Facilities (LWR)
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) | |||
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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.
One sections contains a steam vents (6 sections with Japan's Ring of Fire starting bonus). Thermo Generators can only be built on this section, though you can also build any other facility here, 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 40% and adds 10 Meld to the cost, but reduces the construction time by 80%.
Constructible facilities (LWR) | ||||||||||
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Facility | Effect | Adjacency type | Prerequisites | Cost | Maintenance | |||||
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Access Lift |
Each base level requires an Access Lift before excavations and constructions may be performed at that 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 30%. | Laboratory (+10% research speed) |
None | 15 scientists per Laboratory | 350 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 120 | 4 |
Genetics Lab |
Allows Soldiers to be Genetically modified. | Laboratory (+10% research speed) |
Xenogenetics | None | 50 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 4 |
Psionic Labs |
Allows Soldiers to discover and develop latent Psionic abilities. | Laboratory (+10% research speed) |
Xenopsionics | None | 50 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
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%. Each workshop increases the Item Fabrication Capacity by 1. |
Workshop (+5% discount) |
None | 15 engineers per Workshop | 350 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 120 | 4 |
Foundry |
Unlocks development of new combat items and improvements to current items. Cannot be torn down once built. |
Workshop (+5% discount) |
None | None | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
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) |
None | None | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
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 | |||||
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Fission Generator |
Supplies 6 power, which is required to construct additional facilities. | Power generator (+3 power) |
None | None | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Thermo Generator |
Supplies 30 power, which is required to construct additional facilities. Must be built over steam vents. |
Power generator (+3 power) |
None | None | 350 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 0 |
Elerium Generator |
Supplies 25 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 | 180 | 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 | 20 engineers per satellite uplink/nexus | 200 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 80 | 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 | 20 engineers per satellite uplink/nexus | 300 | 50 | 50 | 21 | 90 | 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 a Stun Rifle will be killed. |
None | Xenobiology | None | 100 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
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 | Hyperwave Beacon | 600 | 100 | 30 | 5 | 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 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 300 | 80 |