Equipment (LWR)

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In General

In Long War Rebalance, all regular soldiers have 2 equipment slots from the start of the game. The Tactical Rigging Foundry project increases this to 3 slots. Some armors and weapons may result in different slot counts.

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 reduces the mobility of the soldier that equips the item by the amount of weight. The average item has a weight of 0.6, and thus provides a -0.6 tile movement penalty. Some items weigh 1.3 or more, and 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. This can make the soldier faster at the expense of less equipment. This can be useful when moving items between soldiers, outfitting MECs/SHIVs, or selecting mutually exclusive items.

For the purposes of identifying how the tables categorize units:
-Biosoldiers refers to purely human soldiers (either unmodified, psionic, genetic or officers, but not MECs)
-Psionic Soldiers are human soldiers who have learned at least one Psionic ability
-Genetically Modified soldiers are human soldiers who have at least one Genetically Modified part
-All Units includes all of the above, plus SHIVs and MECs

Passive Equipment

This equipment will grant soldiers benefits passively, without them having to perform any actions.

Platings

In Long War Rebalance, the aliens hit hard. Fortunately, you have access to platings that can be worn in addition to regular armor, providing more survivability. A unit can only equip one plating at a time.

Name	Usable by	Weight	HP	Base DR	Special properties	Prerequisites		Cost
												Other
Ceramic Plating	Biosoldiers	0.6	+2			XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Alloy Plating	Biosoldiers	Weightless	+4		Grants 5 crit resist	Alien Materials	12	70	40				10 days
Reinforced Plating	Biosoldiers	1.3	+3	+10	Grants 35 crit resist Grants -10 defense	Improved Body Armor	18	70	10				16 days
Chitin Plating	Genetically Modified Soldiers	Weightless	+3	+5	Grants 15 crit resist Prevents strangulation Reduces corrosion duration to 1 turn	Chryssalid Autopsy	30	110	15			2 Chryssalid Carcasses	17 days
Regenerative Plating	Biosoldiers	Weightless		+5	Grants 25 crit resist Resists 75% of Shred Regenerates 1 HP anytime this units takes 3 or more damage	New Combat Systems	40	90	80	20	10		20 days
Alloy Carbide Plating	MECs SHIVs	Weightless	+4		Grants 20 crit resist Reduces corrosion duration to 1 turn	Mechanized Unit Defenses	35	10	55		10		17 days
Core Plating	MECs SHIVs	0.6	+4	+5	Grants 25 crit resist Resists 75% of Shred Reduces corrosion duration to 1 turn	Advanced Power Armor Mechanized Unit Defenses	95	50	550				41 days

Scopes

There are an array of accessories that make hitting enemies easier.

Scopes apply their bonus to primary weapons only and each unit can only equip one at a time.

Name	Usable by	Weight	Aim	Crit	Bonus perk	Special properties	Prerequisites		Cost
SCOPE	All Units	0.6	+10	+10			Alien Weaponry	15	35				10 days
Marksman Scope	Scouts	Weightless	+5	+20	Squad sight Squadsight	Can only be equipped with strike rifles	Alien Weaponry	10	30				5 days
Illuminator Scope	Soldiers	Weightless	+10	+30			Looted from the Exalt headquarters Provided by a Mexican starting bonus
Neural Scope	Psionic soldiers	Weightless	+10	+10		Psiscopic Vision: Grants +15 aim to non-reaction shots if a psionic ally can also see the target	Alien Biocybernetics Psi Warfare Systems	40	110	25	20	45	15 days

Weapon Attachments

Like scopes, these attachments can improve a weapons ability to hit and crit enemy targets. Except for perk bonuses, they only affect primary weapons. Unlike scopes, you can equip multiple different weapon attachments on the same unit.

Name	Usable by	Weight	Aim	Crit	Bonus perk	Special properties	Prerequisites		Cost
													Other
Laser Sight	All Units	Weightless		+20			XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
AR Targeter	All Units	Weightless				Grants +25% crit damage	Xenobiology	15	110					10 days
Alloy Bipod	Snipers Scouts Gunners Rocketeers	0.6			Platform Stability Platform Stability		Alien Materials New Combat Systems	20	25	30				10 days
Prediction Computer	All Units	Weightless				Reaction shots gain +2 damage Reaction shots gain +10 penetration Grants +10 Defense	Advanced Gauss Weapons	75	150	20	30	10		29 days
Battle Computer	MECs SHIVs	1.3	+15	+15		+15 Defense	Sectopod Autopsy MEC Warfare Systems	75	50	90	90	30	1 UFO Flight Computer	27 days

Ammunition Modifiers

In addition to attaching unique items to your weapons, you can augment your ammo sources increasing damage, capacity, and offering other benefits. You can only equip one ammo capacity increasing item at a time.

