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UFOs (Long War)

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'''UFOs''' come in a variety of different sizes and configuration, and knowing what works well against what UFO can make the difference between victory and defeat. Below is a short general description of the types of UFOs that the player can encounter in the Long war. Unlike Vanilla, Long War UFOs get better over time. Just as the player researches and upgrades their interceptors, the Aliens upgrade their UFOs. This means that new tactics need to be employed during later stages of the game, as Late game UFOs can vary wildly from Early game UFO of the same type.

It is also important to note that a new 'UFO Analysis' Research will become available after raiding a crashed or landed UFO, matching the type of the UFO. Once this Analysis project is completed, your interceptors will have better chances of quickly taking down UFOs of the same type in future. This is essential if you intend to engage the tougher craft more than once!
 
==Small UFOs==
===Scout===
<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Scout.png|center|128x64px]]</div>
'''Firepower:''' Low (1x Single Plasma) 
'''Armor Penetration:''' +3 
'''Durability''': Low (750) 
'''Armor''': None (0) 
'''Equipment''': 1x UFO Power Source, 2x UFO Flight Computers 
'''Missions''': Scout, Research, Harvest 
'''Alien Count''': 5-11 ''Crash'', 9-11 ''Landing'', or 20-23 ''Trap''; also, +3 aliens at [[Alien_Research_(Long_War)|AR]] > 360; plus, a command pod of 1 outsider (before [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]) / 2 outsiders (after [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]])

These will be the first UFO's that the player will encounter. They will start appearing during the first half of the first month and continue to show up throughout the game. Scouts are unarmored and lightly armed, but fast moving, meaning that the interception window is very small; expect to have to send 2-3 Interceptors after Scouts on Aggression, at least in the early months when Interceptor accuracy and damage is low. Although they give very little in terms of alloys and elerium, they offer a great opportunity to train up rookie soldiers throughout the early months, as the presence of certain high level enemies (in this case, the guaranteed Outsider pod) grants the squad bonus XP; this is just enough to grant them a level to Specialist without needing to obtain any kills, assuming no soldiers die on the mission.

You can use Scouts to train up your lower-ranked Interceptor pilots throughout the game. They are, at least, easily shot down by interceptors; 3 unupgraded, unpromoted Interceptors on Aggressive has almost a 100% chance to down a Scout in the early months. The first two should always be armed with Avalanche Missiles; if a third interception is necessary and the UFO is highly damaged, arm the third UFO with Stingrays to minimize the chance of accidentally destroying the UFO.

===Fighter===
<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Fighter.png|center|128x64px]]</div>
'''Firepower:''' Moderate (1x Single Plasma) / (2x Single Plasma - ''upgrade - 330 Alien Research'') 
'''Armor Penetration:''' +7 
'''Durability''': Low (850) 
'''Armor''': Light (12) 
'''Equipment''': 1x UFO Power Source, 2x UFO Flight Computers 
'''Missions''': Hunt, Bomb 
'''Alien Count''': 3-9 ''Crash''; also, +3 aliens at [[Alien_Research_(Long_War)|AR]] > 360; plus, a command pod of 1 outsider (before [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]) / 2 outsiders (after [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]);

These UFOs appear during the first month and can be recognized by a purple strobe emanating from their blip. They have slightly more health and slightly more armor than Scouts; enough armor, in fact, to make '''Stingray Missiles''' the optimal choice in the early months. Unlike the Scout, the Fighter poses a more serious threat to interceptors, not only due to its higher base armor penetration but also because it gains significantly more damage as it's research progresses, gaining a second plasma cannon after the first year is nearly complete. A Fighter in high orbit will be targeting your satellites, so aggressively engage it with [[Stingrays]] or [[Phoenix Cannons]] if you can, to down it or at least damage it enough to dissuade it from returning.

Fighters never land. They must be shot down for alien materials to be salvaged. They also have significantly less aliens overall than Scouts, with as few as 4 total; a crashed Fighter in March or April is a perfect opportunity to train up a bunch of rookies, so long as you're prepared for the [[Outsider]].

==Medium UFOs==
===Raider===
<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Raider.png|center|128x64px]]</div>
'''Firepower:''' Moderate (1x Single Plasma) / (2x Single Plasma - ''upgrade - 570 Alien Research'') 
'''Armor Penetration:''' +7 
'''Durability''': Moderate (1500) 
'''Armor''': Very light (5) 
'''Equipment''': 2x UFO Power Sources, 4x UFO Flight Computers 
'''Missions''': Scout, Research, Harvest, Hunt 
'''Alien Count''': 11-15 ''Crash'', 15-20 ''Landing'', or 24-36 ''Trap''; also, +4 aliens at [[Alien_Research_(Long_War)|AR]] > 360; plus, a command pod of 2 outsiders (before [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]) / 2-3 aliens (after [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]);

These UFOs usually start appearing during the latter half of the first month. Tougher and better armored than the Scout, the Raider serves a similar purpose, though their higher damage output puts you at much greater risk of losing Interceptors to critical hits. With a larger chassis and bigger guns, several interceptors are required to reliably bring one down, though a Raider is slow enough in the air that it will typically stick around long enough to be engaged by the 4 interceptors you'll likely need to down this beast. Both [[Avalanche]] and [[Stingray]] Missiles work equally as effectively against this UFO, though [[Stingrays]] are much less variable and [[Phoenix Cannons]], if available, are the better choice. Raiders are a good way to gather [[Alloys]] and [[Elerium]], as the crew contingent is rather small.

===Destroyer===
<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Destroyer.png|center|128x64px]]</div>
'''Firepower:''' High (1x Single Plasma) / (1x Double Plasma - ''upgrade - 270 Alien Research'') 
'''Armor Penetration:''' +15/(+20 - ''upgrade - 540 Alien Research'') 
'''Durability''': Moderate (1600) 
'''Armor''': Moderate (18)/(High (32) - ''upgrade - 540 Alien Research'') 
'''Equipment''': 4x UFO Power Sources, 4x UFO Flight Computers 
'''Missions''': Hunt, Bomb 
'''Alien Count''': 11-15 ''Crash''; also, +4 aliens at [[Alien_Research_(Long_War)|AR]] > 360; plus, a command pod of 3 outsiders (before [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]) / 2-3 aliens (after [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]);

Well armored and well armed, this aptly named UFO will annihilate unprepared interceptors. Usually appearing during the second month, the Destroyer requires a concerted effort to bring down, and while it's not impossible it is usually not worth the risk early on. As the Destroyer is well-armored, Stingray Missiles will be more effective than Avalanche Missiles - though higher tier weapons such as the Phoenix Coilgun or Laser Cannon should be used if available. Interceptor Upgrade Projects are essential to ensuring swift and effective takedowns - otherwise a full contingent of unupgraded interceptors may be required, and doing so will most likely mean that there are no interceptors left to defend the continent's airspace for several weeks.

Destroyers never land. They must be shot down for alien materials to be salvaged. Their internal structure is based on the Overseer UFO, rather than the vanilla Large Scout (sans the Ethereal Device): a high-value target to raid for Elerium resources of a Transport, with the enemy numbers of a Raider.

===Overseer===
<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Overseer.png|center|128x64px]]</div>
'''Firepower:''' Very High (1x Double Plasma, 1x Single Plasma) 
'''Armor Penetration:''' +25 
'''Durability''': High (2500) 
'''Armor''': Very Heavy (40) 
'''Equipment''': 4x UFO Power Sources, 4x UFO Flight Computers 
'''Missions''': Retaliate, Oversee 

Functions nearly the same as in Vanilla, and still roughly tied with the Battleship as the hardest to take down. At minimum, an experienced Firestorm with EMP cannons and all three modules used, may have a chance of taking it down in lower difficulties. In harder difficulties, 2-3 Firestorms will be needed, along with a score of modules each.

One thing to keep in mind is that additional Overseers can appear, as opposed to it being a one-time plot event. Given the risk/challenge of shooting this craft down, compared to the material rewards, one may wish to ignore these additional Overseers.

Overseers never land. They must be shot down for alien materials to be salvaged.

==Large UFOs==
===Abductor===
<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Abductor.png|center|128x64px]]</div>
'''Firepower:''' High (1x Double Plasma) / (1x Double Plasma, 1x Single Plasma - ''upgrade - 390 Alien Research'') 
'''Armor Penetration:''' +2 
'''Durability''': High (4000) 
'''Armor''': Heavy (30) 
'''Equipment''': 2x UFO Power Sources, 4x UFO Flight Computers, 6x Alien Stasis Tanks, 2x Alien Surgeries 
'''Missions''': Research, Abduction 
'''Alien Count''': 13-20 ''Crash'', 18-25 ''Landing'', or 28-45 ''Trap''; also, +5 aliens at [[Alien_Research_(Long_War)|AR]] > 360; plus, a command pod of 4 outsiders (before [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]) / 3-5 aliens (after [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]);

These UFO's will pop up randomly and fly towards a country, though you won't be able to take these on during the early stages of the war. You'll need some experienced pilots in upgraded interceptors, equipped with high tier weaponry, such as [[Laser Cannons]] or [[Plasma Cannons]] to have a fighting chance. It is somewhat possible to take them down with 1 interceptor, with generous Module use, luck, and about 20 seconds of sustained [[Phoenix Coilgun]] fire.

