Equipment (LWOTC)

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In Long War of the Chosen, soldier equipment has been changed from vanilla:

• Every soldier starts with 3 utility slots.
• Each item equipped reduces Mobility by 1.
• Starting items are unlimited and don't need to be purchased individually.
• Grenades do not have a limit per soldier, but they have a 1 turn cooldown after throwing one.
• Grenadiers have an extra slot for a grenade, that also reduces Mobility. They also do not have a cooldown for launching grenades.

Protective Gear

These items improve soldier's survivability through various means. Soldiers can only carry one Plating item and one Vest item at a time.

Plating

These items grant Ablative Health, which cannot be healed during a mission after being lost, but losing them does not count towards taking a wound and does not incur recovery time after the battle. A soldier can equip only one Plating at a time.

Name	Health Bonus	Prerequisites	Cost		Black Market Value
			Alloys	Corpses
Ceramic Plating	+2 Ablative	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Alloy Plating	+3 Ablative	Alloy Plating	1	1x ADVENT Trooper Corpse	5
Chitin Plating	+4 Ablative	Chitin Plating	2	1x Chryssalid Corpse	10
Carapace Plating	+5 Ablative	Carapace Plating	3	1x Muton Elite Corpse	12

Vests

These items provide bonus Health and an additional perk. A soldier can equip only one Vest at a time.

Name	Health Bonus	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
				Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Corpses
Nanoscale Vest	2	-10 chance to be critically hit	Hybrid Materials	5	1	0	-	5
Hazmat Vest	3	Immunity to fire, acid and poison	Hazmat Vests	15	1	0	-	5
Tactical Vest	3	+1 Armor -25 chance to be critically hit	Tactical Vests	20	2	0	1x Muton Corpse	10
Stasis Vest	5	Restores 2 HP per turn, up to 8 total	Stasis Vests	20	2	2	1x ADVENT Shieldbearer Corpse	10
Hellweave Vest	6	Deals 2-4 damage and inflicts burning to melee attackers	Hellweave	30	3	3	1x Berserker Corpse	15
Chameleon Suit	1	+5 Dodge Reduces the soldier's infiltration time	Chameleon Suits	25	0	2	1x Faceless Corpse	8

Grenades

Grenades can be carried by any class, but Grenadiers particularly excel with them: they can launch them with extended range and radius with their Grenade Launchers, they have an extra equipment slot that can only be used for a grenade, and they get perks to further increase their effectiveness.

Name	Damage	Range	Sound Range	Radius	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost					Black Market Value
							Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores	Corpses
Frag Grenade	2-5	10	24	3	9 Environmental Damage Shreds 1 Armor	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Plasma Grenade	4-8	10	24	3	9 Environmental Damage Shreds 2 Armor	Plasma Grenades	10	1	0	1	-	5
Shaped Charge	-	3	33	2	100 Environmental Damage	-	10	-	-	-	-	-
Flashbang Grenade	-	12	9	5	Disorients organic enemies	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Smoke Grenade	-	15	9	5	Grants +20 Defense and negates flanking bonuses while in smoke	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Smoke Bomb	-	15	9	6	Grants +20 Defense and negates flanking bonuses while in smoke	Smoke Bombs	10	-	-	-	-	10
Battle Scanner	-	28	-	12	Detects enemies in an area Reveals disguised Faceless and burrowed Chryssalids	Battlescanners	10	0	1	0	1x ADVENT Trooper Corpse	5
Incendiary Grenade	4-9	10	24	1	75% chance of setting enemies and terrain on fire	Incendiary Grenades	10	1	-	1	1x ADVENT Purifier Corpse	5
Incendiary Bomb	4-9	10	24	2	85% chance of setting enemies and terrain on fire	Incendiary Bombs	20	1	2	1	2x ADVENT Purifier Corpse	15
Acid Grenade	1-3	10	24	1	Shreds 4 Armor Inflicts Rupture (1 damage) Creates acid pools, inflicting Acid on enemies inside	Acid Grenades	10	1	-	1	1x Spectre Corpse	5
Acid Bomb	1-4	10	24	2	Shreds 5 Armor Inflicts Rupture (1 damage) Creates acid pools, inflicting Acid on enemies inside	Acid Bombs	20	1	2	1	2x Spectre Corpse	15
Gas Grenade	1-3	10	20	5	Creates poison gas cloud, poisoning enemies inside Ignores Armor	Gas Grenades	10	1	-	1	1x Viper Corpse	5
Gas Bomb	1-4	10	20	6	Creates poison gas cloud, poisoning enemies inside Ignores Armor	Gas Bombs	20	1	2	1	2x Viper Corpse	15
EMP Grenade	4-8	12	-	4	Only damages Robotic units Reduces Hack Defense by 10 Ignores Armor Removes some energy shields Disorient robotic units 33% chance to stun robotic units	EMP Grenades	10	1	-	1	1x ADVENT Turret Wreck	5
EMP Bomb	6-12	12	-	5	Only damages Robotic units Reduces Hack Defense by 15 Ignores Armor Removes some energy shields Disorient robotic units 50% chance to stun robotic units	EMP Bombs	20	1	2	1	2x ADVENT Turret Wreck	15
Proximity Mine	4-9	14	-	3	Explodes when an enemy moves within blast radius 9 Environmental Damage Shreds 1 Armor	Proximity Mine	40	-	10	1	1x Sectopod Wreck	15
Mimic Beacon	-	10	-	1	Creates a decoy soldier Enemies are much more likely to target the decoy than your other soldiers	Mimic Beacon	60	-	-	1	1x Gatekeeper Shell	50
Frost Bomb	-	10	20	2	Freezes enemies	Frost Bombs	30	-	-	-	-	-

