Gear Hub

The Gear Hub is the current progress system in the game (replaced the Progress Path unlock system on August 31, 2023). Through progression in the Gear Hub players can unlock the ability to purchase a variety of mechs and weapons. The inventory tab of the Gear Hub is a convenient place to browsePilots, Implants, and a snapshot of how many blueprints the player has.

The Gear Hub can be accessed through an icon at the bottom left of the main hanger screen. It is split into 8 Tiers, which must be unlocked one by one. Each Tier contains a variety of Mechs and Weapons, which players can acquire using Credits or A-Coins, or through in-app purchases. Acquiring them will earn players Tier Stars. Once players earned a set number of Tier Stars, the next Tier will unlock. Note: To get to the next tier, you need stars from the tier you're **currently** in.

The Gear Hub displays all mechs and weapons in the game. Most are available to be purchased using Credits or A-Coins. Newly released gear is offered exclusively through events or in-app purchases for a period of several months before becoming available for purchase using in-game currency.

In addition to progression in the actual Gear Hub, there is a regular Gear Hub event (located within the Daily & Core event group) with objectives and chapters that correspond to the various Gear Hub Tiers.

## Gear Hub Progression

The Gear Hub is split into 8 Tiers, which must be unlocked one by one. Acquiring mechs and weapons from the highest unlocked tier earns Tier Stars to unlock the next tier. The amount of Tier Stars is equal to the cumulative ranks of all mechs and weapons from the highest unlocked tier. As such, purchasing a new mech/weapon will add a number of Tier Stars equal to the rank of the purchased mech/weapon. Upgrading the rank of a mech/weapon will add one Tier Star. In most cases it is cheaper to obtain Tier Stars by purchasing new mechs/weapons rather than upgrading existing ones. Purchasing or upgrading gear from earlier tiers does not add any Tier Stars.

Tier Stars needed to unlock Tiers

As an example in the image below Tiers ! and Tier II are unlocked, Tier III is locked with a progress bar shown at the top indicating 5/18 Tier Stars to unlock. It means that the player in this example has a rank 2 slingshot plus cumulative 3 ranks of weapons from Tier II. To unlock Tier III they will need to acquire (or upgrade) additional 13 ranks of gear from Tier II. Acquiring or upgrading gear from Tier I will not add any progress to unlocking Tier III.

This spreadsheet (compiled by Gangster JABS) shows all Gear Hub costs, the cheapest route to unlock all tiers and a recommended path (which opts for slightly less cheap purchases that are generally considered more powerful or useful)

Random blueprints (i.e. not a mech or weapon specific blueprints) are selected randomly from every mech and weapon in the unlocked tiers in your Gear Hub plus mechs and weapons you already own from locked tiers.

## Gear Hub Costs

### **Tier VIII Costs**

\* Note that the cheapest unlock path is not necessarily the best one. In some cases it might be better to spend a little more to gain much more effective gear combos. In this video guide by Gangster JABS you can see one slightly less cheap but more valuable path offered. In this excellent Gear Hub guide playlist by Scape211 you can learn more about the different recommendations and reasons to pursue different paths in each tier.

## Gear Hub Event & Objectives

Separately from the actual Gear Hub, there is a regular gear hub event in the "Daily & Core" event group. This event is divided into 8 chapters, each chapter being unlocked when players unlock the corresponding tier in the gear Hub. Completing objectives in this event does not add Tier Stars and is not related to the process of actually unlocking Tiers. This event offers rewards for completing objectives related to obtaining and using mechs and weapons from the various tiers.

Objectives include:

* Unlocking tiers in the Gear Hub
* Progressing in divisions/tournament
* Obtaining and upgrading mechs and weapons from the tier
* Completing achievements for mechs in the tier
* Spawning mechs or weapons from the tier in matches
* Note that "Play 5 Battle(s) using 3 Tier X Mechs" requires you to spawn all 3 mechs from that tier within a *single* battle to count

Chapter Rewards
 Chapter 2
 Chapter 3
 Chapter 4
 Chapter 5
 Chapter 6
 Chapter 7
 Chapter 8