Utility Upgrades

### General Information

Utility Upgrades provide additional stats to player's ship when purchased. They are not tied to any ship, therefore can be purchased on any of them. The purchase of utility upgrades affects the prices of any other upgrade, regardless of whether it is another utility upgrade or weapon upgrade. Some of the ships have utility upgrades pre-manufactured. Like weapons, utility upgrades can be bought at Upgrade Station.

### Abilities

Buying utility upgrades unlocks abilities. The ability icon appears on the right side of your HUD when you purchase the related upgrade. Abilities are special skills players can active using certain hotkeys. The player gets a unique boost in their stats for a short period of time based on the ability that was used and its icon turns gray. Every ability goes on cooldown immediately after usage.

### Upgrades

#### Shield

Increases shield regeneration and shield points. The value of upgrades scales with level in a compounding manner, which means if the first upgrade (+75 shield) is purchased at level 4, the amount of extra shield the player would get is 75 + 4 x 8%. At higher levels a single upgrade can provide thousands of additional shield points. Upgrading shield once unlocks an ability called **Hardened Shield**. Further upgrades reduce the cooldown of the ability.

##### Hardened Shield

Ability Hotkey - Q

Ability Effect: Reduces any incoming damage to 1 for 2 seconds.

Block Damage!

More Shield!

UPGRADES

1

* Increase Shield by 75.
* Increase Shield Regen by 3.
* Enable Hardened Shield ability for 2 seconds, cooldown 12 seconds.

2

* Increase Shield by 75.
* Increase Shield Regen by 3.

3

* Increase Shield by 75.
* Increase Shield Regen by 3.
* Reduce Hardened Shield cooldown to 8 seconds.

4

* Increase Shield by 150.
* Increase Shield Regen by 6.

5

* Increase Shield by 225.
* Increase Shield Regen by 9.

6

* Increase Shield by 300.
* Increase Shield Regen by 12.
* Reduce Hardened Shield cooldown to 5 seconds.

Elite Techs (Lv. 100)

Increases Shield by 100%.

Increases Shield Regeneration by 200%.

Sacrifices 25% Maximum Shield to regen 1.5% of Maximum Health every second.

Increases the duration of Hardened Shield by 25%.

Decreases the cooldown of Hardened Shield by 20%.

##### Best Elite Techs

The list shows Elite Techs from best to worst ones.

#### Armor

Increases initial amount of health and armor your ship has. The value of upgrades scales with level in a compounding manner. Upgrading armor unlocks an ability called **Repair**. Further upgrades reduce the cooldown of the ability and improve repair efficiency.

##### Repair

Ability Hotkey - F

Ability Effect: Restores your ship's health by consuming a part of your active shields and doubles the armor your ship has for 2 seconds.

The amount of armor the ability adds always will be the amount of armor your ship has in default conditions (Ship armor stats + artifacts). The extra armor the player gains from the ability is also vulnerable to weapons with armor debuff. If the ability was activated at 0 shield, it restores 3 000 health regardless of the max health/shield your ship has.

**An example of ability mechanics:**

The player has 20 000 armor and then gets a hit by a weapon that reduces armor by 13 000. The amount of armor the player has left is 7 000. After that, they use F ability. The amount of armor they'll gain is 20 000 (default conditions). In result, the total amount of armor the player will have after ability was used is 7 000 + 20 000 = 27 000.

Reduce Damage!

More Health!

UPGRADES

1

* Increase Health by 60.
* Increase Armor by 3.
* Enable Repair ability, cooldown 10 seconds.
* Converts 25% of current Shield to 200% Health.

2

* Increase Health by 60.
* Increase Armor by 3.

3

* Increase Health by 60.
* Increase Armor by 3.
* Reduce Repair cooldown to 8 seconds.
* Converts 35% of current Shield to 300% Health.

4

* Increase Health by 120.
* Increase Armor by 6.

5

* Increase Health by 120.
* Increase Armor by 6.

6

* Increase Health by 240.
* Increase Armor by 10.
* Reduce Repair cooldown to 5 seconds.
* Converts 50% of current Shield to 400% Health.

Elite Techs (Lv. 100)

Increases Health by 100%.

Increase Armor by 100%.

Sacrifice 25% of Maximum Health to gain 75% Shield regen.

