of things that dwell in the boundary between Science and the Occult.

If you have come across these lines by accident, turn back! Beyond you shall find nothing but curses and spoilers!

Dr. Voland Kandinsky

Miskatonic University, Arkham, MA

August 10, 2022

Last update: April 13th, 2024

TFTV Open Beta available on Steam Workshop and on GitHub for non-Steam users.

Release proper coming out sometime around 2023

Wiki Pending:

Festering Skies and Behemoth, Human Enemies, Revenants, Special starts, TBTV, Lota Rework

Introduction

This mod represents a particular vision of how the game can be improved as far as our current modding capabilities allow. This is to say that, as all visions, it is subjective and not everyone will agree that the game has been improved by these changes, and that we can't change everything we would want to change.

It's also a work in progress.

Phoenix Rising

We are a group of Phoenix Point fans, most of us former members of the Community Council.

Join us on Discord @

TFTV would not have been possible without Belial jumpstarting the Phoenix Rising community with the Discord server and MadSkunky getting into Phoenix Point modding and teaching the rest of us, and, of course, without their work together on BetterClasses.

It has been a very enriching and fun experience, and it would not have been the same without the atmosphere of spirited but constructive discussion & criticism of our group. Thank you Phoenix Rising friends!

TFTV credits in alphabetical order:

Abincco - Art (Alistair, Olena and Helena)
Belial - Design & Playtesting
BFIG - Graphics & Proofreading
Dtony22 - Coding (Delirium perks)
Etermes - Playtesting
Ikobot - Data Mining & Playtesting
Louis - Text editing
MadSkunky - Coding, Design & Teaching How To Code
MikeyC - Playtesting & Proofreading
Torinus - Playtesting
Voland - Coding, Design & Narrative
Yokes - Playtesting

Additional closed-beta testing:
- Blathergut
- Linuslim
- Rogue_Wave
- zigzagzog

Our gargantuan appreciation to all the folks at Snapshot Games for making Phoenix Point and the fun times in the Community Council and beyond.

And a big thanks for all the encouragement, feedback and patience from our fans!

Features

• New story, told by new characters, some of them from Phoenix Project,
• Integration of all DLC into the base game, both narratively and in terms of gameplay,
• The Oneiric Delirium is back, with all new mechanics: Delirium infection, experimental treatment with adverse side effects and Void Omens,
• Revamped Pandoran progression, aircraft and air combat, Umbra, haven infestation, ambushes, etc,
• Revenants: your dead may return to haunt you, bringing reactive evolution to their new masters,
• Human enemies now organized into units (squads or gangs), each enemy will have a rank and a name, and their leader will have some powerful ability (Tactics),
• A Legend difficulty worthy of its name and a Rookie worthy of its,
• Maximum configurability; play the game on default settings, or change them as you see fit.

Objectives

This project started as an attempt to improve the narrative structure of the base game and its DLC. However, it spiraled out of control rather quickly because in our view narrative has to be told through the gameplay: you can't say there is a terrible viral outbreak but not have any infection mechanics in the game!

Better storytelling

Most of the changes can be traced to this attempt to improve the narrative: a fight against the Third Mist, a strain of the Pandoravirus that is gradually driving the survivors of the previous Mist outbreaks insane.

However, another big set of changes has little to do with narrative and is more about dialing down the meta. This concerns, on the one hand, Pandoran progression, and on the other, the ease and benefits of aggressive exploration.

Pandoran progression

Regarding Pandoran progression, Vanilla attempts to scale it to the player's performance. The way it works is that depending on difficulty, Pandorans get a certain number of Evolution Points per day (100 on Legend, 35 on Rookie). Evolution Points advance alien research, allowing Pandorans to field stronger units sooner. In addition to the fixed amount per day, Pandorans get 10 EP every time they lose a mission, 10 EP every time a nest is destroyed, 20 EP when a Lair is destroyed, and 40 EP when a Citadel is destroyed (these numbers are the same across all difficulties). Therefore, in principle it is better to leave the Pandoran Colonies alone and harvest Haven defense missions to gain resources and rep. To counter this, variable rep penalties for not destroying revealed Pandoran Colonies were introduced at some point, but this had the effect of making revealing Pandoran Colonies unfavorable for the player: the counter to meta begat more meta and so on and so forth.

In TFTV we have removed the bonus EP given to Pandorans for losing missions and colonies. Instead, each colony and infested haven generates a certain number of EP per day. In addition, destroying a Pandoran Colony may remove a Void Omen (a temporary change in base rules that carries advantages and disadvantages for the player). Conversely, there are no rep penalties for leaving revealed Pandoran Colonies alone. However, you may want to destroy them to slow down Pandoran research and remove Void Omens.

Aggressive exploration

As for aggressive exploration, veteran Phoenix Point players will tell you that the best way to get an advantage in the game is to get a second (and then third) aircraft ASAP to explore POI and experience a windfall of resources and goodies. The optimal strategy in Vanilla is probably stealing a Helios on Day 1 and using it to explore the Geoscape with a single naked recruit; ambushes happen once in a blue moon and a naked recruit is cheap to replace anyway.

In TFTV we have made ambushes far more likely and more dangerous, but also added resource crates to them. So if you explore with an insufficiently prepared squad you will not only suffer casualties, but miss on the opportunity of collecting resources and items from the crates, and this is important, as regular scavenging missions have been reduced by half.

In addition, all aircraft, except Anu Blimp, seat 4 less passengers than in Vanilla. To increase the space for units by 4, you need to equip your craft with one of the passenger modules. The passenger modules cost half the resources and take half as much time to manufacture as a Manticore in Vanilla and the cost of all craft in the game has been, in turn, reduced by this amount. Therefore, aggressive exploration, though still possible, is no longer an optimal solution.

Finally, there are a lot of miscellaneous changes and additions, some of them quite significant, but too numerous to mention in this overview (they are however covered elsewhere in the wiki).

Oneiric Delirium

The new strain of the Pandoravirus, spread by the Third Mist, will inexorably advance to its ultimate and sinister purpose unless stopped by the Phoenix Project.

Oneiric Delirium events can directly cause certain effects, such as Stamina loss among Phoenix Project operatives. However, the biggest consequence of Oneiric Delirium events concerns the appearance of Void Omens, the raising of the Delirium cap and Umbra evolution.

Delirium Infection

(Replaces Corruption from DLC4)

Delirium reduces WP by the amount of Delirium a character has. This effect is, in turn, reduced when the character is well rested: each 10 points in Stamina reduces the effect of Delirium by 1. The maximum amount of Delirium a character can acquire depends on the Oneiric Delirium: at first, it's up to a third of the character's WP, later it goes up to a half of the WP and sometime later yet, it can go as high as the character's WP.

Delirium is gained by participating in missions where Mist is present ("Delirium Areas") or suffering attacks from Pandorans with Delirium or Co-Delirium damage.

How to deal with Delirium?

Stamina

A character with full Stamina reduces the effect of Delirium by 4. This is enough to negate the effects of Delirium in the early game, when Delirium cap is low and characters don't have a lot of Willpower

Bionics

Each bionic part reduces the total Delirium the character can acquire by a third and immediately removes that much accumulated Delirium from the character. (So a character with 12 WP and 4 Delirium after installing a bionic will have 0 Delirium, and may not get more than 8 Delirium, or less, depending on the current ODI level).

Mutations

Each mutated body part gives a 2% damage bonus per Delirium point, so a character with 10 Delirium and 2 mutated body parts will deal 40% extra damage with each attack.

Experimental treatment

Over the course of the game you may unlock an experimental treatment that will allow you to use Mutagens to remove all Delirium from an operative, but with a chance of suffering side effects like stamina loss or obtaining a random Delirium Perk from the list below. Delirium Perks will disappear after a random number of missions (the chance is very, very small at first and gets larger until it becomes 1; number of missions depends on difficulty level. Gaining a new Delirium perk resets the timer, but all perks removed together).

List of Delirium Perks

Picture	Name	Debuff	Buff
	Derealization	-5 to Strength	Disabled limbs remain functional
	Hyperalgesia	Lose 1 Will Point when taking damage	No Will Points loss when allies die
	One of Them	Receives Delirium damage x2	Immune to Mist
	Terror	-2 to Speed	+25% to Stealth
	Anxiety	Start each mission Disoriented for 2 turns	Immune to Mind Control
	Feral	All Will Power skills cost +1 Will Point	+8 to Strength
	Wolverine	-20% to Accuracy	Gain Slashing Strike (bleeding melee of syren for 1 AP)
	Bloodthirsty	Allies lose 1 WP from enemies killed (except worms, eggs, etc.)	Gain Devour ability
	Inner Sight	-10 Perception	+10 Hearing Range
	Faster Synapses	-25% to Stealth	Start each mission Frenzied for 2 turns

Other

• Mutoids: You may also unlock and choose to incorporate into your squads genetically engineered soldiers, who are immune to Delirium.

• Vehicles: All vehicles are immune to Delirium.

• Mist Repellers: Mist Repellers reduce the amount of Mist on the Geoscape.

Touched by the Void

Some Pandorans are a conduit for something more sinister, reaching out for our world from Beyond the Horizon. As Its power grows, so does the things It can accomplish.

Ruleset: A Touched by the Void Pandoran if attacked, is very likely to gain a special ability (however, there is a small chance that it will be passed by the Void and lose its Touch, gaining nothing). At first, the only ability it may gain is to spawn an Umbra version of itself on death. However, as the Oneiric Delirium advances, Touched by the Void Pandorans can also gain the following effects:

- Call reinforcements at the end of player’s turn

- Afflict its attacker with Marked for Death (all hits on the character do 10 extra damage)

Umbra

What are the Umbra? Purple phantoms? Oil monsters? Nobody knows for sure, but it seems that they only appear in missions where operatives with Delirium are present and the more Delirium they have among them, the higher the chance of Umbra appearance. In addition, typically the Umbra will only attack characters with Delirium, but can attack all characters in mist. Pl

Void Omens

Void Omens are temporary changes or suspensions of ordinary game rules. There are many different Void Omens; when a Void Omen is in effect, it is shown as a special objective that describes what it does. Typically a Void Omen has a positive and a negative effect for the player: it is an invitation to change your strategy to take advantage of the positive, and minimize the impact of the negative.

Ruleset

A Void Omen has a 90% chance of appearing along with any Oneiric Delirium event that occurs after the first one.

There can be up to 4 Void Omens simultaneously on Legend, 3 on Hero, 2 on Veteran and 1 on Rookie.

Void Omens are removed when a Void Omen is not rolled with an Oneiric Delirium event, when a Lair or a Citadel is destroyed (or a Nest on Rookie), or when a new Void Omen is rolled when the maximum number of simultaneous Void Omens has already been reached.

In all these cases the Void Omen that was rolled the earliest will be removed.

Exploration

Beyond the havens, it's a dangerous world, but you need to go out there to gather supplies. Any exploration can result in an ambush, but you will always find some resources in those missions: going after them is what got your team ambushed in the first place!

Passenger modules

All aircraft, except Anu Blimp, seat 4 less passengers than in Vanilla. To increase the space for units by 4, you need to equip your craft with one of the passenger modules. The starting Manticore comes with the FAR passenger module, which also (very slowly) recuperates the Stamina of all those on board. To manufacture additional FAR modules, you need to research the corresponding technology, which is unlocked after you research Phoenix Archives. There are two additional passenger modules that you may unlock in the course of the game.

You will notice that the passenger modules cost half the resources and take half as much time to manufacture as a Manticore in Vanilla. The cost of all craft in the game has been, in turn, reduced by this amount. Therefore, a Manticore now costs only half the amount of resources and takes twice as fast to be manufactured.

The aircraft have a modular design, and you will want to use some of them for interception (and trading), and others for exploration (because of the risk of ambushes) and transporting operatives to tactical missions.

A few tips

• Exploring unknown locations with an undermanned or under equipped team will likely result in total loss, and the opportunity cost of not being able to gather the resources and items that you need for your war effort,
• ambushes are tough because infinite and substantial waves of enemy reinforcements will start arriving almost immediately; if you are not confident about your chances, don't try to get to every crate,
• vehicles are very useful for exploration; they are resilient and have plenty of cargo space.

