Meld Canister (EU2012): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:30, 9 January 2014

Meld Canisters are located on Landed and Crashed UFOs as well as Abduction missions, each with a timer. Each canister contains 10 Meld units which can be recovered by moving a soldier (but not a S.H.I.V.s) next to the canister and securing it, if it still has any actions left. There are 4 possible locations for canisters in all maps. Two locations will be fairly close to the Skyranger DZ and will contain 1 canister, while the other will be in a location near the other end of the map to where XCOM starts.

Each container's timer will have a number above it. Even if you have not yet located a Meld Canister the timer continues to count down until it reaches 0 and explodes, damaging anything near by and removing that Meld from the game. Meld Canisters can also be destroyed by weapons or explosives.

Tips and Tricks

Early game it can be beneficial for you to just kill all the aliens and then have the Meld be automatically collected at the end to help avoid casualties.
It can be worth keeping two or three countries without Satellite coverage on any difficulty but Impossible so that you can continue to have Abduction Missions to collect Meld from.
Meld canisters can be collected by Mind Controlled enemies.
After the Meld is collected, the canister can be destroyed without worry; the 10 Meld from it will still be in your artifact recovery report.

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 [[File:Meld Icon (EU2012).png|right|thumb|200px|A Meld Canister]]
-[[File:Meld (EU2012).png|right|thumb|200px|Meld Canister with 5 turns remaining]]
+Meld Canisters are located on [[Landed UFO (EU2012)|Landed]] and [[Crashed UFO (EU2012)|Crashed]] UFOs as well as [[Alien Abductions (EU2012)|Abduction]] missions, each with a timer. Each canister contains 10 Meld units which can be recovered by moving a soldier (but not a S.H.I.V.s) next to the canister and securing it, if it still has any actions left. There are 4 possible locations for canisters in all maps. Two locations will be fairly close to the Skyranger DZ and will contain 1 canister, while the other will be in a location near the other end of the map to where XCOM starts.
-Meld Canisters are located on UFO Landing and Crashes as well as Abduction missions, each with a timer. One will be fairly close to where you begin and the other will be in a location that you may not normally head towards.
-Even if you have not yet located a Meld Canister its timer continues to count down until it reaches 0 and explodes, damaging anything near by and removing that Meld from the game.
+Each container's timer will have a number above it. Even if you have not yet located a Meld Canister the timer continues to count down until it reaches 0 and explodes, damaging anything near by and removing that Meld from the game. Meld Canisters can also be destroyed by weapons or explosives.
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 ==Tips and Tricks==
-*Early game it can be beneficial for you to just kill all the aliens and then have the Meld be automaticly collected at the end to help avoid casualties.
+[[File:Meld (EU2012).png|right|thumb|200px|Meld Canister with 5 turns remaining]]
-*It can be work keeping two or three countries without Satellite coverage on any difficulty but Impossible so that you can continue to have Abduction Missions to collect Meld from.
+*Early game it can be beneficial for you to just kill all the aliens and then have the Meld be automatically collected at the end to help avoid casualties.
+*It can be worth keeping two or three countries without Satellite coverage on any difficulty but Impossible so that you can continue to have Abduction Missions to collect Meld from.
 *Meld canisters can be collected by Mind Controlled enemies.
+*After the Meld is collected, the canister can be destroyed without worry; the 10 Meld from it will still be in your artifact recovery report.
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 ==See Also==
 *[[Meld (EU2012)]]