Equipment (Long War)

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In Long War all soldiers have 2 item slots from the start of the game.

• Consumable equipment that is in store from the start of the game can be used on all soldiers, so you get an unlimited storage. These items have no cost (N/A). Consumable items that have to be produced can be equipped on one soldier per mission. So they remain in your stores even when used on a mission, but are good for only one use per mission. This can be increased to multiple uses for a single item mission by perks that grant multiple charges. It is also possible to produce an item multiple times to equip it on multiple soldiers or even on multiple slots on a single soldier. These consumable items includes Mimic Beacons, Chem, Psi and Ghost Grenades, Combat Stims and Arc Throwers. The exception to this is the alien grenade, which replaces the HE grenade and thus can be equipped on all soldiers each mission, even multiple times per soldier.
• Each carried item has weight, and reduces the soldier's mobility by 1 per weight (a soldier's base mobility figure is displayed with 2 weight carried, so carrying nothing gives +2 on the soldier screen). Items with increased charges from perks such as Packmaster do not have increased weight.
• An item slot can be cleared with the "empty hand" button in the item slot.

Note that many items listed require Foundry projects to unlock, and others are replicated by class perks (e.g. Battle Scanner). The special perk-granted versions of these items have a yellow icon in the action bar (as opposed to blue) and in some cases can be used as the first action of a turn without ending the turn (e.g. a Support may throw a Smoke Grenade and then perform another action).

Soldier Equipment

Protective Items

The aliens shoot more often, hit hard and try to flank you. Sometimes even the best tactician needs some help and help you will get! Here for your convenience is a list of all the protective gear doctor Shen came up with in recent months. Most protective items do not stack with each other so make sure to read the description.

Protective Items
Name	Mob	Classes	Effect	Prerequisites		Cost
											Other
Ceramic Plates	-1	All	Provides +1 Armor HP. Cannot be stacked with other plating items.	0	-	N/A
Alloy Plating	-1	All	Provides +2 Armor HP. Cannot be stacked with other plating items.	15	Alien Materials	35	8	0	0	7	-
Chitin Plating	-2	All	Provides +3 Armor HP, reduces melee damage taken, and grants immunity to Seeker strangulation attack. Cannot be stacked with other plating items.	35	Chryssalid Autopsy	80	20	0	0	10	10x Chryssalid Carcass
Reinforced Armor	-2	All	Confers +1 Armor HP and +1 Damage Reduction, but -6 to Defense. Can stack with plating items.	15	Improved Body Armor	70	14	0	0	7	-
Chameleon Suit	-1	Scout	Grants +4 Defense, grants immunity to overwatch crits, and improves Lightning Reflexes by further halving the chances of reaction fire hitting (95% for first shot, 85% for subsequent shots).	35	Seeker Autopsy New Combat Systems	65	0	8	10	7	-
Respirator Implant	-1	All	Grants immunity to strangulation, partial immunity to acid, causes the first death for the soldier to instead automatically be a critical wound, adds 2 turns to that soldier's bleed out timer, and reveals the bleed out timer. It does not prevent will loss from critical wounds.	15	Seeker Autopsy	50	0	0	0	5	-
Impact Vest	-1	Assault	Grants the Shock-Absorbent Armor perk (33% damage reduction against attacks within 4 tiles) and +1 HP.	50	Mobile Power Armor	80	14	8	4	10	-
Mind Shield	-1	Psionic	Confers +25 will, grants the Steadfast perk and immunity to strangulation	55	Sectoid Commander Autopsy Psi Warfare Systems	200	40	60	5	20	5x Sectoid Commander Corpse
Psi Screen	-1	Psionic	Confers +1 DR, but draws -12 Will when equipped	45	Mechtoid Autopsy Psi Warfare Systems	65	8	8	8	10	1x Mechtoid Core

Thrown Devices

There is nothing new in this category on first glance yet you will probably want to bring at least one Battle Scanner on missions since they not only reveal pods but also cloaked enemies. That makes them a lifesaver against Seeker swarms.