Injuries, bionics and mutations

Operatives that suffer a crippling injury (get a limb disabled during combat) will have their Stamina reduced to 0 after the combat. So will the characters who receive a bionic prosthetic or a mutation. In addition, be mindful that the Factions may react negatively to your choices regarding augmentations (who doesn't like mutations? Who doesn't like bionics? Wink-wink, nudge-nudge)

Diplomacy

All penalties to the attitude of the different factions towards Phoenix Project have been doubled, and doing story critical missions to take the diplomatic relationship with a faction to a supportive, aligned or allied level normally carries substantial penalties with the other factions.

Whenever a faction offers you one of those missions, you will have the option to postpone it. This will cost you some (4 - 8) rep with the offering faction, but will avoid angering the other factions. You will be offered to do the mission again once your rep with the faction recovers to the required threshold.

It is still possible to get allied with all the factions, but it will take considerable effort. More realistically, you may aim at being allied with one faction, on good terms with another and on being barely friendly (or even hostile) with the remaining faction.

Pay attention to the choices in exploration and haven events, and consider them in light of your overall strategy.

Research

There are many changes to research. A lot of text was adjusted due to story changes, and some technologies have been switched or moved around their research trees. The biggest change concerns Reverse Engineering: now reverse engineering an item grants access to the underlying research. For example, reverse engineering a Deimos Assault Rifle allows researching Laser Weapons. The cost in RP of Reverse Engineering has been adjusted so that getting access to the underlying technology has the same RP cost, regardless of the item that you have reversed engineered.

This is another way of obtaining faction research, in addition to stealing it, gaining access to it through Diplomacy or purchasing it at the Bazaar.

Infestation

Havens destroyed in the mist have a chance of becoming infested instead.

Infested havens give Evolution Points to the Pandorans (20 per day). Completing an Infestation mission will grant you some resources (similar to what you would get for a high-level haven defense mission), a lot of mutagens and an item from the Living Weapons pack. The haven will be destroyed, but some survivors maybe able to flee to friendly nearby havens.

The Behemoth and its flyers no longer infest havens. Also, Corruption of the Mind event/mission has been removed.

Pandoran Evolution

Pandorans get a certain number of Evolution Points per day depending on the difficulty chosen by the player and additional Evolution Points depending on the number and type of surviving Pandoran Colonies (10 for nest, 20 for lair, 30 for Citadel) and infested havens (20). Pandorans do not get any EP for losing missions or colonies.

Blood and Titanium

• Added different options to most events/missions, allowing different outcomes.
• Bionics reduce Delirium (see Delirium)

Legacy of the Ancients

• Umbra decoupled from DLC (see Umbra).
• Project Glory is unlocked activating three bases or visiting "Rise by Sin, by Virtue Fall" location.
• Extracting exotic materials is not necessary, taking control of any antediluvian site(there are six) is granting resources.
• Schemata story & missions changed: all Schemata missions replaced by a single mission (Kaos Engines Second Mission).
• Gaining control of one Living Crystal and one Protean Mutane site unlocks a research chain theat leads to the Yuggothian Entity.
• Yuggothian Entity research unlocks virophage weapons research.

Festering Skies

Besides changes to story, which will not be covered here in detail, a number of other significant changes have been introduced to DLC3.

Hammerfall

In TFTV, an asteroid hits Earth (instead of an egg) (so please ignore the second half of the cutscene with the Behemoth egg).

Because it's an asteroid, if it happens to fall on or very near a haven, it will destroy it. It will also affect nearby havens, making them lose some population and damage their buildings, the effects falling off the farther the haven is from the impact.

You can see which havens have been affected and how in the in-game log.

The Hatching

The Hatching (the Gift in Vanilla) becomes available towards the last third of January (the exact time and date is chosen at random within a range), and has to be completed within 5 days. Once the mission is completed or sometime after the timer to complete it expires, the Behemoth will make its appearance.

The Behemoth

During most of the game, the Behemoth will only attack havens that have been visited by one of its flyers and have returned to the Behemoth. The Behemoth will never destroy or infest such havens, but only damage them.

To prevent the Behemoth from damaging the havens (which causes some population loss and damages all the buildings, preventing trade, recruitment and raiding, therefore also reducing its defenses) you should destroy the Pandoran flyers before they can return to the Behemoth.

However, it will not be possible to destroy the Behemoth until late in the game.

Air combat

The Pandoran flyers have been nerfed and researching aerial weapons and defenses has been made easier (generally the technology that in Vanilla permitted researching some weapon or module now directly allows to manufacture it).

In addition, the Berith will not appear until later in the game and the Abbadons much later still.

The purpose behind these changes is to make the minigame and everything connected to it as quick and painless as possible for the player: you have to make sure that you have enough aircraft to intercept the flyers, but you are not expected to excel at the minigame.

Corrupted Horizons

• Delirium infection replaces Corruption (see Delirium),
• Questline (and story) revamped:
  • Acherons appears after Pandorans get Lairs,
  • Acheron autopsy triggers A favor for a friend,
  • Completing A favor for a friend unlocks Mutoid research and Catch the Runner mission,
  • Completing Catch the Runner unlocks Specimen 2 research and Vita grenade research,
  • Specimen 2 research unlocks Experimental Treatment,
  • Destroying the Behemoth removes Delirium and Void Omens.

Other changes

Base scan

Pandoran colonies no longer auto-revealed within range of base scan, instead increases chance of revealing them.

Medbay

Medbay heals 16 HP per hour

Marketplace

Reworked Kaos Weapons, new unique Merc soldiers, factions technologies for a tidy sum and the most important, completely reworked vehicles and their modules with new unique abilities!

Also the cutscenes have been removed, all missions are deemed completed as soon as the Market is encountered, and duplicate items are no longer sold. In addition, the Marketplace will not offer to sell a Kaos weapon that is already in possession of the player. Can only acquire vehicle modules for Armadillo/Aspida once factions have researched corresponding vehicle.

Poison

Poison reduces accuracy by 50% and subtracts 3 WP each turn

Acid

• Acid no longer does x2 damage to Bionics, but when acid does damage to a bionic body part/vehicle element, it disables it for a turn
• Synedrion Advanced Nanotech now gives access to a consumable (Nanotech Fieldkit) that removes all negative status effects, including acid. Nanotech buff effect that reduced all incoming DoT damage is removed.
• Most acid damage from Pandorans was reduced by 10.
• Acid res vest tech unlocked with Acidworm research.

Goo

New Goo mechanics: characters without goo immunity hit by goo or start their turn in goo receive the Slowed status (reducing their speed to 25%). In addition, moving through goo without goo immunity has 2x movement cost.

Food and Mutagen harvesting

• You can no longer kill Pandorans to get mutagens, but any aliens in Containment will generate mutagens every hour as long as you have a Mutation Lab.
• Resource rewards for autopsies now always give some Mutagens. Mutagen harvesting research removed (functionality now unlocked with Mutation Technology, and Mutation Technology is also given after researching Mutoids).

• Rendering Pandorans for food now requires a functioning Food Production facility and takes time; each facility can hold up to 250 units for processing and process 50 units per day.
• Food production facility can now be built on game start, and Fungus research increases output by 50%.

Compatibility with other mods

TFTV already contains mods such as BetterEnemies, Grenade Throw Range fix. After vehicle rework is no longer compatible with BetterVehicles. It may work with other mods as well, but that is not likely. The mod affects a huge number of game mechanics and the probability of errors when trying to combine it with other mods is very high.

***spoilers re Revenant rewards***

To trigger the questline you need to first capture a Revenant. That will give you access to the Revenant research project.

After this you need to kill or capture a number of Revenants (exact number will depend on whether they are Mimic, Dybbuk or Nemesis: you need to score 15 pts, each Mimic giving one point, a Dybbuk giving 5, and a Nemesis giving 10).

Once you kill enough Revenants, a new research will become available, Project Osiris. Once you complete it and as long as you have a bionic lab or a mutation lab, there is a chance that one of your soldiers who dies during a mission can be resurrected and given a new artificial body. The chance is highest for soldiers who have more kills and number of missions. New soldiers have 0% chance.

Classes

Terror from the Void includes complete overhaul of each of the vanilla 7 classes (Some of you may be familiar with it from our previous mod Better Classes). The changes to soldier classes and mechanics will be covered below.

When you hire your soldiers there are two rows of perks to them. First row is the upper one, next to class icon. Underneath it there is a second row, which is actually called Third Row, because once you Multi-class your soldier this row will move down, making space for the secondary class perks.

The way TftV uses this “Third Row” is different from vanilla. In the Mod we use all 7 spots for perks, but also change how those perks are acquired in order to shape every soldier into something unique and flavourful.

3rd row overview video

Third Row in TftV consist of 4 components

1. Background Perks
2. Faction or Origin Perks
3. Proficiency Perk
4. Class Perks

• Background Perks

- Acquired on level 1 for free and on level 5 another perk can be purchased.
- Are randomized, chosen from a pool of 20 possible perks.
- Have flavor text that tell something about the post-apocalyptic world of Phoenix Point.
- Usually buff stats or give resistances to some kind of damage.

List of Background perks

Picture	Name	Description	Picture	Name	Description
	Survivor	+4 Willpower -2 Strength		Hunter	+10% Accuracy
	Nurse	+2 Willpower +30% Healing		Troublemaker	+10% Grenade damage
	Scav	+2 Willpower +4 Perception		History of violence	+10% Damage -2 Willpower
	Hard Labor	+4 Strength -4 Perception		Daredevil	+10% Damage -10% Accuracy
	Squatter	+2 Strength +25% Carry Weight		True Grit	-10% Damage from adjacent enemies
	Privileged	+2 Speed +4 Perception -25% Carry weight		Condo Raider	Jump one floor up or down
	Volunteered	Nightvision +2 Speed -2 Willpower		Damaged Amygdala	Immune to Psychic Scream
	Tunnel Rat	+1 Speed +15% Stealth		Sanitation Expert	Immune to Goo
	Paranoid	+4 Perception +10 Hearing range		Corpse Disposer	Fire Resistance
	Rocketeer	Jetpack Proficiency		Lab Assistant	Acid Resistance

• Faction/Origin Perks

- You will unlock those perks on levels 2 and 7.
- Fixed, based on the Faction this soldier originally belonged to.
- There are 4 different sets of perks, one per faction (Phoenix Point, Disciples of Anu, New Jerico and Synedrion).
- Every Elite class (Priest, Technician, Infiltrator) gain unique perk on level 7 effectively making this slot an extension of their class abilities.
- Can be quite powerful if you build your soldier around them.

• Proficiency Perk

- Unlocked on level 4.
- Gives you an option to use another weapon.
- Chosen randomly from a pool of proficiencies with exception of those already available to this class.

• Class Perks

- Located on levels 3 and 6.
- Are the extension of your original class and every class have unique set of such perks.
- Usually have something to do with class related equipment and are very powerful, to ensure that every multi-class combination plays differently.

Factions

PHOENIX POINT

The theme of Phoenix Point is toughness and resilience. Recruits of Phoenix Point are good for beginners as they revolve around survival and boosting characteristics, maximising effectiveness of the chosen class.

Level 2: Die Hard (Passive)

When you receive a killing blow, there is a chance, based on enemy's attack power, that you will survive with 1 HP left. All negative effects are cleared from you and limbs restored.

This will help your favorite soldiers survive whether it’s due to bad luck or tactical mistake. It’s especially useful on high level recruits when combined with Project Osiris.

Level 7: Battle Hardened (Passive)

Gain +2 to all primary stats, +4 Perception and +10% accuracy.

Normally PX recruits come with slightly lower stats than faction recruits. This can help amend this, especially when you use Training Centers later in the game, so your fresh trainees can jump straight into combat.

DISCIPLES OF ANU

DoA are reckless, fearless and fanatical. Therefore their abilities often revolve around putting themselves in risky situations.

Level 2: Breath Mist (AP: 2; WP: 0):

Consume Mist in 3x3 tiles restoring willpower.

This can be more effective than Recover in dense mist areas and is most effective later in the game, when there is a lot of mist. Priests can use this to maintain Mind Control (Recover is not available when mind controlling), Berserkers can Breath Mist for 1AP when under effects of Adrenaline.

Level 7: Sower of Change (Passive)

Return 25% damage you receive as Virus to the attacker.

