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Contents

  • Quick Reference
    • Introduction
    • Static Keycodes
    • Keycodes and Passwords
    • Missing Persons
    • Volunteers (18 Total)
    • Press Sneak: Emails
    • Prism Master: The Starbender Cycle
    • Psychometry: Audio Log
    • Achievements and Trophies
  • Foreword
    • Foreword from Arkane Studios
    • Foreword from the Author
  • Weapons and Gear
    • Introduction
    • Weapons
    • Specialized Gear
    • Consumables
    • Chipsets
  • Introduction
    • Introduction
    • Talos I: A Brief History
    • Talos I Tour
    • Difficulty
    • Talos I Equipment Orientation
    • Gameplay Fundamentals
  • Abilities
    • Introduction
    • Human Abilities
    • Typhon Abilities
  • Enemies
    • Introduction
    • Typhon
    • Hostile Machines
    • Hostile Humans
  • Videos
    • Assist Mikhaila Ilyushin
    • Doctor Igwe
    • Gustav Leitner
    • Mikhaila's Father
    • Mixed Signals
    • Talos Smuggling Ring
    • The Golden Gun
    • Treasure Hunt
  • Walkthrough: Story Objectives
    • Introduction
    • First Day on the Job
    • Breakout
    • An Office with a View
    • Through a Glass Darkly
    • Speak with January/General Access Key
    • Deep Storage
    • Detour
    • Gathering Echoes
    • Restore From Backup
    • The Keys to the Kingdom
    • This Side Up
    • Shipping and Receiving
    • Reboot
    • Before I Give You the Key
    • The Repo Man
    • A Mind Without Limits
    • Perdition

Prey Guide › Weapons and Gear

Chipsets

Your TranStar uniform and Psychoscope can be upgraded with chipsets that provide various benefits, boosts, and protections. Once acquired, install these upgrades via the Suit Chipset and Scope Chipset pages within your TranScribe’s Inventory tab. By default, your uniform and Psychoscope only have two slots each for chipsets. But new slots can be unlocked by investing in the Suit Modification and Psychotronics abilities, allowing you to benefit from an array of installed chipsets. Installing chipsets isn’t permanent. In fact, it’s a good idea to swap out chipsets on a regular basis, tailoring boosts and benefits to fit your current situation. For example, if confronted by a Thermal Phantom, equip the Thermal Shielding (*) 19.4GHz chipset to reduce the amount of damage you take from fire-based attacks. So each time you face a tough challenge, sort through your chipsets and install those that give you an advantage.

Apply the Suit Modification and Psychotronics abilities to increase the number of chipset slots available in your suit and Psychoscope.
Suit Chipsets
Name Description
Adventurer’s Toolkit v1.X* Your Game Master is proud of you! As a reward, you get the following: Increased fabrication yield; Increased wrench critical hit chance; A more efficient flashlight; Crawl through tight spaces more quickly. Everything you need for a successful dungeon excursion. —A. Foy
ARTX Propulsion Gen 2 Adds a jet boost to the Artax Propulsion System.
ARTX Propulsion Gen 1 Increases the Artax Propulsion System’s glide speed.
Backlash Reactor S-p58 Backlash has a chance to return damage to the attacker.
Battery Optimizer IMI7 Increases the battery life of the flashlight.
Beam Shielding (*) 19.4GHz Reduces damage taken from laser attacks.
Care4Yu S-i34000x Decreases the chance of trauma infliction.
Cell Refurb 00q-x1 Collect more Disruptor and Q-Beam ammunition from robotic corpses.
D.F.A. Falling on an enemy or ally will damage them.
EMP Shielding (*) 19.4GHz Decreases the effects of EMP damage on your suit and weapons.
Etheric Shielding (*) 19.4GHz Grants resistance to ether damage.
fSlide infBS_99 Reduces damage sustained while sliding.
Game Master’s Ire v1.X* For shame, adventurer. Your reward for taking shortcuts in the treasure hunt is as follows: Reduced fabrication yield; Diminished flashlight capability; Reduced speed while crawling through tight spaces. Install this as your penance and remember valor above all else. —A. Foy
Grounding Resistor (*) 19.4GHz Grants resistance to electric damage.
Heavy Gear Optimizer CRU Increases movement and aiming speed while firing the GLOO Cannon or Q-Beam.
Hepatocytic Amp S-m186 Eliminates drunken effects of alcohol.
Impact Amp S-390 Wrench swings have a greater chance to knock back an opponent.
Impact Dampener CRU[v1] Reduces damage taken from crashing during flight in zero-g.
INTegral Structor b5nm Your suit is more resistant to environmental hazards that degrade its integrity.
Kinesthetic Assister CRU Regenerates stamina more quickly.
Last Chance CoREV1 Blows that would otherwise kill you will leave you with one health instead. 5-second cooldown.
Leverage Assist CRU Reduces the time it takes to pick up heavy objects.
PolyShield CRU Grants increased protection against physical damage.
Prowl S-6400 Increases your movement speed while sneaking.
Radiation Shielding (*) 19.4GHz Grants resistance to radiation.
Recycler Shielding (*) 19.4GHz Specialized shielding makes you immune to recycler charges.
Thermal Shielding (*) 19.4GHz Grants resistance to fire damage.
V-Amp .23 Performing a Sneak Attack restores some health.

