Start Bonuses (LWR)

2021-10-19T00:19:16Z

NonPotatoEntity: Updated to clarify multiplication method for Special Warfare School

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== In General ==

At the beginning of a campaign, you must select a starting location for XCOM HQ, and with it, a start bonus. All countries offer a different amount of starting Credits, as well as a variety of starting bonuses to choose from.

== Table of Start Bonuses ==

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! colspan="5" style="padding: 6px;" | '''Country Starting Bonuses'''
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! style="padding: 4px;" | Continent !! style="padding: 4px;" | Country !! style="padding: 4px;" | Starting Credits !! style="padding: 4px;" | Bonus !! style="padding: 4px;" | Description
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| rowspan="6" style="background-color: #eaecf0; min-width:84px;" | '''Africa'''
| style="min-width:80px;" | [[File:Flag of Egypt.png|border|80px]] '''Egypt'''
| style="min-width:80px;" | §750
| style="min-width:84px; color: #555;" | '''''For the Sake of Glory''''' || Start with Advanced Repair foundry project, which reduces repair time by 30% for aircraft, mechanized units, and damaged soldier gear.
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| rowspan = "3" | [[File:Flag of Nigeria.png|border|80px]] '''Nigeria''' || rowspan ="3" | §500|| style="color: #555;" | '''''Pax Nigeriana''''' || All non-mechanical units start with +1.3 mobility.
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Advanced Conversion''''' || MEC augmentation acts if all soldiers have +3 HP. Start with 4 UFO Flight Computers (modified by campaign length).
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Bred Tough''''' || All biosoldiers start with +1 DR and +2 HP. Bonus attributes do not affect MEC augmentation.
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| rowspan = "2" | [[File:Flag of South Africa.png|border|80px]] '''South Africa''' || rowspan ="2" | §450|| style="color: #555;" | '''''Resourceful''''' || Start with the Alien Metallurgy foundry project (+15% bonus alien alloys) and the Alien Nucleonics foundry project (+15% bonus elerium).
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Survival Training''''' || All non-mechanical units start with +4hp. Bonus attributes do not affect MEC augmentation.

|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| rowspan="11" style="background-color: #eaecf0;" | '''Asia''' || rowspan = "2" | [[File:Flag of Australia.png|border|80px]] '''Australia''' || rowspan = "2" | §550 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Per Ardua Ad Astra''''' || All non-mechanical units start with +2 HP, +4 aim, and +4 will. Bonus attributes do not affect MEC augmentation or psi training.

|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Robotics''''' || +12 aim bonus for SHIV's and MEC troopers.