Most enemies will go out of combat for 2 turns after attacking Anu soldiers with this ability. This makes some otherwise risky strategies worth attempting, as you can disable one of the attackers by spending some of your HP. Additionally, this can be used strategically in combination with Priests’ Psychic Scream and Lay Waste abilities or weapons with Viral or Psychic damage. Keep in mind that disabling an enemy’s head can lower its willpower allowing for Viral damage to trigger panic faster. Especially effective with Berserkers who can use Regeneration Torso to restore HP and Ignore Pain ability to further help with damage control.

NEW JERICO

The theme for New Jerico is “police brutality”, their skills are aimed at terrorising and suppressing the enemy.

Level 2: Takedown (AP: 1; WP: 0)

Deals 80 Damage and 160 Shock to the target. Replaces Bash.

Compared to Bashing, Takedown does very high Shock damage and average regular damage. The normal damage effect is roughly equivalent to using a 5 weight weapon to bash with STR 24. However, the combined effect is on par with Bashing a 5 weight weapon with STR 35. Important advantages of Takedown are:
- Does not damage your weapon.
- Can be used with 1H items such as Grenades and Medkits.
- Damage does not depend on the item weight.

Takedown can be highly effective for all kinds of recruits, especially powerful early in the game, where lots of melee or human enemies are present. Highly effective with Heavy class jet jump as an analogue of vanilla “Brawler” passive.

Level 7: Punisher(Passive)

When you kill an enemy his allies lose additional 2 Willpower.

This can be used with Assault class’ Rapid Clearance ability to quickly lead to mass panic among enemy ranks. Consider that killing small enemies such as worms, which normally don’t incur willpower loss, trigger this skill too. It can also be very powerful with Heavy class, when using Explosives and Boom Blast, allowing you to kill multiple enemies with one shot. Snipers can also take advantage of this using Kill Zone and Inspire, simultaneously reducing enemy willpower and boosting allies.

SYNEDRION

The theme of Synedrion has been changed a couple of times, but generally they are protectors, healers and guardians. That’s what their skills are about.

Level 2: Overwatch Focus

Passive - Your shots during Overwatch gain +50% accuracy.

Great on Snipers, Synedrion’s trademark, and creates a natural combo with OW Focus and Kill Zone. However, Assaults with Synerdion Laser Rifle can also benefit a lot, landing accurate shots across the map.

Level 7: Endurance (Passive)

Recover restores 75% WP (instead of 50%) and removes Acid, Poison and Bleeding.

This can be very helpful on your Bionic Augmented soldiers as Acid is the real bane of those, but effective on just about anyone.

Assault

Proficient with assault rifles and shotguns (complete list here)

Assault’s role is the “finisher” or “sweeper”. This is your bread and butter when it comes to dispatching a horde or weaker enemies. With every level he will become slightly better at what he does.

Assault plays best at close range but has formidable options at mid range such as Grenades or Deimos AR. Using Ready for Action, this class can take advantage of extra inventory items and extra proficiency like no other.

It’s a very stat hungry class. Perks such as Hard Labor or Mutations (such as Resistor Head) which increase your stats can be very beneficial to the Assault.

Quick Aim

The AP cost of the next shot with proficient weapon is reduced by 1, but suffer -30% Accuracy. Limited to 2 uses per turn
AP: 0, WP: 3

This adds a lot of versatility and allows you to shoot/kill more enemies per turn. You can reduce the accuracy penalty by moving closer to the target, equipping accuracy boosting gear or multi-classing into a Sniper, which can offset the penalty at longer ranges with the Master Marksman skill.

Kill'n'Run

Once each turn move up to 7 tiles after a kill
Passive Skill, that creates an Active Skill on a kill

This can be used both offensively and defensively. For offense it’s a great compliment to Rapid Clearance skill, allowing you to kill-move-kill without wasting AP. Defensively, it allows you to approach the enemy to aim your shotgun at the vulnerable part and then have free movement to get into cover.

Ready for Action

Reloading and inventory management costs 0 AP
Passive Skill

This is useful for moving grenades from the backpack to the quick inventory slots which synergises well with Quarterback at level 3. As in vanilla, you can take advantage of this perk by positioning the operative in the middle of a group of soldiers. It is possible to move items between them and to reload their weapons for free. This is useful when, for example, attempting to paralyze a large Pandoran you can toss a single Neuraliser around.

Onslaught

Refunds 2 AP to another operative within 10 tiles, can only be used once per turn by the same soldier
AP: 2, WP: 4

This can be used several times by different operatives on the same soldier (this is known as ‘Cheerleading’), for example to maximise the utility of AP discounting skills such as Boom Blast or Adrenaline Rush.

Rapid Clearance

Until End of Turn: After killing an enemy next attack costs -2 AP
AP: 0, WP: 5

The big change from Vanilla is that this skill no longer generates AP, but provides an AP discount instead. This makes your AP expenditure extremely important. For example, it’s preferable to start the chain with Quick Aim using only 1AP to kill your first target. Then you will still have 3AP + Kill’n’Run to move around. Berserker’s “Killer Instinct” skill can be very powerful coupled with Rapid Clearance. This can be particularly powerful coupled with other WP affecting abilities such as Inspire or Punisher.

Assault Class also gains the following Class Perks in the 3rd row:

Quarterback

25% bonus grenades effective range and +2 Speed
Passive Skill

This helps a lot with stat starvation Assault class faces early in the game. The range boost to grenade throwing overcomes the limitations with low STR values in the early game (particularly at higher difficulty).

Aimed Burst

Shoot your Assault Rifle twice with +30% Accuracy
AP: 3, WP: 4

This creates a choice between spending 2 AP to move and QA shotgun vs staying at range and using your Assault Rifle to kill the enemy. It can be used as your first action to kill an enemy then use Kill’n’Run to move close to the second enemy and QA Shotgun. It can also be very effective at disabling limbs. A good example is Bulldog vs Siren: Against Screamin Head (armor 20) basic Bulldog can disable its head with one use of Aimed Burst. Against Buffing Head (Armor 30%) it will disable the head if at least +10% dmg (e.g., Vivisection) is applied. The skill itself is unaffected by Quick Aim AP discount.

Heavy

Proficient with cannons, machine guns, launchers and mounted weapons (complete list here)

Heavy role is “tank” both in terms of toughness and firepower. Someone who can stand at the frontline and project a powerful presence. Heavy is incredible at withstanding enemy attacks and has great area damage. His level ups represent this strengths.

This class plays best in the frontline, but he can often stay behind with his Grenade Launcher only to Jet Jump into the thick of battle next turn. His return fire ability is a great asset to any class.

Heavy most important stat is the STR. You can even play without SPD at all as Heavy can trade willpower for movement using Jetpack. Squatter perk is really useful on the Heavy, on the other hand Hard Labour perk is unattractive due to perception penalty and therefore hindering his Return Fire ability.

Note that Heavy class has great utility for Heavy Torso Armor such as Phoenix Point’s Golem-B or New Jerico Anvil armors, so it is not recommended to mutate or augment your torso. It also means that recruits resurrected by Project Osiris can lose some of their utility or render perks like Jetpack Control useless.

Return Fire

Once per turn you can shoot, using proficient direct-fire weapon, at any attacker within ½ your perception range.
Passive Skill

The shot is taken at any attacker, even if the heavy himself is not the target, as long as the enemy falls within half your perception range. High perception and especially nightvision are very important on the heavy, so you can greatly benefit from Volunteered perk here.

Hunker Down

Gain 10 Temporary Armor until your next turn. Ends Turn. Your first attack next turn costs -1 AP.
AP: 1; WP: 2

This can be used to counter acid later in the game. Ends turn, preventing you from accessing inventory and switching weapons until the next turn. So, for example, if you forget to switch your Grenade Launcher to Machine Gun your Return Fire will not activate.

Skirmisher

If you take damage during enemy turn, your attacks deal 25% more damage until end of turn
Passive

Only activates if you take damage during enemy turn, so you cannot shoot your own heavy to buff his damage. Skirmisher kicks in immediately after you take damage so it makes your return fire more powerful if you are the target. Is extremely potent with multi-hit attacks such as Rage Burst or AoE explosions hitting multiple enemies, which in turn is even more devastating with Boom Blast.

Shred Resistance

Shredding Damage is reduced by half
Passive

Makes your heavy armor significantly more durable during late game, where most Arthons have high Shred Value. Allows you to tank some of the most powerful attacks in the game, such as Scylla Blaster (Better Enemies version) and explosive Chirons.

Rage Burst

Shoot 5 times across wide arc with +150% accuracy bonus
AP: Uses weapon attack cost, WP: 5

What this skill offers is shooting the target multiple times for the same AP cost, but without being able to freeaim and expending excess ammunition.

Though you aim with a cone, you actually have to select a target (as you move the cone, once it locks onto an enemy you will see a red square under it and the cone will start swaying, following the idle animation of the critter).

Accuracy on this attack is greatly improved from Vanilla, but its still not spectacular against enemy groups (however it can still be used with decent effect on them: https://youtu.be/GNNRzLQgQcg).

It is extremely potent against Large targets such as Acherons, Chirons and specifically Scylla. It may take some time to understand how aiming works to maximise the effects though.

Beware of obstacles between you and the target, as some scenery pieces are surprisingly resilient (or indestructible).

Heavy Class also gains the following Class Perks in the 3rd row:

Jetpack Control

Use your jetpack to Jump 14 tiles
AP: 2; WP: 3
Limited to one use per turn

Can be used to jet jump and attack with 1 AP weapon (such as Fury ML) and still have the AP to Hunker Down. However its best used with extra proficiency or multiclass allowing to attack with 2AP weapons such as Melee strikes, Shotguns or Stomp if you have the Leg Mutation. If you used Hunker Down on the previous turn, Jetpack Control can be used to move and then shoot with your Machine Gun.

Boom Blast

Until EoT: Explosives gain +50% ER, in addtion Rocket and Grenade Launchers cost -1AP.
AP: 0; WP: 4

The wording on this can be slightly misleading: the skill only affects AP of Launchers like Goliath GL, but not regular grenades. The skill is particularly powerful when paired with damage bonuses from Mutations or Skirmisher as explosions will disable multiple bodyparts more reliably, heavily cippling enemies within the blast.

Sniper

Proficient Sniper role is fire support, their abilities revolve mostly around overwatching and softening enemies for their allies to take down. They can be incredibly helpful against high priority targets.

Snipers play best at long range, but can also be very good at close distance. With high focus on multiple Overwatch and Handgun shots, they can deal more damage per AP than any other class, which is especially powerful with paralysing weapons.

Snipers stat distribution is fairly even, but they are also not very demanding stat-wise, freeing space for buying skills or multi-classing. Great perks for sniper would be anything that increases perception or stealth. As you can only use 1AP to shoot they can also be a good healers.

Extreme Focus

Overwatch cost 1AP
Passive

As opposed to Vanilla, sniper no longer has to be stationary at all times. Finding the right angle and position is very important, as OW shots can miss or hit an obstacle. Synedrion Snipers are particularly great due to Overwatch Focus perk that boosts accuracy on OW shots. If you rolled Shotgun or Heavy Weapons proficiency it can be more profitable to set up a cheap OW shot with those instead, for example, when taking care of an Umbra.

Armor Break

Gain +15 Shred with the next attack with direct-fire projectile weapon, divided and rounded up by the amount of projectiles for burst weapons and shotguns
AP: 0; WP: 3

Does not affect explosives or melee weapons. This Shred value is additive to the existing Shred value of the weapon. Note that this Shred is distributed across the entire shot, so if you use Shotgun with 10 pellets, each pellet will receive 2 points of Shred therefore exceeding the maximum 15 Shred. This ability also combos with Gunslinger ability granting 15 shred to _each_ shot, or more if you use Nergal's Wrath Handgun. Invaluable when trying to Shred high armored targets such as Scylla or enemy Heavy.

Master Marksman

Accuracy with a proficient weapon is increased by 30% while there are no spotted enemies within 10 tiles
Passive

Is more effective with weapons that are already highly accurate and with gear or abilities that boost accuracy such as Stability, Aimed Burst or Rage Burst. It can also be used to offset penalty from skills like Quick Aim.

Inspire

Killing an enemy grants allies 1 additional WP
Passive

This is very useful to replenish WP of the other operatives in the squad by killing small enemies such as worms, eggs and Mindfraggers, especially when using area of effect attacks against them. Naturally will synergise nicely with any “on-kill” effects, such as Rapid Clearance.