Ammunition modifiers only affect primary weapons.

Name	Usable by	Weight	Aim	Damage	Crit	Special properties	Prerequisites		Cost
High Cap Mags	Biosoldiers	0.6				Primary weapons gain +1 ammo Can't be equipped with Drum Mags	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Drum Mags	Non-Private biosoldiers SMGs, Carbines, Assault Rifles, or Battle Rifles only	1.3				Primary weapons gain +3 ammo Can't be equipped with High Cap Mags	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Heavy Mags	MECs SHIVs	1.3				Grants +2 ammo	Alien Materials	35	80	40			14 days
Alloy Enhanced Rounds	All Units Ballistic/gauss primary weapons only	0.6		+1		+5 penetration	Enhanced Ballistics	15	20	10			8 days
Enhanced Beam Optics	All Units Laser/pulse primary weapons only	0.6	+5	+1	+5		Enhanced Lasers	15	20		10		8 days
Reaper Ammo	All Units Laser/pulse primary weapons only	0.6			+10	Grants +25% crit damage Primary weapon range penalties are doubled	Supercapacitors	40	100	60	80		17 days
Plasma Stellerator	All Units Plasma primary weapons only	0.6	+10	+1		+10 Penetration	Enhanced Plasma	75	100		230	80	29 days

Ballistic/Gauss Special Ammunition

In addition to augmenting your ammo sources, you can also change them with one of the following ammo types. Only one ammo type can be equipped at a time.

All special ammunition is restricted to Ballistic and Gauss weapons only.

Name	Usable by	Weight	Aim	Bonus perk	Special properties	Prerequisites		Cost
Breaching Ammo	Biosoldiers with Shotguns	0.6			The primary weapon gains +50 penetration when used against targets with the Hardened perk	Alien Materials New Combat Systems	35	35	8	12 days
Shredder Ammo	All biosoldiers except Snipers and Gunners	1.3		Shredder Shredder	-30 critical hit chance	Alien Materials	15	50	5	10 days
Armor Piercing Ammo	All Biosoldier weapons except Shotguns, Strike and Sniper rifles MECs SHIVs	0.6		Penetrator Penetrator		Improved Body Armor New Combat Systems	50	20	15	21 days
Flak Ammo	All Units	0.6	-5		Shots from the primary weapon ignore the 30 defense bonus flying targets receive Non-reaction standard shots from the primary weapon deal 1 damage to all flying units within 4 tiles of the primary target	Floater Autopsy New Combat Systems	65	90	20	28 days

Non-Weapon Passive Equipment

These items offer a range of benefits not directly related to the primary weapon.