However, they can be avoided, as they will not go after satellites or go on [[bombing runs]] over cities. Abductors are almost exclusively used for either abduction or research missions, so they will almost always either land or spawn an abduction mission, either way allowing you to thwart its mission with a ground assault.

It is significantly harder to shoot down an Abductor than it is to let it land and then handle the abduction mission (in countries with lower levels of panic, at least). Also keep in mind that you have a very narrow window to take one down, as they head straight for their Abduction target, so it is unlikely you'll have time to send two craft: this UFO is what you want the boosters to extend engagement time for, even at the risk of greater damage to one craft. The reward for shooting down and successfully assaulting one of these crafts are plenty, but the difference between the credits received from salvage versus the Council reward for the abduction mission can be minimal, so only shoot it down if you really want the alloys and elerium, or can easily afford the damage to your interceptors.

===Harvester===
<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Harvester.png|center|128x64px]]</div>
'''Firepower:''' Moderate (1x Double Plasma) 
'''Armor Penetration:''' +3 
'''Durability''': High (6000) 
'''Armor''': Moderate (20) 
'''Equipment''': 2x UFO Power Sources, 4x UFO Flight Computers, 6x Alien Stasis Tanks, 2x Alien Surgeries 
'''Missions''': Harvest 
'''Alien Count''': 13-20 ''Crash'', 18-25 ''Landing'', or 28-45 ''Trap''; also, +5 at [[Alien_Research_(Long_War)|AR]] > 360; plus, a command pod of 4 outsiders (before [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]) / 3-5 aliens (after [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]); .

These UFOs sometimes pass through airspace with a satellite during the early stages of the war. Like [[Abductors]], going against one early is a very unwise decision as it can decimate interceptors rather quickly, and you'll want experienced pilots in well-equipped interceptors to have a good chance of taking them down. These UFO's fly around and gather materials, meaning that sometimes there is a chance to assault one while it is landed. During the early months this can be a suicide mission, but if successful, you gain quicker access to higher tiers of weaponry and research, as well as disrupt alien research, making them take longer to research new weapons and armor.

If you can reliably clear out landed ones, but not fast enough to get to the [[Meld]] canisters on this lengthy UFO: don't worry. The [[Elerium]] and [[Alloy]] rewards, as well as the [[Power Sources]] and [[Flight Computers]], will probably be more useful to you.

===Transport===
<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Transport.png|center|128x64px]]</div>
'''Firepower:''' High (1x Double Plasma) 
'''Armor Penetration:''' +0 
'''Durability:''' High (5000) 
'''Armor:''' Heavy (32) 
'''Equipment''': 4x UFO Power Sources, 4x UFO Flight Computers, 10x Alien Food, 8x Alien Stasis Tanks, 2x Alien Surgeries 
'''Missions''': Harvest, Infiltrate 
'''Alien Count''': 22-39 ''Crash'', 28-39 ''Landing'', or 40 ''Trap''; also, +5 aliens at [[Alien_Research_(Long_War)|AR]] > 360, to a maximum of 40 regular aliens; plus, a command pod of 3-6 aliens on a crash / 6 on a landing, plus a possible super monster pod after [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]])

This UFO is functionally identical to the Supply Barge from vanilla, but it has even heavier armor and packs some pretty formidable weaponry. You're liable to have one land long before you can shoot one down; in fact you may see landed Transports even in the first month. Assaulting Transports early game is very risky, but can give your campaign a flying start, both in captured artifacts and denying the aliens resources for their missions.

===Terror Ship===
<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_TerrorShip.png|center|128x64px]]</div>
'''Firepower:''' High (1x Double Plasma) / (1x Double Plasma, 1x Single plasma - ''upgrade - 390 Alien Research'') 
'''Armor Penetration:''' +0 
'''Durability:''' High (6000) 
'''Armor:''' Moderate (25) 
'''Equipment''': 4x UFO Power Sources, 4x UFO Flight Computers, 10x Alien Food, 8x Alien Stasis Tanks, 2x Alien Surgeries 
'''Missions''': Research, Terrorize 
'''Alien Count''': 22-39 ''Crash'', 28-39 ''Landing'', or 40 ''Trap''; also, +5 aliens at [[Alien_Research_(Long_War)|AR]] > 360, to a maximum of 40 regular aliens; plus, a command pod of 3-6 aliens on a crash / 6 on a landing, and a possible super monster pod after [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]

Structurally the same as a Supply Barge, you may encounter these in high-panic continents, but won't be able to take them on until late game. If they don't land, they give advance warning on the location of terror missions, since they do a fly around the target country before the bulk of the alien forces are inserted via an [[Assault Carrier]]. Terror Ships that land, on the other hand, are doing research missions, and can be assaulted for their valuable rewards.

==Very Large UFOs==
===Battleship===
<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Battleship.png|center|128x64px]]</div>
'''Firepower:''' Very high (1x Fusion Lance) 
'''Armor Penetration:''' +25 
'''Durability''': Very high (9000) 
'''Armor''': Heavy (36) 
'''Equipment''': 4x UFO Power Sources, 6x UFO Flight Computers, 2x Fusion Cores 
'''Missions''': Scout, Hunt, Bomb, Infiltrate 
'''Alien Count''': 26-30 ''Crash''; also, +5 aliens at [[Alien_Research_(Long_War)|AR]] > 360); plus, a super monster pod, as well as a command pod of 7 outsiders (before [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]) / 7 aliens (after [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]])

As the name implies, these massive ships are some of the most dangerous craft an interceptor can go against. They are highly armored, and packed to the teeth with weaponry. They sometimes spawn as transports for terror missions, DON'T engage them early game, since they will one-shot interceptors without upgrades.

They can be taken down with several Firestorms with Plasma or EMP Cannons with max foundry upgrades and consumables. Once you've downed one, you can use the fusion cores to build Fusion Lances to make it easier to take down more, but realistically you can win the game more easily than you can build an air force that can routinely take down battleships.

===Assault Carrier===
<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_AssaultCarrier.png|center|128x64px]]</div>
'''Firepower:''' Very High (1x Double Plasma, 1x Single Plasma) / (2x Double Plasma - ''upgrade'') 
'''Armor Penetration:''' +18 
'''Durability''': Very High (8000) 
'''Armor''': Heavy (28) 
'''Equipment''': 4x UFO Power Sources, 6x UFO Flight Computers, 2x Fusion Cores 
'''Missions''': Terrorize, Retaliate, Research 
'''Alien Count''': 26-30 ''Crash'' (+5 aliens at [[Alien_Research_(Long_War)|AR]] > 360), or 38 ''Land''; plus, a super monster pod, as well as a command pod of 7 outsiders (before [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]]) / 7 aliens (after [[Missions_(Long_War)#Alien_Base_Assault|ABA]])

A variant of the Battleship. It has slightly less firepower and durability. Engage it as you would a Battleship, but it will go down ''slightly'' easier. Now try assaulting it and bringing in the goods. Godspeed, soldier.

==Other UFO Statistics==
===UFO Bounties===
UFOs that sustain excessive damage may be completely destroyed by an attack. In this case, the council pays a bounty, depending upon the UFO type. Additionally, a small amount of alloys is recovered.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ ''UFO Bounties''
|-
! rowspan="2" | Type || rowspan="2" | Cash bounty || colspan="2" | Maximum alloys || colspan="2" | Average alloys
|-
| With Alien Metallurgy || Without Alien Metallurgy || With Alien Metallurgy || Without Alien Metallurgy
|-
| Scout or fighter || 100 || 7 || 5 || 4.5 || 3.5
|-
| Destroyer or raider || 200 || 11 || 7 || 6.5 || 4.5
|-
| Abductor or harvester || 300 || 14 || 9 || 8 || 5.5
|-
| Transport or terror ship || 500 || 17 || 11 || 9.5 || 6.5
|-
| Battleship or assault carrier || 750 || 21 || 13 || 11.5 || 7.5
|-
| Overseer || 500 || 12 || 8 || 7 || 5
|}

The actual amount of alloys recovered will randomly fall in between 2 and the maximum value, with equal probability for every result.

===UFO Weapons===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|+ ''UFO Weapons''
|-
! width="10%" align="center" | Item
! width="10%" align="center" | Hit Chance
! width="10%" align="center" | Range
! width="10%" align="center" | Fire Rate
! width="10%" align="center" | Damage
! width="10%" align="center" | Armor Pen.

|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|-
| align="center"| Single Plasma || align="center" | 18/33/48%|| align="center" | Long || align="center" | 1.15 || align="center" | 450 || align="center" | 0
|-
| align="center"| Double Plasma || align="center" | 25/40/55%|| align="center" | Long || align="center" | 1.25 || align="center" | 800 || align="center" | 20
|-
| align="center"| Fusion Lance || align="center" | 30/45/60%|| align="center" | Long || align="center" | 1.25 || align="center" | 1300 || align="center" | 50
|-
|}

===UFO Upgrades===
All UFOs gain an additional 75 HP, 8 damage and 2 aim (capped at 95% of accuracy) for every 30 points of alien research, to a maximum of 960 points. Some UFOs will also gain upgraded weapons over time.