Marked for Death

Increases damage suffered by the target by 10 from each hit until the end of the turn
AP: 0, WP: 4

This skill is very effective in multiplying damage to a target from burst weapons, especially shotguns and the Deceptor MG. The longer the burst (and the more bursts the target will receive) the more utility can be obtained from this skill.

However, it is not worth it to use it to increase the damage from single shot weapons, like sniper rifles. For the raw Sniper Class it is worth using MfD against unarmoured enemies with Sanctifier HG, which in turn can be combined with Gunslinger ability to achieve 15 burst per AP.

SNIPER Class also gains the following Class Perks in the 3rd row:

Gunslinger

Shoot handgun 3 times at -50% accuracy
AP:Uses weapon attack cost ; WP: 4

Is highly effective with Hera NP-1 (paralysing handgun), but can also be used as an alternative to Armor Break with Nergal’s Wrath HG.

Kill Zone

When you take an Overwatch shot you fire twice at the target
Passive

Combined with Extreme Focus this turns sniper Damage from underwhelming to top tier. Using Synedrion recruits for OW Focus ability further enchances its efficiency. Remember to position your OW cone properly to avoid hitting obstacles.

Beserker

Melee fighters by default but you can use them in variety of roles ranging from tank to glass cannon. They especially excell at dueling high priority targets such as enemy Heavies, Sirens or even the deadly Scyllas.

Thematically they are very similar to D&D Barbarian, able to “rage” for a limited time, burning through Willpower quickly, but left winded after.

Stat-wise they are very demanding, so despite some great synergy they have with Assault Class, building such an MC can be challenging.

Dash

Move up to 1/2 of the movement of the character. Limited to 2 uses per turn
AP: 1; WP: 3

Migrating from Vanilla Assault to TftV Berserker it helps the latter to effectively engage enemies and melee and, if needed, escape to safety. As Dash scales with SPD stat it’s highly effective to stack +SPD armor, perks and abilities (such as Frenzy).

Note that enemy Berserkers also get this skill and will use it without hesitation

Close Quarters Evade

Attacks from enemies within 10 tiles deal 25% less damage
Passive

Since most shooting enemies use burst weapons, this can be extremely effective when combined with heavy armor. Naturally its very useful combined with any kind of skill that work with retaliation such as Tentacle Riposte, Return Fire or Sower of Change.

Bloodlust

Damage and movement are increased proportionally to the health lost up to +25%
Passive

The proportion of the lost HP is not derived from total (vanilla), but from HP above 50%. This means that you gain maximum +25% bonus at half HP.

Ignore Pain

Disabled body parts remain functional. Cannot Panic
Passive

As of now, picking this skill prevents loss of post mission stamina due to limbs lost on tactical (as “loss” is never actually triggered). Note that Mind Control Immunity has been removed, so combining it with Priestly Screaming Head or Augmentation Clarity head is the way to “restore” it back to how it used to be

Adrenaline

Until EoT one-handed weapon and all non-weapon, non-movement skills cost 1AP. Cannot use recover.
AP: 0, WP: 5

This is primarily useful for Melee Weapons and Grenades, however there are number of Skills that benefit from this, such as Stomp, Tentacle Strike, Medkits and Stimpacks, Lay Waste, Remote Control, Spider Drones. Can be especially powerful later in the game combined with Breath Mist, allowing to recover large portions of WP for single AP. Exertion or Aspida “Stim Spray” abilities basically double efficiency when combined with Adrenaline.

Note that Scyther is 2-handed melee weapon and does not benefit from this.

BERSEKRER Class also gains the following Class Perks in the 3rd row:

Gun Kata

Take a shot with your Handgun for free. Limited to 2 uses per turn.
P:Uses weapon attack cost ; WP: 2

This is useful for disabling enemy limbs early on, preventing enemies from retaliating, finishing them off or lowering their willpower (for example when using Viral mace). It can also be highly effective with Hera NP-1, able to paralyse or cripple many of the early game enemies at no AP cost at all.

Killer instinct

At the beggining of your turn, if there is an enemy within 5 tiles your next attack costs -2AP
Passive

Increases soldier efficiency when used to melee, however its function stretches far beyond that, allowing double shots with heavy weapons or (basically) extra shotgun shot. This can also be of great use to Assault with Rapid Clearance. The best synergy is crowd control tools, for example standing near paralyzed, dazed or paniced enemy every round.

Infiltrator

We have moved from the D&D Rogue fantasy into something more control-oriented. Unlike Priests Inflitrators do not focus on single target control, rather, they sow chaos and disarray in enemy ranks, messing with enemy AP or targeting.

The preferred range for Inflitrator is medium. They can’t perform most of their skills at long range, but being Stealthy they dont want to get too close either.

The infiltrator requires high mobility and stealth, so anything that adds to these stats helps. Naturally, Tunnel Rat is the best perk you can get for this class.

Surprise Attack

Attacks from behind gain shock damage equal to 5 times the damage dealt
Passive

Recived major buff going from x3 to x5. Note that behind refers to the position of Infiltrator relative to the target, so explosives hurled over the enemy head will not inflict shock damage. On the other hand as long as the enemy is backturned towards you it does not matter where the grenade lands. The shock value is high enough to daze almost any enemy even with the basic Crossbow. Using Sniper Rifle you can daze Sirens.

Deploy Decoy

Deploy holographic decoy at the chosen location. The decoy is treated as a real target by all enemies
AP: 1; WP: 4

Its crucial to understand that AI is likely to pursue low armoured and or low hp targets, consider this when deploying Decoys as it fully mimics your equipment. Wearing heavy armour, your decoy would likely to be ignored by the enemies. However basic Infiltrator gear has low armor value, making decoy a juicy target for AI.

Neural Feedback

Gain 2AP the first time you daze an enemy
Passive

Intended but in no way limited to be used with Surprise Attack, it opens up for a lot of combinations. Using Berserker with Adrenaline you basically refund your attacks from behind. Another powerful applications of this are Stomp and Kydemos grenade which allow to refund multiple AP in one use. Something like Slamstrike Shotgun is very potent at dazing targets at range allowing you to bypass the backturned requirement.

Jamming Field

Enemies within 10 tiles have 50% fumble chance with firearms
Passive

Particularly powerful against humans and works both ways: beware of Boss infiltrator enemies (Enter Synedrion on Legend for example).

Parapsychosis

Target human-sized enemy within 12 tiles becomes Wild
AP: 1, WP: 6

This can be very potent used as recon, go in hidden, turn one enemy and enjoy them slaughering each other as the rest of your team advances. The WILD faction turn comes right after yours. When used in the thick of battle remember that the same targeting rules apply for AI as Decoy. So, for example, Jet Jumping near some enemies and casting Parapsychosis can be very strong, as not only the enemies would avoid shooting your Heavy, but also you are likely to trigger return fire killing two birds with one stone

INFILTRATOR Class also gains the following Class Perks in the 3rd row:

Vanish

Move within 5 tiles and disappear from view until the end of turn or is revealed by contact with mist
AP:1 ; WP: 3

Can be used to enable Saboteur effect. This effect ignores 5-tile auto-detection rule. Remember that effect only lasts until the end of your turn, so unless you move to a position where enemy cannot detect you you are likely to be detected once your turn ends.

Spider Drone Pack

Deploy 3 spider drones with one action
AP:3 ; WP: 3

A great way to distract enemies by presenting them with three convenient targets. It is most effective when used combined with Saboteur. The spiders come without AP but If you multiclass into Technician you can Remote Control them on the same turn (however you will only have AP to do so if Saboteur effect is active)

The INFILTRATOR gains addition skill on LEVEL 7 if recruited from Synderion faction: Saboteur Passive

When you are hidden AP cost of non-weapon and non-movement skills and spider drone skills decreased by 1 AP

Vanish can be used to achieve this effect instantly (at the cost of 1AP). Affects many skills, including medkits, some of the technician and priest skills, frenzy, neural disruption etc. Also allows to access inventory for free in a similar way Ready for Action of the Assault Class works.

Technician

Technician is all about support and as he levels up his abilities to help your squad grow immensely. He is also the only class which can assist your Vehicles and here is one of the differences from Vanilla: the “mechanic” theme is reserved for main class technician only.

This class prefers to be somewhere at mid-close range, as his weapons are not very accurate and also his mechanical arms can Daze the enemies or harm robotic enemies with EMP attack. He is also best to be kept around your group where you can apply powerful healing abilities. One interesting option is to multi-class Technician into Priest with Synod or Frenzy head mutations, offering incredible support options.

“Nurse” perk naturally synergises very well with Technician. Another useful perk is “Squatter” because he tends to carry a lot of stuff in his backpack.

Fast Use

The action point cost of medkits, stimpacks and robotic arm abilities is reduced by 1.
Passive

This gives your robotic arms an AP discount allowing to heal or strike cheaper. It also discounts Stimpacks and Medkits as stated in the description, so you could take advantage of that in situations where your torso is mutated and you dont have access to mechanical arms equipment. In that scenario assault Ready for Action skill can be useful. Also this can synergise with Infiltrator Saboteur skill

Electric Reinforcement

Give yourself and allies within 10 tiles a bonus of 10 armor for 1 turn. This effect does not stack
AP: 1, WP: 3

While it does not stack with itself, but it does stack with Heavy Hunker down. Useful to block acid from damaging HP. Particularly strong against the enemies with burst weapons such as Miniguns, Assault Rifles or Shotguns. However keep in mind, that the shredding from enemy attacks is applied to your real armor and will be there once temporary armor fades away.

Stability

Gain 10% extra accuracy per remaining AP up to 40%
Passive

You gain the biggest bonus at the start of the turn, so it makes a good hit and run skill, where your technician can assist the group and then escape to safety. Some very good synergies with weapons (such as Machine Guns) and skills that require high AP to operate (such as Aimed Burst).

Field Medic

Restore 10 hit points and 10 armor to all body parts of the selected target. Disabled body parts are restored
AP: 2, WP: 2

Requires VVA-2 Exo Arms and costs one charge (ammo) and benefits from Fast Use and/or Saboteur skills.

One of three ways for the player to restore disabled non-augmented limbs in combat (the others are Aspida and Stimpack)

Amplify

Until End of Turn gain +100% to healing and +50% special damage (Acid, Paralysis, Viral, Poison)
AP: 0, WP: 4

Can be used with certain weapons or mutations to achive extremely high damage values. Jormungandr Acid Cannon, Tentacle or Venom Torso (but you would have to give up Mechanical Arms). This stacks with Priest Biochemist Skill.

TECHNICIAN Class also gains the following Class Perks in the 3rd row:

Remote Control

AP: 2 ; WP: 2 Take manual control of a turret or vehicle weapon and shoot at a target

Is no longer so powerful with AutoTurrets as in Vanilla due to changes made to them in TftV (turrets now can shoot twice but at half burst). For example your basic PDW deals 30x4 shred 1 damage at ER 16, where Watcher AT deals 40x4 shred 3 at ER 22. Also note that while turret ER is higher it does not benefit from Stability skill, so its best to save this skill for last. It is more powerful with higher tier Turrets such as Rattleshake or Scorcher.

Can also be used with spider drones to quickly explore the map during the first turn and/or a precision explosive.

does not receive any benefits or rewards from the killing down by the spider drones, vehicle or auto turrets, such as WPs, APs (if multiclassed and using rapid clearance) or XPs.

Can't be used to make Scarab shoot more than once per turn. All rocket weapons are hard-coded to be used only once per turn.

Does not benefit from Fast Use, but benefits from Adrenaline.

Remote Deployment

Turrets can be thrown in a radius of 10 tiles and deployed for 1 AP
AP:1 ; WP: 2

Note that since Turrets are 1-handed items you can use and deploy them when using Venom Torso mutation. Remember that turrets are automatically collected after the batte, so feel free to hurl them where needed.

The TECHNICIAN gains addition skill on LEVEL 7 if recruited from New Jerico faction: AR Targetting AP:0 ; WP: 2

Target ally within 10 tiles gains +30% accuracy

Can be very useful to buff auto-turrets or reduce penalty from skills such as gunslinger or Quick Aim.

Priest

Revolves around crowd control with a splash of AoE buffs, the priest is extremely valuable in any squad. His preferred range and role can be further customised with Mutations, mutliclassing or weapon choices. We specifically wanted to reinforce his control and debilitation themes, so the new stuff he gained reflects that.