Special Ammo

Special Ammo can be equipped to provide additional effects when shooting the soldier's primary weapon or an equipped pistol. A soldier can equip only one Ammo at a time.

Name	Effect	Prerequisites	Cost					Black Market Value
			Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores	Corpses
A.P. Rounds	Shots ignore 2 armor.	Alien Biotech	10	1	0	0	-	5
Tracer Rounds	Shots gain +5 aim.	Hybrid Materials	10	0	1	0	-	5
Talon Rounds	Shots gain +10 critical chance and +1 damage on critical hits.	Talon Rounds	10	1	0	0	1x ADVENT Officer Corpse	5
Venom Rounds	Shots gain +1 damage and have 50% chance of poisoning the target.	Venom Rounds	10	0	1	0	1x Viper Corpse	5
Bluescreen Rounds	Shots gain +3 damage to robotic units and remove some defensive shields. 50% chance to disorient robotic units	Bluescreen Rounds	10	0	1	0	1x ADVENT MEC Wreck	5
Redscreen Rounds	Shots lower Hack Defense by 30. Can only be applied once per target.	Redscreen Rounds	5	0	0	0	1x Drone Wreck	5
Shredder Rounds	Shots shred 2 armor.	Shredder Rounds	10	1	1	0	1x ADVENT Turret Wreck	5
Needle Rounds	Shots gain +1 damage and an additional +1 against organic ADVENT units.	Needle Rounds	10	1	0	0	1x Faceless Corpse	5
Stiletto Rounds	Shots gain +1 damage and an additional +1 against organic alien units.	Stiletto Rounds	10	1	0	0	1x ADVENT Shieldbearer Corpse	5
Flechette Rounds	Shots gain +1 damage and an additional +1 to unarmored targets.	Flechette Rounds	10	1	0	0	1x Chryssalid Corpse	5
Dragon Rounds	Shots gain +1 damage and have 50% chance of setting the target on fire.	Dragon Rounds	10	1	0	1	1x Muton Elite Corpse	10

Miscellaneous

These items provide utility in various other ways. The ultrasonic lure item has been removed.