===UFO Armor vs Damage Penetration===
Raw formula:
Penetration = Ship Armor Penetration + Weapon Armor Penetration
Mitigation = Clamp(5% * (Armor - Penetration), 0%, 95%)
Damage = Damage * (100% - Mitigation)

The above formula for armor damage reduction can be summed up as 5% * (Armor - Penetration) with a low cap of 0 and a high cap of 95%. The formula allows for ships AND weapons to have armor penetration that stacks. Thus the same weapons will cause different amounts of damage when mounted on different UFOs.

A comparison of high end weapons against a Battleship gives an idea of various weapons effectiveness against heavily armored targets... note that alien research increases UFO health steadily over the course of the game so these "minimum" number of hits would only be true during the first month of the game.

'''Battleship:''' 5000 base health (+75 per 30 alien research), 36 armor

'''Plasma Cannon:''' 650 dmg, 22 pen, RoF 1.00/s, Balanced Accuracy 40%

Damage reduction per hit .05(36 - 22) = .7 or 70%... actual damage per hit becomes 195, or a minimum of 26 hits per battleship. Requiring an average of 65.0 seconds of firing to score 26 hits at 40% accuracy, RoF 1/s. As accuracy increases time-to-kill on the UFO reduces towards a minimum of 26 seconds with 100% accuracy (95% accuracy is the maximum for Plasma Cannons).

'''EMP Cannon:''' 310 dmg, 30 pen, RoF 0.55/s, Balanced Accuracy 30%

Damage reduction per hit .05(36 - 30) = .3 or 30%... actual damage per hit becomes 217, or a minimum of 24 hits per battleship. Requiring an estimated of 44.0 seconds of firing to score 24 hits at 30% accuracy, RoF .55/s. As accuracy increases time-to-kill on the UFO reduces towards a minimum of 13.2 seconds with 100% accuracy (85% accuracy is the maximum for EMP Cannons).

'''Fusion Lance:''' 1200 dmg, 26 pen, RoF 1.25/s, Balanced Accuracy 30%

Damage reduction per hit .05(36 - 26) = .5 or 50%... actual damage per hit becomes 600, or a minimum of 07 hits per battleship. Requiring an estimated of 29.2 seconds of firing to score 7 hits at 30% accuracy, RoF 1.25/s. As accuracy increases time-to-kill on the UFO reduces towards a minimum of 8.75 seconds with 100% accuracy (85% accuracy is the maximum for Fusion Lances).

==See Also==
* [[Air Combat (Long War)|Air Combat]]

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Equipment (Long War)

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[[File: Soldiers_Equipment_Long_War.png|left|224px|]]

In Long War, all regular soldiers have 2 '''equipment''' slots from the start of the game. The ''Tactical Rigging'' Foundry project increases this to 3 slots. The Jungle Scouts starting bonus from Brazil also increases this to 3 item slots for the early game [[Armor (Long War)|armors]] (Tac Vest, Tac Armor, Kestrel Armor, Phalanx Armor and Aurora), but this bonus does not stack with the bonus from the ''Tactical Rigging'' [[Foundry_(Long_War)#General_Equipment_Upgrades|Foundry project]].

Long War added a lot of items for abilities that were previously only available as a perk, such as Battle Scanners. Most of these are also still available as a perk, though generally the perk provides additional bonuses now.

All equipment that is available from the start of the game are available without limits, so you can equip them on any number of available soldiers. Since you have an infinite amount, these items have no cost, do not need to be repaired, and cannot be sold. The same applies to Alien Grenades, once you have researched the ''Alien Grenades'' Foundry project.

All other items need to be produced first, and can only be equipped once per time they are produced. Note that producing consumables represents a production line for these consumables. You can still only equip it once for each time you have produced them, but using them during the mission does not expend them from your storage, and unless damaged, you can bring them again during the next mission.

Most items have a weight, which is represented as a movement penalty. The average item has a weight of 1, and thus provides a -1 movement penalty, though some items weigh two, while a few items weigh nothing or even provide a movement bonus. Extra charges from perks such as ''Packmaster'', ''Grenadier'' and ''Smoke and Mirrors'' do not increase the weight and do not provide additional movement penalties.

You can choose to equip less than the maximum number of items by clicking on the empty hand icon. Since most items provide a movement penalty, this effectively gives you a small movement bonus.

A lot of items have an effect that lasts for one or more turns. All turns last until the start of the player's turn. Thus, an item that lasts for 1 turn and is activated during the player's turn, remains in effect for the remainder of that player's turn and the following Alien's turn. An item that lasts for 2 turns and is activated during the Aliens' turn, remains in effect for the remainder of that Aliens' turn, the following player's turn, and the following Aliens' turn.

==Soldier equipment==
===Protective gear===
In Long War, the aliens are even more deadly than in vanilla. Fortunately, you have access to a few protective items that can be worn in addition to regular armor, to provide a little more survivability. Note that Ceramic, Alloy and Chitin Plating can't stack with one another, and that none of these items can be equipped more than once.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Health bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Damage reduction (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Defense bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Will bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Bonus perk (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Ceramic Plates Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Ceramic Plating]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Ceramic Plating]]'''||All soldiers||-1||+1|| || || || ||Can't stack with Alloy or Chitin Plating||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alloy Plating Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Alloy Plating]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Alloy Plating]]'''||All soldiers||-1||+2|| || || || ||Can't stack with Ceramic or Chitin Plating||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Alien Materials]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|35 (52)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||14
|-align="center"
|[[File:Chittin Plating Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Chitin Plating]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Chitin Plating]]'''||All soldiers||-2||+3|| || || || ||Reduces melee damage by 40% Prevents strangulation Can't stack with Ceramic or Alloy Plating||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Chryssalid Autopsy]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|80 (120)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (4)||10 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Chryssalid Carcasses]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||32
|-align="center"
|[[File:Reinforced Armor Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Reinforced Armor]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Reinforced Armor]]'''||All soldiers||-2||+1||1.0||-6|| || || ||[[Research (Long War)#Armor.2C_MECs.2C_and_SHIVs|Improved Body Armor]]||18||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|70 (105)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|14 (21)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||28
|-align="center"
|[[File:Psi Screen Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Psi Screen]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Psi Screen]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1|| ||1.0|| ||-12|| || ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Mechtoid Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||45||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|65 (97)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|15 (18)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Mechtoid Core]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||26
|-align="center"
|[[File:Impact Vest Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Impact Vest]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Impact Vest]]'''||Assaults||-1||+1|| || || ||{{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Armor and Exoskeletons|Mobile Power Armor]] [[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||50||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|90 (135)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|18 (27)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (14)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||36
|-align="center"
|[[File:Chameleon Suit Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Chameleon Suit]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Chameleon Suit]]'''||Scouts||-1|| || ||+4|| || ||Improves the Lightning Reflexes perk: Reduces hit chance of the first reaction shot by 95% instead of 90% Reduces hit chance of further reaction shots by 85% instead of 70% Grants immunity to critical hits from overwatch fire||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Seeker Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|65 (97)|| ||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (23)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||26
|}

===Miscellaneous gear===
In addition to the items above that mostly protect against physical attacks, there are also a few items that protect your soldiers against panic and psychic attack, as well as as items that help your soldiers with their mobility or experience. Note that none of these items can be equipped more than once.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Health bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Will bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Bonus perk (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alien Trophy Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Alien Trophy]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Alien Trophy]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers||-1|| || ||{{ Steadfast (Long War) }}|| ||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Respirator Implant Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Respirator Implant]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Respirator Implant]]'''||All soldiers|| ||+1|| || ||Prevents strangulation Prevents mobility penalty and damage from acid Prevents death on the first drop to 0 health per mission Increases bleed timeout by 2 turns, and reveals the timer||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Seeker Autopsy]]||25||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|40 (60)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (11)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||16
|-align="center"
|[[File:Walker Servos Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Walker Servos]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Walker Servos]]'''||All soldiers||+2|| || || || ||[[Research (Long War)#Armor and Exoskeletons|Advanced Power Armor]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Advanced Servomotors]]||45||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|80 (120)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|4 (6)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (14)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||32
|-align="center"
|[[File:Fuel Cell Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Fuel Cell]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Fuel Cell]]'''||All soldiers SHIV units||-2|| || || ||Increases flight fuel by 6 Double fuel with the Advanced Flight foundry project||[[Research (Long War)#Armor and Exoskeletons|Antigrav Systems]]||60||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|40 (60)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|24 (36)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||16
|-align="center"
|[[File:Mind Shield Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Mind Shield]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Mind Shield]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1|| ||+25||{{ Steadfast (Long War) }}||Prevents strangulation||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Sectoid Commander Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||65||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|200 (300)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|60 (90)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (17)||5 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Sectoid Commander Corpses]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|20 days (10.0 days)||80
|-align="center"
|[[File:Cognitive Enchancer Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Cognitive Enhancer]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Cognitive Enhancer]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers||-1|| ||+5|| ||Increases XP gained by 20%||colspan="8"|Looted from the Exalt headquarters||200
|-align="center"
|[[File:Neuroregulator Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Neuroregulator]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Neuroregulator]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1|| ||+10|| ||Increases Psi XP gained by 50%||colspan="8"|Looted from the Exalt headquarters||200
|}