Name	Usable by	Weight	Will	Def	Bonus perk	Special properties	Prerequisites		Cost
													Other
Alien Trophy	Soldiers	Weightless				Grants +15% xp Reduces damage taken from Mind Fray by 50% Reduces duration of panic on this unit to 1 turn max Prevents triggering enemy countercharges		10	15				1 Sectoid Corpse	4 days
Airburst Actuators	Rocketeers	Weightless				Reduces Rocket Scatter by 25% Increases damage dealt to airborne targets by 25%	Beam Lasers	25	55	10			4 Drone Wrecks 4 Floater Corpses	10 days
Proximity Sensor	Biosoldiers	Weightless			Tracker Tracker	Displays a 12 tile radius radar for hidden aliens Provides an alert if a hidden alien is within 12 tiles		15	15					4 days
Respirator Implant	Biosoldiers	Weightless				Grants +1.3 mobility Prevents strangulation Automatic bleed out on first drop Increases bleed out time by 2 turns Reveals the bleed out timer	Xenoneurology	25	40			40		10 days
Chameleon Vest	Biosoldiers	Weightless			Shadowstep Shadowstep	Grants +10 crit	Seeker Autopsy New Combat Systems	35	35	10	45	30		14 days
Walker Servos	Biosoldiers	2.0				Set the soldier's mobility to 10.0 and ignore all mobility altering effects	Advanced Power Armor Advanced Servomotors	55	300	180	30	10		19 days
Cognitive Enhancer	Soldiers	0.6	+10		Awareness Awareness	Increases XP gained by 70% 10% chance for any idle-ending action to cost 0 AP	Looted from the Exalt headquarters Provided by a Mexican starting bonus
Neuroregulator	Psionic soldiers	Weightless	+15			Grants +2.6 mobility Increases Psi XP gained by 100%	Looted from the Exalt headquarters Provided by a Mexican starting bonus
Conduit	Psionic Soldiers	0.6				+1 damage to all weapons and equipment Provides a will/4% (max 25%) chance for idle-ending actions to cost 0 AP	Psi Warfare Systems	55	40	60	70	50	1 Outsider Shard	22 days
Psi Frayer	Psionic soldiers	0.6	+20			Resets the cooldown of Mind Fray after use Prevents strangulation	Sectoid Commander Autopsy Psi Warfare Systems	65	200	20	90	10	2 Sectoid Commander Corpses	33 days
Psi Defender	Psionic soldiers	Weightless				+15% DR when protected by cover +15 Crit Resistance when protected by cover	Sectoid Commander Interrogation Psi Warfare Systems	45	220	5	10		1 Mechtoid Core	19 days
Incinerator Amp	MECs	0.6				Increases Flamethrower damage by +4	Alien Biocybernetics Jellied Elerium	75	40		20	10		22 days
The Thumper	MECs with KSM	Weightless				Increases Kinetic Strike Module damage by 10 and penetration by 25 Triples KSM damage dealt to Plasma Shields	Antigrav Systems MEC Warfare Systems	60	20	40	10			20 days
Elerium Turbos	SHIVs	Weightless			Sprinter Sprinter		Elerium Advanced Servomotors	65	40	10	40			16 days

Active Equipment

This equipment has limited uses and often needs to be used (activated) to have an effect.

Large Equipment (MEC)

MECs have a variety of options for their large equipment slots, which are built separately and equipped on the loadout screen, rather than being integrated into a MEC suit.

Name	Weight	Dmg	Weapon range	Blast radius	Base charges	Special properties	Prerequisites		Cost
Flamethrower	0.6	8	10		2	Bypasses all DR 35% chance for a 60 will test for panic Will test 80 with Jellied Elerium AOE is a cone shape	Alien Biocybernetics	35	50	50	30	5	17 days
Restorative Mist	0.6		self	2	1	Heals 5 HP in an area	Thin Man Autopsy MEC Warfare Systems	45	60	50	40	10	20 days
Kinetic Strike Module	Weightless	20 (18-22)	melee		1 per turn	Melee weapon Can target adjacent cover	Alien Biocybernetics	30	50	20	10	5	16 days
Grenade Launcher	2.0	7 (6-8)	12	3	3	Cannot be equipped with Advanced Launcher	MEC Warfare Systems	50	75	40	15	10	16 days
Advanced Launcher	3.3	10 (8-12)	12	3	4	Cannot be equipped with Grenade Launcher	MEC Warfare Systems Heavy Floater Interrogation	100	150	80	30	20	32 days
Gravity Mine Launcher	0.6	16 (14-18)	8	4	2	Reduces defense of units within radius by 15 Starting a turn in gravity well damages 10% of current HP (bypasses DR) Detonates at the end of XCOM's next turn	Advanced Gauss Weapons MEC Warfare Systems	55	90	50	20	5	25 days
Electropulse	1.3	3	self	8	unlimited	0 AP Cost Does not trigger reaction fire Affects only enemy units Clears overwatch on all enemies affected 3 turn cooldown	EMP Weapons MEC Warfare Systems	75	40	150	90	15	25 days

Rocket Launchers

Each rocket launcher is fitted with 2 rockets. Rockets will scatter randomly around the aiming point according to a normal distribution. The tile value shown is the maximum possible scatter which is 2 standard deviations. Soldier aim does *not* affect rocket scatter but soldier base HP can lower scatter (see: Effects of Attributes). Firing a rocket with 1 AP doubles scatter and decreases range by 25%. Rockets 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 (down to 50% damage at the periphery).