|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| rowspan = "3" | [[File:Flag of China.png|border|80px]] '''China''' || rowspan ="3" | §450 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Assembly Line''''' || Start with two workshops (1st floor, both to the right of the elevator), 50 alloys, and 20 extra engineers in your base.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Xenological Remedies''''' || Increased credits (Impossible: 5x, Brutal: 6x, Classic: 7x, Normal: 8x) from alien corpse, captive, and wreck sales.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Deus Ex''''' || 90% reduction in genemod meld and Credits cost and modification time.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| rowspan = "2" | [[File:Flag of India.png|border|80px]] '''India''' || rowspan ="2" | §500 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Jai Vidwan''''' || Increases the bonus research from laboratories/lab adjacencies to +75/15% (from +30/10%), start with 50 elerium, and gain double scientists from all abductions.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Jai Jawan''''' || Start with 2 additional Interceptors, 12 UFO Power Sources (modified by campaign length), and the UFO Scanners project [Increases UFO interception time by 10% and displays UFO HP for analyzed UFOs].
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| rowspan = "4" | [[File:Flag of Japan.png|border|80px]] '''Japan''' || rowspan ="4" | §450 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Ring of Fire''''' || Thermogenerators produce 150 credits each month instead of having an upkeep cost. Start with 6 steam vents with no location restrictions (instead of 1 steam vent on the 4th floor).
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Ghost In the Machine''''' || SHIVs receive +30 aim, and you start the campaign with 2 extra SHIVs.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Kiryu-Kai Commanders''''' || Start with 2 additional Japanese Gunnery Sergeants of a random class.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Global Networking''''' || Intel Scans cost only 50 credits, Grey Market Prices are 30% higher, and sightings on landed/downed UFOs occur twice as often.
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| rowspan="11" style="background-color: #eaecf0;" | '''Europe''' || rowspan ="2" | [[File:Flag of France.png|border|80px]] '''France''' || rowspan ="2" | §450 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Quai d'Orsay''''' || Country item requests occur 40% faster, fulfilled requests provide 40% additional defense, and intel scans cost 40% less.
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Foreign Legion''''' || Start with 12 additional soldiers.
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| rowspan ="4" | [[File:Flag of Germany.png|border|80px]] '''Germany''' || rowspan ="4" | §400 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Skunkworks''''' || Item production time is reduced by 50%. Start with 3 Fission Generators, a Workshop, the Foundry, and the Repair Bay built on the 3rd floor.
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Baumeister''''' || Start with all elevators built and 3 Fission generators built on the 4th floor (right side). Facility construction time is reduced by 85%.
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''NeoPanzers''''' || 70% reduction in credits, alloy and elerium required for MECs, SHIVS and their primary weapons.
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Militarization''''' || Soldier costs and arrival time are decreased by 30% and twice the officer billets are unlocked from the Captains and Colonels OTS upgrades.
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| rowspan ="2" | [[File:Flag of Russia.png|border|80px]] '''Russia''' || rowspan ="2" | §600 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Sukhoi Company''''' || Start with Enhanced Avionics, Penetrator Weapons, and Elerium Afterburners foundry projects, granting all aircraft +10% to hit, +25% penetration, and 10 battle speed, respectively.
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Roscosmos''''' || All satellites cost 40% less to build and start with a satellite nexus (instead of a satellite uplink).
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| rowspan ="3" | [[File:Flag of UK.png|border|80px]] '''United Kingdom''' || rowspan ="3" | §450 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Special Air Service''''' || All non-mechanical units start with +8 aim.
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Their Finest Hour''''' || Start with Armoured Fighters and UFO Countermeasures foundry projects, increasing all aircraft HP by 15% and dodge chance by 10%, respectively.
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Sandhurst''''' || 20% reduction in mission fatigue and missions required to unlock Officer Training School projects.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| rowspan="10" style="background-color: #eaecf0;" | '''North America''' ||rowspan ="3" | [[File:Flag of Canada.png|border|80px]] '''Canada''' || rowspan ="3" | §400 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Advanced Preparations''''' || Start with 5 extra soldiers, all elevators, a workshop (1st floor, right of elevator), a laboratory (3rd floor, left of elevator), and a fission generator (1st floor, far right) built.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Cadre''''' || Five of your initial soldiers start at the Corporal rank. All active or fatigued soldiers gain 3xp each day.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Research Focus''''' || Start with two laboratories (1st floor, both to the right of the elevator), 50 elerium, and 20 extra scientists in your base.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| rowspan ="3" | [[File:Flag of Mexico.png|border|80px]] '''Mexico''' || rowspan ="3" | §450 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Wealthy Benefactor''''' || Start with 1400 bonus Credits.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Ancient Artifacts''''' || Start the campaign with an Illuminator Gunsight, Cognitive Enhancer, and Neuroregulator.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Legacy of Uxmal''''' || 10 bonus will, only for the purposes of psionic training.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| rowspan ="4" | [[File:Flag of USA.png|border|80px]] '''United States''' || rowspan ="4" | §300 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Special Warfare School''''' || All Officer Training School projects cost 70% less. XTPs and retired soldiers provide 60% more experience. (Note: for [[Management_(LWR)#Retiring|retired soldiers]], the multiplication occurs '''at time of retirement''', so a soldier with 10 missions would be considered to have 16 missions instead.)
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Cheyenne Mountain''''' || Start with all elevators built and a 2nd steam vent. Excavation costs are reduced by 80%.
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''We Have Ways''''' || Reduces time required for autopsies and interrogations by 65%. Start with Elerium Batteries [Increases Stun Rifle stun rate and gives +1 charge to the Stun Rifle, Arc Rifle, Arc Pistol, and Motion Tracker].
|- style="background-color: #ececec;"
| style="color: #555;" | '''''Daredevils''''' || Combat Patrols are three times as effective and cause half as much damage to the aircraft.
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| rowspan="5" style="background-color: #eaecf0;" | '''South America''' || rowspan ="2" | [[File:Flag of Argentina (bordered).png|border|80px]] '''Argentina''' || rowspan ="2" | §900 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Vigilis''''' || All non-mechanical units start with +20 will. Bonus attributes do not affect psi training.
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Public Heroes''''' || +130% credit, scientist, and engineer rewards from abduction missions.
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| rowspan ="3" | [[File:Flag of Brazil.png|border|80px]] '''Brazil''' || rowspan ="3" | §1000 || style="color: #555;" | '''''Jungle Scouts''''' || All non-mechanical units start with +0.6 mobility and +2 HP. Bonus attributes do not affect MEC augmentation. Start with Improved Medkit [+1 Medkit healing], Advanced Surgery [Soldier wound times decreased by 15%], and Tactical Rigging [Non-mechanical units can carry 1 additional equipment -- foundry must be built to benefit]
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Ready For War''''' || Start with 200 alloys and 100 elerium and research credits provide +30% bonus research (reducing research time by 80% instead of 50%).
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| style="color: #555;" | '''''Born to Fly''''' || Pilots gain 4 aim per kill instead of 1.
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