Naturally, Priest relies heavily on WILLPOWER stat. Perks such as Survivor or Nurse can be very helpful here, but any stat-increasing perks would be helpful, as it frees up your SP to invest into WILL.

Mind Control

Gain control of an enemy in range and with line of sight
AP: 1; WP: Depends on target’s willpower (also has WP upkeep based on target type)

The ability requires LoS and has range of 8 tiles. WP cost is equal to target’s current willpower and the target can act immediately and you can release it at any time. So, for example, if the enemy has 0 WP, you can mind control him for free, use him and then release, effectively trading your 1AP for his 4AP. Keep in mind that at the beginning of each turn you must pay an upkeep cost that depends on the enemy type: 2WP for Humans and Arthons, 3WP for Tritons, 5WP for Sirens and Chirons and 10WP for Scyllas.

You can’t use Recover during Mind Controlling, but you can use Breath Mist, which can be exploited by Mind Controlling an enemy with ablity to Spawn Mist.

- If casting would lower you to 0 WP you will fail to Mind Control an enemy.

- This ability can be cast for 0AP when combined with Infiltrator’s Saboteur ability.

- Synod Head allows you to maintain Mind Control over some enemies infinitely. It gets stronger the more Priests with Synod Head you have near each other.

- Screaming Head can be used to reduce enemy willpower by 10 at the cost of 4WP, therefore reducing your MC cost by 6WP.

- Disabling enemy head can often significantly reduce MC cost.

- Human Enemies and some Pandorans, such as Arthon Scourge are easy and powerful targets for this skill.

Induce Panic

Cause a target to panic if its current WP are less than the Priest’s
AP: 1; WP: 3

This ability has no range limit, but requires LoS on the target. Is particularly powerful against Human enemies, who tend to have less Will than Pandorans. This ability can be cast for 0AP when combined with Infiltrator’s Saboteur ability. Screaming Head can be very powerful with this ability both due to its Psychic Scream ability and its innate +8 to willpower.

Mind Sense

All organic enemies within 15 tiles are automatically revealed
Passive

'Revealed' meaning shown as red blips. Can be particularly useful in Anu Slums maps.

Currently doesn't work for detecting dormant Ancients.

Psychic Ward

Allies within 10 tiles are immune to panic and psychic damage attacks
Passive

Is particularly useful in Lairs and Citadels, where you face Terror Sentinels - this ability can ward your entire squad from its otherwise very annoying effects. These effects apply to the Priest too, so combined with Screaming Head you will effectively ward yourself from any mental interferences. Note that Damaged Amygdala background perk or Berserker’s Ignore Pain will lose out some of its functionality if used in combination with this ability.

Mind Crush

Deal 100 damage to all enemy entities within 10 tiles
AP: 1, WP: 6

The damage dealt ignores armor and does not trigger Return Fire

Devastating when used against mobs, as it can be cast multiple times, recovering Willpower from Kills, therefore its highly effective to soften up the targets first. Synergises nicely with Inspire or Punisher abilities.

Most +% damage abilities such as Bloodlust or Skirmisher don’t affect Mind Crush, but its damage is increased by Delirium and Mutations.

This ability is unaffected by Saboteur Infiltrator skill.

PRIEST Class also gains the following Class Perks in the 3rd row:

Biochemist

Passive Paralysis, Poison, Acid and Viral damage increased 25%

As Viral Weapons are slightly nerfed in TftV, this brings them up to Vanilla levels. However it can be used with great effect with Mutations such as Tentacle or Venom Torso, boosting its innate damage greaty and is naturally great with Paralysing Weapons. To further increase its power combine this with Technicians Amplify ability.

Lay Waste

If your current Willpower score is higher than target organic enemy deal 20 damage for each point of WP difference. Range of 25 tiles. Capped at 200 damage.
AP:1 ; WP: 5

Requires LoS on the target. Benefits from Damage Bonuses from Delirium and Mutations which can lead to extremely powerful Killing Streaks. Especially powerful against human enemies.

Resurrection

Ressurect pandoran ally from human sized corpse
AP:3 ; WP: 10

The creature summoned is random (ake Arthon Prime corpse can summon Triton or lower level Arthon) but can often grant you a very powerful ally. Unlike Mind Control there is no upkeep and this entity is not ignored by his former allies and they will try to attack him. You will also suffer willpower loss if the ressurected creature is killed.

Appendix

The Terror From The Void Mod introduces a number of changes to weapons, equipment etc. The following tables have been updated to be correct in the mod.

Weapons

Some impossible (ancient) weapons were nerfed and some gained additional research requirements.

Materials cost per burst assumes Tech conversion of 1:5 Tech:Materials.

Assault Rifles

The Vidar Grenade Launcher is classed as an Assault Rifle.

Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Special	Burst	Effective range	Ammo capacity	Weight						Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Obliterator	Kaos Assault Rifle	buyable from Kaos Marketplace	30	Shred 1	8	25	32	3	0	75-150	0	-			-	30-67	8-17
Piranha AR-51	New Jericho Piercing Assault Rifle	Armor piercing technology	40	Piercing 15	4	22	32	3	32	95	23	-			5	16	5.13
Bulldog AR-50	New Jericho Gauss Assault Rifle	Gauss technology	40	Shred 2	4	22	32	3	12	100	18	-			3	22	4.63
Deimos AR-L	Synedrion Laser Assault Rifle	Laser Weapons	30	Shred 1	6	32	60	3	33	65	20	-			10	19	6.9
Burner AR	Acid Firing Living Rifle	Destroy 2 Infested Havens	30	Shred 1 Acid 10	6	27	-	3	cannot be produced					no ammo
Ares AR-1	Phoenix Assault Rifle	-	30	Shred 1	6	25	36	3	5	86	15	-			1	21	4.33
Yat AR	Independent Assault Rifle	-	30	Shred 1	6	17	30	3	3	59	3	-			0	15	3

Shotguns

Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Special	Burst	Effective range	Ammo capacity	Weight						Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Redemptor	Kaos Shotgun	buyable from Kaos Marketplace	40	Acid 5	8	13	24	4	0	100-220	0	-			-	30-67	10-22.3
Slamstrike	Phoenix Shock Shotgun	Shotgun Advancement	120	Shred 5 Shock 180	single shot	19	4	4	13	140	24	-			1	13	4.5
Shard Gun	Impossible tech shotgun	Shard Gun Advanced Viral Weapons	25	Piercing 10 Psychic 1	12	13	no ammo	4	0	175	30	50	50	no ammo
Harrower	Disciples of Anu Shredding Shotgun	Shredding Technology development	35	Shred 8	8	10	40	4	20	160	28	-			4	33	10.6
Iconoclast	Disciples of Anu Shotgun	Disciples of Anu Equipment	30	-	10	13	50	3	5	89	15	-			2	32	8.4
Mercy SG3	Phoenix Shotgun	Shotgun Technology	35	-	8	10	48	3	4	69	13	-			2	31	6.8

Grenade Launchers

Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Special	Burst	Effective range	Ammo capacity	Weight						Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Vidar Grenade Launcher	Phoenix Grenade Launcher	Agile Grenade Launcher Development	Blast 50	Shred 10	single shot	20	3	3	8	90	16	-			4	34	54

Cannons

Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Shred	Burst	Effective range	Action Points	Special	Ammo capacity	Hands to use	Weight					Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Devastator	Kaos Heavy Autocannon	buyable from Kaos Marketplace	150	-	2	17	3	Shock 150	6	2	5	0	110-220	0	-		-	30-67	10-22.3
Hel II Cannon	Phoenix Heavy Cannon	Heavy Cannon Development	200	20	single shot	17	3	Shock 280	6	2	5	19	150	27	-		4	29	8.17
Tyr-1 Autocannon	Phoenix Heavy Autocannon	-	60	5	3	20	3	Shock 100	12	2	4	9	100	17	-		2	19	7.25
Jormungandr Cannon	Phoenix Acid Cannon	Advanced Acid Technology Heavy Cannon Development	10	-	10	17	3	Acid 40	50	2	5	64	295	56	-		14	43	22.6

Machine Guns

Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Shred	Burst	Effective range	Action Points	Special	Ammo capacity	Hands to use	Weight					Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Deceptor MG	New Jericho Gauss Machine Gun	Gauss technology	35	2	12	14	3	-	60	2	5	12	95	18	-		5	38	11.6
Malachi MG	Poison Firing Living Machine Gun	Destroy 3 Infested Havens	35	3	10	17	3	Poison 5	no ammo	2	5	cannot be produced				no ammo
Uragan MG	Independent Machine Gun	-	35	2	10	11	3	-	40	2	5	3	59	3	-		0	25	6.25

Launchers

Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Shred	Burst	Effective range	Action Points	Special	Ammo capacity	Hands to use	Weight					Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Rebuke	Impossible tech grenade launcher	Rebuke	Blast 90		single shot	25	3	Blast radius 3.5 Fire 20	no ammo	2	5	0	175	30	125	no ammo
Archangel RL1	New Jericho Heavy Rocket Launcher	Advanced Rocket Technology	Blast 80	10	single shot	400	3	Piercing 50 Damage to Body Parts x3	4	2	5	39	180	35	-		21	100	51.25
Goliath GL 2	Phoenix Grenade Launcher	Grenade Launcher Technology	Blast 60	10	single shot	25	3	Blast radius 3.5	8	2	5	10	85	16	-		14	110	22.25
Mounted Launchers (Only usable with Heavy Body Armor and the Neural Torso)
Thor AML	New Jericho Advance Missile Launcher	Advanced Missile Technology	Blast 100	20	single shot	35	1	Blast radius 3.5	2	0	2	56	165	38	-		18	36	63
Destiny III	Phoenix Laser array	Technician Development research Multi-sensor Threat Detection Advanced Laser Technology	70	-	3	999	1	-	12	0	2	89	180	48	-		9	17	15.5
Ragnarok	Phoenix Shredding Missile Launcher	Advanced Shredding Technology	Blast 40	20	4	35	1	Blast radius 5.5	8	0	2	38	175	34	-		62	24	167
Fury-2	New Jericho Missile Launcher	Neural Implant Technology	Blast 70	10	single shot	25	1	Blast radius 3.5	2	0	2	24	75	18	-		8	24	32

Flamethrower

Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Shred	Burst	Effective range	Action Points	Special	Ammo capacity	Hands to use	Weight					Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Dante FT	New Jericho Flamethrower	Incendiary technology	80 Fire 40	-	single shot	12	2	Cone radius 2.5	4	2	5	39	185	9	-		14	67	34.25

Sniper Rifles

Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Special	Effective range	Action Points	Ammo capacity							Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Subjector	Kaos Sniper Rifle	buyable from Kaos Marketplace	130	Poison 30	51	3	5	0	125-225	0	-				-	30-67	6-13.4
Scorpion	Impossible tech Sniper Rifle	Scorpion Armadillo	140	Limbs can't stop projectile	58	3	no ammo	0	120	21	50	75	50	no ammo
Raven SR13	New Jericho Piercing Sniper Rifle	Armor piercing technology	130	Piercing 50	45	3	10	42	125	29	-				5	16	4.1
Cyclops SR7	New Jericho Gauss Sniper Rifle	Gauss technology	130	-	45	3	10	17	135	24	-				3	21	3.6
Pythagoras VII	Synedrion Laser Sniper Rifle	Laser Weapons	120	-	63	3	15	52	105	29	-				9	18	4.2
Gungnir SR-2	Phoenix Virophage Sniper Rifle	Virophage weapons	110	Virophage 80	45	3	10	66	130	37	-				10	19	6.9
Firebird SR	Phoenix Sniper Rifle	-	110	-	51	3	8	6	115	19	-				1	16	2.63
Vyara SR	Independent Sniper Rifle	-	100	-	45	3	6	5	84	4	-				0	10	1.67
Hawk-41K	Phoenix Light Sniper Rifle	Light Sniper Rifle Technology Myrmidon Autopsy	90	-	51	2	7	13	150	25	-				1	11	2.28
Athena NS-2	Synedrion Neural Sniper Rifle	Advanced Paralyzing weapons	10	Piercing 60 Paralysis 16	45	3	12	63	125	34	-				9	19	5.33

