Tech Levels (Apocalypse)
As X-COM's score advances the aliens will bring more advanced weapons/equipment to arm both their soldiers and craft. Below is a table that shows the progression of alien technology, indicating the points required for each item on the different difficulty levels.
| Alien Technology | Novice | Easy | Medium | Hard | Superhuman |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brainsucker Launcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Disruptor Gun | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Small Disruption Shield | 2,000 | 1,750 | 1,500 | 1,250 | 1,000 |
| Boomeroid | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,200 |
| Large Disruption Shield | 4,000 | 3,500 | 3,000 | 2,500 | 2,000 |
| Devastator Cannon | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| Personal Disruptor Shield | 7,000 | 6,900 | 6,800 | 6,700 | 6,600 |
| Vortex Mine | 7,000 | 6,900 | 6,800 | 6,700 | 6,600 |
| Cloaking Field | 8,000 | 7,000 | 6,000 | 5,000 | 4,000 |
| Entropy Launcher | 12,000 | 11,500 | 11,000 | 10,500 | 10,000 |
| Personal Cloaking Field | 12,000 | 11,500 | 11,000 | 10,500 | 10,000 |
| Teleporter | 16,000 | 14,000 | 12,000 | 10,000 | 8,000 |
| Dimension Missile Launcher | 22,000 | 21,000 | 20,000 | 19,000 | 18,000 |
| Personal Teleporter | 42,000 | 39,000 | 36,000 | 33,000 | 28,000 |