* = associated with the Treasure Hunt optional objective

Scope Chipsets
Name Description
Aggressor Amp 1337Si Increases the damage of all Psi attacks by a small amount.
Coral Detector 64Si Modifies the Psychoscope to be able to scan Coral.
Coral Psi Extractor (*) 21.4GHz Regenerate Psi on contact with Coral.
Electrostatic Amp +6qw5 Boosts the amount of damage done by Electrostatic Burst.
ESP Targeting 163xf Increases damage to marked enemies.
FarScan 002Si Increases the range at which Typhon can be scanned with the Psychoscope.
Fear Reactor 0322Si Upon killing a Typhon, there is a chance to trigger a Fear blast on other nearby Typhons.
Fear Shielding (*) 21.4GHz Grants resistance to Fear.
Governor 1400Si Increases the duration of Machine Mind and Mindjack abilities.
Kinetic Amp +6qw5 Boosts damage done by Kinetic Blast.
M3chT3ch dx_2.0 Reduces the time it takes to repair an object.
Mimic Detection Gen 1 Allows detection of hidden Mimics.
Mimic Detection Gen 2 Allows detection of hidden Greater Mimics.
Nullwave Shielding (*) 21.4GHz Shields the effects of the Nullwave Transmitter.
Optimizer (Energy) 00100z Reduces the Psi cost of Energy powers.
Optimizer (Morph) 00100z Reduces the initial Psi cost of Morph powers.
Optimizer (Telepathy) 00100z Reduces the Psi cost of Telepathic powers.
Pistol Critical++ Increases the critical chance rate when firing pistols.
Potentializer 23-0948Si Increases maximum Psi pool by 50.
Psi Reflect >(*)< rev609-1 Chance to reflect a Psi attack.
PsiV-AMP .24 Sneak Attacks restore a small amount of Psi.
Psychoactive Charger S-i286 Slowly regenerate Psi over time.
Psycholitic Converter =/~ When the Psi meter is empty, powers will consume health instead, but at an increased rate.
Psychoshock Amp +6qw5 Boosts the amount of damage done by Psychoshock.
Psychoshock Shielding (*) 21.4GHz Grants resistance to Psychoshock.
ReActivator x2t-00 Decreases the cooldown time of Psi powers.
RecoverE++ 2094i Enhances the regeneration rate of Health.
Shotgun Critical++ Increases the critical chance rate when firing the shotgun.
SpeedScan 001Si Decreases the amount of time needed to complete a scan.
Superthermal Amp +6qw5 Boosts the amount of damage done by Superthermal.
Wrench Critical++ Increases the critical chance rate when attacking with a wrench.
Zero Point Psi 19-03weOS You have a chance to cast a Psi power for free.

Chipset Loot

While the number of Suit and Scope Chipsets you encounter in each level is static, the types of chipsets you encounter is random. For example, during your first game, the Suit Chipset retrieved from Dr. Kelstrup’s Looking Glass station may be the Backlash Reactor S-p58. But on subsequent games, the same Suit Chipset may be something else entirely. Special chipsets, like the Coral Detector 64Si, are provided as quest items necessary to complete certain objectives.

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