===Weapon attachments===
In Long War, the enemies become harder and harder to hit as the game progresses. Fortunately, there are an array of items available to enhance your weapons' accuracy. With the exception of the Marksman's Scope, these items apply their bonus to both primary and secondary weapons. Note that SCOPEs, Neural Gunlinks and Illuminator Gunsights can't stack with one another, and that none of these items can be equipped more than once.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Will bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Aim bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Crit chance (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Bonus perk (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Required for combined (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Laser Sight Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Laser Sight]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Laser Sight]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||+4|| || ||+4 crit chance with the SCOPE foundry project||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply|| ||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Targeting Module Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Targeting Module]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Targeting Module]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| || ||+8|| ||+1.5 crit damage||[[Research (Long War)#Xenology|Xenobiology]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||20||
|-align="center"
|[[File:SCOPE Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|SCOPE]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|SCOPE]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||+8|| || ||+8 crit chance with the SCOPE foundry project Can't stack with Neural Gunlink or Illuminator Gunsight||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Alien Weaponry]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|70 (105)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||28||[[Foundry (Long War)|SCOPE Upgrade]] (1) [[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Neural Gunlink]] (1)
|-align="center"
|[[File:Neural Gunlink Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Neural Gunlink]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Neural Gunlink]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1||-12||+12||+12|| ||Can't stack with SCOPE or Illuminator Gunsight||[[Research (Long War)#Xenology|Alien Biocybernetics]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||40||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|70 (105)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|6 (9)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|15 (18)||1 [[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|SCOPE]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||28||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Illuminator Gunsight Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Illuminator Gunsight]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Illuminator Gunsight]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||+12||+12||{{ Executioner (Long War) }}||Can't stack with SCOPE or Neural Gunlink||colspan="8"|Looted from the Exalt headquarters Provided by a Mexican starting bonus||200||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Marksman Scope Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Marksman's Scope]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Marksman's Scope]]'''||Scouts||-1|| || || ||{{ Squadsight (Long War) }}||Only affects Marksman and Strike Rifles||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Alien Weaponry]]||20||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||12||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alloy Bipod Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Alloy Bipod]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Alloy Bipod]]'''||Snipers|| || ||+6||+6|| || ||[[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||25||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|25 (37)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|4 (6)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||10||
|}

===Special ammunition===
In addition to attaching unique items to your weapons, you can also replace the standard ammunition and clips with more specialized ammunition and clips, to further enhance your attacks. Unlike weapon attachments, special ammunition only applies to your primary weapon, and most special ammunition only works with specific weapon types. Note that Hi Cap and Drum Mags can't stack with one another, that Shredder, Armor Piercing and Flak Ammo can't stack with one another, and that none of these items can be equipped more than once.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Aim bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="5"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Hi Cap Mags Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Hi Cap Mags]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Hi Cap Mags]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon gains +1 ammo Can't stack with Drum Mags||colspan="7"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Drum Mags Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Drum Mags]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Drum Mags]]'''||Assaults Infantry Engineers Medics Scouts||-2||-4||Primary weapon gains +2 ammo Only affects [[Primary Weapons (Long War)#Carbines|Carbines]], [[Primary Weapons (Long War)#Assault Rifles|Assault Rifles]] and [[Primary Weapons (Long War)#Battle Rifles|Battle Rifles]] Can't stack with Hi Cap Mags||colspan="7"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Breaching Ammo Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Breaching Ammo]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Breaching Ammo]]'''||Assaults||-1|| ||Negates more effective target DR from [[Primary Weapons (Long War)#Shotguns|Shotguns]] Does not affect [[Secondary Weapons (Long War)#Sawed-off Shotguns|Sawed-off Shotguns]]||[[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|35 (52)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|6 (9)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||14
|-align="center"
|[[File:Shredder Ammo.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Shredder Ammo]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Shredder Ammo]]'''||Assaults Engineers||-1|| ||Primary weapon applies the Shredded effect on hits: Target receives 50% more damage for 2 turns Can't stack with Armor Piercing or Flak Ammo||[[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||30||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|6 (9)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||12
|-align="center"
|[[File:Armor Piercing Ammo Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Armor Piercing Ammo]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Armor Piercing Ammo]]'''||Engineers Gunners MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon ignores 2 of target DR Does not affect [[Primary Weapons (Long War)#Shotguns|Shotguns]] Can't stack with Shredder or Flak Ammo||[[Research (Long War)#Armor.2C_MECs.2C_and_SHIVs|Improved Body Armor]] [[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||25||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|12 (18)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||20
|-align="center"
|[[File:Flak Ammo Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Flak Ammo]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Flak Ammo]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon and rockets gain +20% damage to flying units Collateral Damage gains +20% damage and can target flying units Bonus damage is at least +2 and applies after DR is applied Can't stack with Shredder or Armor Piercing Ammo||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Floater Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|MEC Warfare Systems]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|60 (90)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||24
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Aim bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="5"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alloy Jacketed Rounds Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Alloy Jacketed Rounds]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Alloy Jacketed Rounds]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon and rockets gain +1 damage Only affects Ballistic and Gauss weapons||[[Foundry (Long War)|Enhanced Ballistics]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|6 (9)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||8
|-align="center"
|[[File:Enchanced Beam Optics Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Enhanced Beam Optics]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Enhanced Beam Optics]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon gains +1 damage Only affects Beam and Pulse Laser weapons||[[Foundry (Long War)|Enhanced Lasers]]||30||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|35 (52)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||14
|-align="center"
|[[File:Reaper Rounds Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Reaper Pack]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Reaper Pack]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||Primary weapon gains +16 crit chance Primary weapon's range penalty is doubled Only affects Beam and Pulse Laser weapons||[[Foundry (Long War)|Supercapacitors]]||70||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)|| ||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||20
|-align="center"
|[[File:Plasma Stellerator Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Plasma Stellerator]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Plasma Stellerator]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon gains +1 damage Only affects Plasma weapons||[[Foundry (Long War)|Enhanced Plasma]]||75||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|125 (187)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|5 (10)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|14 days (7.0 days)||50
|}

===Explosives===
Sometimes, the best answer is to blow up the enemy, or the cover that the enemy is hiding behind. These are the right tools for the job. Keep in mind that in Long War, explosives in general have received an overhaul. Unlike vanilla, where explosives dealt a fixed amount of damage to all enemies within the blast radius, in Long War, explosives deal a variable amount of damage that scales with the distance to the center. The further a target is from the center of the blast, the less damage it will take. This also applies to destructible environment, which is a little more durable in general compared to vanilla.

Even though Engineers can pick the Fire Rocket perk, they cannot equip these additional rockets, restricting them to the single rocket that's provided by the perk. Rocketeers can only pick up either rocket once, but they can pick up both rockets, though it could be wise to reserve one slot for an aim boosting item.

While not as much as rockets, grenades have also received a bit of an overhaul, and the Engineering class has several perks dedicated to lobbing explosive grenades. They still always hit their target, making them more reliable than rockets, especially in the early game, though they can't keep up with range and damage output. Note that soldiers can pick up the same type of grenade more than once.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!{{Item name (Long War)}}!!{{Usable by (Long War)}}!!{{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!{{Weapon damage (Long War)}}!!{{Weapon range (Long War)}}!!{{Blast radius (Long War)}}!!{{Special properties (Long War)}}!!{{Item source (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Rocket Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Rocket]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Rocket]]'''||Rocketeers||-2|| || || ||Provides an extra regular rocket||XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
|-align="center"
|[[File:Shredder Rocket Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Shredder Rocket]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Shredder Rocket]]'''||Rocketeers||-2|| || || ||Provides an extra shredder rocket||XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
|-align="center"
|[[File:AP Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|AP Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|AP Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1||title="Minimum to maximum damage
(Average damage)"|2-6 (4)||15||5.6||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Units with cover towards the center are unaffected +50% damage with the Alien Grenades foundry project +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Grenadier perk||XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
|-align="center"
|[[File:HE Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|HE Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|HE Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1||title="Minimum to maximum damage
(Average damage)"|1-5 (3)||15||5.6||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Effective at destroying cover +40% radius with the Alien Grenades foundry project +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Grenadier perk||XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alien Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Alien Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Alien Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1||title="Minimum to maximum damage
(Average damage)"|3-7 (5)||15||5.6||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Effective at destroying cover +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Grenadier perk||The Alien Grenades foundry project provides an unlimited supply
|}

===Support grenades===
Like explosive grenades, support grenades have also received a few more perks to enhance them, and while the Grenadier perk doesn't increase the number of support grenades carried, it's range bonus does affect both explosive and support grenades. While Battle Scanners and Mimic Beacons aren't called grenades, they are affected by these perks, and are thus included here. Note that soldiers can pick up the same type of grenade more than once. To keep the table size a bit practical, the effects of Disorient, Smoke and Acid are described here instead:

Disorient: Units that are Disoriented immediately cancel Overwatch and Suppression. In addition, their mobility is reduced by 40%, they receive a -50 penalty to aim, and the range of their explosives and thrown devices is severely reduced.