Handguns

Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Special	Effective range	Action Points	Ammo capacity							Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Tormentor	Kaos Hand Cannon	buyable from Kaos Marketplace	40	Piercing 10 Burst 2	22	1	8	0	50-125	0	-				-	30-67	7.5-16.75
Nergal's Wrath	Disciples of Anu Hand Cannon	Berserker Class	50	Shred 5	14	1	10	5	87	15	-				1	22	2.7
Iron Fury HG	New Jericho Handgun	Gauss technology	60	-	14	1	12	9	70	14	-				1	11	1.33
Hephaestus II	Synedrion Laser Pistol	Laser Weapons	50	-	27	1	22	24	48	15	-				6	11	1.86
Cypher HG	Phoenix Handgun	-	50	-	18	1	8	3	54	10	-				0	7	0.88
Udar HG	Independent Handgun	-	50	-	17	1	8	2	43	3	-				0	6	0.75
Hera NP-1	Synedrion Neural Pistol	Neurotoxin Weapons technology	10	Piercing 20 Paralysis 7	17	1	5	37	75	21	-				2	5	3
Sanctifier	Disciples of Anu Acid Handgun	Acid Weapons Technology	10	Acid 10 Burst 5	17	1	30	19	150	26	-				2	11	3.67
Iron Fury HG	New Jericho Handgun	Tobias West unique weapon Cannot be researched	60	Piercing 20 Shred 5	20	1	12	cannot be produced							1	11	1.33

Melee

	Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Special	Effective range	Action Points	Ammo capacity	Weight							Ammo
Melee Weapons - single shot weapons. 1 Hand to use required with the exception of Scyther
	Scyther	Impossible tech two-handed melee weapon	Scyther Restricted Bionics Technology	180	Bleed 20	1	2		5	0	200	31	125	125		no ammo
	Reaper	Impossible tech one-handed melee weapon	Mattock	110	Vampiric 80	1	2		5	0	30	6		50	25	no ammo
	Phoenix Shock Lance	Phoenix shock melee weapon	Advanced melee weapon Advanced Melee weapons Advanced Paralyzing weapons	160	Shock 600	1	2		2	38	115	27				no ammo
	Marduk's Fist	Disciples of Anu War Hammer	Berserker Class	160	Shock 200	1	2		2	0	87	14				no ammo
	Dagon's Tooth	Disciples of Anu Blade	Advanced Melee weapons	140	Bleed 50	1	2		2	0	82	13				no ammo
	Scion of Sharur	Disciples of Anu Mace	Advanced Melee weapons	100	Virus 15 Piercing 50	1	2		2	0	65	11				no ammo

Viral

	Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Special	Burst	Effective range	Action Points	Ammo capacity	Weight				Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Viral weapons (for Priest class) - Hands to use 2
	Subjugator	Disciples of Anu Virus Sniper Rifle	Advanced Viral Weapons	50	Piercing 20 Virus 8	single shot	51	3	10	4	24	115	23		3	14	2.9
	Redeemer	Disciples of Anu Virus Rifle	Anu Priest Class	20	Piercing 10 Virus 4	3	17	2	18	2	12	57	13		2	8	3

Mech Arms & PDWs

	Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Special	Burst	Effective range	Action Points	Ammo capacity	Hands to use	Weight				Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Mech Arms
	VVA-2 Arms	New Jericho Mech Arms	Technician Development		Shock 180 EMP 200	single strike	1	1	5	2	3	63	125	34		15	55	26
PDWs
	Gorgon Eye-A	Phoenix Laser PDW	Advanced Laser Technology	40		4	20	1	48	2	2	52	105	29		10	19	5.75
	VDM Defender	New Jericho Gauss PDW	Technician Development	30	Shred 1	4	16	1	40	2	2	12	95	18		3	21	3.6
	VDM Enforcer	New Jericho Piercing PDW	Advanced Technician Weapons	20	Piercing 20	4	19	1	40	2	2	30	90	22		3	10	2.5

Turrets

	Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Special	Burst	Effective range	Ammo capacity	Hands to use	Weight	Hit Points	Armor				Ammo
	Scorcher AT	Phoenix Laser Auto Turret	Advanced Laser Technology	60		4	29	160	1	4	150	30	61	120	33		48	90
	Rattlesnake AT	New Jericho Piercing Auto Turret	Advanced Technician Weapons	40	Piercing 30	4	25	96	1	4	120	30	35	105	25		15	46
	Watcher AT	New Jericho Gauss Auto Turret	Technician Development	40	Shred 3	4	22	80	1	4	120	25	20	60	15		15	44

Crossbows

	Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Special	Effective range	Action Points	Ammo capacity	Hands to use	Weight					Ammo			Materials Cost per Burst
Crossbows - single shot weapons. All crossbows are silent weapons.
	Crystal Crossbow	Impossible tech silent crossbow	Crystal Crossbow	60	Piercing 40	41	1	no ammo	2	3	0	85	17	75	no ammo
	Eros CRB III	Synedrion crossbow	Infiltrator class	60		34	1	5	2	3	12	95	18			0	7	2.33
	Psyche CRB IV	Synedrion Poison crossbow	Venom Crossbow development	50	Poison 40	34	1	4	2	3	26	125	25			5	9	9.67
	Arachni SP I	Synedrion Spider Drone Specialized Pistol	Infiltrator class	60	Blast radius 3.5 Shred 10 deploy spider drone	15	2	3	1	2	6	48	10			10	20	23.33

Grenades

All grenades are now produced instantly

Yggdrasil Grenade also costs 10 mutagens

	Name	Description	Research needed	Blast	Shred	Special	Effective range	Blast radius				Materials Cost per Burst
	Odin Grenade	Phoenix Grenade		50	10		16	2.5	1	10	4	15
	Yggdrasil Grenade	Phoenix Virophage Grenade	Virophage weapons	40	6	Virophage 60	12	2.5	4	9	4	29
	Mjolnir Grenade	Phoenix Shredder Grenade	Advanced Shredding Technology	40	30		12	2.5	5	14	6	39
	Chimera Grenade	Synedrion poison grenade	Poison weapons	30		Poison 40	12	2.5	2	11	5	21
	Purification Grenade	New Jericho Incendiary Grenade	Incendiary technology	20		Fire 30	12	2.5	5	20	5	45
	Imhullu Grenade	Disciples of Anu Acid Grenade	Acid Weapons Technology	20		Acid 20 Shock 240	12	2.5	3	13	5	23
	Zeus Grenade	Synedrion EMP grenade	Restricted Bionics Technology			EMP 60	12	2.5	6	13	6	43
	Kydoimos Grenade	Synedrion Sonic Shock Grenade	Advanced Paralyzing weapons			Sonic 15	12	3.5	4	11	5	31
	Vita Grenade	A healing grenade that removes the bleeding and poison, and restores 50 Hit Points to all organic creatures within 3 tiles of impact.	Vita Grenade			Heal 50	16	3	6	28	4	68

Impossible Weapons (Legacy of the Ancients)

Name	Description	Research needed	Damage	Special	Burst	Effective range	Ammo capacity	Weight
Shard Gun	Impossible tech shotgun	Shard Gun Advanced Viral Weapons	25	Piercing 10 Psychic 1	12	13	no ammo	4	0	175	50		50
Rebuke	Impossible tech grenade launcher	Rebuke	Blast 90	Fire 20 Blast radius 3.5	single shot	25	no ammo	5	0	175			125
Scorpion	Impossible tech Sniper Rifle	Scorpion Armadillo	140	Limbs can't stop projectile	single shot	58	no ammo	4	0	120	50	75	50
Scyther	Impossible tech two-handed melee weapon	Scyther Restricted Bionics Technology	180	Bleed 20 Applies damage to all limbs	single strike	2	no ammo	5	0	200	125	125
Reaper	Impossible tech one-handed melee weapon	Mattock	110	Vampiric 80	single strike	2	no ammo	5	0	30		50	25
Crystal Crossbow	Impossible tech silent crossbow	Crystal Crossbow	60	Piercing 40	single shot	41	no ammo	2	0	85	75

Armor

Head

Each class can use any helmet without sanctions. Complete list of buffs and debuffs from Armor with comparison here

Name	Description	Class	Research needed	Armor	Perception	Stealth	Accuracy	Weight
Samnu Helmet	Living Weapons DLC Helmet	Any	Unique	35	0	+5%	+5%	1	cannot be produced
Anvil-2 Helmet	New Jericho Heavy Helmet	Heavy	New Jericho Combat Armor Research	33	-2	-10%	-4%	2	16	125	22
Golem-B Helmet	Phoenix Heavy Helmet	Heavy	-	27	0	-10%	-4%	2	13	100	19
Guardian XA Helmet	Heavy Helmet	Heavy		26	-2	-10%	-8%	1	9	70	4
TechOps-7 Helmet	New Jericho Technician Helmet	Technician	Technician Development	25	0	-5%	+6%	1	24	110	23
Wardog Helmet	New Jericho Assault Helmet	Assault	New Jericho Combat Armor Research	23	0	-5%	0	1	12	100	18
Odin Helmet	Phoenix Assault Helmet	Assault	-	20	0	0%	0%	1	12	95	18
Eidolon Helmet	New Jericho Sniper Helmet	Sniper	New Jericho Combat Armor Research	18	+4	0%	+9%	1	15	120	22
Acolyte Helmet	Disciples of Anu Assault Helmet	Assault	Disciples of Anu Equipment	18	+2	0%	0%	1	10	80	16
Phlegethon Helmet	Synedrion Assault Helmet	Assault	Synedrion Battle Armor	18	0	0%	+6%	1	12	100	18
Praetorian 2 Helmet	Assault Helmet	Assault		18	0	-5%	0%	1	8	65	4
Banshee Helmet	Phoenix Sniper Helmet	Sniper	-	14	+3	+3%	+8%	1	12	95	18
Acheron Helmet	Synedrion Sniper Helmet	Sniper	Synedrion Battle Armor	14	+4	+5%	+10%	1	20	95	20
Swamp Cat Helmet	Sniper Helmet	Sniper		14	0	0%	+4%	1	8	61	3
Styx Helmet	Synedrion Infiltrator Helmet	Infiltrator	Infiltrator class	12	+5	+10%	0%	0	21	100	21
Aksu Helmet	Disciples of Anu Berserker Helmet*	Berserker	Berserker Class	10	+5	0%	0%	0	9	72	14

• Aksu Helmet also gives 2 Will power.

Body

Each class can use any body armor without sanctions. Complete list of buffs and debuffs from Armor with comparison here

Name	Description	Class	Research needed	Armor	Speed	Perception	Stealth	Accuracy	Weight	Ability
Samnu Body Armor	Living Weapons DLC Body Armor	Any	Unique	40	0	0	+10%	+5%	3	-	cannot be produced
Anvil-2 Body Armor	New Jericho Heavy Body Armor	Heavy	New Jericho Combat Armor Research	40	-1	0	-20%	-8%	4	Jet Jump Use Mounted Launchers	37	300	50
Guardian XA Body Armor	Heavy Body Armor	Heavy		34	-1	0	-20%	-7%	3	Jet Jump Use Mounted Launchers	13	105	5
Golem-B Body Armor	Phoenix Heavy Body Armor	Heavy	-	34	-1	0	-20%	-8%	3	Jet Jump Use Mounted Launchers	42	195	38
TechOps-7 Body Armor	New Jericho Technician Body Armor	Technician	Technician Development	25	-1	0	-15%	+3%	3	-	63	125	34
Wardog Body Armor	New Jericho Assault Body Armor	Assault	New Jericho Combat Armor Research	24	0	0	-10%	0%	3	-	17	130	24
Odin Body Armor	Phoenix Assault Body Armor	Assault	-	20	0	0	0%	0%	3	-	15	120	22
Eidolon Body Armor	New Jericho Sniper Body Armor	Sniper	New Jericho Combat Armor Research	20	-1	0	0%	+5%	2	-	14	115	21
Acolyte Body Armor	Disciples of Anu Assault Body Armor	Assault	Disciples of Anu Equipment	20	+1	0	0%	0%	2	-	14	110	20
Phlegethon Body Armor	Synedrion Assault Body Armor	Assault	Synedrion Battle Armor	20	+1	0	0%	+3%	2	-	18	145	26
Praetorian 2 Body Armor	Assault Body Armor	Assault		18	0	0	-10%	0%	3	-	10	77	4
Banshee Body Armor	Phoenix Sniper Body Armor	Sniper	-	18	-1	0	+5%	+4%	2	-	13	105	19
Acheron Body Armor	Synedrion Sniper Body Armor	Sniper	Synedrion Battle Armor	16	-1	0	+10%	+5%	2	-	19	90	19
Amphion Body Armor	Disciples of Anu Priest Body Armor	Priest	Anu Priest Class	16	0	+4	0%	+5%	2	-	16	130	23
Styx Body Armor	Synedrion Infiltrator Body Armor	Infiltrator	Infiltrator class	16	0	0	+20%	0%	1	-	36	170	33
Swamp Cat Body Armor	Sniper Body Armor	Sniper		16	-1	0	0%	+3%	3	-	8	61	3
Aksu Body Armor	Disciples of Anu Berserker Body Armor	Berserker	Berserker Class	14	+2	0	0%	-5%	1	-	14	110	20

Reworked Vests for body armor

NJ Fire Resistance Tech removed; fire and blast vest now unlocked with Incendiary Technology.