Name	Effect	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
			Supplies	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores	Corpses
Medikit	Heals 4 HP on use. Can be used with Medical Protocol.	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Nanomedikit	Heals 6 HP on use. Can be used with Medical Protocol.	Battlefield Medicine	10	1	-	-	5
Skulljack	Enables enemy Skulljacking, instantly killing the target and gaining a bonus. If Skullmining has been completed, grants +25 Hacking.	Skulljack	20	-	-	1x ADVENT Officer Corpse	-
Mindshield	Grants immunity from negative mental effects, like disorientation, stun, panic or mind control.	Sectoid Autopsy	10	1	-	1x Sectoid Corpse	10
Neurowhip	Grants 10 Psi Offense, but reduces Will by 10.	Psionics	20	3	-	1x Sectoid Corpse	10
Overdrive Serum	Grants immunity from negative mental effects, +2 armor and +50% mobility, rounded down (calculated from the soldier's base mobility, not including items or buffs) for 2 turns. Using does not take an action. Once used, the item is permanently removed from the soldier's inventory and needs to be purchased again.	Berserker Autopsy	3	-	-	-	1
Refraction Field	Grants the soldier a single use of Conceal. Once used, the item is permanently removed from the soldier's inventory and needs to be purchased again.	Spectre Autopsy	100	-	-	2x Spectre Corpse	-
Sustaining Sphere	Grants the soldier the Sustain ability. Once used, the item is permanently removed from the soldier's inventory and needs to be purchased again.	Advent Priest Autopsy	5	-	1	1x ADVENT Priest Corpse	5

Personal Combat Sims

Personal Combat Sims (PCS) in LWOTC work similarly to how they did in vanilla XCOM 2. They can drop as loot from enemies and be bought from the Black Market, and a few of them can be made directly from Engineering on The Avenger. They can be equipped by all non-SPARK soldiers, and can be replaced by another PCS whenever deemed necessary, but doing so deletes the soldier's previously equipped PCS.

Values inside ( ) are possible after completing the Integrated Warfare GTS project, which adds a flat +1 to the effect of Conditioning and Speed PCS, while improving most other PCS by 25% (rounded). PCS which grant perks (listed in the second table) are unaffected by this project.

Icon	Personal Combat Sim	Effect	Basic	Advanced	Superior
	Agility	+Dodge	5-8 (6-10)	10-12 (13-15)	13-16 (16-20)
	Conditioning	+Health	1 (2)	2 (3)	3 (4)
	Defense	+Defense	3-4 (4-5)	5-6 (6-7)	7-8 (8-10)
	Focus	+Will	10-15 (12-18)	15-20 (18-25)	20-25 (25-31)
	Fire Control	Do not take Overwatch shot below (x)% chance to hit	25	50	75
	Hacking	+Hacking	5-7 (6-8)	8-11 (10-13)	12-15 (15-18)
	Perception	+Aim	3-4 (4-5)	5-6 (6-7)	7-8 (8-10)
	Psi	+PsiOffense	3-5 (4-6)	6-8 (7-10)	9-10 (11-12)
	Speed	+Mobility	1 (2)	2 (3)	3 (4)

Icon	Personal Combat Sim	Effect
	Impact Fields	Activate a force field that reduces incoming damage by 33% for two turns. Six-turn cooldown (including the turn in which it was activated). Uses one action and doesn't automatically end your turn. Armor-Piercing weapons do not mitigate this effect.
	Body Shield	A targeted enemy receives -20 aim and -50 critical chance against the soldier.
	Unwavering Stance	Gain 15 defense and an armor point when in overwatch. Also works when using Suppression and Area Suppression. Taking damage no longer cancels Suppression and Area Suppression.
	Combat Rush	Combat Rush triggers when you kill an enemy unit and provides allies within seven tiles +10 aim, +10 critical chance and +1 mobility. The effect lasts until the end of the following turn after the kill. It can only trigger every five turns.
	Damage Control	Your armor hardens temporarily after an impact. After taking damage, gain two armor through the end of the next turn. Taking multiple hits on successive turns extends the timer.
	Depth Perception	Gain 5 aim and reduce enemies' dodge by 25 when at a higher elevation than your target.
	Emergency Life Support	Emergency Life Support makes the first check for bleeding out each mission an automatic success. Adds two turns to the bleedout timer.
	Hyper-Reactive Pupils	Gain +15 aim for your next shot with your primary weapon after a miss. Bonus applies until the next time you hit a target or the mission ends. Area-of-Effect-based shots do not induce the bonus.
	Iron Skin	Incoming melee damage is reduced by 3.
	Smart Macrophages	When calculating post-mission wound recovery time, the number of hit points lost during battle is reduced by one. You are immune to poison and acid.