Smoke: Units that are covered by Smoke gain a +20 bonus to defense. In addition, these units do not provide aim and crit chance bonuses to other units for being exposed or flanked, though they are still considered exposed or flanked for the purpose of perks.

Acid: Acid lasts for 2 to 4 turns and deals 1 damage per action other than Hunker Down. In addition, their mobility is reduced by 25%, their damage reduction is reduced by 50% (if their damage reduction is less than 6, it's reduced by 3, to a minimum of 0), they receive a -20 penalty to aim and the range of their explosives and thrown devices is severely reduced. Zombies, robotic units and units that have a Respirator Implant or Medikit equipped negate the damage and penalty to mobility.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Will bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Weapon range (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Blast radius (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Flashbang Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Flashbang Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Flashbang Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||15||4.0||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Disorients enemy units within the area of effect for 1 turn Does not affect allies, Sectoid Commanders, Ethereals or robotic units Can't stack with Psi Grenades +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Smoke Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Smoke Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Smoke Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||15||5.6||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Spawns a smoke cloud at the target location for 2 turns Provides concealment for all units within the cloud +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Battle Scanner Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Battle Scanner]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Battle Scanner]]'''||Engineers Scouts||-1|| ||27||30.0||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Spawns a scanner at the target location for 2 turns Reveals the area, including stealthed units within the area +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Chem Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Chem Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Chem Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||15||4.0||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Spawns a chemical cloud at the target location for 2 turns Applies acid to all units within the cloud or entering the cloud Does not affect Thin Men or Chryssalids +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Thin Man Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||40||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|120 (180)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|4 (6)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (5)||15 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Thin Man Corpses]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||48
|-align="center"
|[[File:Psi Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Psi Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Psi Grenade]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1||-2||15||6.4||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Disorients enemy units within the area of effect for 1 turn Does not affect allies, Sectoid Commanders, Ethereals or robotic units Can't stack with Flashbang Grenades +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||[[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||25||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|2 (3)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|2 (3)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|1 (4)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Sectoid Corpse]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||20
|-align="center"
|[[File:Mimic Beacon Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Mimic Beacon]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Mimic Beacon]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1||-10||27||28.8||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Spawns a beacon at the target location for 2 turns Aliens must succeed a will check or move towards the beacon The will check's difficulty scales with the throwing soldier's will Does not affect allies, Exalt or robotic units +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||[[Research (Long War)#Xenology|Alien Communications]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||75||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|150 (225)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|2 (3)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|25 (37)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|25 (30)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Sectoid Corpse]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|14 days (7.0 days)||60
|}

===Utility devices===
Finally, the utility devices includes all items that are not considered explosives or support grenades, but still have a limited number of charges. Thus, these items grant the most varied effects. Note that soldiers can equip more than one Medikit or Arc Thrower, but not more than one of each other item.

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|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Will bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Weapon range (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Blast radius (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Required for combined (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Medkit Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Medikit]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Medikit]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||3|| ||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Prevents mobility penalty and damage from acid when equipped Can be used on self or nearby soldier to remove acid and heal 3 hp Alternatively, it can be used to stabilize a critically wounded soldier Doubles healing with the Improved Medikit foundry project +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Field Medic perk||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply|| ||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Motion Tracker Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Motion Tracker]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Motion Tracker]]'''||All soldiers SHIV units||-1|| || ||35.0||3 charges. When used, displays a radar with color signals: * Blue: Friendly units * White: Human civilians * Red: Aliens and gene modded Exalt * Yellow: Meld canisters * Green: Bombs and power nodes Covert operatives also see hackable radar arrays as Green +1 charge with the Packmaster perk|| ||10||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||8||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Arc Thrower Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Arc Thrower]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Arc Thrower]]'''||All soldiers||-2|| ||5|| ||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Can be used to repair SHIVS and MECs with the Field Repairs foundry project Can be used to stun enemies, to capture them and their weapons Chance of success is 54/48/42/29% on targets with 1/2/3/4+ hp Increased chance with the Improved Arc Thrower foundry project: 57/54/48/42/29% on targets with 3-/4/5/6/7+ hp Does not affect Chryssalids, Zombies or robotic units +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +2 charges with the Repair perk||[[Research (Long War)#Xenology|Xenoneurology]]||20||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|100 (150)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (4)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||40||[[Secondary Weapons (Long War)#MEC secondary weapons|Electro Pulse]] (1)
|-align="center"
|[[File:Combat Stims Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Combat Stims]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Combat Stims]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||3|| ||Gain [[Abilities List (Long War)#Normal Perks|Adrenaline Surge]] (+10 aim, +10 crit chance) when equipped Can be used on self to become Stimmed for 2 turns: Increases mobility and will, reduces damage received by 40%, and grants immunity to crits while in cover and not flanked||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Berserker Autopsy]]||45||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|120 (180)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|4 (9)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Berserker Corpse]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||48||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Ghost Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Shadow Device]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Shadow Device]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1||-10||15||4.0||Stealths friendly units within the area of effect for 1 turn Attacks gain a solid bonus to crit chance, but break stealth Does not affect enemies, panicked units or units with the Concealment perk||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Seeker Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||60||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|150 (225)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|40 (45)||15 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Seeker Wrecks]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|14 days (7.0 days)||60||
|}

==MEC and SHIV equipment==
===MEC equipment===
One of the main features of Long War is the versatility of mechanized units. Not only do you have eight different classes of MEC troopers at your disposal, you also have the option to fully kit them with items that can supplement or completely change their role on the battlefield. Note that none of these items can be equipped more than once, but MEC troopers can also equip several of the items listed above for regular soldiers.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Health bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Defense bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Aim bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Crit chance (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Bonus perk (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Holo Targeter Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Holo-Targeter]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Holo-Targeter]]'''||MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| || ||+4|| ||{{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Drone Autopsy]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|40 (60)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||16
|-align="center"
|[[File:Core Armoring Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Core Armoring]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Core Armoring]]'''||MEC troopers SHIV units||-1||+2|| || || ||{{ Resilience (Long War) }}|| ||[[Foundry (Long War)|Mechanized Unit Defenses]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||20
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alloy Carbide Plating Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Alloy Carbide Plating]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Alloy Carbide Plating]]'''||MEC troopers SHIV units||-2||+4|| || || || || ||[[Foundry (Long War)|Mechanized Unit Defenses]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|70 (105)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (23)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||28
|-align="center"
|[[File:Battle Computer Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Battle Computer]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Battle Computer]]'''||MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||+8||+8||+8|| || ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Sectopod Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|MEC Warfare Systems]]||75||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|250 (375)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (38)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices|UFO Flight Computer]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|12 days (6.0 days)||100
|-align="center"
|[[File:Tactical Sensors Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Tactical Sensors]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Tactical Sensors]]'''||MEC troopers||-1|| || || || ||{{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Mechtoid Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|MEC Warfare Systems]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|75 (112)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (13)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices|UFO Flight Computer]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||30
|-align="center"
|[[File:Incinerator_Module_(Long_War).png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Incinerator Module]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Incinerator Module]]'''||MEC troopers||-1|| || || || || ||Increases Flamethrower damage by 3||[[Research (Long War)#Xenology|Alien Biocybernetics]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Jellied Elerium]]||45||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|90 (135)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (14)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||36
|-align="center"
|[[File:The Thumper Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|The Thumper]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|The Thumper]]'''||MEC troopers||-1|| || || || || ||Increases Kinetic Strike Module damage by 3||[[Research (Long War)#Armor and Exoskeletons|Antigrav Systems]] [[Foundry (Long War)|MEC Warfare Systems]]||70||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|70 (105)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|2 (5)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||28
|}

===SHIV modules===
While SHIVs cannot go up in rank, and thus cannot earn any perks, they can equip a varied amount of modules that grant different perks, allowing them to fill in for whichever role you need them to. Note that none of these items can be equipped more than once, but SHIV units can also equip several of the items listed above for regular soldiers and MEC troopers.