Picture	Name	Description	Research needed	Ability
	Hazard Protection Vest	Blast and Fire damage resistant vest	Incendiary technology	Blast Resistant and Fire Resistant Reduces effects of Blast Damage and Fire Damage by half	5	10	8
	Trauma Response Vest	Poison and Paralysis-resistant enhanced healing undersuit	Poison resistance technology	Poison Resistant and Paralysis Resistant Poison Damage and every incoming Paralyze Damage are reduced by half	5	21	8
	Acid-Res Vest Module	Acid-resistant undersuit module	Acidworm Autopsy	Acid Resistance Reduces effect of Acid Damage by half	4	12	8
	Nanotech Vest	Enhanced limb protection	Advanced Nanotechnology	Increased Bodypart HP Increases HP of all bodyparts by 10	20	30	8

Legs

Each class can use any leg armor without any penalties. Complete list of buffs and debuffs from Armor with comparison here

Name	Description	Class	Research needed	Armor	Speed	Perception	Stealth	Accuracy	Weight
Samnu Leg Armor	Living Weapons DLC Leg Armor	Any	Unique	35	0	0	+10%	+5%	2	cannot be produced
Anvil-2 Leg Armor	New Jericho Heavy Leg Armor	Heavy	New Jericho Combat Armor Research	35	-1	0	-20%	-4%	3	16	125	23
Guardian XA Leg Armor	Heavy Leg Armor	Heavy		29	0	0	-20%	-6%	2	11	90	4
Golem-B Leg Armor	Phoenix Heavy Leg Armor	Heavy	-	30	-1	0	-10%	-4%	3	14	110	20
TechOps-7 Leg Armor	New Jericho Technician Leg Armor	Technician	Technician Development	25	-1	0	-10%	+4%	2	26	80	19
Wardog Leg Armor	New Jericho Assault Leg Armor	Assault	New Jericho Combat Armor Research	22	+1	0	-10%	0%	2	14	110	20
Odin Leg Armor	Phoenix Assault Leg Armor	Assault	-	20	+1	0	0%	0%	2	14	110	20
Eidolon Leg Armor	New Jericho Sniper Leg Armor	Sniper	New Jericho Combat Armor Research	18	-1	0	0%	+5%	2	10	80	16
Acolyte Leg Armor	Disciples of Anu Assault Leg Armor	Assault	Disciples of Anu Equipment	18	+2	0	0%	0%	2	11	90	17
Phlegethon Leg Armor	Synedrion Assault Leg Armor	Assault	Synedrion Battle Armor	18	+1	0	0%	+2%	2	13	105	19
Praetorian Leg Armor	Assault Leg Armor	Assault		18	+1	0	-10%	0%	2	9	73	4
Banshee Leg Armor	Phoenix Sniper Leg Armor	Sniper	-	16	0	0	+6%	+4%	2	11	90	17
Styx Leg Armor	Synedrion Infiltrator Leg Armor	Infiltrator	Infiltrator class	16	0	0	+20%	0%	1	23	105	22
Acheron Leg Armor	Synedrion Sniper Leg Armor	Sniper	Synedrion Battle Armor	14	0	0	+10%	+5%	2	16	75	16
Amphion Leg Armor	Disciples of Anu Priest Leg Armor	Priest	Anu Priest Class	14	0	+2	0%	+5%	2	11	85	16
Swamp Cat Leg Armor	Sniper Leg Armor	Sniper		14	-1	0	0%	+2%	2	6	47	3
Aksu Leg Armor	Disciples of Anu Berserker Leg Armor	Berserker	Berserker Class	10	+2	0	0%	-5%	1	8	67	13

Mutations

Mutations function as armor. You cannot wear Head, Body and Legs Armors or Modules and have Mutations at the same time. Once you mutate some body part you cannot take it back.

If you want to use Mutations you need to get access to Disciples of Anu Research. In order to put Mutations on your soldiers, you need to have powered Mutation Lab facility. You can mutate your soldiers from the Personnel section on Geoscape.

	Name	Description	Research needed	Armor	Speed	Perception	Stealth	Accuracy	Weight	Abilities
Head Mutations
	Armored Head	Disciples of Anu Armored Head Mutation	Mutation Technology	30		-4	-5%	-6%	1	Daze Immunity - Immune to DAZE effects. Grants +1 STR.	80
	Judgement Head	Disciples of Anu Judgement Priestly Head Mutation	Anu Priest Class	25			-10%	+7%	1	Instil Frenzy (1AP, 5WP) - Instils FRENZY in friendly characters within 20 tiles for 3 turns, increasing their Speed by 33% and making them immune to PANIC. Grants +4 WP	200
	Resistor Head	Disciples of Anu Resistor Head Mutation	Ultimate Mutation Technology	20					1	Poison Resistant - Poison Damage is reduced by half. Virus Resistant - Virus Damage is reduced by half. Grants +2 WP	80
	Perceptor Head	Disciples of Anu Perceptor Head Mutation	Advanced Mutation Technology	15		+14	+5%	+10%	1		80
	Screaming Head	Disciples of Anu Screamer Priestly Head Mutation	Anu Priest Class	12			-10%		1	Psychic Scream (1AP, 4WP, one use per turn) - Scream, reducing Will Points of all enemy units in an 8 tile radius. Grants +8 WP Mind Control Immunity - Immune to Mind Control	200
	Synod Head	Disciples of Anu Synod Priestly Head Mutation	Anu Priest Class	12			-10%		1	Radiant Hope - Living allied units within 7 tiles recover 2 Will Points at the start of turn. Grants +4 WP	200
Torso Mutations
	Regeneration Torso	Disciples of Anu Regeneration Torso Mutation	Mutation Technology	34			-10%	-8%	3	Regenerate - Restore 10 Hit Points to all injured body parts and General Hit Points each turn. Fire Resistant - Reduces effects of Fire Damage by half. Grants +1 STR.	200
	Venom Torso	Disciples of Anu Venom Torso Mutation	Ultimate Mutation Technology	20	+2		+10%	+20%	3	Shoot Spike (1AP) - Launch a POISONed spike at a target. Due to arm mutation prohibits use of 2-h weapons. Ammo increased to 99.	200
	Tentacle Torso	Disciples of Anu Tentacles Torso Mutation	Advanced Mutation Technology	16	+1	+6			3	Tentacle Attack (2AP, 3WP) - Perform a melee attack, and apply 24 Paralyze damage Tentacle Retaliation (3WP) - Melee riposte with tentacles in response to nearby enemy attacks.	200
Leg Mutations
	Stomper Legs	Disciples of Anu Stomping Legs Mutation	Mutation Technology	30	-1		-10%	+12%	2	Stomp (2AP, 2WP) - 50 Blast Damage and 200 Shock Damage affecting a 5-tile radius. Gains Grants +1 STR.	100
	Shadow Legs	Disciples of Anu Stealth Legs Mutation	Advanced Mutation Technology	12	+1		+30%		2	Electric Kick (1 AP) - Perform a melee kick dealing 20 Sonic Damage	100
	Agile Legs	Disciples of Anu Agile Legs Mutation	Ultimate Mutation Technology	10	+4				2	Immune to Goo - Goo does not trap or restrict movement. Can jump up one elevation (automatically just by moving).	100

Bionics

You need to play with Blood and Titanium DLC to have Bionics. See Blood and Titanium content here: The Pure and The Forsaken. All Bionic Augmentations have Bleed immunity, Viral, Poison, and Paralysis resistance but are vulnerable to Acid Damage.

In order to put Bionics on your soldiers, you need to have powered Cybernetics Lab facility. You can augment your soldiers from the Personnel section on Geoscape. Once you augment some body part you cannot take it back.

You cannot wear Head, Body and Legs Armors and have Bionics at the same time.

	Name	Description	Research needed	Armor	Speed	Perception	Stealth	Accuracy	Weight	Abilities
Head Augmentations
	Clarity Head	New Jericho Control Resist Head Augmentation	Basic Bionic Technology	30			-10%	+3%	2	Mind Control Immunity - Immune to Mind Control	18	140
	Echo Head	Synedrion Silent Echo Head Augmentation	Restricted Bionics Technology	20			+15%	+5%	0	Night Vision - No penalty incurred for dark environments.	30	140
	Disruptor Head	New Jericho Will Disruption Head Augmentation	Advanced Bionic Technology	16		+5	-5%	+12%	1	Neural Disruption (1 AP, 3 WP) - Disrupt target for 1 turn, causing it to become DISORIENTED and unable to use Will Point abilities	30	140
Torso Augmentations
	Juggernaut Torso	New Jericho Demolishing Torso Augmentation	Basic Bionic Technology	45			-20%	+1%	5	Extend Shield (1 AP) - Extend and energy shield in a given direction. Demolition State (2 WP) - Breach walls and solid constructs by walking through them.	44	350
	Vengeance Torso	Synedrion Melee Proficient Torso Augmentation	Restricted Bionics Technology	22			+20%	-3%	1	Melee weapon proficiency - Proficiency with Melee weapons. Battle Focus - Attacks against enemies within 10 tiles deal 20% more damage.	89	270
	Neural Torso	New Jericho Exoskeletal Torso Augmentation	Advanced Bionic Technology	30			-15%	+8%	2	Heavy Lifter - Double weight can be carried without causing movement penalty Can also use (gains proficciency) Mounted Launchers and VVA-2 Arms	116	230
Legs Augmentations
	Armadillo Legs	New Jericho Safe Landing Legs Augmentation	Basic Bionic Technology	40			-25%	+3%	3	Immune to Goo - Goo does not trap or restrict movement. Landing Shock Absorption - No damage is suffered when landing from any height.	20	160
	Mirage Legs	Synedrion Anti-detection Legs Augmentation	Restricted Bionics Technology	20	+2		+20%	-3%	1	Shadowstep - Does not activate enemy overwatch	35	165
	Propeller Legs	New Jericho Rocket Legs Augmentation	Advanced Bionic Technology	20	+3		-10%		2	Rocket Leap (1 AP, 3 WP) - Leap to target location (max 9 tiles). Limited to 2 uses per turn	49	145

Reworked Vehicles

All vehicles can run over Worms, Mindfraggers and Myrmiddons. Running over Worms and Myrmidons activate their respective explosion type. Can only scavenge Armadillo/Aspida once factions have researched them, same for acquiring vehicle modules for Armadillo/Aspida. Some modules need special research. Now you can manufacture modules and some of them will not appear on Marketplace.

Vehicles	Name	Description	Research	Capacity	Speed	Hit Points	Armor
	Armadillo	New Jericho Armadillo Ground Vehicle	Armadillo development	4	22	1250	31	75	600	5d 8h
	Aspida	Synedrion Ground Support Vehicle Kinetic shield: attacks from enemies further than 10 tiles deal 25% less damage Leap: Jump up to 10 tiles	Synedrion Aspida development	1	24	700	26	135	630	6d 9h
	Scarab	Phoenix Armored FIghting Vehicle		4	36	700	25	60	480	4d 7h
	Junker	Kaos Ground Combat Vehicle	purchasable from Kaos Marketplace	2	28	750	28	0	550-750 base price	0

Vehicle Component HP & Armor
Junker
Top: 250/30, Front: 250/40, Side: 200/30, Wheel: 150/20, Rear: 200/30
Slaughterhouse adds armor to the Front, Sides and Wheels

Scarab
Front: 300/40, Side: 260/30, Rear: 220/20, Track: 200/20

Armadillo
Front: 350/60, Side: 300/40, Rear: 250/30, Wheel: 250/20
Reinforced Plating adds 50HP to Front, Sides and Top
Bi-Turbo Upgrade adds 10 Armor and 100HP to Wheels

Aspida
Shielding: 320/40, Hull: 380/30, Thruster: 220/20

Reworked weapons and modules

A lot of modules have received new unique abilities, they are no longer just speed\armor buffs. Weapons have also become more balanced, unique and useful, especially in mid-late game.