Thrown Devices
Name	Mob	Classes	Effect	Prerequisites		Cost
											Other
Battle Scanner	-1	All	Can be thrown to provide vision for two turns. Reveals cloaked targets	0	-	N/A
Mimic Beacon	-1	Psionic	When thrown, the mimic beacon generates a unique audio signal causing aliens to advance towards it for 2 turns. High will soldiers or aliens have a greater chance to succeed or resist respectively. Does not affect Mechanical units. One use. -10 will when equipped.	35	Alien Communications Psi Warfare Systems	150	2	24	12	7	1x Sectoid Corpse

Grenades

Grenades have a special place in Long War after changes made to rockets. They always hit their intended target and now you have at your disposition a lot more utility grenades. Also both explosive and utility grenades benefit from a plethora of different perks and two classes stand-out to make the most use of them - the Medic and the Engineer.

Grenades
Name	Mob	Classes	Effect	Prerequisites		Cost
											Other
AP Grenade	-1	All	Deals 2-6 damage to units not in cover relative to the center of the blast radius. DR from cover is ignored. Damage is increased to 3-9 upon completion of Alien Grenades Foundry Project.	0	-	N/A
HE Grenade	-1	All	Deals 1-5 damage to units in blast radius and can destroy cover. AOE is upgraded by 40% upon completion of Alien Grenades Foundry Project.	0	-	N/A
Alien Grenade	-1	All	Deals 3-7 damage to units in blast radius and can destroy cover. Replaces HE Grenade via Foundry Project.	0	Alien Grenades	N/A
Flashbang Grenade	-1	All	Incurs -50% Aim, -40% Mobility and reduced range for many area-of-effect attacks on enemies in blast radius for one alien turn. Most synthetic/cybernetic and psionic enemies are immune. Also removes overwatch on the turn it is used.	0	-	N/A
Smoke Grenade	-1	All	Confers +20 Defense units in radius for two turns. Also eliminates the exposed or flanked crit chance penalties against units within the smoke.	0	-	N/A
Chem Grenade	-1	All	Creates an Acidic Cloud at the point of impact. Organic targets suffer reductions in mobility and take damage for performing actions other than hunkering down. All targets (also including robots) also suffer aim penalty and up to 3 DR nullified. Thin men and Chryssalids are immune.	40	Thin Man Autopsy New Combat Systems	120	4	0	0	10	15x Thin Man Corpse
Psi Grenade	-1	Psionic	Has the same effect as a flashbang grenade, but has a larger area of effect. Confers a -2 Will penalty when equipped.	25	Xenopsionics	50	2	2	1	7	1x Sectoid Corpse
Shadow Device	-1	Psionic	Grants stealth to units in an area for one turn. Incurs a -10 Will penalty when equipped. Can only equip one per soldier, perks that increase limited use items do not apply.	50	Seeker Autopsy Psi Warfare Systems	100	10	30	20	14	15x Seeker wreck

Ammunition and damage enhancing equipment

To combat aliens who have damage resistance, more HP, regeneration/self repair and numbers on their side you will require specialized ammo or harder-hitting weapons. Chances are you are going to need both. Do note that Ammo Piercing rounds stacks with Gauss weapons' damage reduction ability, so in essence you will inflict always a -2 to the enemy's damage reduction.

Ammunition and damage enhancing equipment
Name	Mob	Classes	Effect	Prerequisites		Cost
											Other
Rocket	-2	Rocketeer	Grants one additional rocket. Grants +1 mobility after firing the rocket.	0	-	N/A
Shredder Rocket	-2	Rocketeer	Grants one additional shredder rocket. Grants +1 mobility after firing the rocket.	0	-	N/A
Hi Cap Mags	-1	All	Grants +1 ammo capacity for primary weapon. Stacks with bonus ammo from perks and other sources.	0	-	N/A
Armor Piercing Ammo	-1	Gunner, Engineer, MECs, SHIVs	Reduces enemy damage reduction (including that from cover) by 2. Does not work with sidearms or shotguns. Can't stack with some other specialized ammo.	25	Improved Body Armor New Combat Systems	50	12	0	0	5	-
Breaching Ammo	-1	Assault	Nullifies extra damage reduction penalties for shotgun-type weapons (not including the sawed-off shotgun).	35	Alien Materials New Combat Systems	35	6	0	0	5	-
Flak Ammo	-1	All	Confers greater of +2 or 20% bonus base weapon damage against aloft flying units when using primary gun or rockets. Damage bonus is conferred after any DR is applied. Can't stack with some other specialized ammo. On MECs, also allows Collateral Damage ability to target airborne targets and does bonus damage with all collateral damage attacks.	35	Floater Autopsy MEC Warfare Systems	60	20	0	0	7	-
Shredder Ammo	-1	Assault, Engineer	Grants the Shredder Ammunition perk. Can't stack with some other specialized ammo.	30	Alien Materials New Combat Systems	30	6	0	0	5	-
Reaper Rounds	-1	All	Increases critical hit chance of ballistic and gauss weapons by 20%, but doubles the weapon's range penalty.	25	New Combat Systems	30	0	0	0	7	-
Alloy-Jacketed Rounds	-1	All	Increases ballistic and gauss weapon damage by 1.	15	Enhanced Ballistics	20	6	0	0	5	-
Enhanced Beam Optics	-1	All	Increases beam and pulse weapon damage by 1.	55	Enhanced Laser	35	8	0	1	10	-
Plasma Stellerator	-1	All	Increases plasma weapon damage by 1.	75	Enhanced Plasma	125	20	20	2	14	-

