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Compare damage and stagger, then raise a weapon's MK level at a Gun Smith to increase its damage.
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Action RPG · EQUIPMENT & PROGRESSION
The Ascent
Guides onlyThe Ascent lets you shape combat through two equipped weapons, armor with damage-type defenses and passive bonuses, allocated skills, and equipped augmentations. Weapons gain damage as they are upgraded at a Gun Smith, while skills improve selected capabilities and augmentations add active abilities that consume regenerating energy. Use these entries to compare specific supported choices and progression systems, then adjust equipment to the enemies and situations you face.
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Pick an augmentation that matches the desired effect and check its attribute requirement and energy use.
Hydraulic Slam Neutron Beam Lockon Fire LootenTune skills and defenses
Skills affect specific capabilities; armor offers damage-type defenses and may add attribute or proficiency bonuses.
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Equipment & progression guides
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Weapon MK upgrades
A Gun Smith can raise an owned weapon to its next MK level when you have the required components. Each level increases that weapon's damage, and its upgrade level persists across duplicates of the same weapon.
Understand this choiceWeapon stagger
Weapons differ in stagger damage as well as raw damage. Stagger knocks enemies back, and sufficiently high stagger can briefly knock them down, leaving them vulnerable while they recover.
Understand this choiceAim high
Holding the aim-high control lets shots pass over small enemies and obstacles. Aiming high also inflicts more stagger, giving this firing mode a crowd-control benefit as well as a line-of-fire use.
Understand this choiceDamage-type armor defenses
Each armor piece provides individual defense ratings for different damage types. Choosing armor that protects against the damage you expect to face can tailor your defenses to an encounter.
Understand this choiceVital Signs
Vital Signs is a named skill associated with surviving longer. The supplied Skills page identifies its purpose but does not specify the exact numerical effect or any per-point scaling.
Understand this choiceBody Battery
Body Battery is a named skill tied to staying energized. It is relevant to a build that relies on cyberware abilities, though the supplied skill description does not give a numeric energy increase or per-point effect.
Understand this choiceHydraulic Slam
Hydraulic Slam delivers a forceful punch that propels enemies away from you, making it an active ability aimed at creating space in crowded combat.
Understand this choiceNeutron Beam
Neutron Beam is a continuous energy beam that pierces armor and deals heavy damage. Its listed attribute requirement is Motorics 15.
Understand this choiceLockon Fire
Lockon Fire empties the remaining ammunition in your clip with perfect accuracy and extra efficiency. The listed attribute requirement is Motorics 18.
Understand this choiceLooten
Looten deploys a companion drone to help collect loot. Its listed attribute requirement is Cybernetics 24.
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Weapon upgrades use components
Upgrading requires components at a Gun Smith. The listed MK progression uses basic, advanced, and superior components at different levels.
Skill respecs cost uCreds
Skill points are awarded three at a time on level-up, and resetting allocated skills requires a Grafter and uCreds.
Augmentations consume energy
Using augmentation abilities depletes energy, which regenerates slowly; some abilities also need an acquired target.
References & guide scope
Equipment progression and build choices in The Ascent: weapon upgrades, armor, skills, augmentations, and hacking access. No sequel, DLC, or alternate-edition mechanics are included.
Edition and mechanic limits
- No edition-specific mechanics beyond the identified 2021 release are established by the evidence.
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