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|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Aim bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Bonus perk (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="5"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:HEAT Ammo Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|HEAT Ammo]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|HEAT Ammo]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Alien Materials]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|6 (9)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||12
|-align="center"
|[[File:Autoloader Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Advanced Suppression Module]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Advanced Suppression Module]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ Danger Zone (Long War) }}|| ||[[Foundry (Long War)|SHIV Suppression]]||20||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|35 (52)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||14
|-align="center"
|[[File:Adaptive Tracking Pod Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Adaptive Tracking Pod]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Adaptive Tracking Pod]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ Advanced Fire Control (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Experimental Warfare]]||20||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|40 (60)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||16
|-align="center"
|[[File:Smartshell Pod Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Smartshell Pod]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Smartshell Pod]]'''||SHIV units||-1||+4||{{ Flush (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Experimental Warfare]]||20||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|25 (37)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||10
|-align="center"
|[[File:Damage Control Pod Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Damage Control Pod]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Damage Control Pod]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ Damage Control (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Heavy Floater Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|MEC Warfare Systems]]||55||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|5 (7)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (23)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||20
|-align="center"
|[[File:Autosentry Turret Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|AutoSentry Turret]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|AutoSentry Turret]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ Sentinel (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Cyberdisc Autopsy]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|60 (90)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||24
|-align="center"
|[[File:Weapon Supercooler Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Weapon Supercooler]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Weapon Supercooler]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ Light Em Up (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Sectopod Autopsy]]||55||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|120 (180)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|5 (7)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (5)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||48
|-align="center"
|[[File:Elerium Turbos Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Elerium Turbos]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Elerium Turbos]]'''||SHIV units||+2|| || || ||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Elerium]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Advanced Servomotors]]||45||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|12 (18)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|16 (24)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||12
|}

==See also==
{{Loadout (Long War) Navbar}}
[[Category: Long War]]
[[Category: Loadout (Long War)]]

Equipment (Long War)

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[[File: Soldiers_Equipment_Long_War.png|left|224px|]]

In Long War, all regular soldiers have 2 '''equipment''' slots from the start of the game. The ''Tactical Rigging'' Foundry project increases this to 3 slots. The Jungle Scouts starting bonus from Brazil also increases this to 3 item slots for the early game [[Armor (Long War)|armors]] (Tac Vest, Tac Armor, Kestrel Armor, Phalanx Armor and Aurora), but this bonus does not stack with the bonus from the ''Tactical Rigging'' [[Foundry_(Long_War)#General_Equipment_Upgrades|Foundry project]].

Long War added a lot of items for abilities that were previously only available as a perk, such as Battle Scanners. Most of these are also still available as a perk, though generally the perk provides additional bonuses now.

All equipment that is available from the start of the game are available without limits, so you can equip them on any number of available soldiers. Since you have an infinite amount, these items have no cost, do not need to be repaired, and cannot be sold. The same applies to Alien Grenades, once you have researched the ''Alien Grenades'' Foundry project.

All other items need to be produced first, and can only be equipped once per time they are produced. Note that producing consumables represents a production line for these consumables. You can still only equip it once for each time you have produced them, but using them during the mission does not expend them from your storage, and unless damaged, you can bring them again during the next mission.

Most items have a weight, which is represented as a movement penalty. The average item has a weight of 1, and thus provides a -1 movement penalty, though some items weigh two, while a few items weigh nothing or even provide a movement bonus. Extra charges from perks such as ''Packmaster'', ''Grenadier'' and ''Smoke and Mirrors'' do not increase the weight and do not provide additional movement penalties.

You can choose to equip less than the maximum number of items by clicking on the empty hand icon. Since most items provide a movement penalty, this effectively gives you a small movement bonus.

A lot of items have an effect that lasts for one or more turns. All turns last until the start of the player's turn. Thus, an item that lasts for 1 turn and is activated during the player's turn, remains in effect for the remainder of that player's turn and the following Alien's turn. An item that lasts for 2 turns and is activated during the Aliens' turn, remains in effect for the remainder of that Aliens' turn, the following player's turn, and the following Aliens' turn.

==Soldier equipment==
===Protective gear===
In Long War, the aliens are even more deadly than in vanilla. Fortunately, you have access to a few protective items that can be worn in addition to regular armor, to provide a little more survivability. Note that Ceramic, Alloy and Chitin Plating can't stack with one another, and that none of these items can be equipped more than once.

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|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Health bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Damage reduction (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Defense bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Will bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Bonus perk (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Ceramic Plates Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Ceramic Plating]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Ceramic Plating]]'''||All soldiers||-1||+1|| || || || ||Can't stack with Alloy or Chitin Plating||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alloy Plating Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Alloy Plating]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Alloy Plating]]'''||All soldiers||-1||+2|| || || || ||Can't stack with Ceramic or Chitin Plating||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Alien Materials]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|35 (52)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||14
|-align="center"
|[[File:Chittin Plating Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Chitin Plating]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Chitin Plating]]'''||All soldiers||-2||+3|| || || || ||Reduces melee damage by 40% Prevents strangulation Can't stack with Ceramic or Alloy Plating||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Chryssalid Autopsy]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|80 (120)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (4)||10 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Chryssalid Carcasses]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||32
|-align="center"
|[[File:Reinforced Armor Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Reinforced Armor]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Reinforced Armor]]'''||All soldiers||-2||+1||1.0||-6|| || || ||[[Research (Long War)#Armor.2C_MECs.2C_and_SHIVs|Improved Body Armor]]||18||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|70 (105)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|14 (21)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||28
|-align="center"
|[[File:Psi Screen Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Psi Screen]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Psi Screen]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1|| ||1.0|| ||-12|| || ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Mechtoid Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||45||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|65 (97)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|15 (18)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Mechtoid Core]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||26
|-align="center"
|[[File:Impact Vest Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Impact Vest]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Impact Vest]]'''||Assaults||-1||+1|| || || ||{{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Armor and Exoskeletons|Mobile Power Armor]] [[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||50||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|90 (135)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|18 (27)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (14)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||36
|-align="center"
|[[File:Chameleon Suit Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Chameleon Suit]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Protective gear|Chameleon Suit]]'''||Scouts||-1|| || ||+4|| || ||Improves the Lightning Reflexes perk: Reduces hit chance of the first reaction shot by 95% instead of 90% Reduces hit chance of further reaction shots by 85% instead of 70% Grants immunity to critical hits from overwatch fire||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Seeker Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|65 (97)|| ||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (23)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||26
|}

===Miscellaneous gear===
In addition to the items above that mostly protect against physical attacks, there are also a few items that protect your soldiers against panic and psychic attack, as well as as items that help your soldiers with their mobility or experience. Note that none of these items can be equipped more than once.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Health bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Will bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Bonus perk (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alien Trophy Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Alien Trophy]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Alien Trophy]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers||-1|| || ||{{ Steadfast (Long War) }}|| ||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Respirator Implant Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Respirator Implant]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Respirator Implant]]'''||All soldiers|| ||+1|| || ||Prevents strangulation Prevents mobility penalty and damage from acid Prevents death on the first drop to 0 health per mission Increases bleed timeout by 2 turns, and reveals the timer||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Seeker Autopsy]]||25||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|40 (60)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (11)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||16
|-align="center"
|[[File:Walker Servos Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Walker Servos]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Walker Servos]]'''||All soldiers||+2|| || || || ||[[Research (Long War)#Armor and Exoskeletons|Advanced Power Armor]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Advanced Servomotors]]||45||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|80 (120)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|4 (6)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (14)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||32
|-align="center"
|[[File:Fuel Cell Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Fuel Cell]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Fuel Cell]]'''||All soldiers SHIV units||-2|| || || ||Increases flight fuel by 6 Double fuel with the Advanced Flight foundry project||[[Research (Long War)#Armor and Exoskeletons|Antigrav Systems]]||60||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|40 (60)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|24 (36)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||16
|-align="center"
|[[File:Mind Shield Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Mind Shield]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Mind Shield]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1|| ||+25||{{ Steadfast (Long War) }}||Prevents strangulation||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Sectoid Commander Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||65||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|200 (300)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|60 (90)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (17)||5 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Sectoid Commander Corpses]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|20 days (10.0 days)||80
|-align="center"
|[[File:Cognitive Enchancer Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Cognitive Enhancer]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Cognitive Enhancer]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers||-1|| ||+5|| ||Increases XP gained by 20%||colspan="8"|Looted from the Exalt headquarters||200
|-align="center"
|[[File:Neuroregulator Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Neuroregulator]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous gear|Neuroregulator]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1|| ||+10|| ||Increases Psi XP gained by 50%||colspan="8"|Looted from the Exalt headquarters||200
|}

===Weapon attachments===
In Long War, the enemies become harder and harder to hit as the game progresses. Fortunately, there are an array of items available to enhance your weapons' accuracy. With the exception of the Marksman's Scope, these items apply their bonus to both primary and secondary weapons. Note that SCOPEs, Neural Gunlinks and Illuminator Gunsights can't stack with one another, and that none of these items can be equipped more than once.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Will bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Aim bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Crit chance (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Bonus perk (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Required for combined (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Laser Sight Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Laser Sight]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Laser Sight]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||+4|| || ||+4 crit chance with the SCOPE foundry project||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply|| ||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Targeting Module Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Targeting Module]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Targeting Module]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| || ||+8|| ||+1.5 crit damage||[[Research (Long War)#Xenology|Xenobiology]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||20||
|-align="center"
|[[File:SCOPE Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|SCOPE]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|SCOPE]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||+8|| || ||+8 crit chance with the SCOPE foundry project Can't stack with Neural Gunlink or Illuminator Gunsight||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Alien Weaponry]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|70 (105)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||28||[[Foundry (Long War)|SCOPE Upgrade]] (1) [[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Neural Gunlink]] (1)
|-align="center"
|[[File:Neural Gunlink Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Neural Gunlink]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Neural Gunlink]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1||-12||+12||+12|| ||Can't stack with SCOPE or Illuminator Gunsight||[[Research (Long War)#Xenology|Alien Biocybernetics]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||40||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|70 (105)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|6 (9)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|15 (18)||1 [[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|SCOPE]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||28||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Illuminator Gunsight Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Illuminator Gunsight]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Illuminator Gunsight]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||+12||+12||{{ Executioner (Long War) }}||Can't stack with SCOPE or Neural Gunlink||colspan="8"|Looted from the Exalt headquarters Provided by a Mexican starting bonus||200||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Marksman Scope Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Marksman's Scope]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Marksman's Scope]]'''||Scouts||-1|| || || ||{{ Squadsight (Long War) }}||Only affects Marksman and Strike Rifles||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Alien Weaponry]]||20||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||12||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alloy Bipod Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Alloy Bipod]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Weapon attachments|Alloy Bipod]]'''||Snipers|| || ||+6||+6|| || ||[[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||25||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|25 (37)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|4 (6)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||10||
|}

