The Zone

How To Upgrade Your Kit

Weapons

• Weapons all come in a light and heavy version. A light weapon can be upgraded to heavy at a cost to the weaponsmith of 1.5 times the difference between the prices of new light and heavy weapons. This will increase the damage by 5 or 10 depending on the weapon type.
• Most weapons now have a power upgrade which will increase the weapon damage by 5.
• Pistols, SMGs and assault rifles can all use teflon-coated ammo. This is quite an expensive upgrade that only lasts for one event.
• Some weapons have other upgrades, such as increased magazine size or improved rate of fire.

Armour

• All armour comes in a light and heavy version. Light armour can be upgraded to heavy at a cost to the armoursmith of 1.5 times the difference between the prices of new light and heavy armour. This will increase your health by 5 or 10 depending on the armour type.
• You can buy better armour. Combat armour is much better than patrol armour in a firefight, an environment suit is about the same as patrol armour but has significant environmental protections.
• All three types of armour can have extra materials added to add 5 more health. An environment suit can also have extra protections added against anomalies.
• You can use a personal shield, which adds 10 more health. A shield will stack with other types of armour.

Other Kit

• Scientific instruments can be upgraded to improve the distance scanned (ref will bring QR codes a bit closer) and to provide limited information about the composition or function of an object scanned.
• You can build/buy an anomaly scanner that will detect nearby anomalies and give some information about its properties.
• You can pay money in downtime to live a better lifestyle. This will boost your health for the next event.

Players are encouraged to trade their skills and sell upgrades to others at an event, or to use the Discord to advertise their wares.