Facilities (LWR)

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In General

The top half of the base contains several crucial facilities that are automatically available at the start of the game, and remain static throughout the game. The remainder of the base can be occupied by constructible facilities, some of which cannot be torn down once built.

Static Facilities

The static facilities supply a total of 30 power and require a total of 12 power, effectively supplying 18 power to the constructible facilities.

Static facilities (LWR)
Facility	Effect	Maintenance
Mission Control	The Mission Control Room is the focus of XCOM engagement, featuring a rotating hologram of Earth, referred to by Bradford as a Hologlobe. In the Mission Control Room, players can "Scan for Activity", which advances the time and date, respond to available missions and watch aircraft on their way to a mission.	0	3
Research	The Research Lab houses the research team, headed by Dr. Vahlen. In the Research Lab, players can choose the active research project, review completed research projects and review research credits. Players can also access the Genetics Lab here, once it has been constructed.	0	5
Engineering	The Engineering Bay houses the engineering team, headed by Dr. Shen. In the Engineering Bay, players can build Weapons, Armor, Equipment and Vehicles and expand the XCOM base by building new facilities. Players can also access the Foundry and the Repair Bay here, once they have been constructed.	0	0
Barracks	The Barracks houses the soldiers that are available for missions. In the Barracks, players can review their soldiers, change their loadout and appearance, assign promotions, hire new soldiers and view the memorial to fallen soldiers. Players can also access the Officer Training School and the Psionic Labs here, once they have been constructed.	0	1
Hangar	The Hangar houses the Skyranger troop transport, the soldiers that are selected for the current mission and the base's aircraft. In the Hangar, players can review their aircraft, change their loadout and name, order new interceptors and transfer aircraft between different continents.	0	3
Situation Room	The Situation Room provides a global view of the funding countries, complete with panic levels, defense shields and satellite coverage. In the Situation Room, players can review the funding countries, view the current campaign objectives, launch new satellites, view XCOM finances, display accumulated bonuses, sell items on the Gray Market and view and accept pending Council requests. Once Exalt has become active, players can also view their Exalt intel here, scan for Exalt cells, view and launch covert operations and accuse countries of harboring the Exalt headquarters.	0	0

Constructible Facilities

The bottom half of the base contains 28 sections, separated in 4 levels, where players can construct additional facilities. The middle section of each level is reserved for an Access Lift, leaving the remaining 24 sections available for the various other facilities.

Two sections contain steam vents (5 sections with Japan's Ring of Fire starting bonus). Thermo Generators can only be built in these 2 sections, though you can also build any other facility in these sections, with the exception of the Access Lift.

Most facilities have an adjacency type. When 2 facilities with the same adjacency type are build adjacent to each other (either horizontal or vertical), they together provide the adjacency bonus in addition to their regular benefits. Each facility can provide the adjacency bonus more than once. A line of 3 facilities provides the adjacency bonus twice, a block of 2x2 facilities provides the adjacency bonus 4 times, and a block of 3x2 facilities provides the adjacency bonus 7 times.

Each of these additional facilities requires maintenance, which costs a fixed amount of Credits each month, as well as a continuous Power requirement. You cannot build any new facilities if that would cause the total amount of power required for all your facilities to exceed the total amount of power supplied.

When needed, facilities can be built more quickly than normal, by selecting the option when building the facility. This increases the Credits, Alien Alloys and Elerium costs by 50% and adds 10 Meld to the cost, but halves the construction time.

Constructible facilities (LWR)
Facility	Effect	Adjacency type	Prerequisites		Cost				Maintenance
				Other
Access Lift	Each base level requires an Access Lift before excavations and other constructions may be performed at that base level. Must be built in the center column. Cannot be torn down once built.	None	None	None	100	0	0	7	5	1
Laboratory	Increases research speed by 20%.	Laboratory (+10% research speed)	None	10 scientists per Laboratory	200	0	0	21	30	4
Genetics Lab	Allows Soldiers to be Genetically modified.	Laboratory (+10% research speed)	Xenogenetics	None	200	0	0	18	30	4
Psionic Labs	Allows Soldiers to discover and develop latent Psionic abilities.	Laboratory (+10% research speed)	Xenopsionics	None	250	0	20	18	25	6
Workshop	Reduces item cost by 10% and gives a 10% refund on materials. Multiple Workshops have diminishing returns and discounts and refunds cannot exceed 50%.	Workshop (+5% discount/refund)	None	10 engineers per Workshop	200	0	0	21	30	4
Foundry	Unlocks development of new combat items and improvements to current items. Cannot be torn down once built.	Workshop (+5% discount/refund)	None	None	200	0	0	18	25	6
Repair Bay	Unlocks the production of Mechanized Exoskeletal Cybersuits, and allows Soldiers to be augmented into MEC Troopers to wear them. It also allows to repair damaged equipment.	Workshop (+5% discount/refund)	None	None	50	0	0	10	10	4
Officer Training School	Unlocks increases to squad size and Officer training programs. Cannot be torn down once built.	None	None	1 Soldier at Corporal rank	200	0	0	7	10	1
Facility	Effect	Adjacency type	Prerequisites		Cost				Maintenance
				Other
Fission Generator	Supplies 8 power, which is required to construct additional facilities.	Power generator (+3 power)	None	None	120	0	0	10	20	0
Thermo Generator	Supplies 25 power, which is required to construct additional facilities. Must be built over steam vents.	Power generator (+3 power)	None	None	350	0	0	21	35	0
Elerium Generator	Supplies 35 power, which is required to construct additional facilities. Costs 2 UFO Powers Sources in addition to the other costs.	Power generator (+3 power)	Alien Power Systems	None	400	60	60	25	25	0
Satellite Uplink	Allows a team of engineers to monitor the transmissions from 1 XCOM satellite, increasing the maximum amount of satellites in orbit by 1.	Satellite support (+1 maximum satellites)	None	10 engineers per Satellite Uplink + 20 engineers per Satellite Nexus	200	0	0	21	20	8
Satellite Nexus	Allows a team of engineers to monitor the transmissions from 2 XCOM satellites, increasing the maximum amount of satellites in orbit by 2. Costs 2 UFO Flight Computers in addition to the other costs.	Satellite support (+1 maximum satellites)	Alien Computers	10 engineers per Satellite Uplink + 20 engineers per Satellite Nexus	300	50	20	21	25	8
Alien Containment	Provides a secure environment to house the Alien captives, allowing Dr. Vahlen to interrogate them. Without an Alien Containment, Aliens captured with an Arc Thrower will be killed.	None	Xenobiology	None	200	20	0	14	30	10
Hyperwave Relay	Allows the detection of Special UFOs, and shows extended information about all UFOs when they are detected. Cannot be torn down once built.	None	Alien Communications	None	600	100	60	28	100	15
Gollop Chamber	Allows a Psionic Soldier to use the Ethereal Device, which unlocks the Temple Ship Assault mission. Cannot be torn down once built.	None	Alien Command and Control	Ethereal Device	1000	20	60	14	200	35