===Special ammunition===
In addition to attaching unique items to your weapons, you can also replace the standard ammunition and clips with more specialized ammunition and clips, to further enhance your attacks. Unlike weapon attachments, special ammunition only applies to your primary weapon, and most special ammunition only works with specific weapon types. Note that Hi Cap and Drum Mags can't stack with one another, that Shredder, Armor Piercing and Flak Ammo can't stack with one another, and that none of these items can be equipped more than once.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Aim bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="5"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Hi Cap Mags Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Hi Cap Mags]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Hi Cap Mags]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon gains +1 ammo Can't stack with Drum Mags||colspan="7"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Drum Mags Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Drum Mags]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Drum Mags]]'''||Assaults Infantry Engineers Medics Scouts||-2||-4||Primary weapon gains +2 ammo Only affects [[Primary Weapons (Long War)#Carbines|Carbines]], [[Primary Weapons (Long War)#Assault Rifles|Assault Rifles]] and [[Primary Weapons (Long War)#Battle Rifles|Battle Rifles]] Can't stack with Hi Cap Mags||colspan="7"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Breaching Ammo Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Breaching Ammo]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Breaching Ammo]]'''||Assaults||-1|| ||Negates more effective target DR from [[Primary Weapons (Long War)#Shotguns|Shotguns]] Does not affect [[Secondary Weapons (Long War)#Sawed-off Shotguns|Sawed-off Shotguns]]||[[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|35 (52)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|6 (9)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||14
|-align="center"
|[[File:Shredder Ammo.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Shredder Ammo]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Shredder Ammo]]'''||Assaults Engineers||-1|| ||Primary weapon applies the Shredded effect on hits: Target receives 50% more damage for 2 turns Can't stack with Armor Piercing or Flak Ammo||[[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||30||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|6 (9)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||12
|-align="center"
|[[File:Armor Piercing Ammo Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Armor Piercing Ammo]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Armor Piercing Ammo]]'''||Engineers Gunners MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon ignores 2 of target DR Does not affect [[Primary Weapons (Long War)#Shotguns|Shotguns]] Can't stack with Shredder or Flak Ammo||[[Research (Long War)#Armor and Exoskeletons|Improved Body Armor]] [[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||25||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|12 (18)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||20
|-align="center"
|[[File:Flak Ammo Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Flak Ammo]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Flak Ammo]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon and rockets gain +20% damage to flying units Collateral Damage gains +20% damage and can target flying units Bonus damage is at least +2 and applies after DR is applied Can't stack with Shredder or Armor Piercing Ammo||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Floater Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|MEC Warfare Systems]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|60 (90)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||24
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Aim bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="5"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alloy Jacketed Rounds Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Alloy Jacketed Rounds]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Alloy Jacketed Rounds]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon and rockets gain +1 damage Only affects Ballistic and Gauss weapons||[[Foundry (Long War)|Enhanced Ballistics]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|6 (9)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||8
|-align="center"
|[[File:Enchanced Beam Optics Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Enhanced Beam Optics]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Enhanced Beam Optics]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon gains +1 damage Only affects Beam and Pulse Laser weapons||[[Foundry (Long War)|Enhanced Lasers]]||30||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|35 (52)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||14
|-align="center"
|[[File:Reaper Rounds Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Reaper Pack]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Reaper Pack]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||Primary weapon gains +16 crit chance Primary weapon's range penalty is doubled Only affects Beam and Pulse Laser weapons||[[Foundry (Long War)|Supercapacitors]]||70||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)|| ||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||20
|-align="center"
|[[File:Plasma Stellerator Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Plasma Stellerator]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Special ammunition|Plasma Stellerator]]'''||All soldiers MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||Primary weapon gains +1 damage Only affects Plasma weapons||[[Foundry (Long War)|Enhanced Plasma]]||75||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|125 (187)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|5 (10)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|14 days (7.0 days)||50
|}

===Explosives===
Sometimes, the best answer is to blow up the enemy, or the cover that the enemy is hiding behind. These are the right tools for the job. Keep in mind that in Long War, explosives in general have received an overhaul. Unlike vanilla, where explosives dealt a fixed amount of damage to all enemies within the blast radius, in Long War, explosives deal a variable amount of damage that scales with the distance to the center. The further a target is from the center of the blast, the less damage it will take. This also applies to destructible environment, which is a little more durable in general compared to vanilla.

Even though Engineers can pick the Fire Rocket perk, they cannot equip these additional rockets, restricting them to the single rocket that's provided by the perk. Rocketeers can only pick up either rocket once, but they can pick up both rockets, though it could be wise to reserve one slot for an aim boosting item.

While not as much as rockets, grenades have also received a bit of an overhaul, and the Engineering class has several perks dedicated to lobbing explosive grenades. They still always hit their target, making them more reliable than rockets, especially in the early game, though they can't keep up with range and damage output. Note that soldiers can pick up the same type of grenade more than once.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!{{Item name (Long War)}}!!{{Usable by (Long War)}}!!{{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!{{Weapon damage (Long War)}}!!{{Weapon range (Long War)}}!!{{Blast radius (Long War)}}!!{{Special properties (Long War)}}!!{{Item source (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Rocket Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Rocket]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Rocket]]'''||Rocketeers||-2|| || || ||Provides an extra regular rocket||XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
|-align="center"
|[[File:Shredder Rocket Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Shredder Rocket]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Shredder Rocket]]'''||Rocketeers||-2|| || || ||Provides an extra shredder rocket||XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
|-align="center"
|[[File:AP Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|AP Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|AP Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1||title="Minimum to maximum damage
(Average damage)"|2-6 (4)||15||5.6||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Units with cover towards the center are unaffected +50% damage with the Alien Grenades foundry project +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Grenadier perk||XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
|-align="center"
|[[File:HE Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|HE Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|HE Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1||title="Minimum to maximum damage
(Average damage)"|1-5 (3)||15||5.6||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Effective at destroying cover +40% radius with the Alien Grenades foundry project +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Grenadier perk||XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alien Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Alien Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Explosives|Alien Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1||title="Minimum to maximum damage
(Average damage)"|3-7 (5)||15||5.6||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Effective at destroying cover +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Grenadier perk||The Alien Grenades foundry project provides an unlimited supply
|}

===Support grenades===
Like explosive grenades, support grenades have also received a few more perks to enhance them, and while the Grenadier perk doesn't increase the number of support grenades carried, it's range bonus does affect both explosive and support grenades. While Battle Scanners and Mimic Beacons aren't called grenades, they are affected by these perks, and are thus included here. Note that soldiers can pick up the same type of grenade more than once. To keep the table size a bit practical, the effects of Disorient, Smoke and Acid are described here instead:

Disorient: Units that are Disoriented immediately cancel Overwatch and Suppression. In addition, their mobility is reduced by 40%, they receive a -50 penalty to aim, and the range of their explosives and thrown devices is severely reduced.

Smoke: Units that are covered by Smoke gain a +20 bonus to defense. In addition, these units do not provide aim and crit chance bonuses to other units for being exposed or flanked, though they are still considered exposed or flanked for the purpose of perks.

Acid: Acid lasts for 2 to 4 turns and deals 1 damage per action other than Hunker Down. In addition, their mobility is reduced by 25%, their damage reduction is reduced by 50% (if their damage reduction is less than 6, it's reduced by 3, to a minimum of 0), they receive a -20 penalty to aim and the range of their explosives and thrown devices is severely reduced. Zombies, robotic units and units that have a Respirator Implant or Medikit equipped negate the damage and penalty to mobility.