Increased amount of Health gained by 100%.

Decreases cooldown of convert by 50%.

Armor can not be reduced under 75% of Maximum.

#### Engine

Increases the acceleration and speed of your ship. Upgrading the engine once unlocks an ability called **Speed Boost**. Further upgrades reduce the cooldown of the ability and increase the speed bonus gained from the ability.

##### Speed Boost

Ability Hotkey - E

Ability Effect: Improves your engines by 100% for a 1 second.

During the duration of this ability you cannot steer the ship, but you can still shoot your weapons. This ability is very useful for escaping fights with players and enemies, and to travel faster.

Increases Acceleration!

Increases Speed!

UPGRADES

1

* Increase Maximum Speed by 4%.
* Increase Acceleration by 4%.
* Enable Speed Boost ability, cooldown 12 seconds.
* Increase Speed Boost ability by 30%.

2

* Increase Maximum Speed by 4%.
* Increase Acceleration by 4%.

3

* Increase Maximum Speed by 4%.
* Increase Acceleration by 4%.
* Reduce Speed Boost cooldown to 10 seconds.
* Increase Speed Boost ability by 60%.

4

* Increase Maximum Speed by 6%.
* Increase Acceleration by 6%.

5

* Increase Maximum Speed by 6%.
* Increase Acceleration by 6%.

6

* Increase Maximum Speed by 8%.
* Increase Acceleration by 8%.
* Reduce Speed Boost cooldown to 6 seconds.
* Increase Speed Boost ability by 30%.

Elite Techs (Lv. 100)

Increased bonus Speed gained by Speed Boost by 100%.

Increases Speed Boost duration by 300%.

Decreases cooldown of Speed Boost by 40%.

Increases Engine speed by 10%.

#### Power

Increases max power capacity and power regeneration. Upgrading power once unlocks an ability called **Overload**. Further upgrades reduce the cooldown of the ability and increase the damage bonus gained from the ability.

##### Overload

Ability Hotkey - R

Ability Effect: Increases damage and power consumption of all weapons for 5 seconds.

The effect of the ability applies to **direct damage** only. Using weapons with damage over time effects like Flamethrower or Acid blaster won't affect DoT effect. Try to avoid using ability on utility weapons like Teleport or Cloaking Device. These don't deal damage at all and would lead to a power waste.

More Damage!

Higher Power!

UPGRADES

1

* Increase Maximum Power by 5%.
* Increase Power Regen by 1%.
* Enable Overload ability for 5 seconds, cooldown 60 seconds.
* Increase Overload's damage bonus and Power cost by 15%.

2

* Increase Maximum Power by 5%.
* Increase Power Regen by 1%.

3

* Increase Maximum Power by 8%.
* Increase Power Regen by 2%.
* Reduce Overload cooldown to 45 seconds.
* Increase Overload's damage bonus and Power cost by 25%.

4

* Increase Maximum Power by 8%.
* Increase Power Regen by 2%.

5

* Increase Maximum Power by 10%.
* Increase Power Regen by 2%.

6

* Increase Maximum Power by 14%.
* Increase Power Regen by 2%.
* Reduce Overload cooldown to 30 seconds.
* Increase Overload's damage bonus and Power cost by 35%.

Elite Techs (Lv. 100)

Increased damage from all Weapons by 20%.

Increases Attack Speed of all Weapons by 15%.

Reduced Power cost of Weapons by 15%.

Increases duration of Overload by 200%.

Increases damage bonus by 100%.

Reduces Power penalty of Overload by 200%.

### Artifacts Choice

You can increase the efficiency of abilities with artifacts that have "Reduced cooldown" bonus in their lines. Such artifacts cause the abilities to recharge faster.

Superior System Optimizer

#### Cooldown Caps

Previously players could sit under hardened shield for forever with enough cooldown arts equipped. After that, all abilities got cooldown caps. Once the cooldown cap is achieved, any further cooldown bonuses from artifacts or from the ship wouldn't count.

### Notes

1. Hardened shield can’t save the player from executor’s stomp attack.
2. Hardened shield reduces any incoming damage, but not the debuffs/DoT effect that come with them.
3. Pets spawned during the R ability effect won’t have their damage increased.
4. Over-Charged Weapons tech causes weapons with resist debuff to increase their debuff value, however, it’s visual only.