Bounties (LWR)
In General
When killing and capturing aliens there are four resources you may acquire:
- Experience
- Corpses (only if not damaged by an explosive on or after death) or Captives (only if stunned and not damaged by an explosive after being stunned)
- Weapon Fragments
- Bounties
Except corpses, none of the resources from killed aliens can be destroyed in a any way during a mission.
Bounties
Some alien types have an associated bounty. For most aliens this will be some amount of elerium, alloys, and or meld (see: Aliens).
Bounties are modified by Campaign Length, so you can expect higher bounties if you enabled Not So Long War and lower bounties if you enabled Very Long War.