{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Will bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Weapon range (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Blast radius (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Flashbang Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Flashbang Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Flashbang Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||15||4.0||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Disorients enemy units within the area of effect for 1 turn Does not affect allies, Sectoid Commanders, Ethereals or robotic units Can't stack with Psi Grenades +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Smoke Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Smoke Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Smoke Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||15||5.6||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Spawns a smoke cloud at the target location for 2 turns Provides concealment for all units within the cloud +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Battle Scanner Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Battle Scanner]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Battle Scanner]]'''||Engineers Scouts||-1|| ||27||30.0||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Spawns a scanner at the target location for 2 turns Reveals the area, including stealthed units within the area +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Chem Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Chem Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Chem Grenade]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||15||4.0||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Spawns a chemical cloud at the target location for 2 turns Applies acid to all units within the cloud or entering the cloud Does not affect Thin Men or Chryssalids +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Thin Man Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|New Combat Systems]]||40||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|120 (180)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|4 (6)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (5)||15 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Thin Man Corpses]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||48
|-align="center"
|[[File:Psi Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Psi Grenade]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Psi Grenade]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1||-2||15||6.4||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Disorients enemy units within the area of effect for 1 turn Does not affect allies, Sectoid Commanders, Ethereals or robotic units Can't stack with Flashbang Grenades +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||[[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||25||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|2 (3)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|2 (3)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|1 (4)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Sectoid Corpse]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||20
|-align="center"
|[[File:Mimic Beacon Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Mimic Beacon]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Support grenades|Mimic Beacon]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1||-10||27||28.8||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Spawns a beacon at the target location for 2 turns Aliens must succeed a will check or move towards the beacon The will check's difficulty scales with the throwing soldier's will Does not affect allies, Exalt or robotic units +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Smoke and Mirrors perk||[[Research (Long War)#Xenology|Alien Communications]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||75||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|150 (225)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|2 (3)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|25 (37)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|25 (30)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Sectoid Corpse]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|14 days (7.0 days)||60
|}

===Utility devices===
Finally, the utility devices includes all items that are not considered explosives or support grenades, but still have a limited number of charges. Thus, these items grant the most varied effects. Note that soldiers can equip more than one Medikit or Arc Thrower, but not more than one of each other item.

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!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Will bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Weapon range (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Blast radius (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Required for combined (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Medkit Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Medikit]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Medikit]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||3|| ||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Prevents mobility penalty and damage from acid when equipped Can be used on self or nearby soldier to remove acid and heal 3 hp Alternatively, it can be used to stabilize a critically wounded soldier Doubles healing with the Improved Medikit foundry project +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +1 charge with the Field Medic perk||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply|| ||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Motion Tracker Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Motion Tracker]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Motion Tracker]]'''||All soldiers SHIV units||-1|| || ||35.0||3 charges. When used, displays a radar with color signals: * Blue: Friendly units * White: Human civilians * Red: Aliens and gene modded Exalt * Yellow: Meld canisters * Green: Bombs and power nodes Covert operatives also see hackable radar arrays as Green +1 charge with the Packmaster perk|| ||10||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||8||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Arc Thrower Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Arc Thrower]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Arc Thrower]]'''||All soldiers||-2|| ||5|| ||Can be equipped multiple times per soldier Can be used to repair SHIVS and MECs with the Field Repairs foundry project Can be used to stun enemies, to capture them and their weapons Chance of success is 54/48/42/29% on targets with 1/2/3/4+ hp Increased chance with the Improved Arc Thrower foundry project: 57/54/48/42/29% on targets with 3-/4/5/6/7+ hp Does not affect Chryssalids, Zombies or robotic units +1 charge with the Packmaster perk +2 charges with the Repair perk||[[Research (Long War)#Xenology|Xenoneurology]]||20||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|100 (150)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (4)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||40||[[Secondary Weapons (Long War)#MEC secondary weapons|Electro Pulse]] (1)
|-align="center"
|[[File:Combat Stims Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Combat Stims]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Combat Stims]]'''||All soldiers||-1|| ||3|| ||Gain [[Abilities List (Long War)#Normal Perks|Adrenaline Surge]] (+10 aim, +10 crit chance) when equipped Can be used on self to become Stimmed for 2 turns: Increases mobility and will, reduces damage received by 40%, and grants immunity to crits while in cover and not flanked||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Berserker Autopsy]]||45||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|120 (180)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|4 (9)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Berserker Corpse]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||48||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Ghost Grenade Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Shadow Device]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#Utility devices|Shadow Device]]'''||Psionic soldiers||-1||-10||15||4.0||Stealths friendly units within the area of effect for 1 turn Attacks gain a solid bonus to crit chance, but break stealth Does not affect enemies, panicked units or units with the Concealment perk||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Seeker Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Psi Warfare Systems]]||60||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|150 (225)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|40 (45)||15 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Seeker Wrecks]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|14 days (7.0 days)||60||
|}

==MEC and SHIV equipment==
===MEC equipment===
One of the main features of Long War is the versatility of mechanized units. Not only do you have eight different classes of MEC troopers at your disposal, you also have the option to fully kit them with items that can supplement or completely change their role on the battlefield. Note that none of these items can be equipped more than once, but MEC troopers can also equip several of the items listed above for regular soldiers.

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|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Health bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Defense bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Aim bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Crit chance (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Bonus perk (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Holo Targeter Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Holo-Targeter]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Holo-Targeter]]'''||MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| || ||+4|| ||{{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Drone Autopsy]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|40 (60)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||16
|-align="center"
|[[File:Core Armoring Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Core Armoring]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Core Armoring]]'''||MEC troopers SHIV units||-1||+2|| || || ||{{ Resilience (Long War) }}|| ||[[Foundry (Long War)|Mechanized Unit Defenses]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||20
|-align="center"
|[[File:Alloy Carbide Plating Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Alloy Carbide Plating]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Alloy Carbide Plating]]'''||MEC troopers SHIV units||-2||+4|| || || || || ||[[Foundry (Long War)|Mechanized Unit Defenses]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|70 (105)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (23)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||28
|-align="center"
|[[File:Battle Computer Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Battle Computer]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Battle Computer]]'''||MEC troopers SHIV units||-1|| ||+8||+8||+8|| || ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Sectopod Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|MEC Warfare Systems]]||75||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|250 (375)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (38)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices|UFO Flight Computer]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|12 days (6.0 days)||100
|-align="center"
|[[File:Tactical Sensors Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Tactical Sensors]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Tactical Sensors]]'''||MEC troopers||-1|| || || || ||{{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Mechtoid Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|MEC Warfare Systems]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|75 (112)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (13)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien devices|UFO Flight Computer]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||30
|-align="center"
|[[File:Incinerator_Module_(Long_War).png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Incinerator Module]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|Incinerator Module]]'''||MEC troopers||-1|| || || || || ||Increases Flamethrower damage by 3||[[Research (Long War)#Xenology|Alien Biocybernetics]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Jellied Elerium]]||45||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|90 (135)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (14)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||36
|-align="center"
|[[File:The Thumper Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|The Thumper]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#MEC equipment|The Thumper]]'''||MEC troopers||-1|| || || || || ||Increases Kinetic Strike Module damage by 3||[[Research (Long War)#Armor and Exoskeletons|Antigrav Systems]] [[Foundry (Long War)|MEC Warfare Systems]]||70||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|70 (105)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|2 (5)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||28
|}

===SHIV modules===
While SHIVs cannot go up in rank, and thus cannot earn any perks, they can equip a varied amount of modules that grant different perks, allowing them to fill in for whichever role you need them to. Note that none of these items can be equipped more than once, but SHIV units can also equip several of the items listed above for regular soldiers and MEC troopers.

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|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Usable by (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Mobility bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Aim bonus (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Bonus perk (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="5"|Cost!!rowspan="2" {{Sell value (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:HEAT Ammo Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|HEAT Ammo]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|HEAT Ammo]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Alien Materials]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|6 (9)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)||12
|-align="center"
|[[File:Autoloader Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Advanced Suppression Module]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Advanced Suppression Module]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ Danger Zone (Long War) }}|| ||[[Foundry (Long War)|SHIV Suppression]]||20||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|35 (52)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||14
|-align="center"
|[[File:Adaptive Tracking Pod Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Adaptive Tracking Pod]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Adaptive Tracking Pod]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ Advanced Fire Control (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Experimental Warfare]]||20||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|40 (60)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||16
|-align="center"
|[[File:Smartshell Pod Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Smartshell Pod]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Smartshell Pod]]'''||SHIV units||-1||+4||{{ Flush (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Experimental Warfare]]||20||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|25 (37)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||10
|-align="center"
|[[File:Damage Control Pod Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Damage Control Pod]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Damage Control Pod]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ Damage Control (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Heavy Floater Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|MEC Warfare Systems]]||55||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|5 (7)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (23)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||20
|-align="center"
|[[File:Autosentry Turret Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|AutoSentry Turret]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|AutoSentry Turret]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ Sentinel (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Cyberdisc Autopsy]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|60 (90)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|8 (12)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (3)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||24
|-align="center"
|[[File:Weapon Supercooler Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Weapon Supercooler]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Weapon Supercooler]]'''||SHIV units||-1|| ||{{ Light Em Up (Long War) }}|| ||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Sectopod Autopsy]]||55||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|120 (180)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (15)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|5 (7)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (5)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)||48
|-align="center"
|[[File:Elerium Turbos Long War.png|128px|link=Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Elerium Turbos]] '''[[Equipment (Long War)#SHIV modules|Elerium Turbos]]'''||SHIV units||+2|| || || ||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Elerium]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Advanced Servomotors]]||45||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|12 (18)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|16 (24)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (2)||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|7 days (3.5 days)||12
|}

==See also==
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