Optics and weapon attachments

Since aliens (and Exalt agents) now have increasing stats with research and receive perks, it is harder and harder to land on good shot on them. For that reason a lot of new and exciting items are introduced to make your life easier on the battlefield. Do note that the SCOPE, Neural Gunlink, and Illuminator Gunsight do not stack with one another.

Optics and weapon attachments
Name	Mob	Classes	Effect	Prerequisites		Cost
											Other
Laser Sight	-1	All	Confers +4 aim and +4 critical chance after SCOPE upgrade. Can stack with other aim enhancing items.	0	-	N/A
SCOPE	-1	All	Confers +8 aim and +8 critical hit chance after SCOPE upgrade. Can't stack with Neural Gunlink or Illuminator Gunsight.	15	Alien Weaponry	70	0	0	0	7	-
Targeting Module	-1	All	Confers +8 critical hit chance and +1 base damage when calculating critical hits to a soldier's primary weapon.	15	Xenobiology	50	0	0	0	7	-
Marksman's Scope	-1	Scout	Grants Squadsight to scouts (useful only when they equip marksman's/strike rifles).	20	Alien Weaponry	30	0	0	0	7	-
Alloy Bipod	0	Sniper	Confers +6 aim and +6 critical hit chance. Can stack with other aim enhancing items.	25	Alien Materials New Combat Systems	25	4	0	0	5	-
Neural Gunlink	-1	Psionic	Confers +12 aim and +12 critical hit chance, but incurs a -12 will penalty. Can't stack with SCOPE or Illuminator Gunsight.	40	Alien Biocybernetics Psi Warfare Systems	70	6	8	8	7	1x SCOPE

Miscellaneous Items

Various items and curiosities that could make your life easier or harder, depending on how you use them.

Miscellaneous Items
Name	Mob	Classes	Effect	Prerequisites		Cost
											Other
Alien Trophy	-1	All	Grants the Steadfast perk, making the soldier immune to panic and intimidation, except Psi Panic	0	-	N/A
Medikit	-1	All	Confers partial acid immunity, neutralizes acid, heals 3 HP (6 HP with Improved Medikit foundry project)	0	-	N/A
Combat Stims	-1	All	Grants Adrenaline Surge perk for the duration of battle, strengthens the user's will against panic, and provides increased mobility, 40% DR, and immunity to critical hits (if not flanked/exposed) for the next 2 enemy turns	40	Muton Berserker Autopsy	120	0	0	2	10	1x Berserker corpse
Arc Thrower	-2	All	Stun device, carries one charge per mission. Standard: 54%/48%/42%/29%. Upgraded: 57%/57%/57%/54%/48%/42%.	20	Xenoneurology	100	0	0	0	10	-
Fuel Cell	-2	All	Confers +6 (+12 with Advanced Flight) additional flight fuel for Archangel and Seraph armors and Hover SHIVs.	60	Antigrav Systems	40	6	24	0	7	-
Walker Servos	+2	All	Grants +2 mobility.	45	Advanced Power Armor Advanced Servomotors	80	8	4	4	10	-

EXALT HQ Loot

Instead of plundering art, intel and valuables from the HQ in Long War Xcom will find some interesting and unique prototypes, built by Exalt.