Name	Usable by	Weight	Dmg	Weapon ammo	Weapon range	Blast radius	Special properties	Prerequisites		Cost
														Other
Rocket Launcher	Rocketeers	0.6	6 (5-7)	2	16	5	2 turn cooldown	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Recoilless Launcher	Rocketeers	0.6	9 (8-10)	2	16	5	2 turn cooldown	Advanced Gauss Weapons	45	100	55	10			23 days
Blaster Launcher	Rocketeers	0.6	12 (10-14)	2	16	5	Requires 2 AP to fire 2 turn cooldown Can path around obstacles No Scatter	Fusion Weapons	140	600	130	70	60	2 UFO Flight Computers 1 Fusion Core	84 days

Explosives

Sometimes, the best answer is to blow up the enemy. These are the right tools for the job.

Just like rockets, 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 (down to 50% damage at the periphery).

Throw range of all grenades is modified by base (non-armor) soldier HP (see: Effects of Attributes). Throw distance is also increased by various perks and is decreased by Red Fog.

Name	Usable by	Weight	Dmg	Weapon range	Blast radius	Special properties	Source
Javelin Rocket	Rocketeers	0.6		18	1	Provides a Javelin rocket Applies Explosive Shred to any unit it damages Deals +50% weapon damage Reduces scatter by 80% No environmental damage	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
AP Grenade	Biosoldiers	0.6	3 (2-4)	10	1.5	Applies Explosive Shred to any unit it damages Cover blocks the effect +30 penetration	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
HE Grenade	Biosoldiers	0.6	6 (5-7)	8	2.5		XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Alien Grenade	Biosoldiers	0.6	8 (7-9)	10	2	Can't be equipped with Plasma Grenades	The Alien Grenades Foundry project provides an unlimited supply.
Plasma Grenade	Biosoldiers	0.6	10 (10-14)	10	2	Can't be equipped with Alien Grenades	The Condensed Plasma Foundry project allows production.

Support grenades

Support grenades deal no damage but can still be extremely effective. Their throw range is modified by HP in the same manner as explosive grenades.

Name	Usable by	Weight	Weapon range	Blast radius	Special properties	Prerequisites		Cost
												Other
Smoke Grenade	Biosoldiers	0.6	14	2.5	Does not trigger reaction fire Creates a 5x5 tile cloud of smoke (missing a tile from each corner) through 1 enemy turn Grants In Smoke to all units within the smoke	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Acid Grenade	Biosoldiers	0.6	10	2.5	Creates a 5x5 tile cloud of acid (missing a tile from each corner) until end of turn Applies Corrosion to all units within the cloud or entering the cloud	Thin Man Autopsy New Combat Systems	40	120	4	30		20 Thin Man Corpses	18 days
Concussion Grenade	Biosoldiers	0.6	12	1.5	Cover blocks the effect Disorients enemies Does not affect robotic units Can't be equipped with Psi Grenades	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Psi Grenade	Psionic soldiers	0.6	12	2.0	Starts with 2 uses Cover blocks the effect Disorients enemies Does not affect robotic units Can't be equipped with Concussion Grenades	Psi Warfare Systems	25	50	10	10	10	1 Sectoid Corpse	12 days
Shadow Grenade	Biosoldiers	0.6	8	2	Clears holo and grants combat readiness before Shadowing 1 friendly unit through 1 enemy turn or until the unit acts Does not affect enemies, this unit, panicking units, or units in One For All	Seeker Autopsy Psi Warfare Systems	60	50	10	20		8 Seeker Wrecks	26 days

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.

Name	Usable by	Weight	Weapon range	Special properties	Prerequisites		Cost
									Other
Battle Scanner	Scouts	0.6	10	Does not trigger reaction fire Spawns a battle scanner at the target location until end of turn Grants +20 aim/crit against any enemy (even those not in view) within the area Reveals a 12 tile radius area (including stealthed units)	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Medikit	Biosoldiers	Weightless	2	Max 1 use per turn Removes acid and heals 4 HP Works on any biosoldier Can stabilize a critically wounded MEC or biosoldier	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Combat Stims	Biosoldiers	0.6	Self	Use on self (0 AP cost) to become Stimmed for 3 turns	Berserker Autopsy	45	360	20	1 Berserker Corpse	19 days
Motion Tracker	SHIVs	Weightless		3 charges (4 with Elerium Batteries) When used, displays a 24 tile radius radar Blue: XCOM, White: Civilians, Red: Enemies, Yellow: Meld, Green: Bombs/Nodes Can display cloaked units		15	25			8 days

See also

Long War Rebalance: Loadout
Weapons	Weapons Primary Weapons Secondary Weapons
Armor	Armor MEC Exoskeletons
Equipment	Equipment