Scarab Weapons

All rocket weapons are hard-coded to be used only once per turn.

Picture	Name	Description	Research	Damage	Shred	Burst	Effective range	Special	AP	Ammo capacity	Weight
	Gemini V	Phoenix Scarab Missile Turret	Default weapon	Blast 70	10	Single shot	40	Blast Radius 3.5	3	12	7	10	150	1d 21h
	Taurus II	Phoenix Scarab Heavy Turret	Heavy Cannon Development	200	20	single shot	17	Shock 350	3	18	7	30	250	1d 21h
	Scorpio VII	Phoenix Virophage Missile Turret	Virophage weapons	Blast 40 Virophage 80		Single shot	45	Blast Radius 5.5	3	12	7	70	350	2d 17h

Scarab Modules

Picture	Name	Description	Research	Armor	Special
	Ammunition Racks	Extra Ammunition	Marketplace	-10	Reload: Reload the currently equipped weapon (2 AP)	0	200	1d 16h
	Lazarus Shield	Stealth Hull	Mist Sentinel		+100% Stealth; Vanish: Disappear from view for the next turn (or untill spotted, 2 AP)	30	300	2d 2h
	Deployment Bay	Fast Deployment Ability	Marketplace		Eject: Until the end of the turn, exiting the vehicle does not cost any Action Points (2 AP for vehicle)	20	250	2d 17h
	Reinforced Stabilisers	Artillery Mode	Myrmidon Autopsy		Stability Stance: Enter stability stance. Disabled movement, increased accuracy and projectile count (1 AP)	10	200	3d 3h

Armadillo Weapons

Picture	Name	Description	Research	Damage	Shred	Burst	Effective range	Special	AP	Ammo capacity	Weight
	Hailstorm GT	Gauss Turret	Default weapon	40	5	8	19	Reload: Reload the currently equipped weapon Return Fire	2	32	5	10	200	1d 16h
	Mephistopheles FT	Flame Thrower	Armadillo development	80		single shot	12	Blast Radius 3, Fire 40	2	8	5	15	300	2d 16h
	Obliterator (Single-target Mode)			80	10	5	12	Blast Radius 1.5, shoots 5 small grenades like shotgun	2	15	5
	Purgatory GL	Grenade Launcher	Marketplace	Blast 20	5	single shot	40	Blast Radius 3.5, Load incendiary grenades: nades deal 40 additional Fire damage; Load concussion grenades: nades deal 30 additional Sonic damage	2	8	5	15	400	3d 3h

Armadillo Modules

Picture	Name	Description	Research	Armor	Speed	Special
	Reinforced Plating	Armadillo Hull HP Upgrade	Armadillo development	Additional 250 HP		Reinforced armor plating: Hull Armor gain 50 HP	0	300	2d 4h
	Lightweight Alloy Plating	Fast Entry Ability	Marketplace			Fast Entry: entering the vehicle does not cost any AP	20	350	2d 17h
	Gas Tanks	Engine Gas Upgrade	Marketplace		+6	-1 Seat; Vulnerable to blasts: double effect of Blast damage	15	300	2d 17h
	Bi-Turbo Engine Upgrade	Goo-Protected Engine Upgrade	Armadillo development		-4	Immune to Goo: no Slowed status from Goo, no additional movement cost for Goo covered tiles Adds 10 Armor and 100HP to wheels	20	300	3d 4h

Aspida Weapons

Picture	Name	Description	Research	Damage	Burst	Effective range	Special	AP	Ammo capacity	Weight
	Tech Arms	Supporting Tech Arms	Default weapon	10	2	1	Piercing 50, Paralysis 12, Full restore ability	2	12	7	40	100	1d
	Apollo LT	Laser Cannons	Marketplace	120	2	82		2	20	7	60	200	4d 8h
	Themis NT	Neural Turrets	Synedrion Aspida development	10	4	45	Piercing 60, Paralysis 10	2	40	7	60	200	2d 16h

Aspida Modules

Picture	Name	Description	Research	Special
	Improved Chassis	Restoration Hull Upgrade	Synedrion Aspida development	+1 Seat; Stasis Chamber: Passangers Restore 80 Hit points and 5 Will points at the start of each turn	15	250	2d 2h
	Navigation Beacon	Detection Hull Upgrade	Marketplace	Enhanced Motion Detection: locate ALL enemies within 20 tiles; Enhanced Mist Repeller: remove all mist within 3 tile radius while moving, allies in this radius are immune to mist	40	400	2d 17h
	Hermes X1	Stim cloud Engine Upgrade	Synedrion Aspida development	Stim Cloud: all allies within 5 tiles recover 2 AP	15	250	2d 17h
	Cleric X2	Cleansing Engine Upgrade	Marketplace	Cure Cloud: removes all Paralysis, Bleeding, Poison, Strained, Dazed, and Slowed status effects from allies within 10 tiles; Restore Armor: restore 10 armor to all allied units within 10 tiles	20	450	3d 3h

Junker Weapons

Junker has two weapons in one. One of these weapons is always minigun that is the same for all three weapons. The other weapons varies. During combat player can choose which weapon he wants to use. All Junker modules and weapons can appear on Marketplace.

Picture	Name	Description	Damage	Shred	Burst	Effective range	Special	AP	Ammo capacity	Weight
	The Minigun	Junker Combined Turret	35	2	10	19		2	80	7
	The Vishnu Gun		Blast 50	10	single shot	24	Blast Radius 2.5	2	8	7
	The Minigun	Junker Combined Turret	35	2	10	19		2	80	7	20	450
	The Screamer		Blast 80		single shot	20	Blast Radius 1.5; Sonic 20	2	8	7
	The Minigun	Junker Combined Turret	35	2	10	19		2	80	7	20	600
	The Fullstop		Blast 10		single shot	25	Goo 1; Acid 20; Blast radius 3.5	2	8	7

Junker Modules

Picture	Name	Description	Special	Armor	Speed
	Gunner Cockpit	Junker Hull Upgrade	On-board Gunner: AP costs for firing Weapons are reduced by 1 while a passanger is inside, but exiting the vehicle costs 3 AP			10	300	2d 17h
	Slaughterhouse	Spiked Armor Hull Upgrade	Seats -1; +250 Additional HP; Spiked Armor: deals Piercing Damage to the attacker when suffering Melee or Bash attacks	10		0	500	3d 4h
	Deathproof	Junker Engine Upgrade	Kill'n'Run: once per turn, take a free turn after killing an enemy			20	400	3d 4h
	Jet Boosters	Junker Engine Upgrade	Kamikaze: the vehicle explodes upon death, causing significant damage to nearby targets		+14	30	500	Instant

Diplomacy

This section shows the reputation threshold triggers and the impact to other faction upon completing the associated mission or event.

BM: Before Mission

AM: After Mission

Diplomacy
Threshold		Anu		NJ		Syn Terraformers		Syn Polyphonic
24 Supportive	Reject	Second Initiation	-4	Phase I	-4	Deadlock: Biogenesis	-4	Deadlock: Against the Mist	-4
	Accept		-10 -10		-10 -10		-15 -5		-5 -15
49 Pact	Reject	Fourth Initiation	-6	Phase II	-6	Seeking the Firebird	-6	Seeking the Firebird	-6
	Accept		-15 -15		-15 -15		-18		-18
74 Alliance	Reject	Sixth Initiation	-8	Launch Codes	-8	The Real Virus	-8	Black Ops	-8
	Accept		-20 -15		-20 -20		-20		-8 (BM) -12 (AM)
99		The Schism		City upon a Hill		Moonshot
100		Hack the Planet		The Plan		The Master's Tools		Liberty or Death

Shared Research
Diplomatic Threshold	Anu	NJ	Syn
20	Tiamat Development Anu Equipment	Guass Technology NJ Aircraft	Nuclear Fusion Battle Armor Syn Aircraft
30	Anu Religion Berserker	Combat Armor Neural Implant	Sentient AI Laser Weapons Infiltrator Class Neurotoxin Weapons
40	Priest Class Mutation Technology	Combat Training Technician Class	Aspida Development Poison Weapons Advanced Nanotech
50
60
70
80
90

Training Centres

Training Centres give 2XP per hour for soldiers left at that base.

It is best to dedicate one large base as a training centre hub as the affect is additive, i.e. 4 training centres in the same base give 8XP per hour.

Each Training Centre costs 100 Tech and 250 Materials.

There are diminishing returns on training speed when building additional centres, equal to 1/(t+1); where t is the number of training centres.

- if you have 4 training centres, training speed will increase 1/5th if you build another one.

The New Jericho Combat Training research increases Training Centre efficency by 4

XP Required
LVL2	LVL3	LVL4	LVL5	LVL6	LVL7
100	150	250	400	600	850

Without Combat Training Research

No. Training Centres	Hours
	lv1 - lv2	lv1 - lv3	lv1 - lv4	lv1 - lv5	lv1 - lv6	lv1 - lv7
1	50	125	250	450	750	1175
2	25	62.5	125	225	375	587.5
3	16.67	41.67	83.33	150	250	391.67
4	12.5	31.25	62.5	112.5	187.5	293.75
5	10	25	50	90	150	235

No. Training Centres	Days
	lv1 - lv2	lv1 - lv3	lv1 - lv4	lv1 - lv5	lv1 - lv6	lv1 - lv7
1	2.08	5.21	10.42	18.75	31.25	48.95
2	1.04	2.6	5.21	9.38	15.63	24.48
3	0.69	1.74	3.47	6.25	10.42	16.32
4	0.52	1.3	2.6	4.69	7.81	12.24
5	0.42	1.04	2.08	3.75	6.25	9.79

With Combat Training Research

No. Training Centres	Hours
	lv1 - lv2	lv1 - lv3	lv1 - lv4	lv1 - lv5	lv1 - lv6	lv1 - lv7
1	33.33	83.33	166.67	300	500	783.33
2	16.67	41.67	83.33	150	250	391.67
3	11.11	27.78	55.56	100	55.56	87.04
4	8.33	20.83	41.67	75	125	195.83
5	6.67	16.67	33.33	60	100	156.67

No. Training Centres	Days
	lv1 - lv2	lv1 - lv3	lv1 - lv4	lv1 - lv5	lv1 - lv6	lv1 - lv7
1	1.39	3.47	6.94	12.5	20.83	32.64
2	0.69	1.74	3.47	6.25	10.42	16.32
3	0.46	1.16	2.32	4.17	6.94	10.88
4	0.35	0.87	1.74	3.13	5.21	8.16
5	0.28	0.69	1.39	2.5	4.17	6.53

Void Omens

Below is a list of possible Void Omens:

• Ambushes more dangerous and more likely, but have more crates,
• All diplomatic penalties and rewards halved,
• All abilities cost +50% WP, but Delerium has no effect on WP,
• Maximum 6 operatives can be deployed on any mission, but +100% experience,
• Haven defenders always hostile, but crates available for looting,
• Pandorans evolve as they lose missions and colonies, but Phoenix research output increased by 50%,
• More mist in missions, can deploy one additional operative on standard missions,
• Diplomatic penalties among factions +50%, but double faction research,
• Attacks on havens twice as frequent,
• No limit to delerium, regardless of ODI level,
• Behemoth disruption threshold increased,
• Strength of Pandoran attacks on Havens increased +50%,
• New Pardoran Colonies are build +100% faster,
• Human perception lowered from 35 to 20,
• More Touched by the Void, but Umbra disappear after 1 turn,
• Touched by the Void can appear anywhere and Umbras can attack anyone,
• Destroyed Havens in mist always become infested,
• Haven's defense rating higher, rewards from haven defense lower,
• Pandorans gain reactive evolutionary resistance, cost of faction tech at Bazaar reduced.