EXALT HQ Loot
Name	Mob	Classes	Effect	Prerequisites		Cost
											Other
Illuminator Gunsight	-1	All	Confers Executioner perk and +12 to both aim and critical hit chance. Can't stack with SCOPE or Neural Gunlink.	0	EXALT Base Assault Loot	N/A
Cognitive Enhancer	-1	All	Confers +20% Experience.	0	EXALT Base Assault Loot	N/A
Neuroregulator	-1	Psionic	Confers +30% (?) Psi XP and +10 will.	0	EXALT Base Assault Loot	N/A

MEC and SHIV Equipment

Perk Granting Equipment

One of the main features of Long War mechanized units is their versatility. Not only you have 8 different MEC classes to play with, you also have the chance to fully kit both your MECs and SHIVs with items that can supplement or completely change their role on the battlefield.

Perk Granting Equipment
Name	MEC	SHIV	Mob	Effect	Prerequisites		Cost
												Other
Alloy Carbide Plating			-2	Grants Extra Conditioning perk.	35	Heavy Floater Autopsy MEC Warfare Systems	70	32	0	16	10	-
HEAT Ammo			-1	Grants HEAT Ammo perk, providing additional damage against mechanized units.	15	Alien Materials	30	6	0	0	5	-
Adaptive Tracking Pod			-1	Grants the Advanced Fire Control perk.	20	Experimental Warfare	40	0	0	0	7	-
Counterfire Pod			-1	Grants Reactive Targeting Sensors perk, allowing the SHIV to return fire.	40	Mechtoid Autopsy	70	0	0	0	10
Damage Control Pod			-1	Grants the Damage Control perk, reducing oncoming damage by 1 or 2 for several turns after first being struck.	25	SHIV Defenses	50	10	5	10	10	-
Smartshell Pod			-1	Grants the Flush ability and provides +4 aim.	20	Experimental Warfare	25	0	0	0	7	-
Advanced Suppression Module			-1	Confers the Danger Zone perk.	40	SHIV Suppression	35	0	0	0	10	-
Autosentry Turret			-1	Confers the Sentinel perk, allowing the SHIV to fire twice while on overwatch.	35	Cyberdisc Autopsy	60	8	0	0	10	-
Core Armoring			-1	Grants +2 HP and the Resilience perk, rendering the SHIV immune to Critical Hits.	15	SHIV Defenses	30	10	0	0	7	-
Holo-Targeter			-1	Grants Holo-Targeting perk and provides +4 aim.	15	Drone Autopsy	40	0	0	0	7	-
Tactical Sensors			-1	Grants Tactical Sense perk, enhancing defense by 5 for every enemy the MEC can see. (Up to a maximum bonus of +20)	35	Mechtoid Autopsy MEC Warfare Systems	75	0	0	0	5	1x UFO Flight Computer
Weapon Supercooler			-1	Grants Light 'Em Up perk, allowing a second shot or action after firing the main weapon as the first action.	55	Sectopod Autopsy	120	10	5	0	10	-

Miscellaneous Equipment

Here you will find various items designed to give your mechanized units more pronounced attributes.

Miscellaneous Equipment
Name	MEC	SHIV	Mob	Effect	Prerequisites		Cost
												Other
Incinerator Module			-1	Increases flamethrower damage by +3.	45	Jellied Elerium MEC Warfare Systems	90	20	20	10	12	-
The Thumper			-1	Increases kinetic strike module damage by +3.	70	Antigrav Systems MEC Warfare Systems	70	30	20	1	12	-
Battle Computer			-1	Provides +8 aim, critical hit chance, and defense.	75	Sectopod Autopsy MEC Warfare Systems	250	30	10	50	12	1x UFO Flight Computer
Elerium Turbos			+2	Increases SHIV mobility by 2 points.	45	Elerium Advanced Servomotors	30	12	16	0	7	-

See also

Long War: Loadout
	Weapons Primary Weapons Secondary Weapons
	Armor Leather Jacket Tac Vest Tac Armor Phalanx Armor Kestrel Armor Carapace Armor Aurora Armor Banshee Armor Corsair Armor Aegis Armor Titan Armor Seraph Armor Archangel Armor Shadow Armor Vortex Armor MEC-1 MEC-2 MEC-3
	Equipment